Dr Pankajakshan Thadathil

Dr. Pankajakshan was the Chief Scientist and Scientist-in-charge at National Institute of Oceanography, CSIR, Kochi Regional Centre during October 2015 to May 2019. He received the Centre of Excellence (COE) fellowship instituted by the Japan Ministry of Science and Technology and took the assignment of visiting professor to Chiba University, Japan in 2001. From 2007 to 2011 he was deputed to the Indian Embassy in Tokyo as Science Counsellor for coordinating the India-Japan bilateral Science & Technology collaborations.

Dr. Pankajakshan has 32 years of experience as a Physical oceanographer and has expertise in Air-sea Interaction: Waves, air-sea fluxes, Surface layer processes (Mixed layer, Inversion layer, barrier layer) Ocean Currents, Coastal Oceanography, Oceanographic Data Processing and quality control, Ocean Remote Sensing Applications and Oceanographic Modelling.