Busnur Rachotappa Manjunatha

About

Dr B.R. Manjunatha is a Professor, Geology Section, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy layout, Bengaluru -560111, India. He (https://www.dsce.edu.in/images/Civil/faculty/DrManjunatha.pdf) was born on 30th October 1962. He is basically a geologist, working in the field of geochemistry and applications of radioisotopes to understand the present and past natural processes, and anthropogenic impacts on the earth atmosphere-ocean system along south-western India since 1985. He had PDF experiences at Bedford Institute of Oceanography Canada (1996-97) and Commonwealth Fellow at UEA, UK (2005-06), recipient of Sir CV Raman Award by Government of Karnataka (2001), honourable mention of the Sociological Abstract Discovery Prize by Pro-Quest Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, USA (2007), Best Teacher award in Science & Technology, Mangalore University (2016). He has supervised 12 Ph.D. students, worked on eight research projects and published about 70 research papers in international journals and books. Currently four PhD students are working with him.

Employment

• Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Professor
  2024 - Present
• Mangalore University Senior Professor and Chairman
  1994 - 2024
• Mangalore University Senior Professor
  1994 - 2024
• Mangalore University Senior Professor and Chairman
  1994 - 2024

Education

• Mangalore University PhD
  1991 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (69)

• Identification of Potential Aerosol Sources over an Urban Region on the Monsoon-Dominated Southern West Coast of India
  Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s12524-026-02493-z
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• Seasonal Variations and Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Aerosol and Ground Water Around a Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-82311-4_7
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• Impacts of Aerosol Orographic Precipitation Interaction Associated with Western Disturbances over India Using Satellite Observations
  Water (Switzerland) 2023 DOI: 10.3390/w15162901
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• Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection Using the Random Forest Approach: The Case of The Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
  Global Challenges 2023 DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300155
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• Modelling the impacts of changing land use and climate on sediment and nutrient retention in Lake Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
  Ecological Modelling 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110383
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• Spatio-Temporal Variability of Atmospheric Aerosols Affecting Cloud Properties around Mangaluru along the Southwest Coast of India
  Research Square 2023 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3319289/v1
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• Delineation of groundwater potential zones using remotely sensed data and GIS-based analytical hierarchy process: Insights from the Geba river basin in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
  Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101355
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• Impacts of Land-Use Change on the Hydrology of Lake Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
  Global Challenges 2022 DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200041
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• The Response of Geopotential Height Anomalies to El Niño and La Niña Conditions and Their Implications to Seasonal Rainfall Variability over the Horn of Africa
  Atmospheric and Climate Sciences 2022 DOI: 10.4236/acs.2022.122028
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• Prioritizing sub-watersheds for soil and water conservation via morphometric analysis and the weighted sum approach: A case study of the Geba river basin in Tigray, Ethiopia
  Heliyon 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12261
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