• Vision

    The group endeavors to contribute to information on conservation and management of the environment & ecology in addition to monitoring by both conventional and advanced techniques including isotopic analysis also will be acting as a connection between academia, administrations, and society, and promoting awareness within its scope of activities

    Mission

    Do outstanding research and development which add to knowledge about natural systems so as to improve the conservation and management of the ecology and environment

    Thrust Area

    • Water Quality Monitoring
    • Isotope Hydrology
    • Water Treatment - Nanotechnology-Constructed Wetland
    • Nanophyto Remediation –Electrochemical Methods
    • Wetland Studies
    • Water Quality and Sanitation
    • Water Quality Management
    • In situ Water Quality Monitoring-Biosensors
    • Water Quality Modelling-Assimilative Capacity
    • Ecological Studies Wetlands
    • Environmental Remediation-Soil Remediation
    • Urban Water Management

     

    • Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer
    • High Purity Germanium Detector
    • Low level Liquid Scintillation Counter
    • UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
    • Ion Chromatography system (IC)
    • Attenuated Total Reflectance- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)
    • Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
    • Inductive Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
    • Cooling centrifuge
    • GELDOC system
    • RT PCR
    • Advanced colony counter
    • Alpha Spectroscopy System
    • Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer
    • Tritium Enrichment Unit
    • Mini Liquid Nitrogen Plant
    • RAD-7 & RAD-H2O
    • Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer
    • Ion Chromatograph
    • Laser Flourimeter
    • Flame photometer
    • Photometer
    • Ion Meter & Ion Selective Electrodes
    • Multi parameter Water Quality  Analyzers
    • Ultra Sonicators
    • Nitrogen Gas Generator
    • Freeze Dryer
    • Deep Water Samplers
    • Sediment Gravity Corer
    • Van veen Grab
    • Automatic Weather Stations
    • Mobile Water Analysis Laboratory
    • The water quality testing laboratory is NABL accredited
Treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater by a hybrid Sequencing Batch Biofilm reactor (SBBR) for simultaneous removal of organics and nutrients
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Chithra V S
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Spatio-temporal dynamics of Microplastics in the Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala (MICHARB)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Magesh N S
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
1 Year
Budget:
Rs. 5 Lakhs
Integrated Wetland Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring System (WIAMS) of Three Ramsar Sites of Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Renjith K R
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Sruthi K V, Dr. Shiji M
Funding Agency:
State Wetland Authority of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
5 Years
Budget:
Rs. 93 lakhs
An inventory of Greenhouse gases emission from Coastal Wetlands of Kerala and their impact on Regional climate change
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Renjith K R
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Resmi T R
Funding Agency:
Science & Engineering Research Board (Core Research Grant)
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Budget:
Rs. 30.88 Lakhs
Preparation of DPRs for various municipalities under Amrut 2.0
Water Resources development and management programme for KUHS
Tracer Study at Ollur Industrial Area in Thrissur District
Groundwater Development through Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in Athiyannur - Notified Block
Water Quality Monitoring Under Various projects
Efficacy of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) practices in the Iruvanhippuzha watershed of Chaliyar River Basin
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
13 C labeled carbon dots embedded silica-based nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resource management (PP 66/21)

13 C labeled carbon dots embedded silica-based nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resource management (PP 66/21)

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Smitha V S
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Jayasooryan K K
Funding Agency:
State Plan Fund, GoK
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
Sep 2021 - Sep 2023
“Ag doped nanotitania coated Fe 3 O 4 @chitosan core-shell magnetic beads for removing nitrates from drinking water” (PP 53/20)

“Ag doped nanotitania coated Fe 3 O 4 @chitosan core-shell magnetic beads for
removing nitrates from drinking water” (PP 53/20)

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Smitha V S
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Resmi T R
Funding Agency:
State Plan Fund, GoK
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
08-04-2020 to 07-04-2022
A Rapid EIA Study for Desilting of Kallai River from Kuduppini to Kothi in Kozhikode Corporation
Principal Investigator:
Ihjas K
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Drissia T K, Dr. K.Ch.V Naga Kumar, Dr. Venu Prasad H D, Dr. Jayasooryan K K
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Division Kozhikode Corporation
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
Budget:
Rs. 7.70 Lakhs
A Rapid EIA Study for Desilting of Kallai River from Kuduppini to Kothi in Kozhikode Corporation
Principal Investigator:
Ihjas K
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Drissia T K, Dr. K.Ch.V Naga Kumar, Dr. Venu Prasad H D, Dr. Jayasooryan K K
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Division Kozhikode Corporation
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
Budget:
Rs. 7.70 Lakhs
Feasibility study on water withdrawal from Muvattupuzha river
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Celine George
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Budget:
Rs 16.50 lakhs
Investigation on septic tank contamination of open well at Thillenkery, Uliyil, Thalassery using tracer technique
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Resmi T R
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Smitha V S, Dr. Jayasooryan K K
Date of Completion:
Duration:
March, 2020 – May, 2020
Feasibility study on the development of Water body at Parappadi, Kozhikode
Date of Completion:
Purpose driven study on assessment of surface water quality status and evolving mitigation measures to improve water quality in Thrissur corporation
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Dipu S
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Department, GoK
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 Years
Assessment of Impact of Inland Vessels on the Water Quality in Vembanad Lake
Funding Agency:
Department of Port, Govt. of Kerala
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Budget:
Rs. 09.50 lakhs
Ecological Restoration of Mampuzha River
Funding Agency:
Adv.PTA Rahim MLA
Date of Completion:
Conservation and Protection of Vellayani Lake in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala
Funding Agency:
Environment (A) Department, Govt. of Kerala
Date of Completion:
Water Quality Monitoring Study at Marthandavarma Branch of Periyar River (BPCL)
Funding Agency:
BPCL
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 10.0 lakhs
Geochemical and Isotopic characterization of groundwater from the coastal aquifers of Kannur district.
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Manjula P, Sudheesh M
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 22.74 lakhs
Ag doped nanotitania coated Fe3O4@chitosan core-shell magnetic beads for removing nitrates from drinking water
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Smitha V S
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Resmi T R
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 Years (08-04-2020 to 07-04-2022)
Quantitative assessment of infection risk from exposure to Corona Virus during monsoon and estimating corona virus spread in the community through the surveillance of sewage
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Sruthi K V
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2Years
Budget:
17.928 lakh
Isolation and characterization of marine (different beaches and backwater bodies) bio film forming multiple drug resistant bacteria and their control by using Cinnamon oil and evaluation of its inhibitory mechanism
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Sruthi K V
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2Years
Budget:
17.28 Lakh
Rapid assessment of the WASH facilities in the Attapady region of Palakkad District
Funding Agency:
UNICEF
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Water Quality Assessment of Vembanad Wetland System-Isotope Studies
Funding Agency:
Dept. of Science and Technology (DST) Govt. of India
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of Selected Wetlands of Kerala ( Dept. of Envt. & Climate Change)
Funding Agency:
Dept of Envt. and Climate Change
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 50.32 lakhs
Fabrication of Cost effective Domestic water Treatment units Appropriate to rural Areas
Funding Agency:
Dept. of Science and Technology (DST) Govt. of India
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:

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Publication Year
2023 Gopal, V., Krishnamoorthy, R.R., Kalaivanan, R., Magesh, N.S., 2023. Geochemical compositions and provenance of Late Holocene core sediments from Mullipallam Creek, southeast coast of India. Total Environment Research Themes, 6, 100046.
2010 “Synthesis of Lanthanum oxide doped photocatalytic nano titanium oxide through aqueous sol-gel method for titania multifunctional ultra filtration membrane”, K. A. Manjumol, V. S. Smitha, P. Shajesh, K. V. Baiju and K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Sol-gel Sc
2010 “Mesoporous gadolinium doped titania photocatalyst through an aqueous sol-gel method”, K. V. Baiju, P. Periyat, P. Shajesh, W. Wunderlich, K. A. Manjumol, V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Alloys And Compounds, Year 2010, Volume
2011 “Titania-lanthanum phosphate photoactive and hydrophobic new generation catalyst”, Chembolli K. Jyothi, Kanakkanmavudi B. Jaimy, Swapankumar Ghosh, Sasidharan Sankar, V. S. Smitha, K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Year 2011, Volume 1
2011 “Low temperature needle-like mullite grain formation in sol-gel precursors coated on SiC porous substrates”, M. Jayasankar, G. M. Anilkumar, V. S. Smitha , P. Mukundan, C. D. Madhusoodana, K. G. K. Warrier, Thin Solid Films, Year 2011, Volume 519, Iss
2014 “Temperature assisted acid catalyzed peptization of TiO2; Facile sol-gel approach for thermally stable anatase phase”, Vidya Kattoor, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Peer Mohamed A., Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, RSC Advance
2010 “Sol-gel route to synthesize titania silica nano precursors for photoactive particulates and coatings”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, K. V. Baiju, Swapankumar Ghosh, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, Year 2010
2011 “Rhodamine 6G Intercalated Montmorillonite Nanopigments–Polyethylene Composites: Facile Synthesis and Ultraviolet Stability Study”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kochupurayil Appukuttannair Manjumol, Swapankumar Ghosh, Mathalayil Brahmakumar, Chorappan Pavithr
2011 “Sol-gel derived Functional Coatings of Titania-Silica-Lanthanum Phosphate Nanocomposite”, Venu Sreekala Smitha and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Proceedings of the IEEE, Year 2011, Pages 334-337. [Impact Factor: 10.961]
2012 “Hydrophobic, Photoactive Titania–Alumina Nanocrystallites and Coatings by an Aqueous Sol–Gel Process”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kizhakkekilikoodayil Vijayan Baiju, Petchimuthu Perumal, Swapankumar Ghosh, and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, European Journal o
2013 “Novel multifunctional titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nanocomposite coatings through an all-aqueous sol-gel process”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Chembolli K Jyothi, Peer Mohamed A, Saju Pillai and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, Dalton Transactions, Year 20
2013 “Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and low wetting behavior of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Petit Francois, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, Jou
2013 “UV curable hydrophobic inorganic-organic hybrid coating on solar cell covers for photocatalytic self-cleaning application”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kanakkanmavudy B Jaimy, Palantavida Shajesh, Jose K Jeena, Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Journal of Material
2014 “Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites for multifunctional properties” Venu Sreekala Smitha, Saju Pillai, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh, Balagopal N. Nair and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, RSC Advances, Year 2014, Volume 4,
2016 “Energy revamping of solar panels through titania nanocomposite coatings; influence of aqueous silica precursor”, V. S. Smitha, K. Vidya, M. Jayasankar, A. Peer Mohamed, U. S. Hareesh and K. G. K. Warrier*, RSC Advances, Year 2016, Volume 6, Issue 37,
2016 “Optical Properties of Rare-Earth Doped TiO2 Nanocomposites and Coatings; ASol-Gel Strategy towards Multi-functionality”, V. S. Smitha, Pillai Saju, U. S. Hareesh, Ghosh Swapankumar and K. G. K. Warrier*, Chemistry Select, Year 2016, Volume 1,Issue 10
2018 “Transparent and Hydrophobic MTMS/GPTMS Hybrid Aerogel Monoliths and Coatings by Sol-Gel Method: A Viable Remedy for Oil-Spill Cleanup”, Venu Sreekala Smitha,* Peer Mohamed Abdul Azeez, Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Balagopal N. Nair, and Unnikrishnan Nai
2018 “ORMOSIL–ZrO2 hybrid nanocomposites and coatings on aluminium alloys for corrosion resistance; a sol–gel approach”, V. S. Smitha,* S. S. Syamili, A. Peer Mohammed, Balagopal N. Nair and U. S. Hareesh*, New Journal of Chemistry, Year 2018, Volume 42, Issue
2020 Lanthanum Phosphate-Incorporated Organosilane Nanocomposites for Gas-Phase CO2 Detection, Smitha Venu Sreekala, Visakh Vijayan, Peer Mohamed Abdul Azeez, Balagopal N. Nair, and Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh 2020., ACS Applied Nanomaterials, Volu
2022 Bentonite-titanium dioxide functional nanocomposite suitable for wastewater treatment; An integrated photocatalyst-adsorbent system, Smitha V S, Athira Vayalveettil, Jayasooryan Kazhuthuttil Kochu, Resmi Thoppil Ramakrishnan and Harikumar Puthenvee
Publication Year
2010 Chithra,V.S., Rajini C.H., Nagendra, S.M.S. Prediction of indoor air quality in school building using RISK model. National conference on “Infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning” (CISTUP 2010), IISc Bangalore, 18-20, October 2010.
2011 Chithra,V.S., Nagendra, S.M.S. Analysis and interpretation of indoor PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 mass concentrations in a naturally ventilated school building, National Conference on “Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” (NCRAC-2011) IIT Madras, Chennai, 7-9 July
2012 Nagendra S., Khare, M., Gulia, S., Vijay, P., Chithra,V.S., Bell, M, Namdeo A. Application of ADMS and AERMOD models to study the dispersion of vehicular pollutants in urban areas of India and the United Kingdom. “20th International Conference on Modelli
2012 Rohit, J., Chithra,V.S., Kishore Kumar, M., Nagendra,. S.M.S, Shivanandan, R. Influence of traffic on indoor air quality of naturally and mechanically ventilated building located near an urban roadway. National Conference on “Urban Mobility - Challenges,
2013 Chithra,V.S., Nagendra S.M.S., Impact of Traffic Emissions on Indoor Air Quality of a Naturally Ventilated School Building, International Conference on “Advances in Building Sciences”, 13‐16 February, 2013, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
2013 Chithra,V.S., Nagendra, S.M.S. An Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Protocol for Naturally Ventilated Buildings. International conference on “Air Quality Measurement Methods and Technology” Sacramento, CA, USA 19–21 November 2013.
2014 Chithra,V.S., Nagendra, S.M.S. Children Exposure to Size Segregated Particulate Matter in Naturally Ventilated School Buildings. Symposium cum workshop on “Air Pollution induced health risk assessment software & demonstration”, NEERI, Nagpur, 6-7 August,
2014 Chithra,V.S., Nagendra, S.M.S. Seasonal trends of indoor Particulate matter concentrations in a naturally ventilated school building. “22nd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution” Opatija, Croatia 7 - 9 July 2014
2016 Sreedevi, B., Arya, D., Sethulekshmi, R., Subi, M.B., Chithra,V.S. Water Quality Assessment in Ashtamudi Lake, A Tropical Estuary in South India. “12th Kerala Environment Congress (KEC 2016)”, Thiruvananthapuram, 29-30 November 2016
2018 Krishna J. U., Athira V., Deeshma D., Athira S. B., Chithra,V.S. Municipal solid waste management plan for Kochi city. International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2018), Sri Vellappally Natesan College of Engineering, 20 Apri
2019 Shefin Anas, Kishore K, Saneeshmon KN, Trassan M Udayan, Chithra V.S, Benila SM., Estimation of human airway deposition of particulate matter in Kochi city. “National conference on Developments and Innovations in Civil Engineering (DICE’19)” Mar Baselios
2019 Amal J S Luke, Rahul P Santhosh, Glady Thomas, Sighin Sunny, Chithra V S, Surya Ravindran Energy production from food waste leachate using microbial fuel cell. “National conference on Developments and Innovations in Civil Engineering (DICE’19)” Mar Basel
2011 A paper entitled “Photoactive, Hydrophobic Self-cleaning Titania Nanocoatings Through Band Gap Engineering” Smitha V. S., Baiju K. V. and K. G. K. Warrier*was presented (Oral Presentation) in the UGC sponsored National Seminar “Physical and Biomedical App
2011 A paper entitled “Synthesis of titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nano-composites and functional coatings through aqueous sol-gel method”, V. S. Smitha, S. Sankar, K. B. Jaimy, K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the 74th Annual confe
2009 A paper entitled “Titania coated terracotta and flyash tiles with enhanced photo activity for societal applications” V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, A. J. Mirash, K. Divish, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Oral Presentation) in the 73rd Annual conf
2009 A paper entitled “Textural and photo catalytic behaviour of titania-alumina nano composites and coatings” V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, C. K. Jyothi, Kishore, P. Perumal, K. G. K. Warrier was presented (Poster Presentation) in the ‘International conference o
2009 A paper entitled “Silica-titania nano precursors for photoactive particulates and coatings”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, K. V. Baiju, P. Krishnapillai, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, was presented (Poster Presentation) in the 72nd Annual Conferenc
2008 A paper entitled “Synthesis and photo stability of organic dye intercalated natural layered silicates as eco-friendly nano composites”, Smitha V. S., P. Krishna Pillai, P. Perumal, K. A. Manjumol and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in th
2007 A paper entitled “Synthesis of light stable natural hybrid nano pigment for polymer composites”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, M. Brahmakumar, P. Krishnapillai, P. Pavitran, and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the International Co
2011 A paper entitled “Sol-Gel Derived Functional Coatings of Titania-Silica-Lanthanum Phosphate Nanocomposite”, Venu Sreekala Smitha and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, was presented (Oral Presentation) in the International Conference, “Nanoscience, Engineerin

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