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Raghavan Sathyan, Archana

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Tel: +49 (0)641 9937398

Fax: +49 (0)641 9937389

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Field of interest/ Focus of work

  • Climate change vulnerability & adaptation studies
  • Participatory approaches in Agricultural Extension
  • Agricultural Knowledge and Information System

 

Scientific career and affiliation

  • 06/2014- till date: DAAD PhD student, Institute for landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2013-2014: Soil Conservation Officer cum Training Coordinator, Institute for Watershed Development & Management-Kerala,  India
  • 2012-2013:   Post Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension Management, MANAGE, Hyderabad
  • 2011-2014: Academic Counsellor for Diploma in Watershed Management , Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi
  • 2011-2013: Soil Conservation Officer & Project Implementing Agency, National Watershed Development Programme for Rain fed Areas, Govt. of India
  • 2011& 2009:  National Eligibility Test (NET) for Assistant Professorship, ICAR, India
  • 2009-2011: Vocational Instructor (Agriculture), Kerala State Vocational Higher Secondary Department, India
  • 2007-2009: International Master’s in Rural Development (IMRD), Gent University, Belgium &   Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

    Master thesis:  Analysis of Rubber Knowledge and Information System in Kerala, India with Emphasis on Small Scale Farmers

    Case study- ‘Economic Diversification through Rural Tourism Development’, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia
  • 2006-2007: International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD) course, Cornell University, New York, USA
  • 2005-2007:  Master of Science in Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

    Master Thesis: Impact of Kudumbashree Programme on Gender Empowerment

  • 2000-2004:  Bachelor of Science in Agriculture,  Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Thiruvananthapuram

Publication

  • Raghavan Sathyan A, Aenis T, and Breuer L, 2016. Participatory vulnerability analysis of watershed development programmes as a basis for climate change adaptation strategies in Kerala, India. J. Environ. Res. Develop., 11 (1), 196-209.

Conferences/Workshops

  • Raghavan Sathyan A, Aenis T, and Breuer L, 2016. Participatory climate vulnerability analysis of watershed communities: an indicator approach. Tropentag 2016 on ‘Solidarity in a Competing World - Fair Use of resources’, September 19 – 21, 2016, Vienna, Austria ( poster)
  • Raghavan Sathyan A, Aenis T, and Breuer L, 2016. Participatory vulnerability analysis of watershed development programmes as a basis for climate change adaptation strategies in Kerala, India.  8th International Congress of Environmental Research, July 27/28, 2016, Luebeck, Germany. (Young Scientist and Best Paper Presentation Award)
  • Raghavan Sathyan A, Aenis T, and Breuer L, 2016. Climate vulnerability analysis facilitating transformation of watersheds in Kerala, India. 12th IFSA Europe Symposium on ‘Social and Technological Transformation of Farming Systems: Diverging and Converging Pathways’, July 12-15, 2016, Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK
  • Raghavan Sathyan A, Aenis T, and Breuer L, 2015. Participatory vulnerability and stakeholder analysis of watershed development programmes as a basis for capacity development in climate change adaptation strategies in Kerala, India. National Seminar on ‘Human Resource Planning in India’, December 15/16, 2015, Kozhikode, Kerala, India (Abstract)
  • Archana R, and Palaniswamy A, 2006. Training of ATMA stakeholders for fostering knowledge and skill centric agricultural growth. National Seminar on ‘Extension Strategies for Fostering Knowledge Centric Agricultural Growth’, December 2/3, 2006, Puducherry, India

Awards/ Scholarships

  • DAAD Scholarship -Development Related Post Graduate Courses (2014-2017)
  • Erasmus Mundus scholarship from European Commission (2007-2009)
  • Junior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (2005-2007)
  • Kerala Agricultural University Merit Scholarship (2001-2004)