Assistant Professor, Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Trichy, Tamil Nadu

Career Objective

To be Excel in teaching profession for imparting sound technical knowledge along with social awareness and moral values to make the student's career progressive.

Technical Abilities

• Arc GIS 
• Q-GIS 
• SPSS 
• Visual MODFLOW
• Aquachem

Professional Affiliation (Membership in Academic/Technical Bodies)

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM88817/2013) 
• Life member of Institute For Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP)

Details of University Education Starting from Bachelor's Degree
Degree/Inst.	Discipline	University	Class Obtained/Marks obtained	Year of Passing
B.E (Thanthai Periyar Govt. Institute of Technology, Vellore)	Civil Engineering	Anna	First Class (69%)	2010
M.E (College of Engineering, Guindy)	Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering	Anna	First Class (7.57)	2012
Ph.D	Civil Engineering	Annamalai		2017

Experience

S. No	Designation	Organization	Period		Duration
			From	To
1	Assistant Professor	V.R.S College of Engg & Tech, Villupuram, Tamilnadu	June 2012	May 2013	1 year
2	Research Fellow	Annamalai University	Dec. 2013	March 2017	3 years 3 Months
3	Assistant Professor	Balaji   Institute   of             Tech.& Science, Warangal, Telangana	Dec. 2017	July 2018	8 Months
4	Associate Professor   & HOD	Rise   Krishna   Sai   Prakasam Group of Institutions, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh	July 2018	Till Now	-

Projects Handled as Research Fellow

1.   An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Groundwater Management Objectives

·         Qualitative and Quantitative assessment of groundwater resources.

·         Identification   of   the   subsurface   lithology   and   Assessment    of groundwater potential using Geophysical method.

·         Delineation of the areas of favorable zones for groundwater recharge.

·         Identification of freshwater-saltwater interface.

·         Groundwater modeling for the Adappa sub-watershed.

Software and Techniques

•  Arc GIS
•   Visual MODFLOW 4.2
•    SPSS

2.  Groundwater Modelling of Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India

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Objectives

  v  To characterize the unconfined aquifer formation of the study area.

v  To analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of groundwater quality in the  study area.

v  To delineate the areas of favourable zones for groundwater potential and recharge in the study area.

v  To categorize the stage of groundwater development in the study area.

v  To predict the groundwater flow and its direction both spatially and temporally in the study area.

v  To suggest suitable strategies for the conservation of groundwater resources

Software and Techniques

·      Arc GIS 10.1

·      Visual MODFLOW 4.2

·      Arc SWAT

·      Q-GIS

3. Spatial Analysis of Groundwater Quality for Tarangabadi Taluk, Nagappatinam District, Tamilnadu using GIS

 

Objectives

·   The present study has been undertaken to analyze the spatial variability of groundwater quality for Tarangabadi Taluk, Nagappatinam District, Tamilnadu state.

·   A Study on Physico-Chemical parameters of water quality in the salinity affected areas of Nagapattinam District are taken up to evaluate its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes.

·    Ground water samples are to be collected from the salinity affected areas of Tarangambadi Taluk.

·  The water samples collected at 52 villages from Tarangambadi Taluk are analyzed for pH, Sodium, Total Hardness, TDS, Chloride, magnesium, Calcium, Sulphates, Bicarbonates, potassium, Dissolved Oxygen.

· Geographic Information System (GIS) is used for spatial and temporal mapping of water quality in the study area.

Software and Techniques

·      Arc GIS 10.1

·      Q-GIS

 4.   Evaluation of Cauvery River Water Quality at Nagappatinam District Using Remote Sensing And GIS

Objectives

·   To analyze the physico-chemical characteristics of surface and groundwater quality and compare Indian Standard Specifications for drinking and irrigation water and thus to arrive WQI.

·   To assess the spatial variation of surface and groundwater quality using GIS

Software and Techniques

·      Arc GIS 10.1

·      Q-GIS

Information on Academic Career                                                                

Title of Ph.D. Thesis	Groundwater Modelling of Lower Ponnaiyar Sub- Watershed, Tamilnadu, India
Name of the Supervisor	Dr. S. Poongothai Professor,     Department     of     Civil     Engineering,  Annamalai University
Title of M.E. Thesis	Groundwater Modelling of an Unconfined aquifer located in semi-arid tank catchment
Name of the Supervisor	Dr. M. Krishnaveni Professor, Centre for Water resources, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus  Anna University.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia/ Workshops Attended                           

S. no	Title        of        the Programme	Period         of         the Programme	Organized by
1	National Seminar on Opportunities     and Challenges for Self- consolidating concrete in highway structures	22-12-2012	Department of Civil Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.
2	National                        level workshop in total station	10th April ,2013	Department of Civil Engineering, Tamizhan College of Engineering and Technology, Chenbagaramanputhoor, Kanyakumari
3	The Face of Climate change	05th-06th March ,2014	Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University.

Short-Term Training Programmes/Summer/Winter Schools Attended     

S. no	Title of the Programme	Period of the Programme	Organized by
1	Training Programme on Earthquake Resistant structures	17th – 21st, December 2012	Department of Civil Engineering,                                         Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering            and Technology, Pollachi.
2	Training Programme on Basics of Dynamics and Aseismic Design	30th May- 5th June ,2013	Department    of                     Civil Engineering,                     University college of Engineering, Panruti
3	Recent Trends in Environment Friendly Techniques in Civil Engineering	18th-24th March,2013	Department of Civil Engineering, V.R.S college of Engineering and Technology, Arasur
4	Winter school for capacity building and training for geospatial technology	22nd     January-11th               February 2014	DST, Centre for Remote Sensing                  and Geoinformatics Satyabhama  University, Chennai
5	Winter/Summer School Training Programme on Geospatial Technology	04th – 24th, September 2014	DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi and Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University.
6	Software                        Training Programme on ArcGIS and Visual MODFLOW	17th & 18th October 2014	Staff Training & Development Centre (IQAC), Annamalai University
7	FDP     on     FEM     and ABAQUS Software	26th – 30th June, 2018	Vignan                       Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

  

Papers Published in International/National Journals                                  

 

1.                 Poongothai S, Sridhar N and ArunShourie R (2014), “Change Detection of Land use/Land Cover of a Watershed using Remote sensing and GIS”, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, ISSN: 2249-8958, Vol.3, Issue 6, pp. 226-231.

2.                                                                    Sridhar N, Poongothai S and Ravisankar N (2014),”Spatial analysis of Groundwater Quality for Tarangabadi Taluk, Nagappatinam District,Taminadu Using GIS”, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, ISSN:2250-2259,Vol.4,Issue 9,pp.251-259

3.                 Sridhar N and Poongothai, S (2016), “GIS-based Spatial Distribution Analysis of Groundwater Quality Index in Lower Ponnaiyar Watershed”, Tamilnadu, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.36, pp.485- 492.

4.                            Sridhar N and Poongothai, S (2017), “Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones in Lower Ponnaiyar Rural Watershed, Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu, India”, International Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.6, pp.15-25.

5.      Poongothai S and Sridhar N (2017), “Application of Geoelectrical Resistivity Technique for Groundwater Exploration in Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India”, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.80, doi :10.1088/1755-1315/80/1/012071.

6.                                              Sridhar N, Ezhisaivallabi K, Poongothai S and Palanisamy M (2018) , “Groundwater Flow Modelling Using Visual MODFOW- A Case Study of Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India, International Journal of Engineering Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IJERMCE), Vol 3, Issue 2, pp.109-114.

 

Papers Published in International/National Conferences/Seminars:         

 

1.      Sridhar N and Krishnaveni M,” Groundwater modelling for managed aquifer recharge on unconfined aquifer located in semiarid region”, proceedings of the national conference on “Global Perspectives on Water Resources and Environment” conducted by Civil Engineering Department, FEAT, Annamalai university during march 22-23,2012.

 

2.  Sridhar N and Poongothai S, “Landuse/ Landcover changes in a coastal watershed in the national level conference on recent and advance trends in Civil Engineering held on 21 March 2014, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, SSMIET, Dindigul

 

3.      Sridhar N and Poongothai S,” Mapping of groundwater quality for Tarangambadi taluk, Nagappatinam District, Taminadu, India in the TEQIP II Sponsored Two Day International Conference on Environmental Geotechnics-ICEGEO’14, University College of Engineering, Trichy.

 

4.      Poongothai S and Sridhar N, “Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones in Lower Ponnaiyar Rural Watershed, Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu, India” in the three days National Conference on Groundwater Management and Strategies during October 5 – 7, 2016 organised by Centre for Water Resources, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad.

5. Poongothai S and Sridhar N, Application of Geoelectrical Resistivity Technique                   For   Groundwater   Exploration   In   Lower   Ponnaiyar   Sub- Watershed, Tamilnadu, India” in 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Infrastructural     Issues     in     Emerging     Economies ICCIEE 2017 during March 17 - 18, 2017, Conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, Sastra University, Thanjavur.

 

6.      Sridhar N and Poongothai S, Geophysical Investigation of Groundwater Potential in Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India” in 2nd International  Conference  on  Sustainable  Practices  in  Civil Engineering during April 10 - 11, 2017, Conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

 

7.  Sridhar N, Ezhisaivallabi K, Poongothai S and Palanisamy M, “Groundwater Flow Modelling Using Visual MODFOW- A Case Study of Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India” in 2nd International Conference on Emerging trends in Engineering, Science and Technologies during February 16-17,2018, Organized by Balaji Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, Telangana and Institute for  Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP).

 

8. Poongothai S, Sridhar N, and Ezhisaivallabi K , “Groundwater Resources Assessment in Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-Watershed, Tamilnadu, India” in International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Advances in Civil Engineering during May 10-12,2018, Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University, Chennai.

 

9.      Poongothai S and Sridhar N, “Assessment of Groundwater in Lower Ponnaiyar Sub-watershed, Tamilnadu, India” in the three days International conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management during February 12 – 14, 2019 organised by Centre for Water Resources, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

 

10. Ezhisaivallabi K and Sridhar N, “Development of Groundwater flow modeling in coastal watershed” in the three days International conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management during February 12 – 14, 2019 organised by Centre for Water Resources, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

Personal Details                                                                                             

Languages Known         : Tamil, English

Father's Name               : G. Natarajan

Date of Birth                 : 23.08.1988

Marital Status               : Single

Address                          : N. Sridhar

                                          1, Mahatmagandhi Street Sakthinagar (North), 

                                           Vriddhachalam

                                            Cuddalore District – 606001,Tamilnadu, India.