Personal Information

Name

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Vinita Janardanan

Designation

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Assistant Professor

Residential Address

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13/139 Sukrutham (Pannikotte),

Tiruvali, Malappuram

Kerala, India

676123

Mobile

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Email

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janardananvinita@gmail.com

Educational Qualification

Ph.D.

M.Sc. in Physics

B.Sc. in Physics

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Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (Research centre- CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, Kerala)

Subject: in Marine Science-Physics (Interdisciplinary)

Year of award: 2018

Sacred Hearts college, Thevara, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Year of completion: 2007

St. Teresa’s college, Ernakulam Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Year of completion: 2005

Teaching Experience

Date of Joining at current institute

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2018

Designation Status

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Guest Faculty

Teaching Experience

• Undergraduate Level
• Post Graduate Level
• High School Level

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8 years

8 years

2 years

1

:

Guest Lecture

St. Joseph’s college, Devagiri (Autonomous), Calicut

From July, 2018 to till date

2

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Guest Lecture

Department of Physics, NSS college, Manjeri

From July, 2017 to November,2017

3

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Assistant professor

Department of Science and Humanities of Vedavyasa Institute of Technology

From August, 2016 to November,2016

4

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High school Physics teacher

Freelance teacher for international curriculum in Winquest Online Education from Nov, 2020 to April, 2021

5

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High school Physics teacher

Freelance teacher for international curriculum in Skyline online tutoring 

From July, 2022 onwards

Research Experience (post Ph.D.)

1

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Senior  Research  Fellow  at  CSIR-National  Institute  of Oceanography, Government of India,  Regional Centre, Kochi from 1, April 2013 to 31, March 2016

2

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Project   assistant in CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Government of India, Regional Centre, Kochi from 10, Oct 2008 to 30, Sept 2012

Total Number of Publication

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9

Conference proceedings

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7

Total Number of Citation

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227

H-index

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10

Orientation/Faculty Development/ Refresher Course attended

1

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Participated in Faculty Orientation Programme on Massive Open Online Courses(MOOC) organised by IQAC, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Devagiri, Kozhikode (14 March 2019)

Professional Training/Certificate Courses/Add on Courses Completed

Extension/Administrative/Co-curricular activities

1

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Elected as the Treasurer, Lions club International, Calicut, Kerala for the term 2024-2025

2

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Winner of Mahatma Gandhi University Inter Collegiate shuttle badminton tournament for  the years 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005

3

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Elected as the University Union Councilor of St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam (2003- 2004)

4

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Secured first prize in Mathrubhoomi Kalotsavam 2003 for Indian music

5

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Secured prizes in Ernakulam Public Library Youth Festival-2003

6

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Recipient of Best artist award 1993 by Stage of Alain, UAE

7

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Secured various prizes in Inter-school and Inter- Collegiate Arts and Sports events

Training/Schools/Visiting Fellow/Workshops

1

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Participated in the National Conference on Free Software held at CUSAT, Kochi (15-16 Nov, 2008)

2

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Participated in three day training program in Geographic Information System (GIS) using Open Source Softwares conducted by Protocolz Techcenter Pvt. Ltd. Kakkanadu, at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery (2-4 Oct 2009)

3

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Participated in the In-house Training Course on Applied Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Coastal Waters (MIKE 21) conducted at NIO, Kochi (18-22 Jul, 2011)

4

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Participated in the “brain Storming Workshop on Mudbanks of Kerala: The known and the Unknown” held at Kochi (20-21 Jan 2014)

Fellowship/Award/Achievements

1

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Conferred with the Best paper award during the sixth biennial conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON-19): Indian Ocean Processes and Resources held at CMLRE, Kochi held in December 12-14, 2019.

2

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Awarded the CSIR-SRF in Earth Sciences by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research w.e.f 1 April, 2013.

3

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Cleared the Joint CSIR-UGC NET examination for lectureship in the subject Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences held on 19-06-2011.

Publications

1

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Shivaprasad A., Vinita J., Revichandran C., Reny P.D., Deepak M.P., Muraleedharan K.R., Naveen Kumar K.R. 2013. Seasonal stratification and property distributions in a tropical estuary (Cochin estuary, west coast, India) Hydrology Earth SystemScience

2

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Shivaprasad A., Vinita J., Revichandran C., Manoj N.T., Srinivas K., Reny P.D., Ashwini R., Muraleedharan K.R , 2013. Influence of salt water barrage on tides, salinity and chlorophyll a in Cochin estuary, India. Journal of CoastalResearch

3

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Shivaprasad A., Vinita J., Revichandran C., Manoj N.T., K.V Jayalakshmy, Muraleedharan K.R., Naveen Kumar K.R. 2013. Ambiguities in the classification of Cochin estuary, West coast of India. Hydrology Earth System Science Discussions.

4

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Lallu K. R., Fausia K. H., Vinita J., Balachandran K. K., Naveen Kumar K. R., Rehitha R., 2014. Transport of dissolved nutrients and chlorophyll-a in a tropical estuary, south west coast of India. Environment Monitoring Assessment.

5

SooriaP. M., Jyothibabu R., Anjusha A., Vineetha G., Vinita J., Lallu K. R., Paul M., Jagadeesan L., 2015. Plankton food web and its seasonal dynamics in a large monsoonal estuary (Cochin backwaters, India)-significance of mesohaline region. Environment Monitoring Assessment.

6

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Vinita J., Shivaprasad A., Revichandran C., Manoj N.T., Muraleedharan K.R., Binzy J, 2015. Salinity response to seasonal runoff in a complex estuarine system (Cochin estuary, West Coast of India). Journal of CoastalResearch.

7

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Vinita J., Shivaprasad A., Manoj N.T., Revichandran C., Naveenkumar K.R., Jineesh V.K., 2015. Spatial tidal asymmetry of Cochin estuary, West coast, India. Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and management

8

Vinita J., Lallu K.R., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K. R., Jineesh V.K., Shivaprasad A., 2015. Residual fluxes of water and nutrient transport through the main inlet of a tropical estuary, Cochin estuary, West Coast, India Environment Monitoring Assessment.

9

Vinita J., Revichandran C., Manoj N.T., 2017. Suspended sediment dynamics in Cochin estuary,WestCoast,India. Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and management

Conference Proceedings

1

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ShivaprasadA.,VinitaJ.,RevichandranC.,MuraleedharanK.R.,HarideviC.K.,Binu C. P., Resmi, 2010. Time- dependent water column stability and property distributions in Cochin estuary.In: Proceedings of National Conference on coastal Processes, Resources and Management. CESS, Trivandrum, India.

2

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Vinita J., Revichandran C. 2011. Tidal hydrodynamics of Cochin estuary, West coast,India. In:National Conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON’11) NIOT, Chennai

3

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Vinita J., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K.R., Shivaprasad A. 2013. Spatial salinity distribution and mixing in Cochin estuary, West coast of India. In: Proceedings of National Conference on Coastal Oceanographic Studies: Modeling and Observations (COSMOS'13). NPOL, Kochi

4

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Vinita J., Shivaprasad A., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K.R., 2013. Tidal and river discharge forcing upon the hydrodynamics and salinity structure of Cochin estuary, West coast of India. In: Proceedings of National Conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON’13). IITM, Pune

5

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Vinita J., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K. R., Lallu K. R. 2014. Discharge measurements using Acoustic Doppler Profiler across Cochin inlet. In: National Seminar on METOC- Forecasting for Naval Warfare-Needs, Capabilities and Challenges. Naval Base, Kochi

6

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Vinita J., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K.R., Lallu K.R., Jineesh V.K. 2015. Spring- neap variability in residual fluxes through Cochin inlet. In: Proceedings of National Conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON’15). NIO, Goa

7

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Vinita J., Revichandran C., Muraleedharan K. R., Shivaprasad A., Sebin J. 2019. Run-off and tidal forcing on suspended sediment transport of Cochin estuary, West coast of India. In: Proceedings of National Conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON’19). CMLRE, Kochi