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Shobha
India-Karnataka-Bangalore
Environmental Science
To help in protecting and safeguarding the environment by creating awareness about the cause for the environmental problems and to arrive at feasible solutions through education and research.
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TELLITE BASED AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT ASSESSMENT
IN KARNATAKA DURING KHARIF 2001”
3. M.Phil- Biotechnology- Bharathidasan University, 2004-2005.-- 74%
Thesis: “INFLUENCE OF EARTHWORM EXTRACTS ON CERTAIN
PLANT PATHOGENS”
Additional Qualifications:
1. Certificate Course in life Skills Education- Center for beyond Curriculum, Christ College.2003-2004
2. Diploma in Environmental Management & ISO 14000/14001- National Institute of Labour Education and Management- 2004
3. Post graduate Diploma in Environment Protection Management
4. MA Environmental Economics - Pursuing
5. Member of the Board of Examiners and Board of Studies for the Environmental Sciences, Bangalore University.
6. Member Board of Studies – Dept. of Environmental Sciences- Mount Carmel College (AUTONOMOUS)
7. Organized three trekking programmes in last 2 years. Kudremukh National Park, Thadiyandamole peak, Coorg, Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Coorg.
8. Ph.D – Pursuing
Spoken Languages: Telugu, Kannada, English and Hindi.
STRENGTHS: Research Oriented, Good communication skills, hard working, can adapt quickly to any conditions, good interpersonal skills
Computer Skills:
1. MS-office 2000 --- MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook.
2. Internet
3. Operating Systems – Windows 2000, Windows 98, NT, Linux
4. Programming languages: DOS
5. Worked on the following GIS softwares:
Arcview, Mapinfo, ArcGIS 8.1, Arc GIS 9.0 AUTOCADD- 2000, Geomedia professional
6. Worked on the following Digital Image Processing softwares:
ERDAS Imagine, EASY PACE, ERDAS view finder.
7. Photoshop/Coreldraw
Work Experience :
Period of work Position Held, Employer/Organization, Employer’s phone # & Work Location Responsibilities Achievements
6 months Research Assistant, CEE South, Centre for Environment Education, ‘Kamala Mansion’, 143 Infantry Road, Bangalore – 56000
Tel: 091 80 2869094, 2869907, 2862167
Fax: 091 80 2868209
email:cee@blr.vsnl.net.in Hospital Waste management in HRBR and HBR layouts in Bangalore
Successfully proposed a system for Waste management from the Clinics and hospitals of the area.
6 months Research Student
Dr.PP Nageswar Rao
Head
RRSSC / ISRO,
40th main, Ishwarnagar (Behind PSTI)
Banashankari
Bangalore – 560 070
KARNATAKA, INDIA
Telephone :
+91- 80 – 26662995
26661003
Fax :+91- 80 - 6661059
rrsscb@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Develop a system to Assess the drought during Kharif 2001
I was able to complete the task on time and also came out with a combined model of meteorological and NDVI/vegetation stress based assessment for drought.
6 Months
5 yrs. Lecturer
Dept. of Chemistry
Lecturer
Dept. of Environmental Science Mount Carmel College,
#58, Vasanthnagar,
Bangalore-52
080-22261759 and 080-22286386
mounts@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Conducted a certificate course on Applications of RS and GIS in Environmental management Teaching Chemistry for I & II PUC, I,II & III B.Sc
Teaching Environmental Science
Able to motivate Students and involve them in a lot of outdoor activities.
Consultancy:
1. Research associate to Dept of Landscape Ecology and Hydrology, ATREE, since 3 years. Have been involved in analyzing the field samples (Stream flow, Rainfall, piezometric) from Bandipur, Biligirirangana hills forests.
2. Freelance Environmental consultant to Cleantechnologies, Bangalore Since June 2004.
3. Carried out and presented Environmental Impact Assessment of ITC Hotel Project on Vitthal Mallya Road, Bangalore.
4. Environmental consultant to Logica CMG, software Company. Presently working on Carbon footprint analysis of the company.
5. Recognized guide for M.Phil programme in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, Bharathidasan Unversity, 2007
Research Projects and community development projects executed:
1. Working in association with KSPCB/KCDC for solid waste management.
2. Working with GTZ on E-waste management.
3. Associated with ICMR for Air and Water quality assessment of Bangalore city.
4. Member of the research committee- working on Bioremediation of mine tailings- Mount Carmel Centre for Advanced Scientific research.
5. Currently working on conversion of organic solid waste from Mount Carmel College Campus into vermicompost.
6. Associated with Greenpeace – Ban the Bulb campaign
7. Associated with Centre for Environmental Education- Environmental Awareness projects.
MEMBERSHIPS:
1. Associate member of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment- A.I.C.C.E.
2. Indian Society of Geomatics- ISG life membership number- ISG-L-716
3. Indian Society of Remote Sensing
PAPERS PUBLISHED:
1. Shobha. S.V., “It pays to be an Environmentalist”- Employment news weekly dated 1-7, May 2004.
2. Shobha S.V., “Information technology vs Environmental health”- Mapana Journal of Sciences. MJS, Vol. 3, No.1, May, 2004-oct-2004
3. Shobha. S.V., Babyrani S., “Hidden harms of Technology”- Journal IAEM, Vol.31,196-205 (2004)
4. Rao P.P.N, Shobha S.V., Somashekar R.K., and Ramesh S.,“Satellite based Agricultural Drought Assessment in Karnataka During Kharif 2001” – Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS),Vol.33, No.3, September 2005
5. Shobha S.V., Deepthi Mathew, and Manasa M., “Heavy Metal Pollution- Phytoremediation”- Souvenir, National Seminar on Prevention and Control of Environment Pollution, 25th -26th March 2006.
6. Shobha S.V. and Kale R.D., “Influence of Eudrilus eugeniae extracts on Xanthomonas campestris and Fusarium oxysporum”- Abstracts & Souvenir, International Seminar on Biotechnology, ENVIROTECH 2006, J.B.A.S. College, Chennai. Submitted for Publication in Asian Journal of Biotechnology.
7. Shobha S.V. and Kale R.D., “Antimicrobial Potency of Earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae extracts on certain plant pathogens”- Abstract book- “ISEE8”- 8th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, 4th -9th September, 2006, Krakow, Poland. Organized by Jagiellonian University , Krakow, Poland. Submitted for publication in European Journal of Soil Biology.
8. Shobha S.V. and Kale R.D., “Antimicrobial Potency of Earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae extracts on certain plant pathogens”-Posted by administrator in Vermicompost reduces Disease in crops in www.wormdigest.org on 25 February, 2007. Rated as Best article.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
1. “E-Waste management”- seminar on e-waste Management policy at UNIDO-ICAMT on Saturday 11th January 2003
2. “Satellite based Agricultural Drought Assessment in Karnataka During Kharif 2001”- At Bangalore University in a National Symposium with a Focal theme Remote Sensing and its Applications in Environmental Management.
3. “Influence of Eudrilus eugeniae extracts on Xanthomonas campestris and Fusarium oxysporum”- “ENVIROTECH-2006” International Seminar on ENVIRONEMNATL BIOTECHNOLOGY, 5th -7th July, 2006, held at J.B.A.S College for Women, Chennai.
4. “Antimicrobial Potency of Earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae extracts on certain plant pathogens”- Abstract book- “ISEE8”- 8th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, 4th -9th September, 2006, Krakow, Poland. Organized by Jagiellonian University , Krakow, Poland.
5. “Vermicompost Source of amendment in reclamation of degraded soils” –Presentation - International Scientific and Practical Conference, “Vermicomposting and Vermiculture as basis of ecological landownership in XXI century – problems, outlooks, achievements” at Minsk, Belarus, Russia from June 4th to 9th 2007.
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
1. Two day seminar on Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management, held from 26/6/2000 to 27/6/2000 at BMS Colege of engineering, Bangalore. Organized by Centre for Environmental Management training (CEMT) an INDO-CANADA JOINT PROJECT.
2. Seminar on “E-Waste Management Policy” held at UNIDO-ICAMT on 11th January 2003. Organized by Project Agasthya.
3. “National Seminar on Remote Sensing and its Applications in Environmental Management”- on 25th to26th March 2004organized by Bangalore University.
4. UGC sponsored Southern Regional Workshop on “New Horizons in Biology”- 22nd to 24th June 2005. Organized by Centre for Scientific research and Advanced Learning, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.
5. Workshop on “Excellence in Teaching” organized by Mount Carmel College on 24th June 2005.
6. UGC, DST, DBT Sponsored “ENVIROTECH-2006” International Seminar on ENVIRONEMNATL BIOTECHNOLOGY, 5th -7th July, 2006, held at J.B.A.S College for Women, Chennai.
7. “ISEE8”- 8th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, 4th -9th September, 2006, Krakow, Poland. Organized by Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
STUDENT PROJECTS COMPLETED UNDER MY SUPERVISION
1. Efficiency of Effluent treatment plant at HAL.
2. Efficiency of Environmental Management in a Cement Industry in Chennai.
3. Comparative Hydrology in Degraded forests.
4. Management of Iron ore Mine wastes.
5. Status of Environmental Protection Act in India
6. Microbial assay of Vermcompost
7. Urban Sprawl studies in and around Bangalore
8. Global Warming and Climate Change
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