Focus of Research :
- Climate change and extreme weather events
- Blue carbon stock estimation
- Harmful algal blooms and it’s environmental settings
- GIS and RS applications in coastal ecosystem monitoring
- Marine pollution
Background :
After obtaining Masters’ and PhD in Agricultural Physics from IARI, New Delhi, joined the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala as Agricultural Officer in 2004 and was involved in various extension activities of the Department of Agriculture. Joined ARS in 2011 and served as Scientist, ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Jorhat, Assam till February, 2016. Worked mainly in areas like applications of geospatial technologies for the inventorization and management of soil resources. Working as Senior Scientist in the Marine Biodiversity and Environment Management Division, CMFRI, Kochi since March 2016.
Education :
- PhD (Agricultural Physics) 2004, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
- MSc (Agricultural Physics) 2000, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
- BSc (Agriculture) 1997, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur.
Current Research Projects :
1 | Impacts of extreme weather events on marine fisheries in selected ecosystems of Northern Indian Ocean | A geoinformatics approach (FEM/GIS/38) |
2 | Observation and monitoring of coastal /marine pollution | its impact on sea life prevention and mitigation (FEM/CMP/28) |
3 | Marine Macrophytes in India | Resource dynamics and ecosystem services (FEM/MPH/29) |
4 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework | Sustaining Marine Fisheries of Kerala (DEM/RMS/07) |
5 | National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture | Marine Fisheries |
6 | Study of CO2 assimilation off | Cochin and Mandapam coast |
Awards & Recognitions :
- IARI Gold Medal (2004) for outstanding academic performance and meritorious PhD thesis.
- UGC-CSIR NET (2003) in the discipline ‘Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences’.
- ICAR NET (2001) in the discipline ‘Soil Physics, Soil and Water Conservation’.
- Best Poster Award (2024) in the 13th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum held at Kolkata.
- Young Marine Biologist Award 2019 by the Marine Biological Association of India.
- Dr. R. Reghuprasad Memmorial Award 2019 by the Marine Biological Association of India.
- Best Poster Award (2018) in The Second International Symposium on Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and Fisheries (SAFARI 2), held at Kochi.
- Best Paper Award (2017) in the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum held at Kochi.
- Best Poster Award (2017) in the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum held at Kochi.
- Best Poster Award (2015) in the National Seminar on Sustainable Management of Land Resources for Livelihood Security held at Nagpur.
- Best Research Paper Award by the Indian Society of Water Management in 2004.
Publications:
- Shelton Padua, Kripa, V., Prema, D., Prema, D., Mohamed, K. S., Jeyabaskaran, R., Kaladharan, P., Lavanya, R., Jenni, B., Shylaja, G., Joseph, R. V., Shyamala, M. P., Vysakhan, P., John, S., and Akhil B. V. (2023). Assessment of ecosystem health of a micro-level Ramsar coastal zone in the Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India. Environ Monit Assess. 195, 95 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10692-7
- Shobha Rawat and Shelton Padua (2023). Potential Spatio-temporal Distribution of Invasive Charru Mussel, Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) Under Different Climate Scenarios. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00610-0
- Ramachandran, C and Shinoj, P and Gills, Reshma and Anuja, A R and Padua, Shelton and Ratheesh Kumar, R and Rajesh, N (2023) Ecosystem services of coastal wetlands for climate change mitigation: an economic analysis of Pokkali and Kaipad-based rotational paddy farming systems in India. Current Science, 125 (5). pp. 156-164. ISSN 0011-3891
- Punya, P and Kripa, V and Padua, Shelton and Mohamed, K S and Ranjith, Raj and Gopika, G and Nameer, P O (2023) Impact of tropical cyclone Ockhi on the marine fishery resource assemblages along the Kerala and Tamil Nadu coast, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 65 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2321-7898
- Keziya James, Kripa V., Vineetha G., Shelton Padua, Parvathy R., Lavanya R., Reena V. Joseph, Abhilash K.S., Akhil Babu and Seban John (2023). Microplastic ingestion by the polychaete community in the coastal waters of Kochi, Southwest coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 62 (2023) 102948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102948
