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Lakshmi Kumar T V

Lakshmi Kumar T V

Lakshmi Kumar T V
Lakshmi Kumar T V
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
10B
Email
lakshmikumar@mail.jnu.ac.in, lakshmikumar@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

M.Sc (Space Physics)
Ph.D (Meteorology)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Climate Change, Land – Atmospheric Interactions

Experience

Dr. Lakshmi Kumar earlier worked in SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. Dr. Kumar has completed five (5) projects sponsored by ISRO, DST and MoES, Govt of India. Dr. Kumar guided six (6) students for Ph.D and 12 students for UG / PG projects. Dr. Kumar published around forty (40) papers in reputed journals and six (6) book chapters.

Awards & Honours

Founding Member, South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA)
Joint Secretary, South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA), INDIA chapter, May 2023 to till date
Chairman, Indian Meteorological Society, Chennai Chapter, May 2022 to May 2024

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Rao VB, Koteswara rao K, Mahednra B, Lakshmi Kumar TV and Govardhan (2021) Large scale connection to deadly Indian heat waves,(2021) Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3985
  • Koteswara rao K, Lakshmi Kumar T V et al, (2020), Projections of heat stress and associated work performance over India in response to global warming, Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73245-3
  • Thakur MK, Lakshmi Kumar TV, Koteswara Rao  K, Humberto Barbosa and M.S. Narayanan (2020) Analytical study of the performance of the IMERG over the Indian Landmass, Meteorological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1908
  • Thakur MK, Lakshmi Kumar TV, Koteswara rao K, Humberto Barbosa and Rao VB (2019) A new perspective in understanding rainfall from satellites over a complex topographic region of India. Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52075-y
  • Purnadurga G, Lakshmi Kumar TV, Koteswara Rao K, Rajasekhar M and Narayanan MS (2017) Investigation of temperature changes over India in association with meteorological parameters in a warming climate, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.5216.
  • Franklin, Paredes, Barbosa H and Lakshmi Kumar TV (2017) Validating CHIRPS – based satellite precipitation estimates in Northeast Brazil, Journal of Arid Environments, 139, 26-40.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • T.V. Lakshmi Kumar*, Bharath J, Walter Leal Filho, Humberto Barbosa & K. Koteswara Rao, 2024, Impact of climate change induced heat stress on the people living coastal cities of India, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06872-y
  • Rajitha R Rajan, Satyanadhan R, M. Ashok Williams, T.V. Lakshmi Kumar*, Rohini L Bhawar & Prashant Hegde, 2024, Aerosol characterization: Insights from SEM-EDX analysis and CALIPSO overpasses, Advances in Space Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2024.07.058
  • Vinodhkumar B, Safi Ullah, T.V. Lakshmi Kumar, Sami G Al-Ghamdi, 2024, Amplification of temperature extremes in Arabian Peninsula under warming worlds, Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67514-8
  • Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Amanda Lange Salvia, Javier Sierra, Helena Vasconcelos, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Samo Diatta, T. V. Lakshmi Kumar, Maria Gabriela Meirelles & Fernanda Carvalho, 2024, Assessing climate change and health provisions among staff in higher education institutions: A preliminary investigation, PlosOne, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304019
  • Bharath, J., T.V. Lakshmi Kumar* & A. Naga Rajesh, 2024, Spatiotemporal correspondence of aerosol optical depth between CMIP6 simulations and MODIS retrievals over India, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32314-0

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.