Prasad R

Dr. Prasad R.

Project Scientist-B, Marine Geoscience Group

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Phone(Off) : 0471-2511713

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

Ph.D. : Physical Oceanography, NCESS-Trivandrum @ Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala.
Thesis : Sediment dynamics, heavy depletion and morphological changes of a placer mining beach of SW coast of India.
M.Tech. : Ocean Technology from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala.
M.Sc. : Physics from University of Calicut, Kerala.
B.Sc : Physics from University of Calicut, Kerala

Professional career:

2017 (December) - Present Project Scientist, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
2010 (May) - 2017 (December) Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.

Research Interest:

Coastal hydrodynamics, Sediment dynamics, Beach-innershelf morphology, Air-Sea interaction.

Publications:

  1. Prasad, R., Sheela Nair, L., Kurian, N.P. and T.N. Prakash, 2020. Shoreline evolution along a placer mining beach of southwest coast of India. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 89, 150-157, ISSN 0749-0208.
  2. Anoop, T.R., Sheela Nair, L., Prasad, R., Reji, S., Ramachandran, K.K., Prakash, T.N. and Balakrishnan Nair, T.M., 2020. Locally and remotely generated wind waves in the South Western Shelf Sea of India. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 89, 77-83, ISSN 0749-0208.
  3. Anoop, T.R., Shanas, P.R., Aboobacker, V.M., Sanil Kumar, V., Sheela Nair, L., Prasad, R., Reji, S., 2019. On the generation and propagation of Makran swells in the Arabian Sea. International Journal of Climatology, 40(1), 585-593, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6192.
  4. Sheela Nair, L., Prasad, R., Rafeeque, M.K. and Prakash, T.N., 2018. Coastal morphology and long-term shoreline changes along the southwest coast of India. Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol. 92, 588–595, doi: 10.1007/s12594-018-1072-x.
  5. Prasad, R., Sheela Nair, L., Kurian, N.P. and Prakash, T.N., 2016. Erosion and heavy mineral depletion of a placer mining beach along the southwest coast of India: Part I– Nearshore sediment transport regime. Natural Hazards 83, 769–796, doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2368-z.
  6. Prakash, T.N., Varghese, T.I., Prasad, R., Sheela Nair, L. and Kurian, N.P., 2016. Erosion and heavy mineral depletion of a placer mining beach along the southwest coast of India: Part II– Sedimentological and mineralogical changes. Natural Hazards 83, 797–822, doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2350-9.
  7. Prasad, R., Sheela Nair, L., Kurian, N.P., Prakash, T.N. and Varghese, T.I., 2016. Erosion and heavy mineral depletion of a placer mining beach along the southwest coast of India: Part III– Short and long term morphological changes. Natural Hazards 83, 823–847, doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2346-5.