ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

ü Modelling of modern geological processes (Tectonic, Riverine, Coastal) and their control over Natural Resources, ecosystems and Natural disasters

ü Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Tsunami, Floods, Landslides etc.) mapping & mitigation and

EXPERIENCE / CONTRIBUTIONS (36 Years)

1. 1971 – 74 As Geologist, PWD Groundwater, Govt. 0f Tamil Nadu

Carried out Groundwater Exploration in hard rock and soft rock
aquifers of southern Tamil Nadu involving

2. 1974 – 86 As Geologist, Geological Survey of India, Rajasthan & Gujarat (Western Region)

v Carried out airphoto based geological mapping in 23,000 sq. km. area of Vindhyan basin, Rajasthan and brought out basin evolutionary models

v Prepared first time comprehensive lineament map for entire Rajasthan & Gujarat using 1 : 1 million LANDSAT imagery and brought out a hierarchy of base line Information on the controls of lineaments over tectonism, magmatism, metallogeny, groundwater, river migration, land – ocean interaction, seismicity, geothermics etc.

v Developed satellite lineaments based tectonic models for Aravalli, Delhi and Vindhyan basins of Western India

v On the basis of satellite and air craft based Remote sensing data interpretation of geological structures in over 1 lakh sq.km area and intensive field mapping, developed an unique “intrabasinal stress and a rheid flow of shales model” to explain the intense peribasinal and central idiomorphic deformations in Vindhyan Basin of Rajasthan

v Demonstrated a rotational deformation model for the Deccan volcanics of Southern Sourashtra on the basis of Remote Sensing revealed fractures and explained the deformation tectonics of Deccan volcanics

v Brought out the migratory melodrama of all West and North Indian rivers and developed a model on the pleistocene – tectonics of Western India.

v As the investigator in ISRO – GSI collaborative project, conducted Airborne multispectral / thermal flights over the mineralized belts of Rajasthan and optimized the spectral ranges for lithological and metallogenic mapping

3. 1986-89 As Scientist, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai

v Evolved a course module on Geological Remote Sensing for M.Tech Programme

v Prepared lineament map of South India on 1:1 million scale using Indian Remote Sensing satellite data

v Interpreted IRS satellite data and brought out newer information on the Fluvial Geomorphology and coastal geomorphology of Tamil Nadu.

v Carried out Remote Sensing based integrated studies for groundwater targeting in Ramanathapuram District.

v Prepared Drinking Water Resources maps on 1:250,000 scale for Salem, North Arcot & Ramanathapuram Districts from Remote Sensing (as a part of National Project of NRSA)

v Organised UNESCO Sponsored course on Cyclone Disaster Management for South East Asian participants.

4. 1989 - March 2009 As Professor and Head, School of Earth Sciences and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

i. On Remote Sensing & GIS in Mineral and hydrocarbon habitat mapping

1. Developed a directory showing the optimised spectral ranges for discriminating various rock types, from future satellite data through spectro radiometric measurments.

2. Developed linear models between rock chemistry and satellite multiband data and optimised the satellite data for geochemical mapping.

3. Brought out newer concepts on Thermal Remote Sensing in Geology through ground based kinetic temperature surveys in Precambrian rocks of Trichy region,

4. Optimized the time for satellite Data acquisition for Geological mapping through round the clock day time measurements of spectral reflectance under different sun elevation and Azimuths.

5. Developed a first time model that the Precambrian fold belts of South India were formed only by two episodes of deformation through the interpretation of Tectonic features from IRS satellite data.

6. Carried out tectonic studies and brought out models on the origin of domes and basins in South India.

7. Developed GIS Models on the fracture fabric and its control over magmatism, metallogeny, ground water, seismicity etc. of South India.

8. Similarly, demonstrated a new methodology to map the geo thermal targets through Remote Sensing derived geological and geomorphological parameters.

9. Developed new methods of 3D visualization of Subsurface Geology using Geophysical data

ii. On Remote Sensing & GIS in modern geological processes

è Developed a first time ever conceived model on the Active Tectonics of South India which has opened many newer vistas for futurw studies.

è Developed newer concepts on how neotectonic and active tectonic windows can be identified and mapped in shield areas using Remote Sensing and also GIS visualisations

è Brought out newer ideas and models on the impact of active tectonics over fluvial, coastal and hydrological systems of south India.

v The river Cauvery has flowed in between Hogenekkal and Chennai during 500,000 - 3,000 years before present (B.P.)

v Finally reached the Coleroon stage around 750 years from now though a process of anticlockwise rotational migration

v This study has provided Packages of newer ideas on mineral resources, water resources, interbasin water transfer, recharge, palaeo flood cycle, Palaeo climate, past sea levels, Archaeology, Evolution of Civilisation etc.

è Interpreted IRS satellite images of Tamil Nadu coast and developed models and newer information on

è Brought out varied models on such modern Geological processes and their control over riverine, Coastal and hydrological ecosystems and Natural disasters.

iii. On Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources

è Developed water quantity forecasting models from satellite infrared data for tanks and reservoirs.

è Developed Remote Sensing and GIS Integrated Models for Watershed - wise run off estimation.

è Carried out Remote Sensing studies and demonstrated the concept of identifying the areas prone for soil erosion, their functional geo-parameters and remedial land management models to arrest the silt in the catchments of various river basins / regulators in Peranai, Kundah, Vaigai catchments etc.,

è Carried out spectro radiometric surveys over the polluted water bodies and developed linear model between water quality and spectral data

v This will help in forecasting the water quality directly from satellite data with few additional studies.

è Conceived new genetic ideas on how ground water target areas can be identified using ARC / INFO GIS

v This has been successfully demonstrated by conducting holistic studies in Madurai, Dindigul, Theni and Karur districts.

è Using Remote Sensing and GIS, developed a new technique of identifying ground water resources controlled by, top soil, fractures, weathered zone, slope, land use etc. through GRAM GIS for Vellar basin and through ARC / INFO GIS for Madurai, Dindigul, Theni and Karur districts.

è Developed models on Time transgressive tectonics and ground water systems of Tamilnadu.

è Carried out indepth studies using Remote Sensing, GIS and applied probaballisitic statistics to develop land management models to improve the efficiency of natural recharge of Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu.

v this is a first time study in the aspects and concepts of natural recharge

è Carried out Remote Sensing based integrated terrain analysis and demonstrated certain newer concepts of site selection and mechanism detection for artificial recharge such as sites suitable for flooding, furrowing, pitting, percolation ponding, induced recharging etc for, Madurai, Dindigul,Theni, Karur, Pudukottai and parts of Tiruchirappalli district of Central Tamil Nadu

è Developed new ideas and models for detecting water bearing and water barren fractures and mechanisms of fracture recharge for different parts of Tamil nadu.

è Demonstrated newer concepts of Surface and Ground Water budgeting and detection of water surplus and water deficit water sheds of Ayyar basin

v This is again a first time study towards water transfer from watershed to watershed.

è Developed a first time GIS based 3D Visualisation models on groud water systems.

iv. On Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural disaster management

è Developed new techniques of Seismotectonic Mapping using Remote Sensing, 3D Visualization of geophysical and groundwater data and integrated geomorphological techniques and thus prepared seismotectonic map for South India.

è A new method of GIS based slope mapping was developed for Landslide hazard zonation and thus Landslide Hazard Zonation maps were prepared for the Landslides of Southern Part of Nilgiri Mountains

è Carried out detailed studies on Tsunami Disaster Assessment for Nagapattinam Coast using micro wave data of European satellite, P6 PAN merged data of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite and specially flown digital ortho photo data sets and, GIS data bases and Tsunami disaster atlas was also prepared.

In addition, on the basis of Tsunami – Land system interface studies, Tsunami mitigation strategies were also evolved for Tamil Nadu Coast.

è Flood inundation mapping and harvesting strategies were developed after 2004 and 2005 Floods for Tamil Nadu.

v. Spatial Decision Support Systems for sustainable development

è Developed a First time Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for Pudukottai District for sustainable development.

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Assignments of Academic Honour

2. Countries Visited

è Visited Malaysia, Singapore, Portugal, Srilanka, Iran, Thailand, London, Australia and Norway

NATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Assignments of Academic Honour

è Council Member, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai (2003-2006).

è Executive Committee Member, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai (2003-2006).

è Chairman, Board of Studies in Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. (since 1989).

è Member, National Expert Committee on Mining Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi (2000 – 2002).

è Expert Committee Member in DST (NRDMS), New Delhi, (June 2001 to May 2003)

è Expert Member in Gulf of Mannar Bio Reserve (GEF) Project of Government of Tamil Nadu. (2002 – 2007)

è Peer Reviewer, Scientific papers in Journals of Geological Society of India, Photonirvachak, Current Science, etc.

è Executive Committee Member for the Centre for Geoscience and Engineering, Anna University, Chennai (1995 - 2000) .

è PAC Member, Remote Sensing, World Bank aided Water Resources Consolidation Project, Chennai.

è Member, Standing Committee on Irrigation & Water Resources, Government of Tamil Nadu (1990-93).

è Member, Water Resources Sub Group for drafting VIII & IX Plan proposal for Govt. of Tamil Nadu

è Advisory Board Member, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Coastal Zone Projects.

è College Committee Member, Governing Body Member of more than 15 colleges / Institutions in Tamil Nadu.

è Working group member, XI th plan proposal on Higher Education in State Planning commission

2. MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES

Æ The Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Calcutta. (E C Member for 2 terms)

RESEARCH GUIDANCE

1. M.Phil / M.Tech (Guided & Awarded)

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Title
1.	Usha Natesan	1987	Fracture pattern modelling for the groundwater targetting in hard rock terrain, Tamilnadu
2.	Sundaramahalingam	1987	Remote Sensing in groundwater level fluctuation monitoring - a computer assisted mathematical model
3.	Athithan D.S.P	1987	Mathematical modelling of Thematic Mapper data for groundwater quality monitoring
4.	Kalyani Devasena	1987	Groundwater targetting through Remote Sensing and proximal sensing techniques.
5.	Jayashankar	1988	Application of remotely sensed visible and near infra red data and ground based thermal data for the lithological and geochemical mapping around Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
6.	Paul. M.A	1990	Rock chemistry through spectro radiometric survey
7.	Indiran	1991	Digital image processing of airborne magnetic data and its integration with IRS 1A data for lithological and structural interpretation of pre-Cambrian rocks of part of central Tamil Nadu
8.	Sivakumar. V	1992	Remote Sensing and morphostratigraphy of Cauvery delta
9.	Aravindan. S	1994	Reservoir siltation studies of Vaigai catchment.
10.	Gurugnanam. B	1995	Remote Sensing and GIS for groundwater development in composite Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu
11.	Muthu Sankar. G	1996	Shoreline and land-water modifications of Rameswaram island, South India - A GIS analysis
12.	Girish Gopinath	1997	Evaluation of waterlevel changes in hardrock aquifer systems in parts of western ghats region, Tamil Nadu, India - using Remote Sensing and GIS
13.	Joseph Raj Prem Kumar	1997	Remote Sensing and GIS in modelling of fractured aquifer systems in parts of western ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
14.	Bharath. S	1997	Planner oriented natural resource information system for microlevel planning, Togamalai watershed, Tamil Nadu through Remote Sensing and GIS
15.	Boopathi. D	1997	Remote Sensing and GIS for artificial recharge in hardrock aquifer systems with special reference to site selection for percolation ponds, Nanganji Ar.sub-watershed, Tamil Nadu
16.	Varsha Sawant. B	1998	Land and water resources development plan using Remote Sensing and GIS for Kukshi block, Dhar Dist, Madhya Pradesh
17.	Ravikumar. R	1999	Pattern of Land building activity of Vedaranniyam coast, Tamil Nadu, India - A Remote Sensing and GIS based Study
18.	Kusuma. K.N	1999	Pattern of Rechage modification along Cauvery river, Karur - Grand Anicut Transect, Tamil Nadu, India - A Remote Sensing and GIS based Analysis
19.	Balaji	2000	Remote Sensing Modelling of Landbuilding in Dhanushkodi - Srilanka Sector
20.	Paramasivam	2000	GIS for watershed management (Bihar)
21.	Nagaraj. K.	2001	Digital Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Landscape change visualization studies
22.	Neeraj Jain	2001	Geophysical Information System / Modeling of Tamilnadu for Natural Resource Planning.
23.	Vishnu Vardhan Chilumuri	2001	Study of Deformations due to Earthquake at Chamoli using SAR Interferometry Technique
24.	Ilamurugan. O	2001	Remote Sensing and GIS for Groundwater Prospecting, Artificial Recharge and Fluoride management in left bank Cauvery Watershed Tiruchengodu Area, Tamil Nadu.
25.	Jaya Venkata Satya Prasad	2002	Decision support system on Environmental Resources, Annavasal Block, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India, using Remote Sensing and GIS.
26.	A. Muthamilselvan	2002	Geomatics for Soil Conservation in parts of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu.
27.	Guru. Balamurugan	2002	Remote Sensing and GIS in Landslide Vulnerability Analysis along Palani – Kodaikanal Ghat Road, Tamil Nadu, India.
28.	Payal Mathur	2002	Assessment and Monitoring of Environmental Impacts due to coal mining using Optical Thermal and synthetic Aperture Radar data – A Case study in Jharia Coal Fields, Jharkhand, India.
29.	M. Sunandana Reddy	2003	Optimisation of Data Acquisition time in Polar orbiting satellites for Geological Applications
30.	P. Venkata Rami Reddy	2003	Evaluation of third Dimension of Fracture controlled Lineaments of parts of South India, through spectral and Geophysical Remote Sensing for prospecting ground water.
31.	R. Ajith Kumar	2004	Remote Sensing and Geomorphological studies in under standing Palaeo river course in parts of Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India
32.	S. Chandra Bose	2004	Automated delineation of watershed and Identification of Ground water potential zones and Artificial recharge sites in Mahuva Taluk, Bhavnagar, Gujrat Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques
33.	S. Rajmohan	2004	Assessment of the Conditions of Coral Reef Health in Dhanushkodi area using Remote Senisng And GIS
34.	Vikas Srivastava	2004	Evaluation of Different Void Filling Techniques of Dem Generated from ASTER Data
35.	V. Agastheeswaran	2005	Remote Sensing & GIS Based Model Study on Tsunami-Geomorphology Interface Dynamics, Nagapattinam District, South India
36.	D. Sankar	2005	Interface Dynamics Between Tsunami Inundation and Land Use / Cover Systems, Nagapattinam Region, South India – Geomatics Based Appraisal
37.	R.Pharthiban	2006	Geomatics Based Visualization of Morphotectonics and Morpho Dynamics Evolution of Central Tamil Nadu Coast
38.	K.Uma	2006	GIS Visualization of Impacts of Sea Level Rise – A Study from Central Tamil Nadu Coast
39.	V.Ramesh	2007	Fuzzy Based method for Landslide hazard assessment and Establishing precipitation threshold for initation of landslide using geomatics and statistical approach – In parts of Bhatwari Block, Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India.
40.	Narendra Singh Kachhotiya	2007	A Project Entitled landslide hazard zonation mapping using, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information system in parts of NH-17 in Ratnagiri District, Maharastra along the NH-17.

2. Ph.Ds (Guided & Awarded)

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Title
1.	Jayakumar. R	1993	Thematic and Statistical Modelling of Hard Rock Aquifer System, Kallar – Vellar sub basin, Central, Tamil Nadu, India.
2.	Anbazhagan. S	1994	Remote Sensing based integrated terrain analysis for Artificial Recharge in Ayyar basin Central Tamil Nadu, India.
3.	Balaji. S	1995	Structure And Tectonics of Northern Tamil Nadu, India Through Integrated Remote Sensing.
4.	Vasudevan. S	1996	Comparative Evaluation of Thematic, Numerical And GIS Modelling : An Analysis Through Hard Rock Aquifer Data Of Vellar Basin, Central Tamil Nadu , India.
5.	Paul. M.A	1997	Remote Sensing In Fluvial Geomorphology Of Cauvery River, India, With Special Reference To Its History Of Migration.
6.	Kumanan. C.J	1999	Certain Newer Techniques In Water Resources And Geohazards Evaluation In Parts Of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu ,India, Using Remote Sensing And GIS.
7.	Suresh Francis	1999	GIS Based Predictive And Preventive Modelling For Landslides In Parts Of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India.
8.	Ramesh. D	2000	Evolution of Tamil Nadu Coast, India - A Study Aided By Remote Sensing.
9.	Siva Kumar. R	2000	Remote Sensing and GIS for Catchment Treatment models for upper Vaigai Basin, Tamil Nadu, India.
10.	Palanivel. K	2000	Remote Sensing And GIS In Water resources prospecting and Conservation - Parts of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.
11.	Neelakantan. R	2000	Geology and Terrain Systems in Geohazards - A Remote Sensing cum- GIS based Model Study in parts of the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, South India
12.	Saravanavel. J	2006	Certain Newer Concepts of Neo-Active-Environmental Tectonic Mapping using Remote Sensing and GIS – A study from Northern Tamil Nadu, India
13.	Nagappan. N	2007	Groundwater Behaviour in Hard Rock Aquifer Systems of Parts of Tamil Nadu, South India Remote Sensing and GIS approach
14.	Anandan. C	2008	Mapping and Mitigation of Geohazards In Mountainous Systems Using Remote Sensing and GIS - A Model Study from parts of Western Ghats, South India
15.	Gunasekaran. S	2001	Geomatics Based Analyses of Geo-System for Developmental Planning – A Model Study for Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India
16.	Selvakumar. R	2003	Geomatics and Geohazards of Tamil Nadu Coast, India

3. Ph.Ds (Inprogress)

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS : CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED

1. R & D projects

Sl. No.	Year	Position	Title	Funding Agency	Amount (in Lakhs)
i.	1973-77	Principal Investigator	Lithostratigraphic Evaluation Of Vindhyan Basin Of South Eastern Rajasthan	Geological Survey of India	GSI in house project
ii.	1977-78	Principal Investigator	Evaluation Of Origin Of Ramgrah Dome, Vindhyan Basin, Rajasthan	Geological Survey of India	”
iii.	1978-80	Principal Investigator	Tectonic Modelling of Vindhyan Basin of Rajasthan	Geological Survey of India	”
iv.	1980-81	Principal Investigator	Lineament Tectonics of Western India Through Remote Sensing	Geological Survey of India	”
v.	1981-82	Principal Investigator	Remote Sensing And Tectonic Modelling of Deccan Volcanics of Saurastra	Geological Survey of India	”
vi.	1982-83	Principal Investigator	Study of Fluvial Geomorphology And Quaternary Tectonics Western India.	Geological Survey of India	”
vii.		Principal Investigator	Remote Sensing For Mineral Exploration In Western India	Geological Survey of India	”
viii.	1983-86	Co-Investigator	Joint Experiment Programme (ISRO-GSI) Collaborative Project - Remote Sensing For Mineral Exploration For Optimising The Spectral Bands for of Lithological, Structural And Geomorphic Mapping.	Geological Survey of India and ISRO	”

2. Sponsored Research projects

Sl. No.	Year	Position	Title	Funding Agency	Amount (in Lakhs)
i.	1986-87	Co-ordinator	Cyclone Tracking And Disaster Assessment Along East Coast Of Tamil Nadu	UNESCO-COSTED	2.00
ii.	1987-89	Principal Investigator	Project “RAGAM” (Ramanathapuram Geo-Resources Appraisal and Management) -Drinking Water Mission	Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Tech., Chennai.	4.00
iii.	1987-89	Principal Investigator	Hydrogeomorphic Mapping and Detection of Groundwater Locales in Hard Rock Aquifer Systems	National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad.	2.50
iv.	1990-93	Principal Investigator	Project “RIMIGTA” - River Migration in Tamil Nadu	Department of Space, Bangalore.	5.50
v.	1990-93	Principal Investigator	Project “MOCASY” - Modelling of Crystalline Aquifer System, Vellar Basin, Tamil Nadu.	Sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology, New Delhi	3.52
vi.	1991-93	Principal Investigator	Project “RECHARGE”- Remote Sensing for Artificial Recharge	Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology, Chennai.	2.50
vii.	1994-96	Principal Investigator	Project “CORE LAND” - Remote Sensing for Coastal Resources Evaluation	Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission, Chennai.	3.50
viii.	1994-96	Principal Investigator	Project “NEOTECTA” - Detection of Neotectonic zones in Tamil Nadu through Integrated Remote Sensing studies	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.	8.70
ix	1994-97	Principal Investigator	Project “LANDSLIDES” - Predictive and Preventive Modelling for Landslides	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.	7.50
x	1994-96	Principal Investigator	Integrated Mission for Sustainable Resource Development (IMSD)	National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad.	13.90
xi	1994-97	Principal Investigator	Project “TECSI” - Tectonic Studies of South India	University Grants Commission, New Delhi.	6.10
xii	1995-99	Co-ordinator	Creation and strengthening of infrastructure in Remote Sensing	AICTE	25.00
xiii	1997-98	Principal Investigator	Project “WATMAN” - Water Management Plan for Karur district	Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Chennai	9.80
xiv	1997-98	Principal Investigator	Project “GISWASH” - GIS for Watershed Development for Thogaimalai Watershed	Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology, Chennai.	0.85
xv	1998	Principal Investigator	Project “WATSHED” - Water and Soil Conservation Measures for Kombai Watershed, Tiruchirapalli	DPAP, Collector, Tiruchira-ppalli.	1.40
xvi	1997-99	Principal Investigator	Project “RENWE” - Resources and Environment of Hill Eco System	Planning and Development Department, Chennai.	22.00
xvii	1997-99	Principal Investigator	Project “MOFRASY” - Modelling of Fractured Aquifer Systems	Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, New Delhi.	10.00
xviii	1998-01	Principal Investigator	Project “CRUSDE” - Crustal Deformation Studies of South India	Department of Space, Banglore.	6.79
xix	1998-02	Principal Investigator	Project “EGHARIS” - Eastern Ghats Resources, Geohazards Information Systems	State Planning & DevelopmentDepartment Chennai.	23.00
xx	1999-06	Principal Investigator	Project “WEGHARIS”-Western Ghats Resources Information Systems	State Planning & DevelopmentDepartment Chennai.	52.00
xxi	2001 – 2006	Principal Investigator	Establishment of NRDMS Database Centre in Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu.	DST, New Delhi	19.18
xxii	2003 – 2006	Principal Investigator	Project ‘SEISTA” Seismo Tectonics of South India.	DST, New Delhi.	23.13
xxiii	2004 – 2007	Pirncipal Investigator	Project “NILA” Nilgiri Landslides [ in Progress ]	DST, New Delhi	23.00
xxiv	2004 – 2009	Co-Ordinator	Innovative Programme (M.Sc Geoinformatics) [ in Progress ]	UGC, New Delhi	36.50
xxv	2005 – 2006	Principal Investigator	Project “TSUNATA” Tsunami Disaster Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu	DST, New Delhi	10.00
xxvi	2005 – 2007	Principal Investigator	Project “S&T MAP” GIS data base for Tamil Nadu [ in Progress ]	TNSCS&T, Chennai	11.50
xxvii	2006 – 2009	Principal Investigator	Project “SLR-TA” Impact of predicted Sea level rise along Tamil Nadu coast [ in Progress ]	SAC (ISRO), Ahmedabad	14.10
xxviii	2006 – 2007	Principal Investigator	Project “SASTA” [ in Progress ]	SPC, Chennai	10.00
xxix	2006 – 2009	Principal Investigator	Project “SSS” science of shallow subsurface along Tamil Nadu Coastal plains [ in Progress ]	DST, New Delhi	18.00
xxx	2006 – 2007	Principal Investigator	Project “B-CAN” (feasibility study on revival of Buckingham canal) [ in Progress ]	TNSLUB, SPC, Chennai	10.00
xxxi	2006 - 2010	Co-Ordinator	Project “FIST” Fund for Improvement of Science&Technology Infrastructure in University and Higher Education Institutions [ in Progress ]	DST, New Delhi	55.00
xxxii	2007 - 2009	Project Adviser	Project “RGNDWM-III” Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking water mission [ in Progress ]	NRSA, Hyderabad	36.00
xxxiii	2007 - 2010	Principal Investigator	Project “TIRUMALAS” Thirumala landslides and Mitigation Strategies [ in Progress ]	DST, New Delhi	14.20

3. Consultancy Projects (Rs 29 Lakhs)

TRAININGS / SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS CONFERENCES ORGANISED

Sl. No.	Year	Position	Title	Funding Agency
1.	1987	Organiser/ Resource Person	“Remote Sensing Training” (10 days) Training Programme for the Malaysian Scientists at University of Technology, Malaysia, Johor Baru.	COSTED Chennai
2.	1988	Co-ordinator	International Familiarisation Course on "Cyclone Tracking Disaster Assessment and Management" for the South East Asian Region Participants.	UNESCO Paris
3.	1990	Director	Workshop on “Water Resources”	ISRO Bangalore
4.	1990	Director	National Seminar on “Thrust Areas in the Application of Remote Sensing” (TAARS).	DST, TNSCST, DOD, UGC, DOEN
5.	1990	Co-ordinator	Refresher course on “Remote Sensing Application in Earth Sciences” (30 days).	UGC
6.	1990	Co-ordinator	Refresher course on “Remote Sensing Application In Water Resources” (30 days).	UGC
7.	1990	Co-ordinator	Refresher Course on “Remote Sensing Application in Mineral Exploration”	UGC
8.	1991	Co-ordinator	Refresher Course on “Remote Sensing Application in Coastal Geomorphology and Coastal Zone Management”	UGC
9.	1991	Co-ordinator	Refresher Course on “Remote Sensing Application in Environmental Studies”	UGC
10.	1991	Co-ordinator	Refresher Course on “Remote Sensing Application in Water Resources”	UGC
11.	1992	Co-ordiantor	Refresher course on “Remote Sensing in Geology”	UGC
12.	1992	Co-ordinator	Refresher course on “Remote Sensing in Water Resources”	UGC
13.	1992	Co-ordinator	Refresher course on “Remote Sensing in Water Resources”	UGC
14.	1992	Co-ordinator	2 days workshop on “Recharge”.	TNSCST Chennai
15.	1993	Co-ordinator	3 days National level “Tamil Nadu Science Congress Conference”.	Swedesi Science Movement, Karaikudi
16.	1993	Co-ordinator	One month Refresher course in “Earth Sciences”.	UGC
17.	1994	Seminar Director	Seminar on “Recent Trends in Remote Sensing and Earth Science Research”.	Bharathidasan University
18.	1994	Co-ordinator	Refresher Course in Remote Sensing in Geography	UGC
19.	1995	Co-ordinator	“Scientific Writing” (By P.G.Cooray, Srilanka).	UNESCO **
20.	1996	Programme Co-ordinator	One day Workshop on IRS 1C	NRSA Hyderabad
21.	1997	Course Co-ordinator	Four days Workshop on “Geohazards”	UGC, DoD, TNSCST, DST
22.	1997	Convener	Three days National Symposium on “GIS and Geological Remote Sensing”.	UGC, DoD, TNSCST, DST
23.	1997	Course Co-ordinator	Four weeks training Course on “Remote Sensing Applications to Geology ”	ISRO Bangalore
24.	1999	Organising Secretary	IGCP 367 Meeting-cum-Workshop on “ Quaternary Coastal Environments: Records of Rapid Changes and Responses” (2 days)	Central and State Government Agencies
25.	1999	Course Director	3 days Training on Remote Sensing and GIS in Soil and Water Conversation for Executive Engineers of Agri-cultural Engineering. Department. (Government of Tamil Nadu).	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
26.	1999	Course Director	3 days Training on Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural resources Survey for Assistant Engineers / Junior Engineers of Agricultural Engineering Dept.	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
27.	2000	Course Director	Meeting cum Workshop (1/2 day) on Resource and Environment Management of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, for Collectors and Government Officials of Western Ghat Region.	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
28.	2000	Course Director	2 Days Panel Discussion on GIS for Water Shed Development	Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai.
29.	2000	Co-ordinator	2 Days Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS for Sustainable Rural Development for District Collectors and other Planning Officers of the Southern Districts of Tamilnadu.	State Planning Commission, Chennai.
30.	2000	Course Co-ordinator	2 Days Course on Remote Sensing for College Teachers	ISRO, Bangalore *
31.	2000	Course Co-ordinator	1 Day Course on Remote Sensing for University and College Teachers	ISRO, Bangalore
32.	2000	Course Co-ordinator	5 Days Course on Remote Sensing for School Teachers	ISRO, Bangalore
33.	2000	Course Co-ordinator	3 Weeks Course on Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics	ISRO, Bangalore
34.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Training programme on Remote Sensing Techniques for Assistant Engineers / Junior Engineers of Agricultural Engg. (Government of Tamil Nadu.)	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
35.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Two days Workshop on Remote Sensing for College Teachers.	ISRO, Bangalore
36.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Three week Training programme on Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics for University and College Teachers (All India).	ISRO, Bangalore
37.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Training programme on Remote Sensing and GIS applications for Assistant Soil Conservation Officers, Agricultural Engg. (Government of Tamil Nadu)	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
38.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Training programme on Remote Sensing and GIS applications for Assistant Engineers & Junior Engineers of Agricultural Engg. (Government of Tamil Nadu.)	Department of Agricultural Engineering, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
39.	2001	Course Co-ordinator	Five days orientation course on Remote Sensing to School Teachers.	ISRO, Bangalore.
40.	2002	Course Co-ordinator	Colloquium on “CRUSDE” (Project “Crestal Deformation Studies of South India”) in the Forenoon Session.	ISRO, Bangalore..
41.	2002	Course Co-ordinator	Half day Brain Storming Session on “Life History of River Cauvery” (LIFCA) in the Afternoon Session.	ISRO, Bangalore..
42.	2002	Course Co-ordinator	Two days Pre-Conference Tutorial on GIS and Water Resources Management at Centre for Remote Sensing	Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmedabad
43.	2002	Organising Secretary	Three days National Conference on “IT Enabled Spatial Data Services” – GEOMATICS 2002 at Centre for Remote Sensing.	Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmedabad.
44.	2002	Co-ordinator	4^th NRDMS Expert Committee Meeting	Department of Science & Technology, (NRDMS), New Delhi.
45.	2003	Course Director	Four days Training on GIS for the Geologists of Agricultural Engineering Department.	Department of Agricultural Engineering,Govt. of Tamil Nadu
46.	2004	Course Director	One day awareness programme on “Remote Sensing towards Sustainable Development	TN State Landuse Board,Chennai.
47.	2004	Course Director	One day Workshop on Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development” at St.Joseph College, Trichy	ISRO, Bangalore.
46.	2005	Course Director	Three day Training Programme on WGDP – Wegharis – QUBIS for Line depts. Of Theni .Dindigul, Madurai dts.	State Planning Commission
47.	2005	Course Director	Three day Brain Stroming session on “ Tsunami mitigation Stratigies” 25-26 Feb 2005	Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
48.	2005	Course Director	Organised a Two day National Workshop on “ NRDMS related Geospatial Technology for Develomental Planning, 29-30 July 2005	Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
49.	2007	Course Co-ordinator	Jointly organised a Two day Training programme on “Geomatics in Natural Disaster Management” at Vellore Institute of Technology on 18 - 20^th September 2007	Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
50.	2007	Course Director	Organised a Two day Brain Storming session on “Sea Level Rise and its Impact along Tamil Nadu coast”, 16 – 17 November 2007	Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad
51.	2007	Course Director	Organised a Two day Brain Storming session on “Revival of Lakes & Water Bodies” 18-19 December, 2007	Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
52	2008	Course Director	Organised a Two Day Inter Corridor Meeting on Science of Shallow Subsurface (SSS), 16-17 October 2008	Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi

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No.

Year

Title

Publisher

1987

Cyclone Diaster Assessment

Anna University, Chennai

1992

Proceedings of First Tamil

Nadu Science Congress -

Special Volume on Earth

Sciences

Bharathidasan University

Tiruchirappalli

1994

Proceedings of Third Tamil

Nadu Science Congress -

Special Volume on Earth

Sciences

Bharathidasan University

Tiruchirappalli

1995

Recent Trends in Geological Remote Sensing

Rawat Publishers, Jaipur

2002

IT Enabled Spatial Data Services

Indian Society of Geomatics Ahmedabad

2003

Remote Sensing and Geology

Rawat Publishers, Jaipur.

2003

Remote Sensing in Water Resources

Rawat Publishers, Jaipur.

2005

Remote Sensing in Geomorphology

New India publishing Agency, New Delhi

2005

Tsunami: The Indian Context

Allied Publishers

Chennai

2005

Geospatial Technology

Allied Publishers

Chennai

2006

Geomatics in Tsunami

New India publishing Agency, New Delhi

Sl. No.	Degree/ Course	Subject	Year	Institution
1	Certificate Course (3 months)	Geological Mapping and Mineral Exploration	1975- 76	Geological Survey of India, Jaipur
2	Certificate Course (8 weeks)	Aerial Photo Interpretation for Geological and Geomorphological Mapping, River Basin Studies and Mineral Exploration	1977	Geological Survey of India, Jaipur
3	Diploma Course (1 year)	Remote sensing in Geo resources Exploration, Geological Eco-systems, Geo environment, Natural Disasters	1980- 81	Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad
4	Certificate Course (5 weeks)	Advanced Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data for Natural Resources Survey and Monitoring	1981	National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad,
5	UNESCO Sponsored GIS Course (5 weeks)	GIS for Natural Resources Inventory and Planning	1993	CSRE, IIT, Mumbai

Sl. No.	Year	Position	Title	Funding Agency	Amount (in Lakhs)
i.	1990	Consultant	PERANAI - Integrated Geological and Geomorphological studies for Identifying the areas of Soil Erosion to Stop Reservoir Siltation in Vaigai Reservoir.	World Bank Aided WRO Project	0.60
ii.	1993 - 95	Consultant	VAIGAI - Identification of Erosion Prone areas in Vaigai Catchment Region to Stop Siltation in Vaigai Reservoir.	World Bank Aided WRO Project	3.00
iii.	1995 - 96	Consultant	KUNDAH - Environmental Geomor-phology of Kundah Hydro Electric Scheme.	Tamilnadu Electricity Board	7.50
iv.	2000 - 01	Consultant	FRAQTA - Fractured Aquifer System modelling in Tamil Nadu	World Bank Aided WRO Project	15.00
v.	2002 - 03	Consultant	Prepartion of Ground water prospecting map for parts of Kerala.	NRSA Hyderabad	1.92 Lakhs
vi	2006	Consultant	Project “FLOODCON” - Base Paper on Flood Conservation for Tamil Nadu.	SPC, Tamil Nadu	1.00 Lakhs

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

TRAININGS UNDERGONE

FIELD OF SPECIALISATION

EXPERIENCE / CONTRIBUTIONS (36 Years)

1. 1971 – 74 As Geologist, PWD Groundwater, Govt. 0f Tamil Nadu

2. 1974 – 86 As Geologist, Geological Survey of India, Rajasthan & Gujarat (Western Region)

3. 1986-89 As Scientist, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai

4. 1989 - March 2009 As Professor and Head, School of Earth Sciences and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

i. On Remote Sensing & GIS in Mineral and hydrocarbon habitat mapping

ii. On Remote Sensing & GIS in modern geological processes

iii. On Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources

iv. On Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural disaster management

v. Spatial Decision Support Systems for sustainable development

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Assignments of Academic Honour

2. Countries Visited

NATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Assignments of Academic Honour

2. MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES

RESEARCH GUIDANCE

1. M.Phil / M.Tech (Guided & Awarded)

2. Ph.Ds (Guided & Awarded)

3. Ph.Ds (Inprogress)

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS : CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED

1. R & D projects

3. Consultancy Projects (Rs 29 Lakhs)

Amount

TRAININGS / SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS CONFERENCES ORGANISED

Publisher