Dr. Jose Kallarackal

Director -Advanced Research & Innovation

Consultant Scientist | Climate & Forest Ecophysiology Expert | International Research Collaborator

• Dr. Jose Kallarackal is an accomplished Consultant Scientist and expert in forest ecophysiology, with a Ph.D. from the University of Delhi (1977) and six years of teaching experience in Botany at Delhi University.

• He completed post-doctoral research at the University of New England (Australia), University of Bayreuth (Germany), and Landcare Research (New Zealand).

• He is a recipient of several prestigious international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany), Royal Society Commonwealth Bursary (UK), JICA Fellowship (Japan), and Crawford Foundation Fellowship (Australia).

• Dr. Kallarackal has actively collaborated with research groups across Germany, Australia, New Zealand, China, and more, contributing to the field of tropical and temperate forest research.

• He served as Scientist G and Program Coordinator at the Kerala Forest Research Institute for 21 years, followed by 6 years as an Emeritus Scientist under CSIR and KSCSTE.

• He has completed several national and international projects on climate change and plant ecophysiology and has been a speaker at numerous global conferences.

• His scholarly output includes over 60 international journal publications and three books published by Springer (Switzerland) on climate change and wood density.

• He has served on expert committees of MoEF, DST, and academic bodies of various universities and colleges across India and abroad.