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DHANANJAY KULKARNI
401 Stasney St, #304, College Station, TX 77840
1.dhananjayvk@gmail.com 2. dvk@tamu.edu M: 979 739 2078 _____________________________________________________________________________________
Work Authorization: Eligible for Practical Training.
Graduation Date: December2005
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*Master of Science, Civil (Environmental) Engineering
... Texas A & M University. ... (Aug 03...)
GPA: 3.67; For the previous 4 semesters, GPA: 4.0
*Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
... V J T I, Mumbai (Bombay) University, India. ...(Jul 98-Jun 02)
GPA: 3.75 Rank: 1/83 in Environmental, 5/~350 in Civil
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WORK EXPERIENCE
*Design Engineer: RITES Ltd. (A GOVT of India undertaking company) .....(Jun 02-Aug 03)
Responsible for: Survey, Alignment, Geometric design, Pavement design, Cross section drawings, Execution for some part and Project Reports & EIS preparation to comply with ISO14001 for the National Highway Network in the Gujarat Section for the stretch of 50.8km. (National Highway = US equivalent of Interstate Highway)About
RITES: Only top 50 engineers in India are privileged to work there. ISO9000, ISO14000 certified company.
*Teaching Assistant: Lectures, practicals and term-work grading for CVEN201& CVEN303
.....(Jan05…)
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Achievements
1. Government Merit-Scholarships for being 1st, 5th, 1st and 1st in district in Standards: 4,7,SSC,HSC.
2. Design of ‘Bicycle Factory’ as per code of building Concrete Structures:
IS 456:2000.
3. ‘Analysis of Waste Generated by an Industrial Unit’ (Cotton Textile Mill) and design of its treatment plant.
4. Designed: ‘Water Treatment Plant’ for a city of 2million as a part of course requirement.
5. Designed: ‘Industrial Shade’ as per code of building Steel Structures:
IS 800:2000.
6. Final year undergraduate project report on: ‘Noise Pollution and its Effects on Urban Population’ -the only report from VJTI to get national TV coverage after 1997.
7. A 4-Day Seminar: Delivered on: ‘Theory of Relativity’.
8. Founded an E-magazine HDS (Higher Dimensional Science): A monthly science newsletter publishing current trends / discoveries / stories / theories / interesting information.
9. Convened seminar on “The Clock & Compass–Time & Stress Management Program”.
10. Got the BE Civil Degree. Quoted here as a reference for relative importance of other items in this list.(To understand the resume better, normal(non-just-text) version of this resume will help a lot.)
11. 10th standard – First PATENT Application for a modified diamond cutting tool. Obtained it in third year engineering (No. : 332/BOM/96).
12. Got a Job in RITES in Delhi.
13. Got 99.13% in CAT – the management entrance examination (Supposed to be the toughest one in India) & admission to IIM-A. (IIM-A = Indian Institute of Management @Ahmedabad.)
14. Presentation on the behalf of RITES in Jaipur Development Authority -conference at Jaipur (India) for acquiring Global Tenders for the City-Development in competition with leading multinational companies in the field.
15. National Highway Project: The real life project with multitude of deliverables, enhancement of skills and actual product delivered to the society.
16. Admission to Texas A & M University. _____________________________________________________________________________________
Technical Papers Presented and Seminars Delivered
*AI: Real & Artificial Intelligence, Bio-Computing, Disaster Management:
1st in University
*Modern Construction, Tunneling,Konkan Railway(Substantial Work):
1st in College
*Environmental Crisis, String Theory:
2-Day Seminar
*Disaster Management:Short Seminar
*Theory of Relativity: 4-Day Seminar
*Advanced Transportation:
1st at All India Level (Substantial Work)
*Seminars: Our Environment & Problems, Impact of Globalization on Indian EconomyWorld War-II: A Scientific Perspective –an informative, inspiring & interesting seminar.
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Computer Skills
*Programming: C, Pascal, C++, VB
*OS: Windows-All, MS DOS, LINUX, iMac (OSX)
*Softwares: MS Office, Auto CAD, V/MinteQ, SmartRisk, Microstation, STADD-III (Structural), HDM (Highway related) & normal ones.
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Professional Interests
Sustainable Development,Transportation Engineering, Halt-free traffic, Low-Impact infrastructure development, Paper-publishing &...
*Career-goal:
To be an expert in the environmental and transportation engineering field.
*Benchmarks:
1. Time value of $ ‘x’/s after ‘y’ years.
2. Excellence award in the field.
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OTHER
Extra-Curricular Activities
*Debating Many Prizes at School-level, Won State Level Debates in Third Year (Nowhere near Cicero!)
*Sports Badminton & Chess at State level, Swimming & Tennis, District Marathon 1st prize
*Examinations General Knowledge, Sanskrit, Mathematics – At all India Level with Distinction
*Sanskrit Singing Intermediate
*Writing News Paper, Magazines – Essays, Stories, Scientific Articles
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Other Information
*Favorite Study-Topics: Physics, Management, Logic, Cognitivity
*Favorite Authors: Richard Bach, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Emerson, Hitchcock, Arthur C Doyle
*Favorite Books: Illusion, Bhagavad-Gita, Julies-Caesar, Sherlock H, Brighter than a Thousand Suns
*Favorite Movies: Schindler's List, The Matrix, AI
*Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Traveling, Photography, Old-coins & stamp collection, Innovating, Inventing
*Activities: Leadership General Secretary for annual college festival, university technical festival, hostel festival, Civil Engineering Student Association Secretary, Sports coordinator for 2002 for VJTI.
*Community Service: Student Crisis Mentor (Psychological comforting/motivating…),WWF Mumbai (VJTI-Chapter President), CRY-VJTI Volunteer, Blood Donation camps (4yrs -12 camps), College-Admission counseling member, teaching physics and mathematics (HSC) to underprivileged children, member of TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs for promotion of entrepreneurship in society, Community Volunteering for rural development (500Hrs), Good Deed Program (in childhood… 4-7th std. teacher forcing us to do & write at-least one good thing/day which I believe helped me develop as a person in the long run.).
*Personality traits: Flexible, friendly, extremist (perfectionist), emotional, frank.
*Inspiring Personalities: Newton, Einstein, Emerson, Napoleon, Chanakya.
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401 Stasney St, #304, College Station, TX 77840
1.dhananjayvk@gmail.com 2. dvk@tamu.edu M: 979 739 2078 _____________________________________________________________________________________
Work Authorization: Eligible for Practical Training.
Graduation Date: December2005
_____________________________________________________________________________________
*Master of Science, Civil (Environmental) Engineering
... Texas A & M University. ... (Aug 03...)
GPA: 3.67; For the previous 4 semesters, GPA: 4.0
*Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
... V J T I, Mumbai (Bombay) University, India. ...(Jul 98-Jun 02)
GPA: 3.75 Rank: 1/83 in Environmental, 5/~350 in Civil
_____________________________________________________________________________________
WORK EXPERIENCE
*Design Engineer: RITES Ltd. (A GOVT of India undertaking company) .....(Jun 02-Aug 03)
Responsible for: Survey, Alignment, Geometric design, Pavement design, Cross section drawings, Execution for some part and Project Reports & EIS preparation to comply with ISO14001 for the National Highway Network in the Gujarat Section for the stretch of 50.8km. (National Highway = US equivalent of Interstate Highway)About
RITES: Only top 50 engineers in India are privileged to work there. ISO9000, ISO14000 certified company.
*Teaching Assistant: Lectures, practicals and term-work grading for CVEN201& CVEN303
.....(Jan05…)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Achievements
1. Government Merit-Scholarships for being 1st, 5th, 1st and 1st in district in Standards: 4,7,SSC,HSC.
2. Design of ‘Bicycle Factory’ as per code of building Concrete Structures:
IS 456:2000.
3. ‘Analysis of Waste Generated by an Industrial Unit’ (Cotton Textile Mill) and design of its treatment plant.
4. Designed: ‘Water Treatment Plant’ for a city of 2million as a part of course requirement.
5. Designed: ‘Industrial Shade’ as per code of building Steel Structures:
IS 800:2000.
6. Final year undergraduate project report on: ‘Noise Pollution and its Effects on Urban Population’ -the only report from VJTI to get national TV coverage after 1997.
7. A 4-Day Seminar: Delivered on: ‘Theory of Relativity’.
8. Founded an E-magazine HDS (Higher Dimensional Science): A monthly science newsletter publishing current trends / discoveries / stories / theories / interesting information.
9. Convened seminar on “The Clock & Compass–Time & Stress Management Program”.
10. Got the BE Civil Degree. Quoted here as a reference for relative importance of other items in this list.(To understand the resume better, normal(non-just-text) version of this resume will help a lot.)
11. 10th standard – First PATENT Application for a modified diamond cutting tool. Obtained it in third year engineering (No. : 332/BOM/96).
12. Got a Job in RITES in Delhi.
13. Got 99.13% in CAT – the management entrance examination (Supposed to be the toughest one in India) & admission to IIM-A. (IIM-A = Indian Institute of Management @Ahmedabad.)
14. Presentation on the behalf of RITES in Jaipur Development Authority -conference at Jaipur (India) for acquiring Global Tenders for the City-Development in competition with leading multinational companies in the field.
15. National Highway Project: The real life project with multitude of deliverables, enhancement of skills and actual product delivered to the society.
16. Admission to Texas A & M University. _____________________________________________________________________________________
Technical Papers Presented and Seminars Delivered
*AI: Real & Artificial Intelligence, Bio-Computing, Disaster Management:
1st in University
*Modern Construction, Tunneling,Konkan Railway(Substantial Work):
1st in College
*Environmental Crisis, String Theory:
2-Day Seminar
*Disaster Management:Short Seminar
*Theory of Relativity: 4-Day Seminar
*Advanced Transportation:
1st at All India Level (Substantial Work)
*Seminars: Our Environment & Problems, Impact of Globalization on Indian EconomyWorld War-II: A Scientific Perspective –an informative, inspiring & interesting seminar.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Computer Skills
*Programming: C, Pascal, C++, VB
*OS: Windows-All, MS DOS, LINUX, iMac (OSX)
*Softwares: MS Office, Auto CAD, V/MinteQ, SmartRisk, Microstation, STADD-III (Structural), HDM (Highway related) & normal ones.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Professional Interests
Sustainable Development,Transportation Engineering, Halt-free traffic, Low-Impact infrastructure development, Paper-publishing &...
*Career-goal:
To be an expert in the environmental and transportation engineering field.
*Benchmarks:
1. Time value of $ ‘x’/s after ‘y’ years.
2. Excellence award in the field.
=====================================================================================
OTHER
Extra-Curricular Activities
*Debating Many Prizes at School-level, Won State Level Debates in Third Year (Nowhere near Cicero!)
*Sports Badminton & Chess at State level, Swimming & Tennis, District Marathon 1st prize
*Examinations General Knowledge, Sanskrit, Mathematics – At all India Level with Distinction
*Sanskrit Singing Intermediate
*Writing News Paper, Magazines – Essays, Stories, Scientific Articles
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Other Information
*Favorite Study-Topics: Physics, Management, Logic, Cognitivity
*Favorite Authors: Richard Bach, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Emerson, Hitchcock, Arthur C Doyle
*Favorite Books: Illusion, Bhagavad-Gita, Julies-Caesar, Sherlock H, Brighter than a Thousand Suns
*Favorite Movies: Schindler's List, The Matrix, AI
*Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Traveling, Photography, Old-coins & stamp collection, Innovating, Inventing
*Activities: Leadership General Secretary for annual college festival, university technical festival, hostel festival, Civil Engineering Student Association Secretary, Sports coordinator for 2002 for VJTI.
*Community Service: Student Crisis Mentor (Psychological comforting/motivating…),WWF Mumbai (VJTI-Chapter President), CRY-VJTI Volunteer, Blood Donation camps (4yrs -12 camps), College-Admission counseling member, teaching physics and mathematics (HSC) to underprivileged children, member of TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs for promotion of entrepreneurship in society, Community Volunteering for rural development (500Hrs), Good Deed Program (in childhood… 4-7th std. teacher forcing us to do & write at-least one good thing/day which I believe helped me develop as a person in the long run.).
*Personality traits: Flexible, friendly, extremist (perfectionist), emotional, frank.
*Inspiring Personalities: Newton, Einstein, Emerson, Napoleon, Chanakya.
*************************************************************************************
BioLog(Resume) versions:
Short-Executive, Normal, Plain-text(this), Online diverse, Voice (mp3) & more information at:
dhananjayvk.blogspot.com ... ... ... ... ... 01@india.com
