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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1995-96 (Part-time): P.G. Diploma in Environmental Management and Education.
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
1991-92 (Part-time): P.G. Diploma in Computer Science, Avanthi Computers, Hyderabad, India.
1987-91: PhD (Geophysics). Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. (www.osmania.ac.in)
1983-86: Master of Science and Technology M.Sc Tech (Geophysics),
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
1979-82 Bachelor of Science, B.Sc (Maths, Physics & Chemistry),
Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.
CAREER SUMMARY
* Over 16 years of work experience in hydrogeological, geophysical, geotechnical investigations, and environmental studies, including: 2+ years in mapping and modeling, 2 years in QC/QA activities; and 3+ years in GIS and database management.
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2007-Present: Project Manager
Geophysical Survey Project for Ministry of Electricity and Water. Kingdom of Bahrain.
* Working as a Project Manager for the "Geophysical Survey for underground utility mapping and Geo-database updation" project for the Ministry of Electricity and Water.. Duties include supervise geophysical survey that includes ground penetration radar and utility line locators, and database development and GIS updation.
Jan 2005-August 2007 & April 1992–March 2000: Geophysicist
Ground Water Department, Government of AP, Hyderabad, India.
(http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/departments/)
* Expertise in various geophysical techniques that include electrical (Resistivity, IP, SP), EM (VLF, Fixed Frequency/Time Domain, GPR.), Seismic refraction & reflection, Magnetic, Gravity, Radioactivity and Geophysical Logging.
* Over 10 years of experience in conducting hydrological, hydrogeological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations for environmental, groundwater, mining and engineering applications, construction related projects.
* Worked on groundwater resource development and management projects. Executed various national and international projects related to groundwater investigations, quality management, resource estimation, wetland assessment studies; watershed protection and restoration strategies.
* Conducted contaminated site characterization studies, sampling and analysis, contamination identification, quality management studies, mapping and modeling of groundwater flow & contaminant transport.
* Worked for 3 years on GIS applications, Remote Sensing data, aerial photos and satellite imagery interpretation for mapping. Performed digitization of data and map preparation using MapInfo, ArcGIS, ArcInfo and surfer. Works performed include mapping subsurface conditions, contaminated sites; groundwater flow models, mapping stratigraphy sections, aquifer boundaries, bedrock topography, well sections, soil profile, fresh-saline water interface etc.
* Performed water quality analyses and management including sample collection and preparation, testing as well as quality control. Design, develop, and implement monitoring programs, and sampling strategies of groundwater and environmental wastes.
April 2000 – Jan 2005: Senior Analyst
Dubai Municipality Central Laboratories, Government of Dubai, U.A.E. (http://www.dm.gov.ae/).
* 6 years of work experience executing projects related to geophysical surveys, geological mapping, hydrogeological studies, geotechnical site investigations and environmental investigations.
* 4 years of experience in supervising engineering material testing laboratory that include testing of samples,. site characterization studies, contamination studies, environmental investigations including impact assessment phase I and II studies as per ASTM standards.
* . Performed the following activities:
- design sample collection and monitoring network.
- testing of construction materials (soil, concrete, asphalt, water, aggregates, metals etc) and geotechnical site investigations as per BSI and ASTM for quality control purpose. The tests performed include: compaction related tests; compression, permeability, durability tests; shear strength tests; chemical tests; insitu tests.
- develop quality control procedures for laboratory testing and insitu, geophysical data acquisition, environmental management system, non-destructive testing and statistical quality control analysis.
COMPUTER SKILLS
* Used various software products for geological mapping (Geosoft, ArcInfo, MapInfo, Surfer, Micro station), ground water modeling (MODFLOW), well log analysis.
* Worked for over 3 years in software development projects. Developed database management applications in Visual Basic. Provide software support that includes: design, develop and manage databases in MS Access 2000, oracle and SQL Server 2000.
* In-House development of software applications for management and analysis of lab data; geological, geophysical, environmental and well data.
* Perform QC/QA activities for software validation tests as per ISO standards. The work includes:
- Implementation of various standard test procedures; statistical quality control analysis, reliability analysis; uncertainty estimation.
Skills profile includes:
- Visual Basic 6 (database design, programming, analysis and application development)
- SQLServer 2000, MS Access 2000 programming, Ms Excel and VBA
- Programming knowledge in FORTRAN 77/90, C and SQL
- MapInfo desktop mapping, Micro Station 95/SE, ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcGIS and Surfer.
Other Contributions:
* Performed geophysical surveys (telluric, magnetic, radiometry and geochemical) for oil exploration in KG Basin of Andra Pradesh, India. Researched and developed cost effective exploration methods. (This work has been published in Oil and Gas Journal, April 15, 2002).
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