Rajesh Kumar Verma

More than three (3) decades of experience in the field of hydrographic and topographic surveys for Dredging and construction projects including planning, execution & monitoring through surveys and volume calculations through various methods, building & mentoring teams and managing survey assets.

Head of Department, Survey - Viraj Engineers and Contractors PVT LTD (VECPL)

(2025-05 - 2026-08)

Lead and manage the Survey Department, overseeing all surveying activities to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with project specifications. Coordinate with project teams to plan, execute, and deliver survey data for construction, engineering, or infrastructure projects. Develop departmental strategies, manage resources, and ensure the team’s technical proficiency and safety standards are maintained.

• QatarEnergy North Field Expansion (NFE) – Leading survey operations for QatarEnergy’s North Field Expansion project, ensuring precise hydrographic and geotechnical data collection to support LNG infrastructure development and construction.
• Effluent Disposal Pipeline Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Dahej Manufacturing Division (DMD) – Leading survey operations for 3.5 km pipelaying at RIL DMD

Head of Department, Survey - ADANI PORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LIMITED

(2006-01 - 2025-03)

Lead the Survey department as the HoD, responsible for providing Hydrographic, Topographic survey support across all Adani Ports as well as external clients of Adani’s Dredging business. Key responsibilities handled:

• Leading, managing and mentoring a 40+ member survey team, deployed pan-India.
• Ensuring timely and accurate survey data acquisition, processing and analysis and preparation of charts for navigation for 15 Adani ports and sites across India.
• Supporting the Planning and Engineering teams of Adani’s Ports and Dredging businesses with survey related inputs and activities.
• Responsible for procurement, maintenance, troubleshooting and optimum utilization of Survey Assets deployed across multiple sites

Chief Surveyor - AFCONS INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED

(2002-02 - 2005-12)

Involved in a few Road Projects, Earthwork for Nuclear Power project, Jetty construction projects etc., with key responsibilities of Vertical and Horizontal surveys for alignment, setting out for various projects such as road, bridge, control blasting, excavations, borehole alignments etc. and quantity verifications. Contributed to the projects as under:

• NH–4 Road Project: Haveri – Hubli (65 km)
• NH–7 Road Project: Bangalore – Hyderabad (25 km)
• Rajasthan Nuclear Power Project, Kota
• CPCL Jetty, Nagapattinam

Hydrographic Surveyor - INDIAN NAVY

(1986-01 - 2001-01)

Deployed onboard various Indian Naval hydrographic survey vessels, for field surveying involving boat sounding, ship sounding, sweeping, side scanning, ground control, bottom sampling, coast lining, tidal calculation, position fixing, post survey data compilation and other various survey activities.

Computer Science & Application - C. P., Dehradun (2000)

Hydrographic Surveying (Class – I) - National Institute of Hydrography, Goa (1996)

Hydrographic Surveying (Class – II) - National Institute of Hydrography, Goa (1990)

Hydrographic Surveying (Class – III) - National Institute of Hydrography, Goa (1987)

Graduation - Indian Navy (2000)

HSC (Science) - Uttar Pradesh Board (1984)

SSC (Science) - Uttar Pradesh Board (1982)