Dr. Vidya V.

Waste Management, Environmental Science, Wetland studies, Diversity Indices, Eutrophication-WasteWater Quality, Species Diversity, Aquatic Ecology, Water Quality Monitoring, Phytoplankton Ecology, Aquatic Pollution, Zooplankton Ecology.

• Worked as a guest lecturer in the department of Zoology of TKMM College, Nangiarkulangara.
• Worked as a guest lecturer in the department of Zoology of Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla.
• Worked as a project fellow entitled “ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF CHERTHALA EDAKOCHI BELT DUE TO SEA FOOD PROCESSING AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT” funded by the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala.

1. Worked as a guest lecturer in the Post graduate department of Zoology of NSS HINDU College, Changanacherry.

1. Awarded first prize for oral presentation. In “National Seminar on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Materials and Biological Research (IAMBR-2019)”.

1. Vidya. V., Sumathy, K., and Prasad, G. (2014). The Effect of Sea Food Processing Discharge on the nearby Wetlands in Cherthala-Aroor-Edakochi Coastal Belt of Kerala, India. Orginal research paper. Nature Environment and Pollution technology. Vol 13(2). 235-244pp. ISSN 0972-6268 (Print); ISSN: 2395-3454 (Online)
2. Vidya. V., Sumathy, K., and G. Prasad (2014). Phytoplankton as Pollution Indicators: A Case Study from Wetland Areas of Vembanad Lake Adjacent To Sea Food Processing Facilities. Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries Vol. 2/2014/ pp. 835 to 842. ISSN: 2321-340X
3.  Vidya V and G. Prasad (2017). Assessment of surface water quality of Vembanad wetland adjacent to the seafood processing facilities. Ecochronicle Vol 12, No.4. pp117-135. ISSN: 0973-4155.
4.  Vidya, V., Prasad, G., and Sheela A.M (2018). Search for a Suitable Diversity Index for a Tropical Ramsar Wetland Site. Manuscript number: LRE-16-022. Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. DOI: 10.1111/Ire. 12219. 2018;00: Vol 23(2). 1–13. ISSN:1440-1770.
5.  Vidya Vijayakumari, Gopal Prasad (2019). Seasonal Variation of Phytoplankton Cherthala-Aroor-Edakochi Coastal Belt of Kerala, India. Ambient Science, 2019: Vol. 06(1). online DOI:10.21276/ambi.2019.06.1.ra03. pp 21-25. ISSN: 2348 5191 (Print) & 2348 8980 (Electronic).
6.  Meera D, Vidya V and Sherly P. Anand (2019). Assessment of heavy metal contamination in water and sediment from lentic water bodies adjoining mining sites of chavara, South India. Ecochronicle, 2019. Vol 14, No.1. 81-85. ISSN: 0973-4155.
7. Vidya, V., Prasad, G., and Sheela A.M (2020). Assessment of threats to a Ramsar site from seafood processing operation effluents. Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 2020; 00:18. Vol 25 (2). DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/lre.12321 .  pp 196-213. ISSN:1440-1770.
8.  Vrinda Vijayakumari, Kaliyannan Mayilananthi, Sudha Prasanth Reddy, Kunal Kumar, Vidya Vijayakumari and Durga Krishnan(2021). Role of Inflammatory Markers in Predicting Severity and Outcome in COVID-19 Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Institute of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Communicable Diseases. Special Issue – COVID-19 & Other Communicable Diseases, (2021) Pg. No. 186-194. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202230. (P-ISSN: 0019-5138 & E-ISSN: 2581-351X).

1. Vidya. V, Sumathy K and G. Prasad (2012). Phytoplankton population of wetlands adjacent to sea food processing industries in Vembanad lake ecosystem. LAKE 2012: National conference on conservation and manangement of Wetland resources. School of Environmental science, MG university. 101pp.
2. Vidya. V, Sumathy K and G. Prasad (2013). Phytoplankton as pollution indicators: A case study from wetland areas of Vembanad Lake adjacent to sea food processing facilities. International conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate change and Sustainable development. 118pp.
3. Vidya. V and G. Prasad (2013). Evaluation of the Physico-chemical parameters of Wetlands adjacent to the sea food processing facilities in Cherthala- Aroor- Edakochi Coastal Belt of Kerala. 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress.
4. Vidya. V and G. Prasad (2015). Distribution of Zooplankton in Vembanad Wetland adjacent to the Sea Food Processing Facilities. International Conference on Water: From Pollution to Purification.
5. Vidya.V and G. Prasad (2018). Assessment of surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of Vembanad wetland adjacent to the sea food processing facilities. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Zoological Research.
6. Vidya. V and G. Prasad (2019). Diversity indices for pollution assessment: A case study from Vembanad wetland adjacent to the seafood processing facilities. National seminar on Climate change impacts on biodiversity, Environment and its management(CBEM 2019).
7. Vidya. V and G. Prasad (2019).  Evaluating the effectiveness of thematic mapping for pollution assessment: A case study from Vembanad wetland adjacent to the seafood processing facilities. National Seminar on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Materials and Biological Research (IAMBR-2019).

1. Attended sessions in seven day National workshop on Recent Developments in Statistics with special emphasis on Computational Statistics. Organised by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala on March 2013
2. Participated in a Training programme in “Biostatistics- From Basics Towards Analysis”, jointly organised by department of Fisheries, University of Kerala and Health club, S. N. College, Kollam in association with Research cell and internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a part of ‘SkillUp@Lockdown2020-Beat the Blue’programme from 14.09.2020 to 21.09.2020.
3. Participated in Aranyani Webinar Series-3 Constituted as a part of Wildlife Week Celebrations (2^nd to 8^th October 2020) conducted by the post graduate department of Zoology and Research Centre, MG College, Thiruvananthapuram.
4. Participated in 30 days International Online Workshop on Academic Writing and Communication Skills, Research Methodology, Reference Management, and Academic Publishing conducted from 23 November – 31 December 2021.