CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Basheer, S., Ashique, V.V., Grover, A. (2023). The Food and Nutrition Status in India: A Systematic Review. In: Grover, A., Singh, A., Singh, R.B. (eds) Sustainable Health Through Food, Nutrition, and Lifestyle. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7230-0

Research Papers

• Basheer, S. and Lancelet, T.S. (2020). Proposing travel plans for Urban Tourism in Kochi, Kerala using Geographic Information System, Mukt Shabd Journal, Vol 9(5), 5878-5897 https://doi.org/09.0014.MSJ.2020.V9I5.0086781.104229
• Basheer, S. and Grover, A. (2023). Changes in lifestyle and their impact on health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Thiruvananthapuram district Kerala India, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food and Environmental Research (SAFER), (ISSN: 0719-3726)
• Basheer, S., Grover, A., Shekhar Sulochana. (2024). Exploring the Interplay of Socio-economic and Demographic Factors on Dietary Diversity among Women of Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala: A Comprehensive Analysis, Human Geographies- Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography,18(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.5719/hgeo.2024.181.6

Scientific Presentations

National Seminars

• ‘GeoVista 2023: Geographical View in Sustainable Technologies and Applications’ Organised by the Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur on 06 & 07 July 2023. Presentation entitled “Influencing food environments through healthy diets for sustainability”

• ‘Geographies of Sustainable Development’ organized by The Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, in association with the Indian Geographical Society (IGS), Chennai, India on 7& 8 April 2022. Presentation on “Influence of Lifestyle on Health among Women over the course of a Pandemic in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India“

• ‘Climate Change, Natural Disasters & Sustainable Development’ organized by XII International Geographical Union- IGU, India and Department of Geography, Govt. P G College Sector-1, Panchkula, Haryana, India on 22-24 February 2019. Presentation entitled “Analyzing the Sustainable Tourism Development in Kochi with the help of Geographic Information System International Conference”

• ‘Tourism, Environment, and Sustainable Development’ organized by the Department of Geography, Kannur University, Kerala, India on 22 & 23 March 2018. Presentation entitled “Urban Climatic Comfort Zonation Map of India”

• ‘Geoinformatics in Natural Resource Evaluation for Sustainable Development’ organized by the Department of Geography, 
  Bharatidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India on 26 &27 March. Presentation entitled “Mapping of India that zones urban areas based on climatic comfort”

• ‘Science and Technology for Disaster Management’ organized by KSTA and Central University of Karnataka, India on 22 &23 January 2015. Poster Presentation entitled “The Impact of Endosulfan

Inter-national Seminars

• ‘Cartographies of Understanding/Imagining Explorations into Travel Narratives’ organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham School of Arts and Sciences, Ernakulam, Kerala, India on 24 &25 January 2019. Presentation entitled “An Emerging Tourist Destination: Analyzing the Classifications of Kochi’s Major Tourist Spots-International Conference”

• ‘Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies Emerging Social and Economic Challenges’ organized by The Department of Geography, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India on 25 & 26 November. Presentation entitled “Analyses of Land Surface Temperature and Land cover changes: A case study of Thiruvarur District”

• ‘Food, water, and nutrition security for health and wellbeing’ organized by The Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi on 13 &14 December. Presentation entitled “Food and Nutrition Status in India: A critical review”

• ‘2^nd Annual Health Geography Symposium for Ph.D. and emerging researchers’ organized by International Geographical Union Commission on Health and the Environment (IGU CHE), Maastricht University Netherlands, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal, University of Bucharest Romania and Seramapore Girls’ College University of Calcutta, India on 14 & 15 December. Presentation on “A study of the nutritional status of women in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India”

Academic Programmes Organized

• National workshop on ‘Geoinformatics for Beginners’ organized by Department of Geography , School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur on 27 to 31 January, 2020
• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Annual Health Geography Symposium for Ph.D. and emerging researchers (2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025) jointly organized by the International Geographical Union Commission of Health and the Environment (IGU-CHE), IGU Commission on Gender and Geography, Maastricht University, Universidade de Coimbra.
• ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Food and Nutritional Security: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities’ on 23 January, 2025 in Collaboration with KAU, KUFOS, & ICAR-KVK and Jointly organized by St.Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala.
• Two Day National Seminar on ‘Glimpses of Tribal Life: Knowledge and Intangible Expressions’ jointly organized by Dept. of MSW Disaster Management, Loyola College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram and KIRTADS, Kozhikode, Kerala on 7 & 8 August 2025.

Research Guidance

PG Dissertation Guidance: MSWDM 4 students (2023-25 Batch)

Workshops

• Participated in the Art Based Psycho Social Care Workshop conducted by Loyola College of Social Sciences in collaboration with KSDMA and UNICEF from 21 to 25 July 2025.

Positions Held

• • Worked as a Research Assistant at St.Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, an ICSSR (Indian Council for Social Science Research) funded Project. Project:Impact assessment of multiple food security interventions to mitigate micronutrient malnutrition among women and children in coastal areas of central Kerala (from 18.11.2024 to 12.04.2025).
  • Worked as a Project Scientist (GIS- Geographic Information System) in Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSREC), Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Project:National Wasteland Change Analysis of Kerala (NRSC – 

  National Remote Sensing Centre, India) (from 31.10.2016 to 28.02.2017).

  • Chaired a session on Environment and Health at the 2nd Annual Health Geography Symposium for Ph.D. and emerging researchers held on December 14-15, 2023. The event was organized by the International Geographical Union Commission on Health and the Environment, in collaboration with Maastricht University, Netherlands, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, University of Bucharest, Romania, and Seramapore Girls’ College, University of Calcutta, India.
  • Served as a student editor for three issues of the official Department newsletter and the Covid-19 Special Edition at the Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu. Two articles have been written for the official department newsletter titled ‘Combating Covid with Transmedia’ and ‘Mobile phone hygiene in healthcare settings’ 2020.

  Served as reviewer of journals- ‘Climate Crises and Public Health Challenges- With a Focus on South and Southeast Asia’ for Springer, and ‘The Need to Provide Health Promotion Care Services to Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea’ for INQUIRY (Scopus).                                                                                                                                              

Responsibilities at college programmes

• In-charge of Documentation and finance committee for the Two Day National Seminar on ‘Glimpses of Tribal Life: Knowledge and Intangible Expressions’ jointly organized by Dept. of MSW Disaster Management, Loyola College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram and KIRTADS, Kozhikode, Kerala on 7th & 8th of August 2025.

Papers Taught

1. Social Work Research and Statistics
2. Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Technologies in Disasters
3. Medical Information for Disaster Health Practice
4. Geographical Information System in Disaster Management

Fieldwork supervision

Geographical Information System in Disaster Management

Trainings attended

1. Remote Sensing/GIS (Geographic Information System) / GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System- IIRS (Indian Institute of Remote Sensing), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India- 2014
2. Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for Natural Resources – IIRS, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India- 2015
3. A short-term course on “Spatial Statistics” organized by the School of Earth Science, Central University of Karnataka, India- 2015
4. GIS Training Programme on ‘Exploring ENVI’, Esri, India- 2018
5. An e-learning programme, the Nutrition Education Programme on “Basic Nutrition” by the Ministry of Women and Children Development, Government of India and ICMR National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana State- 2020
6. An e-learning programme on “Occupational health and safety for health workers in the context of COVID-19” conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO)- 2020
7. A 6-week MOOC course on “Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analysis” conducted by ESRI, USA- 2020
8. An online non-credit course on “COVID-19 Contact Tracing” authorized by Johns Hopkins University (Dept. of Epidemiology) and offered through Coursera- 2020
9. A 6-week MOOC course on “Cartography” conducted by ESRI, USA- 2021
10. An online course: Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience, a course developed by experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) with support from the European Union, in collaboration with the SDG Academy and the EdX Platform- 2021
11. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for the prevention and care of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) offered by Open WHO-2024
12. An e-learning programme on “Sustainable Diets- One Planet One Health “ was conducted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UN CC Learn- 2024

Membership in Professional Bodies