ACADEMICS

HIGHER SECONDARY AND MULTIPURPOSE SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAM from Maharaja’s Multipurpose School, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh in composite Math group, obtaining 63% marks in 1967.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: from Maharaja’s College, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh with Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry in SECOND CLASS (58%.5) in 1970.

MASTER OF SCIENCE (TECHNOLOGY) [M.Sc. (Tech)] 1971-74, from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in Exploration Geophysics with a FIRST CLASS (67%) and SECOND RANK.

GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSE – by MAX MUELLER BHAVAN in 1971-72.

FORTRAN PROGRAMMING course by COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA in 1975.

FIRST AID COURSE by ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION in 1975.

SPOKEN JAPANESE LANGUAGE by Japan International Cooperation Agency in 1980


EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

Group General Manager – Chief Knowledge Officer
Conceptualizing, initiating, organizing and managing companywide KM projects for improving, Organisational effectiveness, profitability and growth. 2007- to Date

General Manager (Geoph.)
Chief – Technology Development – Identification of technology needs and gaps and formulation of strategic technology induction plan and coordination

Chief Knowledge Officer - Implementation of company wide KM initiatives including Communities of Practice, Best Practices-Lessons Learnt, Skill/Knowledge Map, Peer Assist, AI/Expert Systems

Head- ONGC Golden Jubilee Museum Project
Coordinator – ONGC Project Saraswati (Largest socio-economic project of ONGC for providing succor to draught prone areas of the country including N-W Rajasthan falling on the ancient river course of the mythical Saraswati river)

Project Coordinator - VLS– 2004 – 2007
General Manager (Geoph.) : Head-Knowledge Management & International Acerage Appraisal ( Techno-economic risk assessment for all exploration and development opportunities in India and abroad) 2004-2005

General Manager – Head, ONGC Museum Project Responsible for conceptualising, developing, building and installing a state of art museum depicting the history, achievements and future technology scenario of oil industry and ONGC in India. 2003 – to date

Team Leader, Knowledge Management, Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration, ONGC, Dehradun, implementation of Virtual Learning Systems and Knowledge Management initiatives company wide, 2001- 2003

Head, R&D Group, Institute of Management Development, ONGC, Dehradun, engaged in Knowledge Management and HRM research, 2000 – 2001

Head, Geoscience Division, ERBC, ONGC, Jorhat: Project Manager responsible for state-of-art technology based geoscientific data inputs for efficient and effective exploration in ERBC, 1999 – 2000.

Dy. General Manager (Geophy.) – Responsible for Acquisition & processing of Geophysical data at ERBC and establishment of state of art Regional Computer Centre at Jorhat. 1996-1999

Staff Officer to CMD – Assisting in Internal Communication’ with 47,000 employees of ONGC. 1994 - 95.

Chief Geophysicist: Interactive Interpretation Group, GEOPIC, ONGC, Dehradun – supervision of interpretation and special projects – 1992 – 94

Suptdg. Geophysicist: Interactive Interpretation Group, GEOPIC – in charge of workstation management, software development and special projects – 1989 – 1992

Dy. Suptdg. Geophysicist: Interactive Interpretation Group, GEOPIC – system management, Company wide software development policy – 1986 – 1987.

Senior Geophysicist: Computer Services Division, Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration – Maintenance of Seismic data processing software on VAX 11/780 system and development of seismic processing software – 1983 – 1986.

Geophysicist: Marine Geophysical Group, Bombay Offshore Project, ONGC, Bombay – offshore geophysical data acquisition 1976 – 1981.

Senior Scientific Assistant: NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, HYDERABAD –- Interpretation of aeromagnetic profiles – 1975.


EXPERIENCE:

Establishing world-class Oil museum

Exploration for deep ground water resources

Piloting Knowledge Management and Virtual Learning Systems in the company

Project Management of ten seismic field parties, Regional Computer Centre and interpretation groups, with an annual budget of over Rs. 800 million

Establishment of Regional Computer Center (total cost over Rs. 500 million) from scratch, including building, power, backup Genets, AC, site preparation, building wide LAN, access control system and state-of-art parallel processing computer systems and geoscientific application software.

Three years as in-charge of seismic data acquisition (3D crews – 5, 2D crews – 4 and VSP crew – 1) and processing.

Over 10 years experience in software development, maintenance and system management in sophisticated seismic processing and interpretation centres.

7 years in offshore geophysical data acquisition on modern seismic vessels.

Good command on VAX/VMS, acquaintance with PC-DOS, WINDOWS and Array Processor programming.

Languages: FORTRAN, PASCAL, BASIC, PROLOG, LISP, VISUAL BASIC, MS ACCESS


VISITS ABROAD:

Saudi Arabia - Daharan, France - Pechelbronn, USA – Santa Paula, El Dorado, Tulsa, Pennsylvania – visiting various oil museums

Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, London – visiting different companies, Institutes, European Union, Petroleum Exchange etc. as part of Overseas Learning Component – Advanced Management Program by IIM, Lucknow ( 11 – Days 27th Oct. 2003 to 7th Nov. 2003)

IHRDC, Boston, USA to study and evaluate the International Petroleum Information  Management System(IPIMS) for Virtual Learning (4 days – 2001).

Al-Furat Petroleum Company, Damascus, Syria, in connection with submission of bids for providing training on oilfield operations by ONGC (4 days – 2000)

M/s CGG, Paris, France in connection with import of main seismic data processing system for the Regional Computer Centre at Jorhat, Assam. (15 days -  1999)

M/s Seismograph Service Corporation, Tulsa, USA, to discuss issues relating to seismic processing software supplied by them to ONGC. (one week – 1984)


TRAININGS ATTENDED:

Advanced Management Program – IIM, Lucknow, at Lucknow, India and   Europe – 4 weeks (2003)

‘Data Archival project management’ PECC, Forest Row, UK, PECC, Pau, France and CGG, Paris, France for 4 weeks (1998)

Training on ‘Corporate Communications and Public Relations ’ at International Management Institute, New Delhi, India.(1996)

Training on Artificial Intelligence & Neural Networks for 4 days (1992) at National Productivity Council, Hyderabad, India

Geoquest Workstations Training for 20 days (Aug. 1987) on Interactive Interpretation of seismic data using IES software on Geoquest workstations at GEOQUEST SYSTEMS Inc., Houston, USA.

Software Project Management course for one week (Jan. 1987), on Software project design, estimation, execution and control at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, DELHI, India.

Continuing Education Courses of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), USA, for 4 days (Dec. 1984) on Seismic interpretation for detailed exploration development and production. Understanding and interpretation of 3D seismic data volumes & Carbonate seismology, at SEG annual convention, Atlanta, USA.

Group training in Offshore Prospecting, a 7-month course (May – Dec. 1980) on exploration for different minerals in the offshore areas at Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, JAPAN.

Graduate Trainee, a 10-month (May 1975 – Mar. 1976), multi-disciplinary course on all aspects of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation by ONGC at ONGC, Dehradun, India.


Trainings conducted:

Knowledge Management with  D.R.Borthakur, R.Madan, M.Barthwal, M.V.Cherian and B.M.Khar – 3day module on KM systems, structure, tools and environmental engineering – several courses since 2002

Change Management with D.R.Borthakur – Structure, Anatomy, drivers and blocks, strategies and systems for change – since 2001 several courses

Team Building with D.R.Borthakur – Team synergies, strengths, issues, personality types, virtual teams. – since 2001 several courses

Decision Making: with Mr. Y.C.Verma – a 4 day course on the art and science of decisions and Operations Research, 2001

Integrated Approaches to Source Rock Evaluation:  with Mr. D.M. Nathaniel, Ms. N.J. Thomas, Ms. P. Garga, a 5 day course on geochemical, petrophysical, geological and seismic techniques for source potential evaluation and their integrated application in an expert system paradigm, 1993.

Exploitation Geophysics in Reservoir Management:  with Mr. B.R. Krishna & Mr. S.K. Sanyal, a 5-day course on advanced geophysical techniques used in reservoir description, modeling and management. Repeated 4 times between 1990-92.

Application of Computers for Exploration and Development Geologists:  with Dr. G. Srikanth & Mr. G.V. Rao, a 10 day course on computers, exploration data bases, workstations, PCs, statistical packages etc. Repeated 4 times during 1989-1991.

Stress Management : A half day module on understanding stress, recognizing symptoms, promoters and effects of stress as well as strategies for managing stress. Includes highly soothing ‘Visualization’ and ‘Slide show’ exercises.

Lecture Modules:

PUBLICATIONS:

M. Rajagopala Rao, Paul J. Ollukaren, P. Mahapatra, 1987, A high level design of a Seismic Processing System – A UNIX like approach, Journal of Assoc. Expl. Geoph., July, 1987, Vol.VIII, No. 3:  pp. 147-167.

G. Srikanth, M. Rajagopala Rao, 1989, Application of Map Analysis Techniques for Resolution of Misties in Seismic Interpretation, GEOEXPLORATION, Elsivier, Amsterdam, Vol. 26, pp. 119-133.

B.R. Krishna, M. Rajagopala Rao, C.V. Subbarao, 1990, Mapping area of favorable Porosity Development in a carbonate Reservoir from Seismic Data, Jour. Assoc. Expl. Geoph., Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 129-136

D.M. Nathaniel, M. Rajagopala Rao, N.C. Nanda, 1991, An Expert System Approach for modeling source Rock Facies from Seismic Data, IV Conference on AI in Petroleum Exploration & Production (AIPEP), Texas A.M. University, College Station, Texas, May, 17-19, 1991

M. Rajagopala Rao, C.J. Joseph, B.R. Krishna, 1992, Micro-Geometric Interpretation of Seismic Cross Sections by pattern Recognition in Hydrocarbon Exploration, Accepted for presentation at 2nd International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP-92), IEEE, Singapore, Sept, 1992

M. Rajagopala Rao, M. Vijay Kumar, 1994, Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS) for enhanced productivity, Proceedings of the First International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition – PETROTECH-95, Vol. III, pp. 621-624,, New Delhi India, 8-12 January, 1995

M. Rajagopala Rao, B.S. Josyulu, C.J. Joseph, N.C. Nanda, 1994, Facies Identification in Isolated Bodies using Seismic Dip meter Logs, Proceedings of the First International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition-PETROTECH-95, Vol. I, pp 357-364, New Delhi, India, 8-12 January, 1995

D.M. Nathaniel, R.P. Gupta, G.C. Sati, M.R. Rao, N.C. Nanda, 1995, Delta-fed Turbidite Fan Complex Model in Ravva Area, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India, PETROTECH-95 ABSTRACTS, First International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, India, 8-12 January, 1995, pp.142

M. Rajagopala Rao, S. Chopra, C.J. Joseph, N.C. Nanda, 1995, Identification of Shallow High Pressure Drilling Hazards from Surface Seismic data, World Oil, Vol. 216, No. 1, January 1995, Pp. 47-50

A.K. Srivastava, N.M.Dutta, D.M.Nathaniel and M.Rajagopala Rao, Possibilities of occurrence of subtle traps in the vicinity of frontal thrust of Naga Schuppen belt – An untested potential,  Workshop on Integrated Exploration for Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun, February, 1999

C.Visweshwara Rao, D.M.Nathaniel and M.Rajagopala Rao, A.N.M.Reddy, and Naresh Kumar, Retrograding Delta Model for Lakwa-Barail Sequence – An ideal case for stratigraphic exploration,  Workshop on Integrated Exploration for Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun, February, 1999

C.Veeresalingam, D.M.Nathaniel, A.K.Singh, V.K.Jain and M.Rajagopala Rao, Subtle trap exploration within Kopili formation, Disangmukh and north of Rudrasagar area, upper Assam,  Workshop on Integrated Exploration for Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun, February, 1999

B.Chetia, D.Saha, S.Banerjee, D.M.Nathaniel and M.Rajagopala Rao, Genesis of Kopili sands – implications for exploration and reservoir development in G-250 area Geleki field, Upper Assam,  Workshop on Integrated Exploration for Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun, February, 1999

D.M.Nathaniel, A.K.Roy, I.A.Marak, Y.S.S.Rao, S.Viswanathan and M.Rajagopala Rao, Alternate ideas for exploration in Cachar Basin,  Workshop on Integrated Exploration for Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun, February, 1999

Naresh Kumar and M.Rajagopala Rao, Developments in Log Data Archival and Retrieval , PETROTECH-99, New Delhi, January 1999,

M. Rajagopala Rao, S.V.S. Chalapati Rao, 1994, Employee Relations – A new emphasis in Corporate Communication, HRM – Quarterly Corporate Journal On Human Resource Management, ONGC.

M. Rajagopala Rao, P. Vijay Kumar, Integrated Manager - HRM– Quarterly Corporate Journal On Human Resource Management, ONGC.   1994

M. Rajagopala Rao, S. Sadagopan, Smart Individuals and Smart organisations  -  HRM– Quarterly Corporate Journal On Human Resource Management, ONGC.   1995

M.Rajagopala Rao,  From ‘CANWE’ to ‘WECAN’ – A Pilgrimage to Total Quality Culture – HRM– Quarterly Corporate Journal On Human Resource Management, ONGC.  1996 M.Rajagopala Rao and B.Srinivas, Where to stop eulogizing Indian ethos in the context of Management, HRM – Quarterly Corporate Journal On Human Resource Management, ONGC. 1999