Recipent of the most prestigous Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences-2022, the highest recognition in Science and Technology in India, 2023
Life Fellow, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Roorkee, 2022
Life Fellow, Insitution of Engineers (India), 2020
INAE Young Associates,Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India, 2012
IEI Young Engineers Award, The Institute of Engineers (India), 2012
DAE Young Scientist Research Award , Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, 2012
DST Young Scientist Award , Science & Engineering Research Council, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2011
Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Award , Kususma Trust, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2011
IITK-DRPG Travel Grant (2007), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) for attending 8PCEE, Singapore
Institute Assistantship (2001-08), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Selected in Indian Engineering Services (2002), Union Public Services Commission (UPSC), India
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (2001), Admission to Post-graduate Programme in IITs, India
Gold Medalist (2001), Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Utkal University, India
Gold Medalist (1997), Diploma in Civil Engineering, State Council of Technical Education, Orissa, India
School Days Prizes, Received for scholastic achievements
At International Level
Elected Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), 2022
Erasmus+ Fellowship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, 2018
Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2017
Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Construction Building & Materials, Elsevier, 2015
Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2015
Outstanding Employee Effort Certification, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, 2009
UTA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-10), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
NEES Travel Grant (2009), Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation for Workshop at University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Member of Scientific Committees
Member of Executive Committee, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), India (2017-2019, 2022-2024)
Member of Technical Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on Seismic Design and Analysis of Structure and Foundations (SeismiCON 2021), London, UK (2022)
Member of Scientific Committee, 10th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA’21), Romania (2022)
Member of Advisory Committee, 2nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Structures (ICMMS), NIT Calicut (2022)
Member of Expert Committee, Review of Earthquake Safety Assessment of Buildings in India, NDMA, IIIT Hyderabad (2020).
Member of Advisory Committee, Symposium on “Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation” at IIT Guwahati, 23-24 June, 2022.
Member of Board of Studies of Civil Engineering, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune (2020-2022).
Member of Scientific Committee, International Seminar on Performance Based Design of Buildings & Bridges for Enhanced Seismic Resilience, New Delhi (2019)
Member of Scientific Committee, 4th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), IISc Bangalore (2019)
Member of Scientific Committee, 9th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA’18), Canterbury, New Zealand (2018)
Member of Scientific Committee, Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings including Earthquake and Wind Effects, Indian Assoc. of Structural Engineers, New Delhi (2016)
Member of Organizing Committee, Structural Engineering Convention 2014, IIT Delhi (2014)
Member of Organizing Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference -2012 at IIT Delhi (2012)
Session Chair, Indian Structural Steel Conference 2020, IIT Hyderabad, India (2022)
Session Chair, India-U.S. Symposium Indo-US Symposium for Enhancing Fire Safety in Built-Infrastructure, IIT Delhi, India (2021)
Session Chair, 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (7ACEE), Thailand (2018)
Session Chair, 5th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ACEE), Taiwan (2013)
Session Chair, Technical Presentation Competition at Summer Camp for UG Civil Engineering Students, IIT Kanpur, India (2004)
Life Member (LM-1226), Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), India (2008)
Life Member, Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE)
Life Member, Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM)
e-Affiliate Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA
Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI), USA
Member, Indian Concrete Institute, India
Editorial Boards
Guest Editor, Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ), India (2020)
Associate Editor, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal, India (2016-18)
Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Steel Structures (IJOSS), Springer (2022-Contd.)
Member of Editorial Board, Structural Engineering Digest (SED) Journal, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (2019-Contd.)
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Civil Engineering & Construction Technology, UK (2012-Contd.)
Member of Expert Committee, Action Plan for making buildings in Delhi Seismically Compliant, Department of Urban Development, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2020-22)
Member of Expert Committee, National Consultation on Technical Specifications for Prefab Hospital Structures, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2021)
Member of Expert Committee, Structural Design of Light House Projects in India, Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India (2021-22)
Member , Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) work plan, National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi (2019)
Member of Expert Committee, Investigation into reasons for slab collapse in Chintels Paradiso building towers, Gurgaon (2022)
Member of Selection Committee, Recruitment of Research Fellow, NDMA, New Delhi (2018)
Member of Selection Committee, Recruitment of Civil Engineer, C-DAC, New Delhi (2018)
Member of Scrutiny Committee, Faculty selection in Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Srinagar (2016)
Member of DRDO Interview Board, Admission of Defence personals to PG program at IIT Delhi (2012, 2016)
Member of Expert Committee, Investigation of building collapse at Vishnu Garden, PS-Khyala, West Distt., Delhi (2015)
Member of Expert Committee, Investigation on effects of Malin Landslide on Infrastructures, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India (2014)
Member of Expert Committee, Collapse investigation on Ash Slurry PH building roof, National Thermal Power Corporation, India (2017)
Member of Expert Committee, Investigation of roof collapse of buildings at Connaught Place, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), India (2017)
Member of Review Committee, Science & Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, India
Member of Review Committee, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India
International Level
Member of Review Committee, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile (2016)
Member of Review Committee, Faculty Research Grant Competition 2012, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Contributions to Codes and Standards
Member of Working Groups for development of following BIS Codes
Revision of IS: 16700, CED 38 (2022-contd.)
Revision of IS: 801 and IS:800, CED 7 (2021-contd.)
