hrushikesh chavan

Remote Sensing Specialist - Individual Consultant , The World Bank - Water Resources Department,Government Of Bihar

Patna, Bihar

I am Hrushikesh Siddharth Chavan, writing to express my interest for response to the advertisement regarding a position.
I submit this letter of application, for I believe that my experiences and skill set make me a strong candidate for this position. I am presently working as a Remote Sensing Specialist, in Flood Management Improvement Support Center (FMISC), WRD, Government of Bihar

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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
  • Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Government/Governance, Reforms, Corruption
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
Professional Experience:

With an International credential of Post Graduate Diploma in Geo-Hazard (Hydro-Meteorology) from IIRS, Dehradun & International Institute for Geo- information Science and Earth Observation,(ITC) The Netherlands
Am Presently working as a Remote Sensing Specialist, in Flood Management Improvement Support Center (FMISC), Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, India this project is funded by The World Bank & Department for International Developments (DFID) UK.
More than seven years core experience of close coordination with the senior ministerial officials, Bihar chief minister secretariat, Commissioners, policy decision makers, International donors, state/central Government and Private sector stakeholders with an aim to provide sustainable solutions and an efficient management techniques, ultimately gain an knowledge base experience of managing and supervision of complete life cycle of large scale IT, state – central government and also the World Bank Executed, funded projects. I believe such kind of credential of working on live projects will be useful for this concern position in the field of IT.
As a Remote Sensing Specialist in FMISC, am dealing a satellite based flood crisis management, also delivering my services in various sector as, Police, Urban, RCD, Health, NIC, Election, Forestry, Chief Minister Secretariat of Bihar, etc. for taking various policy decisions based on my experience and knowledge skill sets for making of a vibrant Bihar.

Education:

• Post Graduate Diploma. Geo-Hazard (Hydro-Meteorology- July 2006-May 2007) Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) NRSC, Department of Space- Govt. of India, Dehradun & International Institute for Geo- information Science and Earth Observation, (ITC) The Netherlands. Stood First (Grade: A; 75 % marks)
• M.Sc. Environmental Sciences (RS&GIS- June 2002-June 2004), University of Pune, Pune, India (Grade: A; 64 % marks)

Affiliations and Achievements:

• Worldwide recognition from various places for effective near real time use of Remote sensing- GIS technologies with limited resources in koshi river flood, the world worst natural disaster happened in 2008, which created major flooding in Nepal and especially in Bihar affecting about 3 million population across the five districts. This work showing the potential an aim to provide sustainable solutions and efficient management techniques at FMISC for better humanity life.

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Internships / Fellowships

Years of Experience:

5-10 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit

Nationality:

Indian