Associate Professor
Dr. Anand M Completed Masters and M. Phil degree in Environmental Sciences from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and acquired PhD under the faculty of Environmental Studies from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi. At present working as Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Studies, CUSAT, Kochi. The thrust area of research is on the development of appropriate technologies for the treatment/conversion of various organic wastes. In the course of the research work innovative in-vessel composting apparatus’s were developed with indigenous technology and obtained patent pending in India. The other areas of expertise are Environmental Biotechnology; bioremediation; water and waste water treatment and pollution control.
Phone | 9447254921
Email | anandm@cusat.ac.in
2017 - Ph.D in Environmental studies (Cochin University of Science and Technology)
2002 - UGC-NET in Environmental science
1994 - 1996 M. Phil in Environmental science (Bharathiar University)
1992 - 1994 M.Sc Environmental science
1989 - 1992 B.Sc Botany
Nineteen years of Teaching and research experience in the field of Environmental Science and Waste Management.
Worked as process manager in the department of Water and Waste Treatment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was in-charge of a 10,000 MLD capacity extended aeration activated sludge treatment system at Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia during period 1997 – 2000.
Member- core committee, constituted by SES and Cochin Corporation, to initiate an action plan on solid waste management in Kochi city.2015
Official reviewer for A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Youth Challenge Programme by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (KSCSTE). Government of Kerala, India, 2016.
Technical committee member Suchitwa Mission, Government of Kerala, 2016-2017.
Anand M, TWIN CHAMBERED INVESSEL COMPOSTING APPARATUS, Patent and Design Journal, India, S.No: 318, Journal No: 40/2015-Part 1, Page No: 54916, No of pages-23, No of Claims:9, Oct 2015.
Puthenkandathil Sukumaran Divya, Jabir Thajudeen, Jesmi Yousuf, Anand Madhavan, Mohamed Hatha Abdulla Genetic relatedness, phylogenetic groups, antibiotic resistance, and virulence genes associated with ExPEC in Escherichia coli isolates from finfish and shellfish, J of Food Processing and Preservation, Institute of food Science Technology, DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.14837, Wiley. 15 July 2020.
ANJALI, T.B.1*, ASWIN K. VIJAY2, AKHILESH, K.B.1 AND ANAND, M.1, A Study on Biochar Preparation and Characterization of Broiler’s Poultry Litter, International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 47: 209-218, © NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY, NEW DELHI, 2021
M. Anand, T.B. Anjali, K.B. Akhilesh, and John K. Satheesh Book Chapter: Composting of food waste: A novel approach, Advances in Environmental Pollution Research Series, Cost Effective Technologies for Solid Waste and Wastewater Treatment. ISBN: 978-0-12-822933-0 .Pages:106-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822933-0.00007-3. November 2021.
