His research interest lays in advanced visualization of scientific datasets, decision support systems, applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in spatial data analysis and forecasting.

R. Harikumar, T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, B.M. Rao, Rajendra Prasad, P. Ramakrishna Phani, C. Nagaraju, M. Ramesh Kumar, C. Jeyakumar, S.S.C. Shenoi and Shailesh Nayak, Ground zero ocean met observations at the landfall point of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud from the Ship-mounted AWSs, 2015, Current Science

Forecast Assessment and Support Tool (FAST) for Ocean State Forecast Ramakrishna Phani.P*, T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, Hari Kumar R, Kaviyazhahu.K, Venkat Reddy M, Srinivas K, Anuradha
M, Rakhi Kumari, Yatin Grover, 2016, Andhra Pradesh Science Congress