Faculty & Staff
Contact
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Email
ganesh_geol@rediffmail.com
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Dr. A V Ganesha
Associate Professor
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School/College
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Department
Department of Civil Engineering
Qualifications
- Ph.D.
(Geology), Mysore Univ., 1996
- M.Sc.
(Geology - I Class, 65%), Mysore Univ., 1985
- B.Sc.
(Geology, Mathematics, Physics–I Class, 69%), Mysore Univ, 1983
Experience
Total Years of Experience20 Years
- Worked as Junior Research Fellow (Oct’87 to June 91) in the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, sponsored project.
- Worked as Senior Research Fellow (for one year 1995-96)
- Worked as Project Investigator on the topic entitled “Melting in pelitic sediments under extreme granulite conditions -An experimental study”. This project is sponsored by DST under ‘SYS’ and the tenure is for 2 and half years (10-01-1998 up to 31-05-2000).
- Worked as Senior Research Associate (Pool Officer) on the topic entitled “Dehydration melting reactions of biotite and their relevance to granulites of South India”, sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi (07-12-2000 to 06-12-2003).
- Worked as Research Scientist on the topic entitled “Evolution of late quaternary climate and coastal geomorphology, Eastern Arabian Sea “ sponsored by Department of Ocean Development, India (21-08-2004 to 20-08-2005)
- Worked as ‘scientist’ in a DST sponsored project entitled “An experimental investigation on the garnet and sapphirine forming reactions of calc-silicate rocks in CASV and CF(M)AS systems” (from 31-12-2005 to 30-04-2007)
Working as faculty in Ghousia College of Engineering (Civil Engineering Department). Handling/handled subjects like
- Engineering Geology (theory and lab)
- Building Materials and Construction Technology
- Concrete Technology
- Photogrammetry and Remote sensing
- Environmental Science
- Project and seminar works
- Geotech Engg. Lab
- Guided 22 batches for project work (awarded FIVE KSCST project)
Training & Other experience
- Benefited by attending two winter schools on ‘Numerical Methods and Computer Modelling in Petrology’ and a workshop on ‘Thermodynamics for Geologists’.
- Benefited by undergoing training programme for three months on ‘Remote sensing and GIS application of mineral exploration’ in Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad One week program on ‘Remote Sensing and GIS’ at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore Three days workshop on ‘Remote Sensing and GIS’ at MSRIT, Bangalore One week workshop on ‘Advanced surveying using Total Station, at PES College of Engg., Mandya
- Attended training programme on ‘Use of ICP-AES for geological applications’ conducted by Geological Society of India at NGRI, Hyderabad.
- Attended workshop on ‘XRD instrumentation’ at OSTC Cell, Mangalore Univ.
Attended three contact programmes
- Geochemistry (conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
- Basin Modelling (conducted by C-MMACS, Bangalore)
- Chemical thermodynamics (conducted by Jadavpur Univ., Kolkota.
- Attended and presented papers in national and international seminars/symposiums.
- Delivered an invited talk at Yamaguchi University, Japan (July, 2000) and at Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Tinunelveli, Tamilnadu, ‘National Seminar on Hydro(solvo)thermal syntheses and applications Sep, 2004)’, Rainwater harvesting’, Earth Day celebration, April 2009, Mangalore University.
- Worked for two years in EDP department and was incharge of ‘Data processing’.
- Familiar with the use of latest geological softwares.
- Consultancy work and Third Party Inspection work for Govt. projects
- Best paper award in ICICE-2016
- PRJ NAIDU Gold Medal for best paper in Indian Mineralogist, 33, 15-19, 1999
- Young Scientist project from DST
- Senior Research Associateship from CSIR
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