RESEARCH
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

PROJECT WORK DONE:

1. M.Tech Thesis, KREC Surathkal, India (1988-89), Studies on Groundwater Quality Status Through DRASTIC Principle and Water Balance Assessment (Part of CBIP sponsored project at KREC  Surathkal)

2. M.Sc Thesis, Karlsruhe University, Germany (1995), Evaluation of Fractal Compression Technique to aid Decentralized Satellite Data Processing – An application to Irrigated Land Monitoring – A case study in India. (In collaboration with NRSA Hydrabad, India)

3. DAAD-Re-invitation Program, Karlsruhe University, Germany (1999), Remotely Sensed Data and GIS application in Watershed Management under Semiarid conditions

4. Ph.D Thesis, NITK Surathkal -A Deemed University (in Progress: 2003), Coastal Wetlands and Watersheds Modeling and Management - A Case Study


PROJECT WORK GUIDED:

1. Studies on Groundwater Recharge Potential of North and South Talukas of Bangalore,  M.E (WRE) Student: Mr. Puttaswamy, June 1999

2. A Water Balance Study for Ramaptna Watershed, Kolar Dist., M.E (WRE) Student: Mr. M.V. Ramaswamy, June 2000

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Studies on Assessment of the Water balance and It’s Quality in Gurpur River, Karnataka, India, INTERNATIONAL Transboundary Water Resources Issues, A Joint meeting of the American and Canadian Water Resources Association, April 1-4, 1990, Toronto, CANADA.

2. Assessment of Groundwater Pollution Susceptibility through DRASTIC Principle - A case study in the West Coast of India, INTERNATIONAL Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling, Sept 3-6, 1990, The Hague, NETHERLANDS.

3. Susceptibility of Groundwater Pollution Potential based on Hydro geological Settings, National Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, June 24-26, 1992, CWPRS-Pune, India.

4. Rainfall Estimation using Remote Sensing Techniques, Central Board for Irrigation and Power - Workshop on High technology in Hydrometerological Observations and Capacity Survey of Storage Reservoirs, Feb. 19-22,1996. Pune. India

5. Institutional Approaches to Water Management, INTERNATIONAL Conference on Aspects of Conflicts in Reservoir Development and Management, Sept. 3-5. 1996, City University, London, UK.

6. Studies on Groundwater Recharge Potential of North and South Talukas of Bangalore. Bangalore Urban district. Karnataka, National Seminar on Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, March 12-13, 1999, SV University, Tirupati, India.

7. Integrated Studies on Haristala sub-watershed of the Chitravati River basin Chikkaballapur Taluk.. Kolar Dt. Karnataka, Workshop on Watershed Development Management Evaluation in the Western Ghats Region of India. Feb. 28-29, 2000, CWRDM - Kozhikode, Kerala, India.

8. DRASTIC Model for Groundwater Pollution Assessment, INTERNATIONAL Conference on Environment and Health, Karnataka Environment Research Foundation, Dec. 4-6, 2000, Bangalore, India.

9. Groundwater Pollution Potential Assessment through DRASTIC Indices Methodology A Case Study for Bangalore North Taluk. Bangalore Urban District, INTERNATIONAL Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, Dec. 19-21, 2000, New Delhi, India.

10. On Assessment of Groundwater Pollution Potential - Hydro geological Approach (Bangalore District, Karnataka, India), INTERNATIONAL Workshop on Integrated Water Management, June 21-23, 2001, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.

11. Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge – A Case Study at Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore, National Workshop on Interlinking of Rivers: Concerns and Issues, December 04-06, 2003, Bangalore University and Karnataka Environment Research Foundation, Bangalore, India

12. Integrated Coastal Zone Management – An Overview, INTERNATIONAL Seminar on Earth Resource Management, January 28-30, 2004, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
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