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FACULTY PROFILE
Dr. T.V.PRAVEEN

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Professor
Dept.of Civil Engineering
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam 530003, INDIA
Phone: (O) :: 08912844790, (Cell):: 9440166333
Email: proftvpraveen@gmail.com, tvpraveen.civil@auvsp.edu.in
Date of Birth: 01/07/1963

EDUCATION:

Examinatio Name of the Year of Exact Subject of

n passed University passing percentage examination
of marks and
specialization
Ph. D IIT Bombay 1992 9.36
Hydraulics and
Water
M.Tech. IIT Kanpur 1985 7.72
Resources
Engineering
B.E Andhra University 1984 Ist division Civil Engg.
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EMPLOYMENT:

Length of
Position From To University
Service
V R Sidhhartha College
1985-87(Lecturer) (Affiliated to NU), Vasavi
Lecturer
1992-93(Lecturer) 3 years Engg. College (Affiliated to
/ Asst.
1993-94(Asst. Prof.) OU), NBKRIST College
Professor
(Affiliated to SVU)

Asst. 5 years
1994-99 Andhra University
Professor
Reader /
Associat 4 years 9
1999-2004 Andhra University
e months
Professor
Professor
19-09-2006 to till date 9 years Andhra University

Total Teaching Experience: 22 years 9 months

Research Projects associated with

1) Murthy, J.S.R, Jagadish Chandhra and T.V.Praveen, Salinity Control Studies in Tidal
Estuaries, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, India, 1992.
2) Murthy, J.S.R and T.V.Praveen, A 2-D Side View Numerical Model for Narrow Estuaries,
Board of Research in Nuclear Science, India, 1992.
3) Praveen, T.V., Development of Open channel flow transition Module, UGC-MRP, 1995.
4) Narasimham, M.L. and T.V.Praveen, Godavari Valley Development Quick Action Plan
Report Surface Water Resources and Irrigation Trends, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, 1995.
5) Stress Analysis of Lined Pressure Tunnels, UGC - Major Research Project, 2004.
6) DST (SERC) Research Project (P.I: Dr.S.Surya Rao, C.I: Dr.T.V.Praveen, C.I: M.Ramesh)
entitled Dam Breach Flood Analysis, Rs.15.52 Lakhs, during 2004-2007. The final report
submitted to DST (SERC) in June 2008.
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TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED

1) ISTE Programme on Strategic Planning for Teachers, Andhra University Chapter & Govt.
Polytechnic Visakhapatnam Chapter, 23rd to 25th September,1994.
2) ISTE Programme on Performance Appraisal and Development Systems, Andhra University
Chapter, Visakhapatnam, 27th to 29th April, 1995.
3) Induction Training Course of AICTE, Academic Staff College, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, 22nd May to 10th June, 1995.
4) ISTE Sponsored winter school on Mathematical Modelling and Computational Methods,
College of Engineering & Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology,
Bhubaneswar,10-22,Nov 1997.
5) Experimental Fluid Mechanics, IISC, Bangalore, 4-8,Nov 1996.
6) Refresher course in Ecology and Environment, Academic Staff College, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, 5th -30th Dec, 1997.
7) Refresher Course in Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Academic Staff College,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 22nd May to 11th june, 2000.
8) Application of Space Science Technology to Disaster Management with emphasis on Flood
Management, CSSTEAP, IIRS, Dehradun, Aug 20-sep 14, 2007.
9) QIP short term course on Ancient science and Technology, conducted by dept. of Aerospace
Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 10-14, Nov 2014.
10) Managemnt Capacity Enhancement Programe for Administrators under TEQIP-II, IIM
Luvknow, Noida campus, 24-28, Aug 2015.

Seminars, Conferences, Symposia, Workshops etc. attended

1. Murthy, J.S.R. and T.V.Praveen, 2-D Vertical Model for a Rectangular Idealized Estuary,
Proc. Of National Workshop on Water Resources Management, I.I.T., Madras, 18-20 June
1990.
2. Murthy, J.S.R. and T.V.Praveen, 2-D Vertical Transport Model for a Rectangular Idealized
Estuary, Proc. of 17th National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, REC Warangal,
Dec 1990.
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3. Narasimham, M.L.M C.Munisubramaniam, T.V.Praveen and D.Srinivas, Ground Water

Pollution Index Through Hydrogeological Prameter Ranking, Workshop on water resources
project management in North Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, May 1995.
4. Praveen, T.V. and C.Munisubramaniam, A study on the Field Data of Seepage Losses in
Upper Ganga Canal, Proc. of Workshop on Field Problems of Irrigation Management,
Andhra University, Visakapatnam, May 1996.
5. Praveen, T.V., M.Satyanarayana and A.Ramamohana Rao, Data Accuracy Requirements of
Flood Routing Model- A study on Narmada River Reach, National Conf. On Environmental
Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Andhra University, Visakapatnam, Feb 1997.
6. Narasimham, M.L., T.V.Praveen and V.Mallikarjuna, Surface Profiles in Open channel
Width Constriction under Subcritical Flow Condition, National Conf. On Environmental
Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Andhra University, Visakapatnam, Feb 1997.
7. Ramesh M. and T.V.Praveen, Dam Breach flood wave model- a case study, 20 th National
Convention of IPHE on Environmental Engineering, 22-24 Aug 2003, GITAM,
Visakhapatnam.
8. I.Siva Parvathi, T.V.Praveen, S.Surya Rao and R.Rama rao, Stress Analysis Of Concrete
and Steel Lined Pressure Tunnels Using Finite Element Method, Proceedings of the
WMEC-2007, Feb 22-23, 2007, Hyderabad.
9. Praveen, T.V. , J.S.R.Murthy and Jagadish Chandhra, Effect Of The Length Of The Estuary
On High Water Slack Salinity, Proceedings of the WMEC-2007, Feb 22-23 2007,
Hyderabad .(Co-Chairman for a Technical Session).
10. Praveen, T.V. Ramesh M.and S.Surya Rao, Dam Breach Flood Routing through river
system, 22nd April, 2007, JNTU, Kakinada (Key Note Address).
11. Surya Rao,S., T.V.Praveen, M.Ramesh and V.Arunkumar, Dam Breach Flood Routing,
Workshop on Floods and related Issues , 30th June ,2007, Andhra University Visakhapatnam.
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PUBLICATIONS

List of Journal Publications

International

1. Sundara Kumar, P., T. Venkata Praveen and M. J. Ratnakanth Babu, Deciding Alternate
Crop Pattern in a Watershed of Tadepalli Mandal Using RS and GIS, International Journal
of Earth Sciences and Engineering, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 04, No 06 SPL, October 2011,
pp: 309-314.
2. Sundar Kumar, P., M.J.Ratnakanth Babu, T.V.Praveen, Venkatakumar.Vagolu, Analysis of
the Runoff for Watershed Using SCS-CN Method and Geographic Information Systems,
International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 2(8), 2010, pp: 3947-
3654.
3. Sundar Kumar, P., I.Nagababu and T.V.Praveen, Treatment of Synthetic Waste water
containing phenol, Thiocyanate and nitrate-N in Anoxic fixed film reactor, International
Natural Environmental and pollution Technology, Vol. 9, No.2,July, 2010, pp: 355-363.
4. Siva Parvathi, I., T. V. Praveen and S. Surya Rao, Thermal Stress Analysis of Lined
Underground Opening International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, Vol.03,
No.01,March 2010, pp: 162-166.

National
1. I.Siva Parvathi and T.V.Praveen, Influence of Support Pressure on Stress Variation in
Cracked Concrete Lined Pressure Tunnels, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling
Technology, Vol. No.21,No.1, Jan,2015, pp: 7-20.
2. I.SivaParvathi, T.V.Praveen and K.Suresh Kumar, Effect of Spacing and Orientation of
Joints in the Rock on Stress Variation in Lined Pressure Tunnels Using Finite Element
Method, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology, Vol. 19, No.1, Jan,2013,
pp: 1-17.
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3. Ramesh, M., Praveen, T.V., Surya Rao, S., and Manjulavani, K., Tehri Dam-Breach Versus
Monsoon Flood Routing in the Ganga River System, Journal Hydraulic Engineering of
Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH)March 2010, Vol. 16(1), pp: 109-131.
4. I.Siva Parvathi, S.Surya Rao, T.V.Praveen, Effect of Rock Mass Quality and Tunnel Size
on Lined Pressure Tunnels Using Finite Element Method, Journal of Rock Mechanics and
Tunneling Technology, Vol. 11, No.1, Jan,2005, pp: 35-48.
5. Surya Rao, S., B.P.Singh, and T.V.Praveen, Two Dimensional Stress Analysis of Selected
Gravity Dams by the Finite Element Method, Irrigation and Power Journal (CBIP), Vol :49,
Issue -2,1992, pp: 51-70.

Conferences
1. Praveen, T.V. and J.S.R.Murthy, Water Quality Studies, Proc. of IAHR, VIII Congress, Asia
and Pacific Regional Division, CWPRS, Pune, Oct. 1992.
2. Narasimham, M.L.and T.V.Praveen, Statistical Analysis of Cyclones Attacking
Visakhapatnam City from 1890-1990, Int. Conf. on Disaster Mitigation, Anna University,
Madras 1995.
3. Praveen, T.V., Dam Break Analysis, Proc. Of the International Conference on Digital
Aided modeling and simulation, 6-8 January, 2003, Coimbatore Institute of Technology,
Coimbatore.
4. Ramesh M., S.Surya Rao, T.V.Praveen and N.Narendra, Dam breach flood routing, World
conference on Disaster Management Infrastructure and control systems, 29-31 Oct 2003,
Hyderabad.
5. Praveen, T.V., M.L. Narasimham and P.Sujatha, Some Studies on Dam break flood
propagation, World conference on Disaster Management Infrastructure and control systems,
10-12 Nov 2003, NAC, Hyderabad.
6. I.Siva Parvathi, S.Surya Rao, R.Rama Rao and T.V.Praveen, Stress analysis of lined
pressure tunnels in jointed rock, Proceedings of the International symposium on Recent
Advances in Water Resources Development and Management 2005, IIT Roorkee, 23-25
November, 2005, pp 784-797.
7. I.Siva Parvathi, T.V.Praveen and S.Surya Rao, Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of
Underground Openings, Proceedings of the International conference on Advances in
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Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering(ACSGE-2009), BITS Pilani, 25-27

October,2009.
8. I.Siva Parvathi, T.V.Praveen and S.Surya Rao, Thermal Stress Analysis of Lined
Underground Openings, Proceedings of the International conference on Advances in
Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering(ACSGE-2009), BITS Pilani, 25-27
October,2009.
9. Murthy, J.S.R. and T.V.Praveen, 2-D Vertical Model for a Rectangular Idealized Estuary,
Proc. Of National Workshop on Water Resources Management, I.I.T., Madras, 18-20 June
1990.
10. Murthy, J.S.R. and T.V.Praveen, 2-D Vertical Transport Model for a Rectangular Idealized
Estuary, Proc. Of 17th National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, REC Warangal,
Dec 1990.
11. Narasimham, M.L.M C.Munisubramaniam, T.V.Praveen and D.Srinivas, Ground Water
Pollution Index Through Hydrogeological Prameter Ranking, Workshop on water resources
project management in North Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, May 1995.
12. Praveen, T.V. and C.Munisubramaniam, A study on the Field Data of Seepage Losses in
Upper Ganga Canal, Proc. Of Workshop on Field Problems of Irrigation Management,
Andhra University, Visakapatnam, May 1996.
13. Praveen, T.V., M.Satyanarayana and A.Ramamohana Rao, Data Accuracy Requirements of
Flood Routing Model- A study on Narmada River Reach, National Conf. On Environmental
Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Andhra University, Visakapatnam, Feb 1997.
14. Narasimham, M.L., T.V.Praveen and V.Mallikarjuna, Surface Profiles in Open channel
Width Constriction under Subcritical Flow Condition, National Conf. On Environmental
Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Andhra University, Visakapatnam, Feb 1997.
15. Praveen, T.V. and S.Surya Rao, Dam Break Analysis, National Seminar on Environmental
Hazards and Sustainable Development, REC Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, 22 nd and 23rd Nov,
1999.
16. Siva Parvathi, I., S.Surya Rao and T.V.Praveen, Stress Analysis of Lined Pressure Tunnels
using Finite element method, Proc. of Indian Rock Conference, 28 -29 November, 2002,
Central soil and materials research station, New Delhi.
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17. M.Ramesh, and Dr.T.V.Praveen (2003), Dam Breach Flood Routing, National Conference
on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO 2003), ISH & CWPRS, PUNE, 26-27th
December, 45-48,
18. Ramesh M. and T.V.Praveen, Dam Breach flood wave model- a case study, 20 th National
Convention of IPHE on Environmental Engineering, 22-24 Aug 2003, GITAM,
Visakhapatnam.
19. Siva Parvathi, I., S.Surya Rao and T.V.Praveen Analysis of the effect of Insitu Stress Field
on Lined Pressure Tunnels by FEM, Proc. of IGC 2003, Geotechnical Engineering for
Infrastructural Development, 18-20 Dec 2003, Indian Geotechnical Society, Roorkee.
20. I.Siva Parvathi, T.V.Praveen, S.Surya Rao and R.Rama rao, Effect of Rock Mass Anisotropy
on Stress Distribution in Lined Pressure Tunnels using FEM Proceedings of the HYDRO-
2006, Dec 8-9, 2006,Pune.
21. I.Siva Parvathi, T.V.Praveen, S.Surya Rao and R.Rama rao, Stress Analysis Of Concrete
And Steel Lined Pressure Tunnels Using Finite Element Method, Proceedings of the
WMEC-2007, Feb 22-23,2007, Hyderabad.
22. Praveen, T.V. , J.S.R.Murthy and Jagadish Chandhra, Effect Of The Length Of The Estuary
On High Water Slack Salinity,Proceedings of the WMEC-2007, Feb 22-23,2007,
Hyderabad.
23. Praveen, T.V., Ramesh M. and S.Surya Rao, Dam Breach Flood Routing through river
system, 22nd April, 2007, JNTU, Kakinada.
24. Surya Rao,S., T.V.Praveen, M.Ramesh and V.Arunkumar, Dam Breach Flood Routing,
Workshop on Floods and related Issues , 30th June 2007, Andhra University Visakhapatnam.

Memberships Associated:

1. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education(19951)

2. Life Member of Indian Society of Hydraulics

Awards & Honors:

1) Awarded merit certificate for the paper titled Two dimensional stress analysis of selected
concrete gravity dams by the finite element method published in Journal of Irrigation and Power,
April 1992.
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M.E. THESES
1) K.R.L.P.Kumari, Numerical Model for Inverse weir Problems, 1995.
2) M.Sunder Kumar, Some studies on Dam Break Modelling,1997.
3) I.SivaParvathi, Stress analysis of lined pressure tunnels using finite element method, 2001
4) P.Sujatha, Some Studies on Partial breaches of dams, 2002.
5) V.Suseela Rani, Some experimental studies on ogee spill way and stepped spill way, 2002.
6) P.Sri Lakshmi Kamalam, flood routing through tree type channel networks, 2004.
7) S.Viswanadham, Some studies on transportation of iron ore slurry through a pipe line, 2009.
8) K.Praveen, Two dimensional stress analysis of Srisailam Dam with Revised Seismic
Coefficients using Finite Element method, 2011.
9) Mr. Birhane Gebreyohannes Hagos, Stress Analysis of Zoned Roller Compacted Concrete
Dam using Non Linear Static Finite Element Method, 2015.
10) D. Lakshmi Durga, Stress Analysis of Gravity Dam by Considering Different Shapes of
Galleries and Dam Foundation Interaction Condition,2015
11) Kalyan A.V.S., Stress Analysis of Sky wheels Structure- An Alternate Container Handling
System,2015.
List of Ph.D. Scholars Registered:
1) P. Sundar Kumar
2) Berhane
Details of Administrative positions held in the university

S.No Name of the Administrative posting period

Deputy Coordinator, Committee for Proposal
1 for support from UGC under UPE Scheme 2008-2010

2 Nodal Officer (Academic)-TEQIP phase II 2011-2012

Coordinator, A.U.College of Engineering,
3 Proposal for Central University 2013

Member, Steering Committee, Proposal for

4 NAAC,A.U 2013 onwards

5 Additional Dean (Confidential) Exams, A.U. 2013 onwards

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Member, Central Purchase Committee,

6 A.U.C.E 2013 onwards

Details of membership in selection committees of State / National Institutions /

Other Universities:

S.No Selection Committee

1
Member, Expert Panel, Odisha Bigyan Academy, Bhubaneswar

Member, Board of Studies in Civil Engineering Department at GVP College of

2 Engineering, Visakhapatnam

3 Member, Board of Studies in Civil Engineering Department at GMRIT, Rajam

4 Involved in APPSC, ICET-2009, 2010,2011.

Served as a member in the editorial board of Departmental Magazine Civisions
5

Member, Board of Studies in Civil Engineering Department at ANITS College of

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Engineering, Visakhapatnam

Seminars, Conferences, Symposia, Workshops etc. organised

Name of the
Name of the Seminar/ Conference/
Sponsoring Place and Date
Symposia Workshop, etc.
Agency
1) Floods and Related Issues FARI
-07 1)30 June 2007, Andhra
1)TEQIP phase I
2) Impact of Climate Change and Global University, Visakhapatnam
Warming on Management of Water 2)APPCOST 2)24th July 2010, Andhra University
Resources Visakhapatnam