Deepak Kharat (Dr), Technical Specialist - Flood & Water at Waterco Consultants, UK

About

■ Charteredships:  MCIWEM, C.WEM, CSci.; Reviewer for Journal of Flood Risk Management 
■ BE, MTech (Water Resources Engg) & PhD (1D/2D flood modelling) in Civil Engineering 
■  Over 20 years work experience

■  Primary area of expertise: Flood and water management (1D/2D flood modelling and mapping, water hammer / transient analysis, wastewater network modelling, smart flood management using IoT, hydrological modelling, design of structures, dam-break modelling, water management, EIA)

■ Software proficiency: FEH, MIKE11, MIKE 21, (MOUSE+MIKE NET now MIKE URBAN), ISIS, ISIS FAST, InfoWorks RS & CS, HEC-RAS, EPA SWMM5, AutoCAD, ArcMap, MapInfo, ERDAS IMAGINE, HAMMER, QGIS, Global Mapper.

Interested in international projects related to flood, water and wastewater; especially flood management, local to global water crisis management through 'sustainable' water resources management, catchment / watershed development / management, appropriate inter-basin water transfer and canal network projects, blue-green infrastructure, spatial / resources analysis, policy development and training.

Information

• Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work experience

• Assistant Engineer

  Hydrological and Statistical analysis, component-wise hydraulic and structural design of dams and other water resources structures, Detailed Project Reports and drawings, co-ordination of team of project related consultants and other support-employees.

  Consulting Engineering Services (India) Private Limited

  1996-04  - 1999-06

• Engineer, Sr. Engineer, Project Lead in GIS and Risk Management Divisions

  Flood modelling, hydrological and statistical analysis, risk-management & analysis, software development support to Project Consultants, GIS database preparation and analysis, analysis of remotely sensed data, resources planning and project management.

  RMSI Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Risk Management Software India Pvt. Ltd.)

  1999-07  - 2002-02

• Technical Consultant – Water Resources

  Technical analysis and mathematical modelling using DHI software products, project co-ordination, software training. Preparation of Technical Reports and Technical & Financial Proposals. Business Development.  Development support and technical support to program suites.

  DHI India water and Environment Pvt. Ltd.

  2002-03  - 2005-06

• Scientist (Flood Risk)

  Advising on flood risk assessments; contribution to development of strategy documents on flood modelling and mapping strategies (pluvial, fluvial and coastal).

  Scottish Environment Protection Agency

  2009-08  - 2013-02

• Technical Specialist - Flood & Water

  Flood and water management

  Waterco Consultants, UK

  2013-03-01  - Present

Taxonomy

• Strategic Planning
• Water Resources Engineer
• Project Manager
• Watershed Management
• Hydrological Modelling
• Civil Engineering
• Dams
• Water Resource Management
• Intelligent Networks
• Efficiency Improvement
• Storm Water Management
• Urban Drainage System
• Hydraulic Structures
• Distribution Network Management
• Sewer Networks
• Flood management
• Groundwater Modeling
• Hydraulic Engineering
• Flood damage
• Flood prediction
• Hydrological Modelling
• Geographical Information Systems
• Water Resources Management
• River Engineering
• Flood Risk Management
• Water and Environment
• Stormwater Runoff
• Utilities
• Flood
• Hydraulic Modelling
• Smart Infrastructure Development
• Water & Wastewater
• Water Resources