Research Interest:

• Quaternary sea level changes and coastal evolution

• Coastal zone management

• Geohazards mitigation and Neotectonis

• Seismic Microzonation

Professional Activities:

• Member in Land - Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ), The Netherlands
• Member in International Landslide Research Group (ILRG), USA
• Member in Coastal Speciality Group of the International Geographical Union (IGU)
• Member in in Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)
• Member in the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, (IHE), UK

Publications:

1. Ramasamy, SM. and Ramesh.D. (1999). Temporal changes in land - water distribution during 1930-1993 along the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, India and its significance. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. vol.28, pp.240-244.
2. Ramasamy, SM., Ramesh, D., Paul, M.A., Sheela Kusumgar, Yadava, M.G., Nair, A.R., Sinha, U.K. and Joseph, T.B. (1998). Rapid land building activity along Vedaranniyam coast and its possible implications. Current Science. vol.75, No.9, pp.884-886.
3. Jayakumar, R., Ramesh, D. and Balaji, S. (1996). Factor analysis in deducing groundwater level functions. Japan Society of Geoinformatics. vol.7, N0.1-2, pp.23-27.

4. Ramasamy, SM., Aruchamy, S. and Ramesh, D. (1993). IRS 1 A imagery senses some rapidly building islands along the east coast of Tamil Nadu. Bulletin of National Natural Resources Management System. No.9, pp.45-46