Shashank Bishnoi

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Ph.D. Students

  1. Do QuangHuy (based at EPFL, Switzerland, Co-supervised with Prof. K.L. Scrivener, September 2009 - July 2013)
  2. Amarpreet Kaur (with Prof. B. Bhattacharjee as co-supervisor) (July 2010 - May 2016)
  3. Satya Chaitanya Medepalli (January 2011 - March 2018)
      Blending of fly-ashes to reduce its variability in concrete performace
  4. Vineet Shah (July 2014 to September 2018)
      Carbonation of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials
  5. Mandalozu Raja (as co-supervisor with Prof. B. Bhattacharjee) (January 2011 - September 2018)
      Implication of water permeable porosity and sorptivity on strength and durability of hardened cement based materials
  6. Pardeep Kumar (Part-time) (Co-supervised with Prof. B. Bhattacharjee) (January 2013 - January 2021)
      Study on Reinforced Concrete (RC) Beams flexurally strengthened with Carbon and Aramid Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) strand sheets
  7. Anuj (January 2014 to September 2020)
      Characterisation of hydration of supplementary cementitious materials with calcium hydroxide for use in binary and ternary cements
  8. Sreejith Krishnan (December 2014 to August 2019)
      Hydration and microstructure development in limestone calcined clay cement
  9. Arun C Emmanuel (January 2015 to August 2020)
      Influence of curing temperature on hydration kinetics, phase assemblage and strength development of blended cements
  10. Debdatta Ghosh (Co-supervised with Prof. Abhijeet Ganguli, IIT Tirupati and Prof. Abhijeet Mukherjee, Curtin University)(January 2014 to April 2020)
      Damage detection in concrete structures using scattered ultrasonic waves
  11. Ankur Bansal (November 2015 to October 2022)
      Service life modelling of biogenic sulphuric acid degradation of concrete in sewage environment
  12. Meenakshi Sharma (January 2016 to April 2021)
      Multiscale micromechanical modelling of the influence of interfacial transition zone on the mechanical properties of cementitious materials
  13. Lav Singh (January 2017 to present)
      Influence of water-proofing compounds on carbonation
  14. Gopala Rao D. (January 2017 to April 2024)
      Effect of sulphates on hydration of cement
  15. Garima Gupta (Co-supervised with Prof. Manoj Datta and Prof. B.J. Alappat)(January 2017 to July 2023)
      Geotechnical characterisation and reuse of MSW waste
  16. Suresh Kumar Padala (Co-supervised with Prof. B.Bhattacharjee)(January 2018 to December 2022)
      Modelling chloride ingress in cementitious materials
  17. Lupesh (January 2019 to present)
      Modelling the corrosion rate in reinforced concrete
  18. Rajesh Kumar (Co-supervised with Prof. N. Gopalakrishnan, CBRI Roorkee)(January 2019 to present)
      Influence of temperature on hydration and microstructural development of clinker phases
  19. Mehnaz Dhar (2021 to present)
      Influence of calcination conditions on the physical and chemical characteristics of clays
  20. Aastha Singh (2021 to present)
      Investigation into the Influence of Clinker, Calcined Clay and Limestone on the Performance of Calcined Clay Cements (LC3)
  21. Ashirbad Satapathy (2021 to present)
      Rheology of concretes with calcined clays
  22. Aritra Halder (Earlier student of Late Prof. K.C. Iyer) (2016 to present)
      Megaproject Stakeholder Coordination - A Social Network Analysis Approach
  23. Amit Kumar (Earlier student of Late Prof. K.C. Iyer) (2019 to present)
      Modelling of creep in blended cements
  24. Akash Mishra (2022 to present)
      Low-carbon cement adoption in the Pacific
  25. Akashansh Khare (Co-supervised with Prof. Prashanth Vangla) (2022 to present)
      3-D Printing of Concrete and its application in Geo-technical Engineering
  26. Anwesa Satapathy (2022 to present)
      Understanding the hydration and microstructural development of multi-blended cements to achieve low-clinker factor
  27. Suhail Ahmad Baba (2024 to present)
      Durability of low clinker cements
  28. Isteeda Ikbal (Co-supervised with Prof. Vasant Matsagar and Prof. Vinh Dao, University of Queensland) (2024 to present)
      Early age properties of hydrating Limestone Calcined Clay Cement
  29. Nikita Majhi (2024 to present)
      Biogenic attack on low clinker cements

Masters Students

  1. Suyash Bhandaree (M.S. Research - ongoing)
      Behaviour of Limestone Calcined Clay Portland Cement after exposure to high temperatures
  2. Aneeta Mary Joseph (M.S. Research - Completed 2015)
      Studying the durability of Limestone Calcined Clay Portland Cement
  3. Tarun Gaur (completed 2019)
      Influence of carbonation on mechanical and transport properties of blended cements
  4. Harshvardhan (Completed 2019)
      Effect of fines on permeability of self-compacting concrete
  5. Nitin Narula (Completed 2019)
      Effect of waterproofing admixtures on concrete
  6. Lupesh (Completed 2019)
      Service life modeling for reinforced concrete structures under chloride laden environment
  7. Yogendra Patel (Completed 2019)
      Service life modeling in propagation phase of corrosion in concrete due to carbonation
  8. Mayank Gupta (Completed 2019)
      Multiscale analytical modelling of strength of mortar using damage mechanics
  9. Payal Goyal (Completed 2018)
      Multiscale modelling of interfacial transition zone using finite element method
  10. Bhavya Parashar (Completed 2018)
      Effect of fly ash on permeability and sorptivity of concrete and mortar due to its effect on ITZ
  11. Anshul Verma (Completed 2018)
      Influence of cement type and carbonation on chloride binding
  12. Srishti Bafna (Completed 2018)
      Evaluation of durability of concrete tunnels in metro construction
  13. Ajas Fasal (Completed 2018)
      Shrinkage reduction in AAC blocks using Filler replacements and Pre-carbonation
  14. Ujjwal Kant (Completed 2018)
      Effect of waterproofing admixtures on carbonation in OPC and blended cements
  15. Nishant Kumar (Completed 2018)
      Use of lime mortar as self limiting barrier to carbonation of concrete
  16. Abhishek Singh (Completed 2018)
      Impact of alkalis on the hydration of ternary blended cements
  17. Swadesh Kumar Kanaujia (Completed 2017)
      Development of composite pozzolanic material using calcined clay and marble / kota stone dust
  18. Sowmith Reddy (Completed 2017)
      The study of sulphate attack and sulphuric acid attack on different types of cement
  19. Shashank Namdeo (Completed 2017)
      Shrinkage of Autoclave Aerated Concrete
  20. Kuldeep Soni (Completed 2017)
      Modelling early age concrete thermal stresses and estimating cracking risk
  21. Ajit Singh Patel (Co-supervised with Prof. Mukesh Khare)(Completed 2016)
      Evaluation of effect of gaseous pollutants on building materials
  22. Ajay Anand (Completed 2016)
      Application of fly ash based geopolymer composites in construction
  23. Sandeep Jain (Completed 2016)
      Optimisation of weight vs. strength of bricks using waste materials
  24. Puneet Jha (Completed 2015)
      Developing test methods to evaluate water-proofing in concrete
  25. Gaurav Gupta (Completed 2015)
      Developing test methods to evaluate crushed sand for use in concrete
  26. Aritra Pal (Completed 2015)
      Developing low-clinker ternary blends for Indian cement industry
  27. Saroj Biswas (Completed 2015)
      Developing simplified test methods for shear-wall based tall buildings
  28. Sreejith Halder (Completed 2015, co-spervised with Dr. A. Ganguli)
      Modelling hydration, thermal distribution and strength development in concretes in ambient conditions
  29. Jatin Kumar (Completed 2015, co-spervised with Dr. A. Ganguli)
      Studying setting of concrete using ultrasonic measurements
  30. Sandip Upadhyaya (Completed 2014)
      Performance of concretes using alternative fine aggregates
  31. Malaya Satyaketu (Completed 2014)
      Modelling hydration kinetics of Portland cement
  32. Akash Jain (Completed 2014)
      Modelling carbonation in concretes subjected to cyclic wetting and drying
  33. Sreejith Krishnan (Completed 2014)
      Effect of raw material composition on strength of concretes containing clinker-calcined clay-limestone
    ternary cement
  34. Vineet Shah (Completed 2014)
      Use of marble sludge as a fine filler in Portland and pozzolanic cements
  35. Naveen Kumar (Completed 2014) (co-supervised with Dr. Abhijit Ganguli)
      Investigation of effect of transit time on strength development using ultrasonic monitoring
  36. Bhavna Yadav (Completed 2014) (co-supervised with Dr. Arun Kumar)
      Effect of mixing of sludge in concrete on the leaching of nano materials
  37. Shiju Joseph (Completed 2013)
      Modelling thermal stresses in mass concrete
  38. Amardeep (Completed 2013)
      Modelling autogenous shrinkage in concretes containing fly ash
  39. Rohit Baghla (Completed 2013)
      Experimental study on strength development in mass concrete
  40. Rohit Kumar (Completed 2013)
      Effect of fineness of fly ash on permeability of mortars
  41. Shankar Naik (Completed 2013)
      Analysis of cost and energy of bricks in Indian market
  42. Pukhraj Sahu (Completed 2013)
      FEM analysis of strengthened concrete beams
  43. Lt. Col. Chandra Prakash Nagarkoti (Completed 2013)
      Behaviour of jacketed concrete beams
  44. Souptik Sarkar (Completed 2012)
      Modelling thermal, drying and autogenous stresses in concretes with fly-ash
  45. Nipun Verma (Completed 2012)
      Studying life-cycle costs of concrete bridges
  46. Aritra Halder (with Prof. B. Bhattacharjee, Completed 2012)
      Early age properties of high-strength concrete
  47. Himanshu Gupta (with Prof. B. Bhattacharjee, Completed 2012)
      Long-term properties of high-strength concrete
  48. Tina Bhatia (with Dr. A.K. Nema, 2011-2012)
      Studying carbon-sequestration in fly-ash concretes
  49. Deepak Kumar (with Prof. Bhattacharjee, completed 2011)
      Evaluation of cement mortar mixture containing fly-ash by ultrasonic pulse velocity technique
  50. Geochan Antony (with Dr. Jha, completed 2011)
      Construction delay analysis of pavement quality concrete pavements
  51. Shilpi Narayan (with Prof. Jain, completed 2011)
      Life-cycle primary energy analysis of a residential building
  52. Priya Chandrayan (with Prof. Jain, completed 2011)
      Sustainable retrofitting of office building and energy performance improvement


Here's me and the virtual-group photo in 2021

The group from 2019


Here's the group from 2018


A group photo from 2015



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