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Prof P M Mohan

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Professor, Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology
Pondicherry University

Expertise

  • Marine and Freshwater Biology

Publications

Total Articles 208
Books 0
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Citations 958
h-index 16

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Professional Recognition

1983

Second Rank in P.G. Degree

Cochin University of Science and Technology
1995

Awardee of DST Young Scientist Fellowship

Department of Science and Technology
2015

Scientist of Eminence Award - 2014

Society of Plant Research
2016

Dr.N.T. Singh Eminent Scientist Award

Andaman Science Association
2007

Developed the Course on Coastal Disaster Management , now it is renamed as Disaster Management i.e. during the year 2007 and conducted the course till 2010 and developed as a New Department

Pondicherry University
2002

Founder Head of the Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology and course the Department till November 2014

Pondicherry University
1998

CSIR Pool Officer

Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
2022

Certificate of Appreciation in the Field of Island Marine Biology

Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate - Festical of SCoPE for All, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta

Community & Membership

2004

Selection Committee for Faculty in Ocean Studies, Pondicherry University

Member

Selection Committee for Faculty in Disaster Management and Ocean Studies, Pondicherry Univ

Member
2015

Selection Committee for Scientist in Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair

Member
2015

Selection Committee for Scientist in Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair

Member
2015

Building Committee, Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair

Chairman
2015

Building Committee, Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair

Chairman

Selection Committee for Post Doctoral Fellows and Emeritus Scientist in University Grants

Member

Selection Committee for Post Doctoral Fellows and Emeritus Scientist in University Grants

Member

Selection Committee for Post Doctoral Fellows and Emeritus Scientist in University Grants

Member

Selection Committee for Faculty in Chemical Oceanography, Cochin University of Science and

Member

Selection Committee for Faculty in Chemical Oceanography, Cochin University of Science and

Member

Center of Advance Studies in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, UGC Fund Monitoring Com

Member
2019

Environmental Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Level Expert Appraisal Committee

Chairman

The Asisan Fisheries Society

2015
Member

Society for Plant Research, India

2014
Life Member

Andaman Science Association, Port Blair, India

2012
Fellow

Indian Society of Applied Chemistry, India

2007
Life Member

Marine Biological Association of India, Kochi, India

2003
Life Member

Indian Marine Sciences Association, Cochin, India

2001
Life Member

Indian Association of Sedimentologist, Aligarh, India

2000
Life Member

The Geological Society of India, Bangalore

1997
Fellow

Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee, India

1997
Executive Member

Sedimentological Association of India

1994
Life Member

Geological Society of India

1994
Life Member

Bio

Taxonomy and Environmental Monitoring of Sponges, Foraminiferan and Meiofauna of Coral Reef Environment along with their Carbon Sequestration

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Professor , Pondicherry University
  • Pondicherry University Campus, Brookshabad,
Ph.D. (Marine Science)
Cochin University of Science and Technology 1991
M.Sc.
Cochin University of Science and Technology 1983
B.Sc.
Other Institute 1981
Professor Oct 2006 – Present
Pondicherry University | Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology
Associate Professor Aug 2002 – Oct 2006
Pondicherry University | Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology
Project Scientist Jan 1993 – Aug 2002
Tamil University

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Scholarly Work

Unravelling Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) zones along the Indian subcontinent and its islands (Mission-SGD) – PILOT STUDY

Funding Agency: National Center for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) - Ministry of Earth Sciences - (MoES)

Principal Investigator

5,16,000

2019 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Distribution and Identification of Phylum Kinorhyncha, Gastrotricha and Tardigrada in the Island Environments of India

Funding Agency: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climatic Change (MoEFCC)

Principal Investigator

24,83,000

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Climatic change and its biodiversity significance on live larger foraminiferan in a selective coral reef environment, Port Blair, South Andaman, India

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

51,92,230/-

2017 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Marine Census of the Nearshore Waters of the Andaman Islands, India – CMLRE - ITIS

Funding Agency: Center for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, Ministry of Earth Sciences

Principal Investigator

75,10,000/-

2012 - 2017

Completed
Monitoring of Marine Benthos along Andaman Coasts – CMLRE – MMME - MLRP

Funding Agency: Center for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, Ministry of Earth Sciences

Principal Investigator

55,20,000/-

2012 - 2017

Completed
Studies on distribution of planktonic and benthic foraminifera and its environmental factors in the waters off Port Blair

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Principal Investigator

11,51,800/-

2012 - 2015

Completed
Studies on Carbon Sequestration off Port Blair and Surrounding Group of Islands, South Andaman, India

Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, Ministry of Earth Sciences

Principal Investigator

2,53,46,000/-

2012 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Study the Trace Elements Fe, Mn, Co, Ni and Particulate Organic Carbon, Dissolved Organic Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes Distribution in Sea Waters of around Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Funding Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences

Principal Investigator

22,00,000/-

2010 - 2015

Completed
Metagenomic of Andaman Sea

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology

Co-Investigator

18,72,000/-

2008 - 2011

Completed
Biodiversity of Benthic Community and their Environment Characteristics off Port Blair, Andaman Islands

Funding Agency: Central Marine Living Resource and Ecology (CMLRE) Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Principal Investigator

32,00,000/-

2008 - 2012

Completed
Earthquake recurrence in the Andaman – Nicobar Arc

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Co-Investigator

11,54,000/-

2006 - 2009

Completed
Tsunami inundation mapping and identification of location for Rehabilitation with reference to South Andaman.

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

6,79,000/-

2005 - 2005

Completed

Isolation and characterisation of bioactive Streptomyces spp., from mangrove sediments of Andaman Islands, India

University Pondicherry University
Year 2013

A study on distribution of meiofauna in earthquake developed new marine environment, Southern part of South Andaman

University Pondicherry University
Year 2013

Molecular taxonomy of Family Serranidae (Sub Family: Ephinephelinae) of Andaman waters

University Pondicherry University
Year 2013

Heterotrophic production of xanthophyll carotenoids by Chorella minudissima

University Pondicherry University
Year 2014

Developmental biology of the sea urchin Echinimetra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) and its larval settlement mechanism

University Pondicherry University
Year 2016

Taxonomy of mangroves of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with special reference to natural hybrids of Genus Rhizophora

University Pondicherry University
Year 2017

Systematics, distribution and selective resource characteristics of economically important sharks of Andaman waters

University Pondicherry University
Year 2017

Distribution and Ecobiology of the Black-Lip Pearl Oyster PINCTADA MARGARITIFRA (Linnaeus, 1758) of South Andaman, India

University Pondicherry University
Year 2018

Distribution of live benthic foraminifera and its environmental significance in the nearshore environment of Port Blair, South Andaman

University Pondicherry University
Year 2018

Distribution of intertidal to subtidal sponges and its ecobiology, Andaman Sea

University Pondicherry University
Year 2019

Distribution of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in the near shore waters of Andaman Islands

University Pondicherry University
Year 2019

Taxonomy and Distribution of Family: Echinoderidae Bütschli, 1876 (Kinorhyncha) in the Intertidal Environments of Port Blair, South Andaman Islands

University Pondicherry University
Year 2019
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Scholarly Publications

Two new and an existing species of Tricoma (Nematoda: Desmoscolecidae) from the shallow subtidal zone of South Andaman Island, India

Open Access
Article

Four species of the genus Diacavolinia van der Spoel, 1987 (Gastropoda: Pteropoda: Cavoliniidae) new to India

Open Access
Article

Eight new records of the family Cavoliniidae (Gastropoda: Pteropoda) from the Andaman Islands, India

Open Access
Article

Appraisal of 2004 tsunami induced shoreline change in South Andaman, India using DSAS

Open Access
Article
Authors: Narshimulu G.;Shankar V.S.;Purti N.;Dharanirajan K.;Mohan P.M.;Devdas P.

Distribution of meiofauna in the sublittoral sediments of the tropical island ecosystem, off Port Blair, Andaman Sea

Open Access
Article
Authors: Arunima T.K.A.;Afnan N.M.;Swathi V.;Heera N.S.;Shah K.;Mohan P.M.

Precipitation isotopes’ response to the atmospheric processes over the mainland and the island region in the northern Indian Ocean: Implications to the paleo-monsoon study

Open Access
Article
Authors: Datye A.;Chakraborty S.;Chattopadhyay R.;Mohan P.M.;Ansari M.A.;Deodhar A.

Variability in soil organic carbon stock and isotopic signature in tropical island mangrove forests of India

Open Access
Article
Authors: Ragavan P.;Rahman A.;Sarkar S.;Verma S.;Jeeva C.;Mohan P.M.;Kumar S.

DNA Barcode and Phylogenetic Analysis of Serranidae Fish (subfamily: Epinephelinae) From a Tropical Island Ecosystem of the Indian Ocean.

Open Access
article
Authors: Sachithanandam, V., Muruganandam, N., Sayi, D.S., Mayekar, T.S., and Mohan, P.M.,
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