CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Dr. V. E. Nethaji Mariappan Designation : Scientist-F Centre for Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics Sathayabama University, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Jeppiaar Nagar, - 600119 Email: [email protected], [email protected] [email protected], Mobile: 9444226029

Educational Qualification:  Ph.D., in Agriculture, Specialization in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry completed from Annamalai University, work carried out as JRF from Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad (1999-2007). Ph.D. thesis titled: Crop Simulation Model, Remote Sensing and GIS for Zonal Rice Crop Assessment and Yield Forecasting [work carried out at Space Applications Centre, ISRO as JRF(1999-2007)]  M.Sc. Agri., Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry from Agricultural University, Coimbatore (1995-1997) PG thesis titled: Soil Resource Appraisal for Pambar Nagavathi Watershed using Remote Sensing Technique.  B.Sc. Agriculture, completed from Annamalai University (1990-1994)

Experience

 Sathyabama University-Scientist-F, [From 04.04.2005- Till date (12 years 3 months) Nature of work: Research and Development  Adiparasakthi Agricultural College-[ From 20.07.2004-31.03.2005 (8 months)] Nature of work: Research and Development  Institute of Remote Sensing, -[ From Feb 2004- June 2004(5 months)]  Nature of work: Research and Development  Space Application Centre (ISRO) -[ From Nov. 1999- Dec. 2003 (4years)]  Nature of work: Research and Development  Indian Agricultural Research Institute-[ From May. 1999-Oct. 1999 (6 months)]  Nature of work: Research and Development  Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University-[ From May Feb. 1998- March 1999 (1 year 1 month)]  Nature of work: Research and Development

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

Students Guided/Guiding: Under Graduate: BE guided 3 students Post Graduate: ME Environmental Engineering guided -16 Students: Ph.D Students guided : NIL

Courses taught:

Under Graduate Course: Fertilizer Technology / Fundamentals of Soil Science / Soil Fertility and Fertilizer use / Chemistry of Crops and Fruits / Entrepreneurship Development.

Post Graduate Course: Climate Change and Adaptation / Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Applications / Ecological & Ecosystem Engineering / Disaster Management/Remote Sensing and GIS (Lab.) / Principles & Design of Biological Treatment System /Air Pollution and Control

Publications

2017 Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. German Amali Jacintha T., Prabhu Dass Batvari and Santhanam (2017). Water Quality Studies of Cooum Sub Basin, Chennai. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology. Vol. 16, No. 3. [In Press] IF 1.953 H Index 6, SJR 0.123, NAAS Score :4.94 Scopus Indexed. (Sep)

Indirani. R, V.E.Nethaji Mariappan and M. Anbarasu (2017). Assessment of Spatial Variability in Soil Properties of Arumbanur tank Command of Madurai through GIS technique. Indian Journal of Natural Science, Vol.8 (43) (In Press). IF : 1.233 Indexed in Thompson Reuters WoS: Zoological Records. NAAS Score : 3.56 (August)

S.Karthik, K.Vineeth Kumar, Y. Varthamanan & V. E. Nethaji Mariappan (2017). E-Waste Management & Assessment - A Review. International Journal of Chem Tech Research. Vol. 10, Number 6 (In Press). H Index 29, SJR 0.271, Scopus Indexed. (August) K.Nagamani and V.E Nethaji Mariappan (2017). Remote Sensing, GIS and Crop Simulation Models – A Review. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology (IJCRBP). Vol 4 (8). https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp (In Press). UGC listed Journal. (August)

V.E.Nethaji Mariappan, A.Balasubramania and S.Parthiban (2017). Geospatial Green Cover Assessment for Chennai using Cartosat data in Changing Climate Scenario. Indian Journal of Natural Science, Vol.7 (42), pp. 12255- 12264. IF : 1.233 Indexed in Thompson Reuters WoS: Zoological Records. NAAS Score :3.56

Nethaji Mariappan VE, Pooja VS, Prabhu Dass Batvari B and Indirani, R. (2017). Grape Cultivation and Management Approaches by Geospatial Tools - A Review. J Adv Res GeoSci Rem Sens. 4(1&2): 17-28. ISSN No: 2455-3190.

2016

Prabhu Dass Batvari B. and V.E. Nethaji Mariappan, (2016). Grain Size and Sediment Characterization of Lagoon Sediments in Lake, Coastal Region, South East Coast of . Rasayan, Journal Chem., Vol. 9(3): 424-430. IF 0.29 H Index 14, SJR 0.19, Scopus Indexed. NethajiMariappan V E, Hari Nivas, A, Kanmani, T. and Parthiban, S. (2016). A study of Water quality status of Mangrove vegetation in Pichavaram Estuary. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International. Vol 5(3). pp. 1-11. DOI no.:10.9734/JAERI/2016/16611. ISSN No.; 2394-1073. 2015 T German Amali Jacintha, J Sriganesh and VE Nethaji Mariappan (2015). Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Ground Water Quality in Chennai City, Tamil Nadu using Geo Spatial Technology. Journal of Advanced Research in Geosciences and Remote Sensing Vol. 2 (3&4). Pp 128-136 ISSN No: 2455-3190 Joshua Amarnath D, NethajiMariappan V E, Anne Beaula M, Vadivel N. (2015). Evaluating Fluoride Contamination in Ground Water of Dharmapuri District in Tamilnadu. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol. 8 (1). pp.18-24 ISSN: 0974-2115 Scopus Indexed: IF: 0.12 H index: 8 Siva Subramanian, T. , Tharini Cheyapalan, Selvaraj, T., and Dr. Nethaji Mariappan V. E., (2015). Mapping Storm Water Sewer System and using GIS. Journal of Advanced Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Vol. 1 No.(2&3), pp. 23-32. Online ISSN: 2393-8307 Dr. Nethaji Mariappan V. E. and Pynthamizh Selvi (2015). GIS based Municipal Solid Waste Management Solution for Kanchipuram Municipality. Journal of Advanced Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Vol. 1 No.(2&3), pp. 17- 22. Online ISSN: 2393-8307 Dr. Nethaji Mariappan, V. E., Selvaraj, T., Vadivel, N. (2015). Soil Salinity Perspectives, Approaches and Strategies. Journal of Advanced Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Vol. 1 No.(2&3), pp. 33-39. Online ISSN: 2393-8307 2014. Sajan Antony Mathew, and V.E. Nethaji Mariappan, Dr (2014). Wind Resource Land Mapping using ArcGIS, WAsP and Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). Energy Procedia, Volume 52, pp. 666–675. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.123 (science direct). Scopus Indexed, SJR:0.394, H Index : 28 T. Nagaraju, S. Parthiban, A.Hari Nivas, T. Siva Sivasubramanian and V. E. Nethaji Mariappan* 2014. A Study on the Spectral Annual Variability of Yealgiri hills. International Journal of ChemTech Research. Vol.6, No.4, pp: 2223-2331. H Index 29, SJR 0.30, Scopus Indexed. Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., and Nagamani, K., 2014. Remote Sensing Based Net Primary Productivity Estimation of Teak Wood Forest of Parambikulam Wild Sanctuary. International Journal of Remote Sensing & Geosciences (IJRSG), Vol. 3( 2), pp:21-26.

2013 Sumithra, R.P., Nethaji Mariappan, V. E. and Joshua Amaranath. 2013. Feasibility Analysis and Design of Water Distribution System For Tiurnelveli Corporation Using Loop And Water Gems Software. International Journal on Applied Bio Engineering.Vol. 7 (1). Pp 61-71. ISSN: 0973-9084. Nethaji Mariappan V.E. , Mohana, P. and Murrugesan, C.A., 2013. Spatio- Temporal Assessment of Air Pollution from Thermal Stations and Vehicular Pollution from Urban places in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Chem Tech Research. Vol 5(1). pp. 172-172 ISSN : 0974-4290. H Index 29 SJR 0.29, Scopus Indexed. Arivukkarasu.D, Dr. Nethaji Mariappan V.E. Dr.Joshua Amarnath. D (2013). Physio-Chemical Characterization of Water Quality in Salinity Affected Area, Using GIS Spatial Mapping. Global Research Analysis. Vol. 2(4). Pp. 56- 60. ISSN No: 2277 – 8160 V.E.Nethaji Mariappan, S. Partiban and G.Suresh 2013. A GIS Enabled Traffic Assessment For Social Service Planning For Municipality. International Journal of Remote Sensing and Geosciences. Vol. 2 (3). pp 86-91 ISSN No: 2319- 3484(ONLINE) Dr.K.Nagamani, V.E.Nethaji Mariappan (2013). Forest Type Mapping Using Remote Sensing Techniques. Asian Academic Research Journal of Multi-Disciplinary.vol-1(13). pp: 104-114.

2012 V. E. Nethaji Mariappan, & Prathiba Princeton 2012. Environment Assessment of Industrial Landfill Site in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 4(10) pp.252-256. ISSN 0975-833X Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., and R. Shanthi Devi. 2012. Chennai coast Vulnerability Assessment Using Optical Satellite data and GIS techniques. International Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS. Vol 1(3) pp. 175-182 ISSN 2277-9051 C.A. Murugesan, Dr. V.E. Nethaji Mariappan, Dr. D. Joshua Amarnath (2012). Implementing Clean Hydro Electric Power Projects for Sustainable Development. Masterbuilder. Vol 14 (4). pp: 116-128. ISSN No: 2249-1228 Balasubramanian, P., Nethaji Mariappan V.E. & Joshua Amarnath, D. 2012. A study on re-designing the existing ash storage pond for leachate control of thermal power station. Indian J. Innovations Dev., Vol. 1 (3). pp. 136-141 Balasubramanian, P., Nethaji Mariappan V.E. & Joshua Amarnath, D. 2012. A study on utilization of discharged hot water for DM/potable water by LTTD method at thermal station. Indian J. Innovations Dev., Vol. 1 (3). pp. 155-161 2011 Arun Kumar, M. & Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. 2011. Water Demand Analysis of Municipal Water Supply Using EPANET Software. International Journal of Applied Bioengineering. Vol 5 (1). pp. 9-19. ISSN: 0973-9084 Rekha., S. Jenita. R., Mrunalini, B., Kannan, V. & Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., 2011. Development and Demonstration of Satellite Image Salinity Analyzer – A Tool For Salinity Mapping. International Journal of Applied Bioengineering. Vol. 5 (1). pp. 25-29. ISSN 0973-9084 2010 Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. 2010. Net Primary Productivity Estimation of Eastern Ghats using Multispectral MODIS Data. International Journal of Geomatics And Geosciences. Vol. 1 (3). pp 406-413. ISSN No: 0976-4380. UGC listed Journal. Shanmuga Sundaram, K., & Nethaji Mariappan, V. E. 2010. Effect of Ground water Contamination on Site Specific Zones of Puducherry State. National Journal on Chembiosis. Vol 1 (2). pp 22-28. ISSN 0975 – 7309 Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., Nagamani, K., & Manoharan, N. 2010. Multi-temporal Land Use/Land cover Change Detection in Semi Urban Vellore District using Landsat TM and ETM+ Data. International Journal on Applied Bio Engineering. Vol. 4 (3). pp-1-6. ISSN: 0973-9084 German Amali Jacintha, T, & Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. 2010. A Study on Tamilnadu Coastal Deformation processes using SAR Interferometric data. 2011. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences. Vol. 1 (3). pp. 879-890. ISSN No: 0976-4380. UGC listed Journal. 2009 Mohana P., Nethaji Mariappan V.E., & Manoharan N. 2009. Land Suitability Analysis For The Part of Parambikulam Aliyar Command Area, Udumalpet Taluk Using Remote Sensing And GIS Techniques. Intl. Jol. on Design and Manufacturing Technologies, Vol.3 ( 2), pp. 98-201. ISSN No:0937-9106 Conferences S.Parthiban, V.E.Nethaji Mariappan, R. Sampath Kumar, Nagaraju Thummala (2014). Studies on the Climatic Variables of Thiruvannamalai District in Tamilnadu. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Impact Analysis of Environment, Energy and Climate Change- IAEECC-2014- Vol. 1. pp. 73-77. ISBN: 978-93-83409-02-0 Nagamani, K., & Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., 2011.Remote Sensing and GIS and Land use Land Cover Mapping. In: National Seminar on Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges. Organized by , Chennai. 2011. Vol. 1. pp. 33-39. ISBN 978-93-8100-016 Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. & Mohana P., 2011. Spatial Urban Spurt Analysis In Kancheepuram District Due To Special Economic Zones (SEZ). 12th Esri India User Conference 2011 pp.1-10 Santhanam, K., Agila, J. E. Mohana, P. Nethaji Mariappan V.E., Balamurugan, G. & Manoharan, N.. 2010. Micro level water planning using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques In: Geomatic Based Natural Resources, Disaster Mitigation and Management, National Conference Organized by Tamil University, Thanjavur 2010, Vol 1. pp. 103-108 ISBN No:978-93- 80211-05-3 Nethaji Mariappan.V.E, Dadhwal.V.K., Ravichandran.M ., & Manoharan.N, 2010. TamilNadu Zonation Through Trend Analysis Agglomerative Clustering Techniques In: Geomatic Based Natural Resources, Disaster Mitigation and Management, National Conference Organized by Tamil University, Thanjavur 2010, Vol 1. pp. 395-401. ISBN No:978-93- 80211-05-3 Nethaji Mariappan V.E., Mohana P., Balamurugan, G., Niranjankumar, T. & Manoharan N. 2010. Mapping and analysis of surface structures of watersheds utilizing remote sensing data and geospatial technology. In: Intl. Conf. on Hydrology & Watershed Management, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 2010, Vol. 2. pp. 965-971. ISBN No:978-81-7800-224-8 Soundar rajan, D., Vijayalakshmi, M.M. & Nethaji Mariappan, V.E. 2010. Assessing a Suitable Method in Estimating Evapotranspiration for Crop Water Requirement. Intl. Conf. on Recent Advances in Space Technology Services & Climate Change, Sathyabama University, Chennai. 2010, Vol 1. pp. 280-283. ISBN 978-1-4244-9183-4/10/$26.00©2010IEEE German Amali Jacintha, T., Santhanam, K., Nagamani, K, Monoharan, N. & Nethaji Mariappan, V. E. (2010). Influence of Hydrological parameters on Landuse/land covers systems of Vembakkam Watershed.In: Geomatic Based Natural Resources, Disaster Mitigation and Management, National Conference Organized by Tamil University, Thanjavur. 2010,Vol 1. pp. 69-75. ISBN No:978-93-80211-05-3 Nagamani, K., Nethaji Mariappan, V.E., & Manoharan, N. 2010. Forest Type Mapping of Javadhu Hills using Remote Sensing and GIS. In: Geomatic Based Natural Resources, Disaster Mitigation and Management, National Conference Organized by Tamil University, Thanjavur. 2010, Vol 1. pp.34-39. ISBN No:978-93-80211-05-3 Nethaji Mariappan.V.E, Manoharan.N, Ravichandran.M & Dadhwal.V.K. 2008. Rice Yield Prediction of District in Tamil Nadu using Crop Simulation Model (CERES-RICE Model) Intl. Conf. on emerging scenario in space Technology and applications. Sathyabama University, Chennai. 2008, Vol. 2. pp. 729-734. Ganesh Kumar.A, Varthamanan.Y, Nethaji Mariapppan.V.E, Swarnalatha.V, Swarnalatha.S, Kannan.V(2008). Nano Ceramic Composite Materials for Space Applications. Intl. Conf. on emerging scenario in space Technology and applications. Sathyabama University, Chennai. 2008, Vol. 2. pp. 772-773.

Books and Book Chapter

K.Santhanam and V.E.Nethaji Mariappan (2009).Water Planning of River Basin using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Techniques- A Case Study. In: S. Rajendran, S. Aravindan, T.Jeyavel Rajakumar, R. Sivakumar and K.R.Murali Mohan (2009) Hyper spectral Remote Sensing and Spectral Signature Applications. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. ISBN No: 81-89422-34-0.

Sponsored Projects as Principal Investigator Assessing Terrestrial Carbon of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu Using Field Based Approach and Satellite Data With a View to

Sustain and Upgrade Bio-Fixation of CO2 By Forest Cover-DST-National Programme on Carbon Sequestration Research (NPCSR) Network Project- 3 years-Completed. (2012-2015) AWiFS Spectral Biomass Model for Tiruvannamalai District –ISRO-RESPOND- 2 years-Completed (2012-2014) Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of soil moisture dynamics and crop growth–ISRO-RESPOND- 3 years-Completed (2012-2015) As Co-Investigator Development of Spatial Decision Support System to suggest sustainable agricultural crop pattern for Udumalpet canal command area of Parambikulam Aliyar project – DST New Delhi - 1 ½ year- Completed Monitoring of Coastal Environment with Special Reference to Disaster Mitigation using High Resolution Satellite Data and GIS-MoEF New Delhi – 2 Years-Completed Biomass Estimation of Teak Forest using Remote Sensing -MoEF New Delhi – 2 Years-Completed As Coordinator Generation of Large Scale Village Resources Information System for the Tsunami Affected Coastal Villages Using Remote Sensing and GIS-DST NRDMS- 1 year-Completed Consultancy Projects as Principal Investigator Extracting geo coordinates of wind mills from six states in India from Satellite data –National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)-GoI, Chennai -1 year-Ongoing (2015-2016) Extracting geo coordinates of wind mills in Tamil Nadu from Satellite data–NIWE-GoI, Chennai -1 year-Completed (2014- 2015) Data Analysis and interpretation by Cartosat imagery for Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy-Forest College and Research Institute (FC&RI) Metttupalayam, Tamil Nadu-1 year-Completed (2013-2014) Creating a digital database of Karnataka and Uttarkahand (Base map& Land use/Land cover Map) using Remote Sensing and GIS- NIWE-GoI, Chennai -1 year-Completed (2013-2014) Creating a digital database of Tamil Nadu (Base map& Land use/Land cover Map) using Remote Sensing and GIS- NIWE- GoI, Chennai -6 months-Completed (2012-2013) Continuous Monitoring and Analysis of High Tide and Low Tide along Shores of BHAVINI- Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (BHAVINI- DAE)- 1year –Completed (2011-2012) Study on the effect of Off-Shore Protection Through Field Survey and Satellite Imaging –(BHAVINI- DAE)- 1year – Completed (2011-2012) Campus GIS Model for A BHAVINI for Planning, Monitoring and Management of the Site Related Spatial Issues Using Remote Sensing and GIS- (BHAVINI- DAE) - 1year –Completed (2011-2012) Deriving Forest Cover map of Karnataka and Maharastra and Overlaying it on the Wind Power Density Map of Respective States NIWE-GoI, Chennai -1 year-Completed. Assessment of Irrigation potential created for Hirehalla and Maskinala Irrigation project, Karnataka State in India Using CARTOSAT satellite Data- National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) GoI- 1 Year –Completed. (2013-2014) Assessment of Irrigation potential created for Ghataprabha Irrigation project, Karnataka State in India Using CARTOSAT satellite Data -National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) GoI- 1 Year –Completed. (2009-2010)

Organised/Organising Training / workshops As Principal Investigator  Three Days Awareness Program on Geospatial Technologies - DST-NRDMS, New Delhi- 2-4th September, 2015  One day Workshop on SODAR in atmospheric sciences – MoES, New Deli -16 July, 2015  Ten days Capacity Building Training Program for PGT School Teachers on Geospatial Technologies - NCERT/ISRO, Bangalore- 27th July to 7th August, 2015  Disaster Management using Remote Sensing and GIS to Government officials-MoES-(Nov 8th – Nov 13th 2010)  21 days training programme on Geospatial Technology-DST-NRDMS, New Delhi (22nd January to 11th February, 2014)

As a Committe Member – conducted the following programmes

 Science Camp under INSPIRE Programme sponsored by DST New Delhi i) 30th July -3rd August, 2012 ii) 4- 8th July, 2011 iii) 7-11th Nov. 2011.  International Conference on Recent Trends in Space Technology Services and Climate Change (RSTS&CC2010) in association with ISRO 13-15th Nov. 2010  Workshop on “Sensor Web Enablement” sponsored by DST, New Delhi 7-8th Sep. 2009  International Conference on Emerging Scenarios in Space Technology and Applications (ESSTA) 13-15th Nov. 2008  DST sponsored Training on weekend course in Geospatial Technology- 6th March -4th April, 2010  DST sponsored Two week training on Geospatial Technology-Concepts and Applications -2007-2008 Oct. Nov. Dec.07, & March 2008  DST sponsored Two week training on GIS and Remote Sensing –Feb. 2006 & Oct-Nov. 2006  ISRO-NNRMS sponsored training programme –Awareness, orientation and two week programme to school children, school teachers and govt. Officials 2005-2010, 2014-2015

Attended /Participated in Conferences/workshops

 External Examiner for final B.E. Geoinformatics students at Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai on 12th April 2017  Delivered special lecture on Introduction to Global Positioning System (GPS) for B.E. II Year Students and Faculties, Sathyabama University, Chennai on 31st March 2017  Special address on Environment Pollution Due to Urbanisation of ISRO Sponsored workshop to Staff and students of Dept of Civil Engineering, Jaya Sakthi Engg. College Chennai on 25th Feb. 2017  Delivered Special Lecture on How to write a Research Article for BE IT students of Sathyabama University, Chennai on 22nd February, 2017  Delivered Special Lecture Series on the topic titled Remote Sensing and Sensors for IEEE students branch, Sathyabama University, Chennai on 08 February, 2017.  Honoured as Chief Guest for CBSE Regional Level Science Exhibition 2016-17 held at JAIN VIDYAASHRAM, , Chennai on 12 January 2017.  Certificate of Appreciation –Sathyabama University – 14th November, 2016 in recognition of research contribution in successful completion Sponsored Research Project Extracting geo coordinates of wind mills from six states in India from Satellite data –National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)-GoI, Chennai during the period 2015-2016.  Certificate of Appreciation –Sathyabama University – 14th November, 2016 in recognition of research contribution in successful completion Sponsored Research Project Extracting geo coordinates of wind mills in Tamil Nadu from Satellite data–NIWE-GoI, Chennai Chennai during the period 2015-2016.  Interactive Session with Dr Naushad Forbes, President, CII at Taj Coromandel, Chennai on 13th May 2016.  Plenary Speaker - Role of GPS & GIS Applications in Agriculture in the Session II: Water and Nutrient Management on 17th December 2015 at Hotel .  Resource Person – Winter school Professional Development Programme on Geospatial Technologies Applications to Science and Engineering Research – delivered a lecture on 7th Jan. 2016 at Dept. of Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.  Awarded- Best Scientist Award- Deccan Environmental Research Organisation(DERO), Bijapur, Karnataka - 29th Dec. 2015  Plenary Speaker- NITI AAYOG sponsored National Conference on Application of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Technologies-Organized by Department of Geography, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai on 17th and 18th December, 2015  Attended –Technical Committee Meeting Conducted by NIWE- Chennai on 30th September, 2015 at National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.  Attended - ESRI India „Technology Exposition, on 22nd September 2015, at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai  Attended –Technical Committee Meeting conducted by ICMR –NIE, Chennai on 11th August, 2015 at National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai  Speaker for the Technical Session for the ISTE Sponsored Short term training programme “Recent Trends and Research Issues on Wireless Communication” at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College on 4th August, 2015  Attended Big Data Analytics and Signal Processing using MATLAB @ Le Royale Meridien, Chennai conducted by Math Works India Ltd. On 8th July, 2015  Awarded Outstanding Researcher Award (Agriculture) – Venus International Foundation – 5th July, 2015  Awarded -Best Faculty Award –Sathyabama University – 12th February, 2015  Chairperson - ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Land Use/Land Cover Changes and its Impact: Spatial Challenges and Geospatial Technologies-Organized by Department of Geography, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai on 19th and 20th February, 2015  Participated One day Bioenergy Workshop invited and sponsored by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)– St. Regis Hotel, Abu Dhabi on 16th January, 2015.  Participated National Conference entitled Climate Change Impacts and Coastal Area Management- Organized by , held during 27-28 February, 2015.  External Examiner, Viva Voce Examination –M.Phil Scholar, conducted by the Deptarment of Applied Geology, University of Madras on 25th September, 2014.  Participated One day Workshop on SODAR Technology: Application in Environment and Disaster Management-Organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkatta on 26th September, 2014.  Expert Lecture & Participation –NADP Urban Forestry- Methodology workshop on Urban Forestry to Combat Pollution, Organised by Forestry College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam held on 8th October, 2014.  Attended 5th Edition EU-India STI Cooperation Days at CSIR Complex, Taramani, Chennai – 12th -13 November 2014.  Participated and Delivered Special Lecture –National Seminar on Coastal Resources and management Strategies through Spatial Technology, Organized by Tamil University, 13th & 14th March, 2014.  Participated National Workshop “Strengthening Capacity building in Geospatial Education jointly conducted by Bharathi Vidyapeeth University, Pune and NRDMS , DST Net Delhi 778 November, 2013.  Participated -Indo Swiss collaboration meeting cum workshop at National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai 31st January-2 Feb, 2012  Delivered Guest lecture –DST NRDMS sponsored Summer Training Programme on Geospatial Technology and Application – Organized Sponsored by School of Energy Environment and Natural Resources, Madurai Kamaraj University on 08 & 09 May 2012.  Chairperson - National Level Technical Symposium on Civil Engineering –Organised by Association of Civil Engineers, Chendu College of Engineering, Maduranthagam, Tamil Nadu on 13 September 2012.

Membership in Professional Bodies Editor in Chief: Journal of Advanced Research in Geoscience and Remote Sensing Member of Editorial Board: Journal Editorial Board Member : Americas Journal of Agricultural Science http://www.eisrjc.com/journals-list.html?title=Americas_Journal_of_Agricultural_Science Journal Editorial Board Member : International Journal of Agriculture Innovation and Research http://www.ijair.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=95 Journal Editorial Board Member : http://www.academicjournalsonline.co.in/dashboard/editorial Journal Reviewer: SPRINGER (Agricultural Research) SPRINGER (Natural Hazards) Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment (Scopus Indexed) Science Alert (Scopus Indexed) PhD Supervisor Ph.D. Supervisor at Sathyabama University No: 96096 Membership in Societies: Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature – Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) as for the period 2017-2020. Executive Council member Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) Chennai Chapter Technical Committee member –National Institute of Epidemiology NIE-ICMR, Chennai Life Member Deccan Environmental Research Organisation (DERO), Bijapur, Karnataka Life Member: Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) Life member in Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG) Life Member in Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Sciences (IANCAS)  Resource Person – Geospatial Technology- India Geospatial Education and Training (I-GET)  Member- Geographic Information Knowledge Network (GIKN)  Member -Asian Cities Climate Change and Resilience Network (ACCCRN)  Member-Indian Climate Research Network (ICRN)  Member –Indian Environment Network (IEN)  Member –weADAPT Member - Geographic Information Knowledge Network (GIKN)  Researcher ID : O-4683-2016  SCOPUS ID: 37036047600  ORCID identifier is 0000-0003-0906-9314  http://nbsapforum.net/#view-member/2190/profile  http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=br3wADIAAAAJ&hl=en  in.linkedin.com/pub/nethaji-mariappan-velu-ethirajan/18/553/774/  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Velu_Ethirajan_Nethaji_Mariappan  https://sathyabamauniversity.academia.edu/DrNethajimariappanVeluEthirajan

JRF sponsored by NRSA, Govt. of India in support of PG programme JRF sponsored by SAC (ISRO) Govt. of India in support of Doctoral Programme

References

Dr. B.Sheela Rani, Dr. M.Ravichandran Vice Chancellor, Dean Sathyabama University Faculty of Agriculture Rajiv Gandhi Road, Jeppiaar Nagar Annamalai University Chennai – 600 119 Annamalai Nagar Tamil Nadu Pin code: 608002 INDIA Phone No: 9894303534 Phone:91-044-24503308 Fax No: Fax:91-044-24500646 Emailed: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Dr. V.K.Dadhwal, Dr. S.Natarajan, Director, Vice Chancellor Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University Gandhigram - 624 302 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Dindigul District, TAMIL NADU Valiamala Road, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, Email: [email protected] Kerala 695547 Phone: 0451- 2452305 Phone: 0471 256 8452 Fax: 0451- 2454535 Fax:0471 2568462 Email: [email protected]

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