Department of Civil Engineering

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Qualification	Specialization	University	Year
Ph. D	Environmental and Water Resources Engg.	NIT Calicut	2011
M.Tech	Environmental Engg.	CET, Trivandrum	1997
B.Tech	Civil Engg.	CET, Trivandrum	1995

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Teaching Experience	22 years

Industrial Experience	3 years

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Environmental & Water Resources Engg., Groundwater Quality Modelling, Climate change, Water Supply Engg.,Numerical Modelling, Heat transport, Geothermal Energy, Air quality modelling

Membership:ISTE, NGWA USA

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Papers in Journals	15

Papers in Conferences	13

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS.....

1.Numerical modelling of colloid transport in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin: Vinish V. Nair, Santosh G. Thampi: Colloids and Surfaces A:
Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects:364, pp. 109‐115,2010

2.A triple continuum transport model for colloid migration in fractured formations:: Vinish V. Nair, Santosh G. Thampi, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering,16(3), pp. 293‐297, 2012

3.Numerical modelling of contaminant transport in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin: Nair, V. V., and Thampi, S.G.: Journal of Porous Media 15(1), pp. 95‐100,2012

4.A triple continuum one-dimensional transport model for colloid facilitated contaminant migration in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin: Vinish. V. Nair, Santosh. G. Thampi: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects:373, pp.74‐81, 2011

5. Defluoridation of Water Using Low-Cost Bio-adsorbents: A Comparative Study: Anandu Aravind, Dayal Kurian Varghese, Arshik K, Meera S, Vinish V Nair: International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research,2(5),2015

6.Influence of flow velocity on conservative solute transport in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin: Vinish V. Nair, Santosh G. Thampi: Journal of Geological Society of India, 80, pp. 524‐530,2012

7.Influence of colloid and adsorption parameters on contaminant transport in fractured rocks - A triple continuum model: Vinish. V. Nair, Groundwater for Sustainable Development,8, pp 381-389, 2019

8.Theoretical and experimental studies on theophylline release from hydrophilic alginate nanoparticles: Deepa Thomas, Vinish V. Nair, M. S. Latha, K. Kurien Thomas: Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 5:2, 2019

9.Background review and development of a coir‐based hybrid
geosynthetic: Dipty Sarin Isaac, Vinish V. Nair, Harikumar Mohanan: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15:1308, 2022

10.Evaluation and selection of CORDEX-SA datasets and bias correction methods for a hydrological impact study in a humid tropical river basin, Kerala: Vinish V Nair, Saranya M S: Journal of Water and Climate Change, 12:8, 3688, 2021



Major International Conferences....

1. Analysis of Colloid Enhanced Contaminant Transport in Sets of Parallel Fractures with Fracture Skin: Vinish V. Nair, Santosh G.Thampi: Proc. NGWA Groundwater Summit 2014,Denver, USA, 2014

2. Numerical modelling of contaminant transport in crystalline rocks with fracture skin: Nair V V and Thampi S G:Proc. International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering, Aligarh, 2009, pp. 1407- 1415

3. Critical fracture skin diffusion coefficient for contaminant transport in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin: Nair V V and Thampi S G:Proc.International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management, Trivandrum, 2010, pp. 559-564.

4. Modelling equilibrium colloid deposition in fractures with fracture skin: Vinish V. Nair: Proc. International Conference on Global Innovations in Technology and Sciences, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 2013

5. Numerical Modelling of Colloid Transport with Linear Dynamic Blocking Function in Fractured Media: Vinish V. Nair: Proc. National Congress, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 2013

6. Efficiency evaluation of electrocoagulation process for the removal of chloride: Vinish. V. Nair, Meenakshi P, Aparna Chandran P, Dain Philipose, Priyadharsh P G, Proc. 28 th Swadeshi Science Congress, Trivandrum 2018

7. Critical Fracture Skin Diffusion Coefficient for Crystalline Fractured Formations: Vinish V Nair, Proc. 8th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2019, IIT Roorkee, India, 2019

8. Evaluation of reliability of Empirical models for estimating Global solar radiation: Saranya M. S, Vinish V. Nair, Indian National Groundwater conference, 2020

9. Flood damage assessment of a river basin using HECGeoRAS: K.C. Amal Vishnu and V.N. Vinish, DEVA-2022, NIT Warangal, 2022

10. Evaluation of the influence of land use and climate changes in run off simulation using semi distributed hydrological model, International Virtual Conference on Developments and Applications of Geomatics, NIT Warangal, 2022.


In Books....

Nair V V and Thampi S G: Numerical Modelling of Colloid Transport in fractures: Issues in Chemical Engineering and other Chemistry Specialties: 2011 Edition, Scholarly Editions, Atlanta, Georgia,ISBN-978-1-464-96355-1

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Design and fabrication of compact water treatment system for fluoride removal(CERD),
Studies to Improve the Properties of Concrete with Plastic as
Partially Replaced Coarse Aggregate (CERD),
Design of Intermittent Water Supply System,
Desalination using Modified Solar still

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Head of Department- Dept. of Civil Engg., RIT Kottayam

Member - Board of Studies (Civil Engg.)- APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

Convenor, District Examination Squad- APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

Dept. Advisory Board member, Civil Engg Dept., RIT Kottayam

Chairman-B.Tech Civil Engg. (MG University)
Chairman-M.Tech Geomechanics &Structures (MG University)

Department coordinator - Institute Innnovation Council

Coordinator - International Conference on Energy &
Environment 2013
Coordinator - RIT-EXPO 2016

Procurement Coordinator (Civil Engg. Dept.)- TEQIP Phase II

Chairman - DLAC 2022, Civil Engg Dept., RIT Kottayam

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Best Teacher Award by RIT Alumni Association in 2006