Publications
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C P Rajendran Adjunct Faculty, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering The Role of Community Science in the forecast of landslides in Kerala Mathrubhumi Daily, 30 September 2022 |
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Sisir Roy co-edited Honorary Visiting Professor, Consciousness Studies Programme Towards reconstruction of the dialogue between modern physics and Buddhist philosophy: an inquiry into the concepts of quantum vacuum and Alayavijnana Co-edited with Buddhadev Bhattacharya. Nalanda Dialogue Series, Volume III In the present paper, our aim is not to discover the findings of modern physics in Vedanta or to show how modern physics can also be claimed as “spiritual”. On the contrary, an attempt has been made to critically analyse the claims of convergence between the concept of “Quantum Vacuum” and “Alayavijnana” in Yogacara Buddhism. |
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Chanchal Chauhan Application of Vegetation Index to Assess the Sustainability of Coal Mines in India https://res.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4c96385cee36c21eb5f2510c4&id=6949fe520c&e=ffe444b6f3 Co-authored with Aariz Ahmed and Srikanth R. In: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, Volume 19 Coal mines must incorporate social and ecological sensitivities from the planning stage up to mine closure to meet India’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Normalized Vegetation Difference Index (NDVI) is useful to assess the environmental impacts of mining operations on the air quality and vegetation around coal mines and monitor the progress of post-closure activities. |
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Aariz Ahmed Application of Vegetation Index to Assess the Sustainability of Coal Mines in India https://res.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4c96385cee36c21eb5f2510c4&id=6949fe520c&e=ffe444b6f3 Co-authored with Chanchal Chauhan, and Srikanth R. In: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, Volume 19 Coal mines must incorporate social and ecological sensitivities from the planning stage up to mine closure to meet India’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Normalized Vegetation Difference Index (NDVI) is useful to assess the environmental impacts of mining operations on the air quality and vegetation around coal mines and monitor the progress of post-closure activities. |
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R Srikanth co-authored Professor, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Programme Application of Vegetation Index to Assess the Sustainability of Coal Mines in India https://res.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4c96385cee36c21eb5f2510c4&id=6949fe520c&e=ffe444b6f3 Co-authored with Chanchal Chauhan, and Aariz Ahmed. In: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, Volume 19 Coal mines must incorporate social and ecological sensitivities from the planning stage up to mine closure to meet India’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Normalized Vegetation Difference Index (NDVI) is useful to assess the environmental impacts of mining operations on the air quality and vegetation around coal mines and monitor the progress of post-closure activities. |
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G Parthasarathy co-authored Visiting Professor, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering Clay mineralogy and provenance modeling of the Paleoproterozoic Kaladgi shales, Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications on paleoweathering and source rock compositions https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277288382200108X?via%3Dihub= Co-authored with Pronoy Roy, and Bulusu Sreenivas. In: Geosystems and Geoenvironment In this detailed study clay mineralogy and rare earth (REE) of 1.8 Billion Years old shales of the Proterozoic Kaladgi-Badami Basin , we found shale samples with <10% values in K-enrichment are more positively correlated with ƩLREE and ƩREE, while the shales with >10% of K-enrichment do not show any correlation with REE contents . |
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Anindya Sinha The Day of the Macaque https://harpercollins.co.in/product/at-the-feet-of-living-things/ In: At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India (eds. A Datta, R Arthur and T R Shankar Raman), HarperCollins Publishers India Reminiscences of three decades of my research on bonnet macaques, "the performing monkey of south India" |
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Sudha Mahalingam, R Srikanth, Soumya Deep Das co-authored Power Distribution Sector Reforms in India: Role of Regulators and The Private Sector https://cms.nias.res.in/sites/default/filesefs/2022-08/2208-EnergyProgramme-Report-DISCOMandRegulatoryReforms.pdf Workshop Report, NIAS/NSE/EECP/U/WR/20/2022 The accumulated losses of all State-owned power distribution companies (DISCOMs) have crossed Rs.5 lakh crore even after more than Rs.2 Trillion of their debt was taken over by the respective State Governments in FY 2015-16. The Government of India wants to pump in another Rs.3 trillion into these DISCOMs. This approach flags serious managerial deficiencies within the State-owned DISCOMs and the effectiveness of the electricity regulators in India. This report summarises the deliberations in a NIAS stakeholder consultation workshop. and the way forward for the power distribution sector. |