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| Selvarajah Hemakanth
セルバラジャ ヘマカント | |
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JICA Scholarship Student
JICA奨学生 |
| Home town (country); 出身:
Koddaikallar, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, スリランカ民主社会主義共和国 |
- Message; メッセージ:
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My research interest is developing an integrated water resources management of Mahaweli system. Mahaweli river basin is a complex system and it is the largest system in Sri Lanka which is mainly developed as an integrated multi-purpose and rural development program. There are more than twenty-four reservoirs which are located in this river basin and these reservoirs contribute for one third of the rice production of the entire country and one fourth of the total power generation. The functions of the reservoirs are varied according to its location and the purpose. The purpose of the reservoirs are mainly irrigation, hydropower generation, flood management and drinking water. With the increased demand through population increase and imposed risk due to the climate change, the tradeoff between the energy, food and water is increasing in this river basin. Therefore there is a necessity of developing a comprehensive and stochastic approach which can best estimate the benefit optimization of water resources under present and future climate model outputs by introducing natural science, engineering and technology. Best estimation of the optimization should be analyzed by combining different kind of decision support tools such as physical models, socio economic models and climate models as a policy making support system. Such combined approach could improve the output of the existing socio economic approaches by utilizing the output of advanced natural science and enable the policy makers to take dynamic and comprehensive decisions.
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- Main Research Topic(s); 主な研究内容:
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- Optimizing the Benefits of Mahaweli River Basin through Integrated Water Resource Management Approach.
- Use of Elastic Wave Refraction Method to Observe Slopes in Pre-Failure Stages.
- Development of Bridge Management System in Sri Lanka- BridgeXpert.
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- Academic/Professional Experience and Qualifications; 主な学歴・職歴、資格など:
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| Academic Background : |
| Reading Ph.D in Disaster Management at ICHARM/GRIPS, Japan |
| Masters in Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
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| Professional/Research Experience: |
| March, 2008 |
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Appointed as Irrigation Engineer in Irrigation Department under Sri Lanka Engineering Service and worked at RDI’s Office, Batticaloa
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| May, 2009 to Feb, 2013 |
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Irrigation Engineer at Navakiri Division, Batticaloa
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| Feb, 2013 to Dec, 2013 |
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Irrigation Engineer at Designs Branch of Irrigation Department, Colombo
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| Dec, 2013 to Aug, 2015 |
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Divisional Irrigation Engineer at Rugam Division, Batticaloa
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| Aug, 2013 to Sep, 2017 |
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On study leave
Master's Course in Civil Engineering
The University of Tokyo |
| Oct, 2017 to Sep, 2018 |
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Irrigation Engineer at Irrigation Training Institute, Galgamuwa, Kurunegala |
| Oct 2018 to date |
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On study leave
Ph.D.Course in Disaster Management Program
International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan. |
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- Refereed Journal Publications:
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- Use of Elastic Wave Refraction Method to Observe Slopes in Pre-Failure Stages, Final year thesis of Master’s degree program, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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