Dr. G. Bindu

Dr. Bindu G is presently scientist in Nansen Environmental Research Centre, India (NERCI). She has been awarded PhD in Meteorology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India in 1998. She is an approved research guide of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS). Presently principal Investigator of DST funded project on ‘Atmospheric carbon sequestration potential of trees in Kochi City under the changing environmental scenario’ and has completed one project on Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of different species of mangroves existing in Kunhimangalam area, a coastal district in the State of Kerala under CSR initiatives of Appollo Tyres. She has also completed projects related to air pollution studies and climate change issues, funded by various agencies like CSIR, DST, MoEF & USAID in her capacity as principal Investigator, Scientist fellow, Senior research Associate etc. in CUSAT, NEERI & KSSP. She joined NERCI in 2012. She is an Environmental Consultant for different Consultancies like ENTEC, KITCO & ENVIROTECH. She has more than twenty years of post doctoral research and teaching experience. She had worked as Assistant Professor in Arbaminch University, Ethiopia. She was also coordinator for MPhill Environmental Sciences in SB College and also worked as Guest faculty in CUSAT & MG University.

Areas of Expertise:

• Carbon Neutrality Assessment of Plantations

• Sustainable Urban Environmental Systems

• Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

• Air Quality Modelling and Monitoring

• Environmental Sustainability and Policy

• Urban Heat Island and Urban Climate Studies

• Environmental Risk and Impact Assessment

• Atmospheric Science & Meteorology

• Noise Pollution Studies

• Environmental Monitoring & Climate Resilience

Recent Publications:

Sobah A. Petersen, Bintang N. Prabowo, Alenka T. Salaj, Roy Anusha, Lalitha Shan, Abhinand Kishore, Hafin P, Bindu G, Local Context and Multi-disciplinarity to Address Smart City Challenges in a Hackathon: The Case of Smart City Development in Kochi, ScienceDirect , IFAC PapersOnLine 59-27 (2025) 19–24.

Sravan Shaji. Chandu P J, Bindu G, Assessing urban resilience through urban trees: an appraisal of subhash park, kochi and projected benefits for queen’s walk way urban expansion, NIDM repository, 2025, https://iuin-drr.nidm.gov.in/Vertical/Index, no.22.

Bindu G., Chandu PJ., Ajith Joseph K., Igor Esau, Sobah A. Petersen, Alexander Baklanov and Lasse H. Pettersson Report on the URSA MAJOR Hackathon 2024 EU NERSC Technical report no. 466, Open Research Repository , https://zenodo.org/records/16759079

Abhijith V S, Bindu G,Chandu P J, Ranith R, Ajith Joseph K, Varghese K P, Urban Growth and Climate Resilience: An Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health in Kochi for Sustainable Development, The Indian Geographical Journal.

Chandu P J, Bindu G a and Vishnu Sharan K. R, Seasonal Analysis of Land Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Island Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Kochi and Fairbanks, 2025, , International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 544-555, 2025; Article no.IJECC.130353, ISSN: 2581-8627. Doi: 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i24746

Bindu.G, Ajith Joseph, Chandu.P J, Lasse H Pettersson,'Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment', 2023, Text Book, ISBN978-81-95-1447-2-3.

Rakhi K Raj, Bindu G , Anju Farhana , Hari Laxmanan,2022, A study on the health impacts of particulate matter pollution due to demolition of high-rise buildings, Maradu- Kochi".International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, https://doi.org/10.55863/ijees.2023.2586.

Bindu G, Rakhi K Raj,Baiju M A & Anju Farhana C, 2021, The impact of a building implosion on ambient air quality: A case study in an urban coastal city, Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences Research, doi.org/10.47363/JEESR/2021(3)142

Bindu.G, Poornima Rajan and Ajith Joseph K, 2021, Assessment of temporal change in carbon sequestration potential of vegetation using GIS, with the introduction of metro rail in Kochi, India, Advances in Earth and Environmental Science, ISSN 2766-2624, doi.org/10.47485/2766-2624.1009

Principal Scientist

+91 89219 53646

bindupeethu@gmail.com