Dr. Rama Mohan K

Senior Principal Scientist , Paleo-Seismology

Dr. Rama Mohan K

krenviron@ngri.res.in

Academic Identity
              

Specialization

Environmental Geochemistry, Hydrogeology

Research Area

Dr. Rama Mohan Kurakalva received M.Sc., and Ph.D., degrees in Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) in Tirupati, India.  Dr. Kurakalva is currently working as a Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, India and holds a Professor, the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) @CSIR-NGRI Campus. 

Dr. Kurakalva’s research areas include Environmental GeoChemistry with an emphasis on Environmental pollution assessment and remediation; Environmental fate, behavior, and effects of pollutants. 

He is an expert in studies on remedial technologies in particular on ISCO and Adsorption technologies for the reclamation of subsurface environmental media contaminated with various pollutants. This research involves consideration of the contaminants' physical and chemical properties as well as the biogeochemical process.

Dr. Kurakalva has engaged in various research projects sponsored by different government agencies namely DST, BRNS, and Pollution Control Boards. He had successfully completed International Bilateral Collaborative Research with Russia and Bulgaria which is sponsored by DST from the Indian side.

Dr. Kurakalva is in charge to cater the analysis of various environmental pollutants using GC-MS, ICP-OES, Ion Chromatography, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, TOC analyzer, etc. He is an expert in developing analytical methodologies for trace-level determination of pesticide residues and trace elements in different environmental samples.

Ongoing Research Projects

Hydrogeological and Geophysical investigations in the SIPCOT Perundurai Industrial Area, Erode District, Tamil Nadu

Honors & Awards

  • Expert Member: Selection of Project Associates/Scientific positions in various government agencies and in CSIR-NGRI 2017 onwards
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee, A.P Pollution Control Board, Govt of AP 06/2016
  • Visiting Fellow: Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India 2014
  • Member: CFO Committee, A.P Pollution Control Board, Govt of Andhra Pradesh 04/13- 05/14
  • Visiting Fellow: Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati  2013
  • Who is Who in the World: Biography included by Marques Who’s Who®, USA 2009
  • Young Scientist: Department of Science & Technology, Government of India 2008
  • Visiting Research Fellow: Department of Education, Government of Taiwan 2006
  • Senior Research Fellow: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, DSIR, India 2001

Publications

BEST 10 SCI PUBLICATIONS

  1. Rama Mohan*, K.Gayathri; S.P. Vaiphei, and G. Sravya Sai (2021), Evaluation of hydrogeochemical profile, potential health risk and groundwater quality in rapidly growing urban region of Hyderabad, South India, Environmental Earth Science, 80 383- 401 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09661-z  , 17 May 2021; IF: 3.119

 

  1. P. Vaiphei, and K. Rama Mohan*(2021), Hydrochemical characteristics and nitrate health risk assessment of groundwater through seasonal variations from an intensive agricultural region of upper Krishna River basin, Telangana, India, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 213, 112073 -12088, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112073 , 15 April 2021; IF: 7.129

 

  1. Kiran Kumar Reddy, K. Harish Gupta, B. Upendrea, D.V.Reddy, K. Rama Mohan, and D. Kumar (2021) Export of particulate organic carbon by the mountainous tropical rivers of Western Ghats, India: Variations and controls. Science of the Total Environment. 751,142115; DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142115 , 10 January 2021; IF: 10.753

 

  1. Rama Mohan*, and Keshav Krishna A., (2020) Occurrence and distribution of HCHs and DDTs in surface water and groundwater from the Gajualamandyam region along the Swarnamukhi river basin, Andhra Pradesh India. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-15; DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03067319.2020.1818735 , 10 January 2021; IF: 2.826

 

  1. Djerahov, P. Vasileva, I. Karadjova, K. Rama Mohan, and Keshav Krishna A., (2016) Chitosan film loaded with silver nanoparticles-sorbent for solid phase extraction of Al(III), Cd(II), Cu(II), Co(II), Fe(III), Ni(II), Pb (II) and Zn(II). Carbohydrates Polymers 147, 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.080 , 20 August 2016; IF: 10.723

 

  1. Keshav Krishna, T.C. Khanna and K. Rama Mohan (2016) Rapid quantitative determination of major and trace elements in silicate rocks and soils employing fused glass discs using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 122,165–171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.07.004 1 August 2016 , 01 August 2016; IF: 3.662

 

  1. Keshav Krishna, and K. Rama Mohan (2013), Metal Contamination and their distribution in different grain size fractions of sediments in an Industrial development area, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 90 (2), 170-175 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0900-8  , 05 December 2012; IF: 2.807

 

  1. Liang, F.Huang, N. Mohanty and K. Rama Mohan, (2008), A rapid spectrophotometric determination of persulfate anion in ISCO, Chemosphere, 73(9), 1540-1543 556, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.08.043, 14 October 2008; IF: 8.943

 

  1. Ramesh, K. Rama Mohan and K. Seshaiah, (2002), Preconcentration of trace metals on Amberlite XAD-4 resin coated with dithiocarbamates and determination by inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry in saline matrices, Talanta, 57(2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-9140(02)00033-4 , 16 May 2002; IF: 6.556

 

  1. Rama Mohan, A. Ramesh and K. Seshaiah, (2000), Extractive fluorimetric determination of malathion residues in water samples, Analyst, 125(2), 323-326. https://doi.org/10.1039/A904207E  , 06 August 2000; IF: 5.227

 

*Corresponding Author

IF: Impact Factor (Clarivate Analytics, 2022)

Books

K.Rama Mohan, A. Keshav Krishna (2018), Assessment of groundwater quality and identification of hydrogeochemical process in hard rock terrain, In Advances in Groundwater. Eds. V.Singh, S.Yadav and R. Yadava, Springer Publications, pp.&

Research Scholars

Doctoral Students (INDIA)

1.Mr.S. Paolalsiam Vaiphei (2022) "Studies on hydrogeochemical process, assessment of groundwater quality and delineationof groundwater potential zones of Wanaparthy watershed, Telangana, India", under

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., (Environmental Chemistry); M.Sc., (Analytical Chemistry) )

Proffessional Experience

Proffessional Affiliations

• Life Member: Indian Society of Applied Geochemists, Hyderabad, India. August 2016. • Life Member: Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmadabad, India.