Curriculum Vitae
Name: Manoj
Vasudevan
Address:
Home:
‘Aathira’, Kurumassery P.O. Alwaye. Kerala-683579. India.
Work:
Scientist-C, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai-601302. India.
Email:
[email protected], [email protected]
Telephone:
Work:
91-44-6678****
Mobile:
91-98402*****
Date of Birth: 25 July 1974
Nationality:
Indian
Marital Status: Married
Education:
1995–1999 M Sc. Tech. Degree
( Marine Geophysics )
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin
1992–1995
B Sc. Degree ( Physics )
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (Sree Sankara College,
Kalady)
1990–1992 Pre-Degree ( Group
I )
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (Maharaja's College, Ernakulam)
1978–1990 L.K.G. - 10th
level
Vidyadhiraja
Vidya Bhavan Eng. Med. High School, Alwaye
Other
Qualifications:
Qualified for the Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship (CSIR
NET, June 2002).
Skills
Profile:
Computer
·
Programming Languages:
C, FORTRAN, C++, HTML, JAVASCRIPT, Perl
· Operating Systems:
UNIX Solaris SUN SPARC workstation, Linux, DOS, WINDOWS (95,98,2000,
XP)
· Packages:
Erdas Imagine 8.5, Arc View GIS, Autocad 2000, Golden Surfer8, Golden Didger3, Generic Mapping Tools (UNIX/Linux), CorelDraw-10, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
Marine
Geophysical
·
Hardware
AGI SuperSting R8 Marine Resistivity/IP Meter
Benthos C3D - Three dimensional sidescan sonar (Integrated Sidescan and bathymetry system)
EdgeTech
SUBSCAN (Integrated Sub-bottom and Sidescan system)
Applied Acoustics Single channel Sparker/Boomer (Seismic) system
EdgeTech SB-216S, SB-0512 Sub-bottom Profilers
EdgeTech
DF1000, 272T Sidescan Sonars
Geometrics
G-881 Cesium Vapour Magnetometer
Reson Seabat
8125 Multibeam Echosounder
Echotrac,
Ceeducer, Navisound Single-beam Echosounders
Trimble,
Leica, Ceeducer Differential Global Positioning Systems
·
Software
ProMAX-2D
(UNIX), Earth Imager 2D, Oasis Montaj 5.0, MagPick, Magmap2000, MaglogNT, Terramodel, Isis Sonar,
Delph Seismic, Delph Map, Bathy Pro, Discover Xstar, Discover Sidescan, Coda DA100,
6042Vn7, Hypack Max V02.12
Career History:
June
2006 – Present
National Institute of Ocean Technology
(NIOT), Chennai. India
(Department of
Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India)
Scientist - C
October
2002 – June 2006
National Institute of Ocean Technology
(NIOT), Chennai. India
(Department of
Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India)
Scientist - B
- Associated with the Coastal
and Environmental Engineering Mission. Main contributions have been
in two aspects:
1) Time Management and 2) Quality control
- More than 205 days of scientific
cruise experience onboard RV A.A.A. Sidorenko, CRV Sagar Purvi and CRV
Sagar Paschimi
Nature of
tasks assigned/undertaken:
- Geophysical surveys using, Single channel Sparker/Boomer system, Sub-bottom Profiler, Sidescan Sonar, Magnetometer, Multibeam and Single-beam Echosounders
etc.
- Processing and Interpretation of Sub-bottom,
Sidescan, Magnetic and Bathymetry data
- Review of Geophysical equipment – 1)Edgetech
SUBSCAN, 2)Innomar Parametric Echosounder (SES), 3)Benthos C-3D
Tasks completed (till April 2004):
- Deep-Water Geophysical Investigations
to detect Oil/Gas Well-Heads for ONGC, in Kakinada Offshore, A.P.
- Oceanographic and Seabed Investigations for Haskoning, The Netherlands,
for the Kalpasar Dam Project of Govt. of Gujarat, in the Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat.
- Single-beam Bathymetry
surveys for Dredging Corporation of India, (DCI) at Chennai Port, Tamil Nadu
- Parametric Sub-bottom Anchor Search surveys
at Chennai Port, Tamil Nadu
- Marine Archaeological Site Investigations
at Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu
- Multibeam Bathymetry surveys at Tuticorin
Port, Tamil Nadu
- Sidescan Sonar Pipe Search Surveys (OTEC)
in the Tuticorin Offshore, Tamil Nadu
- Magnetic Surveys for Pipe Search (OTEC)
in the Tuticorin Offshore, Tamil Nadu
- Geophysical Investigations for L&T
Rambol at Vizhinjam, Kerala
- Gabion Positioning for Pipeline Alignment
for L&T in Dahej, Gujarat
- Marine Geo-Archaeological Investigations
in the Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat
- Geophysical Investigations at Dighi
Port near Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
- Geophysical Investigations for Dredging
corporation of India, (DCI) at Cochin Port, Kerala
June 2000 – September 2002
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO),
Goa. India.
(Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), Government of India)
Associate Geophysicist
- Carried out the development of Seismic
Tomographic capability as a part of the on-going Gas Hydrate research
there.
- Worked with Zelt
packages, RAYINVR for 2D Forward Modeling and Inversion of refraction and
reflection traveltimes and TRAMP for 2D forward modeling of refraction
and reflection travel times and amplitudes
- Associated with the seismic reflection
data processing related to the enhancement of seismic data for gas hydrate
exploration
using ProMAX 2D (Sponsored by (GAIL)).
- Experience in Interpretation
of multi-channel reflection seismic sections and in the identification
of Bottom Simulating Reflections (BSR)
- Associated with Gravity and Magnetic
data acquisition using Bodenseewerk sea gravimeter (KSS-30) and Magnetic
data using Geometrics proton precession magnetometer (G-886).
- Developed computer
programs to process gravity and magnetic data
- 30days of scientific cruise experience
onboard ORV Sagar Kanya and 4days on board CRV Sagar Shukti
- More than Two years experience in working
on UNIX SUN SPARC workstations
January
1999 – March 1999
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Chennai.
India.
Project Student
- Three months training and
experience in uphole data analysis and interpretation under
the seismic prospecting technique as part of my M.Sc.Tech. dissertation
work titled, “Weathering structure of Ariyalur – Pondicherry sub-basin
and its effect on Seismic Data Quality”
- Exposure to Multi-channel Reflection Field Survey
at Machlipatnam (A.P., India)
Training
Courses Attended:
- C3D, Three dimensional
Sidescan and Bathymetry system –
Benthos Inc. at North Falmouth, Massachussetts. USA.
(by NIOT 2005)
- Super Sting R8 Marine Resistivity/IP
Meter – Mr. Markus M. Lagmanson, Advanced Geosciences Inc.(by NIOT at Chennai,
2004)
- Coastal Zone Management
and GIS – ICMAM Project Directorate (by Department
of Ocean Development, Government of India at Chennai, 2004)
- C3D, Three dimensional
Sidescan and Bathymetry system –
Mr. Francois Leroy, Benthos Inc. (by NIOT at Haldia, 2004)
- Seabat 8160 Deep Water
Multibeam Bathymetry System – Mr. Charles
Brennan, Reson Inc. (by NIOT at Pipavav, 2003)
- ISIS Sonar Acquisition
and Processing System – Triton Elics
International, (by NIOT at Pipavav, 2002))
- Seabat
8125 and 6042 Vn7 Multibeam Bathymetry Acquisition and Processing
system –
Mr. Charles Brennan, Reson Inc. (by NIOT at Pipavav, 2002)
- Application
of aeromagnetic surveys for earth resources and Oasis Montaj 5.0 –
Prof. Collin Reeves, ITC, Netherlands (by Geological Survey of
India, at Hyderabad, 2000)
Hobbies and Interests:
Sketching, Painting, Sculpting, Photography, Travelling, Music
etc.
Playing mridangam, chess, badminton, cricket etc.
Referees:
Dr. S. Kathiroli (Scientist G),
Director,
National Institute of
Ocean Technology,Chennai. India.
Dr. G.C. Bhattacharya (Scientist EII),
Project Leader (formerly),
Gas Hydrate Research Group,
National Institute of
Oceanography,Goa. India.
Dr. M. Radhakrishna (Reader),
Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics,
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin. India.
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