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Archana M Nair

Archana M Nair

Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, Planetary Exploration): Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

+91 361-2583338    nair.archana[at]iitg.ac.in

Research Area: * Remote Sensing for Planetary Exploration * Petrophysical Modelling for Petroleum Exploration * Thermal IR Emission and Reflectance Spectroscopy * Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration * Remote Sensing and GIS for Hydrogeological studies


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Ph.D. (Spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, Planetary Exploration):

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Thesis Title: Reflectance and Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Terrestrial Rocks for Spectral Remote Sensing and Image Analysis

 

M.Tech (GIS, Remote Sensing, Hydrogeology):

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Thesis Title: Remote Sensing and GIS for Hydrogeological Studies in Panvel Basin, Maharashtra

 

M.Sc.Tech (Applied Geology)

Indian School of Mines (IIT-ISM Dhanbad), Dhanbad, India.

Experience

  • Associate Professor (2021 - ): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
  • Assistant Professor (2015 - 2021): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
  • Scientist: National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), (Dept. of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India) Thiruvananthapuram
  • Petrophysicist: Shell Technology India, Bangalore

  • CE 592 Exploration Geoscience
  • CE 591 Earth System Dynamics
  • CE 595 Advanced techniques in Geosciencs
  • CE 207 Engineering Geology
  • CE 208 Engineering Geology
  • CE 324 Engineering Geology
  • CE 444 Environmental Management
  • CE 594 Geohazard Science and Engineering
  • ME 101 Engineering Drawing (Tutor)
  • CE 101 Engineering Drawing (Instructor)

Research

  • Remote Sensing in Planetary Exploration
  • Rock Physics Modeling
  • Groundwater hydrology
  • Isotope Hydrology
  • Critical Zone and Near Surface Geophysics
  • Quantitative Geomorphology

  • Adnan Ahmad and Archana Nair (2021) Landform evolution of Tharsis Montes and Olympus Mons of Mars: Insights from morphometric, lypsometric and chronologiv evidences. Journal of Earth System Science (in press). Publisher: Springer
  • Garia, S., Pal, A.K., Ravi, K. and Nair, A.M. (2021) Laboratory assessment on factors controlling the acoustic properties of carbonates: A case study from Bombay offshore. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108607. Publisher: Elsevier.
  • Katre S., Pal A.K., Garia S., Ravi K., Nair A.M. (2021) Influence of Grain Sorting and Grain Shape/Elongation on the Intergranular Porosity of Cubic Packing for Sedimentary Rocks. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 134.DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6370-0_55.Publisher: Springer
  • Garia S., Pal A.K., Nair A.M., Ravi K. (2021) Ultrasonic P Wave Velocity Measurement of Sedimentary Rocks in Laboratory and Its Dependency on Different Parameters by Using Multivariate Regression Analysis. In: Sitharam T.G., Kolathayar S., Sharma M.L. (eds) Seismic Hazards and Risk. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 116. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9976-7_30. Publisher: Springer
  • Katre S., Pal A.K., Garia S., Ravi K., Nair A.M. (2021) Influence of Grain Sorting and Grain Shape/Elongation on the Intergranular Porosity of Cubic Packing for Sedimentary Rocks. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 134. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6370-0_55 Publisher: Springer
  • S Garia, AK Pal, K Ravi, AM Nair (2021) Prediction of Petrophysical Properties from Seismic Inversion and Neural Network: A case study in EGU General Assembly 2021. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11824, 2021.
  • A Ahmad, AK Pal, SK Yadav, AM Nair (2021) Detecting the influence of hydrocarbon seepage on plants: a spectroscopic approach in IGARSS 2021 (Accepted). 
  • A Ahmad, TJ Kallukalam, AM Nair (2020) A Comparative Study of Charnockite Rocks Based on Spectroscopic and Mineralogical Analysis Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2020 Abstract# 2059.
  • B Deka, A Ahmad, RR Patel, AM Nair (2020) Spectral Mapping of Tharsis Montes of Mars Using CRISM and THEMIS Data Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2020 Abstract# 1273
  • Pal A.K., Garia S., Ravi K., Nair A.M. (2020) Influence of Packing of Grain Particles on Porosity. In: Latha Gali M., P. R.R. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 85. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_79. Publisher: Springer
  • Garia, S., Pal, A.K., Nair, A.M and Ravi, K.(2020) Elastic wave velocities as indicators of lithology-based geomechanical behaviour of sedimentary rocks: an overview SN Applied Sciences, 2, 9, 1-21 Publisher: Springer.
  • Pal A.K., Garia S., Ravi K., Nair A.M. (2020) Influence of Packing of Grain Particles on Porosity. In: Latha Gali M., P. R.R. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 85. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_79. Publisher: Springer
  • Garia, S., Pal, A.K., Ravi, K. and Nair, A.M., (2019). A comprehensive analysis on the relationships between elastic wave velocities and petrophysical properties of sedimentary rocks based on laboratory measurements. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 9:1869–1881. DOI:10.1007/s13202-019-0675-0 Publisher: Springer.
  • Aneesh TD, R Srinivas, AT Singh, TR Resmi, AM Nair, BL Redkar (2019) Stable water isotope signatures of dual monsoon precipitation: A case study of Greater Cochin region, south-west coast of India. Journal of Earth System Science 128 (8), 210 Publisher: Springer.
  • Ahmad,A. and  AM Nair (2019) Lithological Discrimination of Reiner Gamma Using Remote Sensing Techniques Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Vol. 50.
  • RR Patel, AM Nair, R Nagori, AS Arya (2019) Identification of Altered Silicate Minerals on Arsia, Pavonis, and Ascraeus Mons of Tharsis Volcanic Provinces of Mars Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Vol.50. 
  • A Ahmad, TJ Kallukalam, AM Nair (2019) Spectral Characterization of Orthopyroxene Granite: A Terrestrial Analogue for Planetary Studies AGU Fall Meeting 2019 Abstracts, P33F-3498.
  • B Deka, A Ahmad, RR Patel, AM Nair, (2019) Spectral Mapping of the Pavonis Mons of Mars using CRISM and THEMIS data AGU Fall Meeting 2019 Abstracts EP21E-2215.
  • S Katre, AM Nair, S Sasidharan, AK Pal (2019) Effect of Mineral Chemistry on the Mechanical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks at a Micro-Scale Using Advanced Microscopic Technique AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2019.
  • AK Pal, G Nigam, S Pachauri, S Garia, K Ravi, AM Nair (2019) Quantifying Porosity through Automated Digital Image Processing Technology for Sedimentary Rock in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019.
  • S Garia, AK Pal, K Ravi, AM Nair (2019) Investigating Relationship of Acoustic Properties with Petrophysical Properties of Carbonates: From Nanoscale to Laboratory in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019.
  • A M Nair and G. Mathew (2017) Geochemical modelling of Terrestrial Igneous Rock Compositions using Laboratory Thermal Emission Spectroscopy with an overview on its applications to Indian Mars Mission, Planetary Space Science Vol. 10, pp 62-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.009. Publisher: Elsevier
  • AB Devi, A Nair (2018) Assessment of Dynamic Groundwater Reserve of Kamarup District Lower Assam, India. Int. J. Adv. Civ. Eng. Architect. Res. 4, 89-99. DOI:10.23953/cloud.ijacear.391
  • SS Katre, B Ande, A Ahmad, AM Nair (2018) Impact of global warming on the severity and recurrence of hydrological droughts: A case study from Central Indian Marathwada region in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2018.
  • Archana M. Nair, Lekshmi Mohanlal , C.R.Ayishath Nabeela ,  T.D.Aneesh , Reji Srinivas (2016) Urban Hydrology, Watershed Management and Socio-Economic Aspects ed. (Sharma, AK et al),  Chapter 6, Study on the Impact of Land use changes on urban hydrology of Cochin, Kerala, India,  Water Sci.Technol.Library Volume Number:73. Publisher: Springer
  • Archana M Nair and George Mathew 2014 Effect of bulk chemistry in the spectral variability of igneous rocks in VIS-NIR region: Implications to Remote Compositional Mapping." Int. Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Vo 30, August 2014, Pages 227–237). Publisher: Elsevier
  • Archana M Nair and George Mathew 2012 Lithological discrimination of the Phenaimatha mafic- ultramafic complex, Gujarat, India using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER ) Int. Journal of Remote sensing. DOI:10.1080/01431461.2011.591441. Publisher: Taylor and Francis
  • George Mathew; Archana Nair, T. K. G Rao and Kanchan Pande 2009 Quantitative Thermal Emission Spectroscopy for Geological Applications: Laboratory Technique. Journal of Earth System Sciences vol.118, no.4 pp. 391-404. Publisher: Springer
  • S. Anbazhagan and Archana M. Nair 2004 Geographic Information System and groundwater quality mapping in Panvel Basin, Maharashtra, India. Environmental Geology, Vol.45, April 2004 pp.753-761. Publisher: Springer
  • B.C. Sarkar and Archana M. Nair 2002  A geostatistical Modelling Approach to Gold Mineralisation at Hutti Mine, Raichur District, Karnataka. Journal of Geological Society of India ,Vol. 60, Dec. 2002 pp.639-648 Publisher: Springer
  • Archana M. Nair and S. Anbazhagan 2003 GIS and Spatial Analysis for Groundwater Potential Mapping in Panvel Basin, India. Proc. 6th Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water Albacete, Spain, September 3-5.
  • S. Anbazhagan and Archana M. Nair 2003 Remote Sensing and GIS for Land and Groundwater Resource analysis in Panvel basin, India. Proc. 6th Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water Albacete, Spain, September 3-5.

 

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