R. S. Ajin works as a Hazard Analyst (Geology) with the Kerala State Disaster Management
Authority
(KSDMA), Thiruvananthapuram, India. He has an M.Sc. degree with First rank in Applied
Geology fromthe University of Madras (Chennai, India) in addition to having completed more
than 210 online short-term courses and attended more than 100 training courses and 510
scientific events (conferences, seminars, webinars, etc.). With seven years of research
experience, he has presented and published more than 30 research papers and edited/reviewed
more than 450 manuscripts for various national and international conferences and journals.
An Editorial board member for 11 international journals and associated with more than 65
international conferences held in 20 different countries as a member of the Scientific
Committee, Technical Program Committee, or Reviewer Committee. He has served as a research
project proposal reviewer for the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change (APN), ERA-NET
Consortium AXIS, and International Council for Science (ICSU). He is a member of the Council
of Asian Science Editors (CASE), Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE), European
Geosciences Union (EGU), International Water Association (IWA), International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), IEEE-Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
(GRSS), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), International Association for
Promoting Geoethics (IAPG), and a life member of more than 20 professional societies which
include Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI),
Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH), Association of Geoscientists for International
Development (AGID), among others.
Education Timeline
2012Master of Science M.Sc
Department of Applied Geology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (State), India.
2010Bachelor of Science B.Sc
Department of Geology, Sree Narayana College, Sivagiri, Varkala, Kerala (State),
India. [Affiliated to the University of Kerala]
Working Experiences Timeline
Feb. 18, 2020 – Till dateHAZARD ANALYST (Geology)
Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre
(KSEOC), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA),
Department of Disaster Management, Government of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (State), India.
Idukki District Emergency Operations Centre
(Idukki DEOC), Idukki District Disaster Management Authority (Idukki
DDMA), Department of Disaster Management, Government of Kerala,
Collectorate, Painavu, Idukki, Kerala (State), India.
Dec. 20, 2017 – May 31, 2018HAZARD ANALYST (Geology)
Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre
(KSEOC), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA),
Department of Disaster Management, Government of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (State), India.
Dec. 02, 2013 – Dec. 15, 2017RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Geomatics Division, GeoVin Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (State), India.
Experience
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geology, Geography and Geoecology, Published
by the
Geologic-Geographic Faculty, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro,
Ukraine. [ISSN:
2617-2909, E-ISSN: 2617-2119]
Editorial Board Member, Ukranian Journal of Remote Sensing, Published by the
National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Scientific Center for Aerospace Research
of the Earth
IGS NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. [E-ISSN: 2313-2132]
MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS/SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL/REVIEWER BOARDS - JOURNALS
Editorial Board Member & Reviewer, ECOTERRA – Journal of Environmental Research
and
Protection, Edited by the National Society of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj county, Romania. [ISSN: 1584-7071, E-ISSN:
2248-3128]
Editorial Board Member (January 3, 2020 – October 1, 2021), Journal of Risk
Analysis and Crisis
Response, Published by the Atlantis Press SARL (France) and Society for Risk
Analysis – China
(SRA-China). [ISSN: 2210-8491, E-ISSN: 2210-8505]
International Editorial Board Member, Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands
Management,
Managed by the International Research Centre for the Management of Degraded and
Mining
Lands (IRC-MEDMIND), A Research Collaboration Between the Brawijaya University
(Indonesia), Mataram University (Indonesia), Massey University (New Zealand),
and the
Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China). [ISSN:
2339-076X, E-ISSN:
2502-2458]
Experience
Application of GIS and AHP Method in Forest Fire Risk Zone Mapping:
a Study of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India
S. Nikhil1 & Jean Homian Danumah2 & Sunil Saha3 & Megha K. Prasad4 & A.
Rajaneesh5 & Pratheesh C. Mammen1 &
R. S. Ajin1 & Sekhar L. Kuriakose
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