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Department of Civil Engineering

(1) Professional affiliations

Affiliation Organization
Life Member Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS, LF-0529)
Life Member International Society for Lowland Technology (ISLT)
Life Member Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
Life Member International Association of Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)
Life Member Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE)
Member International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

(2) Awards and Recognitions

  1. 2022: Received Distinction in Doctoral research for the year 2019 awarded by IIT Delhi for PhD Thesis titled, "Inclined Pullout Behaviour of Anchored Geogrids used as Veneer Reinforcement in Cover Systems of Landfills" by Riya Bhowmik
  2. 2022: Received Best Research Award by DFI, in 11th Annual conference of Deep Foundations Institute of India for PhD research work titled, "Prototype-Scale physical modeling for performance evaluation of basal reinforced deep-mixed column supported embankment on soft soil." By Sujata Fulambarkar
  3. 2021: Received best paper Award in online conference for the paper titled "Numerical Study of dynamic loading on ballastless railway track" by Pranjal Mandhaniya, JT Shahu and Mayuresh Bakare during ‘ICRAGEE, 2021", IIT Roorkee, IISc Bangalore.
  4. 2020: Received IGS-MD Desai memorial YGE best paper Award on ‘Geosynthetics and natural fibers" for the paper titled "Experimental studies on inclined pullout behavior of geosynthetic sheet vis-à-vis geogrid – Effect of type of anchor and sand" by Riya Bhowmik, JT Shahu and Manoj Datta during IGC 2020.
  5. 2020: Received IGS-Z Tech biennial prize for the best paper Award on ‘Geosynthetics and Allied Construction Products" for the paper titled "A mechanistic pullout model for GRS walls under kinematic consideration" by Shantanu Patra and JT Shahu during IGC 2020.
  6. 2020: Received "Editorial Member of the Year 2019" Award for the outstanding contribution to Indian Geotechnical Journal during IGC 2020.
  7. 2019: H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee Award was received towards Innovative Instrument Design for fabricating "Inclined pullout device for geosynthetic reinforcement".
  8. 2019: Received Indian Geotechnical Society’s best Paper Biennial Award on Earth Retaining Structures for the paper titled, "Failure analysis of a geomembrane lined reservoir embankment", published in Geotextiles and Geomembranes.
  9. 2016: Indian Geotechnical Society’s YGE best paper award on Solutions for problematic soils was received for paper titled "Reinforcement and mud-pumping benefits of Geosynthetics in railway tracks: Model tests" published in Geotextiles and Geomembranes in 2016.
  10. 2016: Received Indian Geotechnical Society’s best paper award on Computational Geomechanics at Indian Geotechnical Conference 2016 at IIT Madras for paper titled "Behaviour of extensible reinforcement resting on nonlinear Pasternak subgrade subjected to Oblique pull" published in Geotechnique in 2015.
  11. 2014: Received Indian Geotechnical Society’s best paper award on Ground Improvement at Indian Geotechnical Conference 2014 at JNTU Kakinada for paper titled "Pasternak model for Oblique Pullout of Inextensible Reinforcement" published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE in Dec 2012.
  12. 2014: Received best paper award in 9th International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2014), September 29-October 1, 2014, Saga, Japan,
  13. 2012: Received best paper award in International Conference on "Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012)" sponsored by "Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Engineering".
  14. 2011: Received prestigious IGS Delhi Chapter Leadership award 2011. The award is given for making notable contributions in research, academics and field practice and for showing capabilities of inspiring and motivating others.
  15. 2011: Received best paper award in Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC 2011), New Delhi.

(3) Editor/ Editorial board member

  1. Editorial board member of the Journal “Transportation Geotechnics” for three-year duration starting from 1st March 2021. This Elsevier journal is listed in Science Citation Index Expanded and has an impact factor of 4.938.
  2. Editorial board member of the Journal “Royal Society Open Science” published by Royal Society, London with the membership duration up to 31st December 2022. This journal is listed in Science Citation Index Expanded and has an impact factor of 3.853.
  3. Editorial Board Member, Indian Geotechnical Journal. Springer publications. An official Journal of Indian Geotechnical Society, 2017-20. Listed in Springer and ESCI database.
  4. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Lowland Technology. An official Journal of International Society for Lowland Technology, Saga, Japan. 2012-2024. Listed in Springer and ESCI database.
  5. Editor, IGS News, Quarterly newsletter of Indian Geotechnical Society. 2017-18.

(4) Patents

Patent Application No.: 201811016812 dated 3 May 2018
InventorsJ.T. Shahu, Riya Bhowmik, Manoj Datta
Title of InventionPullout Device for measuring inclined pullout resistance of geosynthetic reinforcement material and method thereof
StatusAward of Patent awaited.

(3) Outreach activities

(A) Ph.D. Theses External Examiner

  1. Thesis Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Behavior of polyurethane stabilized ballast under various loading conditions" by Mr. Gundavaram Dinesh, IIT Patna. 2022.
  2. Thesis Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Effect of Formation of Voids on the Behaviour of Reinforced Granular Beds overlying Weak Soil" by Mr. Ramachandran M., Kannur University. 2021.
  3. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Geotechnical Investigations for Hydro-Mechanical Characteristics of Pond Ash Materials" by Mr. Janmeet Singh. Department of Civil Engineering, PEC Chandigarh. July 2021.
  4. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on " Estimating CBR Value Using Numerical Approach and Correlation with Field and Laboratory Test Results in Different types of Soils." by Ms. Ashwini Tenpe. Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT Nagpur. July 2021.
  5. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "A study on behaviour of granular anchor pile foundation subjected to uplift loads" by Heena Malhotra. Department of Civil Engineering, PEC Chandigarh. June 2020.
  6. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on " Numerical Procedures for Limit Analysis: Implementation to Planar, Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Geomechanics Stability Problems" by Debasis Mohapatra. Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore. May 2020.
  7. Thesis evaluation of Ph.D. thesis on "Study of Engineering problems related to major structures built on reclaimed land in Jabalpur." by Mr. Sanjay Verma. Department of Civil Engineering, University Institute of Technology, RGPV, Bhopal. April 2019.
  8. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Advanced Geotechnical Application of Bender-Extender element and interpretation." by Mr. Ritesh Ingale. Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT Nagpur. April 2019.
  9. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on " Numerical Procedures for Limit Analysis: Implementation to Planar, Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Geomechanics Stability Problems" by Bogireddy Chandra. Department of Applied Mechanics, SVNIT Surat. April 2018.
  10. Evaluation of Ph.D. thesis on "A Laboratory Investigation into the Consolidation of a Double Porosity Clay." by Mr. Chafale Anurag Shantaram. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. March 2018.
  11. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Model studies on slope stability of rockmass." by Mr. Saurabh Rawat, Department of Civil Engineering, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat. Dec 2017.
  12. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Investigation on Heat Migration in Soil Mass." by Mr. Somenath Mondal. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. October 2017.
  13. Evaluation of Ph.D. thesis on "Methods for considering the effect of non-uniformity induced by consolidaton process" by Mr. Yang Zhou, Department of Science and Advanced Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Saga University, Saga, Japan. April 2017.
  14. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination of Ph.D. thesis on "Model tests on geosynthetic reinforced sand beds" by Mr. Shailendra Kumar, SVNIT Surat. May 2016.
  15. Thesis evaluation and Viva-Voce Examiner of Ph.D. thesis on "Optimization of typical geotechnical problems using genetic algorithm" by Manas Ranjan Das, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. November 2015.
  16. Evaluation of Ph.D. thesis on "Critical Evaluation of the Methodologies Employed for Determining Soil Moisture Content." by Ms. Susha Lekshmi S U. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. September 2015.
  17. Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examiner of Ph.D. thesis on "Behavior of reinforced granular fill-soft soil system on rigid foundation: an experimental and numerical study" by Laxmikant Yadu, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, NIT Raipur. April 2014.
  18. Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examiner of Ph.D. thesis on "Upper Bound Finite element Limit Analysis for problems of Reinforced Earth, Unsupported Tunnels and A Group of Anchors" by Jagdish Prasad Sahoo, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. May 2013.
  19. Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examiner of Ph.D. thesis on "Study on Subbase Materials for Rural Roads" by Abdhesh Kumar Sinha, Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Roorkee. July 2009.

(B) M.Tech. Theses External Examiner

  1. External Examiner, Major Project Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination for Three Master of Technology (M.Tech.) students at Delhi Technological University, August 20, 2018.
  2. External Examiner, M.Tech. Viva Voce Exam, M.Tech. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), Four students, Deptt. of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. 14 July 2018.
  3. External Examiner, M.Tech. Viva Voce Exam, M.Tech. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), Sixteen students, Deptt. of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar, Silchar. 12 May 2018.
  4. External Examiner, M.Tech. Viva Voce Exam, M.Tech. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), Four students, Deptt. of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. July 2017.
  5. External Examiner, Major Project Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination for Four Master of Technology (M.Tech.) students at Delhi Technological University, August 31, 2017.
  6. External Examiner, M.Tech. Viva Voce Exam, M.Tech. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), Four students, Deptt. of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. July 2016.
  7. External Examiner, Major Project Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination for Eight Master of Technology (M.Tech.) students at Delhi Technological University, May 2015.
  8. External Examiner, Viva Voce Exam, M.Tech. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), Deptt. of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. 2014.
  9. External Examiner, Major Project Evaluation and Viva-Voce Examination for Master of Technology (M.Tech.) students at Delhi Technological University, 2014.

(C) Expert Member on Technical Committees

  1. Chairman, three-member committee constituted by NHAI and MoRTH for "Inspection of tunnel collapse site between Ramban and Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir". A detailed report on the findings was submitted to NHAI in May 2022.
  2. Member, Expert Committee for project on "Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand earthquake Scenario Development for Awareness Campaign", National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Delhi. 2020-23
  3. Member, Core group for development of detailed outline for resource material on earthquake engineering, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Delhi 2020-23.
  4. Member, H-4 Committee on Embankments, ground Improvement and Drainage, Indian Roads Congress, 2015-22. (At least 6-8 meetings of H-4 Committee in a year and 6-8 meetings of sub-committees in a year. All attended and received appreciation certificate from IRC).
  5. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT Nagpur, 2018-22.
  6. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Uttarakhand, Srinagar. 2018-22.
  7. Member, Standing Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS), New Delhi 2016-19. (Meetings attended on 17 Aug 2018 and 30 August 2017)
  8. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Techno Campus, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
  9. Expert Member, Committee for Slope Stabilization Projects in North East Region using Geotextiles, Ministry of Textiles, Mumbai. 2016-17.
  10. Expert Member, Committee for Empanelment of Manufacturers/Suppliers for supply of various Geotechnical Textiles in the Country, Ministry of Textiles, Mumbai. 2016-17.
  11. Principal Member, CED 46:P5, Special Panel for Soils and Foundations, National Building Code Sectional Committee 2015-16.
  12. Expert Member, Committee on ‘Numerical and Physical Modelling’, TC-8, Indian Geotechnical Society. 2014-16.
  13. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, GLA University, Mathura Road, 2015-2016.
  14. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, Delhi Technological University (DTU), 2014-2016.
  15. Selected Corresponding Member, Eurnex Council, European Rail Network, NEAR Project, Poles of Excellence, Germany, 2014.
  16. Member, Two-Men Expert Committee constituted by Honorable Supreme Court regarding closure of Kudremukh Iron Ore Mine at Kudremukh, Mangalore to ensure complete compliance with the orders of Supreme Court. In this regard, a site visit to Kudremukh Iron Ore was undertaken on 19-20 May 2014 and a technical report was submitted to Honorable Supreme Court.
  17. Member, Technical Committee TC 101 on ‘Laboratory stress-strain testing of Geomaterials’, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSMGE, 2012-16
  18. Member, H-4 Committee on Embankments, ground Improvement and Drainage, Indian Roads Congress, 2012-17.
  19. Member, Soil Quality and Fertilizers Sectional Committee, FAD7, Bureau of Indian Standards, BIS, 2012-16
  20. Member, Soil and Foundation Engineering Sectional Committee, CED43, Bureau of Indian Standards, BIS, 2012-16.
  21. Member, Technical Committee, DRDO led Technology Demonstration Project for slope stabilization at Khardung La, 2009-10.
  22. Member, Panel for revision of Section 2 on ‘Soils and Foundations’ of Part 6 ‘Structural Design’ of National Building Code 2005, CED 46:P5, Bureau of Indian Standards, BIS, New Delhi.

(D) Expert/Member/Advisor on Selection/Assessment/Evaluation Panel

  1. Member, Panel for revision of IS 10270, CED-43 Committee of Bureau of Indian Standards. 2022.
  2. Advisor, Interview Committee, Engineering Services Examination 2020, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), March 30-31, 2021.
  3. Fourteenth meeting of soil and foundation engineering sectional committee, CED 43, 20-21 August 2019. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
  4. Expert Member, TARE expert Committee, SERB, DST. 27 August 2019.
  5. Member, Peer Team for evaluation of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. National Assessment and Accreditation Council. NAAC. 5-6 March 2019.
  6. Member, Civil and Mechanical Programme, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Core Research Grant (earlier Extra Mural Research), Department of Science and Technology, IIT Delhi. Meeting on 22 November 2018.
  7. Advisor, Interview Committee, Engineering Services Examination 2018, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), October 3-5, 2018.
  8. Expert Member, Selection Committee, School of Civil Engineering (Academic Council Nominee), Shri Maa Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu, July 20, 2018.
  9. Expert Member, Selection Committee for Professors, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, October 30, 2017.
  10. Expert Member, Selection Board for recruitment of Scientists, Recruitment and Assessment Centre, Timarpur, Delhi, August 24, 2017.
  11. Expert Member, Selection Committee Meeting for Associate/Assistant Professors in Civil Engineering Department, June 8, 2017, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
  12. Expert Member, Board for recruitment of officers for doing M.Tech. at IIT Delhi, DRDO, May 4, 2017, Pune.
  13. Expert Member, Board for Assessment of Scientists D, E and F in Civil Engineering Discipline, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), May 2, 2017. Timarpur, New Delhi.
  14. Expert Member, Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE), first meeting, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, July 13, 2018,.
  15. Expert Member, Curriculum Revision Workshop, SVNIT Surat. 06-02-2018.
  16. Member, Project Screening Committee for evaluation of DPR for setting up of Focus Incubation Center under Technology Mission on Technical Textiles, Dec 2, Bombay.
  17. Expert Member, Appraisal Committee for cases of Group-III and above Staff Members, Central Road Research Institute, a CSIR laboratory, July 15, 2016.
  18. Member of three Ph.D. Research Scholar, Student Research Committee, Delhi Technological University.
  19. Expert Member, Selection Committee for the posts of Scientist D and Scientist F in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MOEFCC). July 24, 2015.
  20. Expert Member, Selection Committee for the posts of Scientist C in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MOEFCC). September 30, 2015.
  21. Expert Member, Evaluation of Indian Geotechnical Society's Prof. Leonard's biennial prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in the field of Geotechnical Engineering for the year 2013 and 2014.
  22. Expert Member, Evaluation of nominations for best paper award of Indian Geotechnical Society's Young Engineer's biennial award on Shallow foundations, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2015.
  23. Advisor, Board for selection of DRDO RT/PGT/Army/MES personnel for ME/M.Tech. courses for IITs at RAC, Delhi. 2015.
  24. External Eminent for evaluation of nominations for the following prestigious awards instituted by IIT Roorkee for 2014-15: (a) Shamsher Prakash Research Awards (b) Mahesh Verma Technology Innovation Awards.
  25. Advisor, Interview Board, Interviews for recruitment of Junior Engineers (Civil), Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi. March 20-30, 2015
  26. Expert Member, General Selection Committee for the posts of Associate Professor and Professors in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Aligarh, Dec 2014.
  27. Expert Member, Selection Committee for the posts of Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Delhi Technological University. 26 June 2014.
  28. Advisor, Interview Board, Interviews for posts of Junior Engineers (Civil/Structures), Staff Selection Commission, Jan 30 to Feb 1, 2014.
  29. Member, Selection Committee for the best paper award instituted by Indian Geotechnical society on ‘Geosynthetics and Natural Fibers 2014'.
  30. Member, Selection Committee for Prestigious Awards instituted by Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter for year 2014.
  31. Expert Member, Selection Committee for evaluation of project grant, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, July 19, 2013
  32. Subject Expert Member, Selection Committee for post upgradation under career advancement scheme, Delhi Technology University, April 22, 2013.

(E) Member of Professional Societies

  1. Honorary Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society. Since Dec 2016
  2. Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter 2015-17.
  3. Executive Committee Member, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2012-16.
  4. Vice-Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter 2011-15.
  5. Member, Task Committee on IGS House and its funds, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2013-15
  6. Executive Committee Member, Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter 2005-09.
  7. Honorary Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter 2003-05.

(F) Keynote / Invited Lectures in Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, Courses

  1. Expert Lecture (Online) on "Pile Foundation: Difficulties in Alluvial Soils and possible way forward". IGS and DFI online workshop on "CFA piles – theory, prospects and applications in India", 17 March 2021.
  2. Expert Lecture (online) on "Analyses of slope protection works for Transportation Infrastructure". In faculty development program on transportation geotechnics organized by LBSITW, Thiruvananthpuram on 16 Feb 2021
  3. Expert lecture (online) on Overview of Geoenvironmental Engineering', UIET, Maharashi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 4 January 2021
  4. Invited Speaker, Inaugural session, International Symposium on Geotechnical aspects of heritage structures. Sept. 16-18, 2019. IIT Madras, Chennai.
  5. Keynote Speaker, Plenary session, International Conference on "Geotechnics for high speed corridors (GHC-2019)", 25-26 July 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  6. Keynote Speaker, Symposium on recent advances in sustainable Geotechnics, 17-20 Oct 2019, IIT Kanpur.
  7. Expert Lecture, Training program on Design and Construction of high embankment, ground improvement techniques for soft soils and geosynthetic soil structures. Organized by Indian Academy of Highway Engineers, Noida. 27 June 2019.
  8. Keynote speaker, Workshop on recent trends in Geotechnical Engineering, 7-8 June 2019. NIT Trichy. Tamil Nadu.
  9. Invited lecture, 2-day national seminar on "National Building Code 2016 and Indian Standards: Innovations and Case studies in Geotecnical Engineering". 6-7 July 2018. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh at RVR &JC college of Engineering.
  10. Keynote Speaker, National Seminar on Geotechnical problems and Case study. Indore. October 13 2018. SGSITS, Indore.
  11. Keynote Speaker, World Accreditation Day 2018, 9th June 2018, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Delhi.
  12. Invited Speaker on 'Applications of Plaxis 2D and 3D', Plaxis Users Meeting 2018, Crowne Plaza Today, New Delhi, Okhla, May 30, 2018.
  13. Keynote lecture on 'Case study of failure of Partition embankment', National Conference on Challenges in Geotechnical Investigations, Analysis, Design and Construction of Foundations, Goa Engineering College, Goa. April 13-14, 2018.
  14. Keynote lecture on 'Case study of failure of Raw Water Reservoir Embankment', North-East Geotechnical Engineers Meet, May 13-14, 2018. NIT Silchar.
  15. Invited lecture on 'Use of Geosynthetics on Railway Tracks', International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure, April 8, 2018.
  16. Invited lecture on 'Significance of Industrial wastes in the overall development of road networks', Session on 'Swachh Bharat', 3rd Edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2017, Anna University, Chennai.
  17. Invited lecture on 'A case history of failure of a geomembrane lined embankment', Workshop on sustainable geotechnics, IIT Kanpur, Oct 13-14, 2017.
  18. Invited lecture on "Design of embankments on soft soils", Short term training course on Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures for NHPC Engineers, 15017 February 2017, CBIP, New Delhi.
  19. Invited lecture, Plaxis Workshop, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, February 10, 2017.
  20. Keynote Lecture, Conference on Numerical methods in Geomechanics, CONMIG 2017, IIT Roorkee. March 3-4, 2017
  21. Sole Resource Person, TEQIP sponsored One-day Workshop on 'Emerging Trends in Geotechnical Engineering', Government College of Engineering, Amravati, Maharashtra. October 17, 2016.
  22. Keynote Speaker, 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology, Organized by International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT) at NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore. September 15-17, 2016.
  23. Expert Lecture on 'Ground Improvement Techniques' under TEQIP-II sponsored short term course on 'Geotechnical Engineering for Urban Infrastructure', Delhi Technology University, July 11-15, 2016.
  24. Expert Lectures on 'Ground Improvement Techniques' and 'Foundation Design on Liquefiable soils with a case history of Dynamic Compaction' under TEQIP-II sponsored short term training program on 'Soil Investigation and Design of Foundation', MANIT, Bhopal, June 27-July 1, 2016.
  25. Expert Lectures on 'Design of Ash ponds' and 'Overview of Geoenvironmental Engineering' under TEQIP-II sponsored short term course on 'Recent trends in Geoenvironmental Engineering', Delhi Technology University, April 18-22, 2016.
  26. Keynote Speaker, National Conference on 'Recent Advances in Civil Engineering' Jaypee University, Anoopshahr. March 19-20, 2016.
  27. Keynote Speaker, National Conference on 'Advances in Geotechnical Engineering' Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. April 8-9, 2016.
  28. Expert Lectures on 'Geotechniques for tunnelling' and 'New applications of Geosynthetics in Geotechnical Engineering' under TEQIP-II at SVNIT, Surat on March 13, 2015.
  29. Conducted Session on 'Tunnelling methods and support systems for Tunnelling' (from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on Jan 21) during a four-days training programme on 'Recent trends of tunneling technology in Engineering Geology' organized by Power Management Institute and NTPC, Jan 20-23, 2015, PMI Noida.
  30. Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Advances in Civil and Mechanical Engineering Systems, December 18-20, 2014, Amravati, Maharashtra.
  31. Invited Speaker, Session on "Soil reinforcements and Geosynthetics", International Symposium on Lowland Technology 2014 (ISLT 2014), Saga, Japan, Sept 29-Oct 1, 2014.
  32. Invited lecture on "Design of Geosynthetics for water resources project", Training course on 'Use of Geosynthetics for Water Resources Project', CSMRS, New Delhi. 12-13 August 2014.
  33. Global Webinar delivered as Guest Speaker as a part of "Global Online Seminar Series by GTS NX Midas IT". Topic: Geotechnical Evaluation and Finite Element Analysis of Railway Track Foundation. Date: May 14, 2014 at 11:00 GMT.
  34. Expert lectures on TEQIP sponsored state development programme on "Geotechnical Engineering: Practices and advancements", May 1, 2014. University Insitute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Viswavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal.
  35. Expert lectures on (i) Use of geosynthetics in railway tracks, and (ii) Behaviour of geosynthetics in reinforced track on soft soil subgrade. TEQIP, SVNIT Surat, Gujarat. April 14, 2014.
  36. Invited Lecture, DFIMEC 2014, Deep Foundation Institute Middle East Conference 2014, Dubai, UAE. April 2-3, 2014.
  37. Invited lecture, One day seminar on "Embankments: Design and Construction" 9 March 2013, IIT Madras.
  38. Invited lecture: Seminar, " Advances in Geotechnical engineering (AGE-2013), Two Days National Seminar, 8-9 June, SVNIT, Surat.
  39. Invited lecture: 2nd national seminar cum workshop on "Use of Flyash in Construction June 10-11, 2013, SVNIT, Surat.
  40. Three hours lecture and 3 hrs lab-training course on Rock Engineering and its practice, May 27 to 1st June 2013, IIT Delhi.
  41. Invited lecture: National workshop on "Utilization of fly ash" at SVNIT, Surat, June 8-9, 2011.
  42. Six lectures delivered in the short course on "Training of Indian Railway Service of Engineering (IRSE Officers)" by IIT Delhi, May 18-29, 2009.
  43. Invited Speaker, International Symposium on Lowland Technology 2006 (ISLT 2006), Saga, Japan.
  44. One lecture delivered in Short term QIP course on "Recent Developments in Geotechnical Engineering: Geoenvironmental Engineering and Landfills" by AICTE, at IIT Delhi, November 28-December 2, 2005.
  45. Five lectures delivered in the short course on "Finite element method for analysis and design of Dams and Underground structures for water resources project" by CBIP, New Delhi, July 21-25, 2003.
  46. Two lectures delivered in AICTE-ISTE sponsored short course on "Seismic analysis of structures", VNIT Nagpur, Nov. 27 - Dec. 7, 2001.

(G) Conferences/Symposium/Seminars/Workshops Organized as Coordinator/Secretary/Chairman/Co-Chairman/Incharge/Treasurer

  1. Co-Chairman, International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure. 7-8 April 2018, IIT Delhi.
  2. Co-Chairman, International Conference on Underground Excavations in difficult ground conditions: Issues and Challenges", 28 April 2017, CBIP, New Delhi.
  3. Coordinator for organizing meeting of DST Expert Advisory Committee on Waste Management Technology for 3 day (EAC-WMT) for screening of porposals, IIT Delhi, April 24-26, 2017. FITT project code: FT/06/607/2017.
  4. Course Coordinator, Industry (NHPC) sponsored short term (3-day) course on "Seismic Aspects of Dam Design". 17-19 January 2017. IIT Delhi. Total budget = 7.82 lacs. Participants = 20.
  5. Course Coordinator, Industry (NHPC) sponsored short term (3-day) course on "Slope stability and stabilization techniques for Hydro Electric Projects". 21-23 November 2016. IIT Delhi. Total budget = 7.82 lacs. Participants = 20.
  6. Incharge, Workshop on 'Solutions for Geohazards and Slope Protection', Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi. Organized by IGS Delhi. 26 August 2014.
  7. Coordinator, Workshop on "Offshore Geotechnical Engineering" organized on behalf of Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter at IIT Delhi. January 31, 2014.
  8. Coordinator, Technical Committee, DFI Conference, IIT Delhi. September 19-20, 2014.
  9. Treasurer, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2012, IIT Delhi.
  10. Organizing Secretary, Sixth International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and IGS, November 8-12, 2010 New Delhi, India.
  11. Co-ordinator, One-day Workshop on "Numerical Modeling of Railway Tracks on Compacted Subgrade", organized by IIT Delhi, December 9, 2008.
  12. Organizing Secretary, Geosynthetics India 2004, A Seminar-Workshop, organized by IIT Delhi and IGS Delhi chapter, October 27-30, 2004.

(H) Advisory/Technical/Organizing Committee Member for Conference

  1. Member, National Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Geotechnical aspects of heritage structures. Sept. 16-18, 2019. IIT Madras, Chennai.
  2. Member, National Advisory Committee, International Conference on Geotechnics for high speed corridors (GHC-2019), 25-26 July 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  3. Member, Advisory Committee, 2-day national training program on “Geostudio for various Geotechnical applications. RCR&JV College of Engineering, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. 19-20 July 2019.
  4. Member, Advisory Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. SVNIT Surat. 19-21 Dec. 2019.
  5. Member, National Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Geotechnical aspects of Heritage Structure, Sept. 16-18, 2019. IIT Madras.
  6. Member, Advisory Committee, All India Symposium on “Slope Stabilization in Geotechnical Practices” organized by CET BBSR at Bhubaneshwar. 19 June 2019.
  7. Member, Advisory Committee, Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2019), March 1-2, 2019. MANIT, Allahabad.
  8. Member, Organizing and Technical Committee, ISSMGE TC-207 sponsored Workshop on “Recent Advances in Soil-Structure Interactions and retaining walls”, 12 December 2018. IISc Bangalore.
  9. Member, Advisory Committee, 2-days National Conference on Geo-hazards and future developments in Civil Engineering, 2-3 November 2018, NIT Agartala, Tripura.
  10. Member, Advisory Committee, National Seminar on Geotechnical problems and Case study. Indore. October 13 2018. SGSITS, Indore.
  11. Member, Advisory Committee, 2-day National seminar on “Software applications in Geotechnical Engineering (SAGE-18). 6-7 October 2018. Vadodara.
  12. Member, Advisory Committee, two days national workshop on 'Geotechnical Investigation and Soil Testing', 27-28 Jan 2018. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar.
  13. Member, Advisory Committee, Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (RAGE-2018), February 5, 2018, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad.
  14. Member, Advisory Committee, National Seminar on Dam Safety and Rehabilitatio (DSR018), 20-21 January 2018. IGS Baroda, Vadodara.
  15. Member, Organizing Committee, 2nd Korea-India Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on 'Geotechnical Challenges for Megacities'. September 21, 2017, Seoul, Korea.
  16. Member, Advisory Committee, 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineer's Conference, NIT Trichy, 10-11 March 2017.
  17. Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Emerging Technology in structural engineering, 17-18 March 2017, KDK College of Engineering, Nagpur.
  18. Member, Advisory Committee, National Seminar on 'Engineering and Forensic Aspects of Structural Foundations', 25th June 2017. MS University, Baroda.
  19. Member, Advisory Committee, National Seminar on 'Issues and Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering', July 8, 2017. Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, Institution of Engineers (India).
  20. Member, Organizing team, Workshop on 'Landfills and Waste-to-resources', IIT Delhi, March 28 and April 19, 2017.
  21. Member, Organizing and Technical Committee, Third Indo-Japan Workshop on 'Geotechnics for National Disaster Mitigation and Management', Dec 13, 2017. IIT Guwahati.
  22. Member, Advisor Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, Dec 14-17, 2017.
  23. Member, Advisory Committee, Two-days national seminar on 'Pile Foundations - Advances in design and construction Practices', 27-28 May 2017, SVNIT, Surat.
  24. Member, Advisory Committee and Technical Committee, 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 10-11 March 2017, NIT Trichy, India.
  25. Member, Organizing Committee, Conference on Numerical methods in Geomechanics, CONMIG 2017, IIT Roorkee. March 3-4, 2017.
  26. Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanics and Management. 9-11 March 2017. College of Engineering, Trivendrum.
  27. Member, National Advisory Committee, 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore. September 15-17, 2016.
  28. Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Amity University, India, August 11-12, 2016.
  29. Member, Advisory Committee, National Conference on ‘Smart, Sustainable, Resilient Civil Infrastructure Development’, NorthCap University, Gurgaon. 8 August, 2016.
  30. Member, Advisory Committee, National Conference on ‘Advances in Geotechnical Engineering’, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. April 8-9, 2016.
  31. Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Global Environmental and Prevention (ICGEPP 2015), VTI, Bangalore. November 6-7, 2015.
  32. Member, Technical Committee, Symposium on ‘Advances in Instrumentation, Geomonitoring and Validation’, CBIP, New Delhi, July 23-24, 2015.
  33. Member, Technical Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2014 (IGC 2014), 18-20 Dec, Kakinada.
  34. Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Advances in Civil and Mechanical Engineering Systems, Amravati, Maharashtra. 18-20 December 2014.
  35. Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Second National Seminar cum Workshop on “Use of flyash in Construction”, June 10-11, 2013, SVNIT.
  36. Member, Organizing Committee, Workshop on Delhi Metro, April 27, 2004, CSMRS.
  37. Member, Organizing Committee, Symposium on 25 years of Rock Mechanics at IIT Delhi, 1st Sept. 2002-03.

(I) Session Chair/Co-Chair in Conferences, Seminars

  1. Co-Chairman, Eighth IGS-Ferocco Terzaghi Oration 2020, delivered by Prof. KS Rao, IIT Delhi by IGS Mumbai Chapter at IIT Bombay. 2nd October 2022.
  2. Co-Chairman, Seventh IGS-Ferocco Terzaghi Oration 2020, delivered by Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud, USA, organized by IGS Mumbai Chapter at IIT Bombay. 2nd October 2022.
  3. Chairman, Plenary session 5 on 14 July 2021, 7th International Conference on Recent advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, ICRAGEE, July 12-15, 2021.
  4. Chairman, Session-2 on 17 June 2021, First Indo-Brazilian Geotechnical Webinar, 16-18 June 2021.
  5. Chairman, Technical session on "Geosynthetics and reinforced structures", Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020, Visakhapatnam, 19 Dec 2020.
  6. Co-Chairman, Inaugural session and IGS Annual lecture session, Indian Geotechnical Conferences from 2016-2020
  7. Session Chairman, World Accreditation Day 2018. 9 June 2018. Indian Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
  8. Co-Chairman, Technical Session 4, International conference on Underground Excavations in difficult ground conditions: Issues and Challenges. 28 April 2017, CBIP, New Delhi.
  9. Session Co-Chairman, A. Srirama Rao Memorial Lecture, on the occassion of 2-day national seminar on "National Building Code 2016 and Indian Standards: Innovations and Case studies in Geotecnical Engineering". 6-7 July 2018. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh at RVR &JC college of Engineering.Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. July 6, 2018
  10. Session Co-Chairman, IGS Annual Lecture, on occasion of IGC 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec 15-17.
  11. Chairman, Technical session on "Impact of anisotropy in permeability of peaty soil on deep excavation", Indian Geotechnical Conference 2016, IIT Madras, Dec 15-17.
  12. Chairman, Inaugural Plenary Session, International Conference on Soil and Environment, Indian Institute of Science, IISc Bangalore. July 22-23, 2016.
  13. Chairman, Session IV on “Site Investigation”, Symposium on Advances in Instrumentation, Geomonitoring and Validation. July 24-25, 2015, CBIP
  14. Chairman, Inaugural session, National Conference on ‘Advances in Geotechnical Engineering’, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. April 8-9, 2016.
  15. Chairman, Inaugural session, National Conference on ‘Recent Advances in Civil Engineering’ Jaypee University, Anoopshahr. March 19-20, 2016.
  16. Chairman, Technical Session on ‘Geotechnical Applications’, International Conference on Advances in Civil and Mechanical Engineering Systems, December 20-21, 2014, Amravati, Maharashtra.
  17. Session Coordinator, Plenary Session on Piling Systems, DFI India 2014, Sept 19-20, 2014, IIT Delhi.
  18. Chairman, Technical session one-day seminar on “Landslides Mitigation”, National Institute of Disaster Management, Delhi, Feb 21, 2013.
  19. Chairman, Technical Session, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2013, Roorkee.

(J) Reviewer of Journals, Conferences and Projects (since 2012)

International Journals

  1. Transportation Geotechnics, Elsevier.
  2. Road Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor and Francis.
  3. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Elsevier.
  4. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, Inderscience Publishers.
  5. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer.
  6. Geotechnique, Insitution of Engineers (ICE), London.
  7. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Taylor and Francis.
  8. Geotechnique Letters, ICE, UK.
  9. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Korean Civil Engineering Society
  10. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engg., ASCE
  11. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE.
  12. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canadian Geotechnical Society
  13. Lowland Technology International, International Society of lowland Technology, Japan
  14. The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Saudi Arabia
  15. Geosynthetics International, International Geosynthetics Society, UK
  16. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Taylor and Fracis
  17. Soils and Foundations, a Journal of Japanese Geotechnical Society
  18. Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology, Malaysia
  19. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer
  20. Acta Geotechnica, Springer
  21. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Springer

National Journals

  1. Journal of the Institute of Engineers (India): Series A
  2. Highway Research Journal, IRC
  3. Indian Highways Journal, IRC
  4. Indian Road Congress Journal, IRC
  5. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, a Journal of National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAR)
  6. Indian Geotechnical Journal.
  7. Sadhana, a journal of Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

Conferences

  1. Advances in Instrumentation, Geomonitoring and Validation 2015, CBIP, Delhi
  2. Indian Geotechnical conference 2014, Kakinada
  3. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2013, Roorkee
  4. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2012, Delhi
  5. 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics 2010, Delhi

Projects Proposals

  1. Project proposal for research grant in RSoP category, R&D management Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore.
  2. Human Resource Development Group’s Research Project Funding, CSIR.
  3. Project proposals submitted to Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST.
  4. Project proposals submitted to Technology Systems Development Program, DST, June 2015.

Honours

  1. Panelist, Panel Discussion on “Infrastructure in metro and railways”, Rail and Metro Technology Conclave 2019, organized by Rail Analysis India. Le-Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. 25-26 June 2019.
  2. Received 'Commendation Certificate" from Indian Roads Congress (IRC) for attending 100% meeting of H-4 Committee in 2015-17.
  3. Chief Guest, Inauguration Ceremony, Short term course on ‘Recent trends in Geoenvironmental Engineering’, Delhi Technology University, April 18-22, 2016.
  4. Guest of Honour, Inauguration Ceremony, National Conference on ‘Advances in Geotechnical Engineering’, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. April 8-9, 2016.
  5. Guest of Honour, Inauguration Ceremony, National Conference on ‘Recent Advances in Civil Engineering’ Jaypee University, Anoopshahr. March 19-20, 2016.
  6. Panelist, Panel Discussion on "Geosynthetics: Way Ahead", 2nd Edition of Global Geosynthetics Summit, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. 8 December 2015.