Simi John

Simi John is from Kozhikode, Kerala. After doing her BTech, she worked as a project fellow at the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode. She was part of the project, ‘Drip fertigation package for higher productivity in black pepper’. Along with that, she worked on different research projects such as drought analysis using DRINC, crop water analysis with CROPWAT, and wetting pattern analysis with HYDRUS 2D and 3D.

At IIHS, Simi is a part of the sustainable agriculture programme and the solid waste management team. She has been monitoring and documenting the composting unit and other activities related to sustainable urban agriculture in the IIHS Campus, Kengeri. She is also part of the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme, where she supports the Core Curriculum’s ‘Grow, Cook and Eat’ module. She also monitors the hydroponics system on Campus.