Her research focuses on teacher education, science education, and environmental education, and she has published in her fields. She has been teaching courses in the pedagogy of environmental studies for seven years. Dr. Kalyani Akalamkam has been the staff advisor for the college's environmental society. She has also authored a chapter on education for sustainable development and conducted several workshops for school teachers on the teaching and assessment of science and environmental science. Her doctoral thesis is in the area of physics education and is from Delhi University.