Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Naveen Gandhi

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904360

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: naveen[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D.	Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udiapur / Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad	2011	Science
M.Sc	Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur	2004	Physics
B.Sc.	Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur	2002	Mathematics, Physics, Electronics

Research

Ocean Biogeochemistry: Nitrogen and carbon cycling in the oceans

Dendrochronology and tree-ring isotopic studies

Paleoclimatology

Oxygen and carbon isotopic study of speleothem

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2026-Present	Scientist F	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2020-2025	Scientist E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2016-2020	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2012-2015	Scientist C	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2010 -2011	Post doctoral Fellow	Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
2007-2010	Senior Research Fellow	Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
2005-2007	Junior Research Fellow	Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
2005-2005 (Jan-July)	Project Associate	Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), 2006, 99.4%, AIR-42

(^*JEST is a preliminary screening test conducted jointly by several premier research institutes for admission in Ph.D. program)

List of publications

34. Antara Pramanick, Shahina Raushan Saikh, Md. Abu Mushtaque, Damodararao Karri, Naveen Gandhi, Sanat Kumar Das (2025) Long-range transported bacteria perturbing airborne bacterial diversity and pathogenicity over Eastern Himalayas, India, Science of The Total Environment, 1008 (2025) 180981; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180981

33. Uttam Pandey, Sakshi R. Wanwey, Naveen Gandhi, Somaru Ram, Hemant P. Borgaonkar, and Satish Sangode (2025) Tree growth responses to the climate variability within the Pir Panjal Range evidenced by Tree-rings of Abies pindrow (Royle ex D. Don) Royle Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156:91, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-05302-0 3.

32. V G Viswas, N R Nisha, K Aravind, Naveen Gandhi (2025) Radiolarian distribution and its response to the monsoonal and oceanographic changes of the Northwestern Bay of Bengal during the last 7000 years GEOBIOS, 10.1016/j.geobios.2025.06.004

31. Reddy A.P., Gandhi N., Challa S.K., Jangari N., Shen C., The extreme monsoon climate and associated ancient communities, kingdoms, irrigational advancement in Deccan India during the late Holocene, Regional Environmental Change, 24: 169, November 2024, DOI:10.1007/s10113-024-02323-3, 1-13

30. Aravind K., Nisha N.R., Viswam V.G., Gandhi N., Benthic foraminiferal response to the bottom water oxygenation of the Southern Bay of Bengal during the last 44 kyr BP, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 66, April 2024, DOI:10.6024/jmbai.2024.66.1.2454-01, 1-9

29. Roy Ipsita, Gandhi N., Trace element variations in Indian speleothems: Insights into the Holocene climate, Quaternary International, 2024, Online, September 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2024.08.007, 1-11

28. Sardar S., Mukhopadhyay P.P., Gandhi N., Mukhopadhyay P., Possible linkage between climatic conditions and invasions on the Indian subcontinent during the period 6th century BCE to 16th century CE, Journal of Earth System Science, 133: 74, April 2024, DOI:10.1007/s12040-024-02279-2, 1-10

27. Fousiya A.A., Alberti M., Achyuthan H., Chakraborty S., Watanabe T.K., Gandhi N., Reddy A.P., Lone A.M., Anomalous δ18O signal in a giant clam shell (Tridacna maxima) from the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India: signature of thermal stress during a coral bleaching event, Coral Reefs, 41, August 2022, DOI:10.1007/s00338-022-02263-6, 1173–1185

26. Sandeep K., Panicker A.S., Gautam A.S., Beig G., Gandhi N., Sanjeev S., Shankar R., Naniwal H.C., Black carbon over a high altitude Central Himalayan Glacier: Variability, transport, and radiative impacts, Environmental Research, 204: 112017, March 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2021.112017, 1-11

25. Lathika N., Rahaman W., Tarique M., Gandhi N., Kumar A., Thambana M., Deep water circulation in the Arabian Sea during the last glacial cycle: Implications for paleo-redox condition, carbon sink and atmospheric CO2 variability, Quaternary Science Reviews, 257: 106853, April 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106853, 1-16

24. Panicker A.S., Sandeep K., Gautam A.S., Gandhi N., Beig G., Nainwal H.C., Rao P.S.P., Safai P.D., Das S., Waghmare V., Chemical composition and isotopic signatures of ice and snow over a Himalayan Glacier (Satopanth) in India, SN applied sciences, 1:1166, October 2019, DOI:10.1007/s42452-019-0966-6, 1-7

23. Danish M., Tripathy G.R., Panchang R., Gandhi N., Prakash S., Dissolved boron in a brackish-water lagoon system (Chilika lagoon, India): Spatial distribution and coastal behaviour, Marine Chemistry, 214:103663, August 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103663, 1-13

22. Singh A., Gandhi N., Ramesh R., Surplus supply of bioavailable nitrogen through N2 fixation to primary producers in the eastern Arabian Sea during autumn, Continental Shelf Research, 181, June 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.csr.2019.05.012, 103-110

21. Laskar A.H., Bhattacharya S.K., Rao D.K., Jani R.A., Gandhi N., Seasonal variation in stable isotope compositions of waters from a Himalayan river: Estimation of glacier melt contribution, Hydrological Processes, 32, December 2018, DOI:10.1002/hyp.13295, 3866-3880

20. Sinha N., Gandhi N., Chakraborty S., Krishnan R., Yadava M.G., Ramesh R., Abrupt climate change at ~2800 yr BP evidenced by a stalagmite record from peninsular India, The Holocene, 28, November 2018, DOI:10.1177/0959683618788647, 1-11

19. H.P. Borgaonkar, Naveen Gandhi, Somaru Ram, R. Krishnan (2018) Tree-ring reconstruction of late summer temperatures in northern Sikkim (eastern Himalayas); Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; 504, 125-135.

18. N. Sinha, Naveen Gandhi, S. Chakraborty, R. Krishnan, M. G. Yadava, R. Ramesh (2018) Abrupt climate change at ~2800 yr BP evidenced by a stalagmite record from the peninsular India; Holocene, DOI: 10.1177/09596836187886

17. Naveen Gandhi and R. Ramesh (2016) Natural Isotopic Composition of Particulate Organic Nitrogen in the Eastern and Central Arabian Sea. Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad 82 (4), 1283-1291.

16. A. A. Fousiya, S. Chakraborty, H. Achyuthan, Naveen Gandhi, Nitesh Sinha, Amey Datye (2016) Stable isotopic investigation of Porites coral from the Minicoy Island. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences 45 (11), 1465-1470.

15. Rohit Srivastava, R. Ramesh, Naveen Gandhi, R.A. Jani, Ashutosh K. Singh (2015) Monsoon onset signal in the stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of monsoon vapor, Atmospheric Environment108, 117-124

14. Amzad H. Laskar, R. Ramesh, J. Burman, M. Midhun, M. G. Yadava, R. A. Jani, Naveen Gandhi (2015) Stable Isotopic Characterization of Nor’westers of Southern Assam, NE India, Journal of Climate Change, 1, DOI:10.3233/JCC-150006, 75-87

13. *Arvind Singh, Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh and S. Prakash (2015), Role of cyclonic eddy in enhancing primary and new production in the Bay of Bengal, Journal of Sea Research, 97, 5-13.

12. Amzad H. Laskar, Naveen Gandhi, Kaustubh Thirumalai, Madhusudan G. Yadava, Rengaswamy Ramesh, Ramakant R. Mahajan and Dharmendra Kumar, (2014) Stable carbon isotopes in dissolved inorganic carbon: extraction and implications for quantifying the contributions from silicate and carbonate weathering in the Krishna River system during peak discharge, Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2014.878715

11. *Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, S. Prakash, M. S. Sheshshayee, Sharon Noronha, N. Anil Kumar, (2012), Primary and new production in the thermocline ridge region of the southern Indian Ocean during the summer monsoon, Journal of Marine Research, 70, 779-793.

10. *Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, A. H. Laskar, M. S. Sheshshayee, S. Shetye, N. Anilkumar, S.M. Patil, R. Mohan, (2012) Zonal variability in primary production and nitrogen uptake rates in the southwestern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean, Deep Sea Research I, 67, 32-43.

9. Arvind Singh, Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, (2012) Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to new production in the nitrogen limited photic zone of the northern Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, doi:10.1029/2011JC007737.

8. *Naveen Gandhi, A Singh, S. Prakash, R. Ramesh, Mini Raman, M. S. Sheshshayee and Suhas Shetye, (2011) First direct measurements of N₂ fixation during Trichodesmiumbloom in the eastern Arabian Sea, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB4014, doi:10.1029/2010GB003970.

7. *Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, S. Prakash, and S. Kumar, (2011) Nitrogen sources for new production in the NE Arabian Sea, Journal of Sea Research, 65, 265-274. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2010.12.002.

6. Naveen Gandhi, Sanjeev Kumar, R. Ramesh and M. S. Sheshshayee, (2011) Measurement of marine productivity using 15N and 13C tracers: some methodological aspects, Journal of Earth System Science, 120 (1), 99-111.

5. Naveen Gandhi, Arvind Singh, R. Ramesh, and M. S. Sheshshayee, (2010) Nitrogen sources for new production in the NE Indian Ocean, Advances in Geosciences25, 55-67.

4. Naveen Gandhi, (2010) Improving the estimation of new production using the 15N tracer technique: a case study from the northern Indian Ocean, National Academy Science Letters, 33 (11 & 12), 335-339.

3. Naveen Gandhi, S. Prakash, R. Ramesh and S. Kumar, (2010) Nitrogen uptake rates and new production in the Indian Ocean, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 39(3), 362-368.

2. Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, R. Srivastava, M.S. Sheshshayee, R.M. Dwivedi, Mini Raman, (2010) Nitrogen uptake rates in the presence of Trichodesmiumin the north-eastern Arabian Sea during spring 2006, International Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 2010, Article ID 127493, doi:10.1155/2010/127493.

1. M.G.Yadava, Naveen Gandhi and R.Ramesh, (2007) Estimation of Decomposition Rates of Peat Deposits using Radiocarbon. Indian Journal of Geochemistry, 22(1), 57-64.

Articles in conference proceeding

5. Naveen Gandhi, Arvind Singh, S. Prakash, and R. Ramesh (2011) Variations in the nitrogen isotopic composition of plankton in the Arabian Sea, Fourteenth ISMAS Symposium cum Workshop on mass spectrometry 2011, Munnar, INDIA. pp. 144-146. ISBN: 978-81-904442-4-8

4. Naveen Gandhi and R. Ramesh (2011) Intra-seasonal variations in the new productivity during winter in the Arabian Sea, Fourteenth ISMAS Symposium cum Workshop on mass spectrometry 2011, Munnar, INDIA. pp. 252-254. ISBN: 978-81-904442-4-8.

3. R.Ramesh, A. Singh and Naveen Gandhi (2010) Applications of stable isotopes in Oceanography, NAARRI International Conference (NIC 2010), Powai, Mumbai, India

2. Naveen Gandhi and R. Ramesh (2009) Nitrogen sources for new production in the NE Arabian Sea during spring, Eleventh ISMAS Triennial Conference on mass spectrometry 2009, Hyderabad, INDIA. pp. 261-263. ISBN: 978-81-904442-2-4

1. R.Ramesh, S. Prakash, R. Srivastava, Naveen Gandhi and S. Kumar (2007) Nitrogen Assimilation and f-Ratios in the Indian Ocean,12^th ISMAS Symposium cum Workshop on Mass Spectrometry National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India 2007

Papers Presented in Conferences/workshop

6. Naven Gandhi and H. Borgaonkar (2013), High altitude tree-ring chronology from Malari, glacier, western Himalaya, India and its Climatic implications, 4^th PAGES Open Science meeting, 13-16 Feb 2013, Goa, India.

5. Naveen Gandhi, R. Ramesh, S Sardessai and M. S. Sheshshayee (2010), Natural isotopic composition of nitrogen in PON from the surface waters of the Arabian Sea, International Conference on Climate Change & Environment (ICCCE), 24-26 Oct, 2010, Kochi, Kerala, India.

4. Naveen Gandhi and R.Ramesh (2008), N-uptake rates in the north-eastern Arabian Sea during spring-2006, National Space Science Symposium 2008, Radio Astronomy Centre (TIFR), Udhagamandalam (Ooty), India.

3. Naveen Gandhi and R.Ramesh (2008) Input of 'new' nitrogen by Trichodesmiumin the Arabian Sea, International symposium on "Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans" 2008, Gijon, Spain.

2. Naveen Gandhi and R.Ramesh (2008) The role of Trichodesmiumin the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the Arabian Sea, International conference on "Terrestrial Planets: Evolution through Time" 2008, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.

1. Naveen Gandhi, Arvind Singh and R. Ramesh (2007) An assessment of the nitrogen supply by aerosols to primary production in the northern Indian Ocean. International Symposium on Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate Interactions 2007, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.

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Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Naveen Gandhi

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904360

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: naveen[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Scientist Profile

Dr. Naveen Gandhi

Designation : Scientist F

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904360

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID : naveen[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904360

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: naveen[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in