Dr. Mounisamy Vassanda Coumar presently working as scientist in the Division of Environmental Soil Science, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science(ICAR-IISS), Bhopal, India. He did his MSc and PhD with specialization in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Prior to joining the ICAR-IISS, Vassanda worked as a Lecturer (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi), Research Officer (Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizer Ltd, Mumbai) and Postdoctoral Fellow (Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia). Vassanda has supervised more than 10 postgraduate students and published more than 35 research papers in peer reviewed National and International Journal. He has also contributed research article as author/co-author for several book chapter, books and bulletins
Dr. M. Vassanda Coumar specialized areas of research work are soil quality assessment, fertilizer use efficiency, carbon sequestration, environmental pollutant monitoring and remediation of contaminated soil. Vassanda is a modern researcher with a remarkably in-depth and wide knowledge on soil contamination, pollutant assessment and remediation of contaminated soil using potential amendments as reflected by his publications