Curriculum Vitae

Name : Dr. T. J. Renuka Prasad

Date of Birth and age : 13-01-1958, 58 years

Address for communication : Professor

Department of Geology

Jnanabharathi Campus

Bangalore University

Bangalore – 560 056

Karnataka, India.

Residential Address : P-5, J.B.Campus

Bangalore University

Bangalore 560056

Contact Details : +919845392748

080-22961385/23212977®

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Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Employment:

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No.

Designation Period Organisation

1. Research Assistant 1981 –82 (one year) ISRO., Govt of

India, Bangalore,

India

2. Research Assistant 1982-83 (one year) Dept. of Geology

Bangalore

University ,

Bangalore, India.

3. Lecturer 1983-91 - do-

4. Reader in Geology 1991-99 - do-

5. Professor of Geology 1999- to date - do-

6. OSD, Bangalore University

Land Protection (Additional

charge)

2010 – 2012 - do -

7. Coordinator, Bio-park,

Bangalore University

2014 – to date -do-

Research or Technical career

a). Research projects completed

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No.

Title of the Project/work Sponsoring Agency Status

1. Hydrogeological Study of Shimsha

River Basin in Karnataka

University Grants

Commission

Completed

2. Hydrogeological Investigations in

Maddur and Malavalli Taluks,

Mandya District Karnataka

M/s. Chamundeswari

Sugar Company,

Bangalore. Karnataka.

Completed

3. Hydrogeological Study around

Pavagada Taluk, Mandya District,

Karnataka.

M/s PSSK Ltd.

Pandavapura, Karnataka,

India.

Completed

4. Geophysical Survey around Kolar. SC/ST Corporation,

Government of Karnataka.

Completed

5. Geological set up in and around

Agastya International foundation

campus, Kuppam

Agastya International

foundation

Completed

6. Hydrogeological investigation at

Bidar

Completed

7. Harnessing Groundwater at Five

catchments in Jnanabharathi campus,

Bangalore University, Bangalore

Central Ground Water

Board

Completed

8. Development of Biopark in

Bangalore University

Bangalore University Completed

9. Aquifer assessment through pumping

and slug test and providing technical

assistance for implementation of

Component of Hydorlogy project

Watershed Development

Department, Govt.of

Karnataka, World Bank

Project

On going

B). Ph.D. Programmes

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No.

Title of the Ph.D. Research

Programme

Name of the Research

Scholar Status

1. Hydrogeological study of Bangalore

District using Remote Sensing

Techniques.

S. M. Nagaraj Completed

2. Hydrogeological study of

Channagirihalla and Soppinahalla

watersheds using Remote Sensing and

GIS Techniques.

H. V. Shashibhushan

Kumar Completed

3. Artificial Recharge Techniques in

Gneissic Terrain in Parts of Kolar

District.

K. R. Suryanarayana Completed

4. Municipal waste Disposal Practices and

their Impacts on Groundwater Quality

in Bangalore Metropolitan Region

Mohd. Ali Farooqi Completed

5. Comprehensive Watershed

Management Studies of “Yale

Mallappa Shetty Kere Watershed Using

Remote Sensing and GIS Technique”

Bangalore North

G.S.Chandan On going

6. Comprehensive Hydrological Studies

of North Bangalore Metropolitan

Region using Remote Sensing and

Geographic Information System

Techniques”.

Ramesh Dikpal

Completed &

Thesis

submitted

7. Comprehensive Hydrological Studies

of North Bangalore Metropolitan

Region using Remote Sensing and

Geographic Information System

Techniques”.

Krishna Murthy B N

Completed &

Thesis

submitted

8. Comprehensive Hydrological Studies

in Chintamani taluk, Chikkaballapur

District Using Remote Sensing and

Geographic Information System

Techniques

Nandeesh V On going

9. Forest Hydrology in South-East dry

Agro-climatic Zones of Karnataka

Using Remote Sensing & GIS”.

Jagadish M. Kattimani On going

c). M.Phil., M.Sc. and M.E. Programmes Sl.

No. Title of the Research work Student Course Status/year

1.

Hydrogeological study of

Channagirihalla and

Soppinahalla using Remote

Sensing and GIS

H.V. Shashibhushan

Kumar M.Phil

Completed

(1998-99)

2.

Hydrogeological Study of

Bommanahalli Watershed,

Bijapur District, Raichur,

Karnataka.

H.K.Lakshmipathaiah M.Phil. Completed

(1996-97)

3.

Application of Remote Sensing

Techniques in Groundwater

Study Around Lingasugur

Taluk, Raichur District.

T.Rajeswari M.Phil., Completed

(1995-96)

4. Hydrogeochemical study of

Tumkur District, Karnataka Arathi. Y.K. M.Sc.,

Completed

(1992)

5.

Comparative Study of Rainfall

Pattern of Chidurga and

Dakshinakannada District in

Karnataka.

Ravikumar, R M.Sc., Completed

(1993)

6.

Demarcation of Groundwater

Potential Zones Using Remote

Sensing and GIS Techniques –

A Case Study of Sitalthore

Watershed, Kanva Basin,

Karnataka.

Nagaraj Shenoy M.E. Completed

(1999-2000)

7.

Delineation of Groundwater

Pollution prone areas, part of

Vrishabhavathi using Remote

Sensing and GIS Techniques.

Ramesh N. M.E. Completed

8.

Water Quality Index for

Groundwater of Southern part

of Bangalore City.

Ravindra M.V. M.E. Completed

9.

Factor Analysis of

Hydrogeochemical data around

Bangalore

Roopa M.E. Completed

10.

Hydrogeological Study of

North Dakshina Pinakini Using

Remote sensing & GIS

Sushma M.Sc. Completed

(2006)

11.

Hydrogeological Study of

South Dakshina Pinakini Using

Remote sensing & GIS

Keerthi M.Sc. Completed

(2006)

12. Groundwater studies of

Kalkere catchment, North Nandeesh M.Sc.

Completed

(2009)

Bangalore using Electrical

Resistivity Survey, Remote

Sensing & GIS

13.

Hydrogeochemical study

around Hebbal Valley,

Bangalore North.

Kashyap M.Sc. Completed

(2009)

14. Forest Hydrology of southern

semi arid zone, Karnataka. Jagadish M Kattimani M.Sc.

Completed

(2010)

15. Hydrogeologial studies of

Karaikal Dt., T N Chandra Mouli M.Sc.

Completed

(2014)

16. Hydrogeologial studies of

Nagapattinam Dt., T N Mustafa M.Sc.

Completed

(2014)

17. Hydrogeochemistry of

Pavagada tq., Tumkur Dt. Shravani M.Sc.

Completed

(2015)

Courses offered: The following branches of Geology has been offered to M.Sc.Geology

and M.Sc.Applied Geology courses both Theory and Practicals.

1. Hydrogeology

2. Geophysical survey

3. Geo-statistics

4. RS & GIS

5. Structural Geology

6. Engineering Geology

Labs Developed:

1. Instrumental in the development of high end Computer lab with

emphasis on Remote Sensing & GIS in the Chairmanship of

Prof.G.Srinivas using DRS funds.. Five work stations have been

imported from Singapore. State of the art softwares like ERDAS

Imagine, ArcGIS, Mapinfo procured along with a bunch of softwares

which included Rockworks, Geochemist Work Bench, Ground Water

Modeling Software (GMS), Resix, Golden Surfer, Igpet. XRF lab

2. Instrumental in obtaining additional grants from the University funds

to install XRF procured under DST special assistance amd a new

Geochemistry lab has been constructed at the same time.

Specialisations: Water Resources – Surface Water, Groundwater, Water Quality,

Computer Applications - Remote Sensing and GIS techniques, Geostatistics, Modelling

Consultancy projects: Developed the Consultancy wing to work in the following areas

of interest and wide coverage was given using the media and brought several consultancy

projects to the Department. For details: Consultancy in the Geology Department

Geological/Structural Mapping

Ground Water Exploration

Remote sensing & GIS

Chemical Analysis of Water, Soil & Rocks

Thin section/ Polish section Making

Consultancy carried out for educational purpose and concessions extended to poor people

especially in Hydro-geological surveys. Students of M.Sc. Geology and Applied

Geology also participated in these programmes and got the field experience. The

following few are mention worthy:

1. Geological Survey for the Dam construction purpose near Gokak falls,

Belgaum (negotiated with Secon Co.and sent a team of teachers)

2. Several Hydrogeological studies in and around Bangalore specially to

locate Borewell sites for agricultural purpose. (Team of Research

Scholars and students participated in the week end programmes) For

details of one of the projects: Hydrogeological Studies.

3. Thin section for microscopic studies for GSI and IBM

4. A GIS Data base of Surface and Subsurface features of Agasthya

Campus, A.P.(non profitable) to make models for educating school

children. For further details: Agastya GIS Database (Control + click

Blue to follow link in soft copy; visit drtjrprasad.podbean.com or

vasundhara.podbean.com in case of Hard copy)

Computer skills: Various Computer Applications has been attempted using different

programming languages and packages for the Hydrological studies.

Platform & Hardware: Main Frame (IISc), Mini (Civil Engg, IISc) and Workstation

(GIS lab, Department of Geology) and Desktop from 8086, 286, 386, 486 and Pentium

systems in the Department of Geology.

Software: Worked in the different Operating System environments like DOS, Unix,

Xenix and Windows. Programming Languages like Basic – GW Basic, QBasic; Watfor,

MS-Fortran, RMFortran and Visual Fortran; C and C+ used effectively. Following are

the few works carried out: Time Series Analysis of Rainfall Analysis using Main Frame

with Fourier, Autocorrelation and Moving Average technique. Contours generated using

Fortran in the DOS environment with dot matrix out put with Characters filling in

between the contours. Multivariate Analysis of different maps using Principal

Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis and Trend Surface Analysis has

been done.

Packages: Statgraph, Lotus, Quatrapro, Excel and SPSS for Statistical Analysis; Iddrisi, ,

Erdas Imagine, Geomedia for Remote Sensing; MapInfo ArcGIS for GIS; Rockware,

GMS for Groundwater Modeling; Resix for Resistivity data Analysis; Google Earth, and

Google Earth pro for Mapping purposes and MS Office for general purposes.

Popularising Earth Info System : An attempt has been made to popularize the Earth

Science among the Schools/College students. Multimedia presentation and interactive

sessions conducted. Invited to the Department and provided a feel of different

laboratories. As a part of it, Govt.Science College were taken to field work at Bababudan

Hills. Teachers and research scholars had knowledge exchange programme with college

teachers and students also. Jnanadri Trekking has been conducted to showcase the

Jnanabharathi campus to get a feel of Mother Earth, Hydrogeological projects,

Environmental aspects. Lot of college and school children participated in the programme

apart from NGOs’ and Public.

Accreditations: Tank Rejuvenation and Water bodies development, Expert adviser in the

cases of Lok Adalat, Govt.of Karnataka, Adviser to BDA, BBMP in the management of

Earth Resources specially Drainage Net work and water bodies.

Interests: Reading Novels, Watching Art Movies, Member of Suchitra Film Society and

attended Bangalore Film Festivals and International Film Festival of India regularly.

Participating in Film Festivals, Traveling to cover Hill stations, Beaches, Snow fields.

Discussion on various subjects. Counseling related to Education and Social relevant

aspects.

Week End Field Work: Initiated a new programme in the department after assuming as

Chairman, M.Sc Geology and Applied Geology students are learning in the field on week

ends. First semester students attended 13 weeks in the 16 weeks semester. Teachers have

shown interest in the programme and research students also participated in the

programme. Registrar was kind enough to sanction the vehicle hiring charges for the

purpose. A photo album has been made and presented at the end of the semester. For

details: Week end field work

Alumni Association: As a part of NAAC requirements attempted to make an Alumni

Association which was not exist till recent days. Various organizations have been

contacted and a data base of Bangalore University employees mail IDs and Contact nos.

has prepared and as a result more than 150 members enrolled. Several meetings

conducted and valuable work experience shared with the students and staff of the Dept.

Registration of the Association is pending.

Trainings Organised: As a Chairman of the Department thought of getting real time

work exposure to the students. Institutes like Central Ground Water Board, Atomic

Minerals Division, RRSSC (ISRO) have been used effectively. Hands on experience in

Hydrological Studies, Uranium Exploration and Remote Sensing respectively has been

provided to the students in different batches.

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List of Publications

1. Geohydrogeological studies of Shimsha River Basin in Karnataka (with

G.Srinivas), Proc. Sem. “Hydrological Incvestigations During The Last Years

in India”. May 23-24, 1982, Waltair.

2. Geomorphologica Studies of Shimsha River Basin in Karnataka, (Abs) Proc. 70th

Indian Science Congress, Tirupati, India, 1983.

3. Spectral Analysis of Rainfall Over Shimsha River Basin in Karnataka (Abs)

Proc. Sem. On Hydrogeology, Hydrabad, 1983.

4. Study of Precipitation Trends in Shimsha River Basin in Karnataka (with G.

Srinivas and C. Naganna), Trans. Inst. Indian Geographers, Vol. 6, No.2f July

1984.

5. Study of some Chemical Parameters of Ggroundwater From The Area Around

Shabanur, Davanagere Taluk, Karnataka (with N. Shadakshara swamy),

Hydrology Journal of IAH, Vol.X, No.4, Sept-dec., 1987.

6. Groundwater Exploration, Exploitation and Management Problems in Hard Rock

Terrains A Case Study of Shimsha Basin in Karnataka, India ( with C.

Natganna, G.Srinivas and K.L Narahari Rao) accepted for presentation in the

Int. Symp. On Groundwater Development: Quantity and quality, Valencia,

Spain, 1989.

7. Geohydrological studies of Shimsha river Basin in Karnataka ( with G. Srinivas),

in “Studies in Earth Sciences”, Prof. C. Naganna Feliciation Volume, 1990,

Bangalore University, pp. 101-110.

8. Hydrogeochemistry of Shimsha River Basin in Karnataka (with G.Srinivas)

(Abs), Seventh Ind. Geol. Cong., 31st Dec. 1989 to 2

nd Jan 1990, Bangalore,

pp.69-70.

9. Significance of Deep seated aquifers in Over Exploted Crystalline terrain,

Bangalore University – A case study (with T.M.Hunse and M.A. Farooqui.

Proc. Of workshop on Groundwater, CGWB, Bangalore Oct.97).

10. Hydrogeomorphological study of Channagirihalla and Soppinahalla watersheds,

Channagiri Taluk, Karnataka.(with H.V. Shashibhushan Kumar) Proc of

Workshop on Groundwater, CGWB, Bangalore, Feb, 2000.

11. Hydrogeological study of Channagirihalla and Soppinahalla Watersheds,

Channagiri Taluk, Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Stockholm 2000

Water Symposium, Sweden

12. An Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Delineation of

Groundwater Potential Zones – A Case study of Channagirihalla and

Soppinahalla Watersheds, Karnataka.(with Shashibhushan Kumar, H. V),

Nat.Sym.Advances in Remote Sensing Technology with special emphasis on

High Resolution Imagery, Dec 11-13,2001,Space Application Centre, ISRO,

Ahemdabad. For details: ISRO-SAC-National Workshop (Control + click Blue

to follow link)

13. Delineation of Groundwater Pollution prone area, Part of Vrishabhavathi Basin

by Drastic Index Method, Using GIS. Int. Workshop of Integrated Water

Management, 21st – 23

rd June, 2001, Bangalore (with N. Ramesh)

14. Renuka Prasad T. J., and Delineation of Groundwater otential Zones using

Remote Sensng and GIS Techniques – A Case Study of Sitaltore Watershed,

Kanva Basin, Karnataka. Int. Conference “Environment, Energy, Technology,

Development and Society’s Response & XXIII Indian Inst. Geog. Meet, 1st – 3

rd

Dec. 2001, Varanasi (with Nagaraj Shenoy and Shashibhushan Kumar)

15. Delineation of ground water potential zones in Yale Mallappa Shetty Kere

watershed using Remote sensing and GIS. (Seminar on “EMERGING TRENDS

IN GEOTECHNOLOGY” challenges and opportunities, organized by Global

Academy of Technology & Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 7th

& 8th

Nov2008) Abstract volume. Dr. T J Renukaprasad* and Chandan G.S

**

16. Contamination of ground water in the Northern part of Yele Mallappa Shetty

Kere Watershed, Bangalore North taluk, using Remote Sensing and

GIS.(Chandan G.S, Prabhudev M.V), IISc., Bangalore 2010.

17. Study of Third-Order drainage basins of Yale Mallappa Shetty Kere (YMSK)

watershed using GIS (with Chandan. G.S) Abstract Volume IIG 30th

Conference, Bangalore University, 2011

18. Artificial Recharge Zone delineation in the forest regions of part of Dry

Agroclimatic Zones of Karnataka Using Remote Sensing and GIS (Jagadish

Kattimani and Chandan). Proceedings of International Seminar on Water,

Health and Sanitation, UVCE (Civil), Bangalore University, Bangalore. 2011.

19. Morphometric Studies of Fourth order Sub-Basins (FOSB’s) in North Bangalore

Metropolitan Region using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information system

Techniques, (Ramesh L Dikpal) ISSN (Online): 2279-0055, International

Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computational and Applied Sciences,

5(2), June-August 2013, pp. 134-140

20. Time Sries Analysis Of Rainfall & Water Management In The South-East Dry

Agro Climatic Zones Of Karnataka Using RS & GIS (J M Kattimani), Proceed. ICE_WWISH-2013,Bangalore

21. Groundwater Contamination And Pollution Prone Zones Of Northern Part Of

Yale Mallappa Shetty Kere (Ymsk) Watershed, Bangalore North Using Remote

Sensing And GIS, (Chandan G S) ISSN NO 2320-5407 International Journal of

Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 1, 996-1006

22. Time Series Analysis of Rainfall in North Bangalore Metropolitan Region using

Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System Techniques (Ramesh L Dikpal)

ISSN 2320-5407 International Journal of Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 4 ,824-832

23. Study of Urbanization and its effect on Water resources in Yale Mallappa

Shetty Kere watershed, Bangalore North taluk using Remote Sensing and GIS

(Chandan G.S), International Journal of Emerging Technologies in

Computational and Applied Sciences, 7(3), December 2013- February, 2014,

pp. 295-300

24. Morphometric Analysis of Cauvery Sub-watershed of South Bangalore

Metropolitan Region of Karnataka, India (with Krishnamurthy et al)

International Journal of Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 4, 60-67, ISSN

2320-5407

25. SEASONAL VARIATION OF NITRATE IN NATURAL WATER OF

BANGALORE NORTH (with Rudreshkumar et al) International Journal of

Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 11, 1120-1122, ISSN 2320-5407

26. Application of Factor Analysis in the Analysis of Groundwater Quality of Bangalore North

Taluk.( under review) 27. “Groundwater Chemistry of South Karaikal and Nagapattinam Districts,

Tamilnadu, India” (with Chandramouli) IJETCAS, Issue 9, Volume 3, pp. 218-

223, June-August, 2014

28. “Physico-chemical analysis of groundwater covering the parts of

Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore Urban District” IJETCAS, Issue 9, Volume 3,

pp. 229-236, June-August, 2014

PAPERS UNDER PREPARATION: Few Doctoral programmes and Dissertation

carried out resulted in good database and papers are in the publication stage. The

following are the papers about to communicate to Journal for publication:

1. Morphometric Analysis of Yale Mallappa Shetty Kere watershed.

2. Comparision of Decadal Water Quality of Tumkur District with the recent

days (Sreedhara )

3. Ground Water Studies of Kalkere Catchment using Electrical Resistivity

Survey, Remote Sensing and GIS (Chandan & Nandeesh Kumar )

4. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones of North Bangalore

Metropolitan Region, using RS/GIS techniques.(Krishna Murthy)

5. Hydrogeochemistry of _Post monsoon of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere

6. Hydro_Geochem_Premonsoon of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere

7. Study of water quality of selected waterbodies around southern part of Yele

Mallappa Shetty Kere

8. Change detection of LULC using RS techniques of Yale Mallappa Shetty

Kere Watershed

9. Contamination of groundwater in in Bangalore Metropolitan Region due to

municipal waste and factor analysis to determine the controlling factors

(Mohd. Ali Farooqi)

10. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere

using RS_GIS technique

11. Delineatiion of Pollution Vulnerable Zones of Bangalore Metropolitan

Region using RS & GIS Technique(Mohd. Ali Farooqi)

12. Ground Water Studies of part of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere Watershed

using Electrical Resistivity Survey

13. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones of Chintamani taluk using

RS/GIS techniques (Nandeesh V)

14. Forest Hydrology in Dry Agroclimatic Zones of Karnataka using Remote

Sensing and GIS (Jagadeesh M Kattimani)

15. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones of south Bangalore

Metropolitan Region using RS/GIS techniques.(Ramesh Dikpal)

16. Change detection of waterbodies in Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere Watershed.

17. Fourier analysis of Rainfall of Kolar District (Sooryanarayana )

18. Seasonal variation of Hydrogeochemistry of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere

Watershed

19. Factor analysis of water chemistry of Tumkur District (Sreedhara )

20. Factor analysis of ground water chemical data of Yele Mallappa Shetty Kere

Watershed

21. Delineation of Groundwater Potential zones of Tumkur District using RS

and GIS (Sreedhara)

22. Artificial Recharge Techniques in Granite Gneiss Terrain in part of Kolar

District, Karnataka (K R Sooryanarayana )

Memoir/Manuals/Reports/Album: (Control + click Blue to follow link)

1. Study of Drainages and Water Bodies and Groundwater around Bangalore

along with water auditing and budgeting using Remote Sensing & GIS.

Memoir - Water Problems in Bangalore – A fastest growing Cities of India,

JGSI, Bangalore.

2. Editor of Proceedings of the Workshop on REAPPRAISAL OF MINING &

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, Dept.of Geology, Bangalore University, 2006.

For details: Impact of Mining on Environment

3. Draft Manual of Bio-park, Bangalore University, 2007. For details:

International Year of Planet Earth.

4. A Report on Spatial Information & Database of Jnana Bharathi

CampusBangalore University Using Remote Sensing and GIS. For details: Bangalore University Land Encroachment; Bangalore University Land

Encroachment Legal Issues

5. Article on Recycling of Tertiary treated water of Vrishabhavathi stream by

multilayered filtering and wet land technique (part of University Potential of

Excellence programme). For further details visit: Water Purification &

Recycling.

6. Photo Album of Land Encroachment of Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore

University. For details: Bangalore University Land Encroachment Photo

Album.

Website Blog & Articles: (Control + click all Blue to follow link)

The following articles are published in the Web blog - http://drtjrprasad.podbean.com and http://vasundhara.podbean.com

1. Bangalore University Land Encroachment Legal Issues Apr 10th, 2012 –

Grabbing of land of Jnana bharathi campus, Bangalore University by

encroachers and related legal status. A pdf file is also uploaded to get

important Maps and Statistics.

2. Bangalore University Land Encroachment Apr 10th, 2012. A pdf is also

uploaded showing the extent of Land Encroachment of Bangalore University

along with related Maps and Photographs.

3. Cycling & Recycling in Bangalore University May 15th, 2011:Two activities

undertaken by Bangalore University related to Environmental aspects. A Pdf

file showing the terrain of Bangalore University is uploaded.

4. Bio-Park May 8th, 2011: Illustration of Bio-park of Bangalore University with

photos and maps. A ppt presentation is uploaded to get a feel of Jnanabharathi

Bio-park.

Workshops conducted: (Control + click all Blue to follow link in soft copy or visit

drtjrprasad.podbean.com or vasundhara.podbean.com in case of Hard copy)

1. Convener of National Workshop on “REAPPRAISAL OF MINING &

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES” in Department of Geology, Bangalore

University. (02/02/2007- 04/02/2007). For details: Impact of Mining on

Environment

2. Convener of International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009. A draft manual

of Bangalore University Bio-park has been released. A Draft Manual released

and Jnanadri Trekking has been conducted to create awareness about Mother

Earth. For further details: International Year of Planet Earth

3. Special Invitee in the Advisory Committee of Biopark meetings, Bangalore

University, Bangalore.

4. Member of Organising Committee of International Workshop on

“Sequence Stratigraphy” in Department of Geology, Bangalore University,

2006

5. Member of Organising Committee of International Workshop on

“Sequence Stratigraphy” in Department of Geology, Bangalore University,

2012.

Professional Experience

1. Seventy fourth Indian Science Congress Seminar, Jan. 1987, Bangalore.

2. Seventh Indian Geological Congress and National Seminor on 31st Dec.1989 to

2nd

Jan. 1990, Bangalore.

3. Workshop on Artificial Recharge in hard rock terrain, organised by Central

Groundwater Board (CGWB), Bangalore, 1992.

4. Training Course on Remote Sensing Applications to Water Resources (4 weeks).

Conducted by NRSA, Dept. of Space, Government of India, Hydrabad, from 4th

Oct. 1993 to 29 Oct 1993.

5. Short Course on Applied fluvial Geomorphology, Sponsored by DST at Dept. of

Geology, Dibrugarh University, from March 4 –11, 1999, at Dibrugarh.

6. Workshop on Groundwater Management organsied by Central Ground Water

Board, Bangalore, Feb.2000

7. Attended and Presented a paper on Water bodies around Bangalore in 24th

Annual Conference of Institute of Indian Geographers” organized by Department

of Geography, BHU. Varanasi (2005)

8. Seminar on Emerging trends in Geotechnology, Challenges & Opportunities,

Global Academy of Technology & Geological Society of India, 7 & 8th

Nov,

2008.

9. Attended workshop on Action plan for “Rejuvenation and Sustenance of

Arkavathi River basin”, organized by Global Academy of Technology &

Geological Society of India, Bangalore at Jnanajothi auditorium on 25th July

2009.

10. Attended workshop on “How to Save Lakes of Bangalore” organized by Arghyam

organization at Sir.C.V.Raman Institute. Bangalore.

11. Attended and Presented a paper on Water bodies around Bangalore in 30th

Annual Conference of Institute of Indian Geographers” organized by Department

of Geography, Pune University, Pune. (2009)

12. Attended and Presented a paper on Morphometry in “XXXI Annual Conference

of Institute of Indian Geographers” organized by Department of Geography,

Bangalore university, Bangalore. (19-21st February, 2010)

13. Attended and Presented a paper on Groundwater contamination in “Lake 2010:

Symposium on Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate change” organized by

Center for Ecological studies, IISc–Bangalore. (22-24th December 2010)

14. Workshop on “Tunneling for Bangalore Metro and its impact on subsurface

safety and Groundwater situation in the project area” Translation of the paper

“Geo-hydrological studies along the Metro-Rail Alignment in Bangalore by

M. Sekhar & M. S. Mohan Kumar, Indian Institute of Science”, to Kannada

and presented to Print & Electronic Media along with the Public and answered

the queries regarding Impact on Groundwater due to Metro construction.

Affiliation with Professional bodies and Societies

1. Life Member – Association of Exploration Geophysicists, Hydrabad, India.

2. Member – Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

3. Life member – ISRS, Dehradun.

4. Life member – IAH, Roorki.

5. Life Member – Geological Society of India

Involvement in the Journal Publications:

1. Executive committee member, Journal UGIT, Dept.of Geography, Bangalore

University

2. Executive committee member, Geo-eye, e-Journal, Dept.of Geography,

Bangalore University.

3. International Editorial Advisory Board Member, IJEE, NITK, Suratkal.

Academic participation

1. Member of Board of Appointments in Karnatak University, Dharwar,

Karnataka

2. Member of Board of Appointments in S.V. University, Tirupati, A.P.

3. Member of Board of Appointments in Yogi Vemana University, Cuddapah,

A.P.

4. Member of Board of Appointments in Osmania University, Hyderabad, A.P.

5. Member of Board of Appointments in Shollapur, Maharastra.

6. Member Board of Studies, Geoinformatics, Mangala Gangortri, University of

Mangalore, Karnataka.

7. Member Board of Studies, Davanagere University, Karnataka.

8. Member of Board of Studies in Yogi Vemana University, Cuddapah, A.P.

9. Member of Board of Studies, Dept.of Env.Science, Gulbarga University,

Karnataka.

10. Member (Co-opted) of Board of Studies, Dept. of Geography, Bangalore

University, Bangalore to Introduce Computer courses for Post Graduate

students

11. Member of Board of Studies, Dept. of Geology, Bangalore University,

Bangalore (Internal)

12. Member of Board of Examiners, Geoinformatics, Mangala Gangortri,

University of Mangalore, Karnataka.

13. Member of Board of Examiners, Geoinformatics, Mangala Gangortri,

University of Mangalore, Karnataka.

14. Member of Board of Examiners, Manasa Gangotri, University of Mysore,

Karnataka.

15. Member of Board of Examiners, Karnatak University, Dharwar, Karnataka.

16. Member of Board of Examiners in Yogi Vemana University, Cuddapah, A.P.

17. Member of Board of Examiners, Dept.of Env.Science, Gulbarga University,

Karnataka.

18. Member of Board of Examiners in Osmania University, Hyderabad, A.P.

19. External Examiner, KSRAC, VTU, Karnataka.

20. Instrumental in Building Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

lab in the Department of Geology, Bangalore University, Bangalore.

21. Proficiency has been gained in the Programming languages

(especially FORTRAN) and GIS techniques to the Groundwater application.

22. Member, Technical Co-ordination Committee of Central Sector Scheme for

study of recharge to groundwater in the Bangalore University.

23. Member, Statutes Committee for Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for

Teaching Staff of Bangalore University.

24. Member, Statutes Committee for Interviews of Career Advancement Scheme

(CAS) for Teaching Staff of Bangalore University.

Adjudicator role in the Doctoral programme of Sister Universities:

1. Kuvempu University, Shankara ghatta, Shimoga

2. Karnatak University, Dharwar

3. Uiversity of Mysore, Mysore

4. Osmania University, Hyderabad.

5. S.V.University, Tirupati.

Courses Instituted: (Control + click all Blue to follow link)

1. M.Sc. Geoinformatics: As a Chairperson of the Dept. of Geology as well as

instrumental person in the development of the Geoinformatics lab and

working in the same field for several years taken forward the dream of my

earlier Chairman Prof.G.Srinivas and instituted the course in M.Sc.

Geoinformatics in the Dept.of Geology and the course is kept in abeyance. For

further details: Geoinformatics Course

2. Five Year Integrated M.Sc. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences: To attract young

and able minds to Universities after plus 2, one of the five year courses of the

Bangalore University is Integrated Five Year M.Sc. course in Earth and

Atmospheric Studies and worked as a Co-ordinator to institute the same and it

is not yet operative. Click for details: Integrated Five Year M.Sc.Earth &

Atmos.Science

Study Tours/Field Programmes:

1. North India trip to M.Sc. Geology and Applied Students during 1985, 1987,

1989, 1994, 2000, 2004

2. Field camp at Holenarasipura, 1992

3. Field camp at Chitra Durga, 2012.

4. Jnanadri Trekking for School and College Students/IT/BT professionals to

create awareness about Mother Earth, Water Conservation, and importance of

Bio-diversity.

5. Field work to B.Sc. students of Govt.Science College around Bababudangiri.

6. Week end programmes in the field with the students and research scholars.

Official participation (other than Univesities)

1. Member, Selection of Scientist-C, Central Ground Water Board, 2009, UPSC,

New Delhi.

2. Member P-T Board Geologists Examination 2011, UPSC, New Delhi.

3. Expert – Board of Selection Committee, ISRO, Bangalore 2010

4. Expert – Board of Selection Committee, ISRO, Bangalore 2012

5. Member – Technical committee, KSRSAC, 2011, Bangalore

6. Member – Technical committee, KSRSAC, 2012, Bangalore

7. Member – Tank Rejuvenation Committee, BDA, Bangalore

8. Expert – Water conservation and Management discussion, BDA, Bangalore.

9. Member – Biodiversity Board, BBMP, Bangalore.

10. Expert – Water conservation and Management discussion, Lok Adalat,

Karnataka High Court, Bangalore.

11. Expert – Water contamination around Bangalore discussion, Lok Adalat,

Karnataka High Court, Bangalore.

12. Expert - Water supply to Bangalore City using Surface Water Bodies – Centre

for Sustainable Development, Bangalore

13. Observer of Examinations at Kolkata Centre, Correspondence course of

Bangalore University.

14. Member – LIC of several affiliated colleges, Bangalore University

15. Member – LIC of several study cenres of Bangalore University in Kolkatta,

Gurudaspur, Indore, Mumbai, Surat, Cochin, Coimbatore,

16. Expert Report - Hydrogeological study of selected watersheds around

Bangalore using Remote Sensing and GIS. Urbanization effects on

drainages and tanks have been studied, Lok Adalat, High Court of

Karnataka.

17. Groundwater pollution studies with special reference to heavy metals in

Hebbal valley. Report submitted to Lok-Adalat High-Court, GOK

18. Workshop on Natural Resource Management, Bangalore Regional

Commissioner office , Bangalore.

19. Demonstration about Tanks & Drainages management around Bangalore at

Center for Sustainable Development Bangalore-

20. Development of Herbal Waterbodies (Kalyanies) around Kunigal

Ranganabetta - Worked with Dr. A.N. Yellappa Reddy.

21. Watershed management around Shivanasamudra using RS & GIS. Field visit

with Dr. A.N. Yellappa Reddy.

22. Skill development of Science teaching to High school teachers conducted by

Karnataka Rajya Vignana Parishat at Davanagere -

23. Skill development of Science teaching to High school teachers conducted by

Karnataka Vignana Parishat at Chitradurga -

24. Workshop at Science Centre, Tumkur 2012

25. Panel Discussion Member of National Workshop on “Inter Linking of

rivers” in the Christ Collage Bangalore, 2007.

26. Demo to Architecture students of Details of DEM generation using Google

and Grid overlay to get the height data of Jnana Bharathi campus,

Bangalore University.

27. Special Invitee to deliver a lecture in the Summit on “Agenda for

Bengaluru Infrastructure Development” (Abide) GOK – “Management of

Water bodies and Drainage Net work.”

28. Special Invitee to Arkavathy River Rejuvenation programme organized by

Arghyam, Bangalore.

29. Management of Water bodies in and around Bangalore, presentation in the

Centre for Sustainable Development.

30. Lecture in the Tranining programme on Sustainability of Drinking Water

Sources – Organised by CGWB & Panchayat Raj Engineering Dept.,GOK.

31. Study of Hydrogeological setup of Yale Mallappa Shetty Kere watershed -

Report submitted to Lok-Adalat High-Court, GOK.

32. Presentation of Geo-tourism in Karnataka, workshop organized by Geological

Society of India, Bangalore on 25th

May, 2013.

33. Lecture on “Management of Surface and Ground Water in and around

Bangalore”, HNMC, organized by Science Forum, National College,

Bangalore on 12th

Jun, 2013.

34. Invitee by Lok Adalat, High Court of Karnataka to participate in the

discussion on “Geo-Tourism” on May 31st, 2013.

35. Lecture delivered in the “Science Forum”, National College, Bangalore on

Management of Surface and Ground water in and around Bangalore on 12th

June, 2013.

36. Chief Guest in the Inaugural function of Workshop on Aquiffer Mapping and

Ground Water Status, CGWB, Bangalore on 17th

Feb, 2014 and delivered a

lecture on Groun Water Status and Management.

Television Programmes:

1. DoorDarshan, Bangalore – On the Eve of EARTH DAY celebration,

discussion on Earth and its environment in the morning programme

“BELAKU”. (2006)

2. Press conference by University – About the new Five year Course introduced

in the University on Integrated M.Sc.course, as Coordinator of the course.

3. TV9 Kannada, Bangalore – On the day of Tsunami 2006, panel discussion on

causes and warning systems of Tsunami for about 3 hrs along with phone in

programme with viewers in Kannada.

4. TV9 English, Bangalore – One hour programme in English on the day of

Tsunami 2006, interviewed as Earth Scientist about causes and prediction of

Tsunami along with Astrologer and other fellow Scientists.

5. TV9 News, Bangalore – An outdoor Chatting with Civil Engineer Mr.Prahlad

Ayengar from USA about Tsunami, El Nino effect and etc for about 30 mins.

6. Samaya TV, Bangalore – Discussion on contribution of Dr.A.N.Yellappa

Reddy, Environmentalist to realize the dream of Bio-park, Bangalore

University.

7. TV9, Bangalore – Expert views about the Drainage system in Bangalore and

its status. The mismanagement of stream network due to urbanization and

reasons for flooding of stream water to houses and a famous temple Sri Gali

Anjaneya Temple in particular.

8. Suvarna News TV – On the eve of Environment day 2012, interviewed about

waste management and water resources management.

9. Press Conference with all the Major Medias in Bangalore – About Report

submitted by me on Land Encroachment of Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore

University. Wide coverage and awareness created about the Land grabbers

and loss to University property.

10. TV9 Kannada, Bangalore – Etu Ediratu, a programme of Questions by Invited

Audience and Answers by Experts about present day status of Universities,

appointment of Vice Chancellors and role of Government

Ph.D.THESIS & PROJECT REPORT EVALUATION: Several Ph.D.

Thesis and Project reports have been evaluated as an Adjudicator and the following is

selected few from the point of society needs.

1. Landslide Hazard Analysis & Zonation mapping in parts of Western Ghats of

Karnataka using Remote Sensing & GIS, Kuvempu University.

2. Fluvio-Geomorphological changes of the Ganga River in Bihar State Using

Remote Sensing Techniques by Ami Jyotindra Desai ( M.S. University of Baroda)

3. RS & GIS approach for creation of Decision support system for the development

of Identified Micro-watersheds in Udupi District of Karnataka. By K.S. Ramesh,

ISRO (Kuvempu University)

4. Hydrogeological Studies of Bhaskar Rao Kunta Watershed, of Damaracherla

Mandal, Nalgonda District by ( Dr.K. Srinivasa Reddy, SV University).

5. Groundwater Investigations, Development & Management in Tribal Tracts of

Utnoor area, Adilabad Dt., A.P, India by Ramakrishnan Desai, Osmania

University.

6. Geology, Exploration & Environmental aspects of the limestone mining around

Yana Village of Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool Dt., A.P, India, using RS&GIS

by Y.Prabhakara Reddy, S.V.University, Tirupati.

7. Influence of Rainwater Harvesting on water table in and around Hyderabad, A.P.,

India by P.Chandrashekar, Osmania University.

8. Environmental Assessment on Groundwater Quality in and around Miryalaguda,

Nalgonda Dt., A.P. by M.Venkateshwarlu, Osmania University.

9. Hydrogeochemical studies of Maneru and Godavari Sub-basins of Godavari

Valley- Karimnagar Dt., A.P. by Gasiganti Mohan, Osmania University.

10. Bhavya.B.K, KSRSAC, Identification and Area Estimation of Horticulture

Plantations Using Satellite Remote sensing and GIS techniques.

11. Use of Geoinformatics for Sectorial Analysis – A case study of Udupi Dt.,

Karnataka State, India by Rajesh.K., Mangalore University.

Social Networks: Sharing, learning and updating information about Water Resources:

India Water Portal Twitter, facebook, linkedIN. Selected few important followers and

following details of Twitter.

Twitter Following: (Control + click all Blue to follow link)

NEPAD Water ‏ @NEPADWater

NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence are African higher edu institutions or science

councils undertaking #water research. Also Tweeting #African Water-sector Global Water (GWC) ‏ @global_water

Global Water Challenge is a coalition of groups that together are leading a global movement tackling

the water crisis.

World Bank ‏ @WorldBank

The official World Bank Twitter feed. The World Bank's mission is to fight poverty with passion and

professionalism for lasting results

Save the Water™ ‏ @SaveTheWater

The mission of STW™ is to conduct water research to identify toxic chemicals harmful to humans and

the environment; and to protect our water from contaminants.

Climate Reality ‏ @ClimateReality

Reality. It's not an opinion.

Water.org ‏ @Water

Safe water & the dignity of a toilet, for all, in our lifetime.

NOAA ‏ @NOAA

NOAA provides science, service, and stewardship to protect life and property and conserve and

protect the Earth's natural resources. (Formerly @usnoaagov)

Twitter followers:

Global Warming ‏ @GlobalWarming36

All the latest breaking news about Global Warming

NEPAD Water ‏ @NEPADWater

NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence are African higher edu institutions or science councils

undertaking #water research. Also Tweeting #African Water-sector #news