Sh. Vijayakumar Kanojia ( CSIR-NIO )
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Sh. Vijayakumar Kanojia 

Principal Technical Officer ( Headquarters, Goa )

DepartmentMarine Instrumentation (MID)

Research Interests/SpecializationWeather sensors/instruments, Oceanographic sensors/instruments, Air-Sea Interaction

Career at CSIR

Date of Joining CSIR : 1991-12-06
Date of Joining Present Post : 2019-12-06
Date of Retirement : 2028-07-31

Contact Details
 Emailkvkumar.nio@csir.res.in
  Office +91 8322450349
Work Details

Work Domain Technical

Area of WorkInstrumentation, atmosphere and ocean

People Trained

No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :33

Grant-in-aid Projects
Ongoing Completed
0 4

 Education
Degree Specialization University Graduation Year
Ph.D Physical Oceanography Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (in-process) 2020
Msc (Eng) Ocean and Atmospheric Science Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2016
BE/B.Tech Electronic & Telecommunication Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India 2008
 Experiences
Position Organization From To
Faculty (Assistant Professor) (Honorary)) Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) 2012 2019
Principal Technical officer CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography 2019 2022
 Patents

 Process for enzymatic deinking of printed papers

Country Patent No Filing Date Grant Date
United States   US20080073042A1 30-Mar-2006 27-Mar-2008
Switzerland   WO2007017889A1 09-Dec-2005 15-Feb-2007

 System for calibration of pressure transducers

Country Patent No Filing Date Grant Date
United States   US20030177812A1 22-Mar-2002 01-Feb-2005

 Tide staff system

Country Patent No Filing Date Grant Date
United States   US6802219B2 19-Nov-2002 12-Oct-2004

 Pressure housing for in-water pressure based systems

Country Patent No Filing Date Grant Date
United States   US6568266B1 27-Dec-2001 27-May-2003
 Conferences / Seminars / Workshops / Meetings Presentations
  • Conferences
  •  Inertial Dissipation Method for estimating turbulent heat fluxes from a research vessel,
    ( International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC-2022) - 2022 )

     Near-surface observations of high resolution turbulent latent and sensible heat fluxes and momentum from research ship during the Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE), (TROPMET-2018) ,
    ( Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi - 2018 )

     Mean Surface Meteorological Parameters Characterization at Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Island, South-East Arabian Sea, West Coast of India. (INCHOE 2014),
    ( CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa - 2014 )

     Instrumentation for High-Frequency meteorological observations from the research vessel. Marine Technology Society,
    ( Hawai, USA - 2011 )

     Tidal range under-estimation due to fresh water influx in Godavari estuary east coast of India. (IEEE-Ocean-09),
    ( Bremen, Germany - 2009 )

  • Workshops
  •  Measurement of near-surface turbulent fluxes of heat, vapor, momentum and atmospheric boundary layer process during the Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE). BOBBLE–SWAAMI-INCOMPASS Joint Workshop & Review,
    ( Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 2018 )

Professional Services/Recognition:

• Member by invitation of the Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE) Science Team (2016-Present)
• Member by invitation of the Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment-Ministry of Earth Science-Natural
Environment
Research Council (BoBBLE- MoES-NERC, UK) Science working group (2018)
• Member by invitation India- Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA Arabian Sea Science program, August
(2018)
• Member of the Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) Science Team (2011-2017)
• Member of the Technical & Financial evaluation committee, (INCOIS, Ministry of Earth Sciences)(2012-14)

Institutional Recognition

• External Expert Committee Member for verification of the status of instrument CSIR NIScPR New Delhi
July 2022
• Member राजभाषा निरीक्षण समिति July 2022.
• Chairman subcommittee for travel for Anusandhan basketball Tournamen during 24-27 June 2022, NIO, Goa
• Member committee Central Analytical Facility Management Group, June 2022 - June 2024
• Convenor subcommittee Inspection and reporting of the status of costly equipment, June 2022 - June
2024
• Logistic support for recruitment and assessment for Group III and Group II during 24-27 April 2022.
• Member Divisional Local Purchase Committee, MID Division 7 December 2021-present
• Chairman subcommittee of Research vessel management Group for preparing a specification for Safety
Shoes, CSIR-NIO 2021- June 2022
• Member Management Council, CSIR-NIO 2020-22
• Member Research vessel management Group 2019- June 2022
• Convenor, Inspection, and Reporting of the status of Costly Equipment (>Rs 25 lakhs) 2020- June 2024
• Member impanel purchase committee for physical oceanographic Div. (Rs. 50k-10 lakhs): Period December
8,2021-December 8, 2023 (2 years)
• Member Colony Coordination Committee 2020- June 2024
• Member logistic committee for Director’s Conference February 2020
• Co-Chair House allotment committee (2017-20)
• Member Estate Management Committee (2018-19)
• Member Parliamentarian visit committee (2018)
• Co-Chair and Member (transport committee) of the India- INDIA-USA Colloquium, June (2018)
• Chairman (transport committee) of the India-Japan Science & Technology International conference August
(2017)
• Member logistic committee Indian National Science Academy (INSA) December (2019)
• Member logistic committee International Indian Ocean Science Conference-2020 (IIOSC-2020)

Recent research project active/completed

• Ship-based measurement of high-resolution surface turbulent air-sea fluxes of heat, moisture, and
momentum from the Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea (Funding: INCOIS, MoES), 28/03/2018- 31/03/2021. Vijay Kumar (PI).
• Monitoring changes in the bathymetry of coastal and estuarine waters using satellite data.
(Funding: Naval Research Board). (2017-2019). Vijay Kumar (PI).
• Development of bio-optical algorithms for the coastal waters and validation of products from the ocean
colour satellite sensors. (Funding: National Remote Sensing Agency). (2018 – 2020). Vijay Kumar (CO-PI)
• Establishment of a network of near-real-time reporting surface meteorological stations at select
coastal and Island locations of India (funding: INCOIS, MoES), (2013-2018). Vijay Kumar (CO-PI).
(completed)
• Air-sea flux observations from the research vessel during Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ), (Funding: MoES), (2011- 2016). Vijay Kumar (PI). (completed)
• Validation of NDBP Buoy data for Coastal Sea State Forecast (funding: INCOIS, MoES),(2006-2013). Vijay
Kumar (PI). (completed)

 Professional Interests
coupled air-sea interaction processes
Air-Sea Flux : surface turbulent fluxes of heat, vapor and momentum, surface energy budget
Ship based observation of surface turbulent fluxes by Eddy Covariance technique
Climatic Study : ship based measurement of air-sea CO2 flux by Eddy Covariance technique
Turbulence Process : temperature and water vapor, relationship to meteorological conditions, short and long wave radiation transfer,
Boundary Layer Physics : oceanic-atmospheric boundary layers, surface energy budget, tropospheric wind, temperature, humidity, and pressure, atmospheric column precipitable water
Technology Design, Development and Engineering : ship mounted Eddy Covariance System, ship/land based autonomous weather system, sea level gauge (pressure and radar), real-time sea surface temperature,
Performance Evaluation of Sensors: critical assessment of micro meteorological, turbulent , bulk, sensors and their field performance
 Professional Membership
Member and Secretory India Meteorological Society and Secretory, Goa Chapeter
Life member, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta
Member the Oceanography Society
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