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N. Janardhana  Raju

N. Janardhana  Raju

N. Janardhana  Raju
N. Janardhana  Raju
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Off. Phone
011-26704257
Residence
011-26742330, 09910629336
Email
rajunj@mail.jnu.ac.in , rajunj7@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/nraju/cv.pdf
Qualifications
  • B.Sc. (Geol, Phys, Chem) S. V. University, Tirupati 1983
  • M.Sc. (Geology) S. V. University, Tirupati 1985
  • M.Phil. (Hydrogeology) S. V. University, Tirupati 1990
  • Ph. D (Hydrogeology) S. V. University, Tirupati 1991
Areas of Interest/Specialization
  • Hydrogeology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Hydro-geochemistry and Groundwater Pollution (As & F);
  • Water Resource Management and Rainwater harvesting studies
Experience
  • 2015 – till date : Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi
  • 2009-2015: Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi
  • 2004-2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, BHU, Varanasi
  • 2001-2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Asmara University, Eritrea, NE Africa
  • 1994-2004: Geohydrologist, Department of Geology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

 

  • Overall Teaching Experience:  25 years
  • Overall Research Experience:  30 years
Awards & Honours
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany (1997)
  • INSA-Brazil Bilateral Exchange Fellowship (2005-2006)
  • Guest Professorship - Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany (2012)
  • Dr Sudarshan Pani-Dr (smt) Rama Dwivedy Medal, ISAG, India (2013)
International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • Mississippi State University, MS, USA (Department of Geology)
  • Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (Institute for Geosciences).
  • Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany (Institute for Environmental Geochemistry).
  • Federal University of Fluninense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Department of Geochemistry).
  • Technical Consultant for Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) to review the hydrogeological and environmental assessment reports for its adequacy and accuracy of the work.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. P. Patel, N. Janardhana Raju, BCS Rajareddy, U. Suresh, D.B. Sankar and TVK Reddy (2018). Heavy metal contamination in river water and sediments of the Swarnamukhi River basin, India: risk assessment and environmental implications. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40:609-623. (DOI 10.1007/s10653-017-0006-7).
  2. N. Janardhana Raju (2017). Prevalence of fluorosis in the fluoride enriched groundwater in semi-arid parts of eastern India: geochemistry and health implications. Quaternary International, 443:265-278 (DOI.org/10.1016/ j.quaint.2016.05.028)
  3. N. Janardhana Raju (2012). Arsenic exposure through groundwater in the middle Ganga plain in the Varanasi environs, India: A future threat. Journal of Geological Society of India, 79:302-314.
  4. N. Janardhana Raju, T.V.K. Reddy and P. Muniratnam (2006). Subsurface Dams to Harvest Rainwater – A Case of Swarnamukhi River basin, Southern India. Hydrogeology Journal, Springer. 14: 526-531.
  5. N. Janardhana Raju and T.V.K. Reddy (1998). Fracture pattern and electrical resistivity studies for groundwater exploration. Environmental Geology, Springer, 34(2/3): 175-182.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Arif Ahamad, N. Janardhana Raju, Sughosh Madhav, Wolfgang Gossel and Peter Wycisk (2018). Impact of nonengineered Bhalswa landfill on groundwater from Quaternary alluvium in Yamuna flood plain and potential human health risk, New Delhi, India. Quaternary International. (Accepted)
  2. M. Parween, AL. Ramanathan and N. J. Raju (2017). Wastewater management and water quality of river Yamuna in the megacity of Delhi. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14 (10):2109-2124. (DOI 10.1007/s13762-017-1280-8)
  3. Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies (2014). Conference Volume of International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG), Springer publishers (Editor: N. Janardhana Raju).
Patents (if any)

Nil 

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.