Raghavan Sathyan, Archana

Tel: +49 (0)641 9937398

Fax: +49 (0)641 9937389

Email: Raghavan.S.Archana@agrar.uni-giessen.de

Field of interest/ Focus of work

• Climate change vulnerability & adaptation studiest
• 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 (accepted 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.  8^th 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. 12^th 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)