Muruganandam Muthiah, Principal Scientist at ICAR
About
Dr Muruganandam is a Fulbright Scholar working as Principal Scientist in the Hydrology and Engineering Division at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC), Dehradun. Has over 25-years of research/professional experience in multi-disciplinary research areas/diverse topics of Soil-Water Conservation (SWC), Integrated Watershed Management (IWM), Natural Resource Management (NRM), fisheries development, aquatic ecosystems conservation, livestock-based micro-enterprises and influences of traditional knowledge. He had contributed innovatively and creatively across multiple themes of sustainable farming systems and natural resource management.
Extensively travelled including 15 US Universities/Institutions and 25 US-States and 30 Indian States. He had networked with various State Line Departments, national research institutions, developmental organizations, national academia, universities, colleges, local print- and online media houses and over 30 professional societies besides over 5000 farmers/fishermen and local representatives.
He had published over 100 scientific/technical papers/books/compendiums. He had organized around 15 conferences/workshops/training/outreach-programs. He had deliberated in over 80 conferences/seminars/workshops and been a resource-person/faculty member as an invitee in about 50 national/international seminars/training/extension programs. He has 30 professional fellowships, recognitions, and awards including Fulbright-Fellowship, Fulbright-Alumni-Award, 3 national-fellowships, Best-Scientist and Gold-Medal besides many competitive grants.
Information
Industry experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor
Years of experience: 20 years or above
Work experience
Principal Scientist
Research, training and demonstration on cross-cutting domainICAR
1996-07 - Present
Taxonomy
- Scientist
 - Researcher
 - Project Manager
 - Research Institute
 - Government Agency
 - Water Quality
 - Agricultural
 - Environmental Consequences
 - Ecosystem Management
 - Biology
 - Ecology
 - Hydrology
 - Sustainable Development
 - Participatory Management
 - Sustainable Economy
 - Communication
 - Impact Assessment
 - Fisheries
 - River Studies
 - Water Harvesting
 - Ecosystem Management
 - Project Management
 - Water Resources
 - Watershed
 - Pollution
 - Conservation
 - Freshwater
 - Water Recycling
 - Wetlands
 - Sustainability
 - Sustainable Water Resource Management
 - Eutrophication
 - Integrated Water Management
 - Natural Resource Management
 - Envirionmental Data Management
 - Lake Management
 - Integrated Watershed Management
 - Aquatic Ecologist
 - Constructed Wetlands
 - Aquatic Environment
 - River Basin management
 - River Restoration
 - Catchment Management
 - Environmental Conservator
 - Livestock Production
 - Ecosystem Services
 - Fish Farming
 - Shrimp Farming
 - Fisheries governance
 - Poultry Farming
 - Water Conservation
 - Renewable Resources
 - Common Property Management
 - Community Based Resource Management
 - Natural Resources Management
 - Water Resources Management
 - Land & Water Development
 - Water Management
 - Agricultural Research
 - Soil Conservation
 - Watershed Management
 - water catchment management
 - R&D
 - Water Corporation - WA