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S. Sreekesh

S. Sreekesh

S. Sreekesh
S. Sreekesh
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
109, SSS-III
Off. Phone
011-26704574
Email
sreekesh@mail.jnu.ac.in, sreekesh@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/sreekesh/cv.pdf
Qualifications

B.A., Geography, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, India
M.A., Geography, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, India
B Ed in Geography, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India
M.Phil. Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
PG Diploma in Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dune, Uttar Pradesh
Ph. D., Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Physical Geography: Climatology, Climate Change and Hydrology; GIS and Remote Sensing

Experience

Professor, CSRD, JNU (2011 onwards)
Associate Professor, CSRD, JNU (2005 to 2011)
Assistant Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies New Delhi (2003-2005)
Fellow and Area Convener, Modelling & Economic Analysis, TERI, New Delhi (2000-2003)
Research Associate, Modelling & Economic Analysis, TERI, New Delhi (1996-2000)
Technical Manager, Geomatics Group, KLG Systel, New Delhi (1995-1996)
Research Associate, Defence Terrain Research Laboratory, (1994)

Awards & Honours

Qualified Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) National Eligibility Test (JRF/SRF) 1990
Qualified Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board (ASRB), National Eligibility Test (NET)
Recipient of  World Bank fellowship for training in GIS at ESRI, California, USA
Recipient of UNIDO fellowship for GIS training by ICS, Italy.

International Collaboration/Consultancy
  1. Solar and Wind resources assessment (in collaboration with TERI) UNEP, Nairobi.
  2. Environmental/Social Performance Indicators and Sustainability Markers In Mineral Development: Reporting Progress Towards Improved Ecosystem Health And Human Well Being. The project (at TERI) was funded by IDRC, Canada.
  3. Impact of Population Growth on Quality of Life. Project (at TERI) was funded by United Nations Fund for Population Activities, New Delhi.
  4. Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Sustainability: The Coastal Dimension. European Commission DG XII funded this study (at TERI).  
  5. Population, Consumption and Environment: A Tourist Spot Scenario. Project (at TERI) was funded by the MacArthur Foundation, USA.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Parveen U, Sreekesh S, Sarpal S. 2023. Paleo-Reconstruction of Heavy Metal Accumulation during the Holocene in Coastal Odisha, India. Geochemistry International, 2023, Vol. 61, No. 13, pp. 1426–1441.
  2. Sharma D, Sreekesh S, Sinha B, Lunyolo L D, Aich V. 2023. Flood and drought susceptibility zonation in the mountain environment: a case study of Upper Siang district, Eastern Himalayas, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82:405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11084-x
  3. Powshi V, Sreekesh S, Reddy G P Obi. 2023. Carbon Stock Differentials and Sequestration Potential under Different Cropping Systems in a Tropical Monsoon Region, South-West India. Eurasian Soil Science. 56, pp1034–1042 DOI: 10.1134/S1064229323600148
  4. Bhattacharyya S, Sreekesh, S. 2021. Assessments of multiple gridded‐rainfall datasets for characterizing the precipitation concentration index and its trends in India.  International Journal of Climatology. 42(5), 3147–3172 DOI:10.1002/joc.7412
  5. Sreekesh, S., Kaur, N., and Sreerama Naik, S. R. 2020. An OBIA and Rule Algorithm for Coastline Extraction from High- and Medium-Resolution Multispectral Remote Sensing Images. Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences. 3, 24–34, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-020-00032-z
  6. Sreekesh, S., Kaur, N., and Naik, S. S. R. 2019. Agricultural Drought and Soil Moisture Analysis Using Satellite Image Based Indices, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W6, 507-514, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W6-507-2019.
  7. Sreekesh, S., Naik, S S.R., and Rani, S.  2018. Effect of Sea Level Changes on the Groundwater Quality along the Coast of Ernakulam District, Kerala.  Journal of Climate Change, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 51–65.
  8. Acharya P and Sreekesh, S. 2013.  Seasonal variability in aerosol optical depth over India: a spatio-temporal analysis using the MODIS aerosol product, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34:13, 4832-4849
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Roy, P., Sreekesh, S. 2024. Identification of potential land use for carbon stock enhancement in SOC-deficient Alfisols of the sub-humid sub-tropics. Arabian Jr Geoscience 17, 204  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-024-12000-8.
  2. Gayen B K, Dutta D, Acharya P, Sreekesh S, Kulshrestha, U C, Acharya N. 2022. Exploring the effect of waterbodies coupled with other environmental parameters to model PM2.5 over Delhi-NCT in northwest India. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 13 (12) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101614.
  3. Bhattacharyya S., Sreekesh S, King A. 2022.  Characteristics of extreme rainfall in different gridded datasets over India during 1983–2015. Atmospheric Research. 267. 105930 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105930   
  4. Bhattacharyya S, Sreekesh, S. 2021. Assessments of multiple gridded‐rainfall datasets for characterizing the precipitation concentration index and its trends in India.  International Journal of Climatology. 42(5), 3147–3172 DOI:10.1002/joc.7412
  5. Acharya P, Barik G, Gayen B K, Bar S, Maiti A, Sarkar A, Ghosh S, De S K, Sreekesh S. 2021. Revisiting the levels of Aerosol Optical Depth in south-southeast Asia, Europe and USA amid the COVID-19 pandemic using satellite observations. Environmental Research 193 (2021) 110514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110514.
  6. Parveen U, Sreekesh, S., and Sarpal, S. 2020. Reconstruction of the Paleoenvironmental Condition Using Geochemical Proxies in the Lower Baitarani Basin, Coastal Odisha, India.  Journal of Climate Change, 6(1), pp. 37-46.  DOI 10.3233/JCC200005
  7. Acharya P., Sreekesh, S., Kulshrestha, U., and Gupta, G. 2018. Characterization of emission from open-field burning of crop residue during harvesting period in north-west India. Environment Monitoring and Assessment 190: 663.  doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6999-2
  8. Mendiratta, N., Sreekesh, S., and Gupta A., Ed. 2016. Guidelines for BIO-GEO Database Creation and Sustainable Development Planning in Himalayas. TERI, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-7993-581-1
  9. Sundaresan, J., Sreekesh, S., Ramanathan, A.L., Sonnenchein, L and Boojh, R. Eds. 2013. Climate Change and Island and Coastal Vulnerability. Springer. The Netherlands. ISBN: 978-93-81891-02-5

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.