Shadananan Nair

Executive Secretary & Director of Research
Centre for Earth Research and Environment Management

Executive Secretary &Director of Research, Centre for Earth Research & Environment Management (non-profit organization), Kochi
Senior Consultant Scientist, NANSEN Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI), Kochi (Regional (subnational) Centre of NERSC, Norway).
Senior Climate Change and Disaster Management Expert, RKI- Consultancy Services for Capacity Development for Risk-informed and Effective Urban Planning and Policy Formulation  March 2024 - continuing

Other responsibilities/positions:

Course coordinator, GIS Course (jointly organised by CEREM and Christ College, Irinjalakkuda) 
Member, Panel of Experts, Coastal Consultants’ Consortium, Amrita Institutions, Kochi
Member, Task Force on Drought Mitigation for Agriculture Development, Kerala State Planning Board
Member, Development Council, IHRD College of Applied Science, Kaduthuruthy
Vice Chairman, Advisory Board, Sree Mahadeva College, Vaikom (January 2021 onwards)
Member, Board of Mananement, Urban Cooperative Bank, Vaikom

Former responsibilities/positions

Secretary, Vivekananda Vidya Mandir (CBSE School, Vaikom), 2001-2007.
Member, Board of examiners for Meteorology/Water Resources management/ Environmental Sciences, MG University (2005-2018)
Course coordinator and Visiting Faculty, Graduate programme in Geology & Water Management, BK College, MG University (2005-2018)
Guest Faculty, School of Ocean Sciences, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (2014-2016)

Participated in several international research projects related to land, climate, water and biodiversity.

Recognitions/awards

Award for the best presentation, IWRM conference, Stellenbosch, S Africa
Winner, SWS (USA) IST Award, 2003, 2005 ^ 2007
Winner, ITTO fellowship, 2008
Session Chair, International conference on science, engineering technology & management (ICSETM – 2017), Mannanam, Kerala, India, March 8 - 9, 2017
Chair – Plenary Session ‘Congress on Industrial and Agricultural Canals’ 2nd to 5th September 2014, Lleida, Spain.
Keynote speaker – International conference "Transboundary Waters Management in a Context of Climate Change" Laval University May 7 to 9 2014, Quebec, Canada.
Session Chair, 13th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control 24-29 November 2012, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Jury for best poster presentation award and Rapporteur for session 2, Global Forum on Salinization and Climate Change (GFSCC2010), Valencia, Spain, 25-29 October 2010
Chairman, National seminar on “SOIL QUARRY7ING AND ITS IMPACTS ON GROUND WATER RESOURCES, Kottayam, 21-23 February 2013
Member, Advisory Committee, Charrette on Key Technology for High CFRD Construction & Celebrating Founding of CFRD Int. Society Nov 28~30, 2008, Hong Kong, China
Member of scientific committee, National workshop on open geospatial tools and applications 25-26 February, 2016. Christ College Irinjalakkulda
Jury for student presentation at JpGU conference. Chiba, Japan, 26-30 May 2019
Patron, WATERCON2022, Conference on ‘Dwindling Resources: Need Water management in Kerala with special reference to Groundwater’ MES College, Marampally, March 22-23, 2022
Member of Technical Committee/Reviewer, 7th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICNEA 2023) November 3-5, 2023 in Sapporo, Japan
Member, Technical Committee,  9th International Conference on Water Pollution and Treatment (ICWPT 2024), 21-23 July 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
Member, organizing committee, 9th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (ACESD 2024) Osaka, Japan, November 9-11, 2024
Member, organizing committee, 8th International Conference on New Energy and Applications (ICNEA 2024), n Osaka, Japan November 9-11, 2024  (workshop of ACESD).
Member, organizing committee, 2024 Asia Conference on Environmental Economics and Policy (ACEEP 2024), Osaka, Japan, November 9-11, 2024 (workshop of ACESD).

Educational Qualifications (passed all exams in 1 grade):

Ph D - Hydrometeorology, (1988), Cochin University of Science & Technology
M.Sc – Meteorology, (1982), Cochin University of Science & Technology

Advanced training courses attended:

Post-Graduate course in Hydrometeorology, WMO- International Training Centre for Applied Meteorology, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1998
Earth Systems Science Course in Watersheds and Coastal Zone Simulation, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy2000
Short course on ‘Economics of Water’ Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2006 (organized by IWMI)

Fellowships awarded:

National Hindi scholarship - 1997
Research Associateship, Cochin University of Science & Technology - 2002
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Cochin University of Science & Technology - 1995
Research Associateship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - 1991
Research Associateship, University Grants Commission(UGC) - 1989
Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific& Industrial Research (CSIR) - 1988
Senior Research Fellowship,University Grants Commission(UGC) - 1986
Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission (UGC)- 1984

Travel grant/Visiting fellowship: from WMO, GADR, IAEA, UCAR, SWS, WCRP, AGU, UNESCO, PAGES, Sultan Quaboos University, Japan Foundation, UNU, WCRP, IAHS, DFID, IHP, IAPSO, GEWEX, ITTO, Kirkhouse Trust etc.

Previous positions held:

Position

Institution

Period

Scientist-in-charge

Centre for Mangrove Studies

09-08- 02 to 08-08-05

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Cochin University of S&T

06-08-96 to 05-08-01

Lecturer

Cochin University of S&T

17-11-93 to 14-04-95

Research Associate

Cochin University of S&T

07-04-89 to 16-11-93

Senior Research Fellow

Cochin University of S&T

09-10-86 to 06-04-89

Junior Research Fellow

Cochin University of S&T

08-10-84 to 08-10-86

Participated in the awareness programmes of NGOs during 15-04-95 to 05-08-96 and 06-08-01 to 08-08-2002

Major area of expertise: Climate change impact on natural resources, health and socio-economic sectorsMountain forest land management.

Experience – Research and teaching: 35 years

Current research projects:

Ameliorating to a Sustainable Resource Smart Schools by Budding Eco-Cadets  in Selected Schools in Kerala, Project funded by Indian Customs under CSR funding scheme.

Major Research Projects completed

Carbon Sequestration and the Water Balance Study of the estates of KHDP, Munnar 2022, funded by Kannan Devan Hills Plantations Company (P) Limited. Role: expert for water balance study.
 ‘Impacts of Changing Climate and Rising Sea Level: Challenges in Mitigation and Adaptation in Kerala’, funded by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. Role: Principal Investigator
 ‘Perceptions and understandings of climate change and migration: Conceptualising and contextualising for Lakshadweep and the Maldives'. Participating institutes: CEREM, CICERO (Norway), University of Reading, University of Manchester, Maldives Government and TERI.

Role: Investigator for Lakshadweep area.

 ‘Water quality monitoring and low cost purification strategies for inland waterways of low-lying areas (UNEP/APFED). Role: Investigator and Chief Scientist
Regional (subnational) Climate Change issues and adaptation measures for low lying regions in the context of future sea level rise. Funded by UNEP-APFED. Participating institutes: CEREM, NERCI, NERSC (Norway)

Role: Co-investigator

Indo-European research facilities for studies on Marine ecosystem and climate in India (INDO-MARECLIM) – Funded by the European Commission, Brussels.

Project Coordinator - NERCI (India), Project Partners - NERSC (Norway), PML (United Kingdom), CMCC (Italy), IFREMER (France), ALTERRA (The Netherlands)

Role: Consultant – Socio economic issues

Decadal to multi-decadal variability in the Indian Monsoon Rainfall (IMR) and teleconnection with Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) [Researcher project - NORKLIMA] (INDIA-CLIM) - Funded by the European Commission, Brussels, Project Coordinator - NERCI (India) and NERSC (Norway), Partners – CUSAT, NERCI, Anna University

Role: Consultant – Socio economic issues

Green adaptation and water management in Cochin watershed, World Bank Project. Role: Consultant

Experience - Teaching:

Teaching Meteorology and Hydrometeorology at the Graduate/Post-Graduate level and guiding research (dissertation) for more than 35 years.
Participated in the various education extension programmes of NGOs and training programmes for government staff and teachers.

Other services:

Reviewer: International Journal of River Basin Management (Taylor&Francis)
Reviewer: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (Emerald)
Reviewer: Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering (Springer)
Reviewer: International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation (AVESTIA Publishing)