Dr. Umadevi A. G.

Designation                                  :     Assistant Professor

 
Department                                   :    Chemistry

E-mail:                                            :   umadeviag11@gmail..com

Educational Qualifications           :  MSc, Mphil, PhD, UGC NET

 Area of Research/Specializations  :   Environmental Chemistry

Awards and fellowship                  :    Qualified CSIR -NET Examination 2012                     

Year of experience                          : 8 Years 10 months

Research Experience              

  • Principal Investigator of UGC sponsored minor project entitled “A study on the seasonal variation and characterization of chemical and microbiological parameters in the underground water of Eloor Island (Udyogamandal) an industrial belt in Ernakulam district,Kerala. 2015- 2017. Ref : 1630-MRP /14-15 / KLCA 025/UGC-SWRO  Dated  04/02/2015 .
  • Junior Research Fellow in a Major Research project “Radiological Environmental Impact Assessment of Thorium,Rare Earth Mineral Processing and active material Storage in Eloor Island (Udyogamandal), Kerala” sponsored by Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS) at Center for Radiological and Environmental studies , Department of Physics ,The Cochin College ,Cochin, in colloboration with Health Physics  Division, Indian Rare Earth Limited  (IREL) from September 2008 to March 2012.
  • chemist &Microbiologist at Quality Control Division, Kerala Water Authority for analyzing Physical, chemical& microbiological parameters for detecting drinking water quality and examined the quality of water samples collected from Tsunami affected villages as a part of project under Kerala Water Authority during the period of Feb 2005  to July 2005.

Articles published in edited book

  • Umadevi A.G., Dhanya Balakrishnan (2021).  A study on the distribution of 210 Po and 210 Pb in Periyar river at Eloor region in relation to Anthropogenic inputs. Plural Nuances- Perspective on Society, Science and literature, Barter publishing. 150-156 ., ISBN: 978- 81- 921234- 7-9.
  • Umadevi A.G.,Dhanya Balakrishnan (2022). Seasonal Variation of 222 Rn concentration in the ground water of Eloor ,Ernakulum District of Kerala. Ruminations, Barter publishing. 171-176. ISBN: 978- 81- 959280-0-2

Research papers in Research Journals

  • DhanyaBalakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., Benn Biju, S., Sunil, A., Abraham, J. P., Jojo, P. J., Radhakrishnan, S., & Harikumar, M. (2016). External gamma dose measurements in the Eloor industrial area in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. International Journal of Radiation Research, 14(4), 323 – 329.
  • DhanyaBalakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., Jose P Abraham., Jojo, P. J., Harikumar, M., & Sujata Radhakrishnan. (2015). Assessment of natural radioactivity level and radiation hazard parameters in the terrestrial environment of Eloor Island, Kerala, India. International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences, 5(2), 38 – 42.
  • Umadevi A. G., DhanyaBalakrishnan., Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., George, M., Dharmalingam, P., Sujata Radhakrishnan., & Harikumar, M. (2012). A study on the distribution of Iron content in the potable water of Eloor, an industrial region in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 32(9), 757 – 761.
  • Mathew, S., Rajagopalan, M., Abraham, J. P., Balakrishnan, D., & Umadevi, A. G., (2012). Natural radioactivity content in soil and indoor air of Chellanam. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 152(1-3), 80-83.
  • DhanyaBalakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., & Jojo, P. J. (2012). A study on activity concentration of natural radionuclide of Building materials in Kochi. International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences, 2(3), 41 – 43.
  • Rajagopalan, M., Jose P Abraham., Dhanya Balakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., Sujata Radhakrishnan., & Samuel Mathew. (2012). A study on inhalation dose measurements due to indoor radon/thoron progenies in the island environs of Cochin backwater. Asian Journal of Chemical and Environmental Research, 5(2), 10-14.
  • Umadevi  A. G., DhanyaBalakrishnan., Aneymol, V. S., Prema, A. K., Mary Jose., Ann Mary Albert., Femy Augustin., Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., George, M., & Dharmalingam, P. (2011).Assessment of Bacteriological quality of ground water in Eloor, Ernakulam district of Kerala, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 31(9), 735 – 740.
  • Umadevi A. G., DhanyaBalakrishnan, Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., George, M., Dharmalingam, P., Sujata Radhakrishnan., & Harikumar, M. (2011). An assessment of ingestion dose due to the intake of 210Po and 210Pb through drinking water of Eloor, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. Journal of chemistry and chemical engineering, 5(10), 903 – 908.
  •  Rajagopalan, M., Jose P Abraham., Dhanya Balakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., & Samuel Mathew. (2011). Natural Radioactivity content in the soils of Kumbalanghi island. Asian Journal of Chemical and Environmental Research, 4(3-4), 26 – 30.
  • Umadevi A. G., George, M., Dharmalingam, P., Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., Dhanya Balakrishnan., Haridasan, P. P., & Pillai, P. M. B. (2010). An Investigation of the Quality of Underground Water at Eloor in Ernakulum District of Kerala, India E- Journal of Chemistry, 7(3), 908 – 914.
  • Jose P Abraham., Rajagopalan, M., Dhanya Balakrishnan., Umadevi, A. G., Haridasan, P. P., & Pillai, P. M. B. (2009). Study on the distribution of 226Ra and 228Ra activities in the Cochin Backwater ecosystem. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 29(11), 960 – 968.

     International Seminars

  • Presented a poster entitlied  ‘Study on the distribution of 210 Po in Periyar river in the   Eloor Kerala  in the international conference on “Sustainable Innovation in greeen chemistry and technological development (ICAIG) sponsored by government of Kerala held at post graduate department of chemistry ,Maharaja’s college ,Ernakulam on 11-12December 2018.
  • Presented a poster entitlied  ‘Study on the distribution of 210 Po in the surface water and sediments of cochin backwater ecosystem in relation to anthropogenic inputs’ presented  in the International Conference on Materials for the Millennium , Matcon-2016 ,organized by Department of Applied chemistry ,Cochin university of science and technology , Kerala, on January 14-16, 2016.
  • Presented a paper  entitled ‘A study of physico-chemical parameters of ground water at Eloor in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India’ in the International Analytical science congress 2010 conducted by Indian society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS) held at IMA House ,Kochi,Kerala  during 24-27 November 2010.

National Seminars

  • Presented a paper entitled  ‘Study on the distribution of 222 Rn in the ground  water of Eloor an industrial belt Ernakulam’ on 26 th Swadeshi science congress organised by Swadeshi Science movement Kerala ,on 7-9,November 2016 at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institude ,Kochi,Kerala.
  • Presented a  paper entitled “A study on the seasonal variation of ground water nitrate concentration in the industrial region of Eloor, kerala’  presented a  paper in the 24 th Swadeshi science congress organized by Swadeshi Science movement Kerala and Thunchathezuthachan Malayalam university , Tibur , Malappuram,Kerala on 6-8 November 2014.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Measurement of 210 Po and 210 Pb in cochin backwater Ecosystem in relation to Anthropogenic inputs” in the UGC sponsored National seminar on nanostructured materials conducted by Post-graduate Department of chemistry,N.S.S.Hindu College Chaganassery on 12-13 August 2014 .
  • Presented a  paper entitled ‘Study of distribution of 228Ra and 226 Ra through drinking water in Eloor , Kerala’ in the 30 th IARPNC  national conference held at Manglore University , on 12-17 March, 2012.
  • Presented a  poster entitled ‘Human ingestion dose due to the intake of 210 Po and 210 Pb through drinking water in Eloor’  in the Chennai Chemistry conference held at IIT Madras on 11-13  February , 2011 
  • Presented a poster entitled ‘Study of   fluoride concentration in the ground water of Eloor, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India: Correlation with physico-chemical parameters  in the 21 st Swadeshi Science Congress at Laboratory division, Cashew Bhavan, Mundakkal,Kollam,Kerala.organised jointly by Cashew Export promotion Council of India, on7-9  November , 2011.