Designation:  Technician

Qualification:  MSc-Chemistry & Masters in Public Health (MPH)

Area of Specialization: Forestry, Biodiversity Conservation, Mangroves, Forest Working Plans, People’s Biodiversity Registers, DPR Preparation, VCP, Extension Activities, Public Health, WASH, Waste management, Environmental & Occupational Health, Hospital Management, Maternal & Child Health, Industrial Hygiene & Safety and Data Base Management. Scientific reports writings, paper publication in National/ International Journal.

Research Interests: Forest & Biodiversity Conservation, Climate change, Environmental research and Mangroves.

Expertise and Other Interest:Extension and Capacity building trainings.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognition:

• Manikanta E. Reddy¹, Naveen Puttaswamy², Sankar Sambandam³ in (2012): “Occupational Health Risks among Municipal Solid Waste Workers in Chennai City: A Pilot Study”, achieved Best Paper Award in International Conference on Environment &Occupational Health (envocHealth 2012), Manipal, December 2012, pp 50.

Research Publication :

Yes

Number of Research Papers Published:

03

Details of Research Papers Published:

• Endreddy Manikanta Reddy1, Sandul Yasobant2: Musculoskeletal disorders among municipal solid waste workers in India: A cross-sectional risk assessment. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.174270.2015.

• Sandul Yasobant1, Madan Chandaran2, and Endreddy ManikantaReddy3: Are Bus Drivers at an Increased Risk for Developing Musculoskeletal Disorders? An Ergonomic Risk Assessment Study. J.Ergonomics S3: 011. Doi: 10.4172/2165-7556.S3-011.2015.
• Wireless Stove Use Monitors (wSUMS) for Remotely Measuring Cook stove Usage - Vodafone Project "100 Million Stoves" Final Report May 2015. Research Team at INCLEN Trust India; Mahendra   Yadav, Manikanta   Reddy, Lalit   Kumar, Manoj   Kumar, Mayur Vaswani. Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley 2015.

Papers Published in Proceedings of Symposiums/Conferences: 

Manikanta E. Reddy¹, Naveen Puttaswamy², Sankar Sambandam³ in (2012): “Occupational Health Risks among Municipal Solid Waste Workers in Chennai City: A Pilot Study”, achieved Best Paper Award in International Conference on Environment &Occupational Health (envocHealth 2012), Manipal, December 2012, pp 50.

Number of Books Published:  

Peoples’ Biodiversity Registers (Adavikothur, Timmanayanpalli, Kotakadapalli, P.N. Kandriga, Guntipalli) Chittoor District.

Completed Projects:  

NA

Current Research Projects:  

Involved in AICRP-23-Genetic Improvement and value addition of Madhuca longifolia & AICRP-31-Study of climate driven effects on Indian forests through long term monitoring.

Any other Information:

NA

Expert Member in ICFRE Consultancy Projects:

NA

Communication Address :

 Mr.E. Manikanta Reddy

Institute of Forest Biodiversity, 
(Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education)
Dulapally, Kompally (SO), Hyderabad-500 100, Telengana (India)

Tel:   0091-40-66309500(O);

Fax:  0091- 40-66309521

E-Mail: reddyem@icfre.org