Job Type
Research
Natural Resource Management
Institutional Management
Extension Services (Public Awareness)
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Marine and Coastal Engineering
Marine Biotechnology, Marine Products
Research Support Services
Activities
Domain Knowledge
¨ 7 years of Climate Change & Fisheries Research
experience in national projects and 7 years of experience in Environmental Research
at university level.
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Sub
domains include climatic resilience, ICT applications, Digital transformation,
Wetland restoration, Environmental Biotechnology and Product development.
Strategic Research
¨ Investigated on climate change impacts and
vulnerabilities at species, humans and ecosystem levels at national level.
¨ Identified research gaps, conceptualised and
developed climatic resilient solutions for Indian marine fisheries sector
National Innovations
¨
Envisaged,
developed, demonstrated and implemented several innovative (first national
instance by Govt. fisheries institute) climate resilient solutions
¨
Innovations
include digital solutions for fishermen and national small wetlands
resilience. A climate club formed to enhance climate actions at regional scales.
Collaborations & Networking
¨ Front line of association in fostering
collaboration (MoU and Technology Transfer) between esteemed national
institutions SAC-ISRO and ICAR-CMFRI towards national wetland
monitoring/advisories system development.
¨ Networked with several organizations towards
climate actions.
Coordination & Communications
¨
Successful
multi institutional scientific and technical interactions with various
Directors, Head of Departments, Scientists, Officials, Scholars Project
staffs and Farmers towards multidisciplinary strategic research and effective
attainment of project milestones.
¨
Functions
as national technical coordinator for 3 climate resilient solutions. Holds key
positions (President, Fellow, and Founder) in several scientific associations.
Field Research
¨ Completed field level samplings of more than 100
wetlands, restored few regional wetlands and carried out environmental
assessment of placer mineral mining area. Performed oceanographic samplings
in cruises.
¨ Designed and participated in field level
socio-economic surveys of fishermen communities, climate resilient village
development programs, implementation of climate action plans and habitat
status assessments
Laboratory Research
¨
Process
developed for chemical & enzymatic delignification of biomass,
microbial treatment of effluent, solid state fermentation and phytotoxic
studies, while products development includes lignin, enzymes, biochar and
biofuel.
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Performed
analysis using FTIR,XRD,SEM and oceanographic equipment
Associated Research
¨ Coinvestigated with other scholars on research
framework design, experimentation, analysis and interpretation of results for
climate change modeling, geospatial assessment of habitats and fisheries
linkage research.
¨ Instrumental in setting up Climate Modeling lab
Resource Person
¨
Functioned
as invited resource person, provided training, technical guidelines and
technology demonstrations to multiple stakeholders.
¨
Extensive
scientific writing and presentation skills as supplemented by publications in
international journals (21), conference proceedings, newsletter (editor),
international conference presentations (10+ including 2 overseas)
Project Management
¨ Associated closely in national projects towards time
bound project goals attainment, equipment procurement, conduct of field &
lab research, technical discussions & file monitoring, coordination with 10
research centers, scholars & interns management, preparation of annual
reports, write-ups, publications & presentations, technology
demonstrations to stakeholders and team management.
¨ Serves as Principal Investigator of NGO projects and coordinates activities.
NGO Operations
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Key
role as Founder of the registered trust to carry forward research and
innovation from lab to society level
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Offers
environmental consultancies and services
Entrepreneurship
¨ Designed and developed projects with minimum viable
products in collaboration with researchers and stakeholders
¨ Passionately working towards commercialization of
projects related to marine entrepreneurship, market linkages and digital
transformation.
Skills
Fisheries E-Commerce, Wetland Management, Environmental Biotechnology, Climatic Resilience, ICT applications for coastal resilience, Marine Entrepreneurship, Social Innovations
Comment(s)
Open for collaborations to implement projects related to Marine Entrepreneurship, Climate Innovations and Environmental Research