Consultancy Services

• Mangrove Management Plan
• Mangrove Survey
• Reclamation analysis
• Technical know-how about plantation

• Marine Ecology Assessment
• Off shore sampling
• Plankton study
• Benthic ecology - flora and fauna

• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Land use classification
• Satellite imagery analysis
• Ground truthing

• Numerical Modeling
• Thermal dispersion
• Salinity dispersion
• Field dilution

            

My Profile

Qualification:

B. Sc. M.Sc. – Mumbai University (3rd in University)

Ph.D. (Marine Ecology) – in progress

Professional Experience:

Project Assistant in National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa.
worked on > 15 marine EIA and research projects.

6 research publications in International journals.

Major Clients in NIO:

·         ESSAR Groups

·         Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd.

·         Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd.

·         Pan India Paryatan Ltd.

·         Maharashtra State PWD

·         Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.

Consultancy Clients:

•  Dhruv Construction Services, Mumbai.
•  Welspun Maxsteel, London.
• Kaizen Power Ltd. Abhijeet Group, APSEZ.
• Vaitarna Marine Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

Associations:

• Ultra-Tech Environmental Consultancy and Laboratory, Pune.
• Green Circle Consultants India Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara.
• SENES Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Navi Mumbai.
• Gadark Lab Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai.
• Tata Power, Mumbai.

Climate Change

Today climate change is a major issue. Efforts have been carried out by our group to understand  vulnerability and adaptation of ecologically sensitive mangrove habitats to the changing climate.


Maldive islands on Laccadive archipelago, from Indian Ocean sustain multi tier ecologically sensitive marine habitats in shallow and intertidal zones. They consist of coral, seagrass, seaweed, mangrove and sand dune ecosystems, of a great ecological and socioeconomic significance. Mangroves and seagrasses form the predominant source at the interface of sea. Considering present scenario of global climate change, sea level rise (SLR) and resultant calamities, as well as the proximity of islands to SLR (Church et al, 2006), these habitats are of a vital importance in protecting the coast and minimizing damage to the property and life. The present paper predicts the major implications of the climate change on the natural resources; particularly mangroves based on the case studies in India and put forward the remedial measures for conservation of island ecosystem.


This paper was presented in Conference on Marine Problems and Specific Solutions, (COMPASS 2008) in Maldives.


Please visit following link for details.


http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/1300/2/Proc_COMPASS_2008_15.pdf  

Numerical Modeling

Title: Hydrodynamic modeling for 330 MW Thermal power plant at Salav, Maharashtra.
Sponsoring Agency: Welspun Maxsteel, London
(Sub-consultancy for Green Circle Consultants, Vadodara)
Duration: 2010

Title: Hydrodynamic & Thermal Dispersion Modeling Report Prepared for Proposed 2 X 150 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at APSEZ, Atchutapuram, Andhra Pradesh.

Sponsoring Agency: Kaizen Power Ltd.

(Sub-consultancy for Green Circle Consultants, Vadodara)

Duration: 2011

Marine Ecology

Core Strength 
Identification of marine flora and fauna, including plankton and benthic organisms. Prediction of comprehensive impact on ecology. Suggesting mitigation measures for the same.


Please see the list of Projects under Marine Ecology

Title: Evaluation of marine and terrestrial ecology for development of railway corridor and ht transmission lines of Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd.

Sponsoring Agency: Cholamandalam MS Risk Services, Chennai

Duration: 2011

 

 

Title: Comprehensive Marine EIA for Vaitarna Marine Infrastructure Development.

Sponsoring Agency: Mercator Shipping Lines Ltd..

Duration: 2011 - Contd. 

Title: Mangala Pipeline Development Project - Cairn Energy.
Sponsoring Agency: Leighton Contractors India Pvt. Ltd.
Duration: 2010 - 2011


Cairn Energy India Pty. Ltd. (CEIL) have installed a Single Point Mooring (SPM) system and 2 no. x 24” diameter X 6.0 km crude oil pipeline as part of its Marine Infrastructure for Bhogat terminal in Gujarat, India. The marine pipeline will run from the Land Fall Point (LFP) to the Single Point Mooring (SPM). The land pipeline will run from LFP to the Bhogat terminal in Gujarat on the West coast of India. The SPM will be used for loading crude oil onto Aframax/Seawaymax tankers. Leighton Contractors (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Leighton) were the EPC Contractors for the marine facilities project.


I have worked as onsite environment manager for Leighton.

Overall scope of work at site was that of implementation of the Environmental Management Plans and Procedures to enable the project to meet the Performance Standards and Guidelines of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the national and international regulations.

Title: Marine EIA of proposed SEZ at Gorai, Mumbai
Sponsoring Agency: Pan India Paryatan, Mumbai
Duration: 2007 -2009

Title: Baseline data collection & feasibility assessment around Capao island in Mandovi Estuary,Goa for developing recreational facilities.
Sponsoring Agency: Ozone Propex, Bangalore.
Duration: 2007 – 2009

Title: Rapid EIA for Madel Church – Chodan Bridge, Goa.
Sponsoring Agency: Goa State Infrastructure Development Corp.
Duration: 2008 – 2009

Title: Rapid EIA & EMP at Northern Basin, Gulf of Kutch
Sponsoring Agency: Mundra Port & SEZ Gujrat.
Duration: 2008 – 2009


Title: Rapid EIA of proposed Harihareshwar – Bankot Bridge, Maharashtra.
Sponsoring Agency: Dhruv Construction Consultants, Mumbai
Duration: 2010 – Contd.

Mangroves

Core Strength
Study of quantification and loss of mangroves around development site. Suggesting mitigation measures for the same. Providing technical know-how about compensatory mangrove plantation at selected locations.

Please see the list of Projects under Mangroves

Title: Evaluation of mangroves for development of railway corridor and ht transmission lines of Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd.

Sponsoring Agency: Cholamandalam MS Risk Services, Chennai

Duration: 2011

 

 

Title: Evaluation of mangroves and intertidal habitats in Manori creek for development of repairing and maintenance yard of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation

Sponsoring Agency: Green Circle Inc. Vadodara
Duration: 2011

Title: EIA & Mangrove habitat evaluation at proposed Thermal power plant site.
Sponsoring Agency: ESSAR Power, Jamnagar
Duration: 2007 – 2008

Title: Mangroves & Sand-dune Flora evaluation at proposed Bridge site at Kelashi, Chiplun.
Sponsoring Agency: Maharashtra, PWD
Duration: 2008

Title: Mangrove Survey in coastal area around marine facilities.
Sponsoring Agency: Vadinar Oil Terminal, Gujrat
Duration: 2008 – 2009

Title: Mangrove & Coral habitat assessment along the proposed route for SPM in Gulf of Kutch.
Sponsoring Agency: Bharat Oman Refineries Limited
Duration: 2008 – 2009

GIS

I have used GIS tool for assessment of Mangrove and coral habitats. This research
was presented in Inernational conference on Remote Sensing at New Caledonia.
Please visit following link for further details.

http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2585