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Experience

Research Experience (>17 years)

Teaching Experience (>12  Years)

 SCIENTIFIC WORK & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• • Participated as Team member/leader in coastal Research program for sampling of surface sediments, core sediments and collection of water samples, 2001 – 2004.

  • Field mapping, sedimentological aspects, Northern Karnataka state, South India, 1999 – 2003. 

  • Sedimentological mapping, Gujarat State, Western India, November – December 2003. 

  • Familiarity in geological and structural mapping, Tamil Nadu State, South India, December 1998 - 1999. 

  • Experience in Hydrogeological mapping and Resistivity survey, Tamil Nadu State, South India. 

  • Geological and structural mapping in Catchment area of a reservoir and its canal, South Tamil Nadu State, India.  

  • Participated in “Department of Science and Technology” - Sponsored Second Winter School on “Sedimentary Facies and Basin analysis” - Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, during November - December, 2003. http://www.geos.iitb.ac.in/dstschool/secondparticipants.html 

  • Participated in “Indian Space Research Organization”- Sponsored Training programme on Photogrammetry” - Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai, May to June 2004. 

  • Participated in “Department of Science and Technology” - Sponsored “Field workshop and contact programme on Sequence Stratigraphy” - Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai, August 2005. 

  • A training programme on ‘Total Station and GPS’ for Polytechnic Colleges Staff Members, September 2006. (Organized) 

  • A summer training programme on ‘Modern surveying’ for B.Tech Students, April 2005. (Organized) 

  • A summer survey camp at Thirumoorthy Hills on ‘Surveying II’ for B. Tech Students, February 2007. (Organized) 

• Attended “Ocean Course” conducted by National Institute of Oceanography during 14 to 25 May 2007.

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS HANDLED

Position:       Research Associate and Research Assistant

Activities:     Team member/leader, geochemist, site investigation, Report writing and         Project Management

• • Larsen & Toubro (P) Ltd, India, February – July 2001 (4 Projects)

  • Glass Industries Ltd, India, July 2001

  • Geo-foundations & Structures Ltd, India, February 2002

  • Larsen & Toubro (P) Ltd, India, May – October 2002 (5 Projects)

  • Enterprising and Enterprises (P) Ltd, India, September 2002

  • Geo-foundations & Structures Ltd, India, January 2003

  • Gimpex (p) Ltd, India, March 2003

  • Enterprising and Enterprises (P) Ltd, India, March 2003

  • Geo-foundations & Structures Ltd, India, March 2003

  • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India, 2002 - 2003

  • SRC (P) Ltd, India, January 2004

  • Larsen & Toubro (P) Ltd, India, March 2004

• Geo-foundations & Structures Ltd, India, March 2004

 NATURE OF WORK IN SCIENTIFIC & PRIVATE PROJECTS

Team Management in office & in camp, Lab analysis, data interpretation, report writing defending project reports adds as additional qualifications.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January 2000 to April 2003 (Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai, India)

(M. Sc., Applied Geology and B. E., Civil Engineering)

·        Engineering Geology

·        Geochemistry Lab

From June 2004 to April 2008 (School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India)

(Bachelor of Technology & Master of Technology)

Theory Classes Handled

• • Engineering Geology

  • Engineering Materials and Geology

  • Environmental Studies

  • Construction Technology

• Basic Civil Engineering

 Special Labs & Practical and Field Training Handled

• • Engineering Geology Lab

  • Surveying - I Lab

  • Surveying - II Lab

  • Engineering Graphics Lab

  • Building Drawing 

• D – Cad Lab

From August 2008 to December 2010 as Lecturer in Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Miri, Malaysia.

Subjects (B.Sc., Applied Geology)

• • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (L & Lab)

  • Remote Sensing and Geological Maps (L & Lab)

  • Geochemistry (L & Lab)

  • WASM (Mineral Resources) (L)

January 2011 to Nov 2013 – Senior Lecturer, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia

Subjects (B.Sc., Applied Geology)

Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Igneous Petrology

Metamorphic Petrology

Field Mapping Techniques

Geological Field Mapping

Field Mapping of Sedimentary Basins

Petroleum Geology Project

Aug 2012 to Sep 2015 – Head of Department (Applied Geology)

Dec 2013 to till date – Associate Professor 

February 2018 to till date - Associate Dean, R&D, Faculty of Engineering and Science

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