BIO DATA of Dr. H.K.RAMARAJU

Dr. Ramaraju.H.K.(50),Graduate in Civil Engineering Post Graduate in Environmental

Engineering and Ph.D in Civil-Environmental Engineering from University Visveswaraya

College of Engineering UVCE), Bangalore. He has published/presented 97 research papers in

National /International Journals/Seminars and Edited 5 technical volumes. On invitation Prof.

Ramaraju has visited United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, China, Malaysia, Nepal,

Egypt, Norway, Netherlands, United States of America (USA), Singapore, Australia, Srilanka ,

Mauritius, Seashells & South Africa to share innovative actions for Water & Sanitation.

He has been honored with Sir M.Visveswaraya Prathibha Puraskar in the year 2000 by Engineers

Association, Bangalore. He is a recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Parisara Prashasti (Award for

excellence in environment –related work) with cash prize of rupees one lakh from Government

of Karnataka on 5th June 2005. He is also receiptant of Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award for

Excellence in their field Excellence in teaching ,R&D in water and sanitation field; Individual

Achievements and National Development Constituted by Global Society for Health &

Educational Growth (GSHEG),New Delhi(12th February 2007). Indian Water Works

Association awarded : Brijnandan Sharma Award for the services in water /waste water field

with a cash prize of Rs 50,000/- at 40th Annual Convention held at Indore , Madhya Pradesh(

Feb 2008). He also got UNESCO- Netherlands Fellowship (July 2009) for a short term course on

Decentralized Water supply & sanitation, Delft, Netherlands. Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara

Palike (BBMP: Greater Bangalore), Government of Karnataka honored Ramaraju with Nada

Prabhu Kempe Gowda Award for the services in the field of Environment at 500th year of

Founders Day Celebration of Bangalore (18 April 2011).

He was a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering-Civil,

University Visveswaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore University and also he was

the professor at SJB Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Presently he is at Dayananda Sagar

College of Engineering as a Professor and Head of Civil Engineering. He is guiding three

Ph.D students (His Research projects are funded by AICTE, UGC,VTU & ISRO, Rural

Development & Panchayath Raj Department, Vision Group/DST amounting to Rs 1.05Crore +)

on E-waste management., Municipal Solid Waste Management , On-site sanitation systems and

been active with a number of NGO’s in the field of Environment and practical consumer

awareness on Aforestation and Soil conservation, Rain water ,Roof top harvesting ,watershed:

Ground water management ,Importance of water quality /Quantity, it’s impact on Health and

Climate Change /Global Warming.

1) Name& Address:

Communication

Dr. H.K. RAMA RAJU

Professor & Head of Civil Engineering Department

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Shaviga Malleshwara Hills, K S Layout,Bangalore-560 078

Mobile: 09845625608, 080-25538172 (R)

Email: hkramaraju@gmail.com

Permanent Address

Dr. H.K. RAMA RAJU,

S/o. H.R.Kambada Rangappa, Hanumanahally Post, Madhugiri Tq.,Tumkur

District - 572112, Karnataka, India.

2) Date of Birth: 20th March 1967, 49 years Nationality : Indian

3) Educational Qualifications:

B.E. : (Civil), MSRIT, Bangalore University (1990), Karnataka, India

Project: "Design of Water Distribution System for BDA layout, MSR Nagar using CAD"

M.E. (Environmental), UVCE, Bangalore University (1994) ,Karnataka, India

Thesis : "Study on occurrence and removal possibilities of fluoride in Kolar District"

Ph.D (Civil-Environmental), UVCE, Bangalore University (2001), Karnataka, India

Thesis: "Study on Environmental problems of Septic Tank Systems in Peri-Urban &

Rural Areas & Mitigative measures"

Guides: Prof. G. Ranganna & Prof. N. Manamohana Rao

4) Professional Membership:

Member - Indian Water Works Association (MIWWA : LM 2671)

Member - Institution of Public Health Engineers (MIPHE: LM 1110)

Member: International Association for Hydrological Society (MIAHS: 6052)

Member - Institution of Engineers (MIE: M 126529)

Member- Administrative Staff College of India (MASCI: M 23059)

Member- Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE: LM 44279)

5) Fields of Specialization:

Environmental Engineering: Impact Assessment & Management

Water Supply & Sanitation, Water Harvesting: Integrated Water Resources

Management (IWRM)

Designing of Water/Waste Water Treatment Plants (Domestic and Industrial Effluents)

for 3 R’s

Mathematical Modeling of Ground Water Pollution, Soil Conservation, Ecology &

Biodiversity

Air Pollution, Mitigation, Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste assessment management

6) Experience:

26 years of experience in Industrial, Research, Development & along with teaching

Position : Professor& Head of Civil Engineering

Period : November 2003 to till date

Employer : “Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE)” SM Hills, Kumaraswamy

Layout, Bangalore-78 ((On lean from DSCE to “University Visveswaraya College of

Engineering (UVCE)”, B’lore University from March 2008 to September 2009& to SJB

Institute of Technology (SJBIT),B’lore from July 2015 to Nov 2016))

Position : Water Quality and R&D Expert

Period : August-2000 to October 2003

Employer : “JAL NIRMAL”- World Bank assisted Project, Karnataka Rural Water

Supply & Sanitation Agency, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Government

of Karnataka

Position : Doctoral Research Fellow

Period : Sep 1996- July 2000

Employer : RGNDWM project sanctioned to Bangalore University

Position : Lecturer, Engineer and Research Fellow

Period : March 1990- August 1996

Employer : Adi Chunchanagiri Education Trust, B’lore/ S.J.C. Institute of Technology,

Chickballapur.

7) Awards & Felicitations:

‘NRFC-USVS’ (Prof. N. Rudraiah, Felicitation Committee – United States Visiting

Scientist) award for best paper publication, UGC-DSA Centre, Bangalore University ,

March 1997.

Sir. M. Visveswaraiah’s Prize, Prathibha-Puraskar for contribution in research field.

Technical Engineers Association (Karnataka): Sep 2000

Rajiv Gandhi Environment State Award with Rs 1 lakh cash prize for contribution in

Environmental Conservation /Management field, Department of Ecology & Environment,

Government of Karnataka, June 2005

Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award for Excellence in our field on the occasion of 23rd

National Seminar on INDIVIDUAL ACHIVEMENTS & NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ,

12 February 2007 at New Delhi . Global Society for Health & Educational Growth

(GSHEG), New Delhi

Brijnandan Sharma Award for the services in water /waste water field with a cash prize

of Rs 5000/-, at 40th Annual Convention of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) held

at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Feb 2008

“Nada Prabhu Kempe Gowda Award” with Rs 25,000 cash prize for the services in the

field of Environment at 500th year of Founders Day Celebrations of Bangalore Bruhath

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP: Greater Bangalore), Govt. of Karnataka (18 April

2011).

8) Community –oriented Activities (2004-onwards):

Organized a one day regional workshop on Water Harvesting & conducted a Jatha with

pamplets

distribution in the local areas of Kumara swamy layout of Dayananda Sagar College of

Engineering, Bangalore ( programme was sponsored by Karnataka Vignana Parishat &

Ministry of Environment Govt. of India), May 2004

As a Convener Conducted One day National Seminar on Eco Friendly Approaches for

Ground Water Management (September 2004, Sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi).

As a Joint Secretary of Institution of Public Health Engineers: Karnataka Centre in

association with Indian Water Works Association conducted a two day National Conference

on “New Trends in water & Waste Water Projects”(April 2005)

As a Co-ordinator ,Organised a half day regional workshop on Water, Sanitation, Health &

conducted a Jatha with pamplets distribution in the local areas of BTM/MICO layout,

Bangalore in association with Indian Water Works Association & Institution of Public

Health

Engineers, Karnataka centers on account of Engineers Day Celebration( Sept. 2005).

As a Co-ordinator ,Organised a half day regional workshop on Water, Sanitation, Health &

conducted a Jatha with pamplets distribution in the local areas: parts of J.P. Nagar &

Jayanagar , Bangalore in association with Indian Water Works Association & Institution

of Public Health Engineers, Karnataka centers on account of World water Day Celebration(

March . 2006).

As a Convener & Joint Secretary of Institution of Public Health Engineers: Karnataka

Centre in association with Indian Water Works Association & Dayananda Sagar College of

Engineering conducted a two day National seminar on “Recent Advances in Civil

Engineering ”( Sept. 2006)

As a Co-ordinator ,Organized a half day regional workshop on Water, Sanitation, Health &

conducted a Jatha with pamplets distribution in the local areas of Kumaraswamy layout,

Gowdra colony, ISRO layout, Bangalore in association with Indian Water Works

Association & Institution of Public Health Enginers,Karnataka centers on account of

Engineers Day Celebration( Sept. 2007)

As a Convener conducted one day National Seminar on Restoration of Surface Water

bodies. (March 2008, Sponsored by Indian Water Works Association & Alumina of Civil

Engineering (1991 Batch) students)

As a Convener & Joint Secretary of Institution of Public Health Engineers: Karnataka

Centre in association with Indian Water Works Association & University Visveswaraya

College of Engineering of Department of Civil Engineering conducted a Regional seminar

on “Planet Earth ”; Celebrations to Commemorate the birth Anniversary of Sir

.M.Visveswaraya as Engineers Day (Sept. 2008)

As a Convener, Professor & Head of Civil Engineering Department , DSCE in association

with Panchayat Raj Engineering Department/ Rural Development & Panchayat Raj

Department of Government of Karnataka conducted a two day National seminar on

““Sustainability of Drinking Water Supply Systems with Special Reference to Multi-village

Schemes” to commemorate World water Day on 22-23 March 2010)

As a Chairman of the Department, organized a Short term course on “Alternate

Construction Materials for Sustainable Environment” on account Engineers Day

celebration in association with VTU, IWWA & IPHE (Sep 2010)

Actively involved in conducting Rally for Awareness & Launching of Youth Forum

…”Youth for Water” on Marina beach road from Centenary building , Madras University ,

Madras, 43rd IWWA Convention , 11th Jan 2011.

As a Convener & Joint Secretary of Institution of Public Health Engineers: Karnataka

Centre in association with Indian Water Works Association & Dayananda Sagar College of

Engineering conducted a National seminar on “Engineers Preparedness for Disaster

Management”( Sept. 2011)

As a Convener in association with Rural Development & Panchayat Raj , Karnataka Urban

Water Supply & Drainage Board , Govt. of Karnataka & Dayananda Sagar College of

Engineering conducted a Regional Workshop on Water, Energy & Food Security; Water

Harvesting with special reference to Urban Areas to Commemorate World Water Day on

21-22 March 2012.

As a Chairman of the Department, organized a workshop on Development of Office Tools

for Rate Analysis & Estimation & Seismic Design of Structures for Disaster Mitigation

Supported by Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi & VTU, Belgaum an account of

Engineers Day Celebration (Sep 13-15, 2012)

As a Southern Regional –coordinator for India Water Partnership/Global Water Partnership

organized a “World Water quality Monitoring Programme” in the Bruhath

Bangalore/Greater Bangalore (BBMP) in the selected Slum/lake area by interacting with

local community. Jointly organized by Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), DSCE

&Sneha Test House.(3rd Oct. 2012)

As a Convener in association with Rural Development & Panchayat Raj , Water Resources

Department, Govt. of Karnataka & Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering conducted a

National Workshop on Water Co-operation & Building Partnerships , Integrated water

resources

management & Water user efficiency to Commemorate World Water Day on 22 March

2013.

As a Principal Investigator organized a Brain storming Workshop on Pollution

Mechanisms in Urban aquifers of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) area by

Integrated Geophysical, Remote Sensing and GIS techniques, Supported by ISRO &

DRDO, Aug 23, 2013

As a Sectorial Head organized an International Conference on Convergence of Science ,

Engineering & Management in Education & Research- A Global Perspective , 26-27

September 2013.

As a Organizing Joint secretary hosted 46th Annual Convention of IWWA at Bangalore

during 16-18th Jan 2014 &conducted Youth Programme of IWWA .

As a Convener in association with Rural Development & Panchayat Raj , Water Resources

Department, Govt. of Karnataka & Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering conducted a

National Workshop on Water & Energy to Commemorate World Water Day on 21st

March 2014.

As a convener in association with BBMP, IWWA, IPHE & Dayananda Sagar College of

Engineering conducted a National Workshop on Frugal Engineering Innovations for

Sustainable Built Environment to Commemorate Engineers Day on 15th September 2014.

As a Convener in association with Rural Development & Panchayat Raj , Defence

Research and Development Organisation & Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

conducted a National Workshop on Water and Sustainable Development to

Commemorate World Water Day on 26 March 2015

As a Principal Investigator organized a Brain storming Workshop –II on Pollution

Mechanisms in Urban aquifers of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) area by

Integrated Geophysical, Remote Sensing and GIS techniques, Supported by ISRO & SERB,

April 24th , 2015

As a convener in association with BDA , KIOCL Limited, IWWA , IPHE &SJB Institute

of Technology conducted a National Seminar on Civil Engineering Challenges for

Knowledge to Commemorate Engineers Day on 15th September 2015.

As a convener in association with KSPCB , KIOCL Limited, IWWA , IPHE &SJB

Institute of Technology conducted a National Seminar on Swatchh Bharath Drive for

Solid Waste Management to Commemorate Engineers Day on 23rd September 2016

As a convener in association with Water Resources Department, CSIR & SERB &

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering conducted a National Seminar on Water

Conservation & Waste Water Management for Sustainable Development’ to Commemorate

World water Day on 22 March 2017.

As a Chairman of organizing committee , organized National Level Technical Conjuncture

‘Sagar Tech’ 2K17 on 16/05/2017 in association with Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) &

Student Alumni.

As a Director of Youth Forum for Water (YFW) in association with IWWA, Youth Forum

and Student chapter for water in Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering was inaugurated

and conducted a “Jatha- An awareness program on Water, Sanitation and Health” on 26th

September 2017. Around 300 students took a membership of YFW and 800 students

attended the program.

As a convener in association with IWWA, SERB, Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO), MoES & Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering conducted a National

Seminar on Role of Engineers in Infrastructure, Energy & Irrigation’ to Commemorate

Engineers Day on 27th September 2017.

References:

Dr. G. Ranganna, Former Prof. & Dean (KREC, Surathkal), No.174, Nandana, 5th Main, 4th

Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-11, Karnataka, Ph: 080- 26634905 (R), Mobile: 9448667397.

Dr. A. N. Yellappa Reddy, Former Secretary to Ecology& Environment, GOK, Mobile:

9880198549, Resi :080-65657675.

Galiswamy, Secretary, Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore. Mobile: 9343781333

9) Publications:

Published / Presented over 100 Research Papers in National / International / Journals /

Seminars / Workshops. As a Convener (*b,c & i,j ,m,n) , Edited ( 6 Technical volumes)

the proceedings of the technical papers of the five National Conferences/Workshops.

10) Conferences attended Abroad:

Visited Nepal, Tribhuvan University and Presented a Research Paper at the International

Conference on Environment and Ecology (1998)( Supported by RDPR Dept.

GOI).

Visited United Kingdom (UK), Birmingham University and Presented Research Paper at

IAHS/IUGG Congress (1999).(Supported by IUGG/IAHS)

Visited British Geological Survey, Wallingford, U.K. to get knows the ongoing advanced

technologies in water and sanitation systems (1999) (Supported by BGS,UK).

Visited Florence, Italy and presented a Research Paper at 32nd International Geological

Congress (IGC)(2004).(Supported by AICTE , New Delhi & DSCE)

Visited Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China to present a research paper at

Hydrological Sciences for Managing Water resources in the Asian Developing World (2006)

(Supported by IAHS, UK & INSA, New Delhi).

Visited South Valley University, Aswan, Egypt to present research paper,

Organized by the Tethys geological Society, 8 -11 January 2000 (Supported

by DSCE)

Visited Oslo, Norway and Presented the paper at the 33rd International geological congress

(33IGC), 6-14 Aug 2008, held at Oslo, Norway (Supported by AICTE, New Delhi ).

Got UNESCO- Netherlands Fellowship ( July 2009) to attend a short term course on

Decentralized Water supply &Sanitation at Delft, Netherlands.

Visited United States of America (USA) to present a research paper at Goldschmidt 2010,

Earth Energy and the Environment International Conference on Mining Wastes –Water

Quality Deterioration and Its impact on Environment in Southern India during 13-18 June

2010 at The University of Tennessee , Knoxville. Also Visited Stanford, University of

California State for interactions.(Supported by VTU, Belgaum & DSCE)

Visited Australia to present a research paper on Hazardous due to migration of contaminants

from municipal solid waste in Mavallipura disposal site near Bangalore, Karnataka, South

India during 5-10th, August 2012 at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Also

delivered a invited technical talk on Climate Change &Water: Vulnerability& Adaptation in

University of south Australia & University of Wollongong (Supported by AICTE, New

Delhi).

Visited Sri Lanka to present a research paper on “An optimization of municipal solid waste

flows: Environmentally sustainable strategies for municipalities” during 16-17th November

2012 at 17th International Forestry and Environment Symposium, Wattala, Sri Lanka.

Visited Mauritius to Conduct Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU) Exams as

External Deputy Chief and External Examiner for the JSS Academy of Technical Education

from 28th May 2013 to 10th June 2013. Also Visited University of Mauritius for a general

discussion.

Visited University of Seashells & University of Cape town , South Africa to know more

about Advances in Water Treatment Technologies, during 25 Aug-3 Sept. 2016.

11) Students Guide:

Six Post Graduate Students for thesis work of Master Degree in Environmental

Engineering.

One Ph.D students in the areas of E-waste management under M.G.R.University, Chennai.

One student for MSC (Engg) under VTU in the areas of Municipal Waste Management (As

a Non–conventional resources) .

Two Ph.D students are working in the areas of Water quality/quantity, Sanitation systems in

the Rural Sub Urban Areas at Visveswaraya TechnologicalUniversity (VTU), Karnataka

12) Major Projects Handled:

o Involved in Designing and Demonstration of defluoridation model for rural people of

Bagepalli Taluk under DANIDA Assisted Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

and carried out analyses of water samples for Danida, ZPE, Rural Water Supply

Schemes (1993-94).

o Worked as a ‘ Fellow’ for World Bank sponsored project in SJCIT, Chikballapur. Rural

Water Supply and Sanitation Project - Training of Masons for low cost construction and

sanitation systems (1990 -95).

o Worked as a co- investigator for a RGNDWM, Govt. of India (GOI), sponsored Project

as Research Fellow at SJCIT, Chikballapur.

Topic: Impact of desilting of tanks on control of fluorosis-A case study for Bagepalli

Taluk, Kolar District (1994-1996).

o Worked as a Consulting Environmental Engineer for BASS Pollution Control

Systems Limited

(SEAMAK Group)

Involved in Design, Erection, Commissioning of effluent Treatment Plants. E.g.: Stella

Silks, Bangalore Rural District; Trimm exports (Pathi Silks), Bangalore; Cauvery

Boards, Tamilnadu; Klass Engineering Works, Bangalore; Pharmad Chemicals,

Tamilnadu, etc. & prepared Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports for

ASTRA IDL Ltd, Bangalore; Pharmad chemicals, Tamil Nadu;BPL (Alkaline Batteries)

Ltd, Dabaspet, Bangalore (1995, 96, 97)

Involved in operation and maintenance of 163 MLD sewage treatment plant at K & C,

valley for BWSSB Bangalore city, Karnataka State (one of the biggest secondary

sewage treatment plant in India) – with units like Mechanical screens, clarifiers,

Aeration tanks with 24 number - 50 HP aerators, secondary clarifiers, thickners, sludge

drying beds, sludge digesters, primary and excess sludge pumps, recycling pumps etc.;

Treating sewage of southern part of Bangalore city before disposal (1996-97).

o In Bangalore Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation master plan (BWS &ESMP) –

Aus Aid Project Coordinated as Pilot Project Engineer through STUP Consultants:

Involved in planning, designing and conducting of participatory learning approach (PLA)

exercises to selected urban poor-slums (Cement hut slum and Sudhamanagar Slum,

Bangalore) by following community demand driven approach for better Water Supply and

Sanitation facilities (2000).

o Prepared preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report to WRDO: the Eco-

Committee, Irrigation Department; GOK. Topic: Studies on Environmental problems of

townships on nearby water bodies with reference to Bhadravathi Town, Nanjanagud and

Srirangapatna (2000).

o Prepared a Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Report (REIA) to R.K. Powergen (P)

Ltd. 20MW Biomass based Power Plant, Chinnainahalli, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga

District (2001).

o Co-ordinated with National Asphalt Products and Construction Company (State High

Way project, Funded by World Bank) for setting up stone crusher unit 100t/hr and Asphalt

mix plant & wet mix macadam by considering Environmental aspects such as identifying

the site away from settlements, water bodies and sensitive areas (2001-02).

o Prepared preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report to WRDO: the Eco-

Committee, Irrigation Department; GOK. Topic: Studies on Environmental problems of

townships on nearby water bodies with reference to Bhadravathi Town, Nanjanagud and

Srirangapatna (2000).

o Prepared a Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Report (REIA) to R.K. Powergen (P)

Ltd. 20MW Biomass based Power Plant, Chinnainahalli, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga

District (2001).

o Co-ordinated with National Asphalt Products and Construction Company (State High

Way project, Funded by World Bank) for setting up stone crusher unit 100t/hr and Asphalt

mix plant & wet mix macadam by considering Environmental aspects such as identifying

the site away from settlements, water bodies and sensitive areas (2001-02).

o Worked with World Bank Assisted Jal-Nirmal (Karnataka Rural Water Supply and

Environmental Sanitation) Project with Government of Karnataka: For studies on

Environmental Analysis, Water Quality and Quantity Issues, Preparation of GIS Water

Quality Mapping, R & D Studies: Conducting of Public Consultation Meetings at GP level

for the community involving them by demand responsive approach for sustainability and to

improve the quality of life of the people in Rural Karnataka (2000 to 2003).

o Prepared Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Report to Vakkal Power

Corporation,Mulabagilu Taluk, Kolar District

o Co-ordinated with Samudaya Samhitha-an NGO (2001-02), Bangalore

For the preparation of Detailed Engineering Study Report for providing comprehensive

Water Supply Scheme to Talkad, T. Narasipura Taluk, Mysore District (Source : Cauvery

River, Estimated Cost: Rs.3.20 crores).

For the preparation of Conceptual Design Report for providing Water Supply Scheme to

Mayakonda and other 15 villages in Davanagere Taluk, Davanagere District (Source:

Bhandra Right Bank Canal, Estimated Cost: Rs.8.3 crores.)

Responsible for the preparation of Conceptual Design Report for providing water supply

scheme to 8 villages of Maddur Taluk, Mandya District (Cauvery River , Estimated Cost:

Rs.2.56 crores.)

Preparation of Engineering Study Report for providing water supply scheme to villages

affected with chemical contamination in Molakalmur Taluk, Chitradurga District.

o Co-ordinated with CEADAT-an NGO (2002-2003), Bangalore for the preparation and

Implementation of Shivanahalli CBP Watershed Development project (the project was

assisted by NABARD), Anekal Taluk, Bangalore Urban district which involves

revision of watershed & NGO data sheet, Physical feature & cadastral/revenue map of

watershed, delineating entire watershed identified plus CBP area. Treatment plan with

details of cost estimate & design details of soil conservation treatments like Bunding,

waste weirs, gully plugs, etc. For the preparation of Detailed Water Supply and

Sanitation Scheme reports for the villages of Haveri District and Bidar Districts,

Karnataka: through DHV/MDP Consultants, New Delhi.

p) As a Consulting Environmental Advisor (2001- 2005 , 2013-016)

Client:

M/s. National Asphalt Products Company Chennai for Kibbanahalli cross to Huliyar

rehabilitation works .M/s. MAYTAS Infra Ltd., Hyderabad for Kalmala Junction to

Sindhanur up gradation works

M/s. MDP/DHV Consultants for assisting EMPIU in implementation of EMP

M/s. Scott Wilson Consultants in Air, Noise and Water Quality Monitoring for Anshi

National Park Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Raichur bypass

and Bijapur bypass & Preparation of Environmental Screening Report for KSHIP 2 (

Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project)

M/S Sneha Pollution Control Systems for ADB assisted KSHIP-2 , During

implementation phase monitoring of air , water , soil , noise pollution levels in the

project area & suggesting pollution control measures.

o As a Key person from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering , prepared a

Environmental Impact of proposed Upper Bhadra Project with particular

reference to water quality & impact of mining , quarrying & tunneling with case

studies ( This work is a part of K.C.Reddy report) (March 2006)

r) As a Team leader & Environment Engineering Expert consultant with CEADAT ,

prepared a Technical Feasibility study of the Access to basic services in KGF mining

area, Karnataka supported By ADER, France (November 2006)

s) As a Environmental Engineer & Technical Advisor to Sneha Hitech Products,

Bangalore Prepared a Rapid Environmental Impact assessment report for Hydel Projects

(As a Non-conventional resource) to Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation

Ltd(KPTCL),for the areas of Belgaum District & Gadag District (2010)

t) As a Principal Investigator he has completed the R & D projects supported by RDPR

Department, UGC, AICTE , VTU and ongoing research projects funded by ISRO

13) Working as Technical Advisor/consultant to:

Technical Expert Committee (2009-2016) for SLSSC & advisory committee member for

STA Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department (Constituted by Govt. of Karnataka).

Worked as Expert Committee member Eco-Committee (Constituted by Water Resources

Department, Govt. of Karnataka) (2001-03) & EIA /water quality Expert to water supply

schemes of Upper Bhadra Project (2006-08), Headed by K.C.Reddy.& Yellappa Reddy

Worked as Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) member for Karnataka State Pollution

Control Board (KSPCB) (2013-14)

Visveswaraya Technical University (VTU)Appointed as Local Inspection Committee

Member (LIC) to inspect the Engineering colleges (2012,13,14,15,16.....)

Visveswaraya Technical University(VTU) Appointed as Ph.D Registration Expert

Committee member in Civil Engineering (2016).

14) Training Programme Attended:

5 days Programme on GIS applications on Project Management for Policy Decisions (24th –

28thJune 2002) organized by Danida Assisted Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project,

Project Advisory Group, Bangalore through ESRI, NIIT, Bangalore.

3 days Programme on the World Bank Procedures for Procurement of Consultants for

officials of Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (18th – 21st December

2002), Administrative Staff College of India, Bella vista, Hyderabad-82.

14 days Programme on applications of Remote sensing and Geographic Information System

Techniques in Water Resources Development and Management (11–21st February 2003),

Organized by National Water Academy, Central Water Commission, Kadakvasla, Poone-24.

5 days Programme on Quality Improvement in “Planning , Design and Management of

Engineering Services in Green Building Projects” ( 23rd-27th March 2009), Organized by

Department of Building Engineering and management , School of Planning and Architecture,

New Delhi-02

Got UNESCO- Netherlands Fellowship to attend a short term training course on

Decentralized Water supply & Sanitation at Delft, Netherlands from 4th -29th July 2009

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF Dr. H.K. RAMA RAJU

1. Ramaraju,“Fighting Fluorosis in Kolar Dist.” World Environment Day, Yearly Journal of

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, pp 6-7, 1995.

2. Ramaraju, Ramanna,“Study on Occurrence and Removal Possibilities of Fluoride in Kolar

District, Karnataka” Journal. of Indian Water Works Association, pp 27-34,1996.

3. Ramaraju, Ramanna,“Study on Occurrence and Removal Possibilities of Fluoride in Kolar

District, Karnataka” Journal. of Indian Water Works Association, pp 27-34,1996.

4. Ramaraju ,“Fluoride Distribution in Groundwater of Kolar District”. Presented and published in

the proceedings of National Seminar on Water and Air Pollution, B.V.B. College of Engineering,

Hubli, Karnataka, 1996.

5. Ramaraju, Ramanna “Model Study on Fluoride Removal” presented at the National Seminar on

Man, Industry and Environment, Bangalore University, Karnataka, 1996.

6. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Bacteriological Contamination of Groundwater in peri-

urban Areas”, presented at the Indo-US workshop on Applications of Biotechnology for “Clean

Environment and Energy”, Bangalore University, Karnataka, 1998.

7. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna ,Infiltration of fertilizers based pollutants through an

unsaturated soil zone of the soil and its impact on groundwater quality-a case study. Indo –US

workshop on Applications of Biotechnology for “Clean Environment and Energy”, Bangalore

University, Karnataka, 5-8 August 1998.

8. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Studies on the Assessment of pollution Potential of

Groundwater from septic effluents”. Presented and published in the proceedings of “National

Seminar on Environmental Pollution, Causes and Remedies”, PESIT, Bangalore, Karnataka, 8-9

October, pp 37-43,1998.

9. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater by septic tank System – A

case study of Karnataka ”, presented at the International Conference on “Environment and

Agriculture”, Kathmandu, Nepal 1-3 November, 1998,Publisher :Ecological Society, Nepal, pp

539-544,2001.

10. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Venkatachalappa “Infiltration of Pit Latrine Systems

Effluent into Ground Water”, Presented at the “International Conference on Environment and

Health”, Hotel Atria, Bangalore, 14-16 December, 1998.

11. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Impact of pit latrine system on groundwater quality in peri-

urban settlement of Bangalore”, published in the proceedings of 31st Annual Convention,

IWWA”, Lucknow, February 11-13, pp 49-55,1999.

12. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Studies on Environmental effects of septic tank systems in

peri-urban area : Mandya town, Karnataka, presented and published in the proceedings of

National Seminar on Water resources management for sustainable development, water

technology center, S.V.U. College of Engineering, Tirupati, March 12-13, pp 30-33,1999.

13. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna “Studies on excessive use of chemical fertilizers for cash

crops in Chikballapur (Kolar district, Karnataka) and its impact on quality of ground water and

soil fertility . presented and published in the proceedings of National Seminar on Water

resources management for sustainable development, water technology center, S.V.U. College of

Engineering, Tirupati, March 12-13,pp 54-58 ,1999.

14. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Rudraiah “Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater

Pollution”, Proceedings of “UGC – South Zone workshop” on Mathematical Modeling of

environmental pollution and materials science, Bangalore University, Bangalore May 17-20, pp

71-83,1999 & Published in the Vignana Bharathi ,Journal for Science Engineering and

Technology ,Volume 15, No.1, pp 65-76,1999.

15. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna, Venkatachalappa “Hazards due to migration of septic tank

leakages in peri.-urban settlements” presented and published in the “IAHS Congress”,

Birmingham U.K., , Hydrology Research Series Journal , IAHS Publication no. 256, 21 July, pp

219-225,1999.

16. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao “Pit latrines, a source of contamination in

Peri-Urban Karnataka, India? Waterlines International. Journal of appropriate technologies for

Water Supply and Sanitation, Vol.17, No.4, pp 14-18, 1999.

17. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao “Release of contaminants from low cost

sanitation Pit system and its impact on Groundwater Quality – A case study” published in the

proceedings of “XXIX congress of IAH”, Slovak Republic, 6-10 September, pp 621-625, 1999.

18. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Nitrate and bacteriological pollution of

groundwater in peri urban settlements of southern districts of Karnataka”. Published in the

proceedings of “Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference”, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-

12 November, 1999.

19. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao “Groundwater Status in Urban

Development – A Review of linkages and concerns” International seminar on control

Technology in Energy, Information Technology and Agriculture, Bali, Indonesia, November 26-

28, 1999.

20. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Investigations into the assessment of

nitrate accumulation in soils during intensive irrigation –a case study . International seminar on

control Technology in Energy, Information Technology and Agriculture, Bali, Indonesia,

November 26-28, 1999.

21. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Studies on the estimation of residual

nitrates in soils during intensive irrigation –a case study for Tirnahally ,Chikballapur, Kolar

District. Second International Conference on Contamination in the Soil Environment in Pacific

region , New Delhi. December 12-17,1999

22. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao “Impact of Septic tank system on shallow

aquifers and hydro geochemical interactions for Monsoon season ( Chikballapur Town, Kolar

District, Karnataka) ; 12th Indian Geological Congress, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur,

February 8-12,pp 244-250, 2000.

23. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao ,Migration mechanics of contaminants of

chemical fertilizers origin through rock/soil formation-a case study. 12th Indian Geological

Congress, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, February 8-12, 2000.

24. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Investigations of Migration mechanics of

tracers, viz., artificial nitrate and tritium through undisturbed soil columns. Tracers and

Modeling in Contaminant hydrology., 23-25, May, 2000. Belgium

25. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao ‘Impact of Desilting of tank on control of

fluorosis in Bagepalli Taluk, Kolar District – A case study’. Published in the proceedings of

International Symposium on ‘Restoration of Lakes and Wetlands’, Centre for Ecological

Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and November 27-29, 2000.

26. Ramaraju, , Ranganna , Yallappa Reddy Study on Environmental Problems of Townships on

nearby river bodies with reference to Bhadravathi Town, Nanjanagud & Srirangapatna.

Presented at the International Conference on Environment and Health, Bangalore, December 4-6,

2000.

27. Sadashivaiah, Ramaraju, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Tracer techniques for predicting

movement and fate of pollutants in the unsaturated soil zone through soil column experiments.

The Journal of Indian Geo Physical Union, Vol. 4, No.1, pp 31- 39, 2000.

28. Ramaraju, Ranganna , Yallappa Reddy Studies on Environmental Effects of Townships on

nearby water bodies, the Journal of Jala Sampanmula, Irrigation Department, Quarterly volume -

1,Issue -16, pp 5-7, 2001

29. Ramaraju, Renumukund, Ross Kearton , ‘Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Services

for the urban poor in Bangalore Mahanagara Palike area: Demand driven approach: Proposed

Strategy.’ Presented at the International Workshop on Integrated Water Management;

Bangalore University, June 21-23, 2001.

30. Ramaraju, Lakshminarayana 'Impact of tank desiltation on control of fluorosis in southern semi

arid region with special reference to Bagepalli taluk ,Kolar district '.Presented (published) at the

National workshop on Ground Water Recharge & Rain water harvesting.Bangalore,RD&PR

Dept .Dec 22nd& 23rd, pp56 - 66 , 2001.

31. Ramaraju ,Karnataka Rural Water supply and Sanitation Programme, presented and published in

34th Annual Convention of Indian Water Works Association ,Bangalore, pp 177-185, 2002.

32. Ramaraju “Water Quality – An Over View”: Presented & Published at the 2nd DST-SERC

School on mathematical modeling of atmospheric pollution, Bangalore University, May 20 –

June 22, pp 213-230, 2002.

33. Ramaraju ,Water Quality Assessment And Mapping in Pilot Districts of “Jal Nirmal” Project,

Karnataka, India. Journal. of Indian Water Works Association,ISSN 0970-275X, pp 223-227,

2003.

34. Ramaraju, Ranganna , Fluoride – The Spatial Groundwater quality Scenario in Karnataka State:

Presented & Published at the 3rd DST-SERC School on mathematical modeling of atmospheric

pollution, Bangalore University, December 1-30, pp 65-72, 2003.

35. Ramaraju, Groundwater quality scenario in Karnataka an Overview: Published in the 36th Annual

Convention of Indian Water works Association, Ahmadabad, pp 107-117, 2004.

36. Ramaraju ,Drinking water quality assessment in rural Karnataka –A GIS based case study:

Presented in the National Seminar on Remote Sensing and it’s Applications in Environmental

Management, Bangalore University ,March 25-27 ,2004

37. Ramaraju, Water quality scenario in Karnataka, Presented & Published in the 32nd International

Geological Congress ,Florence, Italy, 2004.

38. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao, Impact of Septic tank system on shallow

aquifers and Hydro geochemical interactions in Southern districts of Karnataka, Journal of

Institution of Public Health Engineers. pp 62- 65,VOL.1, 2005

39. Ramaraju, Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance : need for a community based approach.

Presented and published in the 37th Annual Convention of Indian Water works Association,

Hyderabad ,pp 87-91,Jan 2005.

40. Ramaraju, Shivendra, "Investigations in to Ground Water Quality status Assessment through

GIS- A case study for rural districts of Karnataka." Presented and Published in the proceedings

of International Conference on Water and Health,JSS Vidya peeta ,Mysore, Jan 2005 & AICTE

–ISTE Sponsored Short term Programme on Ground water pollution –sources and Mitigation ,

Jan 31-Feb12,2005

41. Ramaraju, Shivendra, Drinking water supply situation in Karnataka , South India Presented &

Published at the 4th DST-SERC School on mathematical modeling of Groundwater Quality and

pollution, Bangalore University, May 2-30, pp 861-871, 2005.

42. Ramaraju, Jayarama reddy, An overview of the water supply status in Karnataka, South India

Presented and published in the 38th Annual Convention of Indian Water works Association,

Jaipur, Rajasthan, pp 91-94, Jan 2006.

43. Ramaraju, Ground Water Quality Assessment in Rural Districts of Karnataka –A GIS Approach.

Paper published in Journal of Indian Water Works Association’.ISSN 0970-275X, Vol.

XXXVIII No.2, April- June 2006

44. Ramaraju, Integrated Management for Drinking Water Security in Karnataka,

South India - An Overview, Presented the paper at the Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,

China at Hydrological Sciences for Managing Water resources in the Asian Developing World,

Published in the Journal of Institution of Public Health Engineers, India. pp 20- 24,VOL.4, 2006

45. Ramaraju, Vishwanath Bhat, Murulidhar Multi Village Surface Source Based

Water Supply Systems –A case study for Bidar District. Presented &

Published in the National Seminar on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering,

held at Dayanananda Sagar College of Engineering, pp 154 -172, Sep 15-16,

2006

46. Ramaraju, Chowde Gowda , Impacts of E-waste on humans, environment and

eco-systems-an overview. Presented & Published in the National Seminar on

Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, held at Dayanananda Sagar College of

Engineering, pp 173-183, Sep 15-16,2006.

47. Ramaraju, Integrated Management for drinking water security in Karnat aka,

South India –An overview, Published in the Journal of Institution of Public

Health Engineers, India,pp20-24, Vol.4, 2006, ISSN-0970-3195

48. Ramaraju, Jayarama reddy , Shivendra, Rapid Environmental Impact Analysis on

Execution of Upper Bhadra Project with particular reference to water quality, Karnataka, South

India. Presented and published in the 39th Annual Convention of Indian Water works

Association, Mumbai, Maharashtra , pp 38-49,Feb 2007.

49. Ramaraju,.Water safety planning in the urban and rural Karnata ka-towards safe

water supplies .Presented & published in the AICTE Sponsored “Design and

Analyses of water distribution network. Staff development programme,

Adhiyaman College of Engineering , Anna university , pp 124 -131, Sep 17-

21,2007.

50. Ramaraju, Environment, Water quality, quantity and community involvement

and it’s management in Karnataka. Delivered a technical talk at HUDCO:

Human settlement Management Institute, Bangalore on 5 t h January 2008.

51. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao , Movement of Pollutant from low

cost sanitation systems in sub -surface soils in semi –urban and rural areas -A

case study in Karnataka, India. Published & presented the paper in the

proceedings at the South Valley University, Aswan, Egypt. Organized by the

Tethys geological Society, Published in the proceedings Copy , pp 199 -202, 08-

11 January 2008.

52. Ramaraju, Pollution of ground water due to low cost on -site sanitation systems-a

case study in Karnataka, Published in the Journal of Institution of Public Health

Engineers, India. pp 17-20, Vol.2008-09, No.2, 2008 ,ISSN-0970-3195

53. Ramaraju, Santhosh Patil , Restoration and Management of Major Lakes in Bommanahalli Zone

under BBMP area – An overview. Published in the proceedings of National Conference on

Restoration of Surface water bodies. Dayanananda College of Engineering. pp 48-54, 28th

March, 2008

54. Ramaraju, Governance and regulation in the drinking water sector for Karnataka State, India

Presented the paper at the Sun Yat-sen University (June 2006), Guangzhou, China at

Hydrological Sciences for Managing water resources in the Developing World, Published in the

IAHS International Journal of Hydrological Sciences, Special issue Series no. 319, pp 311-318,

2008

55. Ramaraju, Geohazards in mining settlements : the problem of onsite sanitation system leakage,

Karnataka, South India, Presented the paper at the 33rd International geological

congress(33IGC), 6-14 Aug 2008, held at Oslo, Norway

56. Ramaraju , Hema, Quality of ground water with special reference to bacteriological

contamination in Bangalore City, Karnataka, South India, Presented the paper at the 33rd

International geological congress(33IGC), 6-14 Aug 2008, held at Oslo, Norway

57. Ramaraju, Jayarama reddy ,.Sustainable Water Resource Management : A Key to climate change

adaptation-an overview . Presented and published in the 41st Annual Convention of Indian

Water works Association, Hyderabad, Andrapradesh, pp 158 -161, Jan 2009.

58. Ramaraju, .Effective Planning of Water Supply and Sanitation in Greater Bangalore Mahanagara

palike Area, Karnataka. Paper published in National Seminar on Good Governance in water

supply and sanitation management in context to millennium development goal, jointly organized

IWWA & IPHE ,Kolkata , held on 13-14th February 2009.

59. Ramaraju, Integrated assessment of risk for contaminated sites in mining area, Karnataka, India .

Paper accepted for publication & presentation in 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly & 37TH IAH

Congress held at Hyderabad,JS2, IAHS publ.329, 2009

60. Ramaraju, Ranganna Impact of climate change on water resources –an overview, Paper

presented & published at “International Conference on Frontiers in Fluid Mechanics (ICFFM-

09)”. Organized by UGC-CAS in Fluid Mechanics, Bangalore University, held on August 31-

September 2, 2009

61. Ramaraju, Hydro geochemistry and Groundwater quality in the mining settlements of Southern

Karnataka. Paper Presented as a Key note speaker & published in the proceedings of “ National

Seminar on Groundwater recharge :Quality and Auditing in Hard Rock, held at Department of

Geology , Deogiri College , Aurangabad , Maharashtra , pp 9-15, 26-27th November 2009.

62. Ramaraju, Chandrasekhar Reddy ,An Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management

:Biomethanisation An Integral Part of Waste –To- Energy. Paper published in the Journal of

Institution of Public Health Engineers, India.No.4, January 2010 ,ISSN-0970-3195

63. Ramaraju , Chandra Shekar Reddy, Biomethanisation of municipal solid waste by anaerobic

fungi co-culture with methanogens: an approach to energy recovery. Paper accepted for

publication in “International Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering(USA)”, No. 3,

Vol.4, 2010 ,pp 60-66,ISSN 1934-8932,USA

64. Ramaraju, Jayarama Reddy , Shivendra Integrated Water Resources Development –A Plan for

Action to Climate Change. Paper presented& published in the 42nd Annual Convention of Indian

Water works Association, Jodhpur, 2010 ,pp 49-56,29-31st January 2010

65. Ramaraju, Vishwanath Bhat , Externalities in Implementation of Multivillage Schemes,

Published in the proceedings of National Conference on Sustainability of Drinking Water

Supply Systems with special reference to multivillage schemes , Dayanananda College of

Engineering. pp 90-94, 22-23rd March, 2010

66. Ramaraju , Goldschmidt 2010, Earth , Energy and the Environment International Conference

.Mining Wastes –Water Quality Deterioration and Its impact on Environment in Southern India.

Presented during 13-18 June 2010 at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville USA.

67. Ramaraju, Jayarama Reddy , Shivendra , Presented the paper on Performance Studies of

Decentralized Waste Water Treatment Systems (DEWATS) in Removal of Organic Load

Published in Climate Change and its Impact on Water & Waste Water, 43rd Annual IWWA

Convention, Chennai, pp 96-101, 11-13 January 2011.

68. Ramaraju ,Climate change and water: Vulnerability and adaptation, Presented the paper at the

“Inter National Conference on Agro Computing” ,Organized by MCA Dept. of Dayananda

Sagar College of Engineering , Bangalore , April 9-10th, 2011

69. Ramaraju, Jayarama Reddy , Shivendra , Presented the paper on Landfills –its effect on water

quality and environment –in and around Mavallipura Village , Bangalore North Taluk, 44thd

Annual IWWA Convention, Raipur, pp 30 -37,during 7-9 January 2012.

70. Ramaraju, Water Resources Management in India: Issues and Perspectives , Paper published in

the World water Day 2012 , Technical volume of Workshop “Water, Energy & Food Security

; Water harvesting with special reference to Urban Areas” , held at DSCE, B’lore on 21-22

March 2012, pp 1-21.

71. Ramaraju, Hazardous due to migration of contaminants from municipal solid waste in

Mavallipura disposal site near Bangalore, Karnataka, South India . Presented the paper at the

34 th International Geological Congress, held at Brisbane from 5-10 September 2012.

72. Ramaraju, Hemamalini ,The role Women in the development and management of water

resources in Sub-Urban Areas – A case study .Presented the paper at the 34th International

Geological Congress, held at Brisbane from 5-10 September 2012.

73. Ramaraju, Integrated Planning for Water Resource Management using latest Techniques in Hard

Rock . Presented as A key note address at the conference “New Horizon in Applied Sciences” at

Sharadchandra Pawar Mahavidyala, Lonand, Maharasthra , 14 & 15 September 2012, pp15-24.

74. Ramaraju, Chandra shekara reddy ,Visited Sri Lanka to present a research paper on “An

optimization of municipal solid waste flows: Environmentally sustainable strategies for

municipalities” during 16-17th November 2012 at 17th International Forestry and Environment

Symposium, Wattala, Sri Lanka.

75. Ramaraju , Performance Study on Rural Eco-Sanitation and Decentralized Treatment System at

Ancharahalli, Doddaballapur Taluk, Bangalore, South India. Presented & published the paper at

45th Annual IWWA Convention, Poona, pp 92-100, during 10-12 January 2013.

76. Ramaraju, B.T.Shivendra ,Sanitation in peri urban areas of developing countries .Journal of

Academic Industry Research (JAIR), Vol.1 (8), January 2013,pp 476-480,ISSN:2278-5213

77. Ramaraju , Sustainability of Water Resources and its Management-An Approach through

Restoration of Lakes using GIS. As A key note speaker Presented & Published in the Indo-

Mexican Workshop on Sustainable Water and Waste water Management, held at NEERI, Nagpur

during 25-26 July 2013.

78. Ramaraju, Mahesh , Ravishankar ,“Reuse and Recycle of Waste in National Games Village

Apartments: A Case study”. Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits.

Volume 3,Issue 2,ISSN:2249-8621,2013

79. Ramaraju, B.T.Shivendra, Decentralised Waste Water Treatment Systems (Dewats)-a sustainable

onsite sanitation system. Presented & published the paper at 46th Annual IWWA Convention

proceedings,, Bangalore, pp 125-130, during 17-19 January 2014

80. As a lead Speaker delivered a talk on Impact of rain water harvesting on quality and quantity in

BBMP area. Published the paper at 46th Annual IWWA Convention, Bangalore , pp259-263,

during 17- 19January 2014.

81. Ramaraju , Advances in Water Treatment Technology .Deliverd a expert talk : Training Course

on Aquifer Management Plan and Local Ground Water Issues.Organised by Central Ground

Water Board , South Western Region ,Bangalore ,during 18-22 February 2014.

82. Ramaraju, K.Vishwanath Bhat.”Sustainable monitoring exercise on Community involved water

supply systems". Presented & published in the proceedings of National Workshop on” Water &

Energy”, Jointly organized by Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering , Rural Development &

Panchayath Raj , Water Resources Department .Bangalore. pp 125-146, 21 March 2014

83. Water Resources Management during Drought: Eco-friendly Approaches. Delivered a talk

:Work shop on Drought Assessment Using Advanced Scientific Tools. Organized by B.M.S.

College of Engineering, Bangalore, during 9th May 2014.

84. Ramaraju, Water Harvesting & Its impact on Ground Water in the Residential areas of Greater

Bangalore, Issues & Challenges. Presented & published in International Seminar on Ensuring

Sustainable Urban Water Supply Management: Best Practices/Case Studies, Jointly Organized

by Indian Water Works Association, American Water Works Association & Japan Water Works

Association. .pp 45-51, Held at Hyderabad, 24-25 July 2014

85. Ramaraju, Mahesh , Ravishankar Anaerobic Digestion of municipal solid waste using fungi

culture (aspergillus flavus)with methanogens. International Journal of Technical Research and

Applications .Volume 2,Issue 5, e-ISSN:2320-8163,2014

86. Ramaraju, Venkatesh, Samarth Urs , Geo-Hydrological Studies in the Developed and Suburban

BBMP Area,Bangalore,Karnataka, Presented the paper as a Key note speaker in the UGC

Sponsored National Conference on Ground water Management and Assessment in Deccan

Basaltic Terrain. Held at Deogiri College, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University ,

Aurangabad.pp 3, ISBN:978-93-83587-16-2, Jan 3-4,2015.

87. Ramaraju, B.T.Shivendra, Onsite sanitation technologies and their suitability –a review.

Presented & publishedthe paper at 47th Annual IWWA Convention proceedings, Kolkata, pp

129-139, during 30, 31st Jan & 1st Feb 2015.

88. B.T.Shivendra, Ramaraju. Impact of onsite sanitation system on groundwater in different

geological settings of per-urban ares. Presented & published in ELSEVIER , Aquatic Procedia

of International Conference on Water Resources ,Coastal and Ocean Engineering , organized by

NITK, Surathkal ,Aquatic Procedia 4(2015) 1162-1172.

89. R.Nagendra,Ramaraju H.K,Presented & published a paper " Inheritant and Altered Rock

Properties; An Appraisal as Construction Materials" at the National workshop on Civil

Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era, held at and SJBIT, Bangalore, pp 157-162 ,during

15th September 2015.

90. K. Vishwanath Bhat , Ramaraju H.K,Presented & published a paper " Geo and Social

Engineering Challenges in Rural Water Supply Sector " at the National workshop on Civil

Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era, held at SJBIT, Bangalore, pp 97-104 ,during 15th

September 2015.

91. Ramaraju H.K.,G.Venkatesh, Chethan , Water Quality for Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara

Palike Area Using Quality Index, Presented & published the paper at 48th Annual IWWA

Convention proceedings, New Bombay , pp 128-135, during 21-23st Jan 2016.

92. Ramaraju H.K.,Venkatesh G.,Arun Kumar Sharma, Ground Water Geophysical studies in

Bangalore. As an organizing Committee member Presented the paper at Inter National

Conferences on Water Loss 2016. Organized by International Water Association (IWA)in

association with IWWA held at Bangalore. Published in Conference Compendium , 31 Jan -3

Feb 2016&published in Journal of Earth Science and Engineering , pp 83-89,Volume 6,Number

2, ISSN 2159-58IX, February 2016.

93. Chethan Kumar. K.L., G.Venkatesh, Ramaraju , Usha N Murthy . Assessment of Ground Water

Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Techniques for Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Area. Published a paper in the proceedings of National Conference on Futuristic Technology in

Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, held at SJBIT, Bangalore, pp 50-62, during 7th

May 2016.

94. Ramaraju H.K.,Pollution Potential Mechanisms of Urban Aquifers of Greater Bangalore using

Remote Sensing Techniques -A case study ,Karnataka, South India. Presented the paper at the

35 th International Geological Congress, held at Cape Town , South Africa ,27 Aug-3 September

2016.

95. B.T.Shivendra & Ramaraju.H.K., Assessment of microbial contamination of ground water near

onsite sanitation – a case study in peri-urban areas in Bangalore , India . published in the Journal

of Indian Water Works Association ,ISSN 0970-275X, pp 312-318,Vol.XXXXVIII, No.4,

October-December 2016

96. Ramaraju H.K. & B.T. Shivendra, Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting for Groundwater Recharge in

SJBIT Campus, Kengeri, Bangalore .Presented & published the paper at 49th Annual IWWA

Convention proceedings, Nagpur, during 19-21stJan 2017.

97. Sooryanarayana K.R.,Sivaramakrishna J., Farroqi,Bijimol Jose & Ramaraju.H.K,Presented &

published the paper in the proceedings of a National seminar on water Conservation & Waste water

Management for Sustainable Development ,pp 125-136, ISSN -0970-319, held at DSCE, Bangalore

on 22 March 2017

98. As a invitee delivered a guest lecture on ‘Global Warming -Mitigate Measures for Sustainable

Environment’ at Cambridge Institute of Technology , K.R.Puram , Bangalore on 3 May 2017.

99. As a key note speaker delivered a talk in a National Seminar on ‘Smart Water’, paper titled ‘Water

from Source to Consumers : An IWRM Concept’ Organized by at P.S.G. College of Engineering

& Indian Water Works Association , Coimbatore on 15th July 2017.

100. B.T.Shivendra , Manoj Krishna K.V& Ramaraju.H.K., Nitrate Pollution of ground water by onsite

sanitation system–case studies of suburban areas in Karnataka, India. Published in the Journal of

Institution of Public Health Engineers, India . pp 48-53,Vol.XXXXV, No.2, ISSN-0970-3195,JULY

2017.

Selected Reviewed papers in Journals & Special Volumes Publications of Dr. H.K.

Ramaraju

1. Rudraiah, , Ranganna , Vinay , Ramaraju “Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Pollution”,

Proceedings of “UGC – South Zone workshop” on Mathematical Modeling of environmental

pollution and materials science, Bangalore University, Bangalore May 17-20, pp 71-83,1999 &

Published in the Vignana Bharathi ,Journal for Science Engineering and Technology ,Volume 15,

No.1, pp 65-76,1999.

2. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna, Venkatachalappa “Hazards due to migration of septic tank

leakages in peri.-urban settlements” presented and published in the “IAHS Congress”, Birmingham

U.K., , Hydrology Research Series Journal , IAHS Publication no. 256, 21 July, pp 219-225,1999.

3. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao “Pit latrines, a source of contamination in

Peri-Urban Karnataka, India? Waterlines International. Journal of appropriate technologies for

Water Supply and Sanitation, Vol.17, No.4, pp 14-18, 1999.

4. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah , Ranganna “Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater by septic tank System – A

case study of Karnataka ”, presented at the International Conference on “Environment and

Agriculture”, Kathmandu, Nepal 1-3 November, 1998,Published &reviewed by Ecological

Society, Nepal, pp 539-544,2001.

5. Sadashivaiah, Ramaraju, Ranganna , Manamohan rao Tracer techniques for predicting movement

and fate of pollutants in the unsaturated soil zone through soil column experiments. The Journal of

Indian Geo Physical Union, Vol. 4, No.1, pp 31- 39, 2000.

6. Ramaraju ,Water Quality Assessment And Mapping in Pilot Districts of “Jal Nirmal” Project,

Karnataka, India. Journal. of Indian Water Works Association,ISSN 0970-275X, pp 223-227, 2003.

7. Ramaraju, Sadashivaiah, Ranganna , Manamohan rao, Impact of Septic tank system on shallow

aquifers and Hydro geochemical interactions in Southern districts of Karnataka, Journal of

Institution of Public Health Engineers. pp 62- 65,VOL.1, 2005,ISSN-0970-3195.

8. Ramaraju, Ground Water Quality Assessment in Rural Districts of Karnataka –A GIS Approach.

Paper published in Journal of Indian Water Works Association,ISSN 0970-275X, Vol. XXXVIII

No.2, April- June 2006

9. Ramaraju, Integrated Management for drinking water security in Karnataka , South

India –An overview, Published in the Journal of Institution of Public Health

Engineers, India,pp20-24, Vol.4, 2006, ISSN-0970-3195.

10. Ramaraju, Pollution of ground water due to low cost on -site sanitation systems-a

case study in Karnataka, Published in the Journal of Institution of Public Health

Engineers, India. pp 17-20, Vol.2008-09, No.2, 2008 ,ISSN-0970-3195.

11. Ramaraju, Integrated assessment of risk for contaminated sites in mining area, Karnataka, India .

Paper accepted for publication & presentation in 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly &37TH IAH

Congress held at Hyderabad,JS2, IAHS publ.329, 2009

12. Chandra Shekar Reddy, Ramaraju, Biomethanisation of municipal solid waste by anaerobic fungi

co-culture with methanogens: an approach to energy recovery. Paper accepted for publication in

“International Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering (USA)”, No. 3, Vol.4, 2011 , pp

60-66,ISSN 1934-8932,USA

13. B.T.Shivendra , Ramaraju . Sanitation in peri urban areas of developing countries. Journal of

Academic Industry Research (JAIR), Vol.1 (8), January 2013, pp 476-480, ISSN:2278-5213

14. Mahesh , Ravishankar , Ramaraju… “Reuse and Recycle of Waste in National Games Village

Apartments: A Case study”. Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits.

Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 19-24, ISSN: 2249-8621,2013

15. Mahesh , Ravishankar, Ramaraju .Anaerobic Digestion of municipal solid waste using fungi

culture (aspergillus flavus)with methanogens. International Journal of Technical Research and

Applications .Volume 2,Issue 5, pp 67-70, e-ISSN:2320-8163,2014

16. B.T.Shivendra, Ramaraju. Impact of onsite sanitation system on groundwater in different

geological settings of per-urban ares. Presented & published in ELSEVIER , Aquatic Procedia of

International Conference on Water Resources ,Coastal and Ocean Engineering , organized by

NITK, Surathkal ,Aquatic Procedia 4(2015) 1162-1172.

17. Ramaraju H.K.,Venkatesh G.,Arun Kumar Sharma, 'Ground Water Geophysical studies in

Bangalore' . published in Journal of Earth Science and Engineering , pp 83-89,Volume 6,Number

2, ISSN 2159-58 IX, February 2016.

18. B.T.Shivendra & Ramaraju.H.K., Assessment of microbial contamination of ground water near

onsite sanitation – a case study in peri-urban areas in Bangalore , India . Published in the Journal of

Indian Water Works Association ,ISSN 0970-275X, pp 312-318,Vol.XXXXVIII, No.4, October-

December 2016.

19. B.T.Shivendra , Manoj Krishna K.V & Ramaraju.H.K., Nitrate Pollution of ground water by onsite

sanitation system –case studies of suburban areas in Karnataka, India. Published in the Journal of

Institution of Public Health Engineers, India . pp 48-53, Vol.XXXXV, No.2, ISSN-0970-3195,

JULY 2017

LIST OF COMPLETED R&D PROJECTS

Title of Project Sponsoring

Agency Amount Investigators

Status of

Project

Impact of desilting of tanks

on control of fluorosis-A

case study for Bagepalli

Taluk, Kolar District

(1994-1996)

Rural

Development &

Panchayat Raj

Department

(RDPR), Govt.

of India

Rs.3.4

Lakhs

Dr.V.Lakshminarayana

(Principal Investigator-

PI)

H.K. Ramaraju

(Co-PI)

Completed

Studies on Environmental

effects of septic tank

systems in peri-urban &

rural areas (1996-2000)

Rural

Development &

Panchayat Raj

Department,(RD

PR) Govt. of

India

Rs. 3.85

lakhs

Dr.G.Ranganna(PI)

H.K. Ramaraju (Co-PI) Completed

Upgradation of CAD

laboratory in Civil

Engineering

Department(2003-05)

AICTE, New

Delhi 6.10 lakhs

Prof.Srinivasa

Varadan(PI)

Dr. H.K. Ramaraju

(Co-PI)

Completed

An optimization of

municipal solid waste

flows: Environmentally

sustainable strategies for

municipalities(2008-10)

UGC, New Delhi Rs. 5.6

Lakhs Dr. H.K. Ramaraju (PI) Completed

Accelerated

Biodegradation process of

municipal solid waste by

co-culture Fungi and

methanaogens for Bio-

Energy(2012-15)

VTU, Belgaum Rs. 4.10

Lakhs Dr. H.K. Ramaraju (PI) Completed

Assessing risk to ground

water system in Bangalore

Urban district (2008-10)

AICTE, New

Delhi

Rs. 7.0

Lakhs Dr. H.K. Ramaraju (PI) Completed

Study of pollution

mechanisms in urban

ISRO:RESPON

D Government Rs. 23.79 Dr. H.K. Ramaraju (PI) Completed

aquifers of Bruhat

Bengaluru Mahanagara

Palike (BBMP) area by

integrated geophysical,

Remote Sensing and GIS

Techniques(2013-15)

of India

Lakhs

Studies on

DecentralizedTreatment for

VrushabhavathiValley

Wastewater (2016-2019)

CISEE-Vision

Group, Govt. of

Karnataka

Rs 30.00

Lakhs

Dr.H.K.Ramaraju (PI) On-going