Siddhartha Saripalli
Bangalore
Summary
Committed to fostering development of sustainable and climate-resilient water systems by leveraging hydrology and stormwater design skills, alongside a focus on ongoing professional growth.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Infrastructure Engineer- Water & Environmental
Dar- Al-Handasah Design consultant Engineers
02.2025 - Current
- Highway Drainage for Angola& Benguela: Design of Rainfall Events
- Design of Culverts
- Design of Longitudinal Drainage
- Multiple Coordination with Other Teams and Clients
- Optimization Of Overall Infrastructure
- Bridge Scour Design
- Led end-to-end stormwater system design
- Providing detailed design drawings of plan & profiles for all the sections
- Flood Modelling for city HEC RAS 1-D
- Risk assessment of urban residential area from the river passing through it
- Checking the HFL values, max velocities and the overall flooding depths
- Executed flood modelling studies, river terrain modification assessments, and the design of river protection and mitigation measures
- Design review of Tanzania Railways
- Design reviewer of the railway project which spans around 200km from Kigoma to tabora in Tanzania.
- Checking the Plan & Profiles of the Proposed culverts
- Checking the Hydraulic and hydrology requirements proposed with align the ER requirements
- Review of channel designs and flood modelling using hec ras HY8
- Reviewing the required slope protections and low point areas and hydraulically efficient designs
- Water distribution network design for the city Cabinda, Africa: Design of water supply network by using WaterGEMS as per ER requirements.
- For major infrastructure projects, including highways, railways, and smart city developments.
- Performed hydrologic and hydraulic design for key water structures such as culverts, bridges, longitudinal drains, and rainwater harvesting ponds.
- Delivered technical design consultancy and resolved complex hydrology and hydraulics challenges across diverse project sites.
- Executed flood modelling studies, river terrain modification assessments, and the design of river protection and mitigation measures.
- Prepared detailed hydraulic design drawings and technical deliverables to support accurate and efficient site execution.
Senior Design Engineer -Hydrology
Larsen & Toubro (L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai)
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Stormwater systems design for Airports, Railways, Highways, and Smart Cities.
- Hydrologic and Hydraulic design of hydraulic structures like Culverts, Dams/Weirs, Bridges, Canals, RWH Pond etc.
- Design Consultant and problem-solving for various sites.
- Flood Modelling, River Training and Protection Works Design.
- Managing multiple stakeholders.
- Statistical and Probabilistic Data Analysis and Visualization of Rainfall and Flood Data.
- Bill of Quantities (BoQ) preparation for different scenarios
- Projects –Vishakhapatnam Intl. Airport (Running), Mauritius Light Metro Rail Transit (Running), Tashkent Int Airport (Bid), Bengaluru Airport WCT-Expansion-(Bid), Bangladesh Solar PV Plant (Bid).
- Bid Projects – Storm water design for Airports, Railways, Roadways, Smart City.
Junior Research Consultant -Hydrology
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
07.2021 - 05.2023
- Assessment of impacts of climate change on Rainfall Distribution of a Godavari River basin rural watershed using SWAT model
- It is an observation of rainfall distribution in the past, present, and future Godavari catch basin owing to climate change factor.
Education
M.Tech - Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
06.2017
B. Tech - Civil Engineering
IIIT Nuzvid R.G.U.K. T
06.2015
P.U.C - M.Bi.P.C
IIIT Nuzvid R.G.U.K. T
06.2011
Skills
- Rainfall data analysis
- Hydrology and hydraulic modeling
- Flood risk assessment
- Sustainable water resource management
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Creative problem solving
- Software proficiency
- SewerGEMS (Bentley)
- Civil 3D
- HEC-RAS
- HEC-HMS
- WaterGEMS
- HY8
- FlowMaster/Culvert Master
- ArcGIS
- QGIS
- SWAT
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Basic Python programming
Certification
- LEED Certification training on green building rating systems and concepts, ongoing.
- Hydrodynamics of riverbed erosion and scour at structures, Global Initiative for Academic Networks, IIT Kharagpur, 2015.
- Advances in hydraulic modeling, Global Initiative for Academic Networks, IIT Kharagpur, 2016.
- National level bridge design challenge, IIT BHU, 2013.
- Basic Python programming and data science applications, 2022, online course.
Accomplishments
- GATE Scholarship, awarded by MHRD, Government of India, for pursuing a Master of Technology at IIT Kharagpur from July 2015 to June 2017.
- Integrated Course Selection, recognized as the Mandal Topper in SSC AP-2009, which led to selection for a free 6-year integrated program (2 years intermediate + 4 years B. Tech) at IIIT-Nuzvid-RGUKT (2009-2015).
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports: Volleyball, Tennis
- Travelling
- Reading
- Music
- Gardening
References
- Dr. Rehan Sheik, Associate Engineer- Infrastructure, Dar-Al-Handasah, rehan.shaikh@dar.com
- Sudesna Biswas, DGM- Storm Water Design, L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai, sudesnab@lntecc.com
- Ankit Kumar, Sr Manager- Storm Water Design, L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai, 9677273615, ankit.ku@lntecc.com
- Dr. Subbarao Pichuka, Assistant Professor, IIT Madras, 7585965850, srp@civil.iitm.ac.in
Languages
- Telugu
- Hindi
- English
- Telugu
- Hindi
Timeline
Senior Infrastructure Engineer- Water & Environmental
Dar- Al-Handasah Design consultant Engineers
02.2025 - Current
Senior Design Engineer -Hydrology
Larsen & Toubro (L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai)
05.2023 - 02.2025
Junior Research Consultant -Hydrology
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
07.2021 - 05.2023
M.Tech - Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
B. Tech - Civil Engineering
IIIT Nuzvid R.G.U.K. T
P.U.C - M.Bi.P.C
IIIT Nuzvid R.G.U.K. T