NPTELPhase I, Web Course developed on “Foundation Engineering” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2004 – 2006. (See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ for details)
NPTELPhase II, Video Course developed on “Soil Dynamics” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2010 – 2012. (See http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/105101005/ for details) (freely available on YouTube since June 4, 2013)
NPTELPhase II, Video Course developed on “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2012 – 2013. (See http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/105101134/ for details) (freely available on YouTube since August 1, 2013)
IITB-Monash Research Academy sponsored research project leads to PhD on topic “Investigation of influence of scale effects on strength and failure modes of deep open cut slopes (project code IMURA0112)”, industry sponsored/funded by BHP Billiton (BHPB), Australia through IITB-Monash Research Academy during 2010 – 2013.
Major Consultancy/Industrial Projects:
Project offered by
Duration
Role
Samsung C & T, Seoul, Korea, on ‘Geotechnical design and analysis for various foundations and geotechnical structures as per Indian codal provisions’
Sept. – Dec. 2011 (Completed)
As PI
Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd. (EBTL), Essar Engineering and Service Div., Mumbai, India, on ‘Stability Analysis and Design Recommendations of Bulk Terminals for Coal Stack, Iron Stack and Railway Embankment in Beira, Mozambique’
Nov. 2011 – March 2012 (Completed)
As PI
Lodha Group of Companies, Mumbai, India, on ‘Design Verification and Expert Opinion on Stability of Graviloft Retaining Walls’
Feb. 2013 – April 2013 (Completed)
As PI
Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd., Lucknow, India, on ‘Seismic Liquefaction Studies and Design Recommendations for Foundations of Multi-storied Residential Building Complex in Lucknow’
May 2013 – July 2013 (Completed)
As PI
MCGM, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai, India, on ‘Geotechnical Feasibility Study of 65m Deep Underground Tunnel in Powai-Ghatkopar Drive of MCGM’
May 2014 – September 2014 (Completed)
As PI
Chemie Tech. Ltd. (for SKA and British Petroleum, UK) on ‘Seismic Design and Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction (DSSI) Analysis for Pile Foundations for Oil Tanks in Iraq’
May 2014 – October 2014 (Completed)
As PI
MCGM, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai, India, on ‘Expert advise on cavity for laying sewer pipe lines with micro-tunneling in Mumbai’
July 2014 – January 2015 (Completed)
As PI
Reliance Industries Ltd. On ‘Expert advise on Geotechnical Design of Foundations for Dhirubhai Ambani International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DAICEC), BKC, Mumbai’
Feb 2015 – September 2015 (Completed)
As PI
Toyo Engineering India Ltd., Mumbai, India, on ‘Expert advise on water ingress and settlement observed during construction of sea water intake pit at LNG terminal at Mundra port, Gujarat’
August 2015 – September 2015 (Completed)
As PI
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India on ‘Expert advise on Review and validation of combined pile-raft foundation (CPRF) analysis and design for storage shed for bulk materials in Taiwan’
December 2015 – March 2016 (Completed)
As PI
Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd., Govt. of Bihar, Patna, India on ‘Expert Opinion on the Safe Bearing Capacity of the soil below the foundation level of Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat Ganga Bridge Project in the State of Bihar’
June 2016 – July 2016 (Completed)
As PI
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), Mumbai, India, on ‘Peer review of analysis methodology and design of combined pile-raft foundation system for nuclear building of GHAVP-1&2 including parallel analysis considering soil-structure interaction’
December 2015 – December 2016 (Part-I completed) and till date (Part-II ongoing)
As PI
Institute of Railway Technology, Monash University, Australia on ‘Setting up SRESTHA for Indian Railways’
April 2017 – till date
As Co-PI
NCC Ltd. Hyderabad, India on ‘Design of canal sections along Kuchchh Bracnh Canal Package-I from Ch. 82.3 km to Ch. 112.5 km’
2011 – 2012 (Completed)
As Co-PI
Frischmann Prabhu (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India on ‘Dynamic Analysis of Kachchh branch Canal Sections Ch. 134-187 km
2011 – 2013 (Completed)
As Co-PI
B.A.R.C., Mumbai, Govt. of India on ‘Conducting scaled ground motion tests’
2006 – 2009 (Completed)
As Co-PI
Fellow/Membership/Committee Affiliations of Professional Organizations:
Fellow of International Congress of Disaster Management (F ICDM), INDIA. since 2008 to till date (Certificate)
Life Fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), LF-0509, New Delhi, INDIA. since Jan 2014 to till date.
Life Fellow of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (FISET), LF-54, Roorkee, INDIA. since August 2015 to till date. (Certificate)
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (M ASCE), Reston, VA 20191, USA. (Certificate)
Member of Technical Committee on ‘Unsaturated Soils’ of Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (GI-ASCE), USA. (List) (Website)
Member of Technical Committee on ‘Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics’ of Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (GI-ASCE), USA.
Member of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (MISSMGE), IND090038, U.K.
Secretary of Technical Committee on Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls (TC-207) of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (ISSMGE), U.K. Since 2014 to till date.
Secretary of Technical Committee on Deep Foundations (TC-212) of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (ISSMGE), U.K. Since 2009 to till date.
Member of Technical Committee on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (TC-203) of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (ISSMGE), U.K. Since 2009 to till date.
E-Affiliate Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (M EERI), EERI ID #13789, CA, USA.
Member of The National Academy of Sciences, India (M.N.A.Sc.), INDIA. (Certificate) (Website)
Member of The Institution of Engineers, India (MIE), M-135979-1, INDIA. (Certificate)
Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (MIGS), LM-1889, New Delhi, INDIA. (Certificate) From 2001 to 2013.
National Executive Committee (EC) Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, INDIA during 2013-2014, 2015-2016. (see www.igs.org.in)
Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Mumbai Chapter (IGSMC), M-1139, Mumbai, INDIA.
Life Member of The Indian Society for Technical Education (M ISTE), LM 58223, INDIA. (Certificate) (Card)
Member of Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (MGEER), Berkeley, CA, USA.
Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (MISCA), Reg. L-10741, Card. 10578, INDIA.
Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (MISET), LM 1202, Roorkee, INDIA. (Certificate)
National Executive Committee (EC) Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), Roorkee, INDIA during 2015-2016.
Life Member of Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (M IndACM), INDIA.
Life Member of Society of Civil Engineers, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, INDIA.
Associate Editor of Journals: (i) International Journal of Geomechanics (ISSN: 1532-3641 eISSN: 1943-5622, Impact Factor: 1.387/2016), published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, USA. Since July 2017 to till date (http://ascelibrary.org/page/ijgnai/editorialboard)
(ii) INAE Letters (ISSN: 2366-326X), Springer, an official journal of the Indian National Academy of Engineering(INAE), New Delhi, India. Since starting of the journal in 2016 to till date (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/41403?detailsPage=editorialBoard)
(iii) Indian Geotechnical Journal (ISSN: 0971-9555), Springer, an official journal of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India. Since January 2017 to till date (http://www.springer.com/engineering/civil+engineering/journal/40098/PSE?detailsPage=editorialBoard), (www.editorialmanager.com/igtj/)
(iv) Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A – Civil, Architectural, Environmental and Agricultural Engineering (ISSN: 2250-2149), Springer, an official journal of The Institution of Engineers (India)(IEI), Kolkata, India. Since May 2017 to till date (http://www.springer.com/engineering/civil+engineering/journal/40030/PSE?detailsPage=editorialBoard)
Editorial Board Member of Journals / Bulletin: (i) ‘Canadian Geotechnical Journal’ (ISSN: 0008-3674 (Print), ISSN: 1208-6010 (Online), Impact Factor: 1.332/2014), published by NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. Since January 2016 to till date. (Plaque)
(ii) ‘Geotechnical and Geological Engineering – An International Journal’ (ISSN: 0960-3182), Springer, USA. Since January 2017 to till date. (http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/engineering+geology/journal/10706/PSE?detailsPage=editorialBoard)
(iii) ‘Geomechanics and Engineering’ (ISSN: 2005-307X), Techno-Press, Korea. Since January 2016 to till date. (http://www.techno-press.org/?journal=gae&subpage=7#)
(iv) International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (ISSN: 2199-9279), Springer, Australia. Since 2015 to till date (http://www.springer.com/engineering/civil+engineering/journal/40891) and (https://www.editorialmanager.com/IGGE/)
(v) Journal ‘Disaster Advances’ (ISSN: 0974-262X, Impact Factor: 2.272/2012), India. Since 2008 to till date (www.managein.org/disas/main_disas.htm)
(vi) International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering(IJGEE) (ISSN: 1947-8488) (Semi-Annually Journal), IGI publishing. Since 2008 to till date (www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?ID=33375)
(vii) ‘International Journal of Geomechanics’ (ISSN: 1532-3641 eISSN: 1943-5622, Impact Factor: 1.387/2016), published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, USA. Since 2015 to June 2017 (http://ascelibrary.org/page/ijgnai/editorialboard)
(viii) Indian Geotechnical Journal (ISSN: 0046-8983) (Quarterly Journal), published by Springer in association with Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi, India. from 2012 to 2016 (www.editorialmanager.com/igtj/)
(ix) Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering(EJGE) (ISSN: 1089-3032) USA. Since 2011 to till date (www.ejge.com/EdBoard.htm)
(x) Journal of Civil Engineering and Science (JCES)(ISSN: 2227-4634) USA. From 2013 to 2017 (www.ij-ces.org/editorialBoard.aspx)
(xi) Journal Dataset Papers in Geosciences (ISSN: 2314-5323) USA. Since 2013 to till date (www.datasets.com/34613726/)
(xii) ISRN Civil Engineering Journal (ISSN: 2090-5114) USA. Since 2013 to till date (www.isrn.com/34613726/)
(xiii) The Scientific World Journal, Civil Engineering, published by Hindwai Publishing Company. Since 2013 to till date.
(xiv) Editorial Board Member and Regional Editor (Asia) of ‘ISSMGE Bulletin’ (Quarterly Newsletter), published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), London, U.K. (from 2009 to 2015) (Announcement) (www.issmge.org)
(xv) ‘Managing/Handling Editor’ for June 2009 issue (Volume 3, Issue 2), December 2010 issue (Volume 4, Issue 4), February 2012 issue (Volume 6, Issue 1), June 2012 issue (Volume 6, Issue 3) and April 2014 issue (Volume 8, Issue 2) of ‘ISSMGE Bulletin’, published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), London, U.K. (Bulletin issue 1) (Bulletin issue 2) (Bulletin issue 3) (Bulletin issue 4)
(xvi) ‘Guest Editor’ for a Special Issue on “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering – Recent Developments”published in Volume 2, Issue 3 (pp. 515 – 572) of ‘American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (AJEAS)’ (ISSN: 1941-7020), Science Publications, USA. (www.scipub.us)
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(xvii) ‘Guest Editor’ for a Special Issue (Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2013) hosted by ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 212 – Deep Foundations for September 2013 issue of ‘International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH)’ (ISSN: 1790-2045), published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), UK. (http://casehistories.geoengineer.org)
Member of Code Committee/Expert Reviewer of Code:
Geo-Coalition Code Committee Member of International Building Code(IBC), USA,IBC Section 1803 – Foundations, since 2013. (List of all members of IBC Section 1803)
Expert Reviewer of Code, IRC 75: “Guidelines for the design of high embankments”, published by Indian Road Congress (IRC), New Delhi, India, by IRC Technical Committee H-4, since 2013.
Reviewer of Journals:
Geotechnique, published by Thomas Telford, ICE, London, UK.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, published by NRC, Canada.
Scientia Iranica, Transaction A on Civil Engineering, published by International Journal of Science and Society, Iran.
Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), published by Worldwide Web of Geotechnical Engineers, USA.
Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, published by ASTM, USA.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, published by Springer, The Netherlands.
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, published by Springer, UAE.
Journal of Earth System Sciences, published by Springer, India.
Sadhana, Journal of Engineering Sciences, published by Springer, India.
Current Science, India.
Journal of Institute of Engineers, India.
Indian Geotechnical Journal, published by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), India.
ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, published by Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, India.
Indian Journal of Engineering & Material Sciences, published by NISCAIR, India.
Bridge and Structural Engineer, published quarterly by Indian National Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, India.
Organizer / Organizing Committee Member / Chair / Reviewer of Major Conferences / Projects:
Convener, 2nd Korea-India Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Challenges for Megacities’ on 21st September, 2017 at COEX Convention Centre, Seoul, South Korea, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS). Brochure, Website, Schedule.
Organizing Secretary of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on ‘Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues’ on September 23-24, 2016 at Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre, Powai, Mumbai 400087, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Mumbai Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). First Bulletin. Photos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7fNSF5aa1WEUWQxUXBpNjY2Uk0
