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Held : Vice President (Coastal & Special Hydraulics) [Leadership Position]
From: Apr 1993 To Jan 2014
Client / Employer: Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala
Held : Chief Engineer / Superintending Engineer / Executive Engineer / Assistant Executive Engineer
[Leadership Position]
From: Oct 1984 To Apr 1993
Client / Employer: PWD & Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala
Held : Assistant Engineer
From: Mar 1983 To Oct 1984
Client / Employer: Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Calicut, Kerala
Held: Scientist B, Groundwater Division
From: Jun 1982 To Mar 1983
Client / Employer: Kerala Engineering Research Institute, Peechi, Irrigation Department, Govt of Kerala
Held : Research Officer [Leadership Position]
From: Dec 1981 To May 1982
Client / Employer: National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad
Held : Engineer Assistant, Hydrology Division
Membership of Professional Associations
M.I.E., Life Member, Institution of Engineers, India (M 111323/7), 1996
C.E., Chartered Engineer, Institution of Engineers, India (M 111323/7), 1996
Empanelled Arbitrator, Hon’ble High Court of Kerala (No. D2-5546/2017), 2019
Life Individual Empanelled Member, Indian Council of Arbitrators (FICA) (IL/ICA/5668), 2016
Empanelled Dispute Board Member, Indian Council of Arbitration, Hydraulics Sector (DB/080400/0237)
Fellow Member, Indian Institute of Technical Arbitrators, India (F0684), 2016
Fellow, Institution of Valuers, India (F26263), 2016
Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (M.No 39186), 2018
M.I.W.R.S., Life Member, Indian Water Resources Society (LM-90-2723), 1990
M.I.S.T.E., Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (LM8000), 1991
M.Tech (Civil), IIT Madras
B.Tech (Hons) (Civil)
M.B.A., Specialization in Environment Management, Sikkim Manipal University
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (Details attached as part of CV)
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