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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = K. M. Nair<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|05|13}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ramapuram, Alappuzha|Ramapuram]] (near [[Kayamkulam]]), India<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|2014|1936}}<br />
| death_place = Kerala, India<br />
| occupation = [[Geologist]]<br />
| spouse = Saraswathi<br />
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'''K. M. Nair''', full name '''Krishnan Nair Madhavan Nair''' (1936 – 2014), was a geoscientist who published over 30 papers.<ref>Kyth, Thrivikramji (2014). [https://www.scribd.com/document/168297312/Dr-K-M-NAIR-GEOSCIENTIST-EXEMPLAR].Publisher: SCRID.com</ref> He was passionate about geology and the environment. He spent most of his professional life, as well as his retirement, in conducting research and initiating studies relating to the environment.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
He was born in [[Ramapuram, Alappuzha|Ramapuram]] (near [[Kayamkulam]]), Kerala, and was the last among his five siblings from the ancestral home of Asanparambil. He received his Master of Science in Geology from [[Jammu University]] in 1958 and Ph.D. from [[Osmania University]] in 1977. The dissertation topic for his Ph.D. was Sedimentology of Carbonates in Cauvery Basin.<br />
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===Professional life===<br />
During his early career, he worked as a petroleum exploration geologist in Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.<br />
In 1980, he moved to [[Nigeria]] where he worked as a lecturer in the [[University of Ilorin]] and also took part in geoscience research work. He then worked as a [[United Nations Development Programme|United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)]] Sedimentary Petroghraper advising the government of [[Belize]] (Central America) in 1984.<br />
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He returned to India in 1988 and joined [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)]] as a Chief Geologist. He was involved in the study of Western Offshore Sedimentary Basins during his term.<br />
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In 1992, he became the Director of [[National Centre for Earth Science Studies|National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS)]], Trivandrum. He initiated research programs such as river basin studies with a focus on [[sand mining]], and [[Environmental impact assessment|Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)]] of Pampa Irrigation Project. He was also involved in studies of seismology, and landslides and coastal areas.<br />
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Between 1998 and 2009, he was a full-time environmental researcher and implemented projects such as:<br />
* ''Quaternary Sea Level Oscillations, Geological and Geomorphological Evolution of South Kerala Sedimentary Basin'', funded by [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology (DST)]].<br />
* ''Integrated Hydrogeological Investigations and Multi-Pronged Water Conservation in Selected Watersheds of Achankovil River Basin, Kerala'', funded by [http://dst.nagaland.gov.in/activities/remote-sensing/rgndwm.html Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission].<br />
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He then became the Director, [[Vakkom Moulavi#Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust (VMFT)|Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust]], where he initiated research projects such as:<br />
* ''Effects of Holocene Tectonics, Sea level, and Climate Changes on Landforms and Vegetation in South Kerala Sedimentary Basin'', funded by [[Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)]].<br />
* ''Tectonic and Hydrologic Control on Late Pleistocene-Holocene Landforms, Paleoforest, and non-forest vegetation; Southern Kerala'', funded by [[Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE)]].<br />
* ''Late Quaternary Environmental changes in the coastal plains of Southern Kerala'', funded by [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)]].<br />
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After retirement, he continued his passion for research and implemented projects such as:<br />
* ''Attempt to save the Midlands of Kerala from drinking water shortage'', funded by [[Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE)]].<br />
* ''Paleoclimate and Sea level Records in the Late Quaternary Sediments of Coastal Wetlands of Pallikkal and Achankovil River Basins-Its Implications on Coastal Evolution.''<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian geologists]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:University of Jammu alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]<br />
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