1. Name : R.R. Nair

2. Date of Birth : 15-04-1937

3. Area/Discipline : Geological Oceanography

4. Academic Background :
 
Degree (in reverse order upto Degree level only)
Class/Grade
University
Year
Scholarships / Awards
B.Sc. Geology First Class,  
1 Rank		 Gujarat University 1958 Unversity Gold medal
M.Sc. Geology First Class Andhra University 1961 -
Higher Studies   Massachussetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. 1962-64 -
 Membership of Professional Bodies, Technical Committees, Societies, Academies :

Member : Indian and Pacific Ocean Sub-Commission on Quaternary Shorelines.

Member : Indian Ocean Planning Group of Joint Ocean Flux Studies.

Member : Research Advisory Council, Cochin University of Science & Technology.

Member : Various National Committees of Department of Ocean Development, Department of Science and Technology and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Member : Editorial Board of Journal of Marine Geodesy.

Member : Editorial Board of Journal of Marine Archaeology.

He is a recognised guide for Ph.D. for 8 Indian Universities, IIT, Bombay and Indian Institute of Mines, Dhanbad.

Best five publications :

Ittekkot, V., Nair, R.R., Honjo, S., Ramaswamy, V., Bartsch M., Manganini, S. and Desai, B.N., 1991. Enhanced particle fluxes to the deep ocean induced by freshwater inputs. Nature, Vo.. 351, No. 6325, 385-387.

Ramaswamy, V. and Nair, R.R., 1992. Measuring the monsoon, New Scientist, No. 1826, 32-35.

Kamesh Raju, K.A. Ramprasad, T., Kodagali, V.N. and Nair, R.R., 1993. Multibeam Bathymetric, gravity and magnetic studies over 79 E fracture Zone, Central Indian basin. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 98, No B6, 9605-9618.

B. Hakke, V. Ittekkot, T. Rixen, V. Ramaswamy, Nair, R.R and W.B. Curry, 1993. Seasonality and interannual variability of particle fluxes to the deep Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research, V 40, No. 7, 1323-1344.

Schafer, P., Ittekkot, V., Bartsch, M., Nair, R.R. and Tiemann J., 1996. Fresh water influx and partcile flux variability in the Bay of Bengal. In : V. Ittekkot, P. Schaffer, Honjo, S. and Depetris, P.J. (eds). Particle Flux in the Ocean. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Other Publications

Jauhari, P., Nair, R.R., 1988. History and background of the project. In : From the First Nodule to the First Mine Site: An Account of the Polymetallic Nodules Projects, Eds. Qasim, S.Z., Nair, R.R., DOD-NIO, Goa, 1-6.

Chakraborty, B., Raju, Y.S.N., Nair, R.R., 1992. Nodule bottom backscattering study using multibeam echosounder. In : Proc. Nat. Symp. On Ocean Electronics, SYM-POL-91, CUSAT, 67-70.

Nair, R.R., Rao, P.S., Kodagali, V.N., 1994. Multibeam mapping of the exclusive economic zone of India. In : Ocean Technology : Perspectives, Eds. Sushilkumar, Agadi, V.V., Das, V.K., Desai, B.N. PID, New Delhi, 327-334.

Bhattacharya, G.C., Murty, G.P.S., Srinivas, K., Chaubey, A.K., Sudhakar, T., Nair, R.R., 1994. Swath bathymetric investigation of the seamounts located in the Laxmi basin, Eastern Arabian Sea, Mar. Geod. 17(3) : 169-182.

Hashimi, N.H., Kidwai, R.M., Nair, R.R., 1981. Comparative study of the topography and sediments of the western and eastern continental shelves around Cape Comorin. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 10 : 45-50.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., 1988. Dynamic tidal barrier of Gulf of Kutch and its relevance to the submergence of ancient Dwarka. In : Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries, Ed. Rao, S.R., NIO, Goa, 56-57.

Hashimi, N.H., Pathak, M.C., Jauhari, P., Nair, R.R., Sharma, A.K., Bhakuni, S.S., Bisht, M.K.S., Valdiya, K.S., 1993. Bathymetrics study of the neotectonic Naini Lake in outer Kumaun Himalaya. J. Geol. Soc. India, 41(2) : 91-104.

Nair, R.R., 1975. Nature and origin of small scale topographic prominences on the western continental shelf of India. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 4: 25-29.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1986. Influence of estuaries on shelf sediment texture. J. Coastal Res., 2 : 199-203.

Varadachari, V.V.R., Nair, R.R., Murty, P.S.N., 1968. Submarine canyons off the Coromandel Coast. Bull. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 38: 457-462.

Ittekkot, V., Nair, R.R., Honjo, S., Ramaswamy, V., Bartsch, M. Manganini, S., Desai, B.N., 1991. Enhanced particle fluxes in Bay of Bengal induced by injection of freshwater. Nature, 351: 385-387.

Ittekkot, V., Haake, B., Bartsch, M., Nair, R.R., Ramaswamy, V., 1992. Organic carbon removal in the sea: the continental connection. In : Upwelling Ecosystems : Evolution Since the Early Miocene. Ed. Summerhayes, C.P. Geol. Soc., London, Sp. Pub., 64: 167-176.

Nair, R.R., Ittekkot, V., Manganini, S., Ramaswamy, V., Haake, B., Degens, E.T., Desai, B.N., Honjo, S., 1989. Increased particle flux to the deep ocean related to monsoons. Nature, 338: 749-751.

Reemtsma, T., Ittekkot, V., Bartsch, M., Nair, R.R., 1993. River inputs and organic mater fluxes in the northern Bay of Bengal: fatty acids. Chem. Geol., 103: 55-71.

Reemtsma, T., Haake, B., Ittekkot, V., Nair, R.R., Brockmann, U.H., 1990. Downward flux of particulate fatty acids in the Central Arabian Sea. Mar.Chem., 29: 183-202.

Haake, B., Ittekkot, V., Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., Honjo, S., 1992. Fluxes of amino acids and hexosamines to the deep Arabian Sea. Mar. Chem., 40: 291-314.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., 1976. Carbonate components in the coarse fraction of western continental shelf (northern part) of India. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 5: 51-57.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., Kidwai, R.M., Rao, P.V., 1982. Carbonate mineralogy and faunal relationship in tropical shallow water marine sediments : Cape Comorin, India, Sedim. Geol., 32: 89-98.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., 1989. Clay mineral distribution on tropical shelf: an example from the western shelf of India. In : Proc. 5 Convention, 1985, J. Indian Assoc. Sedimentol., Hyderabad, 8: 17-27.

Kidwai, R.M., Nair, R.R., 1972. Distribution of organic matter on the continental shelf off Bombay: a terrigenous-carbonated depositional environment. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 1: 116-118.

Kidwai, R.M., Nair, R.R., Hashmi, N.H., 1981. Heavy minerals in the sediments on the outer continental shelf between Vengurla and Mangalore on the west coast of India. J. Geol. Soc. India, 22: 32-38.

Nair, R.R., Murty, P.S.N., 1968. Clay mineralogy of the mud banks of Cochin. Curr. Sci., 37: 589-590.

Nair, R.R., Pylle, A., 1968. Size distribution and carbonate content of the sediments of the western shelf of India. Bull. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 38: 411-420.

Nair, R.R., 1969. Phosphatized oolites on the western continental shelf of India. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 35A: 858-863.

Nair, R.R., Murali, R.S., Kidwai, R.M., 1971. Ca++ / Mg++ ratios in the sediments on the continental shelf off Bombay. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 74B: 29-36.

Nair, R.R., 1972. Outer shelf carbonate pinnacles and troughs on the western continental shelf of India. J.India Geophys. Union, 10: 135-140.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1981. Mineralogy of the carbonate sediments - western continental shelf of India. Mar. Geol., 41: 309-319.

Rao, V.P.C., Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1983. Clay mineral distribution on the Kerala continental shelf and slope. J. Geol. Soc. India, 24: 540-546.

Rao, V.P.C., Nair, R.R., 1988. Microbial origin of the phosphate of the western continental shelf of India. Mar. Geol., 84: 105-110.

Haake, B. Ittekkot, V., Rixen, T., Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., Curry, W.B., 1993. Seasonality and interannual wariability of particle-fluxes to the deep Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Res., (Pt. 1 Oceanogr. Res. Pap.) 40(7): 1323-1344.

Hashimi, N.H., Kidwai, R.M., Nair, R.R., 1978. Grain-size and coarse fraction studies of sediments between Vengurla and Mangalore on the western continental shelf of India. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 7: 231-238.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., Kidwai, R.M., 1978. Sediments of the Gulf of Kutch - A high energy tide dominated environment. Indian. J. Mar. Sci., 7: 1-7.

Hashimi, N.H., Guptha, M.V.S., Kidwai, R.M., Nair, R.R., 1978. Sediment and sedimentary processes on the continental shelf off Bombay. Mahasagar, 11: 155-161.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., 1981. Surficial sediments of the continental shelf off Karnataka. J. Geol. Soc. India, 22: 266-273.

Murty, C.S., Das, P.K., Nair, R.R., Veerayya, M., Varadachari, V.V.R., 1976. Circulation and sedimentation processes in and around the Aguada Bar. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 5: 9-17.

Nair, R.R., 1971. Beachrock and associated carbonate sediments on the fifty fathom flat, a submarine terrace on the outer continental shelf off Bombay. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 73B: 148-154.

Nair, R.R., Varma, P.U., Pylee, A., Varadachari, V.V.R., 1973. Studies on the sediment transport in Mopla Bay harbour Cannanore, using fluorescent tracers. Proc. Indian Geophys. Union, 10: 193-197.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H. Kidwai, R.M., Guptha, M.V.S., Paropkari, A.L., Ambre, N.V., Muralinath, A.S., Mascarenhas, A., D'Costa, G.P., 1978. Topography and sediments of the western continental shelf of India - Vengurla to Mangalore. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 7 : 224-230.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., Rao, P.V.C., 1982. On the possibility of high-velocity tidal streams as dynamic barriers to longshore sediment transport: evidence from the continental shelf off the Gulf of Kutch, India. Mar. Geol., 47: 77-86.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., Rao, V.P.C., 1982. Distribution and dispersal of clay minerals on the western cotinental shelf of India. Mar. Geol., 50: M1-M9.

Nair, R.R., 1984. The Indus paradox, New Scientist, 101(1397): 41-43.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1987. On the origin of the cohesive and non-cohesive sediment boundary on the western shelf of India. In : Contributions in Marine Sciences : Dr. S.Z. Qasim Sastyabdapurti Felicitation Volume, NIO, Goa, 413-425.

Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., 1989. Lack of cross-shelf transport of sediments on the western margin of India; evidence from clay mineralogy. J. Coast. Res., 5: 541-545.

Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., Manganini, S., Haake, B., Ittekkot, V., 1991. Lithogenic fluxes to the deep Arabian Sea measured by sediment traps. Deep-Sea Res., 38: 169-184.

Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., 1994. Fluxes of material in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal - Sediment trap studies. In : Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Present Information and Gaps. Eds. Lal, D. Indian Acad. of Sci., Bangalore, 103(2): 189-210.

Rao, V.P.C., Veerayya, M., Nair, R.R., Dupeuble, P.A., Lamboy, M., 1994. Late quaternary halimed bioherms and aragonitic faecal pellet-dominated sediments on the carbonate platform of the western continental shelf of India. Mar. Geol., 121(3-4): 293-315.

Kameshraju, K.A., Ramaprasad, T., Kodagali, V.N., Nair, R.R., 1993. Multibeam bathymetric, gravity and magnetic studies over 79oE fracture zone, central Indian basin. J. Geophys. Res., B98(6): 9605-9618.

Ramana, M.V., Nair, R.R., Sarma, K.V.L.N.S., Ramaprasad, T., Krishna, K.S., Subrahmanyam, V., D'Cruz, M., Subrahmanyam, C., Paul, J., Subrahmanyam, A.S., Sekhar, D.V.C., 1994. Mesozoic anomalies in the Bay of Bengal. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 121(3-4): 469-475.

Nair, R.R., 1976. Unique mud banks, Kerala, southwest India. AAPG Bull., 60: 616-621.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., Guptha, M.V.S., 1979. Holocene limestones of part of the western continental shelf of India. J. Geol. Soc. India, 20: 17-23.

Nigam, R., Khare, N., Nair, R.R., 1995. Foraminiferal evidences for 77 year cycles of droughts in India and its possible modulation by the Gleissberg solar cycle. J. Coast. Res., 11(4): 1099-1107.

Banakar, V.K., Nair, R.R., Tarkian, M., Haake, B., 1993. Neogene oceanographic variations recorded in manganese nodules from the Somali Basin. Mar. Geol., 110(3-4): 393-402.

Hashimi, N.H., Nair, R.R., 1986. Climatic aridity over India 11,000 years ago: evidence from feldspar distribution in shelf sediments. Paleogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 53: 309-319.

Hashimi, N.H., Nigam, R., Nair, R.R., Rajagopalan, G., 1995.Holocene sea level fluctuations on western Indian continental margin: an update. J. Geol. Soc. India, 46(2): 157-162.

Nair, R.R., 1974. Holocene sea-levels on the western continental shelf of India. Proc. Indian. Acad. Sci., 79: 197-203.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1980. Holocene climatic inferences from the sediments of the western Indian continental shelf. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), 89: 299-315.

Nair, R.R., Hashimi, N.H., 1988. Absence of terraces on a submerged carbonate bank and its implications to holocene sea level transgressions on the western continental margin of India. In : Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries. Ed. Rao, S.R., NIO, Goa, 83-86.

Nigam, R., Nair, R.R., 1989. Cyclicity in monsoon. Bull. Sci., 5: 42-44.

Ramaswamy, V., Nair, R.R., 1992. Measuring the monsoon, New Scient., 134(1826): 31-35.

Rao, V.P.C., Nair, R.R., 1992. A re-evaluation of palaeoclimatic conditions during the Pleistocene and Holocene from the western continental shelf of India - Evidences from the petrology of the limestones. In: Oceanography of the Indian Ocean, Ed. Desai, B.N., Oxford & IBH, 423-438.

Qasim, S.Z., Nair, R.R., 1978. Occurrence of a bank with living corals off the south-west coast of India. Indian J. Mar. Sci., 7: 55-58.

Rao, P.S., Kodagali, V.N., Ramaprasad, T., Nair, R.R., 1993. Morphology of a coral bank, western continental shelf of India: a multibeam study. J. Geol. Soc. India, 41(1): 33-37.

Nair, R.R., 1971. Favourable environments for mineral exploration on the western continental shelf of India.Mahasagar, 4: 65-70.

Nair, R.R., 1985. Holocene phosphorites of the western continental margin of India. Mahasagar, 18: 273-279.

Nair, R.R., Jauhari, P., 1993. Polymetallic nodule resources of the Indian Ocean. In: Science and Quality of Life. Ed. Qasim, S.Z. Offsetters, New Delhi, 393-405.

Qasim, S.Z., Nair, R.R. (Eds.), 1988. From the First Nodule to the First Mine Site: An Account of the Polymetallic Nodules Project, DOD-NIO, Goa, 50 pp.

Qasim, S.Z., Nair, R.R., 1977. Prospects of offshore mining in India. J. Mines Metals Fuels (Annual review), 26: 47-52.

Qasim, S.Z., Nair, R.R., 1979. Wealth from the sea. Engg. Prof. Ann., 2: 13-19.

Rao, P.S., Nair, R.R., 1991. Mineral resources of the seabed. In: I International Seminar & Exhibition on Exploration Geophysics in Nineteen Nineties. Extended abstract, Vol. 2, AEG, Hyderabad, 476-483.

Sharma, R., Nair, R.R., 1995. Exploration inputs for exploitation of manganese nodules in central Indian basin. In : Proceesings of the ISOPE - Ocean Mining Symposium, Int. Soc. Offshore and Polar Eng., Japan, 15-22.