On 9thSeptember, 2015, at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited, Vikhroli, Mumbai, India, on the topic “Static and Seismic Design of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation”, organized by ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited, Mumbai, India.
On 14th March, 2015, at IEI Vadodara, India, on the topic “Seismic Hazard Studies for Gujarat Including Geotechnical Field Applications”, during 5th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (5IYGEC), 14-15 March, 2015, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Vadodara Chapter, India; IEI Vadodara; MS University Baroda, Vadodara, India. (This is a Keynote lecture at Conference 5IYGEC-2015).
On 27th February, 2015, at JNTU Hyderabad, India, on the topic “Geotechnical Issues of Disasters due to Slope In-Stability”, during Workshop on GeoPractices – 2015’, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Hyderabad Chapter, India; JNTU Hyderabad; IIT Hyderabad, India.
On 23rd January, 2015, at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, on the topic “Landslide Disasters due to Earthquake, Blast and Seepage – Theory and Case Studies”, during 6th International Geotechnical Symposium (6IGS) on ‘Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental Conditions’, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Chennai Chapter, India; IIT Madras, Chennai; Deep Foundations Institute (DFI); IGS Bangalore and Kochi Chapters, India. Announcement, Photo1, Photo2
On 17th January, 2015, at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, on the topic “Lessons from Landslide Disaster – Geotechnical Field Experience At Malin, Pune”, during Workshop on ‘Disaster Management’, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Pune Chapter, Pune, India and Department of Environmental Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India.
On 9th January, 2015, at IIT Guwahati, India, on the topic “Pile foundations during earthquakes in liquefiable soils and CPRF – Theory to practice”, during UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Workshop on ‘Seismic Requalification of Pile Supported Structures’, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Guwahati (NE) Chapter, Guwahati, India and Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India.
On 20th December, 2014, at JNTU Kakinada, India, on the topic “Recent Developments in Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures to Withstand Earthquake and Tsunami”, during Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2014), organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Kakinada Chapter, Kakinada, India, JNTU Kakinada and IGS, New Delhi, India.
On 17th December, 2014, at JNTU Kakinada, India, on the topic “Geotechnical Case Studies Using Numerical Modelling”, during Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Designs Through Finite Element Analysis’, organized jointly by M/s Ram Caddsys, Chennai and Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Kakinada Chapter, Kakinada, India.
On 12th December, 2014, at IIT Roorkee, India, on the topic “Pile Foundations During Earthquakes in Liquefiable Soils – Theory to practice”, during 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (15SEE-2014), organized jointly by Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET) Roorkee, India and Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India.
On 11th October, 2014, at GNDEC Ludhiana, India, on the topic “Lessons from Landslide Disaster – Geotechnical Field Experience At Malin, Pune”, during National Conference on ‘Geotechnical Engineering Practice and Sustainable Infrastructure Development (GEPSID-2014)’, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Ludhiana Chapter, Ludhiana, India and Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India.
On 19th September, 2014, at IIT Delhi, India, on the topic “Activities of ISSMGE’s Technical Committee TC 212 on Deep Foundations”, during DFI India 2014 conference, organized jointly by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Geotechnical Society Delhi Chapter, New Delhi, India.
On 15th September, 2014, at Government College of Engineering, Amravati, India, on the topic “Combined Pile-Raft Foundation – Theory to Practice for Safer Foundation Solution”, during the workshop on ‘Geotechnical Engineering Practices – Risk and Safety’, on occasion of Inauguration of new IGS Amravati Chapter and organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society Amravati Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, Govt. College of Engineering, Amravati, India.
On 25th June, 2014, at INGV, L’Aquila, Italy, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering – Theory to Practice at IIT Bombay”, organized jointly by Department of Seismology and Tectonophysics, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sede di L’Aquila, Via dell’Arcivescovado, 8 – 67100 L’Aquila, Italy and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile – Architettura, Ambientale, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila University, Italy. (Announcement)
On 11th June, 2014, at TU Freiberg, Germany, on the topic “Research and Practice on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Institute of Geotechnik, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Strasse 1, 09596 Freiberg, Germany.
On 11th April, 2014, at IIT Kanpur, India, on the topic “Recent Advances in Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, organized jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society Kanpur Chapter and Geotechnical Engineering Group of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, India.
On 7th April, 2014, at Gujarat Technological University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India during Review week of Gujarat Technological University (GTU), on the topic “Future of Foundation Engineering and Research Ethics”, organized by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), India.
On 3rd April, 2014, at American University in Dubai (AUD), Dubai, UAE, on the topic “Earthquake Resistant Design of Tailing Dams and Pile Foundations: Theory to Practice”, during the Deep Foundations Institute Middle East Conference 2014 (DFIMEC-2014), jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), American University in Dubai (AUD) and Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone Authority, Dubai, UAE.(This is a Keynote lecture at Conference DFIMEC-2014) (Certificate)
On 8th February, 2014, at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Gujarat, India, on the topic “Soil Dynamics”, during the National Seminar on ‘Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations’ jointly organized by Department of Civil Engineering, CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat and Indian Geotechnical Society Baroda Chapter, India.(This is the Keynote lecture at Seminar)
On 27th January, 2014, at R.V.College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, on the topic “Advances in Research at IIT Bombay: Sustainable Foundation Solutions for Buildings to Mitigate Earthquake Disasters”, during the seminar on ‘Research Avenues in Geotechnical Engineering’ organized by Department of Civil Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE), Bangalore, India.
On 24th January, 2014, at AERB, Mumbai, India, on the topic “Design of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) in Alluvial Sites”, during the discussion meeting on ‘Engineering on foundations for NPP structures in alluvial soils’ organized by Siting & Structural Engineering Div. (SSED), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai, Govt. of India.
On 31st December, 2013, at IIT Patna, India, on the topic “Research and Developments at IIT Bombay: Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Patna, India.
On 22nd October, 2013, at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India during STTP, on the topic “Soil Properties Under Dynamics Loadings and Their Applications”, organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT Surat, India.
On 3rd October, 2013, at Department of Civil Engineering, SIT Tumkur, Karnakata, India, on the topic “Sustainable Foundation Solutions for Buildings to Mitigate Earthquake Disasters”, organized by SIT Tumkur, Karnataka, India.
On 18th July, 2013, at Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany on the topic “Need and Research Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, organized by Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Loschnerstr. 4-20, D-52064, Aachen, Germany.
On 24th June, 2013, at Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg on the topic “Research and Developments at IIT Bombay : Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, organized by Div. of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg., University of Luxembourg, Campus Kirchberg, 6 Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359, Luxembourg.
On 4th June, 2013, at Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, Bandung, Indonesia, on the topic “Behaviour of Piles in Liquefied Soils under Seismic Conditions”, during International Conference on “State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Case Histories” PILE-2013, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC 212 – Deep Foundations, Indonesian Geotechnical Society, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanic (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, China and Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Bandung Indonesia.
On 14th May, 2013, at Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, on the topic “Advances in Seismic Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures”, jointly organized by Karnataka Geotechnical Centre (KGC) and Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
On 9th March, 2013, at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India during One Day Seminar on ‘Embankments: Design and Construction’, on the topic “Some Studies on Static and Seismic Stability of Embankments”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Chennai Chapter and IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
On 9th February, 2013, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India during International Humboldt Kolleg (IHK-2013), on the topic “Role of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation and Energy Pile in Climate Change – Piles through Dynamically Liquefied Soil”, organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg].
On 5th January, 2013, at Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, on the topic “Advances in Seismic Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Kolkata Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. (Photo with selected members, after Lecture)
On 20th December, 2012, at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India during 8th Biennial Structural Engineering Convention (SEC – 2012), on the topic “Advanced Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures Under Earthquake Conditions”, organized by Applied Mechanics Department of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. (This is a Keynote Lecture) (Photo-1, Photo-2, Photo-3)
On 17th December, 2012, at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India during UKIERI International Workshop on Seismic Requalification of Geotechnical Structures (SRGS), on the topic “Seismic Behaviour of Earth Retaining Structures and Design Issues”, jointly organized by UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IIT Guwahati and IIT Delhi, India.
On 31st October, 2012, at University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia during International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control : Transport Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation (ICGI – 2012), on the topic “Modern Design Techniques for Reinforced Soil-Walls to Mitigate Seismic and Tsunami Hazards”, jointly organized by Centre for Geomechanics & Railway Engineering, and SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, ISSMGE TC 211, TC 214, TC 202, TC 303.
On 8th September, 2012, at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, India during ‘Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2012’, as panel member for session 11 (Physical Sciences) on the topic “Research and Developments at IIT Bombay : Advances in Earthquake Engineering”, organized by The Indus Foundation, USA and India.
On 16th March, 2012, at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India during Review week of Gujarat Technological University (GTU), on the topic “Need of study for seismic liquefaction and ground response for design of foundations”, organized by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), India.
On 3rd March, 2012, at IIT Kanpur, India during Symposium on ‘Recent Development in Geotechnical Engineering’, on the topic “Recent development in geotechnical earthquake engineering research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
On 24th February, 2012, at Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India, on the topic “Earthquake disasters and mitigations – Indian and International Scenario”, organized by Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India.
On 14th December, 2011, at Hotel Park Central, Kochi, Kerala, India during First Indo – Japan Workshop in Geotechnical Engineering, Theme: Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, on the topic “Seismic liquefaction hazard and site response for design of piles in Mumbai”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India and Japan Geotechnical Society (JGS), Tokyo, Japan. Photo-1, Photo-2
On 21st October, 2011, at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India during International Humboldt Kolleg, on the topic “Energy Piles – Modern Geotechnics for Sustainable Development”, organized by Institute for Social and Economic Change (I.S.E.C.), Bangalore, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg]
On 8th September, 2011, at GRT Grand Salem, India during Humboldt Kolleg and International Conference (Earth-Future), on the topic “Recent Advances in Earthquake Resistant Design of Earthen Structures”, organized by Periyar University, Salem, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg]
On 12th July, 2011, at Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany on the topic “Recent Researches on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Div. of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg., Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Str., D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
On 26th May, 2011, at International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway on the topic “Recent Trends of Research on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by ICG, NGI, Ulleval Stadion, NO-0806, Oslo, Norway.
On 18th March, 2011, at Oklahoma Transportation Center, Oklahoma, USA, on the topic “Seismic Behaviour of Piles in Liquefied Soils for Infrastructural Applications”, organized by The Oklahoma Transportation Center (OkTC), Tinker Business & Industrial Park, 2601 Liberty Parkway, Suite 110, Oklahoma 73110, USA. Appreciation Certificate
On 12th February, 2011, at Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India, on the topic “Recent Advances in Seismic Slope Stability Analysis”, organized by CSIR – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India. [It is a Keynote Lecture during the National Conference on ‘Landslide Hazard, Consequences and Challenges’, 10-12 February, 2011, CBRI Roorkee, India]
On 23rd October, 2010, at Chongqing, China, on the topic “Applications of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research for Disaster Mitigation and Management”, organized jointly by Journal of Disaster Advances and Chongqing University, China. [It is a Plenary Lecture during the 1st International Conference on Disaster Prevention Technology and Management (DPTM-2010), 23-25 October, 2010, Chongqing, China]
On 26th July, 2010, at Monash University, Australia, on the topic “Recent Researches on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
On 23rd July, 2010, at University of Wollongong, Australia, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Researches at IIT Bombay”, organized by School of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
On 5th March, 2010, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, TU Berlin, Germany, on the topic “Earthquake Resistant Design of Geotechnical Structures: Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University (TU) Berlin, 13355 Berlin, Germany.
On 4th February, 2010, at Institute for Computer Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany, on the topic “State-of-the-art Research on Behaviour of MSW Landfill under Static and Seismic Loading Conditions”, jointly organized by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany and University of Bayreuth, Germany.
On 12thNovember, 2009, at Marathwada Institute of Technology (MIT) Aurangabad, India, on the topics “Theory of Vibrations” and “Seismic Design Principles for Geotechnical Structures as per Design Codes, organized by MIT Aurangabad, India and sponsored by National Disaster Management Division of Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India during National Programme for Capacity Building of Architects in Earthquake Risk Management (NPCBAERM) during November 9 – 14, 2009.
On 17thSeptember, 2009, at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India, on the topic “Integrity of Sub-Structural Systems during Earthquake: Indian and International Perspectives”, organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India during Fourth National Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (NatFOE – 4) during September 16-17, 2009.
On 3rdJuly, 2009, at Institute of Lowland Technology (ILT), Saga University, Japan, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Institute of Lowland Technology (ILT), Saga University, Honjo-1, Saga 840-8502, Japan.Photo with Prof. Hayashi and his colleagues and students
On 2ndJuly, 2009, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, on the topic “Behaviour and Design of Reinforced Soil-Wall under Seismic Loading: Recent Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.Photo with Prof. Yusufuku and his colleagues and students
On 1stJuly, 2009, at Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research Findings at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan.Photo with Prof. Hyodo and his colleagues and students and Prof. Kitamura
On 29thJune, 2009, at Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan, on the topic “Earthquake Resistant Design of Geotechnical Structures: Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Urban Infrastructure Earthquake Disaster Research Group of DPRI, Kyoto University, Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.Photo with Prof. Takahashi and his students and Mr. Tanaka
On 26thJune, 2009, at Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Japan, on the topic “Recent Research on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8530, Japan.
On 25thJune, 2009, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research Findings at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.Photo with Prof. Kusakabe and his colleagues and students
On 22nd May, 2009, at Dept. of Ocean Civil Engineering, Kagoshima University (KU), Japan, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research and Developments at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Ocean Civil Engineering, Kagoshima University (KU), Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.Photo with Prof. Kitamura and his colleagues and students
On 2nd January, 2009, at SVNIT, on the topic “Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications”, an invited lecture during AICTE sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE), organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.
On 1st December, 2008, at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research and Developments at IIT Bombay”, jointly organized by TU9, Germany and IIT Madras India in connection with the TU9-IITM Indo-German Workshop on ‘Earthquake Engineering for Sustainable Structures’ during November 30 to December 2, 2008.
On 8th November, 2008, at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, on the topic “Recent Developments in Analysis of Waterfront Retaining Structures subjected to Earthquake and Tsunami”, organized by Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India in connection with the receipt of Shamsher Prakash (SP) Research Award – 2008.
On 14th October, 2008, at Young Researchers Forum,14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, on the topic “Analytical Solutions for Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures Subjected to Earthquake and Tsunami”, organized by 14WCEE, Beijing, China. (Only Lecture to Represent India and it’s Earthquake Research in the World Forum). (Photo-1) (Photo-2) (Photo-3)
On 29th August, 2008, at Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, India, on the topic “Recent Advances in Seismic Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures”, organized by NITK Surathkal, BARC Mumbai and CPRI Bangalore, India.
On 14th March, 2008, at Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA, on the topic “Seismic design of retaining structures – Recent developments”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY 12180, USA.
On 15th February, 2008, at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune (MIT, Pune), on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications”, an invited keynote lecture during a state level silver jubilee conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE-2008) during 15-16 February, 2008, organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, MAEER’s MIT, Pune, India, on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of the institute.
On 18th December, 2007, at College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), on the topic “Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications”, an invited lecture during Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Earthquake Resistant Design of RC Buildings, organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, College of Engineering, Pune, India.
On 3rd April, 2007, at Centaur Hotel, New Delhi, on the topic “Need for revisions in IS codes for earthquake resistant design of geotechnical structures”, an invited lecture during the National Workshop on Science and Technology in Disaster Management “ Earthquake, Landslide and Tsunami, organized by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), New Delhi, India.
On 3rd March, 2007, at Jawharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad, on the topic “Recent developments in earthquake resistant design of retaining walls”, a keynote lecture during First Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (FIYGEC 2007), organized by JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, IGS Hyderabad Chapter, IGS Kakinada Chapter, India.
On 9th December, 2006, at Indian National Academy of Science building, on the topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.
On 22nd and 23rd November, 2006, at Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on the topics “Dynamic Soil Properties: Evaluations and Uses” and “Seismic Design of Retaining Structures under Passive Earth Pressure Condition”, organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Bhavnagar Chapter, Gujarat, India.
On 2nd October, 2006, at 4275 Boelter Hall, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, on the topic “Seismic design of retaining structures under passive earth pressure condition”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.Photo with Prof. Jonathan Stewart and Prof. Scott
On 8th September, 2006, at Indian National Academy of Engineering, on the topic “Design of retaining structures under earthquake conditions”, organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.
On 10th May, 2006, at 406 Davis Hall, University of California, Berkeley, USA, on the topic “Computation of seismic passive earth pressures on retaining structures”, organized by GeoEngineering Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. (a)Photo with Prof. Jonathan D Bray and Prof. Nicholas Sitar(b) Photo with Prof. Raymond B Seed(c) Photo with Prof. Michael Riemer
On 28th February, 2006, at The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, on the topic “Design and construction of earthquake resistant foundations for rural areas”, organized by ISCA on the occasion of National Science Day at Kolkata, India.
On 29th December, 2005, at Jawharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad, on the topic “Design of retaining structures under earthquake conditions”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, J.N.T.U. Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India.Photo with Prof. M. R.Madhav
On 7th December, 2005, at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, on the topic “Comparative study between pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods of retaining wall design under earthquake condition”, organized by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) during 42nd Annual Convention of IGU, Hyderabad, India.
On 1st June, 2005, at University of Sydney, Australia, on the topic “Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures and foundations”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.Photo with Prof. H. Poulos, Prof. J. Carter and Prof. J. Small
On 25th May, 2005, at University of Wollongong, Australia, on the topic “Some studies on retaining structures and foundations under seismic conditions”, organized by School of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.Photo with Prof. Buddhima Indraratna
On 14th April, 2005, at Indian National Science Academy, on the topic “Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures and foundations”, organized by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India.
On 5th January, 2005, at 92nd Indian Science Congress held at Ahmedabad during January 3 – 7, 2005, on the topic “Characterization of swelling soil for foundation design”, organized by The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India.
On 14th July, 2004, at National University of Singapore (NUS), on the topic “Geotechnical structures under seismic conditions”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, NUS, Singapore. Photo with Prof. C. F. Leung and Prof. Fwa
On 15th February, 2004, at IIT Madras, India, on the topic “Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures – An overview”, organized by IIT Madras, SERC Chennai, University of Karlsruhe, Germany and NPEEE.
On 24th December, 2003, at IISc Bangalore, India, on the topic “Design of retaining wall under seismic conditions”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
On 3rd March, 2003, at IIT Bombay, on the topic “Passive earth pressures and associated problems under seismic conditions”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, India.
On 28th Nov, 2002, at IIT Kanpur, on the topic “Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings”, for a short term course for QIP candidates organized by Prof. M.R.Madhav, IIT Kanpur, India.
On 27th July, 2002, at Jadavpur University, Calcutta on the topic “Seismic passive earth pressures”, organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Calcutta chapter.
On 2nd April, 2002, at IIT Kanpur, on the topic “Passive earth pressures and associated problems under seismic conditions”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
Sponsored Research Projects:
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Duration
Role
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India
2016 – 2019
As PI
SERC Fast Track project for Young Scientist, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi
2009 – 2012
As PI
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi
2007 – 2008
As PI
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Govt. of India
2006 – 2009
As PI
BRNS-DAE Young Scientist Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
2004 – 2007
As PI
IIT Bombay (Seed Grant), India
2003 – 2006
As PI
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India