#42 (Old No. 11), St.

Thomas Nagar Phone: +91 44 22351262

Little Mount Mob: +91 9841108145
Chennai- 600 015 E-mail i_divien@yahoo.com

Irene Preeti Divien Gangai

More than five years of research experience in the field of Remote
Summary of Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) in Coastal and Marine
Qualifications Sciences and in Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

Hands on knowledge in the following areas:

• Analysis of Remote sensing data
• Spatial analysis using GIS
• Formulation of Coastal Management Plans based on
interdisciplinary data
• Documentation and handling of projects
• Integration of Socio-economic sciences in Coastal Management

Professional
April 2007 – Till Date
experience
Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai
Technical Project Officer
Coastal Profs: European Commission – Asia Link Programme
ƒ Contributed towards syllabus development for M.Tech
programme on Coastal Management
ƒ Assisted in preparing quarterly reports for the project
ƒ Obtained training in integrating social science aspects with
natural sciences

April 2006 – March 2007

Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai
Senior Project Associate
Environmental Information System (ENVIS)
ƒ Contributed towards syllabus development for M.Tech
programme on Coastal Management
ƒ Assisted in preparing quarterly reports for the project
ƒ Obtained training in integrating social science aspects with
natural sciences

May 2003 – March 2006

Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai
Senior Research Fellow
Impacts of developmental activities on tidal wetlands and
biodiversity of Tuticorin coast

ƒ Land use /Land cover change maps

ƒ Coastal Resources map
ƒ Identification of developmental activities in Tuticorin
 ƒ Socio-economic analysis
ƒ Studying the developmental potential of the region
ƒ Vulnerability analysis of the region to natural hazards

June 2002 – April 2003

Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai
Junior Project Assistant
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Andaman Islands
ƒ Preparation of Coastal Land use/ Land cover Maps, CRZ, DEM
and Bathymetry maps
ƒ Collection of secondary data for ICZM
ƒ Identification of developmental potential of each island
ƒ Prepared ICZM report for the Islands under study

Education July 2003 – July 2007

Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai
Doctor of Philosophy (Submitted)
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Tuticorin

July 2000 – May 2002

College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai
M.Sc. Environmental Science
9.5 CGPA (on a scale of ten)

July 1997 – May 2000

Stella Maris College, Chennai
B.Sc. Zoology
Distinction (81%)

June 1996 – April 2007

St. Michael’s Mat. H.S.S, Chennai
Higher Secondary (Science and Maths)
Distinction (87%)

National
Training Programmes
ƒ Training programme on “Applications of GIS in the Management
of Aquatic Pollution” (April 12th – 21st, 2004), Department of
Ocean Development, ICMAM – P.D., Chennai.
ƒ Training programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS applications to
Coastal Zone Management” (21st October to 1st November
2002), Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University,
Chennai.
ƒ One-month diploma course in Basic Biotechnology (May, 1999),
Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai.
International
ƒ “On Line Course Integrated Coastal Zone Management” (May
17th – July 24th 2005), UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands.
ƒ International training programme on “Urban Environment and
Marine Resources Management” (19th May to 6th June 2003),
Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, India.
 GIS: ARCGIS, Arc View – 3.2 and PC Arc / Info
Software Knowledge
Image processing: ERDAS Imagine 8.4
Packages: MS-Office, Surfer

Training programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to

Resource Person Coastal and Marine Studies” (05 – 17 September 2005) sponsored by
National Natural Resources Management System, Dept. of Space, GOI.

Training programme on “Coastal Regulation Zone and Coastal Zone

Management” (24 – 28 January 2005) sponsored by Ministry of
Environment and Forests, GOI.

Training programme on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS to

Coastal and Marine Studies” (10 – 28 February 2004) sponsored by
National Natural Resources Management System, Dept. of Space, GOI.

Ramachandran S., Anitha S., Balamurugan V., Dharanirajan K., Ezhil

Publications Vendhan K., Marie Irene Preeti Divien, Senthil Vel A., Sujjahad Hussain
I. and Udayaraj A. (2005), ‘Ecological Impacts of Tsunami on Nicobar
Islands’, Current Science, Vol. 89, No.1, pp.23-29.

Dharanirajan K., Ramachandran S., Saranathan E., Kasinatha Pandian

P., Gurugnanam B., Anitha S., Srinivasan D., Marie Irene Preeti Divien,
Rajakumari S. and Arul Raj M. (2004), ‘Man-made impacts on sandy
beaches in South Andaman island – a case study using remote
sensing and GIS’, Indian Journal of Geomorphology, Vol. 9 No. 1 and 2,
pp. 25-32.

Marie Irene Preeti Divien, Surendran A. and Ramachandran S (2003),

‘Coastal Resources Assessment - A Case Study of Neil Island,
Andaman’, Proceedings of International Conference on Coastal and
Fresh Water Issues, Anna University, Chennai, pp. 95-101.

Ramachandran S., Anitha N., Balamurugan V., Balasubramanian N.,

Dharanirajan K., Ezhil Vendhan K., Krishnaveni K., Malathi C., Marie
Irene Preeti Divien, Priya A., Sathiyabama V.P. and Sujjahad Hussain I.
(2006), ‘Ecological Impacts of Tsunami on Andaman and Nicobar
Islands’, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier publication (In
press).

References Prof. S. Ramachandran

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras
Chepauk, Chennai 600 005
Email: ramachandran_sun@hotmail.com
Tel: +91-44-25361074 Extn: 7563
Fax: +91-44-25367654

Prof. K. Thanasekeran
Director
Center for Environmental Studies
Anna University, Chennai 600 025
Email: ktsekaran@rediffmail.com
Tel: +91-044-22203196