EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Building Technology and Construction Management), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, July 2009.

M.E. (Construction Engineering and Management), College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, 2003.

B.E. (Civil Engineering), Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2001.
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Since February 2024.

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, August 2019 - January 2024

Assistant Professor, Indian institute of Technology Bombay, July 2011 - July 2019

Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Calicut from April 2010 to June 2011

Senior Project Officer, Dept. of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, August 2009 - March 2010.

COURSES TAUGHT

Concrete Technology (UG)

Building Materials and Construction (UG)

Estimation and Materials Testing Lab. (UG)

Construction Materials Lab. (PG)

Advanced Concrete Technology (PG)

Research Projects

PUBLICATIONS: Journal Papers

Gunja Shah, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), In-depth exploration of the Behavior of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) in Sub-Zero Conditions: Static and Dynamic Loading Scenarios, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. (Accepted).

Alok Duo, Shreya Korde, Manish Kumar, Anal Canon, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Comparative Performance of Normal and Ultra-High-Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Slabs to Ballistic Impact of Steel-inset Ammunition, International Journal of Protective Structures. (Accepted: https://doi.org/10.1177/20414196251339). 

Bhanu Teja, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025) Unveiling Shielding Effectiveness and Ballistic Resistance of Multi-Faceted Engineered Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 37 (11), 04025388.

Gunja Shah, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Investigating the Effect of Specimen Size on Compressive Strength in Ultra High-Performance Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 37(8), 06025005.

Amit Kumar Sahu, Dhiman Boro, Indu Siva Ranjani Gandhi and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Novel Investigation on The Influence of Mixing Parameters and Mixture 1 Characteristics on Air Content in Mix-Foamed Foam Concrete, Journal of Building Engineering, 111, 113261.

Nabodyuti Das, Bhaskar Ramagiri and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Stress wave attenuation in ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concrete during ballistic impact, International Journal of Protective Structures, 16(2), 445-457.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala, Uday Boddepalli and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Novel Rheological Test Procedure for Printability Characterization of 3D Printable Mortar, Journal of Building Engineering, 108, 112902.

Pedduri Jayakrishna, Akshay U. Shirsat, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Arunkumar Sridharan, Shyamprasad Karagadde, Anujkumar Deo, Srinivasa Rao, P.K. Baburajan and S.V. Prabhu (2025), Measurement of temperature distribution and estimation of interfacial heat flux profiles during the interaction of different molten metals with ferrosiliceous concrete, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 439, 114099.

Gurunandan Madapura, Nedunuri Sai Surya Sree Aparna, Jayant Tanwar, Prakash Nanthagopalan and Muhammad Salman (2025), Development of 3D-printable alkali-activated GGBFS and fly ash binder-based mortars with concrete demolition waste as aggregates, Cement and Concrete Composites, 157, 105954.

Gurunandan Madapura, Hiranya Jeet Malla and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2025), Effect of water to binder, aggregate to binder ratio and admixtures on printability and mechanical properties of 3D printable mortar mixtures, Journal of Building Engineering, 99, 111649.

Pedduri Jayakrishna, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Arunkumar Sridharan, Shyamprasad Karagadde, Anuj Kumar Deo, Srinivasa Rao, P.K. Baburajan and S.V. Prabhu (2025), Experimental investigations and inverse heat transfer analysis to study heat transfer and ablation behaviour of concrete exposed to oxyacetylene flame, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 211, 110991.

Nabodyuti Das, Bhaskar Dharshan and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Influence of Fibre Surface Treatment on the Performance of Ultra High-Performance Concrete with Metallic and Non-Metallic Fibres, Materials and Structures, 57, 231.

Trupti Sharma, Anirban Banerjee and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Probing the Abyss: Bacteria-based self-healing in cementitious construction materials – A Review, Construction and Building Materials, 455, 139054.

Nabodyuti Das, Bhaskar Dharshan and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Ballistic Impact: Predicting Penetration Depth in UHPC targets with ML Models, Construction Materials, (ICE Publications, UK), 177(4), 215-232

Nabodyuti Das, Nedunuri Sai Surya Sree Aparna and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Physiochemical Characterization of Ultrafine Slag Based Ultra High Performance Concrete, Construction Materials (ICE Publications, UK), 177 (4), 195-214.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Viscoelastic characterization of equivalent lubrication layer for high shear applications, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 36 (10), 04024323.

Pedduri Jayakrishna, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Arunkumar Sridharan, Shyamprasad Karagadde, Anuj Kumar Deo, Srinivasa Rao, P.K. Baburajan, S.V. Prabhu (2024), Measurement of ablation and estimation of the interfacial heat flux profiles during molten corium concrete interactions, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 47, 113439.

Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Ballistic Impact Resistance of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete : A Comprehensive Experimental Investigation and Parametric Analysis, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 187, 104912.

P.V.P. Moorthi, Anuj Kumar, Shyamprasad Karagadde, P. K. Baburajan, Anuj Kumar, Deo, Arunkumar Sridharan, Prakash Nanthagopalan, S. V. Prabhu (2024), Thermo-mechanical and thermophysical properties of ferro-siliceous sacrificial concrete on exposure to elevated temperatures, International Journal of Thermophysics, 45, 99. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-024-03391-7)

P. V. P. Moorthi and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2024), Shear Thickening of Cementitious Suspensions: Effect of high solid volume fraction and hydration, Magazine of Concrete Research, 76 (8), 391-408.

Nabodyuti Das, Ajay Singh Mahadela, Prakash Nanthagopalan and Gynendra Verma (2024), Investigation on electromagnetic pulse shielding of conductive concrete, Construction Materials (ICE Publications), 177 (2), 62-77.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala, Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), Rheological characterization of limestone calcined clay cement pastes with various generations of superplasticizers for pumping applications, Journal of Building Engineering, 76, 107410.

Sadanand Govilkar, Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), Effect of shape of aggregates on teh rheology of mixtures for pumping applications, Indian Concrete Institute Journal, 24 (1), 13-22.

Akshay U. Shirsat, Anuj Kumar, P.V.P. Moorthi, Athira Gopinath, Arunkumar Sridharan, Shyamprasad Karagadde, Prakash Nanthagopalan, P. K. Baburajan, R. S. Rao, Anuj Kumar Deo, S. V. Prabhu (2023), Measurement of thermal properties of ferro siliceous sacrificial radiation shielding concrete using semi-infinite transient heat conduction model, Construction and Building Materials, 388, 131713.

Nabodyuti Das, Bhaskar Ramagiri and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), Elucidation of static fracture energy and dynamic tensile performance of hybrid steel fiber based Ultra High Performance Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35 (9), 04023278.

Nabodyuti Das, Bhaskar Ramagiri and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), A new approach for protection against ejection trajectory of scabbed materials of ultra high performance concrete under projectile impact, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35 (9), 04023279.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala, Nischay Yashwant Nagrale and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), Characterization of lubrication layer of fresh concrete acquired using the modified pipe flow apparatus, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35 (7), 04023212.

Vijay Bhilwade, Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Amit Kumar Das, Keyur Modi (2023), Predicting labour productivity for formwork activities in high rise building construction: a case study, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 24, 959–968.

P.V.P. Moorthi, Athira Gopinath and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023), Mechanistic origins of concrete pumping – A Comprehensive outlook and way forward, Magazine of Concrete Research, 75 (7), 353-366.

P.V.P. Moorthi, Francesco Pra Mio, Prakash Nanthagopalan and Liberato Ferrara (2022), Percolation time and rigidification rate of cementitious suspensions. ACI Materials Journal, 119 (5), 281-296.

Ramakanta Behera, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), Development of simple and structured model for packing density assessment of gap graded coarse aggregates in concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34 (8), 04022182.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), Rheological Characterization of Cementitious Suspensions with Limestone Calcined Clay for Pumping Applications, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34 (8), 04022158.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), Pumping of Concrete – Insights on the mechanism, materials and the path forward, Indian Concrete Institute Journal, 22 (4), 13-21.

Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), State-of-the-art review on Ultra High Performance Concrete - Ballistic and Blast perspective, Cement and Concrete Composites, 127, 104383.

Vijayakumar Duraisamy, Athira Gopinath, Bahurudeen Abdul and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), Composite Cements from Industrial Residues: Synergistic Effects of Particle Packing and Pozzolanicity, Engineering Sustainability, 175 (1), 12–21.

Kishor Bhagwat, Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2022), Construction Safety Performance Measurement Using Leading Indicator-based Jobsite Safety Inspection Method - A Case Study of Building Construction Project, International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 28 (4), 2645-2656.

Amol Kamalakar Mali and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Comminution - A supplementation for pozzolanic adaptation of sugarcane bagasse ash, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33 (12), 04021343.

Amol Kamalakar Mali and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Framework for investigations on variability in characteristics and pozzolanic reactivity of sugarcane bagasse ash during the crushing period, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33 (12), 04021346.

Amol Kamalakar Mali and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Development of a framework for the selection of best Sugarcane bagasse ash from different sources for use in the cement-based system: A rapid and reliable path, Construction and Building Materials, 293, 123386 .

Amol Kamalakar Mali and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Thermo-mechanical treatment of sugarcane bagasse ash with very high LOI: A pozzolanic paradigm, Construction and Building Materials, 288, 122988.

Charitha Vootukuri, Athira Vinod Sreeja, Jittin Varghese, Bahurudeen Abdul and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), A Review on the Use of Different Agro-waste Ashes in Concrete for Effective Upcycling of Locally Available Resources, Construction and Building Materials, 285, 122851.

Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Studies on fresh properties of limestone calcined clay cement concrete, The Indian Concrete Journal, 95 (10), 1-9.

Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal, Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), A simple methodology for prediction of concrete pumping through field-based study, The Indian Concrete Journal, 95 (9), 1-9.

Rahul Mohan, Athira Gopinath, Amol Kamalakar Mali, Bahurudeen Abdul, Prakash Nanthagopalan (2021), Systematic pretreatment process and optimisation of sugarcane bagasse ash dosage for use in cement-based products, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33 (4): 04021045.

Kameshwar Patel, Athira Gopinath, Bahurudeen Abdul, Prakash Nanthagopalan (2020), Suitable pre-treatment process for rice husk ash towards dosage optimisation and its effect on properties of cementitious mortar, Structural Concrete, 22 (S1), E501-E513. (https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202000227)

Gurusideswar Sivanarutchelvan, Abhilash Shukla, Krishna Jonnalagadda and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2020), Tensile strength and failure of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) compositions over a wide range of strain rates, Construction and Building Materials, 258, 119642.

Amol K Mali and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2020), A systematic assessment for the determination of sugarcane bagasse ash variation potential throughout the harvesting season, Journal of Materials Today: Proceedings, 32 (4), 888-895.

P. V. P. Moorthi and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2020), Optimization of superplasticizer dosage for cementitious suspension involved in high shear applications, Current Science, 118 (11), 1672-1678.

Athira Gopinath, Bahurudeen Abdul, Prasanta Sahu, Manu Santhanam, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Lalu Saheb (2020) Effective utilization of sugar industry waste in Indian construction sector: A geospatial approach, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 22, 724-736.

P. V. P. Moorthi, Francesco Pra Mio, Prakash Nanthagopalan, and Liberato Ferrara (2020) Onset and intensity of shear thickening in cementitious suspensions - A parametrical study, Construction and Building Materials, 244, 118292.

Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2020) Investigations on the influence of binders towards rheological behaviour of cementitious pastes, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32 (3), 04019374.

Athira Gopinath, Abdhul Bahurudeen, Srinivas Appari and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2018), A circular framework for the valorisation of sugar industry wastes: Review on the industrial symbiosis between sugar, construction and energy industries, Journal of Cleaner Production, 203, 89-108.

Amit Kumar Das, Ashwani Kumar Gupta and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2018), Design of propping schemes of sixty story building: Case study, Structures and Buildings, 171 (5), 409-424.

B.S. Dhanya, Manu Santhanam, Vijay Kulkarni, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Shashank Bishnoi, S.P. Singh, G. Indu Siva Ranjani, P. Dinakar, and S. Bhaskar, (2017) Round robin testing of durability parameters – Towards identification of suitable durability tests for concrete, Indian Concrete Journal, 91 (7), 11-22.

Hemanth Kumar Balaga and Prakash Nanthagopalan, (2016) Studies on strength and weight loss of paper concrete, Engineering Sustainability, 169 (1), 39-44.

Palash Badjatya, Radhika Bhadada, Manish Keshri and Prakash Nanthagopalan, (2015) Usage of textile dye waste water in concrete, Construction Materials, 168 (2), 49-52.

Pratik Deogetar, Ashwini Jain, Sudhanshu Mishra and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2013) Influence of steam curing cycle on compressive strength of concrete, International Journal of construction materials and structures, 1 (2), 18-28.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam. (2012) An empirical approach for the optimisation of aggregate combinations for self-compacting concrete, Materials and Structures, 45, No. 8, 1167-1179.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam (2011) Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete produced with Manufactured sand, Cement and Concrete Composites, 33, No.3, 353-358.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam (2010) A new empirical test method for the optimisation of viscosity modifying agent dosage in self-compacting concrete, Materials and Structures, 43, No. 1-2, 203 - 212.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam (2009) Experimental investigations on the influence of paste composition and content on the properties of self-compacting concrete, Construction and Building Materials, 23, No. 11, 3443 – 3449.

Prakash Nanthagopalan, Michael Haist, Manu Santhanam and Harald S. Muller (2008) Investigations on the influence of granular packing on the flow properties of cementitious suspensions, Cement and Concrete Composites, 30, No. 9, 763 - 768.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam (2008) A new approach to optimisation of paste composition in self-compacting concrete, The Indian Concrete Journal, 82, 11 - 18.

PUBLICATIONS – Book Chapter

Dhawal Desai and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Experimental investigations on the influence of industrial by products on highly flowable high strength concrete, Chapter 6, Functionalized Engineering Materials and their applications, Apple Academic Press Inc., USA, 2019.

PUBLICATIONS : Conference papers 

Gurunandan Madapura and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Interlayer interface in 3D-printed alkali-activated mortar with varying print time gaps, 79th RILEM Annual Week and International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development (ICONS), Vietnam, 2025. (Poster presentation).

Rohan Kumar, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Novel interlocking nozzle geometry for enhanced interlayer strengthening in 3D concrete printing, The 4th International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials, Netherlands, 2025. 

Abhay Dhasmana and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Influence of Two-Stage Mixing Approach on Strength and Shrinkage Properties of Recycled Aggregate-Based 3D Printable Mortar, The 4th International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials, Netherlands, 2025. 

Uday Boddepalli, Revanth Kandagaddala, and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Evaluation of Alkali Activated Limestone Calcined Caly Composites for 3D Concrete Printing Applications, The 4th International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials, Netherlands, 2025.

Shreya Korde, Manish Kumar and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Investigation of Advanced Constitutive Models for Ultra-High Performance Concrete Against High Velocity Impact. Springer Nature Singapore, 2025, 355-367.

Shreya Korde, Manish Kumar and Prakash Nanthagopalan. Investigation of Advanced Constitutive Models for Ultra-High Performance Concrete Against High Velocity Impact. In: Kumar, R., Bakre, S.V., Goel, M.D. (eds) Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2025, vol. 543. 355 -367. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6067-1_35

Shreya Korde, Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manish Kumar, Damage assessment of thick reinforced concrete slabs against large missile impact, 27^th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 27), Japan, 2024.

Mahendra Suthar, Najeeb Mohammad Shariff and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Performance Assessment of Topologically Optimised 3D Printable Concrete Sewer Cross-Section Using Finite Element Simulation. In: Goel, M.D., Kumar, R., Gadve, S.S. (eds) Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2023, vol. 52, 547-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9625-4_52

Shreya Korde, Rajeev Anupoju, Manish Kumar and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Performance of steel-concrete composite slabs against high strain rate loading, 26^th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS26), Australia, 2023.

Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan (2023). Design and Development of Multi-faceted Engineered Concrete. In: Jedrzejewska, A., Kanavaris, F., Azenha, M., Benboudjema, F., Schlicke, D. (eds) International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-based Materials and Concrete Structures. SynerCrete 2023. RILEM Bookseries, Vol. 43. 753–763. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33211-1_68

Shanideo Jadhav, Prakash Nanthagopalan and Krishna Jonnalagadda, Static and Dynamic Strength and Failure in Fibre-Reinforced Ultra High-Performance Concrete, The 13th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics IMPLAST, Madras, India,2022.

Revanth Kumar Kandagaddala, Vikas Manare and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Limestone Calcined Clay as Potential Supplementary Cementitious Material—An Experimental Study, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, RILEM Book series, India, 2020, Vol. 25, 491-501.

Vijay Bhilwade, Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Identification of factors significantly influencing the labour productivity of aluminium formwork systems using artificial neural network, Proceedings of New and effcetive Innovations, technologies and key challenges, India, 2020.

Abhilash Shukla, Neeraj Meena and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Experimental Investigations on Binary, ternary and Quaternary blends of cementitious materials for Ultra high performance concrete. Proceedings of 3rd R. N. Raikar Memorial international Conference and Gettu-Kodur Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology of Concrete,India, 2018, Vol. II, 131-137.

Nandita Gettu and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Preliminary studies on the Engineering properties of cement based plasters. Proceedings of 3rd R. N. Raikar Memorial international Conference and Gettu-Kodur Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology of Concrete,India, 2018, Vol. II,172-176.

Abhilash Shukla and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Influence of packing density on compressive strength of UHPC for binary, ternary and quaternary blends of cementitious materials, Proceedings of the Conference on Next Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, India, 2018.

Aman Kumar Gupta, Aman Kumar, Aditya Pratap, Prakash Nanthagopalan, Pot Life of Cement Based Plasters, Proceedings of the Conference on Next Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, India, 2018.

Sendhil V Dhanapal and Prakash Nanthagopalan, The influence of shape of fine aggregates on the flow properties of cementitious mortars, Proceedings of the Conference on Next Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, India, 2018.

Abhilash Shukla, S. Gurusideswar, Krishna Jonnalagadda and Prakash Nanthagopalan, High strain rate behavior of micro-steel fiber reinforced concrete under tensile and compressive loading. Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad, India, 2017.

Mahipal Kasaniya and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Fresh and Hardened Properties of Alkali-Activated Mortar with Class F-Fly Ash & GGBS Combinations. Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Construction Materials and Systems (RILEM PRO 118), IIT Madras, India, 2017, Vol.III, 29-37.

Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Fresh properties of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) pastes, Proceedings of first International conference on calcined clays for sustainable concrete, Springer, RILEM Book Series, Switzerland, 2015.

Dhawal Desai and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Potential Use of Industrial By-Products for Developing High Strength Concrete Under Normal Curing Conditions, Proceedings of the International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference (Springer), Malaysia, 2013, 215 - 224.

Narsingh Rammilan Varma, R. S. Jangid and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Rehabilitation and strengthening of distressed columns - A case study, Proceedings of Rehabilitation and restoration of structures, IIT Madras, India, 2013, 271 - 280.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam. A simple and systematic mixture design procedure for self-compacting concrete, 6th International RILEM Symposium on Design, Production and Placement of SCC, Canada, 2010, Vol. II, 55 - 63.

Prakash Nanthagopalan and Manu Santhanam. A study of the interaction between Viscosity Modifying Agent and High Range Water Reducer in Self-Compacting Concrete, Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties, Greece, 2006, 449 - 454.

“Young Faculty Award” (2011) - IIT Bombay.

“Excellence in Teaching Award” (2014) at IIT Bombay based on First year students level assessment.

"Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching Civil Engineering” (2018) at IIT Bombay based on Departmental level assessment.

"Prof. S.P. Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching" (2021) at IIT Bombay based on Institute level assessment. 

"NSG Counter IED Innovator Award (2022)" - National Security Guard, Government of India.

Department Level

PhD students: Graduated

Dr. Sendhil Vigneshwar Dhanapal (2019): Rheological investigations on cementitious paste, mortar, concrete and its potential application in pumping.

Dr. Abhilash Shukla (2020): Design and development of ultra high performance concrete for defence applications.

Dr. Amol Kamalakar Mali (2021): Investigations on the development of the pretreatment process for sugarcane bagasse ash for its utilization in cement-based materials.

Dr. Ponambala Moorthi (2022): Interaction dominance based classification of cementitious suspensions and their need for better rheo-physical processing.

Dr. Nabodyuti Das (2023): Comprehensive investigation of ultra high performance concrete: A ballistic resistant perspective.

Dr. Kandagaddala Revanth Kumar (2024): A comprehensive study of the lubrication layer and pressure prediction in concrete pumping.

Dr. Vijay Bhilwade (2024): Formwork Productivity on the construction of multi-storey buildings - Impact, Analysis and Improvements (Co-guide: Prof. Amit Kumar Das, Civil Engg.)

PhD students: Ongoing

Mr. Gurunandan M: Parametrical investigations on OPC based 3 D printable concretes.

Ms. Shreya Sanjay Korde:Analysis and design of UHPC slabs against high velocity projectile impact (coguiding with Prof. Manish kumar, Civil Engg.).

Mr. Shanideo Namdeo Jadhav: Mechanical characterisation of 3D printable UHPC.(coguiding with Prof. Krishna Jonnalagadda, Mech. Engg.).

Mr. Mahendrabhai Bharatbhai Suthar: Experimental investigations in Alkalli activation based 3 D printable concretes (Co-guiding with Prof. Najeeb Shariff, Civil Engg.).

Mr. Swami Ranga Reddy: Structural Assessment of 3 D printed concretes (Co-guiding with Prof. Najeeb Shariff, Civil Engg.).

Mr. Abhay Dhasmana: Shrinkage assessment of 3 D printed concretes.

Mr. Rohan Kumar: Influence of rheology on fresh behaviour of 3 D printable concretes.

Mr. R. Arun: Bagasse ash: Optimisation of treatment process and extraction of biogenic silica.

1. Patent No.: 404278 , Date of filing:21 October 2021, Grant date: 23 August 2022, Multi-faceted engineered concrete and method for preparing thereof (Indian Patent). Contributors: Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan.

2. Patent No.: 569138, Date of filing: 1 March 2024, Grant date: 28 July 2025, 3D printable alkali activated mixtures using concrete demolition wates as aggregates and preparation thereof (Indian patent).              Contributors: Gurunandan Madapura, Nedunuri Sai Surya Sree Aparna, Muhammad Salman and Prakash Nanthagopalan.

3. Indian Patent Application No. : 202421083352 dated October 30, 2024, Corrosion protection of embedded steel reinforcement in concrete with constructed wetland integrated microbial fuel cell. Contributors: Rohan Kumar and Prakash Nanthagopalan.

4. Indian Patent Application No.: 02521067876 dated 16 July, 2025, 3 D printed concrete panel with enhanced shock resistance. Contributors: Rohan Kumar, Nabodyuti Das and Prakash Nanthagopalan.

ONE PDF position available. Candidates are expected to have basic understanding on behaviour of concrete exposed to elevated temperature, Quality control of concrete at sites and valorisation of industrial residues. Potential candidates can send their CV to me.