Area of Work or Expertise:
Drinking Water
Irrigation
Watershed Development
Groundwater
Rivers
Sanitation
Others:
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Place of Work:
Subsequent to my post graduation from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, I had worked for more than 30 years in Government Department (Central Water Commission), NGO (AFPRO), and Research cum consultancy organization (Operations Research Group). During my professional career I had carried out projects in most of the states in India except North eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir. Currently I am based in Bangalore and work as a part time free lance consultant with reputed national & international consultancy organizations like Lea Associated (India) ltd, Consulting Engineering services (India) ltd, STEM group etc.
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MY KEY QUALIFICATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWING:
• More than 30 years of experience in carrying out planning, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in the field of water resources development.
• In depth knowledge of water sector covering technical, financial, institutional and social aspects
• Executed several projects for clients like Government of India, World Bank, UNICEF, DANIDA, Indo-Dutch Bilateral Mission, Rajeev Gandhi Water Technology Mission, Irrigation Department and Water & Sanitation Agencies of State Governments
• Associated with activities of NGO sector for several years for minor irrigation development, water harvesting, watershed development and artificial recharge projects
• Extensive experience in carrying out field surveys covering village & household surveys, stakeholder assessment, focus group discussions, key person interviews.
• Adequate competence in computer usage, data processing, report preparation & presentation.
• Excellent language capability (Read, Write, and Speak) regarding English and Hindi and Kannada.
MY PROJECT EXPERIENCE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING
• Evaluation of Command area & Drought prone area programmes
• Planning & evaluation of rural water supply programmes
• Planning & Design of Irrigation & Drainage Schemes
• Planning of cropping pattern & Irrigated agriculture
• Small basin water resources studies
• Survey & Inventory of water sources
• Statistical analysis of hydrological data
• Evaluation of performance of Irrigation system
• Planning & evaluation of Watershed development programme
• Environmental & Social Impact Assessment of Water Resources Projects
• Water management in drought prone regions
• Evaluation of canal water allocation & delivery strategies
• Planning & design of small dams, weirs and diversion channels
• Planning & design of on farm development in irrigated command areas
• Study of hydrological regimes for ecological impact assessment
• Household/village level surveys for impact assessment & awareness
• Carrying capacity study for Regional development
