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Dr. P. P. Nikhil Raj

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, School of Engineering, Coimbatore | Assistant Professor, Centre for Sustainable Future, Coimbatore

Qualification: Ph.D
pp_nikhilraj@cb.amrita.edu
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Bio

Dr P.P. Nikhil Raj is a transdisciplinary academician with a Doctorate in Environmental Science. His research explores how ecosystems respond to climate change and human pressures, with a focus on the social, economic, and political forces that shape environmental outcomes. By examining the interplay of power, economics, and ecology, Dr Raj works to uncover pathways toward more sustainable futures.

His current area of research span urban, rural, and coastal, riverine–estuarine ecosystems, where he studies socio-ecological interactions under changing climatic conditions.

Publications

Book Chapter

Year : 2025

A Dance with Danger: Unveiling the Toxic Effects of Kathakali Makeup

Cite this Research Publication : Vishnu Achutha Menon, P. P. Nikhil Raj, K. A. Ashique Ali, A Dance with Danger: Unveiling the Toxic Effects of Kathakali Makeup, Global Perspectives of Toxic Metals in Bio Environs, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89725-2_13

Publisher : Springer Nature Switzerland

Year : 2024

GIS-Based Geomorphological Features Assessment in Raichur District: An Instance of Advanced Research in Regional Geomorphology

Cite this Research Publication : Degu Zewdu, C. Muralee Krishnan, P. P. Nikhil Raj, Yila Caiaphas Makadi, GIS-Based Geomorphological Features Assessment in Raichur District: An Instance of Advanced Research in Regional Geomorphology, Geography of the Physical Environment, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64163-3_24

Publisher : Springer Nature Switzerland

Year : 2024

Nanoclays for Environmental Remediation : a Review

Cite this Research Publication : Degu Zewdu, Muralee Krishnan C, P.P. Nikhil Raj, Nanoclays for environmental remediation : a review, Nanoclay-Based Sustainable Materials, Elsevier, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-13390-9.00010-2

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2024

Nanoclay for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: a Critical Review

Cite this Research Publication : Degu Zewdu, Muralee Krishnan C, P.P. Nikhil Raj, Nanoclay for climate change adaptation and mitigation: a critical review, Nanoclay-Based Sustainable Materials, Elsevier, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-13390-9.00009-6

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2015

Factors Influencing the Runoff Trend in a Medium Sized River Basin in the Western Ghats, India

Cite this Research Publication : PP Nikhil Raj and PA Azeez (2015). Factors influencing the runoff trend in a medium-size river basin in the Western Ghats, India, in Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13425-3_6

Publisher : Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems Springer-Verlag

Year : 2009

The general rainfall trend using the historical data: a case from the Palakkad plains of Kerala.

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Publisher : Macmillan Publishers India Ltd

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Climate-smart innovation practices and sustainable rural livelihoods: A systematic literature review

Cite this Research Publication : Degu Zewdu, Muralee Krishnan C, P.P. Nikhil Raj, Sudha Arlikatti, Tony McAleavy, Climate-smart innovation practices and sustainable rural livelihoods: A systematic literature review, Technology in Society, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102914

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Interactions of land use, land cover, and climate change: A case study of Raichur District, Karnataka, India

Cite this Research Publication : Degu Zewdu, C. Muralee Krishnan, P.P. Nikhil Raj, Yila Caiaphas Makadi, Masoud K. Barati, Sudha Arlikatti, Interactions of land use, land cover, and climate change: A case study of Raichur District, Karnataka, India, Environmental Challenges, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2025.101166

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

Urban Indian Environment in the Context of a Pandemic

Cite this Research Publication : Abhijith. S., Akshara S. N., P. P. Nikhil Raj, Urban Indian Environment in the Context of a Pandemic, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Technoscience Publications, 2024, https://doi.org/10.46488/nept.2024.v23i01.020

Publisher : Technoscience Publications

Year : 2024

Assessing Climate Change Risks Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Techniques in Raichur Taluk, Karnataka, India

Cite this Research Publication : Zewdu, D., Krishnan, M.C., Raj, N. & Makadi, Y.C. & Arlikatti, S. (2024). Assessing Climate Change Risks Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Techniques in Raichur Taluk, Karnataka, India. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment | Impact Factor - 3.9

Publisher : Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Year : 2023

Vedikkettu : Pyrotechnics, Splendour and Extreme Risk

Cite this Research Publication : Achutha Menon, Vishnu & Nikhil Raj, P P. (2023). Vedikkettu : Pyrotechnics, Splendour and Extreme Risk. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 58. 65-66.

Year : 2023

Sustainable or Pseudo Development—Looking at Natural Resource Management in a Developing State, Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj, P. A. Azeez, Sustainable or Pseudo Development—Looking at Natural Resource Management in a Developing State, Kerala, India, Capitalism Nature Socialism, Informa UK Limited, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2023.2178472

Publisher : Informa UK Limited

Year : 2022

The Historical Trend in Temperature of a Tropical River Basin in Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : P.P. Nikhil Raj, P.A. Azeez, The historical trend in temperature of a tropical river basin in Kerala, India, International Journal of Water, Inderscience Publishers, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1504/ijw.2022.130825

Publisher : Inderscience Publishers

Year : 2022

Variations in temperature in a tropical town: a case study

Cite this Research Publication : P.A. Azeez, Variations in temperature in a tropical town: a case study, International Journal of Global Warming, Inderscience Publishers, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgw.2022.122434

Publisher : Inderscience Publishers

Year : 2022

Remnant Vegetation in Farmland – its Significance in Ethnobotany and Local Ecosystem

Cite this Research Publication : Dalia Ghosh Dastidar, Susmita Basu, Chinnadurai Venkatraman, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, PP Nikhil Raj, Remnant vegetation in farmland - its significance in ethnobotany and local ecosystem, Plant Science Today, Horizon E-Publishing Group, 2022, https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1761

Publisher : Horizon E-Publishing Group

Year : 2019

Book review on the “Growth Delusion”-by David Pilling

Cite this Research Publication : P.P. Nikhil Raj and P.A. Azeez (2019). Book review on the “Growth Delusion”-by David Pilling, Current Science. Vol. 116(5). https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/116/05/0842.pdf

Publisher : Current Science

Year : 2012

Trend analysis of rainfall in Bharathapuzha River basin, Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj and Azeez, P. A., “Trend analysis of rainfall in Bharathapuzha River basin, Kerala, India”, International Journal of Climatology, vol. 32, pp. 533-539, 2012.

Publisher : International Journal of Climatology

Year : 2011

Temperature rise in the Bharathapuzha river basin, southern India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj and Azeez, P. A., “Temperature rise in the Bharathapuzha river basin, southern India”, Current science, vol. 101, pp. 492-492, 2011.

Publisher : Current science

Year : 2011

Performance evaluation of an irrigation project with reference to its irrigation objectives

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj, Azeez, P. A., and A. Hussain, S., “Performance evaluation of an irrigation project with reference to its irrigation objectives”, African Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 2472-2478, 2011.

Publisher : African Journal of Agricultural Research

Year : 2010

Public on conserving an urban wetland: A Case from Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj and Azeez, P. A., “Public on conserving an urban wetland: A Case from Kerala, India”, International journal of Social Ecology and sustainable development, Sustainable policy applications for social ecology and development (Edited by EG Carayannis) Information science reference (IGI global), USA, vol. 1, pp. 14-19, 2010.

Publisher : International journal of Social Ecology and sustainable development, Sustainable policy applications for social ecology and development (Edited by EG Carayannis) Information science reference (IGI global)

Year : 2010

Consolidated checklist of birds in the Pallikaranai Wetlands, Chennai, India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj, Ranjini, J., Radhamani, D., Subramanian, J., Azeez, P. A., and Bhupathy, S., “Consolidated checklist of birds in the Pallikaranai Wetlands, Chennai, India”, Journal of Threatened Taxa, vol. 2, pp. 1114-1118, 2010.

Publisher : Journal of Threatened Taxa

Year : 2010

Changing Rainfall in the Palakkad plains of South India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj and Azeez, P. A., “Changing Rainfall in the Palakkad plains of South India”, Atmósfera, vol. 23, pp. 75-82, 2010.

Publisher : Atmósfera

Year : 2009

Spatial and temporal variation in surface water chemistry of a tropical river, the river Bharathapuzha, India

Cite this Research Publication : Nikhil Raj and P.A. Azeez (2009). Spatial and temporal variation in surface water chemistry of a tropical river, the river Bharathapuzha, India. Current Science 96 (2); 245-251. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24105187

Publisher : Current science

Year : 2009

Real estate and Agricultural Wetlands in Kerala

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Publisher : Economic and political weekly, Environment, Technology and Development: Critical and Subversive Essays- Essays from the Economic and Political Weekly (2012), Edited By Rohan D’Souza p: 394.

Year : 2009

Climate change congress Copenhagen

Cite this Research Publication : P.P. Nikhil Raj and P.A. Azeez (2009). Climate change congress Copenhagen. Current Science, 97(3): 299.

Publisher : Indian Academy of Sciences

Book

Year : 2023

Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Infections and Morbidity

Cite this Research Publication : P.A. Azeez, P.P. Nikhil Raj, and R. Mohanraj (2023) Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Infections and Morbidity, ISBN13: 9781799894148, IGI Global, USA https://www.igi-global.com/book/ecological-evolutionary-perspectives-infections-morbidity/277661

Publisher : IGI Global

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2016

Understanding the impact of Movies on changing the perspectives of students on Environmental issues

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Publisher : International Conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE 2016), 7-9 March 2016

Year : 2011

Ecological and ethno-cultural examination of the rise and fall in rice diversity in southern India with special reference to the Western Ghats,India

Cite this Research Publication : P. P. Nikhil Raj, Azeez, P. A., and Sebastian, M. K., “Ecological and ethno-cultural examination of the rise and fall in rice diversity in southern India with special reference to the Western Ghats,India”, Workshop on Paddy Growing Cultures in India, organized by JanapadaSampada division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 5th to 7th December 2011 at Dept. of Anthropology. Pondicherry University., 2011.

Publisher : IGNCA

Year : 2009

Historical analysis of the first rain event and the number of rain days in the western part of Palakkad gap, South India

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Publisher : Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, The IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change

Year : 2009

Development of a city and disappearing urban water bodies a case from Palakkad city of Kerala, India

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Publisher : 10th ESRI India User Conference , Geography in Action

Year : 2009

Cropping the ‘real estate’; does money play the desperado? A brief from Kerala’s agriculture wetlands

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Publisher : National seminar on emerging issues in biodiversity management

Year : 2009

Analysis of rain fall trend and the variation in number of rain days in a tropical station.

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Publisher : First World Young Earth-Scientists Congress 2009

Year : 2008

Public opinion on conserving a mangrove wetland- A case from Kerala

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Publisher : National seminar on Coastal wetland ecosystems of Kerala: Perspective and conservational strategies

Year : 2008

Analysis of the general rainfall trend using the historical data: a case from Palakkad plains of Kerala

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Publisher : International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity Food Security in the South Asia Region

Year : 2007

Weeds of the Bharathapuzha river basin Kerala with special reference to the influencing factors promoting weed growth

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Publisher : National Conference on Environmental Challenges and Management (ECM-2007)

Qualifications
Year Degree/Program Institution
2011 Ph. D. Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), India
2004 M. Sc. University of Calicut, Kerala
Research

Dr. Raj’s major research question lies in understanding how natural systems respond to climate change and various anthropogenic pressures. He has published his research findings in international and national peer reviewed journals. He has presented his work in many international and national conferences/seminars. He is an ardent lover of nature. He loves to travel and explore local culture.

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