Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) 2000 (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India) Master of Engineering (M.E) 1994 (Anna University, Chennai, India) Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), 1990 (University of Madras, Chennai, India) SPECIALIZATION 1. Civil Engineering 2. Hydrology 3. Water Resources Engineering 4. Water Resources Systems Engineering 5. Time Series Modeling 6. Temple Tank-Indian Knowledge System

Research Areas of Interest Water Resources Systems Analysis Reservoir Operation, Policy Issues, Multi-objective Analysis Conventional as well as Soft Computing optimization Techniques Basin wise Water Resources Estimation Stochastic Hydrological Modeling Reservoir Sedimentation Rain Water Harvesting Airport and Road Side Storm Water Drainage System Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Irrigation Water Management Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming Artificial Neural Networks Single site and Multi site reservoir inflow prediction Rainfall-runoff modeling Meteorological parameter prediction Non-linear dynamic analysis using Chaos theory Chaotic Analysis of rainfall, runoff, meteorological parameters Catchment classification using chaotic analysis Singular Spectrum Analysis Single variate and multi variate time series analysis Physical Model Studies Basic Design of Orifice Spillways Aerators on Orifice Spillways Numerical Model Studies Basic Design of Orifice Spillways Aerators on Orifice Spillways River Estuary 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models