Varghese Thomas Email & Phone Number

Experienced Senior Manager with demonstrated expertise in landscape and irrigation projects - greenhouses, glasshouses, lakes, and various other high profile projects. Strong professional with an excellent track record of 29 years, working in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India.I am an Irrigation and landscape professional having over  28 years of expertise in landscape and  irrigation projects with extensive experience in all aspects such as design, execution of soft scape and hardscape works,  irrigation networks, pumping stations, irrigation control systems, landscape lightings, storm water drainage, artificial lakes, water features, Green houses, Glasshouses, net houses etc. I am well versed with all plant species being used in the Middle East. I hold extensive knowledge in executing all kinds of irrigation systems, including Centre & Linear pivot systems, sub-surface irrigation systems etc in addition to all the conventional automatic systems. I am also proficient in the construction of Irrigation tanks (RCC, Panel Tanks, GRP tanks, Cylindrical Steel tanks etc.), pumping stations, deep wells and submersible pumping units. I have also executed the construction of several RO plants as well. I began my career as an Irrigation Design Engineer with NTB Bowsmith (India) in 1991 and then moved on to a short tenure as Head of Agricultural unit in King Saud hospital in KSA with Zamil Operations. From there I moved into the UAE working for Eden Flowers and then for Hilton Hotel Fujairah, handling their landscape maintenance. My next career opportunity was with the consultancy M/s Shankland Cox where I worked as Senior Irrigation Engineer as well as Assistant Resident Engineer for Al Ain Municipality projects, for over a decade handling diverse projects. In between I also took up a Project manager position with M/s Golden Fountain for their Khalifa city A&B interchange project & 3 other Interchange landscape projects in Abu Dhabi. My recent career stretch was with Engineering Office where I held the position of Senior Manager – Landscape and Irrigation from 2012 until 2020. I was fortunate to have designed, executed and commissioned many prestigious landscape and irrigation projects during this period. My most recent position was in 2021 with Barari Natural Resources (Mawarid Holding) as construction manager for their Abu Dhabi MTC Airport, Design and Build Landscape project.

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  Allahabad Agricultural Institute

  Agricultural Engineering