Department Of Physical Oceanography, Cochin University Of Science And Technology  - Dr. P. K. Saji
Dr. P. K. Saji
Assistant Professor and Head of the Department
 

Contact Info


Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Oceanography

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin – 682016

Kerala, India

Phone | 0484 2863218, 9744000804   Email | sajipk1975@gmail.com

 

 

Education

Ph. D. (Marine Science) 2016 Cochin University of Science and Technology
M. Sc. Oceanography 1995 Cochin University of Science and Technology
B. Sc. (Physics) 1992 M. G. University

 

 

Experience

Assistant Professor 2000 - till date Cochin University of Science and Technology
Scientist B 1996 - 2000 National Institute of Oceanography
Junior Research Fellow 1995 - 1996 National Institute of Oceanography

Research Projects

2020-2023 DST-SERB Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence | Modelling coastal oceanographic features in the South Eastern Arabian Sea
   

 Teaching

  • Ocean Instrumentation
  • Oceanographic Application Tools-I (Practical)
  • Air-Sea Interaction
  • Air-Sea Interaction (Practical)
  • Numerical Ocean Modelling
  • Ocean Modelling (Practical)

 

Research Publications

  1. Sarma, Y.V.B.; Rao, E.P.R.; Saji, P.K.; Sarma, V.V.S.S. (1999) Hydrography and circulation of the Bay of Bengal during withdrawal phase of the southwest monsoon. Oceanologica Acta, 22, 453-471. 
  2. Shenoi, S.S.C.; Saji, P.K.; Almeida, A.M. (1999) Near-surface circulation and kinetic energy in the tropical Indian Ocean derived from lagrangian drifters. Journal of Marine Research, 57, 885-907. 
  3. Saji, P.K.; Shenoi, S.S.C.; Almeida, A.M.; Rao, L.V.G. (2000) Inertial currents in the Indian Ocean derived from satellite tracked surface drifters. Oceanologica Acta, Vol.23; 635-640.
  4. Saji P. K., A. N. Balchand and M. R. Ramesh Kumar (2013) On some aspects of Indian Ocean warm pool., Ind. J. of Geo-Marine Sci., Vol. 44(4), pp. 475-479.
  5. Saji P. K., and A. N. Balchand (2014) Investigation on the warming trends of Indian Ocean Warm Pool., Proceedings of 28th Kerala Science Congress, Wayanad: 28-31 Jan 2014, 1781-1787.
  6. Saji P. K., A. N. Balchand and R. Sajeev (2014) Seasonal warming trend in Indian Ocean. Proceedings of National Seminar on Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems (CCME2014), pp. 83-89.
  7. Maya L. Pai, P. K. Saji, K. V. Pramod and A. N. Balchand (2015) Trend analysis of Sea Surface Temperature of Indian Ocean during the period 1960-2012. International J. of Oceans and Oceanography, Vol. 9(2), pp. 229-242.
  8. Nisa Anil, M. R. Ramesh Kumar, R. Sajeev and P. K. Saji (2016) Role of distinct flavours of IOD events on Indian summer monsoon. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-016-2245-9