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26th September, 2014 • 10.00am - 11.30am

Knowledge Partner

Inaugural Session

(A Pre Vibrant Gujarat Event)

26-27-28 September, 2014

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum UniversityGandhinagar, Gujarat.

Speaker Profile

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Inaugural Session

Speaker:

Seminar Schedule

(A Pre Vibrant Gujarat Event)

26-27-28 September, 2014

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum UniversityGandhinagar, Gujarat.

Shri Saurabhbhai Patel

Hon'ble Minister of State for

Civil Aviation, Industries, Mines,

Minerals, Finance, Energy &

Petrochemicals,

Government of Gujarat

Dr. P. K. Mishra, IAS

Additional Principal Secretary to PM

Government of India

Shri D. J. Pandian, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary

Industries and Mines Department

Government of Gujarat

Shri L. Chuaungo, IAS

Principal Secretary

Energy & Petrochemicals Department

Government of Gujarat

Smt. Mamta Verma, IAS

Industries Commissioner

Government of Gujarat

Shri P Swaroop, IAS

Managing Director,

iNDEXTb

Shri I. M. Bhavsar

Chairman

Gujarat Energy Development Agency

Shri Pravinbhai Patel

Chairman

Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission

Shri Tulsi R. Tanti

Chairman

Suzlon Energy Limited

Shri Ashok Verma

Director (Onshore)

ONGC

Shri Atul Sobti

Director (Power)

BHEL

Prof. Chris Greig

Director, UQ Energy Initiative

The University of Queensland

Shri Vijay Iyer

Senior Adviser, Infrastructure

South Asia Region

World Bank

Shri Tetsuya Tanaka

Country Representative

NEDO, Japan

Dr. H B Raghavendra

Director General

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

September 26, 2014

Inaugural Session 10.00am to 11.30am

CEOs Roundtable on 11.45am to 1.15pm

Challenges and Opportunities of Energy Industries

Energy Financing: Challenges & Solutions 2.15pm to 3.45pm

Queensland Gujarat Energy Round table 4.15pm to 5.45pm

September 27, 2014

Solar & New Energy Resources: The Indian Perspective 10.00am to11.30 ma

Smart Grid Technology: The Way Forward 11.45am to 1.15pm

HR Round Table on “The emergence of Learning & 10.30am to 12.30pm

Development as the key Business Application in

the Petroleum Sector – Challenges and Issues”

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Shri Saurabhbhai Patel MinisterFinance, Energy & Petrochemicals, Mines & Minerals,Cottage Industries, Salt Industries, Printing and Stationary,Planning, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Labour and Employment.Govenment of Gujarat

ENERGY AND PETROCHEMICALS DEPARTMENT:

1. JYOTI GRAM YOJANA: A scheme of the Government of Gujarat, which provides 24 hours continuous three phase quality power to all 18065 villages and 9702 petaparas of Gujarat.

2. Erstwhile GEB successfully restructured into seven companies resulting in earning surplus of Rs. 202 Crores in the year 2005-06, against the loss of Rs. 2543 Crores in the year 2000-01.

3. Gujarat will be emerging as the "Energy Hub" of the nation on completion of power projects, which are on the implementation stage. Installed capacity will be 38357 MW.

4. Gujarat has now become a "petro capital of India" having highest growth and utmost development in this sector.

5. GSPC being the only State Government undertaking company in the country which is engaged in the exploration and production activities in the Hydro Carbon sector. It has also successfully bided for blockes in Australia, Egypt and Yemen.

6. The GSPC has discovered the largest reserves of natural gas at K.G. Basin.

7. Gujarat is pioneer in promoting CNG act.

8. Gujarat is the first state to undertake the city gas distribution projects on a massive scale covering big cities as well as small cities.

9. To meet the increasing need of Human Resources in oil and gas sector, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University of International standards have been established near Gandhinagar.

10. Solar Policy: The Govt. of Gujarat has taken a lead into the field of Green Energy by declaring a Solar Policy, wherein Projects for 716 MW generation has been allotted and P.P.A. for 366 MW have been executed. Total Generation of 1082 MW by Solar Power & solar thermal technology.

INDUSTRIES AND MINES DEPARTMENT:

a. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's summit-2013 organized successfully where in a total of 2,100 delegates from 121 countries attending 127 seminars on different topics, forging 2,670 strategic partnership intentions is a rare achievement.

b. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's summit-2009 organized successfully where in 3346 MOUs where signed covering an investments of Rs. 12.34 lakh Cr. and with 25 lakh employment potential.

c. Industrial policy 2009 declared by the Govt., proving a greater scope for inclusive growth by accelerated Industrial Development.

d. Special Investment Region Act-2009 enacted to provide integrated industrial development in certain areas.

e. Policy for Industrial land acquired by GIDC finalises to preserve the interests of land losers.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT (Up to 26/12/2012)

1. Successful implementation of VAT act.

2. States gross domestic product has increased gradually. In the year 2000-01 gross domestic products was Rs. 1,11,139 Crores which has increased up to Rs. 3,37,217 Crores in 2008-09.

3. State’s non-development oriented expenditure is restricted and as compare to past year reduction is noticed. Such expenditure during 2002-03 was 26,479.88 Crores, which has decreased up to Rs. 15,799 Crores in 2008-09, Rs. 19,276 Crores in 2009-10, Rs. 227.08 Crores in 2010-11.

4. The State Government has already enacted the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which lays down various fiscal targets to be achieved in the next four years. The state Government is committed to achieve these targets.

5. State development expenditure is constantly increasing. During 2002-03 development expenditure was Rs.15,607 Crores, which has increased to Rs. 45859 Crores in 2010-11.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT:

The state economy has become strong, progressive, dynamic and a source of sustenance for the common man.

1. State’s Annual Plan for the year 2003-04 was Rs. 6,740 Crores, which has increased upto Rs.23,500 in the year 2009-10 and Rs.30,000 in the year 2010-11.

2. Looking to the year wise plan outlay and expenditure for the previous years Gujarat has achieved more than 105% of Tenth Five Year Plan outlay target.

3. Gujarat has planned our outlay of Rs.1,21,111 Crores for the Eleventh Plan.

4. Gujarat stood first in 20 point programme in the last five years.

Under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Minister Shri Saurabhbhai Patel, Finance, Energy & Petrochemicals, Mines & Minerals, Cottage Industries, Salt Industries, Printing and Stationary, Planning, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Labour and Employment Depts. have shown a splendid performance. The stories of achievements in each Dept. are as under.

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Shri. Pramod Kumar Mishra, IASAdditional Principal Secretary to PM,Government of India

Shri. Pramod Kumar Mishra has joined Prime Minister Office as

Additional Principal Secretary to Honourable Prime Minister of India.

Shri. Mishra is IAS officer from the 1972 batch. He has an enviable track

record. He was Principal Secretary to Shri. Narendra Modi in

Gandhinagar between 2001 and 2004. In Gujarat, he worked in the

Rural Development, Agriculture, Cooperation and Revenue

departments and in the State Electricity Corporation and the State

Disaster Management Authority.

As Union agriculture secretary between 2006 and 2008, he was behind

the National Agriculture Development Programme and the National

Food Security Mission. He worked relentlessly to increase India's

agricultural GDP. His work in disaster management was appreciated at

international forums.

Mr. D. J. Pandian is a Senior Officer belonging to the Indian

Administrative Service, having more than 30 years of experience in

Public Policy & Administration. Currently, he is the Additional Chief

Secretary to Government of Gujarat in Industries & Mines

Department.

Prior to the current assignment, Mr. Pandian was the Additional Chief

Secretary to Government of Gujarat in Energy & Petroleum

Department which coordinates Public & Private sector power utilities

to provide quality power at affordable cost to various consumers in the

state. The department also facilitates industries in the entire value

chain of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Sector i.e. upstream, midstream

and downstream activities to meet the energy needs of the nation.

Earlier, Mr. Pandian has served as the Chief Executive Officer of

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) and its group companies

for eight years. He played a vital role in developing an extensive gas grid

network for transmission & distribution of natural gas throughout

Gujarat. Through his visionary policies & programme implementation

skills he has developed City Gas Distribution systems in most of the

districts of Gujarat with active public & private participation. He was

also instrumental in setting up a modern university (Pandit Deendayal

Petroleum University) to provide highly skilled technical manpower to

industries in the Petroleum Sector.

In his tenure, he was instrumental in devising Investor Friendly Policies

for Renewable Power in Gujarat. As a result, 600MW of Solar Power

and 750MW of Wind Power has been successfully installed in one year.

He has successfully set up Asia’s largest Solar Park in the remote

Kachchh Region of Gujarat.

Earlier, Mr. Pandian worked as Director, External Commercial

Borrowings with the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New

Delhi. He also worked as Advisor to Executive Director, World Bank in

Washington DC from 1998 - 2001.

Shri D. J. Pandian, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary

Industries and Mines Department

Government of Gujarat

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Shri. Lalnunmawia Ngama Chuaungo, IASPrincipal SecretaryEnergy & Petrochemicals DepartmentGovernment of Gujarat

• Mr. Lalnunmawia Ngama Chuaungo, is an IAS by profession, presently working as Principal Secretary-Energy and Petrochemicals

• He also serves as the Managing Director, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.

• Mr Chuaungo was previously Principal Secretary – Expenditure, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat.

• Prior to his present assignments, Mr. Chuaungo has held the following posts:

• Secretary (Expenditure), Government of Gujarat

• Managing Director, Gujarat Urja Vikas Ltd., Vadodara

• Collector & District Magistrate, Valsad

• Additional Rural Development Commissioner, Gandhinagar

• Deputy Secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat, Shillong

• Director, Employment & Training, Gandhinagar

• Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Surat

• Deputy Secretary, Energy & Petrochemicals Department, Government of Gujarat

• Deputy Secretary (Planning), General Administration Department, Gandhinagar

• Managing Director, Gujarat Fisheries Development Corporation, Ahmedabad

• Assistant Collector, Porbandar

• Sup. Asst. Collector, Shillong

Ms. Mamta Verma joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in

1996. She is currently the Industries Commissioner, Govt. of Gujarat.

She has worked in the Government of Gujarat at various positions

including field and policy level.

Professional Experience Details:

a) S pl Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Ahmedabad

b) CEO, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)

c) Additional Industries Commissioner, Industries Commissionerate

d) Collector, Gandhinagar

e) Director, Municipal Administration, Gandhinagar

f) Collector, Dohad

g) Collector, Dangs

Smt. Mamta Verma, IASIndustries CommissionerGovernment of Gujarat

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Shri P Swaroop, IASManaging Director,iNDEXTb

Delegate Profile Mr. P Swaroop joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2003. He is currently the Managing Director, iNDEXTb.

Prior to his present assignments, Mr. Swaroop has held the following posts:

a) Collector, Gandhinagar

b) Municipal Commissioner, Jamnagar Urban Development Authority

c) District Development Officer, Panchmahals

Shri I. M. BhavsarChairmanGujarat Energy Development Agency

Shri. I. M. Bhavsar is the Chairman of the Gujarat Energy Development

Agency- the premier nodal agency of the State and the country for

promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, since last

over four years. Under the leadership of Hon'ble Prime Minister &

then Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri. Narendrabhai Modi and the Energy

Minister Shri. Saurabhbhai Patel, Shri. Bhavsar lead the Agency in

taking several strides in renewable energy and was instrumental in

putting the state of Gujarat in the forefront and creating milestones in

term of the Solar revolution, paving the way for all other states to

harness solar energy and other renewable sources as well, to help the

country in reducing the green house gas emissions and the

environment from the threats of global warming.

Shri. Bhavsar has also served a term as the Chairman of the renowned

Gujarat Public Service Commission.

Shri. Bhavsar has also immense contribution in the Jyoiti Gram Yojana

to provide 24 x 7 electricity through out the state during his tenure as

the Chief Engineer of the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board and now

the Uttar Gujarat Vij Comany Limited.

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Pravinbhai Pravinbhai Patel took over charge of Chairman of the Commission on 13th January 2014. Prior to taking over as Chairman, he was working in the Commission as the Member (Technical) for more than 4 years. He is an Electrical Engineer and has experience of 31 years in the Central Electricity Authority...

His field of experience includes Thermal Power Planning, Regional Grid Operation, Enforcement of Electricity Rules and Monitoring of Hydro Power Projects. He joined CEA in 1975 and was attached with Planning and Techno-economic appraisal of thermal power plants. He was associated with site selection for Super Thermal Power Stations and World Bank appraisal team for the first Super Thermal Power Station at Singrauli (U.P.)

He worked in various capacities in the Regional Electricity Boards (now Regional Power Committees) in Western, North Eastern and Southern Regions. In Western Regional Electricity Board, he was associated with integrated operation of the Western Regional Grid and establishment of the first computer based Regional Load Despatch Centre at Mumbai. In North Eastern Regional Electricity Board, he was instrumental to implementation of Regional Energy Accounting in the N.E. Region. In the Southern Regional Electricity Board, he looked after the System Protection and Commercial aspects of regional grid operation.

He worked in the Regional Inspectorial Organization of CEA and was responsible for enforcement of Electricity Rules and according approval for energisation of HT equipment. He also worked in Narmada Control Authority, overseeing implementation of Canal Head & River Bed Power Houses of Sardar Sarovar Project as well as monitoring of progress of other hydel projects in Narmada basin, viz. Indira Sagar Project, Omkareshwar Project and Maheshwar Project. He also initiated work of establishment of Energy Management Centre of NCA at Indore.

Just prior to joining the Commission, he was working as Member Secretary of Western Regional Power Committee. During his 34 years of service, he had visited a number of foreign countries on study tours. He led a group of engineers from CEA and other Power Utilities to U.S., Canada and European Countries on a study tour of Commercial and Regulatory aspects of electricity industry in these countries.

Mr. Tulsi Tanti is founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Suzlon

Energy Ltd. He is a Commerce Graduate and a Diploma holder in

Mechanical Engineering. He is from Rajkot, Gujarat where he started his

first venture which was in textiles. He set up two wind turbines to supply

electricity for his textile units in Gujarat. As his textile business flourished

on sustainable power supplied, he recognised the potential wind energy

offered and led to the creation of Suzlon Energy Ltd. in 1995.

The Suzlon Group is ranked as the world’s fifth largest* wind turbine

supplier, in terms of cumulative installed capacity. Headquartered in Pune,

India; Suzlon has a presence across 33 countries, over 13,000 employees

worldwide, about 20,000 MW installed capacity and manufacturing units in

3 continents, and world class research and development centres in

Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and India.

Mr. Tanti’s commitment to social and ecological development, and his

vocal advocacy of climate change mitigation has been honoured numerous

awards including ‘Champion of the Earth’ by the United Nations

Environment Program, ‘Hero of the Environment’ by TIME Magazine,

‘Entrepreneur of the year’ by E&Y among several others.

Shri Pravinbhai PatelChairmanGujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission

Shri Tulsi R. TantiChairmanSuzlon Energy Limited

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Born on 27th July, 1955, Mr.Ashok Varma is a graduate in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Prior to his joining as Director(Onshore), he was heading the Eastern Offshore Asset at Kakinada, where he was instrumental in putting the Eastern Offshore Asset on production. Mr.Varma joined ONGC in 1978 as Assistant Engineer at Assam. During his early years at ONGC, he was actively engaged in design and engineering of offshore platforms in western offshore. Subsequently, he served in Western Onshore at Ankleshwar where he extensively worked on water injection leading to initiation of pressure maintenance in Gandhar field. Mr.Varma steered the Imperial Energy in Russia, a subsidiary of the ONGC Videsh Limited, as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Varma pursued the hydrocarbon opportunities abroad as a part of senior management of ONGC Videsh Ltd. between 1996 and 2006. He was instrumental in acquiring 20% participating interest in Sakhalin-1 project in Russia by OVL in 2001. He also headed ONGC's Assam operations as Asset Manager from 2008 to 2009.

Shri Atul Sobti, aged 55 years, is a 'Mechanical Graduate Engineer' with 'Post Graduation in International Management' and 'Diploma in Project Management'. He has also undergone Advance Management Training Programmes at IIM, Ahmedabad and Asian Institute of Management, Manila.

Shri Sobti has a repertoire of diverse and versatile professional experience of 34 years, working in various capacities in all major segments of BHEL including International Operations Division, a major Manufacturing Plant of BHEL at Hyderabad, New Capital Projects, Corporate Planning & Development and Project Engineering Systems & Integration Divisions at BHEL Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Presently, he is working as Director (Power) in BHEL and is responsible for spearheading the Power Sector business of BHEL, which constitutes nearly 80% of BHEL business. Under his leadership, BHEL achieved the highest ever Commissioning / Synchronisation of Power projects in 2013-14. He is currently also holding additional charge of the post of Director (Engineering, R&D) in BHEL.

During his tenures at BHEL units at Bangalore and Hyderabad, the units achieved record financial and physical performance. He was also instrumental in steering the future growth plans and new business initiatives in these divisions. During his tenure at BHEL's International Operations Division, he was a key contributor to a fifteen fold increase in its overseas business through securing and executing prestigious power projects and product orders from many countries including Oman, UAE, Iraq, Libya, China, Kazakhstan, Suriname, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Kuwait, Ukraine, etc. As a member of New Capital Projects Group, in the eighties, Shri Sobti was actively associated in setting up of new BHEL plants at Rudrapur, Varanasi, PCRI-Haridwar, Jagdishpur, Goindwal, etc. During his tenure in Corporate Planning & Development, he worked in various areas including Strategic Planning, Capital Investments, MoU, Operations Monitoring, Technology Licensing, etc. He was involved in drawing Corporate Plans of BHEL as well as creating Vision, Mission and Values for the company.

Shri Sobti is also Part-time Chairman on the board of Raichur Power Corporation Limited [a Joint Venture Company (JVC) of BHEL and Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd] and Part-time Director on the Board of NTPC - BHEL Power Projects Limited, (NBPPL), a BHEL - NTPC JVC.

Shri Ashok VermaDirector (Onshore)ONGC

Shri Atul SobtiDirector (Power)BHEL

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Professor Chris Greig leads the UQ Energy Initiative, a University-wide

initiative to lead and showcase UQ's energy research capabilities across all

faculties and institutes. The portfolio is multidisciplinary and covers fossil

energy, renewables and energy systems.

Chris is a UQ alumnus having obtained his BE, Masters and PhD in

Chemical Engineering at UQ. He held senior executive and project

director roles in construction, mining and clean energy industries both in

Australia and abroad over a career spanning 25 years before joining UQ.

Prior to joining the University of Queensland, Chris was Project Director

and CEO of ZeroGen, which conducted one of the world's most

comprehensive studies on the potential of a large scale, low emissions coal

fired power project incorporating carbon capture and storage. The project

also undertook Australia's largest onshore carbon storage investigation and

exploration program. His key research interests are in CCS and

unconventional gas.

Shri S. Vijay Iyer is Director of the World Bank's Sustainable Energy and Extractive Industries Department, where he guides the Bank's policies, programs and strategies in the energy and extractive industries sectors. This department is also responsible for World Bank-managed global partnership programs including the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Donor Trust Fund.

He has also served on the UN Secretary General's Technical Group on Sustainable Energy for All. Before his appointment to this position in June 2011, he was Manager of the Bank's Africa Energy Group, where he led initiatives for sub-Saharan African countries to support energy access through investments in hydropower, geothermal and electrification projects, as well as innovative programs such as Lighting Africa. An Indian national, Iyer has worked in private industry, project finance and banking.

Shri Iyer has also been a senior official with the Indian Civil Service, holding several positions in public administration and economic development. He holds an MBA from Yale University and a Master's in Chemistry from Jabalpur University in India.

Professor Chris GreigDirector, UQ Energy InitiativeThe University of Queensland

Shri Vijay IyerSenior Adviser, InfrastructureSouth Asia RegionWorld Bank

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Professional Career

06/2014 Present Chief Representative (Country Head), New Energy and Industrial Technology D e v e l o p m e n t Organization (NEDO) New Delhi

07/11-06/14 Director, Machine Parts and Tooling Industries office & Manufacturing Promotion Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Government of Japan

07/08-07/11 Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) New York Office

06/07-07/08 Director, Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy Unit, METI

07/06-06/07 Deputy Director, Safety Product Division, METI

06/04-07/06 Deputy Director, Research and Development Division, METI

06/02-06/04 Deputy Director, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Division, METI

01/01-06/02 Deputy Director, Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division, METI

06/00-01/01 Deputy Director, Financial Cooperation Office, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)

06/98-06/00 Sabbatical Leave at Harvard University

05/96-06/98 Assistant Director, Mining Division, MITI

08/94-05/96 Research Fellow, Research Institute of International Trade and Industry, MITI

04/93-08/94 Staff Member, Coal Mining Division, MITI

10/92 Passed the “Japanese Higher Government Official Examination” (ranked in the top ten among test takers.)

Educational Background:

09/98-06/00 Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA

- Awarded Master in Public Administration (MPA), 2000

04/89-03/93 Waseda University, School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo, Japan

- Awarded Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) summa cum laude, 1993

Prof .Raghavendra completed his BE degree in Civil Engineering with distinction

from University of Mysore in 1983. MS (research) degree is by IIT Madras in

1988 in the faculty of civil engineering. He did his Ph.D from IISC Bangalore in

1996. He is the recipient of several scholarships of government of India during

his student days. He was also selected for fellowship by university of Singapore.

He completed his Masters degree from BITS Pilani in Software Systems in 2002.

He is having around 27 years of teaching and research experience. He has

presented around 40 technical papers in National and International Journals

and conferences. Visited abroad to present his technical papers. He is in the

panel of referee's for ICE Journals. He has delivered lectures at short term

training programme conducted by IISc, Bangalore and other premier

institutions. He has guided many Masters and Ph.D candidates. He has been

member of BOS and BOE of various universities. He is in the governing council

of technical institutions as vice-chancellor's nominee. He has also served as

head department of Civil engineering and head centre for Planning and

institution Development at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering

under Vishweswarayya Technological University, Belgaum. Dr. Raghavendra is

a Fellow of institution of Engineers and Life member of several organizations

like Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society for Technical Education etc. He

is also a recognized Professional and charted Engineer and valuer.

He is very active in consultancy in the field of geotechnical and structural

engineering. He has got special interest in foundations on problematic soils

and rehabilitation of structures. He has completed projects sponsored by

AICTE and several Industries on utilisation of industrial waste as construction

material. At IIT Madras, he has worked in consultancy projects of ONGC and

Singareni Calories Limited. He is specialized in multistage triaxial tests.

His present area of research includes impact of industrial waste on engineering

behavior of soils, design and analysis of reinforced soil foundations, ground

improvement and rehabilitation of structures. He has served as an expert

committee (task force) member for various governmental and

nongovernmental organizations. He was the member for quality assurance and

monitoring committee of several Karnataka state corporations and served as

committee member of KSPCB also. He has conducted several AICTE/World

Bank sponsored training programmes for Engineers of state and central

government. Organized several workshops and seminars for faculty, civil

engineers and consultants. He has served as coordinator for world bank

programme on rural sanitation and water supply projects.

Shri Tetsuya TanakaCountry RepresentativeNEDO, Japan

Dr. H B RaghavendraDirector GeneralPandit Deendayal Petroleum University

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