P.A. Ramachandran
P.A. Ramachandran from Kattoor village, Thrissur, Kerala, is an engineer by profession. A graduate in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, he did his post-graduations from the Indian Institute of Hygiene & Public Health (Kolkata) and the California State University, USA.
He first worked the Kerala PWD & Kerala Water Authority, then as the Regional Engineer of Kerala Pollution Control Board, as the Registrar of CWRDM, as a Consultant for Ganga Action Plan, as the Head of Environment & Safety Department of Dubai, as the Senior Controller of Pollution of Oman Ministry of Environment, and as a Lead Auditor for TUV-NORD, Germany.
During his days with the PCB, Kerala, Mr. Ramachandran tackled the pollution problems in the Chaliyar River. He took part in setting up industrial affluent treatment plants at the most polluted Kanpur area and thus contributed for the Ganga action plan.
Mr. Ramachandran, pioneered the environmental and safety planning initiatives for Dubai Emirates. They included the setting up of the regulatory standards for the environmental protection of land, air, and water; and the rules and regulations for ensuring the safety of workers
Mr. Ramachandran helped in formulating regulatory control measures and environmental planning for Oman. He was also involved in dealing with a few natural calamities like the ‘Gonu (2007) and Ashoba (2015) cyclones in Oman.
Ramachandran was a Fellow of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well during 1980-1981.
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