International Scientific Committee Member of 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-III), Vancouver
International Scientific Committee Member of 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-III), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 16-19, 2017 organized by ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 203 - Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Website: http://www.pbdiiivancouver.com/committee_members.php?
Moderator and Session Coordinator/Chair of Session A08-Geohazards: Earthquake during Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, USA, August 14-18, 2016 organized by Geo-Institute (GI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. Website: http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ASCE/GeoChicago2016/Itinerary/ConferenceMatrixEventDetail.asp?id=19
Convener of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Joint Workshop of TC 207 and TC 212 on ‘Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction and Deep Foundations’ on December 16, 2015 at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Pune, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Pune Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Final Bulletin, List of Participants.
National Advisory Committee Member for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2015 ‘GIFT’) on Geotechnics for Infrastructure and Foundation Techniques, during December 17-19, 2015, at Pune, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society(IGS) Pune Chapter and IGS, New Delhi, India. (http://www.igc2015pune.in)
Scientific Committee Member for 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (6ICEGE – 2015) during November 2-4, 2015, at Christchurch, New Zealand, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), New Zealand Geotechnical Society and UC Quake Centre. (http://www.6icege.com)
International Advisory Committee Member for International Conference on Soft Ground Engineering (ICSGE2015) during December 3-4, 2015, at Singapore, organized by National University of Singapore and Geotechnical Society of Singapore.
Advisory Committee Member for The 3rd International Conference on the Flat Dilatometer (DMT’15) during June 14-16, 2015, at Rome, Italy, jointly organized by Technical Committee TC-102 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) in cooperation with L'Aquila University, Italy. (www.dmt15.com)
Technical Committee Member, Reviewer for Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, (DFI India 2014) during September 19 – 20, 2014, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), IIT Delhi and IGS Delhi Chapter. (http://www.dfi.org/india/) Also Keynote Speaker for 2nd technical session on 19th September, 2014.
International Advisory Committee Member for International Symposium on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE – 2013) during December 5 – 6, 2013, Singapore, jointly organized by Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS), and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). (http://www.isafe2013.sg)
Session Organizing Member as Secretary of ISSMGE TC 212 – Deep Foundations for Theme 4.2 ‘Foundations and Retaining Structures’ of The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18ICSMGE – 2013) during September 2 – 6, 2013, Paris, France, organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). (http://www.issmge2013.org)
International Advisory Committee Member for The International Conference on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories (PILE 2013), jointly organized by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Parahyangan Catholic University and Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanic (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, China under the auspices of Indonesian Geotechnical Society (HATTI) and International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE), June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. (http://pile2013.com)
Technical Committee Member, Reviewer for The 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations, (IS Kanazawa – 2012) during September 18 – 20, 2012, Kanazawa, Japan, jointly organized by Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and Kanazawa University. (http://is-kanazawa2012.jp)
International Scientific Committee Member, Second International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering during May 28 – 30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC 203, European Technical Committee ERTC-12 on Application of Eurocode 8 and Italian Geotechnical Society.
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Member, 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing (Grout2012) during February 15 – 18, 2012, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), USA. (www.grout2012.org)
Joint Organizing Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Conference – 2010, GEOtrendz (IGC-2010) during December 16 – 18, 2010, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay, India.
Organizing Committee Member, 3rd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS09) during December 1 – 5, 2009, jointly organized by Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM) and IIT Bombay, India. Also acted as a Chairman of a session during ICCMS09.
Advisory and Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009) during October 25 – 27, 2009, organized by Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Organizing Committee Member, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2008) during December 17 – 19, 2008, organized by jointly IGS Bangalore Chapter and IISc Bangalore, India.
Coordinator of Session No. 11, Technical Committee Memberand Reviewer for The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12IACMAG), October 1 - 6, 2008, Goa, India organized by IACMAG, USA. Also acted as a Co-Chairman of a session during 12IACMAG.
Reviewer for 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 14th ISSMGE Pan American Conference (2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference), October 2 - 6, 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada organized jointly by ISSMGE and Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canada.
Reviewer for 13th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (13IACMAG 2011), May 9-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia organized by IACMAG, USA.
Reviewer for International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2015), Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, with The International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), and Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA), March 17-21, 2015, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Reviewer for Geo-Shanghai International Conference – 2014, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering 2014, May 26-28, 2014, Shanghai, China.
Reviewer for Geo-Congress – 2014, Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, February 23-26, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for Geo-Congress – 2013, Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, March 3 – 6, 2013, San Diego, CA, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for Geo-Congress – 2012, Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, March 25 – 29, 2012, Oakland, CA, USA organized by GI-ASCE
Reviewer for GeoRisk – 2011, Conference of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, June 26 - 28, 2011, Atlanta, GA, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for GeoFrontiers – 2011, Annual Conference of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, March 13 - 16, 2011, Dallas, Texas, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for Sponsored Research Project Proposals of 2010-2011, 2011-2012 for SERC Division of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
Reviewer for UKIERI (Indo-UK joint) Sponsored Research Project Proposal of 2013 for University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India.
Reviewer for INSPIRE Student Award Program 2012 of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Reviewer for Sponsored Research Project Proposals of 2012 for The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Lisbon, Portugal.
Reviewer for GeoFlorida-2010, Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, February 20 - 24, 2010, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV (GEESD-2008), May 18 - 22, 2008, Sacramento, California, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Reviewer for The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment, Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE (GeoCongress-2008), March 9 - 12, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2004) during December 8 – 10, 2004, organized by IIT Bombay, India.
Reviewer for 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13WCEE), 1-6 August, 2004, Vancouver, Canada organized by IAEE.
Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2013) during December 22 – 24, 2013, organized by jointly IGS Roorkee Chapter, IIT Roorkee and CSIR-CBRI Roorkee, India.
Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2012) during December 13 – 15, 2012, organized by jointly IGS Delhi Chapter and IIT Delhi, India.
Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011) during December 15 – 17, 2011, organized by IGS Kochi Chapter, India.
Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2010) during December 16 – 18, 2010, organized by jointly IGS Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay, India.
Reviewer for NPTEL Phase-II web courses on “Ground Improvement”, “Advanced Geotechnical Engineering” and “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” developed by IIT Kanpur, India.
Reviewer of sponsored research proposals of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. Since 2015 to till date.
Examination of External Ph.D./M.tech. Thesis:
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Modelling of Influence of Matric Suction Induced by Native Vegetation on Sub-Soil Improvement” by Behzad Fatahi (Roll No. 2573544) of School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia in August, 2007.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Geotechnical Site Characterization and Liquefaction Evaluation using Intelligent Models” by Pijush Samui of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in March, 2008.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Static and Seismic Analyses of Reinforced Soil Walls considering Kinematics of Failure” by G. Venkata Narasimha Reddy of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kukatpallay, Hyderabad, India in October, 2008.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Optimum Design of Retaining Structures under Static and Seismic Loading: A Reliability Based Approach” by B. Munwar Basha of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in February, 2009.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Studies on Behaviour of Plain and Reinforced Stone Columns in Soft and Layered Soils” by M. R. Dheerendra Babu of Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka, India in July, 2011.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Seismic Hazard Analysis and Microzontaion Studies for Surat City and Surrounding Region” by Tejaskumar P. Thaker of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India in August, 2012.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of pile configuration on dynamic response of pile groups” by Ladhane Kiran Baburao of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India in September, 2012.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Determining Seismic Response of Mid-rise Building Frames Considering Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction” by Seyed Hamid Reza Tabatabaiefar (Roll No. 10893105) of Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Broadway, NSW, Australia in December, 2012.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of Particle Shape On The Mechanical Behaviour of Granular Media: Discrete Element Simulations” by Ms. Anitha Kumari S D of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in December, 2012.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of Fines Content on the Cyclic Response of Sandy Soil” by Maheshkumar G (USN: 1SI05PCM01) of Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, Karnataka, India in January, 2013.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Characterisation of Subsoil by Variability Modelling using Geostatistics and GIS” by Mr. Pritam Aitch of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in July, 2013.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Liquefaction and dynamic response analysis of some pond ashes located in seismic zone III and IV in India” by Ms. Supriya Mohanty (Roll No. 11203065) of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, UP, India in February, 2014.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Study of degraded engineering properties of ordinary and stabilized fly ash for use in road embankment and of the same on subsequent exposure to tannery waste water and also the effect of replacement of cement with fly ash for reducing expansion” by Mr. Sunanda Bhattacharjee of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Construction Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in September, 2014.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Numerical studies on dynamic behavior of reinforced soil retaining walls” by Mr. Arup Bhattacharjee (Roll No. 08610406) of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India in November, 2014.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Some studies on evaluation of undrained and drained parameters for cyclic response of clays” by Ms. Konsam Rambha Devi of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in January, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Some theoretical analysis and back prediction of parameters for design of a braced excavation in soft clay” by Mr. Kingshuk Dan of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in February, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “An elasto-plastic strain-based approach for analysing the behaviour of ballasted rail track” by Qideng Sun (Roll No. 4027498) of School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia in April, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “A numerical parametric study on vibration isolation using open and in-filled trenches” by Mr. Ankurjyoti Saikia of Department of Civil Engineering, Tezpur University, Assam, India in May, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Uncertainty in site characterization using surface wave technique” by Mr. Narayan Roy of Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India in June, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Instabilities and rate-dependency in mechanical behavior of sand” by Ms. Mousumi Mukherjee (Roll No. Y9103069) of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, UP, India in December, 2015.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Site specific seismic hazard analysis for Kolkata based on performance of R. C. buildings” by Mr. Amit Shiuly of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in April, 2016.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Experimental studies on transverse pullout response of inextensible and extensible reinforcements embedded in soil” by Mr. C. Hariprasad of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India in May, 2016.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Soil liquefaction hazard assessment along shoreline of peninsular Malaysia” by Huzaifa bin Hashim (KHA110047) of Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia in August, 2016.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “An experimental study on piled raft foundation system in sand” by Mr. Patil Jaymin Dattu (D12AM001) of Department of Applied Mechanics, SVNIT, Surat, India in October, 2016.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Characterization of Sand-Rubber Mixture and Numerical Analysis for Vibration Isolation” by Mr. D. R. Manohar of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in November, 2016.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Seismic soil-structure interaction of low to medium-rise buildings: Experiments and simulations” by Mr. Vivek B. (Roll No. 11103169) of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, UP, India in February, 2017.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Site response analysis and soil-structure interaction in high seismic region” by Mr. Sasanka Borah of Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781013, Assam, India in June, 2017.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Studies on lithomargic clay stabilized using granulated blast furnace slag and cement” by Mr. Darshan C. Sekhar (Roll No. 145022CV14F02) of Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangaluru, India in August, 2017.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Response of stone column-improved ground under various loading conditions” by Mr. Amit Kumar Das (Roll No. 10CE90R14) of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, WB, India in September, 2017.
Ph.D. thesis entitled “Some modified and hybrid global optimization techniques with applications” by Mr. Sukanta Nama (Roll No. 13ODMAR003) of Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala, Tripura, India in September, 2017.
M.Tech. dissertation by Suchibrata Dalal (Roll No. 062040102) of Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India in July, 2008.
M.Tech. dissertation by Paresh Mestri (Roll No. 062040312) of Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India in July, 2008.
M.S. (Research) thesis by Akhila Manne (Roll No. 201114555) of IIIT Hyderabad, India in February, 2013.
M.S. thesis entitled “Response of subway tunnels under blast loading” by Prasanna R of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India in June, 2015.
Miscellaneous Honorary Works:
Expert Member, of the Board of Research and Studies for North Maharashtra University (NMU), Jalgaon, India, nominated by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of NMU for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Model Question paper setter for the selection of Assistant Engineer at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Govt. of India for 2006.
Model Question paper setter for the selection of Executive Trainee Engineer at Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL), Govt. of India for 2008.
Nominated Expert Member of the Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee (DUPC) of Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Pune(COEP), India, since January 2009.
Model Question paper setter for Civil Engineering Discipline for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), Govt. of Maharashtra, May 2012.
Syllabus setter for Civil Engineering Discipline and Expert Member for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Govt. of India, since August 2012.
Mentor for INSPIRE Award Program for students, instituted by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. News Paper (Hitavada) Article, News Paper (Sakshi) Article, News Paper (EENADU) Article.
Selection Committee Member for INSPIRE Student Award Program of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, since September 2012.
Academic Expert Member, of the Subject Board of UG and PG Courses of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India, from October 2012 to December 2015.
Expert Member, of the Board of Courses and Studies (BOCS) for 4-year B.Tech. course of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India, nominated by the Director of ISM for March 12, 2013 to March 11, 2016.
Expert Review Committee Member for BRNS-DAE, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, Govt. of India to evaluate sponsored research project proposals (Civil Engineering) since July, 2013.
External Expert Examiner for Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat during “Research Weeks” in 2012, 2013, 2014.
Expert Reviewer for the UG Curriculum for B.Tech. degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, IIT Patna, India, November 2012.
Expert Reviewer for the PG Curriculum for M.Tech. degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, IIT Patna, India, January 2014.
Selection Committee Member of INAE-AICTE International Travel Grant Scheme of Indian National Academy of Engineering(INAE), New Delhi, India, since August 2014.
Review Committee Member for Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Patna, India for the review of IIT as per MHRD, Govt. of India directives, December 30-31, 2013.
Faculty Selection Committee Member for Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Patna, India, July 16-17, 2015; October 3, 2016; February 21-22, 2017.
Expert Member of National Board of Accreditation (NBA), to review PG - Geotechnical Engineering of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, Assam, India, September 18-20, 2015.
Academic Council Member, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India, since January 2016 to till date.
External Expert Member of Board of Studies (BoS) for PG program of Department of Civil Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management (RCOEM), Nagpur, India, from May 2016 to till date.
Faculty Selection Committee Member for Department of Civil Engineering, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India, May 20, 2016.
External Expert Member of Academic Audit Committee, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India, September 26, 2016.
External Expert Member of Academic Audit Committee, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management (RCOEM), Nagpur, India, October 1, 2016.
External Expert Member, Board of Senate for Faculty Selection for Department of Earthquake Engineering and for Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, since November, 2016.
Faculty Selection Committee Member for Department of Civil Engineering in School of Engineering, IIT Mandi, Kamand, India, November 25-26, 2016.
External Expert Member, Board of Assessment and Promotion for Scientists, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Recruitment & Assessment Centre (RAC), New Delhi, India, May 10, 2017.
Selection Committee Member for AERB Graduate Fellowship Scheme (AGFS) program at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, for admission of M.Tech. students as AGFS Fellows of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, Govt. of India. Since July 2017 to till date.
