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| Technology Projects > Deep Sea Mining > People |
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| The Team behind Success |
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| People - Specialization, publications, achievements etc. |
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| Name: |
C.R. Deepak |
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Scientist-in-charge |
| Specialization |
System Design |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3367 (O) |
| E-mail |
deepak@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Mining Engineering,College of Engineering, Chennai.
M.Tech. (Mechanical Handling), IIT Madras. |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Development of Deep Ocean Mining Systems and Components. |
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Design and Development of Subsea Machinery and Systems for various Projects. |
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Research in Hydro-transport of Solids and Dredging. |
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| Membership in Professional Societies |
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Treasurer, Ocean Engineering Society of IEEE, India Chapter |
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Member in International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, USA |
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| Other Achievements |
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Awards:University Gold Medalist during B.E. |
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Books/Publications:2 (One Chapter in each book) |
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Patents:1 (awarded) 2 (under preparation) |
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International Journals & Conferences:10 |
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| Name: |
N.R. Ramesh |
| Designation: |
Scientist - D |
| Speacilization |
Assembly, Integration, Testing and Quality Assurance |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3371 (O) |
| E-mail |
ramesh@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. (Production Engineering), College of Engineering, Chennai.
M.Tech. (Ocean Technology and Management), IIT Madras,
P.G.Diploma in Materials Management. |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Assembly, Integration and Testing |
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Quality Assurance and Quality System implementation |
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ISO 9000 System implementation and documentation |
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| Name: |
S. Muthukrishna Babu |
| Designation: |
Scientist - D |
| Specialization |
Sub Sea Electrical and Electronics System |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3372 (O) |
| E-mail |
sm_babu@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Power Electronics |
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Medium Voltage Systems ( drives and motors) |
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Sub Sea Electrical Systems |
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Remotely Operated Deep Sea Vehicles for mining applications |
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Sub-sea cabling and terminations. |
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| Name: |
P. Muthuvel |
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Scientist - D |
| Specialization |
Design, development and Integration of Embedded Electronics, Instrumentation & Control Systems |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3365 (O) |
| E-mail |
pmuthuvel@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Instrumentation & Control Engineering,
M.E. (Applied electronics) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Development of Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Systems for underwater vehicles. |
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Process Instrumentation and control system |
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Design and development of Embedded Electronics |
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Software development for various Ocean application |
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Underwater profiling system development, integration and testing |
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Acoustic Underwater Position System |
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Special Achievement |
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Got “Best Scientist Award” from Department of Ocean Development, Govt. of India. during the Silver jubilee celebration on 27th July 2005 at New Delhi.
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| Name: |
S.Rajesh |
| Designation: |
Scientist - C |
| Specialization |
Mechatronics |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3368 (O) |
| E-mail |
srajesh@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Mechatronics Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Embedded Hardware System |
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Closed-loop Drive Controls |
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Design and Development of embedded system |
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Hydraulic System |
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| Name: |
K. Amudha |
| Designation: |
Scientist - C |
| Specialization |
Design and Development of Sub Sea Components
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3376 (O) |
| E-mail |
amudha@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Production Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Development of Sub-sea Components for underwater applications. |
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Involvement in Assembly and Integration |
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Development underwater Encoder for 6000m depth. |
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Research on Aluminum welding for underwater applications. |
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| Name: |
Nidhi Varshney |
| Designation: |
Scientist - C |
| Specialization |
Control Systems
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7308 (O) |
| E-mail |
nidhi_varshney@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. (Electrical Engineering),
M.Tech., (Control Systems) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Development of Mathematical & Control Model for Underwater Vehicle |
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| Name: |
Janarthanan.C |
| Designation: |
Scientist - C |
| Specialization |
Engineering Design
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7105 (O) |
| E-mail |
janarthanan.c@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
M.E. (Engineering Design) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Analysis of Underwater Vehicle dynamics. |
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| Name: |
A. A. Gnanaraj |
| Designation: |
Scientist - B |
| Specialization |
Design, Testing & Qualification
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7303 (O) |
| E-mail |
gnanaraj@niot.res.in, |
| Qualification |
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
M.B.A (Operations Management) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design, Development , Analysis & Testing of Deep Sea enclosures |
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Dynamic Analysis of Flexible riser system for Deep Sea Mining system |
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Testing and qualification of Deep sea components in Hyperbaric test facility. |
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Fabrication, Assembly, Integration & Testing of Deep Sea systems |
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Fabrication, Assembly, Integration & Testing of High pressure valves |
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| Name: |
A. Umapathy |
| Designation: |
Scientist - B |
| Specialization |
Testing & Qualification of Electrical System |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3370 (O) |
| E-mail |
uma@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) |
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| Area of Expertise |
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Design, drawing preparation, commissioning and testing of electrical system |
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Maintenance of High Voltage equipments and other electrical equipments used in Crawler |
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Fiber optic cable splicing and connector end termination |
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Assembly and Integration of Sub Sea Electrical Systems |
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Underwater cable joints for high voltage and low voltage system |
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Assembly of FITA for underwater applications |
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| Name: |
RESHMA.K.V |
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Scientist - B |
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| Name: |
K. Thirumurugan |
| Designation: |
Project Scientist - II |
| Specialization |
Design and Finite Element Analysis of
Deep-sea components
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7301 (O) |
| E-mail |
thirumurugan@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
M.E. (Engineering Design) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and development of underwater material handling equipments |
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Finite Element Analysis of Deep-sea components |
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Study about flexible riser concepts |
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Welding design of ship structures. |
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Development of sub-sea components |
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| Name: |
RAJEUV G |
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PROJECT SCIENTIST II |
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| Name: |
R.Ramesh |
| Designation: |
Project Scientist - I |
| Specialization |
Power Electronics & Drives
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7104 (O) |
| E-mail |
rrameshped@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), M.E. (Power Electronics & Drives) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design and Development of monitoring and control system for underwater application |
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Power Electronics and Drives |
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Electrical Machines |
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Robotics and Factory Automation |
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Virtual Instrumentation |
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| Name: |
T. Sasikala |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Embedded Electronics system design
Data acquisition and control system design
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| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Extn: 7054 (O) |
| E-mail |
sasi@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Embedded Electronics System Design |
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Data acquision and control system design |
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LabVIEW and C-based programming for DAC and Control systems |
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| Name: |
V. Chandran |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Offshore Deployment |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3369 (O) |
| E-mail |
chandran@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Mechanical Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design, Solid modeling and detailing using Inventor, Pro-e and Autocad |
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Assembly, Integration and Fabrication |
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Launching, retrieval, testing and deployment of various underwater equipments |
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Bathymetry Survey and Sample Collection |
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| Name: |
B.O. Vishwanath |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Electronics and Control system for Subsea applications |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3370 (O) |
| E-mail |
vishwanath@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Industrial Robotics, Automation and Process control |
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Design and Development of Data Acquisition and Control(DAC) systems |
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Design and Development of interfacing system for Instrumentation and DAC system |
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Fiberoptic based, Telemetry, OTDR testing & analysis, Splicing & Termination |
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Testing and Calibration of sensors for underwater applications |
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Labview and Isagraf based programming for DAC systems |
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| Name: |
K.Jayanthi |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Electronics and Control system for Subsea applications |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Extn: 7054 (O) |
| E-mail |
jayanthik@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering. |
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| Area of Expertise |
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Electronics and Control system for Sub-sea applications |
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| Name: |
K.Venkatesan |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Electrical system maintenance |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Extn: 7306 (O) |
| E-mail |
kvenkatesan@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
Diploma in Electrical and Electronics |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Erection commissioning of transformers ,DG set and MV panels |
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HT & LT motor rewinding |
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HT& LT motor testing and maintenance |
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HT & LT UG cable joints |
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Injection molding machine maintenance |
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| Name: |
V. Sundaramoorthi |
| Designation: |
Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Assembly and Integration,Testing & Qualification |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Extn: 7092 (O) |
| E-mail |
sundara@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Involved in overall supervision of work floor activities including Assembly, Integration and Testing of various sub-sea components |
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Testing and qualification of Deep sea components in Hyperbaric test facility |
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Under water material handling equipments testing |
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Tool Design, Assembly in SPM Machine, Fabrication & inspections of Aerospace parts, Supervising in Quality Section, and quality checking, work assignment task to other members |
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| Name: |
M.Kamalakasan |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
| Specialization |
Electrical maintenance |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Ext: 7306 (O) |
| E-mail |
mkannank@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
DEEE (Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Design drawing preparation for Electrical panel circuits. |
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Familiar in Electrical maintenance in Electrical machinery |
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Operation & Maintenance of 750 KVA transformers |
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Trouble shooting and rectification of electrical faults in AC / DC circuits |
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Rectification of faults in various types of Motors & Starters |
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| Name: |
P.SureshKumar |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
| Specialization |
Electrical maintenance |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Ext: 7306 (O) |
| E-mail |
pkumar@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
DEEE (Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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HT & LT control panels substation operating & maintenance |
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Operation & maintenance of 2MVA transformers |
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1010KVA&500KVA DG operating & maintenance |
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Familiar in Electrical maintenance in Electrical machinery |
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Rectification of faults in various types of motors & starters |
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Trouble shooting and rectification of electrical faults in AC / DC circuits |
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| Name: |
T.Rethnaraj |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
| Specialization |
Assembly, Integration, Testing & Qualification & Hydraulics |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 7092 (O)
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| E-mail |
rethnaraj@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
DME (Diploma in Mechanical Engineering), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Hydraulic System testing and qualification. |
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Testing and qualification of Deep sea components in Hyperbaric test facility |
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Fabrication, Assembly, Integration & Testing of Deep Sea systems |
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| Name: |
P.Prabu |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
| Specialization |
Assembly, Integration & Testing |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 3369 (O)
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| E-mail |
prabu@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
DME (Diploma in Mechanical Engineering) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Testing of Deep sea components in Hyperbaric test facility. |
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Design & Detailing in AUTOCAD, Solid works |
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Fabrication, Assembly, Integration & Testing of Deep Sea systems |
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| Name: |
C.Sivakumar |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
| Specialization |
Assembly, Integration & Testing |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300 Ext: 7092 (O)
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| E-mail |
csivakumar@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
DME (Diploma in Mechanical Engineering), B.E. (Industrial Engineering) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Testing of Deep sea components in Hyperbaric test facility. |
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Fabrication, Assembly, Integration & Testing of Deep Sea systems |
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Experience in Quality assurance and Quality Control, Documentation, Inspection & Calibration of metrology instruments. |
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Operating knowledge in Metrology & Metallurgical Equipments |
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| Name: |
MUTHESWARAN S |
| Designation: |
Project Scientific Assistant |
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| Name: |
SHREERAM PANDIT |
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Project Scientific Assistant |
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| Name: |
MUTHUSWAMY V |
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Project Scientific Assistant |
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| Name: |
MATHIVANAN K |
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Project Scientific Assistant |
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| Name: |
Sukumar |
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Project Scientific Assistant |
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| Name: |
K. Ashok kumar |
| Designation: |
Technician Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Assembly and Integration |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3369 (O)
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| E-mail |
ashok@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
I.T.I |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Experience in Assembly, Integration and Testing of Sub-sea machinery (5m-6000m depth) like Underwater Mining machine |
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Knowledge in Geotechnical testing work for offshore projects |
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Collected Manganese Nodules at CIOB by using Dredger Buckets. |
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Experience in Deployment, Sea-trials and Testing |
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| Name: |
V.S. Suresh |
| Designation: |
Technician Grade 'A' |
| Specialization |
Assembly and Integration |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300/7306 (O) |
| E-mail |
suresh@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
ITI Fitter/ National Apprentice Certificate (NAC) |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Assembly and Integration of Sub-sea Components for underwater applications |
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Offshore material handling and structural Fabrication. |
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Trouble shooting of hydraulic circuits. |
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| Name: |
S. Gopalakrishnan |
| Designation: |
Project Technician |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 66783300
Extn: 7053 (O) |
| E-mail |
sgopal@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
I.T.I |
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| Name: |
N. Suresh Kumar |
| Designation: |
Project Technician |
| Specialization |
Electrical system Testing and maintenance |
| Phone number |
+91 - 44 - 6678 3300
Extn: 7306 (O)
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| E-mail |
nsureshkumar@niot.res.in |
| Qualification |
I.T.I |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Assembly and Integration of Sub-sea Electrical Systems |
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Underwater cable joints for high voltage and low voltage system |
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Maintenance of High Voltage, Low Voltage equipments and other electrical equipments used in Crawler , Soil tester and Hopper |
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SCUBA, Open water diver and Advanced open water diver, PADI |
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Experience in Deployment, Sea-trials and Testing |
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| Name: |
GOPI B |
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PROJECT TECHNICIAN |
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SAMPATH J |
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PROJECT TECHNICIAN |
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| Name: |
VINEETH P K |
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PROJECT TECHNICIAN |
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| Name: |
T.MAGESH |
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PROJECT TECHNICIAN |
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D.RAJA DHAYA |
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PROJECT TECHNICIAN |
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| Publications of the Group |
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C. R. Deepak, M. Pugazhaandi, S. Paul, M. A. Shajahan, G. Janakiraman, M. A. Atmanand, K. Annamalai, R. Jeyamani, M. Ravindran, E. Schulte, J. Panthel, H. Grebe, W. Schwarz, (1999) “Underwater sand mining system for shallow waters”, Proceedings of the third Ocean mining symposium, Goa, India, November 8-10, 1999, Organised by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) |
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M. A. Atmanand, M. A. Shajahan, C. R. Deepak, R. Jeyamani, M. Ravindran, E. Schulte, J. Panthel, H. Grebe, W. Schwarz, (2000) “Instrumentation for under water crawler for mining in shallow water”, presented at International Symposium on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ISARA’2000), Singapore, May 23-26, 2000 |
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C. R. Deepak, M. A. Shajahan, M. A. Atmanand, K. Annamalai, R. Jeyamani, M. Ravindran, E. Schulte, H. Grebe, R. Handschuh, J. Panthel, B. Wenzlawski, W. Schwarz, (2001) “Developmental tests on the under water mining system using flexible riser concept”, Proceedings of the fourth ISOPE Ocean mining symposium, Szczecin, Poland, September 23 - 27, 2001, Organised by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) |
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E. Schulte, H. Grebe, R. Handschuh, J. Panthel, B. Wenzlawski, W. Schwarz, M. A. Atmanand, C. R. Deepak, R. Jeyamani, M. A. Shajahan, M. Ravindran, (2001) “Instrumentation and Control System of a Sand Mining System for Shallow Water”, Proceedings of the fourth ISOPE Ocean mining symposium, Szczecin, Poland, September 23 - 27, 2001, Organised by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) |
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R. Handschuh, H. Grebe, J. Panthel, E. Schulte, B. Wenzlawski, W. Schwarz, M. A. Atmanand, R. Jeyamani, M. A. Shajahan, C. R. Deepak, M. Ravindran, (2001) “Innovative Deep Ocean Mining Concept based on Flexible Riser and Self-propelled Mining Machines”, Proceedings of the fourth ISOPE Ocean mining symposium, Szczecin, Poland, September 23 - 27, 2001, Organised by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) |
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M.A. Atmanand, (2004) “Manganese Nodules Mining From Central Indian Ocean Basin – A brief outline”, 16th National Convention of Mining Engineers-2004, National Seminar on Developments in Opencast Mining of Deep Seated Deposits, Neyveli, September 3-5,2004, pp.8.3.1-8.3.12 |
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Deepak C.R, Ramji S, Ramesh N.R, S.M. Babu, Raju Abraham, Shajahan M. A, Atmanand M.A (2007). Development and Testing of Underwater Mining Systems for Long Term Operations using Flexible Riser Concept, , Proc. of the Seventh ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-6, 2007 |
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Atmanand M.A, (2009), Developmental Studies on the use of Positive Displacement Pumps for Liftng Manganese Nodules from the Deep Oceans, Proc. Of the International Symposium on Deep Ocean Lifting Technology, Seoul, Korea, pp. 87-105
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