Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer

Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer

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Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer Profile

  • Name:
  • Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer
  • Born:
  • May 4, 1946
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Aluva

Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer Biography

Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer is an environmentalist and professor from Kerala. Aluva is his hometown. As an environmentalist, he is best known for his efforts in the protection of rivers, water bodies and forests of Kerala, and also his campaign on the protection of river Periyar. A nature lover, he founded All-Kerala River Protection Council which aims at protection and preservation of water bodies in Kerala state. He has taught at Sree Sankara college Kalady for more than 3 decades till his retirement. He is a recipient of Paristhithi Ratna Award 2011 and Down to Earth "Joseph C. John" National Award in 2007.

 

Sitaraman Sankaranarayana Iyer hails from Aluva of Ernakulam district, Kerala. He was born on 4 May 1946. He completed his graduation in Chemistry and later completed post-graduation too, before beginning his professional career as a teacher. He completed MSc degree from Maharaja's college, Kochi in 1969. As a lecturer he started off in the year 1970 soon after completion of his Master’s degree in Chemistry.  He joined Sree Sankara College, Kalady as a faculty of Chemitsry and became the head of the Department of Chemistry in 1996. He served on chair till his retirement in 2001. He then worked with Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology for one decade.

 

As an environmentalist he is best known for his contributions related to the protection of river Periyar. He supported afforestation on the banks of Periyar and strived hard for its achievement. The project was initiated in 1987. He also conducted research works on heavy metal contamination and water quality of Periyar, and gave suitable suggestions to overcome it. He currently serves as the chairman of the Western Ghats Protection Council.

Published: September 08, 2018

Updated: September 08, 2018

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