Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram

Graduate Research Assistant
Email: joshanmugasundaram@mix.wvu,ed

Education

  • Jan 2005 to Dec 2006 Master of Engineering in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • Oct 2000 to May 2004 – Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, India.

Employment

  • Apr 2010 – July 2013: Decision Support Tool Development Specialist, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES), Thailand.
  • Mar 2008 – March 2010: Decision Support Tool Development Specialist, Climate Risk Management Team, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand.
  • Jan 2007 – Feb 2008: Project Researcher, Institute of Research for Development(IRD) and Remote Sensing and GIS Field of Study, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
  • Dec 2005 to Dec 2006: Research fellow, Institute of Research for development (IRD), Thailand – SAVGIS software Applications development and documentation, GIS & Remote Sensing applications for Health Geography.
  • May 2005 to Dec 2005: Research Assistant, School of Environment Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology. Thailand

My previous work experience was mostly on providing GIS solutions for Natural Disaster Management, Hydro‐Meteorology risk assessment, Environment Impact Assessment. At RIMES,  I had developed decision support tools to translate climate forecast information in to potential impacts on various sectors. I was giving training on geospatial tools for the government professionals from RIMES member states. Other than GIS, I had more intensively worked on Climate risk assessment, Climate change modeling, Climate forecast application, Inter-linkages between climate and society. I have worked closely with many International agencies (USAID, UNESCAP, UNDP, ARC) and government agencies (Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Comoros, India, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam) for implementing projects and programs.

Publications

International Journal

  • Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, Vongdeuane Soulalay, Visvanathan Chettiyappan. Geographic information system-based healthcare waste management planning for treatment site location and optimal transportation routeing. Waste Management and Research, 2011,10.1177/0734242X11427941.
  • Marc Souris, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, Victoria Corvest, Pattamaporn Kittayapong – “Retrospective space – time analysis of H5N1 Avian Influenza emergence in Thailand”, International Journal of Health Geographics 2010 9:3.

Conference

  •  Nicolas Zegre, Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, David Young, Carson Wright, Eungul Lee, 2014 – “Are Headwater Catchments Resilient to Warming Climate? An Ecohydrological Case from the Central on the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA”. Sixth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, 27 – 28 JUNE 2014, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND.
  • Ramraj Narasimhan, Dwijendra Kumar Das, Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, Itesh Dash, Jayaraman Potty and Subbiah Arjunapermal, 2013 “Application of ECMWF products for reducing disaster risks in RIMES Member States”, Using ECMWF’s Forecasts (UEF2013), 5 – 7 June 2013, ECMWF, Reading, UK.
  • G.Srinivasan and S.Jothiganesh – “Enhancing the use of Climate and climate change information through geo-spatial technologies”, Proceeding of International Symposium on Climate change and Disaster Management, 20th Jan 2010, MAPINDIA2010, Delhi, India. Published by GIS Development Pvt. Ltd
  • S.Jothiganesh, 2011 –“Geospatial Decision Support Tools for Early Warning Services & Disaster Risk Management”. Invited Speech, Geospatial World Forum 2011, 18-21 Jan 2011, Hyderabad,  India
  • Srivihok, P., Das, K.D. and Jothiganesh, S. (2009). Seismic data processing evaluation and tsunami modelling techniques for tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, The 3rd International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Jothiganesh.S, Nitin K.Tripathi & Marc Souris – Spatial Epidemiology of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Thailand using Geographic Information System, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Health GIS, 14-16 Jan 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. ISBN 9789741369768
  • Jothiganesh.S, Nitin K.Tripathi & Marc Souris – An analysis of global distribution of the high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) using Geographic Information Systems, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Conference and Exhibition of Geographical Information Technology, MAPASIA,29 Aug 2001- Sep 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
  • S.Jothiganesh, Ladda Wannakao, S.Rajendran – Study of chloride concentration in the coastal regions of cuddalore district using geographic information system, GEOINDO2005 conference, 30 Nov 2005, Khon Kaen, Thailand
  •  Jothiganesh. S, Kalaiselvan C, Nagarajan N and Rajendran S (2004) Spatial analyses of Chloride Concentration in Coastal Region Cuddalore District, presented in the National Seminar on “Coastal Environments and Mangement-2004” held at Annamalai University, India.24and 25th April, 2004 pp. 70-71. (Oral Presentation).

Book Chapters

  •  S.Jothi Ganesh and S.Rajendran (2006) Analysis of Ground Water Quality in Cuddalore District using Geographic Information System, Mineral Exploration Recent Strategies (ISBN: 81-89422-71-5), Edited by S.Rajendran et al., Chapter 32, pp.373-380.

Contributed reports as Co-author

  • Bangladesh: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Agriculture Sector in Bangladesh. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • Ecuador: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management in Ecuador. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • India: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Agriculture Sector in Tamil Nadu State of India. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • Indonesia: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Agriculture Sector in Indonesia. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • Maldives: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management in Maldives. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR . Link
  • Mongolia: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Animal Husbandry Sector in Mongolia. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR . Link
  • Nepal: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Agriculture Sector in Nepal. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • Timor Leste: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Agriculture Sector in Timor Leste. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. Link
  • Dr.Prabhat Kumar and Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, October 2013. “Final Report for the project “Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to provide spatiotemporal analysis of spread of Cassava Pink Mealybug (CPMB) and its parasitoid Anagyrus lopezi in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)”, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
  • Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, September 2010“Cartographic System Framework for Regional Integrated Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems for effective services in the area of Disaster Risk Management”- Report on methodology development of Weather Information & Translation System, Earthquake Information & Hazard Assessment System, Tsunami Risk Assessment Toolset and Geo Climate Information System, RIMES, Thailand.
  • Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, May 2010 “Quick Start Guide for SAVGIS”, RIMES Decision Support Tools Document Series, May2010 – Training material for users to start exploring free GIS tool called SAVGIS for mapping applications, RIMES, Thailand.

Cartographical Publication

  •  Marc Souris and Jothiganesh S – Avian Influenza in Thailand – Disease Information System website online with more than 700 maps (basic to advanced level mapping) http://savgis.org/HPAI/