

Principal Technical Officer ( Headquarters, Goa )
DepartmentMarine Instrumentation (MID)
Research Interests/SpecializationWeather sensors/instruments, Oceanographic sensors/instruments, Air-Sea Interaction
Date of Joining CSIR : 1991-12-06
Date of Joining Present Post : 2019-12-06
Date of Retirement : 2028-07-31
Work Domain Technical
Area of WorkInstrumentation, atmosphere and ocean
No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :33
Ongoing | Completed |
0 | 4 |
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)