Raja Raja VARMA Murari
Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,	
Bangalore 560 012    				      	
e-mail: murari@civil.iisc.ernet.in			                                                                   
Phone:  +91 80 2293 3128 
Mobile: +91 9845422479   

Education

* August 2001 - Till Date	
Doctoral Student in Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

* Study of hydrological processes and modelling of forested Watersheds in South India.
* Involved of setting up of Watershed monitoring devices, Weather Stations, Discharge measurement Devices etc
* Hydrological Modeling of the Watershed processes.



Work Experience

*  September 1999 - July 2001
	Lecturer
 	P S N A College of Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu
	* Teaching, Consultancy

* June 1999 - September 1999 
	Project Assistant
 	Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore
	* Works on GIS

* August 1997 - September 1997 
	Site Engineer
 	KAP Constructions, Thrissur, Kerala
	* Supervision of Construction Activities

* February 1997 - April1997 
	Survey Engineer
 	GEC, Thrissur, Kerala
	* Part of team that conducted Topographic Survey at Cochin Refineries Limited for the site of de-hydration	de-sulphurification plant

	
                                                                                                                       
Summary of Qualifications

* 1999	
	Master of Engineering (M.E ) in Environmental Engineering
	* Bharathiar University
	Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
	* 73.92 Percent

* 1996	
	Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech ) in Civil Engineering
	* University of Calicut
	Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala.
	* 70.23 Percent

* 1992	
	AISSCE (12th)
	* Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi
	Kendriya Vidyalaya, Newsprint Nagar, Kerala.
	* 72.3 Percent

* 1990	
	AISSE (10th)
	* Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi
	Kendriya Vidyalaya, Newsprint Nagar, Kerala.
	* 70.23 Percent.

Conferences / Publications

1. Murari R R V, Ruiz L, Sandhya M C, Braun J J and Mohan Kumar M S (2004) Study of hydrological processes in a small forested watershed in South Karnataka (India). National Seminar on Forest, Water and People, 29-30th July 2004. NIH Belgaum

2. Helen Rani, J. and Raja Raja Varma Murari, (2001) Rainwater harvesing - need of the hour. Proceedings of Work Shop on Environmental Issues, GRI , Gandhigram. Tamilnadu, 27- 28 April 2001.

3.  Murari R., R., V and Ramachandra, T., V. (2000) Design of structures of optimal harvesting of rainwater using GIS and Remote Sensing Proceeding on ISRS - National Symposium on Remote Sensing Applications for National Resources, Bhubaneshwar March 22-24, 2000.

4. Murari R., R., V. and Ramachandra, T., V. (1999)  Spatial And Temporal Tools in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development. Conference  Proceedings on Current environmental Status of Coimbatore District, held at PSG Arts College, Coimbatore.


Computer Skills

* Programming skills      : C, FORTRAN
* Operating Systems      : Windows, Linux, Unix
* GIS Related Packages : ArcGIS, Mapinfo, ArcView, IDRISI


Personal Details

Date of Birth	: 28 - 08 - 1975
Gender		: Male
Marital Status	: Married
Nationality		: Indian

Languages
To Speak	: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, French (Basic)
To Read	: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil
To Write	: English, Hindi, Malayalam

Father's Name	: E K Narendra Varma Raja
Permanent Address	: Ennakad Palace, 
		Ennakkad P.O,
		Alapuzha (District),
		Kerala - 689624