SIVARAJ KANAGARAJ M.Sc.

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Profession: Environmental Consultant and Baseline Survey Specialist (8+ years)
Summary

Mr. Sivaraj Kanagaraj is a master degree holder in Environmental Science and having 8 years of
experience in the field of Environmental Survey. He worked in various environmental baseline
monitoring project in India and Abu Dhabi and also, involved in preparing environmental impact
assessment studies. He is well experienced in handling marine ecological survey and environmental
monitoring of ambient air, workplace air, water, soil, noise, sediment, microbes, marine planktons and
infauna. Mr. Sivaraj Kanagaraj is currently working with Adept Environmental Consultancy as an
Environmental Consultant to manage environmental projects.
CAREER HISTORY
April 2020 to Till Date
Company Name: Adept Environmental Consultancy, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Position : Environmental Consultant – Ecological Survey and Monitoring Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly environmental inspection, monitoring and
performance report as an third party environmental consultant for assigned projects.
• Conduct daily in-situ monitoring (Turbidity, DO, Salinity, pH and Chlorophyll) at dredging and
marine activity area to identify marine acitivty impact on nighbouring environemnt and to take
appropriate corrective and preventive measures.
• Perform Turtle Nesting Survey during nesting and hatchling season.
• Marine Fauna Observation as per Guidelines of the JNCC.
• Perform Terrestrial (Assessment of Habitat, Survey of Flora and Fauna) and marine ecological
survey (PADI Approved Diver to survey the marine habitat such as seagrass, corals, etc...) as
per ADNOC and International Biodiversity Guidelines.
• Installation and safe recovery of Sherman Traps, Camera Traps, Pitfall traps and perform
nocturnal survey.
• Perform water, groundwater, soil, marine water quality, sediment and marine flora and fauna
sampling as per the MOOPAM, USEPA and other international procedure.
• Coordinate and perform environmental baseline survey for the development, infrastructure, oil
and gas projects.
• Prepare Environmental Baseline Survey and Monitoring Report in line with EAD Technical
Guidance Document (TGD) for Environmental Monitoring Report.
• Perform light monitoring in order to assess the impact of marine fauna.
• Conduct Environmental Compliance Audit.
• Construction project site environmental management including implementation of CEMP and
EIA requirements.

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January 2018 to March 2020
Company Name: Qualitas Material Testing Laboratories Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Position : Environmental Survey and Monitoring Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Conducted marine water, sediment, plankton, benthic infauna, groundwater, soil and sediment
sample in accordance with APHA Method and USEPA standard.
• Successfully worked as a part of ENAS Audit ISO17025 on April 2017 & January 2018
• Successfully worked as a part of EIAC (DAC) Audit ISO17025 on September 2019
• Authorized signature for Environment sector from Ambient Air quality, Indoor Air Quality,
Stack Emission Monitoring Different type of Stack & Clean room validation various Hospitals
& Clean room areas.
• Prepared and submitted Final reports to client after monitoring, sampling and analysis without
failure in time for clean room validation IAQ, noise monitoring, ambient air quality, noise
Monitoring, Stack Monitoring and Water Quality Monitoring report as per HAAD, OSHAD and
EAD requirements.
• Analyzed water samples and handled instrument for pH, Conductivity, Turbidity, Residual free
chlorine, Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulphate, organophosphate, silica, Chloride, Total hardness, calcium,
magnesium, Total dissolved solids, Total Suspended Solids, COD and Chlorophyll a.
• Developed project objectives and targets, and report to management on progress in attaining
them.
• Prepared of Environmental Monitoring Report in line with EAD Technical Guidance Document
(TGD) for Environmental Monitoring Report.
August 2014 to December 2017
Company Name: ABC Techno Labs India Private Limited, Chennai, India
Position : Executive-Environment
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Conducting Environmental Baseline Study covering all the disciplines of Environment
(Terrestrial Ecology, Soil sampling, water quality sampling & Meteorology & Air Quality &
Noise) for KSHIP at Karnataka.
• Ensuring environmental legislations and regulatory compliance report preparation.
• Preparation of Environmental Monitoring Report in lead time, assisting in documentation of EIA
/ EMP Reports, Analysis of basic ambient air quality parameters in laboratory and to schedule
and co-ordinate a team to execute environmental monitoring for various industries.
• Environmental Impact assessment report preparation for form 1a, form 2 & conceptional plan.
• Conducted environmental audit and inspection for the industrial and development project.

EQUIPMENT / INSTRUMENTS HANDLED

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 • Duet Bat Detector;
• Range Finder for Tree Assessment
• Binocular for Birds and Marine mammal identification
• NIKON DLSR camera with high optical zoom
• Van Veen Grab Sampler for sediment and benthic in fauna
• Menta 35 A, multiparameter analyzer for marine in-situ water quality monitoring
• Niskin water sampler;
• Underwater noise monitoring (Hydrophone)
• GPS-Garmin
• Air Microbial Sampler-Orum
• Respirable Dust Sampler-Envirotech
• Fine Particulate sampler- Envirotech
• Vayubodhan Stack sampler- Envirotech
• Flue gas Analyser-Sigma
• Organic Vapour sampler
• Handy sampler
• Weather meter- Envirotech
• VOC Meter-skc
• Noise meter
• Lux meter-Extech
• pH Meter- Martini instruments
• Conductivity Meter – Mi170 bench meter-
• HACH- Lange- DR3900
• Dissolved Oxygen meter
• Turbidity Meter

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
• M.Sc. Environmental Science from Periyar University, Salem, India 2014
• B.Sc. Botany from Periyar University, Salem, India 2012
• Diploma in Industrial Safety from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India (2015 – 2016).
TECHNICAL TRAINING UNDERTAKEN
• Certified SCUBA Diver for the assessment of Marine Habitat and Ecology- PADI Approved, Abu
Dhabi Diving Centre, 2021
• Marine Mammal Observer Mitigation Training Certificate of Joint Nature Conservation Committee
(JNCC), Intellectual Ocean and Training and Consultancy Services, UK, 2021.

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LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, REPORT AND PLAN PREPARED IN ABU DHABI
➔ 2022 – CEMP compliance environmental inspection, marine water in-situ monitoring, exceedance reporting,

underwater noise monitoring and ecological survey of Shamal Development 2030–Marine Works Project
(contract no. 2101-279), Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
➔ 2022 – Coordination of Marine Environmental Baseline Survey for Ras Tanura Refinery (RTR), Saudi.

➔ 2021 – CEMP and environmental compliance monitoring and inspection for Saadiyat Ferry Terminal, Al

Aliya Ferry Terminal and Raban Ferry Terminal, Abu Dhabi, UAE
➔ 2021 – CEMP for Saadiyat Ferry Terminal, Al Aliya Ferry Terminal and Raban Ferry Terminal, Abu Dhabi,

UAE
➔ 2022 Marine Environment Monitoring and Ecological Survey for PER for Al Masood Mega Base Project,

ICAD II
➔ 2021 – DEMP for Emirate CMS Power Company for Taweelah A2 Power Station – on going

➔ 2021 – DEMP for Al Mirfa Power Company for Madinat Zayed, Al Ain, Baniyas and Umm Al Nar Power

Station – on going
➔ 2021 – CEMP for Saadiyat Ferry Terminal, Al Aliya Ferry Terminal and Raban Ferry Terminal, Abu Dhabi,

UAE (ongoing)
➔ 2021 – CEMP and Coral Relocation Plan for Electrical Cable to Al Yasat Al Sufla Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

➔ 2021 – OEMP Audit for Ittihad Paper Mill, ICAD III, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

➔ 2021 – PER for Electrical Cable to Al Yasat Al Sufla Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

➔ 2021 - Terrestrial and Marine Ecological Survey of ADNOC Onshore Concession area.

➔ 2021 – OEMP Audit for AMMROC, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

➔ 2021 – Terrestrial Ecological Survey for ADNOC Onshore Concession area (Bab, Buhasa, Asab, Sahil,

Shah, Rumaitha, Qusahwira, Mender and Al Nouf) and Marine Ecological Survey at Al Nouf Site.
➔ 2021 – Terrestrial and Marine Ecological Survey for Electrical Cable to Al Yasat Al Sufla Island, Abu Dhabi,

UAE.
➔ 2021 – Coral Survey for Electrical Cable to Al Yasat Al Sufla Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

➔ 2021 – Terrestrial and Marine Ecological survey for the Submarine Electrical Cable to Al Yasat Al Sufla

Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

➔ 2021 – OEMP Audit for Ittihad Paper Mill, ICAD III, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

➔ 2020 – Terrestrial and Marine Ecological survey for Water Supply Pipeline to Al Yasat Al Sufla Island, Abu

Dhabi, UAE.
➔ 2020 – OEMP Audit for AMROC, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

➔ 2020 –Tree Assessment Survey (total of 240 hectare), Ba Al Ghaiylam Development Project, Abu Dhabi,

UAE.
➔ 2020 – PER for Copper Rod Manufacturing Facility, Ducab Metal LLC, ICAD I, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

➔ 2020 – Marine Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies for Taweelah RO Independent Water

Project, Huta Hegerfeld Saudia Ltd – Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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