| Journal Papers Sci / Scopus Peer Reviewed |
- Saran M S , Manju V S, Vishnu V P, (2023), WebGIS- asedRoad Crash Information System: A Case Study
Vol. 17, No.2, pp- 39-43,
DOI- https://doi.org/10.58825/jog.2023.17.2.29
- Saran M.S (2017), Evaluation of Accident Black Spots on Roads using Geoinformatics Tools in Kozhikode District, Kerala, Journal of Geomatics, Vol.11 (2), pp. 218-
223. Citation – 4.
- Liyamol Isen, Shibu. A, Saran M.S, (2013), Evaluation and treatment of accident black spots using Geographic Information System, Vol 2, 3865 – 3873, Impact Factor
7.376, Citation – 25.
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| Conference Proceedings Sci / Scopus / Professional body |
- Name of authors, year, Title, Conference Name, pp
- M S Saran, Vishnu VP, Vishnu Manoj, 2023, Development of Road Crash Information and Alert System in GIS – A Case Study, National Conference on Spatial Data Modelling: Emerging Trends and Utilities, pp 15.
- M S Saran, Vishnu VP, Vishnu Manoj, 2023, Machine Learning Models for Accident Prediction and Analysis, International Conference on Innovation Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation Systems, pp 18.
- Saran M. S, Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan and Vishnu V. P, 2022, GetMap App – A GIS Based Android Application for Road Data Collection, 34th Kerala Science Congress, pp 207.
- Salini, P.N., Saran, M.S., Sabitha, N.M. and Sreeja, S.S., 2021, March. Planning for resilient transport infrastructure for disaster prone area–Case study of Munnar town. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1114, No. 1, p.012019). IOP Publishing
- M.S Saran, Alen.R.P, (2017), Spatial Analysis of Accident Black Spots in Thiruvananthapuram District, National Conference on Geospatial Information Systems: Emerging Trends and Utilities.
- Liyamol Isen, Shibu. A, Saran M.S, 2013, Identification and Analysis of Accident Black Spots in Ernakulam District using Geographic Information System, International Conference on Energy and Environment, 131 - 139
- Liyamol Isen, Shibu. A, Saran M.S, 2013, Evaluation and treatment of accident black spots using Geographic Information System, International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering, organized by TKM College
- MS Saran, D Robinson, BG Sreedevi, 2013, Shortest Path Analysis and Service Area Allocation for Ambulance services in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation – A GIS Approach, Towards Geo Enabled Economy, India Geospatial Forum http://www.indiageospatialforum.org/2013/emerging.htm
- M.S. Saran , D. Robinson, Arun Anat, 2012, Air Pollution Monitoring in Central Business District of Ernakulam City using Geographic Information System, National Seminar on Geospatial Solutions for Resource Conservation and Management, 345- 354.
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| Conferences/ Wrkshops/ Seminars Attended |
- Workshop CENTROID 2022, launch of “Kerala Geoportal 2.0” by Kerala Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI), 03rd August 2022.
- Public Procurement Summit 2022 Organized by Kerala Startup Mission, 26th April 2022.
- Conference Intelligent Transportation Systems Endeavour Organized by C-DAC, Trivandrum in collaboration with IIT Madras, IIT Bombay and IISC Bangalore, 07th to 08th April 2022.
- ISG-ISRS Annual Conventions and National Symposium i-GEOMATICS: An Integrated Technology to Empower Citizens towards Self Reliant Nation ISG Ludhiana, 15th to 17th December 2021.
- Conference Smart Cities the Future Growth Drivers organized by CDAC, 29th to 30th September 2021.
- Seminar Vigyanotsav Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav organized by DST-KSCSTE, 07th September 2021.
- ESRI India User Conference organized by ESRI India, 29th July 2021.
- Startup Procurement Workshop organized by Kerala Startup Mission, 08th July 2021.
- State Level Online Celebration of World Environment Day 2021 organized by KSCSTE, ENVIS Hub Kerala and Department of Environment, Government of Kerala, 05th June 2021.
- Seminar Heart – An Engineers Delight and A Clinicians’Nightmare, Organized by KSCSTE, 17th May 2021.
- National Technology Day 2021 Celebration, Organized by KSCSTE in association with APJ Abdul Kalam Technology University, 11th May 2021.
- ISRO Workshop on Scientific Writing, 30th March 2021
- 7th CTSEM Conference organized jointly by NATPAC and CET Trivandrum, 29th to 30th December 2020.
- Workshop on Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha organized by KRSA in association with NATPAC,05th February 2019
- Capacity building program on Sustainable Urban Transport, organized by Institute of Management in Government (IMG), in collaboration with Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs, GOI at Institute of Management in Government (IMG), Trivandrum, 21st to 23rd March 2018.
- Erudite Scholar – in – Residence Workshop sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council on OGC – Standards Background – Theory – Practice by Prof. Dr. –Ing. Franz- Josef Behr, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany at University of Kerala, 05th to 6th March 2018
- Workshop on Geospatial Technology for Development Planning and Governance, organized by Centre for Environment and Development, Thiruvananthapuram on 22th May 2017.
- Workshop on Creating Awareness on Space Applications – Bhuvan, Organized by LPSC, ISRO Valiyamala, Thiruvananthapuram, 29th March 2017.
- Seminar GeoVision, organized by ESRI India, Garden Inn Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram, 09th December 2016
- Kerala State Meet - 2016 Promoting Space Technology Based Tools and Applications Towards Governance and Development, organized by KSREC/ISRO, Hycinth Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram 08th November 2016.
- User interaction workshop Land Resource Information System organized by Kerala State Landuse Board at IMG, Thiruvananthapuram 20th March 2015.
- Panel Discussion on Public Transport held at Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram, 07th August 2014.
- Workshop Road Safety Training Program for School Teachers at Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, 25th February 2014
- Scientist Interface Meeting for all the Scientific Centres under the KSCSTE held at Hotel Samudra, Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, 5th - 8th October 2013.
- Workshop on Preparation of District Rural Plan organized by MORD, GOI and LSGD, Government of Kerala in Government Guest House Thycaud, Trivandrum, 15th March 2013.
- Panel Discussion on Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation in Hotel Marrios, Ernakulam, 14th November 2012.
- ESRI India seminar on GIS for Water, Waste Water and Transport in SP Grant Hotel, Trivandrum, 12th October 2012.
- Conference on Trimble Mapping and GIS Data Collection conducted by Trimble in Taj Vivanta Hotel, Trivandrum, 28th September 2012.
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| Research Reports |
| Name of authors, year, Title, Draft /Final report submitted to AGENCY NAME |
| Administrative and Institutional Support |
- Screening of the application forms for Scientist B Geoinformatics recruitment in NATPAC, 2022.
- Scientist in Charge of Water Transport and GIS Division, 2022.
- Member in formulation of 14th Five-year plan working group of transport sector. Member in digital and clean mobility theme
- Member in the Interview Panel for the selection of project staff in – Btech/IT/Computer Science/ MCA
- Project Staff Application screening for Interview in BTech/BE Computer Science/MCA/MSc Computer Science, Animation, BTech Civil and ITI Civil.
- Presiding Officer at Government LPS Valayatankuzhy in Varkala Constituency - Legislative Assembly Election, 2021
- Documented and consolidated comments and suggestions from NATPAC staff regarding the new APAR format introduced by KSCSTE.
- Coordinator Water Transport and GIS Division, 2021
- Meeting with KSCSTE, Executive Vice President Dr.Sudheer, along with Scientist from CWRDM and NATPAC to discussion on “Planning for Resilient Transport Infrastructure for Disaster Prone Area” 2020
- Nominated as Member by Member Secretary (KSCSTE) to a team of Scientists from various institutions to undertaken Feasibility of establishing a botanical garden at Wayanad, 2018.
- Nominated as Member by Member Secretary (KSCSTE) to a team of Scientists from various institutions to undertaken Feasibility study for establishing Botanical Garden in Munnar Region, 2017.
- Nominated as the expert member in Geoinformatics from NATPAC to Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment centre (KSREC) in Promoting Space Technology Based Tools and Applications Towards Governance and Development, 2016.
- Prepared the Safe Savari Newsletter (January to March 2015).
- Prepared the "Quarterly Bulletin" for Traffic Safety and Extension Services Division (January to April 2015).
- Prepared Interview Questions in Geography for selection of Project fellow in KELTRON Office, 2014
- Certificate verification Official “Interview of Project Staffs” in various divisions of NATPAC, June 2014.
- Certificate verification Official in “Interview of Project Staffs” in various divisions of NATPAC, March 2013
- Expert member (GIS) in interview panel for the selection of GIS personnel in KELTRON, July 2011
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| Training programs attended |
- Updated Version of Eoffice Conducted by KSCSTE, 15th December 2022.
- Implementation of green protocol in NATPAC Office by Suchitwa Mission, Government of Kerala, 08th November 2022.
- ArcGIS Pro 3.1.0 software training, ESRI India, 6th to 8th December 2022
- IGiS software by Scanpoint in association with ISRO, 4th August 2022.
- QGIS Software by Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI) (24th to 28th June 2019).
- Introduction to ERDAS Imagine 2018 Software conducted by Intergraph, 03rd June 2019.
- GIS and Advance Features of ArcGIS 10.1 Software conducted by ESRI India, 29th May 2019
- Management Development Programme for Scientists & Technical Officers” in Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode , 18th to 22nd December 2017
- Road Safety and Road Safety Audit for Highway conducted by Indian Academy of Highway Engineers, New Delhi, 29th February – 02nd March 2016.
- AutoCAD 3 D , 26th February 2015.
- iRAP Road Safety Assessment, 31st July 2014.
- Differential GPS conducted by Leica Geospatial, 09th May 2014.
- VISSIM Software , 4th February 2014.
- GIS and Advance Features of ArcGIS 10.1 Software conducted by ESRI India, 4th March 2013
- UGC sponsored training on Advanced GPS Surveying [WAGS] in Department of Geography, School of GeoSciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 3rd and 4th February 2012
- TNT maps – GIS software , 14th December 2011.
- Introduction to GIS and what is new in ArcGIS 10 software conducted by ESRI India, 10th - 13th October 2011
- Communication and Presentation Skills for Scientists held at XIM, Bhubaneswar, 6th - 11th September 2010
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| Training programs conducted |
- Organized training Program on ArcGIS Pro 3.1.0 software training by ESRI India, 6th to 8th December 2022
- Organized training Program of IGiS software developed by Scanpoint in association with ISRO, 4th August 2022.
- Organized 5 days training Program on QGIS Software” by Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI) (24th to 28th June 2019).
- Organized training programme on “Introduction to ERDAS Imagine 2018 Software conducted by Intergraph (03rd June 2019).
- Organized training programme on GIS and Advance Features of ArcGIS 10.6.1 Software” conducted by ESRI India (29th May 2019)
- Organized training programme on Introduction to ERDAS Imagine 2014 Software conducted by Intergraph (28th April 2014).
- Organized training programme on “GIS and Advance Features of ArcGIS 10.1 Software conducted by ESRI India (4th March 2013)
- Organized training programme on “Introduction on GIS and What is New in ArcGIS 10 Software conducted by ESRI India (10th to 13th October 2011)
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| Honours/ Awards/Fellowships Received: |
- Second rank holder M.Tech GIS Applications
- Second rank holder M.Sc Geography
- First rank gold medalist B.Sc Geography
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| Membership in Professional bodies |
- Life Member – National Association of Geographers
- Life Member in Kerala GIS Community Life Member - Indian Society of Geomatics
- Life Member – Indian Society of Remote Sensing
- Life Member - Accident Prevention and Trauma Care Association (APTCA)
- Member- Indian Roads Congress
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| Student Guidance |
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M.Tech Thesis
- Sharmila Sherin M P, Mangalore University, Identification of Landslide hazard Zones of Malappuram District Kerala Using GIS, 2022
- Arundhathy T P, Mangalore University, Dam Break Analysis of Thenmala Dam, Kerala using HEC_RAS and GIS, 2022
- Vibin V, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Accident Black Spot Analysis and Accident Prediction, 2021
- Bidhun B S, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Weighted Overlay Methods in GIS, 2021
- Arun .P, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Identification of Shortest Path for Tourist places in Thiruvananthapuram Using GIS Based Network Analysis, 2017
- Alen .R.P, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Spatial Analysis of Accident Blackspots in Thiruvananthapuram District, 2017
- Abhay .T.S, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Spatio -Temporal Change Detection in Vembanad -Kol Wetlands, 2017
- Sahina, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Land use/ Land Cover Change Analysis of Kasargode District using Remote Sensing and GIS, 2015
- Chippy.B. Krishna, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Forecasting Urban Growth Based on GIS and Urban Growth Margin Model, 2014.
- Liyamol Isen, Rajiv Gandhi Insistute of Technology Kottayam, Evaluation of Accident Black spots in using Geographical Information System, 2013
- T.Saranya, Gandhigram Rural Insistute, Tamil Nadu, Evaluation of Accident Black spots in Ernakulam District using Geographical Information System, 2013
B.T ech Project
- Akil babu.S ,Lakshmi priya A.P, Neemumol raju , Shalvin thomas john, sheffy tom and Surya Babu, College of Engineering Kidangoor, Management of Black Spots in Kottayam using Geogrphic information system (GIS), 2015
Internship
- Lingesh S, Madras University, Water Logging in Upper Kuttanad Area, Comparative Analysis using Geoinformation Tools, 2023
- Vishwanath R, Madras University, Mapping and Temporal Change Analysis Land Use/ Land Cover and Vegetation in Kasaragod District using Remote Sensing and GIS, 2023
- Midhun P, Madras University, Land use/ Land cover changes and land hazard zonation in Devikulam taluk Idukki district - A Geoinformation approach, 2023
- Thilakchandar J S, Madras University, Development of Vizhinjam Port and its Impact on Coastal Ecosystem using GIS Technology, 2023
- Nila K P, Ansaf C P and Anupriya A A, Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Practical Training Report on GIS, 2022
- Vishnu Manoj, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Android Application to Identify Accident Blackspots in Trivandrum, Kerala, 2022
- Arya Mol M, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Shoreline Analysisof Thiruvananthapuram District During the Past 25 Years Using DSAS Method, 2022
- Sarath E V, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, Comprehensive Development Change Analysis During Past Two Decade in Thiruvananthapuram District - Remote Sensing and GIS based Approach, 2022
- Liyamol Isen, Rajiv Gandhi Insistute of Technology Kottayam, Study on Application of GIS for Accident Black spot Identification, 2012
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| Invited Talk delivered |
- National Conference on Spatial Data Modelling Emerging Trends and Utilities, organized by IUCGIST, University of Kerala, 24 March 2023.
- Delivered talk on “Visual Image Interpretation” to Students of Inter University Centre for Geo-spatial Information Science and Technology (IUCGIST), University of Kerala
- Technical Session “GIS in Infrastructure”, National Seminar on “Geospatial Information Systems: Emerging Trends and Utilities” 14th – 15th December 2017, at Inter University Centre for Geospatial Information Science and Technology, University of Kerala, Karyavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram
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| Positions held |
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Member in Committees etc
- Hall manager and delivered the votes of thanks for the oral and postal presentations in Biotechnology, Mathematical and Statistical science sessions in the 34th Kerala Science Congress
Co-Convener of Food and Refreshment committee in 34th KSC
- Member in the Tendering Opening Committee - “Topographic surveys” – Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Integrated Development of Coastal Highway with Cycle Track in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha Districts.
- Member in Electronic Waste Disposal Committee
- Member in Committee to review the proposal in connection with the Air Journey performed by the NATPAC Officials
- Member in Library Committee from 2019
- Member in Publication and Technical Committee, CTSEM 2020
- Member in Committee to check the Proposal of ANERT regarding adoption/hiring of Electric vehicles in NATPAC, 2020.
- Member of editorial board of the annual report 2019 and 2020.
- Member of Complaint Committee to prevent sexual harassment of working women at NATPAC office
- Co-convener, Registration Committee, 27th Kerala Science Congress
- Member Tender opening committee on Purchase of Computers, Printers, Scanners, Plotters and GPS (6th January 2014).
- Member Organizing Committee – Compering, Inaugural and Valedictory Function of “Road Safety Vision Kerala – 2014” in Government Guest House, Thycaud, Trivandrum.
- Certificate verification Official in “Interview of Project Staffs” in various divisions of NATPAC (7th March 2013)
- Member Organizing Committee – Transportation, Kerala Science Congress (28th January to 1st February 2013)
- Member Organizing Committee – Compering, Valedictory function of Road Safety Week Celebration (7th January 2013)
- Prepared the discussion portion of the National Seminar on “Transport vision -2030” (20th – 21st August 2012).
- Member Organizing Committee – Compering, National Seminar “Transport Vision Kerala 2030” (20th – 21st August 2012)
- Member Organizing Committee – Compering, Road Safety Youth Leadership Programme (RSYLP) - Road Safety Week” (7th January 2012).
- Coordinated and conducted Quiz Programme for LKG, UKG, High School, Plus Two and Graduate students from various schools and colleges in Trivandrum “Road Safety Week” (4th January 2012).
- Member Organizing Committee – Compering, “NATPAC Scientists and User Interaction Meet” (14th October 2011).
- Member of Technical Evaluation Committee for upgrading ArcGIS 9.2 software to ArcGIS 10. Committee conducted its meeting on 29th July 2011 in NATPAC
- Conducted Interview as an expert member (GIS) in interview panel for the selection of GIS personnel in KELTRON on 21st July 2011
- Co-ordinator - Announcement/ Compering Committee and Member – Invitation Committee for “Inauguration of Karunakaran Transpark” in Akkulam 1st July 2011
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