ASHISH JUNEJA

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076

Tel: 22-2576 7327; 9820 301 079 Fax: 22-2576 7302 Email: ajuneja@iitb.ac.in

Research interests: Tunnelling and underground space, Soil dynamics, Cemented soils; and Deep foundations.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering (2002) from National University of Singapore, Singapore M.Tech. in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (1996) from IIT Delhi, New Delhi B.E. in Civil Engineering (1993) from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), Roorkee

Experience

2016 onwards: Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2011 to 2016:

Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2005 to 2010:

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2004 to 2005:

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Geotechnical Consulting Group, Emperors Gate, London

 

(Secondment from Ashdown SI P Ltd.)

2003 to 2004:

Research Assistant, School of Engg. and Mathematical Sciences, City University, London

1999 to 2002:

Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

1996 to 98 and

 

1993 to 95:

Geotechnical Engineer, Geotest Consultants India, New Delhi

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R&D Projects (as PI) worth over Rs. 2.5 Cr.

1.Geotechnical and geological issues in Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project. Agency: National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (2 years)

2.Geotechnical study of slope stability, rock fall and embankment settlement at Karjat-Lonavala section of Mumbai Division. Agency: Central Railway. (2 years)

3.Numerical analysis of dynamic response of tunnels and underground storage facilities due to earthquake loads. Agency: Board of Research in Nuclear Science. (4 years)

4.Evaluation of dynamic properties of soils from Mumbai for seismic hazard assessment: a pilot study.

Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences. (4 years)

5.Financial assistance for organising 2015 Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Symposium on Finite Element

Methods YGESFEM. Agency: Department of Science & Technology.

6.Rehabilitation of Nivsar Station. Agency: Konkan Railways Corp. Ltd. (2 years).

7.Influences on stress and movements of urban tunnels from earthquake loading. Agency: Department of Science & Technology and National Science Council Taiwan. (3 years).

8.Experimental and theoretical investigation of power required on rotor shaft of project CMF-72. Agency: Defence Research & Development Organisation. (3 years).

9.Financial assistance for organising International Workshop. Agency: Department of Science & Technology.

10.Evaluation of dredged material at PLM Pipavav Port. Agency: Port Louis Maritime Corp. Ltd. (2 years).

Postgraduate Thesis Supervision

PhD Supervision (as PI). Thesis title, Name of Scholar, year completed.

1.A constitutive framework for black cotton soil treated with calcium carbide residue using triaxial test data, Dr. Shrikant Shinde, 2019.

2.A numerical study on damage assessment due to a single blasthole and sequential construction of a tunnel in basalt rock, Dr. Partha Pinaki, 2019.

3.A simple pore pressure accumulation function for loose sands and silts subjected to cyclic loading and their post-cyclic monotonic strength, Dr. Mohammed Aslam A.K., 2018.

4.A laboratory investigation into the consolidation of a double porosity clay, Dr. Anurag S. Chafale, 2018.

5.Engineering properties of vesicular basalt and its characterisation using piezoceramic bender elements, Dr. Mahesh Endait, 2016.

6.Effect on cyclic response and liquefaction resistance due to desaturation of sand, Dr. Raghunandan M.E., 2011.

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7.Experimental study of the influence of smear zone around sand compaction pile on the mechanical response of the composite soil, Dr. B.A. Mir, 2010.

8.Centrifuge model study of the interaction effects and load sharing ratios for piled raft foundations in sands, Rajinder Bisht, pre-synopsis.

9.Comparison of static and cyclic behaviour of dry pluviated and moist tamped sand samples using triaxial and simple shear tests, Sayantan Chakraborty, on-going.

10.Liquefaction potential of MICP improved loose sands under cyclic triaxial shear, Aishwarya T., on-going.

11.Dynamic response of tunnels and underground storage facilities subjected to seismic loading, Kota Vijay Kiran, on-going.

12.Study on pull-out resistance of soil nails in lateritic soils, Ruchita Shashikant Salvi, on-going.

13.Soil erosion induced by defective buried pipes, Dave Margi Manishkumar, on-going.

MTech Supervision (as PI). Thesis title, Name of Scholar, year completed.

1.Numerical modelling of double porosity clays: choice of appropriate constitutive relations, Lovinder Singh Mann, 2021.

2.Finite element analysis of axially loaded disconnected piled raft with a granular cushion layer, Rohan Dey, 2020.

3.Finite element analysis of monopile foundation subjected to controlled lateral displacement, Jasmine Lokesh, 2020.

4.Relationship between shear strength, shear viscosity and liquidity index of a clay, Sayali R. Belawadikar, 2019 (Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sangli)

5.Effect of cement hydration on insitu moisture content and pullout capacity of grouted soil nail, Avishek Ghosh, 2018.

6.Shear strength of soils subjected to impact loading, Sanchay Kulkarni, 2016 (SVNIT, Surat)

7.Residual soil slopes subjected to variation in water content, Endalkachew Mergia Anbese, 2015.

8.New procedure to manufacture volcanized latex used in routine soil testing laboratories, Gunnu Jayasai Krishna, 2015.

9.Shear viscosity of clays, Jiji Krishnan T. U, 2015 (SVNIT, Surat)

10.Measurement of soil deformation using imaging technique, Shimna Manoharan, 2014.

11.Determination of surface wave velocity due to high speed trains using finite element methods, Hrudya.C.Sekhar, 2014.

12.Analysis of piled raft foundations, Akanksha Tyagi, 2013.

13.Embankment failure in residual soils at Nivar, Ratnagiri, western coast of India, Deblina Chatterjee, 2012.

14.Behaviour of free headed piles subjected to tunnelling induced ground movement in sand, Roshan N.S., 2010.

15.Centrifuge modelling of ground deformation due to tunnelling under vertical and horizontal reinforcement, Amarnath Hegde, 2009.

16.Centrifuge modelling of ground loss due to circular tunnel deformation in sands, Subhra Dutta, 2008.

Publications:

Journal

1.Juneja, A. and Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. (2020). "Post-cyclic undrained response of sand and silt", Soil Dyanamics and Earthquake Engineering, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106138

2.Bisht, R.S. and Juneja, A. (2020). "Load sharing ratios and interaction effects for piled raft foundations in sands", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, under re-review.

3.Juneja, A. and Bisht, R.S. (2020). “A new subtraction-type miniature cone penetrometer”, Indian

Geotechnical Journal, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-019-00392-4.

4.Juneja, A. and Shinde S.T. (2020). "Undrained yielding of black cotton soil treated with calcium carbide residue", Indian Geotechnical Journal, DOI 10.1007/s40098-019-00380-8.

5.Juneja, A. and Pinaki, P. (2019). "A numerical study on extent of crushed zone around blasthole in basalt rock", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 37(3), 1283-1296.

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6.Juneja, A. and Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. (2019). "Application of a cyclic degradation model for pore pressure accumulation in loose sands and silts subjected to dynamic loading", Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, DOI: 10.1142/S1793431118500148.

7.Juneja, A and Chafale, A.S. (2019). "Consolidation behaviour of a double porosity clay using flexible wall permeameter", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Ground Improvement, 172(3), 179-191.

8.Juneja, A. and Chafale, A.S. (2018). "Influence of destructuration by swelling and disintegration on consolidation of clay lumps", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2018.1492219.

9.Juneja, A. and Endait, M. (2017). “Laboratory measurement of elastic waves in Basalt rock”, Measurement,

103, 217-226.

10.Juneja, A. (2016). “Flail technology in demining”, Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, 20(2),

54-62.

11.Endait, M. and Juneja, A. (2014). “New correlations between uniaxial compressive strength and point load strength of Basalt”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 9(4), 348-353.

12.Mir, B.A. and Juneja, A. (2016). “Model studies on shear behaviour of reinforced constituted clay”,

International Journal of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering, 10 (1), 87-94.

13.Mir, B.A and Juneja, A. (2014). “Model studies on SCP reinforced reconstituted kaolin clay”, International

Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering, 1(3), 27-31.

14.Endait, M. and Juneja, A. (2014). “New correlations between uniaxial compressive strength and point load strength of Basalt”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 9(4), 348-353.

15.Mir, B.A. and Juneja, A. (2014). “Permeability and consolidation behaviour of composite ground reinforced with sand columns”, International Journal of GEOMATE, 6(2), 832-839.

16.Juneja, A., Chatterjee, D. and Kumar, R. (2013). “Embankment failure in residual soils at Nivsar, Ratnagiri”,

International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, 2(3), 229-251. This research work was awarded 2014 IIT Bombay Industrial Impact Award.

17.Juneja, A., Mir, B.A. and Roshan, N.S. (2012). “Effect of smear zone around SCP improved composite samples tested in the laboratory”, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE. 13(1), 16-25.

18.Raghunandan, M.E., Juneja, A. and Benson-Hsiung, B. C. (2012). “Preparation of reconstituted sand samples in the laboratory”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 6(1), 125-131.

19.Juneja, A. and Mir, B.A. (2012). “Behaviour of clay reinforced by sand compaction pile with smear”, ICE

Ground Improvement, 165(2), 111-124.

20.Raghunandan, M.E. and Juneja, A. (2011). “A Study on the Liquefaction Resistance and Dynamic Properties of De-Saturated Sand”, Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 16 (Bund A), 109-123.

21.Juneja, A., Mir, B.A. and Parihar, A. (2011). “Effects of sand compaction pile installation in model clay beds”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 5(2), 199-209.

22.Juneja, A. and Mir, B.A. (2010). “Behaviour of marine clays containing seashell fragments under undrained triaxial loading”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 4(4), 557-563.

23.Juneja, A., Hegde, A., Yeo, C.H. and Lee, F.H. (2010). “Centrifuge modelling of tunnel face reinforcement using forepoling”, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 25(4), 377-381.

24.Juneja, A. and Dutta, S. (2009). “Modelling of tunnel deformation in sands using the geo-centrifuge”, Indian

Geotechnical Journal 40(3), 167-173.

25.Lee, F.H., Juneja, A. and Tan T.S (2004). “Stress and pore pressure changes due to sand compaction pile installation in soft clay”, Geotechnique 54(1), 1-16.

26.Datta M., Juneja, A. and Vats, D.K. (1997). “Permeability of Amended Soil Liners for Landfills”, Indian

Geotechnical Journal 27(2), 162-174.

ASCE GSP

1.Shinde, S,T. and Juneja, A. (2016). “Engineering behaviour of soils in electrolyte solutions”, Sustainable Geo-environmental Systems, Geotechnical Special Publication ASCE 271, 959-968.

2.Chafale, A. and Juneja, A. (2015). “A laboratory study on dredged lumpy clay subjected to a freezing- thawing cycle”, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication 2(6), 288-291.

3.Juneja, A. and Mohammed-Aslam, A.K (2015). “Strain accumulation in soils due to repeated sinusoidal loading”, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication 2(24), 903-906.

4.Juneja, A. and Raghunandan, M.E. (2011). “Effect on cyclic response and liquefaction resistance due to de- saturation of sand”, Geotechnical Testing and Site Characterisation, Geotechnical Special Publication

ASCE 211, 2594-2604.

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5.Juneja, A. (2009), “Centrifuge modelling of penetration of partially plugged pile in soft clay”, In-situ Testing, Analysis, and Reliability of Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication ASCE 186, 246-253.

Conference

1.Endait, M. and Juneja, A. (2016), “Fabrication of piezoceramic transducers to measure very small strain stiffness in weak rocks”, Proceedings of the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA

Conference, Kuala Lumpur, (in CD).

2.Endait, M. and Juneja, A. (2015), “Influence of the size of the slot on the measurement of shear wave velocity of rock cores using bender elements”, Proceedings of the Young Geotechnical Engineers'

Symposium on Finite Element Methods, Mumbai (in CD).

3.Endait, M. and Juneja, A. (2015). “New correlations between shear wave and primary wave velocity of Basalt using simple laboratory tests”, Proceedings of the 6th International Geotechnical Symposium on

Disaster Mitigation in Special Geo-environmental Condition, (Robinson ed.), Chennai, 333-340, (in CD).

4.Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. and Juneja, A. (2015). “A simplified soil degradation model using the Cam Clay family of models”, Proceedings of the Young Geotechnical Engineers' Symposium on Finite Element

Methods, Mumbai (in CD).

5.Pinaki, P. and Juneja, A. (2015). “Effect of the shape of charge on borehole blasting, Proceedings of the Young Geotechnical Engineers' Symposium on Finite Element Methods, Mumbai (in CD).

6.Pinaki, P. and Juneja, A. (2015). “Study on the response of tunnel liners due to earthquake loading”,

Proceedings of the Young Geotechnical Engineers' Symposium on Finite Element Methods, Mumbai (in CD).

7.Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. and Juneja, A. (2014). “Shear strength of soils subjected to thousands of cyclic loadings”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Ramu ed.), Kakinada, 597-600, (in CD).

8.Shinde, S.T. and Juneja, A. (2014)."Consistency and geochemistry of salt affected soils.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kakinada, (Ramu ed.), 1355-1361, (in CD).

9.Juneja, A. (2013). “Rehabilitation of Nivsar yard”, Proceedings of the 18th Southeast Asian Geotechnical

Conference, Singapore (Leung, Goh and Shen eds.), Research Publishing, 549-554.

10.Juneja, A. and Bisht, R. S. (2013). “Design and development of new load cell”, Proceedings of the Indian

Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 1430-1436, (in CD).

11.Juneja, A. and Chafale, A. (2013). “Volume change behaviour of lumpy clay fill”, Proceedings of the Indian

Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 256-261, (in CD).

12.Juneja, A. and Endait, M. (2013). “Advances in small strain measurement using bender elements”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 85-93, (in CD).

13.Juneja, A. and Hrudya, C. S. (2013). “Modelling of railway track subjected to high-speed train loading”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 1365-1371, (in CD).

14.Juneja, A. and Shimna, M. (2013). “Soil deformation in kaolin clay using PIV”, Proceedings of the Indian

Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 515-521, (in CD).

15.Juneja, A., Tyagi, A. and Bisht, R. S. (2013). “Load Sharing in piled rafts”, Proceedings of the Indian

Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, (Singh ed.), 460-469, (in CD).

16.Mir, B.A. and Juneja, A. (2012). “Permeability and consolidation characteristics of reconstituted kaolin clay”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 151-154.

17.Chafale, A. Palle, R.R. and Juneja, A. (2012). “Consolidation of double porosity clays”, Proceedings of the

Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 187-190.

18.Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. and Juneja, A. (2012). “Shear strength of soils subjected to reloading”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 227-230.

19.Sruthi, M. and Juneja. A. (2012). “Effect of sample preparation on mechanical response of soil”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 448-451.

20.Pinaki, P. and Juneja, A. (2012). “Study on the response of tunnel liners due to dynamic loading”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 492-495.

21.Tyagi, A. and Juneja, A. (2012). “Effectiveness of central pile support in piled rafts”, Proceedings of the

Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Chitra ed.), New Delhi, 544-547.

22.Mohammed-Aslam, A.K. and Juneja, A. (2011). “A new device to measure the flow rate during centrifuge tests”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Abraham ed.), Kochi, Vol. 1, 124-127.

23.Juneja, A., Raghunandan, M.E. and Chatterjee, D. (2011). “Post-cyclic shear strength of sands”,

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, (Abraham ed.), Kochi, Vol. 1, 97-100.

24.Juneja, A. and Raghunandan, M.E. (2011). “Cyclic response and liquefaction resistance due to de-saturation of sand”, Proceedings of the 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical

Engineering, (Wong ed.), Hong Kong, on CD.

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25.Juneja, A. and Roshan, N.S. (2010). “Study on tunnelling induced ground deformation in reinforced soils”,

International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Zurich (Springman, Laue and Seward eds.), Taylor and Francis Group, 555-560.

26.Yeo, C.H., Hegde, A., Lee, F.H. and Juneja, A. (2010). “Centrifuge modelling of steel pipe umbrella arch in clay”, International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Zurich (Springman, Laue and

Seward eds.), 611-616.

27.Roshan, N.S., Aggarwal, N. and Juneja, A. (2010). “Experimental study on tunnelling induced ground deformation in reinforced soil”, 17th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Taipei (Li and Lin eds.), Vol. 1, 223-226.

28.Raghunandan, M.E. and Juneja, A. (2010). “Site Specific Ground Response Analysis: An Example of Test Area in Mumbai”, 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, New Delhi.

29.Mir, B.A. and Juneja, A. (2010). “Some mechanical properties of reconstituted kaolin clays”, 17th

Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Taipei (Li and Lin eds.), Vol. 1, 145-148.

30.Juneja, A. and Raghunandan, M.E. (2010). “Effect of sample preparation on strength of sands”, Indian

Geotechnical Conference, Mumbai

31.Mir, B.A. and Juneja, A. (2010). “Strength behaviour of composite ground reinforced with sand columns”,

Indian Geotechnical Conference, Mumbai.

32.Juneja, A. and Mir, B.A. (2009). “Effect of smear on load capacity of sand compaction piles”, International symposium on ground improvement technologies and case histories, Singapore (Leung et al. eds.), 509-514.

33.Juneja, A. and Hedge, A. (2009). “Use of vertical reinforcement to reduce ground movement due to tunnelling”, 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering”, Alexandria

(Hamza et al. eds.), Vol. 1, 413-416.

34.Juneja, A. and Raghunandan, M.E. (2008). “Comparison of methods of sample preparation for triaxial tests on sands”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore, Vol. 2, 14-17.

35.Juneja A. and Dutta, S. (2008). “Ground loss due to circular tunnel deformation in sands”, Proceedings of the 12th International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Goa, (Singh ed.), 4009-4015.

36.Juneja A. (2007). “Study on the effects of sand compaction pile installation using the centrifuge”,

Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering in the new millennium: opportunities and challenges, Kolkata, Vol. 3, 1545-1553. Juneja A. (2007). “Engineering properties of soft marine clays at Visakhapatnam Port”, Proceedings of the 13th Asian Regional Conference, Kolkata, (Som ed.), Vol. 1, 58- 61.

37.Juneja, A. (2004). “Centrifuge model studies on the stress strain behaviour of sands behind buried mass concrete block”, Proceedings of the Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium, Birmingham.

38.Lee, F.H., Juneja, A., Tan, T.S., Yong, K.Y. and Ng. Y.W. (2002). “Excess pore pressure due to sand compaction pile installation in soft clay”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Physical

Modelling in Geotechnics, Balkema Rotterdam, 955-960.

39.Lee, F.H., Juneja, A., Tan, T.S., and Desari, G.R. (2002). “Performance of total stress cells in model experiments in soft clays”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Physical Modelling in

Geotechnics, Balkema Rotterdam, 101-106.

Books

1.Juneja, A. (1998). “Soil Testing Manual”, published by NCBM Ballabhgarh, Training course of PWD TN Engineers.

2.Datta, M. and Juneja, A. (1997). “Landfill Liners: Compacted Clays and Amended Soils”, Waste Disposal in Engineered Landfills, Chapter 8, Nasosa Publishing House, New Delhi.

Awards:

SP Sukhatme Excellence in Teaching, IIT Bombay (Teachers' Day, 2016).

Excellence in Teaching, IIT Bombay (Teachers' Day 2012).

Teaching Experience (6 theory and 3 lab courses)

Theory courses: CE303: Soil Mechanics I; CE304: Soil Mechanics II; CE444: Advanced Geotechnical

Analysis; CE631: Soil Engineering I; CE632: Ground Improvement; CE648: Finite Element Methods in

Geotechnical Engineering; CE702: Geotechnical constitutive models.

In 2008 and 2009, lectures of CE304 and CE303 were transmitted live through ISRO's satellite to remote centres and Engineering colleges across India.

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Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE) LIVE video classes on “Geotechnical Analysis” for Tier 2, 3 Engineering college students through NKN. Sponsored by MHRD, Government of India (2015, 2016).

Practical courses:

CE319: Soil Mechanics Lab I, CE314: Soil Mechanics Lab II, CE643: Experimental Geotechnics.

Workshops/ Courses Organised:

1.Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Symposium on Finite Element Method YGESFEM (May 17-18, 2015). Over 100 participants from India, Kazakhstan, Nepal and Singapore attended this symposium.

2.Plaxis Users’ Meet at IIT Bombay (May 19, 2015). Over 80 participants from the industry and the academia attended this workshop.

3.Five-days CEP/QIP course on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering. (May 11-15, 2015)

4.International Workshop ATC-18 on Mega Foundations: Recent Advances on large and deep foundations (September 16, 2010).

5.Five-days CEP/QIP course on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (April 12 to 16, 2010)

6.Half-day workshop on Plaxis FE programming at IIT Bombay (April 2008).

7.One-day workshop under NCBM-UNDP exchange programme on Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Soil Testing at New Delhi (February 2006). Provided training to over 25 engineers from Afghanistan.

8.Five-day workshop on Advanced laboratory testing of soils for PWD TN Engineers (August 1998).

Paper Reviewer:

Journals:

Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM; Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE; Ground Improvement, ICE; Soils and Foundations, JGS; Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC Research Press; Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer Science; International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences; Geomechanics and Engineering, an International Journal; HKIE Transactions; Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer; Journal of Civil Engineering, Institution of Engineers (India); Current Science.

Conferences:

Geo-Chicago 2016; Southeast Asian Geotechnical cum inaugural AGSSEA Conference 2013, Singapore; World Tunnel Congress 2012, Bangkok; ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress 2011, Sarawak; Indian Geotechnical Conferences, 2010 Mumbai, 2011 Kochi, 2013 Roorkee; International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010 Zurich, 2014 Perth; International Symposium on Ground Improvement Technologies and Case Histories 2009, Singapore; International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo 09, Geo-Institute of ASCE 2009, Orlando; 12th International Association for Computers Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008, Goa.

Invited Speaker:

1.Geotechnical surprises along the two epic railway journeys in western ghats, On-line webinar, May 2020.

2.Modelling of geotechnical construction processes on the centrifuge: a few examples, On-line webinar, June 2020.

3.Strain Accumulation in Soils due to Repeated Loading, On-line webinar, September 2020.

4.Site investigation from an academician’s point of view, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, August 2016.

5.An overview of methods of SCP installation in the laboratory during the 2nd Japan-India workshop on Geotechnics for resilient infrastructure, Fukuoka, November 2015.

6.Numerical modelling of marine clays containing seashells, PLAXIS Users’ Meet, Mumbai, May 2015.

7.Input parameters for material properties in FEA, CEP/QIP short-term course on Finite element methods with applications in Civil Engineering, Mumbai, April 2015.

8.Slope failure triggered by rainfall near west coast of India, ATC workshop on Geotechnical mitigation and adaptation to climate change induced geo-disasters in Asia and the Pacific, Saga, October 2014.

9.Cam clay family of soil models, CEP/QIP short-term course on Finite element methods with applications in Civil Engineering, Mumbai, May 2014.

10.Application of soil constitutive models in finite element analysis, CEP/QIP short-term course on Finite element methods with applications in Civil Engineering, Mumbai, July 2013.

11.Centrifuge modelling of tunnelling induced ground deformation, Young Indian Geotechnical Engineer's Conference at IIT Madras, Chennai, May 2013.

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12.Embankment failure in residual soils of western coast of India, Symposium on Geotechnical Practices, JNTU Hyderabad, November 2012.

13.Liquefaction and cyclic mobility of sands injected with air bubbles, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, May 2012.

14.Features of landfill closure construction and Air intrusion in soil environment, CSIR Workshop on Emerging Trends in Geo-environmental Engineering at IPS Academy, Indore, March 2012.

15.Finite element analysis in geotechnical engineering, QIP short-term course on Finite element methods with applications in Civil Engineering, Mumbai, August 2011.

16.Soil mechanics and critical state, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, May 2011.

17.Small-piled rafts in layered deposits, 5th Asian workshop on ATC-18 Mega Foundations, Hong Kong, May 2011.

18.Geotechnical Centrifuge modelling at IIT Bombay, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, May 2010.

19.Shear strength of soils, QIP/CEP short-term course on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, April 2010.

20.Dynamic properties of soils, QIP/CEP short-term course on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, April 2010.

21.Description and classification of soils, QIP short-term course on Recent trends in geotechnical investigations, Mumbai, March 2010.

22.Basic concepts of finite element analysis in geotechnical engineering, the QIP short-term course on Finite element methods with applications in Civil Engineering, Mumbai, October 2009.

23.Soil deformation and stress field around closed ended pile, 3rd Asian workshop on ATC-18 Mega Foundations: Recent Advances in Deep Excavation and Foundations, Bangkok, August 2009.

24.Measurement & interpretation of stress in small soil models, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, March 2009.

25.Indian Standard specifications on pile foundations, 2nd Asian Workshop on ATC-18 Mega Foundations: Recent Advances of Shallow/ Deep and Pile Foundations, Seoul, November 2008.

26.Beyond Mohr-Coulomb: Modelling real soil behaviour using Plaxis, Workshop on Plaxis FE programming, Mumbai, April 2008.

27.Electronic transfer of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data: AGS data format, workshop on Microzonation, Bangalore, June 2007.

28.Modelling of geotechnical construction processes on the centrifuge, course on Recent Development in Geotechnical Engineering, CoEP Pune, December 2007.

29.Installation effects of vibro-composer piles, CEP course on Physical Modelling in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, March 2006.

30.Consideration for modelling ground improvement techniques, CEP course on Physical Modelling in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, March 2006.

31.Modelling of sand compaction pile installation on the centrifuge, QIP Short-term course on Physical Modelling in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, July 2005.

32.Performance of miniature total stress transducers, the QIP Short-term course on Physical Modelling in Geotechnical Engineering, Mumbai, July 2005.

Best Paper Awards (as co-author with my students)

1.Effect on moisture content to the surrounding soil due to grouted nailing, IGC, Bengaluru 2014.

2.Model Studies on SCP reinforced reconstituted kaolin clay, International conference on advances in engineering and technology Roorkee, 2014.

3.A new device to measure the flow rate during centrifuge tests, IGC, New Delhi, 2012.

Professional Membership:

Core-member: ATC-18 Deep excavations and Mega Foundations; and ATC-6 Urban-geoengineering, ISSMGE.

Member: TC305 MegaCities; TC204 Underground construction in soft ground; and TC104 Physical modelling in geomechanics, ISSMGE.

Member: ISSMGE and ASCE. Life Member: IGS, IRC.

Honorary Work: Reviewer of DST and MoES funded project; PhD and MTech theses examiner of candidates of Indian and Foreign universities; Chairperson of National and International Conferences; Question paper setter of National level competitive exams, Vice-Chair JEE ADV 2018.

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