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Abhishek Kala Resume September2009

Abhishek Kumar Kala is seeking a full-time GIS position and has over 10 years of experience in GIS, remote sensing, and environmental management. He has an MS in GIS from UT Dallas and is expected to graduate in Fall 2009 with a 3.83 GPA. His experience includes GIS projects and internships for the City of Garland and research organizations in India. He has strong technical skills in GIS software and programming languages.

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Abhishek Kala Resume September2009

Abhishek Kumar Kala is seeking a full-time GIS position and has over 10 years of experience in GIS, remote sensing, and environmental management. He has an MS in GIS from UT Dallas and is expected to graduate in Fall 2009 with a 3.83 GPA. His experience includes GIS projects and internships for the City of Garland and research organizations in India. He has strong technical skills in GIS software and programming languages.

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ABHISHEK KUMAR KALA

2200 Waterview Parkway, Apt # 31304, Richardson, Texas 75080


searchkala@gmail.com, akk071000@student.utdallas.edu
Ph# 815-608-3974

Objective: Looking for a full time GIS position and achieve excellence in providing optimum solutions
through effective utilization of my technical skills.

EDUCATION:

(Expect to Graduate-Fall 2009) - M.S. (GIS) - The University of Texas at Dallas – 3.83 G.P.A.
2008, GIS Certificate - The University of Texas at Dallas – 3.84 G.P.A.
2003, M.Sc.( Environment Management) - Forest Research Institute (UA, India) - 78.5%
2001, B.Sc. (Life Science) - Sri Venkateswara College, Univ. of Delhi (India) - First Division

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

JAN 2009 – AUG 2009: City of Garland (Environmental Waste Services Dept.)
DESIGNATION: GIS Intern
RESPONSIBILITY: Route optimization, container inventory management and Green city projects.

FEB 2006 - AUG 2006: Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Environment Division (Delhi, India)
DESIGNATION: Project Assistant
RESPONSIBILITY: EIA and research studies, analytical work, baseline studies and report writing.

SEP 2003 - FEB 2006: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology,G.O.I, (N.
Delhi, India)
DESIGNATION: Young Professional
RESPONSIBILITY: Desk Appraisal of project proposals, Action Plan preparation; Project formulation,
implementation & monitoring; supervision of management trainees; professional correspondence

GIS PROJECTS CONDUCTED FOR CLASSES:

• GIS based Hydrological modelling for Riparian buffer design.


• Habitat planning for forest vertebrates by calculating Human Influence Index.
• Feature extraction using Rule based classification.
• Change detection analysis and error assessment for Kudzu plant distribution using Arc Objects.
• Developing GIS Data for Sewer and Water systems in Rowlett City.
• Modelling fungus diffusion process in space and time using cost weighted operation.
• Environmental inequity analysis in Dallas by evaluating the impact of toxic sites on the schools.
• Analysis of demographic & socio-economic change in the DFW area between 1990 – 2000.
• Database creation for Rental Car Company using M.S. Access.
• Locating Day care site for serving low income population at city of Plano.
• Selecting possible route for pipeline from Dallas Naval Air station to Dallas Love Field air port.
• Site suitability analysis for an eco-resort using python scripting.

RELEVANT COURSES:

• Applied GIS, GIS Implementation & Management, Spatial Analysis & Modelling, Application
Development, Applied Remote Sensing, Geospatial data analysis, Digital Image Processing, Database
Mgmt System.

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PUBLICATIONS:

A booklet in Hindi language on ‘Watershed Development – Techniques and Uses’ - 2004

COMPUTER SKILLS:

SOFTWARE: ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, HAZUS-MH, SPSS, Photoshop, Macromedia Home site
LANGUAGES: Python & VB scripting, Arc Objects (VBA), XHTML, CSS scripting, Java scripting
PACKAGE: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage)
DATABASE: M.S. (Visio, Access), SQL.
GIS EXTENSIONS:Spatial Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst, Image Analyst, Stereo Analyst, 3D Analyst,
Tracking Analyst, Arc Scene.

MEMBERSHIPS: 1) GITA 2) URISA


3) THE NATURE CONSERVANCY 4) WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
5) ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

SCHOLARSHIPS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Awarded ‘Student Assistantship’ for E.S.R.I.’s 29th International user conference – San Diego, 2009
• World Bank Scholarship for securing merit position in M.Sc. entrance examination.
• Ford Foundation International Fellowship – appeared for regional interview - 2007
• Secured merit position in ‘National Geography Olympiad’ examination – 1996
• Awarded ‘Roll of Honor’ & ‘Scholar’s Badge’ for academic performance in school
• Honored for securing distinction in ‘Hindi’ language by ‘State Hindi Academy’ – 1996

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

• International symposium on Mountain farming - (CECI), Mussoorie (Uttaranchal, India).


• College Science Festival volunteering, as coordinator (Delhi, India)
• Volunteer for ‘Fall – 2007 Career Expo’ at ‘The University of Texas at Dallas’.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS:

• National Cadet Corps, ‘B’ Certificate : Rank – Sergeant


Army Camps attended: National Integration Camp & Army Attachment Camp
• College Football Team : Year 1999 – 2000 & 2000 – 2001
• Science stream Football Team Captain : Year 2000 – 2001
• College Athletics Team : Year 2000 – 2001, College Volleyball Team : Year 2000 – 2001
• University Annual Sports (Year 2002) – Position holder in 200 meters, 400 meters, Long
Jump and relay events.
• Scores of awards in drawing and painting at National and regional level.
• Finisher of Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB Himachal – 2006) – H.P.(India).
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