1. Personal Information

  

Name

Rathna Kumar Vakkalagadda

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualification

 M.Tech (Civil)

Department

 Civil

Email

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Phone Number

 9990168298
Google Scholar Link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a0kNmW8AAAAJ&hl=en

 

2. Academic Information

 

Name of the Degree Name of the College Name of the University Year of Passing Specialization
 M.Tech Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 2004  Civil Engineering - Hydraulics
 B.Tech R.V.R. & J. C College of Engineering

 Acharya Nagarjuna University

(Formerly Nagarjuna University)

2002 Civil Engineering

 

3. Experience (Teaching/Industry/R&D)

 

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1 June 2015 June 2017 Manager - Civil CESC Projects Ltd (RPSG Group) Industry
2  July 2013 June 2015 Assistant Principal Engineer - Hydro Civil AF Consult (I) Pvt Ltd Industry
3 April 2011 June 2013 Manager -Civil GVK Technical Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd Industry
4 July 2008 March 2011 Sr.Engineer Hydro Tasmania Consulting (I) Pvt Ltd Industry
5 January 2008 July 2008 Engineer - Hydraulics SMEC (I) Pvt Ltd Industry
6 May 2007 January 2008 Sr.Engineer (Civil) Srinivas Constructions Ltd, Hyderabad Industry
7 April 2006 May 2007 Sr.Engineer (Civil) EDRC (Hydel & Nuclear), ECC Division, L & T Ltd Industry
8 August 2004 April 2006 Engineer - Civil  NTPC Ltd Industry
 
 

 

4. Publications

 

International Journals

 

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1 New model of variogram of groundwater hydraulic heads   2009  ASCE, J. of Hydrologic Engineering  08  14  872-875  ISSN (print): 1084-0699

 

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5. Membership in Professional Bodies

 

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   1 Indian Water Resources Society

LM - 2005-6695

Life Time membership
   2 Indian Society for Hydraulics LM - 729  Life Time membership
   3 Indian Geotechnical Society LM-4344 Life Time membership

 

6. Training/Conferences/Seminars/Summer School/Winter School attended

 

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Other Information

2021 E- Course on "Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Data Analysis: Basic and Advanced Techniques (HYMCBAT 2021) National Institutue of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand March 01-05
2020 Online Eight Week Course on "The Joy of Computing using Python" - [01 FDP ] Course authorised by IIT Ropar, offered through NPTEL Sep-Dec
2020 Online Eight Week Course on "Remote Sensing & GIS" - [01 FDP ] Course authorised by IIT Guwahati, offered through NPTEL Sep-Dec
2020 Online Twelve Week Course on "Deep Learning" - [1.5 FDP ] Course authorised by IIT Kharagpur, offered through NPTEL Sep-Dec
2020 One Week Online Short Term Training Program (STTP) on "Machine Learning and IoT Technologies for Environmental Issues Phase II" Organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prasad V.Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada 26th - 31st November
2020 One Week online Short Term Program on "Integral Transforms and Their Applications (ITTA - 2020) Organized by Department of Basic Science, Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women(A), Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh 16th - 21st November
2020 One Week online STTP on "Capacity Building and Training on Geospatial Technologies (Phase - II: Land and Water Management Studies - an International Perspective" Organized by Geospatial Information Centre (GIC), Department of Civil Engineering, S.R.K.R.Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh 9th-13th November
2020 5 Day Online Short-Term Course on Machine Learning and its Applications to Civil Engineering (MLACE 2020) Organized by Department of Civil Engineering and Sponsored by TEQIP-3, National Institute of Technology Srinagar 2nd - 6th November
2020 One Week online STTP on "Capacity Building and Training on Geospatial Technologies (Phase - I: Water Resources" Organized by Geospatial Information Centre (GIC), Department of Civil Engineering, S.R.K.R.Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh 26th - 31st October
2020 5 Day Online Faculty Development Programme on "Applications of Remote Sensing & GIS in Water Resources"  Organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, National Instittute of Technology Andhra Pradesh 19th - 23rd October
2020 One Week Online Short Term Training Program (STTP) on "Machine Learning and IoT Technologies for Environmental Issues Phase I" Organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prasad V.Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada 21st - 26th September
2020 21 days Online "GIS Training Program using QGIS" Conducted by the Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Karnataka jointly with State of Urban Development, Karnataka, India 7th - 27th September
2020 5 Day national Faculty Development Program webinar on "Hydrological Modelling Using RS & GIS with Special Reference to Climate Chnage"  Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, AU College of Engineering 7th - 11th September
2020 5 Day Online Faculty Development Programme on "Recent Modelling Approaches in Water Resources Engineering (RMAWRE-2020)" Organised by Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Enginnering (A), Osmania University 17th - 21st August
2020 Five day International webinar on "Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Management and Environment" Conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University sponsored by TEQIP-III in collaboration with Scince City of Andhra Pradesh 15th - 19th July
2020 60 Contact Hours "Online Faculty Development Program on AI and Deep Learning" Conducted by M/s 360 DigiTMG, Under Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development & Training Govt.of Andhra Pradesh 1st - 28th July
2020 32 sessions Online course on "Remote Sensing & GIS Technology and Applications for University Teachers & Government Officials" Conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO Dehradun 13th June - 1st July
2020 One Week Online Faculty Development Program on "Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Civil Engineering" Organized by Civil Engineering Department, K L Deemed to University 8th - 13th June
2020 Online Non-Credit Six Week course on "Climate Change and Water in Mountain Regions:A Global Concern" Course authorised by University of Geneva, offered through Coursera Completed on 23rd May
2020 Online Eight Week Course on "Introduction to Soft Computing" Course authorised by IIT Kharagpur, offered through NPTEL January-March (Covid Impacted Semester)
2020 Online Eight Week Course on "Matlab Programming for Numerical Computation" Course authorised by IIT Madras, offered through NPTEL January-March (Covid Impacted Semester)
2020 Online Twelve Week Course on "Qualitative Research Method and Research Writing" Course authorised by IIT Kharagpur, offered through NPTEL January-March (Covid Impacted Semester)
2019 Six - Day Faculty Development Programme on "Soft Computing Techniques and Applications" Organized by Vignan's Nirula Institute of Technology and Science for Women, Guntur in association with E & ICT Academy, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GoI  13th - 18th May
2019 Course on “Crop Water Use Estimation in 21st Century with Advances in Geospatial Technologies” Organized by JNTUH College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad under MHRD Scheme on Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) 22nd April - 3rd May
2019 Online Four Week Course on "Introduction to Remote Sensing" Course authorised by IIT Roorkee, offered through NPTEL January -February 
2018 Two Day National SeminarTwo Day National SeminaronNBC 2016 and Indian Standards:Innovations and Case Studies in Geotechnical Engineering Jointly Organized by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Indian Geotechnical Society – Guntur Chapter and R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur 06th & 07th July 
2016

Training Course on "Geo-technical Instrumentation for Hydroelectric Projects"

Central Soil and Materials Research Station, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India 18th -19th Feb
2015 Seminar on "Hydro Power Development - Issues and Challenges" Indian National Hydropower Association @ CBIP N Delhi  6th August
2014 Seminar on Global Critical R & D Gaps in Hydro Sector and Way Forward Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited 1st March
2005 Material Testing and Evaluation of Earth and Rock fill Dams Central Water Commission & Central Soil and Materials Research Station, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India Aug29th to Sep 02nd
2005 Application of Rock Mechanics in Surface and Underground Excavations National Institute of Rock Mechanics 22nd to 26th August
2004 Quality of Concrete for Hydro Projects National Council for Cement and Building Materials 22nd to26th November

 

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