Career Objective
Civil and Coastal management post graduate with strong analytical and problem solving skills keenly seeking opportunity to combine academic and work experience to develop a professional career .
Academic Profile
Master Degree- Coastal Management (First class)
(August 2007 to June 2009)
Anna University, India
Related Courses and Project: Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Oceanography, Ocean Survey & Monitoring, Coastal Engineering, Hydrological Processes, Numerical Modeling, Probability and Statistics, Satellite Oceanography, Catchment hydrology, Corrosion Engineering, Socio-economic aspect in Coastal Management and Climate Change.
Master Thesis: A Study on Meteorological status of Marsta, Sweden. The study involved measuring physical parameters which were used to design a radiation budget for Marsta, Sweden.
Anna University, India – B.E Civil Engineering
(First class) (2003 to 2007)
Related Courses: Construction Technology and Management, Steel Structure design, Reinforced concrete structure design, Soil mechanics and Foundation engineering, Environmental engineering and air pollution management, Industrial design, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic engineering, Engineering mathematics, Computer science.
Awards & Honors
Received Fellowship from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India for being a candidate with outstanding academic record during the course duration of the M.Tech degree.
Awarded The Linneaus – Palme scholarship, funded by SIDA, Sweden winter term January 2009 – July 2009 – and awarded credits as per European credit system (ECTS) for two courses titled “Catchment hydrology” and “Hydrological Processes”
Career Summary
Project Scientist at National Institute of Ocean Technology, India
Task-(June 2013 to Till Date)
• Delft3D Modelling studies (Flow modelling)
• Data Processing(Current,Tide&Wave)
• Coastline Survey
Significant projects handled:
1) Coastal Protection Studies for Kadalur Periyakuppam , India(RTK survey).
Storm surge modelling studies for Kalpasar Project,Gujarat
Senior Project Associate at Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, India.
Tasks – (August 2010 to May 2013)
• Carried out Hydrographic and beach profile survey
• Offshore deployments of Tide gauges, Current meters
• DHI-MIKE 21 – HD, AD, ST, BW, LITPACK modelling
• Water and sediment sampling for EIA studies
• Leading a team, survey planning, surveying, field reports and technical reports preparation.
Significant projects handled:
1) Coastal Protection Studies for Puducherry, India- Funded by Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
2) Coastal and Ocean monitoring and prediction system- Funded by Minsitry of Earth science.
3) Oceanographic surveys, sampling, measurements, HD-AD modeling studies for Lanco power plant, Tamil Nadu, India.
4) Various consultancy projects (Offshore survey, measurements and modelling studies for Thermal Power plants, Desalination plants).
Project Officer (Coastal Engineering) at Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (Pvt) Ltd, India
Tasks – (August 2009 to July 2010)
• Carried out Hydrographic and beach profile surveys
• Offshore deployments of Tide gauges, Current meters
• Data processing and bathymetric chart preparation
• DHI-MIKE 21- Hydrodynamic, Advection Dispersion Modelling for Pollution studies
• Field survey reports, technical reports preparation
Significant projects handled:
1) Offshore Survey and modelling studies for Center water desalination limited, Minjur, India.
2) Anchor blocks design for offshore pipelines for Center water desalination limited, Minjur,India.
3) Offshore Survey and modelling studies for Manali Petrochemicals Limited, India.
Key Skills
• Numerical Modelling using MIKE21&Delft3D
• Hydrographic surveying using single beam echo sounder
• Beach profiling using RTK GPS
• HTL and LTL demarcation for CRZ studies
• Tide and current meter data processing
NUMERICAL MODELS AND SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
DHI-MIKE21 (HD, AD ) Delft3D,CORMIX, HYPACK&HYSWEEP, ARC- GIS, Ocean Data Viewer
(ODV), Surfer, Grapher, Adobe Illustrator, MATLAB.
INSTRUMENTAL SKILLS
• RTK GPS, Trimble DGPS and Total station.
• Aanderaa RCM9, ADCP current meters, WLR7 water level recorder.
• ODOM Echo Trac MKIII single beam dual frequency echo sounder and Ceeducer.
• SEABEAM-1180 multibeam echosounder
• Van Veen Grab, Niskin water sampler, CTD.
