DEVATHA Chella Purushothaman

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1 DEVATHA Chella Purushothaman Office CI 116, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, Surathkal, MANGALORE (D K) Karnataka INDIA Phone : (+91) (Off.) devathafce@nitk.ac.in RESEARCH AREA Modeling of soil moisture in unsaturated zone, Ground water modeling, Remote sensing and GIS applications to Hydrology and Water resources Engg., Flood Modelling, Contaminant Transport Modelling, Design of Water Supply Networks, Modelling of Advanced Waste Water Treatment Systems. EDUCATION IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India. PhD Civil and Environmental Hydraulics Engineering Anna University, Chennai. Master of Engineering Civil & Water Resources Engineering Graduated with 8.7 on a 10 point scale Madras University, Chennai. Bachelor of Engineering Civil Engineering Graduated with 78% - Distinction EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Karnataka, Nov Till date Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Raipur, March 6th 2009 November 27th 2013 Design Engineer, Consulting Engineering Services India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, Sep Feb 2009 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. M.G.R Engineering College, Chennai, Feb Dec2004 Project Officer, IIT Chennai, September 2003-January PUBLICATIONS Journals: 1. Devatha Thalla, Ojha, C.S.P., Hari Prasad, K. S. and Arun Kumar Thalla (2013) "Study on effect of Hydraulic Conductivity on Soil Moisture Uptake Under Saline condition for Wheat Crop", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 19 (2), pp Page 1 of 6

2 2. Arun Kumar Thalla, Devatha Chella and Michel Torrijos. (2012) Experimental Evaluation of Activated Sludge-Biofilm reactor: Influence of composite media., Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management (ASCE), Vol. 15 (2), pp Sanjay K. Srivatava, Verma, M.K., Devatha, C.P., (2012) optimization modeling for crop planning of Hasdeo Bango Command, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol. 1 (9). 4. Sukhendra Modak, Verma, M.K., Devatha, C.P., (2012) Application of ArcGIS for estimation of Basin Potential (A case Study-Kharun River Basin), International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol. 1(9). 5. Devatha Chella and Arun Kumar Thalla (2009) Analysis of flow pattern between hill and lake Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 4 (4), pp Conferences: 1. Sudhakar, S., Devatha, C.P., and Soumya, S. (2014) " Ground Water Flow Modelling Application to Mining Region of Korba District, Chattisgarh'', National Conference on Water and Its Sustainability In Mining and other Environment (WSME) : Vision 2050, held during March 2014 at Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, India. 2. Devatha, Ojha C.S.P., Hari Prasad K.S. (2014) Soil moisture uptake under different salinity levels for paddy crop, 2nd International Conference on Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences by OMICS publishing Group held at Hyderabad during February 3-5, Sudhakar singha, Sowmya, Devatha Chella and Arun Kumar Thalla(2013) "Geo-Spatial Ground Water Quality Mapping and Assessment of Mining Region A Case Study" 18th International Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO -2013), IIT-MADRAS, INDIA 4. Ashay Shende, A.D. Vasudeo and C. P. Devatha (2013) River Morphological Changes With Emphasis On Depth And Flow Interactions, 18th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (HYDRO 2013) at IIT Madras, India. 5. Arun Kumar Thalla, Thalla Devatha (2013) Performance of Aerobic Hybrid Rectors (connected in-series) in treating Molasses based wastewater", 6th IWA International Specialized Conference on Sustainable Viticulture (WINERY, 2013) Held at Narbonne, FRANCE. 6. Ojha C.S.P., Hari Prasad K.S., Devatha Thalla, and Arun Kumar Thalla (2012) "Study on effect of Hydraulic Conductivity on Soil Moisture Uptake Under Saline condition for Wheat Crop" National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO -2012), IIT-Bombay, INDIA. 7. Devatha, C.P., Arun Kumar Thalla and Verma, M.K., (2012). Regional Flood estimation by index flood and station year method presented in National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO-2011) conducted by SVNIT Surat during 29-30Dec Page 2 of 6

3 8. Devatha Thalla and Arun Kumar Thalla. (2010) Regional Flood Analysis: A case study of Narmada River Basin, 3rd International Perspective on current and future state of water resource and Environment, IITChennai, INDIA 9. Devatha Thalla, Arun Kumar (2008) Assessment of the Water Supply Improvement Scheme Using GIS-A Case Study Proceedings: 4th IWA Young water Professionals conference University of Berkeley, USA. 10. Devatha and Arun Kumar (2006) Analysis of flow pattern between hill and lake-a Case Study National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Cochin, India. Accepted Abstracts: 1. Arun Kumar Thalla, Devatha Thalla (2011) "Performance Evaluation of Activated Sludge- Biofilm Reactors connected in-series." 6th Young Water Professional Conference to be held at Budupest, Hungary in Devatha Thalla, Arun Kumar Thalla (2011) "Regional flood Estimation by using L-Moments approach for Upper Mahanadhi Basin-A Case Study" 6th Young Water Professional Conference to be held at Budupest, Hungary in Devatha Thalla, Arun Kumar Thalla (2009) "Regional Flood frequency analysis for seonathsubbasin using L-moments approach" 5th Young Water Professional Conference, University of New South Wales, Kensiington, Sydney. Books/Book Chapters Verma, M.K., Shobha Maliwal, and Devatha C.P. (2012) "Integrated River Basin Planning - A methodological Approach with Case Study", Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN: ). PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. (ATTENDED) Attended TEQIP sponsored two days Annual Conference on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering ACIDIC-2014 at NITK, Surathkal during 19-20th May Attended ''Applied Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modelling'' from 27 th to 29 th Jan, 2014 at Hyderabad by Schlumberger Water Services, Canada. Attended ''Faculty Development Program'' from 16 th to 26 th Dec, 2013 at NITK-STEP, Surathkal sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, NewDelhi. Two days workshop on Disaster Management of Floods and Consequences thereof in Coastal Region and Food & Water Security held at NITK, Surathkal during 4-5th February Attended training on "Image Processing Software - ERDAS & GeoMedia'' during 27 to 29 th Aug 2013 by Dept. of Civil Engg., NIT Raipur Page 3 of 6

4 Two days Regional Educational Workshop on Structural Engineering Solutions during 29 and 30th Oct 2012 by Dept. of Civil Engg, NIT Raipur in association with Concept Tele Systems (Bentley Channel Partner) at NIT Raipur. One week Short term course on Waste Treatment and Cleaner Technologies, NIT Raipur (28 May 01 June 2012). One week Short term Training Program on Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques (AEOTIT), SVNIT Surat (14-18 May 2012). Attended one week Training Program on CEOP-AEGIS Advanced Training Session at NIT Rourkela (16-20 April 2012). One week Short term Training Program on Induction Training Programme on Value Education, NIT Raipur (9-14 March 2012). One day workshop on Convergence Technology, Management and Global Business at NIT Raipur during Dec 20, Two days workshop on Management of Hazardous Waste Sponsored by Govt. Of India, M.O.E.F at NIT Raipur during August 21-22, Three days workshop on Soft skills Development by Infosys at NIT Raipur during August 28-30, WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES ORGANIZED: Convener of TEQIP Sponsored two days "First Annual Conference on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering ACIDIC-2014'' at NITK Surathkal during 19-20th May, Coordinator of National workshop on Visual MODFLOW (Exclusively hands on training with project assignment) NIT Raipur, Nov 18-22nd, Organizing member of Regional Educational Workshop on Structural Engineering Solutions conducted at NIT Raipur in association with Concept Tele Systems (Bentley Channel Partner) during 29 and 30th Oct INVITED TALKS Lecture Delivered on Introduction to Visual MODFLOW software and its significant input parameters in One week National Workshop on visual MODFLOW, NIT Raipur, Nov 18-22nd Lecture Delivered on Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for upper Mahanadi Basin in Two Day Workshop on Disaster Management of Floods and Consequences thereof in Coastal Region and Food & Water Security, NITK, Surathkal, February 4-5th, Lecture Delivered on Waste Water Treatment by Aerobic Hybrid Systems-an Overview in One week Short term course on Waste Treatment and Cleaner Technologies., NIT Raipur, Page 4 of 6

5 June 28-01, 2012 Lecture Delivered on ''Application of GIS on Earthquake Risk Assessment'' in training programme for practicing Civil Engineers under National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management (NPCBEERM) Sponsored by National Institute of Disaster Management, Govt. of India held at NIT Raipur during 3 rd to 7 th May, 2010 Handled Lab sessions in MODFLOW Training for CPWD Executives at Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee(2005). FELLOWSHIPS: MHRD Fellowship for Pursuing PhD studies at IIT-Roorkee ( ) AWARD/ ACHEIVEMENTS: SRM University Outstanding Alumnus Award, Silver Jubilee Alumni Reunion of SRM University. Secured 13th rank at the University Level from Madras University during UG. M.Tech(S). SUPERVISED: Soumya (2013): Assessment and mapping of ground water quality of surrounding mining region using GIS. Sudhakar Singha(2013): Study of changes to the ground water system due to mining activity using MODFLOW VaibhavDeshpande (2013) Estimation of Soil Erosion by Remote sensing and GIS for Kulhan Watershed, Kharun Basin Kamal Narayan Sahu (2012): Assessment and Management of Ground water for Kharun river basin using Visual MODFLOW. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava (2012): Optimization modeling for crop planning of Hasdeo-Bango Command SukhendraModak (2012): Application of ARC-GIS for Estimation of Basin Potential (A case Study Kharun River Basin) ShashikantDani (2012): Study of Ground water recharging pattern of Dharsiwa Block (Raipur, C.G.). ShobhaMaliwal (2011): Integrated River Basin Planning of Beda River Sub-basin using ARC- GIS. Page 5 of 6

6 ADDITIONAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES/ASSIGNMENTS: Warden, Girls Hostel from , NITK Secretary for DUGC Council at Department Level, NITK Member, DPGC Council at Department Level, NITK Member, DRPC Council at Department Level, NITK Warden, Girls Hostel from July 2011 to November 2013., NIT Raipur Prof. I/c, Hydraulics lab from Oct 2009 to November 2013 (Established lab facilities for UG and PG students), NIT Raipur. Coordinator, PG Section from July 2011 to November 2013, NIT Raipur Member, Sports Committee from July 2011 to November 2013., NIT Raipur Involved in various testing and Consultancy works at Department level. Devatha C P Page 6 of 6