Dr N. Chandrasekar

MSC PhD

remotesensing and Gis, coastalgeomorphology. Beach -marine placer mineral exploration , marine geology and geochemistry, coastal hydrogeology

Rajan G. Rejith, Mayappan Sundararajan, Lakshmanan Gnanappazham, Seenipandi Kaliraj and Nainarpandian Chandrasekar (2022) Exploring beach placer minerals in the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India, using EO-1 Hyperion data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. (Impact

Sasidharan S. Salaj, Dharmarajan Ramesh, Domodaran S. Suresh Babu, Seenipandi Kaliraj and Nainarpandian Chandrasekar (2022) Appraisal of urban growth impacts on seawater intrusion vulnerability using GIS-based modified GALDIT-U model: a case study of Kozhikode coastal stretch, Kerala, South India. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. (Impact 16(1) 012014

S. Selvakumar, N. Chandrasekar, Y. Srinivas, S. Selvam, S. Kaliraj, N.S. Magesh, S. Venkatramanan (2022) Hydrogeochemical processes controlling the groundwater salinity in the coastal aquifers of Southern Tamil Nadu, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin. (Impact 174, 113264 .

Kaliraj S.Chandrasekar N, Ramachandran KK (2019) Coastal Habitat vulnerability of southern India: A multiple parametric approach of GIS based HVI (Habitat Vulnerability Index) model. Geogr. Fis. Dinam. Quat. (Impact 42 (2019). 27-42

Kaliraj S. Chandrasekar N, Ramachandran KK, Selvakumar S (2019) Seawater intrusion vulnerability in the coastal aquifers of Southern India - an appraisal of GALDIT model, parameters sensitivity and hydrochemical indicators. En

S.No
Funding
Organisation
Project title
Completed/
Ongoing
Total Cost
(in Rupees)
1
UGC
(P.I)
Beach sands and their associated placer deposits of Vaippar and Kallar basins
Completed
10,000


2
UGC
(P.I)
Provenance of Heavy mineral placer deposits along the central Tamil Nadu coast
Completed
15,000
3
OSTC-DOD
(P.I)
Exploration and Evaluation of Beach placers along the coast between Vembar and Kallar rivers (EXPLOVEKA)
Completed
14,57,000
4
UGC
(P.I)
Environmental impact assessment of Beach Placer mining along the coast between Tiruchendur and Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Completed
20,000
5
NATP – ICAR (P.I)
Natural Resource Management (Coral Reef Eco System)
Completed
40,00,000
6
UGC
(P.I)
A Study of Quaternary Ostracoda and its bearing on the palaeo-climate and depositional environment in the Barrier reef of Gulf of Mannar
Completed
20,000
7
UGC
(P.I)
Heavy metal assessment in the deltaic sediments of Tambraparani Delta
Completed
37,000


8
DST–NRDMS
(P.I)
Preparation of damage assessment maps of tsunamis affected areas in Kanyakumari (No: ES/11/936(5)/05
Completed
10,00,000
9
DST – SERC
(P.I)
Mapping of areas of Inundation –Kanyakumari (No: SR/S4/, Dated: 03/03/05)
Completed
4,60,000
10
UGC
(
Evolution of 550 Ma Southern granulite Terrain, South of Kodaikanal Ranges, possible linkages to beach Placer deposits of Southern Tamil Nadu
Completed
5, 59,600
11
CSIR
(P.I)
Mining Environment management in Tamil Nadu (CSIR/CMM/22.1/192. Dated: 04th August, 2003)
Co

Method of exploration and discrimination of mineral abundance in beach sand”. Ref: Patent Official Journal No. 12 May 2017, DOP: 12/05/2017, part 1, .
ONWET: V.Joevivek and N.Chandrasekar (2015) A simple integrated tool for beach morphology and wave dynamics analysis, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, (Taylor & Francis) DOI . (Impact factor 0.644 – 2013).

Research Guided: (
S.No
Name
Topic
Year
C/U
1
D. Vetha Roy
Geochemistry of deltaic sediments of Tambraparani delta
2002
C
2
Anil Cherian
Shoreline changes and morpho-dynamic control on placer deposits in the beaches between Tuticorin and Valinokkam
2003
C
3
Jeya Sekar
A study on ambient heavy metal dsistribution in the atmospheric environment of Tuticorin Coast
2003
C
4
J. Dajkumar
Sahayam
Genesis of beach rock formation along the southeastern Coast, Tamil Nadu and its significance to sea level variation
2004
C
5
M.Subbu
lakshmi
Industrialization and urbanization impacts in the aquatic environments of Tuticorin coast
2006
C
6
M. Rajamanickam
Remote sensing and GIS application in beach placer evaluation and shoreline dynamics along the Tuticorin Coast
2007
C
7
Glory
Geo-chemical accumulation in salt marsh area of Tuticorin and Punnaikayal
2008
C
8
L. Ramakrishna
Developing suitable Eco-friendly excavation techniques for limestone mining from complex metamorphic structures and lithology of Thalaiyuthu limestone terrain
2010
C
9
P. Sheik Mujabar
Quantitative analysis of coastal Landform dynamics between Tuticorin and Kanyakumari using Remote sensing and GIS
2010
C
10
S. Krishna
Kumar
Sedimentology and geochemistry study on Coral Reef, Gulf of Mannar
2011
C
11
John Prince
Soundranayagam
Urban development through Remote sensing and GIS in Tuticorin Coast
2011
C
12
S. Saravanan
A study on beach morphodynamics and heavy mineral distribution in the beaches betwee