National Institute Of Oceanography - CSIR-NIO DETAILS OF Ph.D DEGREES AWARDED SINCE 2001 TO 2011

CSIR-NIO DETAILS OF Ph.D DEGREES AWARDED SINCE 2001 TO 2011 (Names with red-color fonts are presently working in NIO as scientists)
Sl No	Name	Discipline	University	Year	Title of thesis	Name of Supervisor
1	Dr Maria Judith B.D Desouza	Marine Science	Goa University	2001	Studies on particle-associated bacteria in a tropical estuarine system	Dr. P.A. Lokabharathi
2	Dr Anjali Menezes Heredia	Marine Science	Goa University	2001	Some aspects of the nitrogen cycle in mangrove and estuarine waters	Dr. M.V.M. Wafar
3	Dr Vivek V Dham	Botany	Poona University	2001	Studies on benthic nitrogen flux in a mangrove ecosystem	Dr. M.V.M. Wafar
4	Dr B Prabhakara Rao	Marine Science	Behrampur University	2001	Sediment Transport and Exchange Around Rameswaram Island Between Gulf of Mannar & Palk Bay	Dr. K.S.R. Murthy
5	Dr Cynthia Gonsalves	Marine Science	Goa University	2001	Bioactivity and chemical ecology of marine organisms from Goa waters	Dr. CT Achuttankutty
6	Dr. K.K. Balachandran	Marine Science	Cochin University of Science & Technology	2001	Chemical Oceanographic Studies of the Coastal waters of Cochin	Dr. V.N. Sankaranarayanan
7	Dr P Sheeba	Marine Science	Cochin University of Science and Technology	2002	Distribution of benthic Infauna in the Cochin backwaters in relation to environmental parameters	Dr. K. Saraladevi
8	Dr Mangesh U Gauns	Marine Science	Goa University	2002	Role of microzooplankton in food chain dynamics of some tropical marine environment.	Dr. M. Madhupratap
9	Dr N.L Thankur	Marine Science	Goa University	2002	Studies on some bioactivity aspects of selected marine organisms	Dr. A.C. Anil
10	Dr Mangala Govenkar	Organic Chemistry	Goa University	2002	Chemistry of Marine Metabolites	Dr. Solimabi Wahidullah
11	Dr Rani Rajamanickam	Organic Chemistry	Goa University	2002	Secondary metabolites from few marine organisms and its applications	Dr. Solimabi Wahidullah
12	Dr S Sreeja	Marine Science	Cochin University of Science and Technology	2003	Molecular characterisation of salt resistant gene in E.Coli isolated from Crassostria madrasensis and their habitats in Cochin backwaters	Dr. K. Saraladevi
13	Dr A.S Pradeep Ram	Microbial Ecology	Goa University	2003	Studies on the Role of Bacteria in the Assimilation of Organic Inputs in Coastal Waters.	Dr. Shanta Achuthankutty
14	Dr Damodar M Shenoy	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2003	Biogeochemical cycling of dimethyl sulphide in the Northern Indian Ocean.	Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
15	Dr Dattesh V Desai	Marine Science	Goa University	2003	Studies on some ecological aspects of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia:Thoracica)	Dr. A.C. Anil
15	Dr Liditha D.S Khandeparkar	Marine Science	Goa University	2003	Studies on some cues regulating metamorphosis of the larvae of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia:Thoracica)	Dr. S. Raghukumar
16	Dr Savita Kerkar	Microbiology	Goa University	2003	Studies on the disimilatory reductive processes of the sulphur cycle from the salt pans of Goa	Dr. P.A. Lokabharathi
17	Dr Pratima Kesarkar	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2003	Investigations on the sediment cores of the Bengal Fan: Inferences on the provenance of sediments during the late Quaternary.	Dr. V.P.C. Rao
18	Dr Pravin Kunte	Marine Science	Chiba University, Japan	2003	Study of Sediment Transportation in the Gulf of Kachchh, using 3D Hydro-dynamic Model Simulation and Satellite Data	Prof. Y. Sugimori
19	Dr J Ravindran	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2004	Pathogens associated with	Dr C. Raghukumar
19	Dr J Ravindran	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2004	diseased corals: a case study	Dr C. Raghukumar
20	Dr S.S. Bhosle	Botany	University of Pune	2004	Ecological Studies on Major Beds of Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) Tateoka Graminae, and it's Immediate Associated Biota, along the Central West Coast of India.	Dr. T. Jagtap
21	Dr Hema S. Naik	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2004	Benthic nitrogen cycling with special reference to nitrous oxide in the coastal and continental shelf environments of the eastern Arabian Sea	Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
22	Dr Smita S Mitbhavkar	Marine Science	Goa University	2004	Eco-Biology of marine diatoms with emphasis of the influence of physico-chemical parameters	Dr. A.C. Anil
23	Dr Nimi Rodrigues	Marine Science	Goa University	2004	Benthic ecology and bioturbation in the coastal waters of Goa, India	Dr. S.N. Harkantra
24	Dr K Srinivas	Earth Sciences	Goa University	2004	Seismic reflection and bathymetric study over deep offshore regions off the central west coast of India	Shri G.C. Bhattacharya
25	Dr P.V. Bhaskar	Microbiology	Goa University	2004	Studies on some aspects of marine microbial exopolysaccharides	Dr. N.B. Bhosle
26	Dr J Suneethi	Geology	Goa University	2004	Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Bay of Bengal: A sedimentary approach	Dr. O.S. Chauhan
27	Dr M Malleswara Rao	Geophysics	Andhra University	2004	Application of some Inversion Techniques to Interpretation of marine Geophysical data.	Dr. K.S.R. Murthy
28	Dr Jagdish S Patil	Marine Science	Goa University	2004	Studies on ecology of diatoms	Dr. A.C. Anil
29	Dr Fraddry D’Souza	Marine Science	Goa University	2004	Study on bacterial exopolysaccharides and their role in adhesin and corrosion”	Dr. N.B. Bhosle
30	Dr. Binu M.S.	Marine Science	Cochin University of Science & Technology	2004	Studies on the larvae of the Arabian Sea with special reference to Clupeiformes	Dr. C.B. Lalithambika Devi
31	Dr. Sarat Chandra Tripathy	Marine Science	Berhampur University	2004	Phytoplankton productivity Studies in the estuarine and coastal waters of Orissa-Andhra coast	Dr. V.V. Sarma
32	Dr Jay Sankar De	Marine Science	Goa University	2005	Mercury-resistant marine bacteria and their role in bioremediation of certain toxicants	Dr N Ramaiah
33	Dr Rani Rajamanickam	Chemistry	Goa University	2005	Secondary metabolites from a few marine organisms and its applications.	Dr Solimabi Wahidullah
34	Dr Anjali Chodankar	Marine Science	Goa University	2005	The late Pleistocene sedimentation history in the Eastern Arabian Sea: Climate-weathering-productivity linkage	Dr V.K Banakar
35	Dr Abhijeet Mazumdar	Geology	Goa University	2005	Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction through the Study of Foraminifera in Marine Sediments off Central West Coast of India	Dr Rajiv Nigam
36	Dr S Lakshminarayana	Computer Science	Andhra University	2005	Numbering of a class of trees and search algorithms for World Wide Web	Prof P Seetharamaiah
37	Dr Madhu N.V	Marine Biology	Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi	2005	Seasonal studies on primary production and associated environmental parameters in the Indian EEZ	Dr T.C Gopalakrishnan
38	Dr Rajiv Saraswat	Geology	Goa Unviersity	2006	Development and evaluation of proxies for high resolution paleoclimatic reconstruction with special reference to North-eastern Indian Ocean	Dr Rajiv Nigam
39	Dr Rabindra Kumar Nayak	Physical Oceanography	Goa University	2006	Coupling between the north Indian Ocean and the monsoons	Dr S.R Shetye
40	Dr G Parthiban	Geology	Goa University	2006	Quaternary sedimentation in the Central Indian Ocean: Response to Himalayan weathering and climate variation	Dr V.K Banakar
40	Dr G Parthiban	Geology	Goa University	2006		Dr V.K Banakar
41	Dr Le Dinh Mau	Ocean Engineering	Goa University	2006	Shoreline changes in and around the Thubon river mouth, Central Vietnam	Dr S. Mandal
42	Dr Lina Mergilhao	Geology	Goa University	2007	Seasonal variation of the flux of living cocolithophore communities in the Bay of Bengal and their implication on hydrography	Dr M.V.S Guptha
43	Dr M.T Babu	Physics	Goa University	2007	Numerical modelling of the physical characteristics of the Gulf of Kachchh with reference to its sustainable use	Dr Ehlrich Desa
44	Dr Supriya Tilvi	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2007	Chemical investigation of some selected marine organisms	Dr C.G Naik
45	Dr Varsha D Raikar	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2007	Nitrogen uptake by marine macroalgae	Dr M.V.M Wafar
46	Dr Anil Kumar A	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2007	Palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic studies on the sediment cores of the northwestern continental margin of India	Dr V.P.C Rao
47	Dr Vinod Nagle	Botany	Pune University	2007	Study of blue green algae (Cyanobacteria) associated with various marine wetland habitats, along the Goa coast, Central west coast of India	Dr T.G Jagtap
48	Dr Samir Damare	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	Deep-sea fungi: occurrence and adaptations	Dr Chandralata Raghukumar
49	Dr Sushma Parab	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	Production of organic matter and nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium from Arabian sea	Dr Prabhu Matondkar/Dr CU Rivonkar (GU)
50	Dr Sreekumar P.K	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	Identification of radioprotective activity in the extract of Indian green mussel Perna viridis L	Dr Anil Chatterji
51	Dr Nuncio Murukesh	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	The role of eddies in the circulation, hydrography and in the distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal	Dr S Prasanna Kumar
52	Dr Mohammed Zafar Iqbal	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	Molecular Cytogenetic Studies in perna vividis (Bivalvia: Mollusca) from Goa, West Coast of India	Dr Usha Goswami
53	Dr Sini Pavithran	Marine Science	Goa University	2007	Deep-sea treasure of macrofaunal communities from the Central Indian Ocean Basin	Dr Baban Ingole
54	Dr Yatheesh Vadakkeyakath	Earth Science	Goa University	2008	A study of tectonic elements of the western continental margin of India and adjoining ocean basins to understand the early opening of the Arabian Sea	Mr G.C Bhattacharya
55	Dr Rajani Ramesh	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Chemistry of tropical Indian Ocean seamount ferromanganese crusts: Implications for crust genesis and paleoceanography	Dr V.K banakar
56	Dr Pawan Govil	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Late Quaternary Paleoceanography of the Northern Indian Ocean	Dr P. Divakar Naidu
57	Dr Anil K Pratihary	Marine Geology	Mangalore University	2008	Benthic exchange of biogenic elements in the estuarine and nearshore waters of wetsern India.	Dr S.W.A Naqvi/ Dr Manujunatha
58	Dr Shantanu Kulkarni	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	A comparative study on the development of Bottom Fauna in different shrimp culture systems	Dr Baban Ingole
59	Dr Alexandrina Witty D'Souza	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Reconstruction of past changes in the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Sea from sedimentary records	Dr Dileep Kumar
60	Dr Hindlekar Sheelpa Ramkrishna	Botany	Goa University	2008	Nutrient flux at some interfaces in a Mangrove Ecosystem	Dr Sayeeda Wafar
61	Dr Ebtisam Faisal Saeed Shamsan	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Ecobiology and fisheries of an economically important estuarine fish Sillago Sihama (Forsskal)	Dr Z.A Ansari
62	Dr. Mohammed Al Saafani	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Physical Oceanography of Gulf of Aden	Dr S.S.C Shenoi
62	Mr Ammar Ahmed Al Fahdli	Chemistry	Goa University	2008	Bioactivity and Structure of metabolites from marine organisms	Dr Solimabi Wahidullah
63	Dr. Hisham Mohamed Hamoud Nagi	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	'Environmental Studies on Mangrove Cover Changes in Goa, and its Resident Crassostrea Population	Dr T.G Jagtap
64	Dr Siddhi Prabhukonkar	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	“Diversity & trophic relationship in the Indian Coastal Ecosystem in relation to Mesozooplankton”	Dr C.T Achuthankutty
65	Dr Sushant Suresh Naik	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Late Quaternary fluctuations in carbonate & carbonate ion content in the northern Indian Ocean	Dr P. Divakar Naidu
66	Dr Rajani Panchang Dhumal	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Distribution and Ecology of Benthic Foraminifera off Myanmar	Dr Rajiv Nigam
67	Dr Sandhya Clemente	Marine Science	Goa University	2008	Ecology and population dynamics of the mangrove clam Polymesoda erosa (Scholander, 1876) in the mangrove ecosystem	Dr Baban Ingole
69	Dr Jayu Narvekar	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Seasonal variability of the upper ocean driven by the atmospheric forcing and its regulation of nutrients and chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal	Dr S Prasanna Kumar
70	Ms Paul Jane Theophline	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Ecological & Experimental analyses of Phytoplankton dynamics in the Bay of Bengal	Dr N Ramaiah
71	Dr Sanitha Sivadas	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Impact of anthropogenic activities in macrobenthiccommunities of West coast of India	Dr Baban Ingole
71	Dr Sanitha Sivadas	Marine Science	Goa University	2009		Dr Baban Ingole
72	Dr Mondher Th. A Numan	Microbiology	Goa University	2009	Studies on Arabinofuranosidase from Marine Bacteria	Dr N.B Bhosle
73	Dr Veronica Fernandes	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Mezozooplankton community structure its seasonal shifts, grazing and growth potential in the Bay of Bengal	Dr N Ramaiah
74	Dr Anand Jain	Microbiology	Goa University	2009	Bacterial Biofilms on non-living surfaces immersed in marine waters	Dr N.B Bhosle
75	Dr Varada Damare	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Ecological studies and molecular characterization of thraustochytrids and Aplanochytrids from ocean water column	Dr S. Raghukumar
76	Dr Sree S. Kumar	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Study of the role of microbes as source and sink of dimethyly sulphide in coastal waters	Dr Shanta Achuthankutty
77	Dr Manoj N.T	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	Numerical modeling of tidal circulation and studies on salinity distribution in Mandovi Zuari estuaries	Dr A.S Unnikrishnan
78	Dr Donna D’Souza Ticlo	Marine Science	Goa University	2009	The lignin-degrading enzyme, laccase from marine fungi;Biochemical and molecular approaches	Dr Chandralata Raghukumar
79	Dr Biju A	Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry	CUSAT, Kochi	2009	Studies on taxonomy and ecology of Mysidacea from the EEZ of India	Dr. Saramma. U. Panampunnayil
80	Mr Sanjay Singh Rana	Marine Science	Goa University		Study of foraminiferal distribution in surface and subsurface sediments off central east coast of India and their paleoecological significance	Dr Rajiv Nigam
81	Dr Nagaraj M Gowda	Biotechnology	Pune University, Pune	2009	Purification and characterization of a lectin from marine invertebrate, sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra).	Dr Islam M Khan Co-Guide: Dr Usha Goswami
81	Dr Nagaraj M Gowda	Biotechnology	Pune University, Pune	2009
82	Dr Dwijesh Ray	Geology	Jadhavpur University, Kolkata	2009	Spreading Ridge Kinematicsand its implications on the petrological characters of rocks from the Northern Central Indian Ridge (NCIR), Indian Ocean	Dr S Mukhopadhyay (JU, Kolkata)C-Guide: Dr R Banerjee


83	Dr Pranab Das	Geology	Jadhavpur University, Kolkata	2010	Morphotectonic Evolution and Petrochemistry of Central Indian Ocean Floor	Dr D. Sridhar Iyer
84	Mr Rajdeep Roy	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2010	Influence of Phytoplankton community structure on the abundance and emissions of volatile halogenated organic carbons (VHOC) in the Arabian Sea	Dr M Dileep Kumar
85	Ms Cathrine Sumathi Jebaraj		Goa University	2010	Ecology of fungi in the denitrification zones of the Arabian Sea	Dr C Raghukumar
86	Ms Sujata Kurtarkar	Marine Science	Goa University	2010	Benthic foraminifera under laboratory culture experiments: Ecological implications	Dr Rajiv Nigam
87	Dr V. P Limna Mol	Marine Science	CUSAT, Kochi	2010	Natural product antifoulants from sponges and octocorals of Indian waters	Dr T. V Raveendran
88	Dr Sheryl O Fernandes	Marine Science	Goa University	2010	Ecology of Denitrifiers in mangrove sediments	Dr P.A Lokabharathi
89	Ms Linshy V. N	Marine Science	Goa University	2010	Laboratory Culture experiments on benthic foraminifera	Dr Rajiv Nigam
90	Ms Christabelle Fernandes	Marine Science	Goa University	2011	Bacterial ecology of coastal and nearshore placer sediments	Dr P. A Lokabharathi
91	Dr Maria Ana Desa	Marine Science	Goa University	2011	Early Cretaceous breakup history of India from the contiguous Antarctica-Australia as inferred from marine magnetic data	Dr M. V ramana
92	Mr V. M Aboobacker	Marine Science	Goa University	2011	Wave transformation at select locations along the Indian coast through measurements, modelling and remote sensing	Dr P Vethamony
93	Mr M. A Rokade	Chemistry	University of Mumbai	2011	Heavy metal burden in coastal marine sediments of North West Coast of India in relation to pollution	Dr M. D Zingde
94	Mr Sanjay Kumar Singh	Marine Sciences	Goa University	2011	Spatio temporal variations in molecular phylogenetics of prokaryote communities in the central west coast of India	Dr N Ramaiah
95	Mr Abdul Salam Abdullah Sultan Alkawari	Marine Science	Goa University	2011	Microphytoplankton distribution and diversity in the intertidal zones of Goa	Dr N. Ramaiah
96	Mr Mandar Nanjkar	Marine Science	Goa University	2011	Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the central west coast of India	Dr Baban Ingole
97	Ms Deepthi Vasishta	Environmental Science	Pune University	2011	Studies on DNA Damage and Enzyme Activities in Marine Organisms as Biomarkers of Exposure to Marine Pollutants	Dr Anupam Sarkar
	Dr Pawan Devangan	Geophysics	Colarado School of Mines, USA	2005	Processing and applications of mode-converted waves	Dr. Ilya Tsvankin
	Dr Gowda Rudraswami Narappa	Physics	Gujarat University	2008	Isotopic studies on evolution of early solar system objects using ion microprobe	Prof. J.N Goswami(PRL, Ahmedabad)

Copyright NIO, Dona Paula-Goa, 403 004, India. EPABX:+91(0)832-2450450; Fax:+91(0)832-2450602, -2450603; e-mail:ocean@nio.org

Sitemap