Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, since March 2022

Early Career Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, September 2021-March 2022

Senior Project Officer, Indian Institute of Tecnology Madras, September 2020-September 2021

Post-doctoral Equivalent Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, March 2020-September 2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, July 2015- March 2020

Durability of construction materials

Carbonation of lime-based binder systems

Repair and protection of historic masonry structures

Development of traditional building materials and methods

Journal Papers

1. Abhishek Tripathi, Swathy Manohar, K. Ramasubramanian (2023). "Decoding of lime-based binder materials of ancient vernacular Chettinad constructions in Southern India through microanalytical characterization", Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 79, 107844, ISSN 2352-7102,
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107844.
2. Tejyas Dasa Singh, Shipin Prakash, Swathy Manohar (2023). “Assessment of the performance and compatibility of acrylic polymer and silane based consolidants on deteriorated heritage masonry units subjected to salt weathering”, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 77, 107490, ISSN 2352-7102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107490
3. Manu K. Mohan, Swathy Manohar, Radhakrishna Pillai Manu Santhanam, Ravindra Gettu (2023). “High-performance cementitious grouts for post-tensioned concrete systems – Performance specifications and prototype testing”, Construction and Building Materials, Article number 130345.
4. Swathy Manohar, K. Mohammed Haneefa., Bahurudeen A., Dhanya, B. S., and Manu Santhanam, M. (2022). “Concrete as an artificial rock : mineralogy of aggregates revisited”, The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 96, No. 9, pp. 5-36.
5. Swathy Manohar, Mohammed Haneefa, Sundar Rathnarajan, Manu Santhanam (2022), “A Study on Performance of Clay Based Geopolymers at Elevated Temperatures”, Indian Concrete Journal, Volume 96, Issue 5, 17-28
6. Swathy Manohar, Shivangi Shukla, Karpagam Bala, Mohammed Haneefa, Arun Menon, Manu Santhanam (2021), “Multiscale Fire Damage Assessment of Historical Stone Trabeated Hypostyle Halls”, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Taylor & Francis, IF – 2.58; DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2021.1992535
7. Swathy Manohar, Manu Santhanam (2021), “A study on the effect of poulticing in desalination of sodium sulphate and sodium chloride from masonry units”, Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, Volume 121, Issue 10, 1307-1315, , doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i10/1307-1315
8. Swathy Manohar, Naresh Chockalingam, Manu Santhanam (2021), “Experimental Comparison Between Salt Weathering Testing Procedures on different types of bricks”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 33, Issue 11, November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003936
9. Swathy Manohar, Manu Santhanam (2021), “Correlation between physical-mineralogical properties and weathering resistance using characterisation case studies in historic Indian bricks”, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Taylor & Francis, Volume 16, Issue 5, 667-680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2020.1833108
10. Swathy Manohar, Karpagam Bala, Manu Santhanam, Arun Menon (2020), “Characteristics and deterioration mechanisms in coral stones used in a historical monument in a saline environment”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier –IF-7.58, Volume 241, 118102, ISSN 0950-0618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118102
11. Swathy Manohar, Manu Santhanam, Naresh Chockalingam (2019) “Performance and microstructure of bricks with protective coatings subjected to salt weathering”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, IF – 7.58, Volume 226:94–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.07.180
12. Swathy Manohar, Shivangi Shukla, Arun Menon, Manu Santhanam (2020), “Characterisation of the Historic Bricks and Binder at Vat Phou World Heritage Site in Laos PDR and Selection of Compatible Replacement Units for Restoration”, Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, 1-9, doi: 10.18520/cs/v119/i8/
13. Swathy Manohar, Shakeel Waseem and Bhupinder Singh (2020), “Comparative flexural toughness evaluation of steel fibre reinforced concrete”, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series A, Springer, Volume 101, Issue 3, 1-11; doi: 10.1007/s40030-020-00471-3

Conference Papers

1. Mechineni Shreya, V.S. Athira, Abhishek Tripathi and Swathy Manohar (2023), "An analysis on the material composition in Chettinad lime plasters", International Conference on Cement and Building Koncrete for a sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2023.
2. V.S. Athira and Swathy Manohar (2023), "Carbonation of air lime mortars under natural and accelerated conditions", Second International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures, Materials Today: Proceedings, ISSN 2214-7853,
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.04.082
3. Amit Kumar Singh, V.S. Athira, Suhani Jain and Swathy Manohar (2022), "A Review on the Application of CO2 Sequestration in Lime Mortar and Influential Factors", International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering, 2022.
4. Anupama V. A., Divya Rani, Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2022), “Various repair lime-mortar mixes and their durability assessment with respect to salt weathering”, Historic Mortars Conference, Slovenia, 2022.
5. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2021), “How different is the mechanism of masonry deterioration with NaCl salt compared to the highly damaging Na2SO4?” 75th RILEM Annual Week and International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures, Mexico.
6. Swathy Manohar, Anupama V. A. and Manu Santhanam (2021), “Salt deterioration of heritage structures – Correlating the insights from field and lab studies” 75th RILEM Annual Week and International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures, Mexico.
7. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2021), “Assessment of a methodology to select an efficient protective treatment to masonry structures”, 3rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development. ITCSD 2020. RILEM Bookseries, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51485-3_2
8. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2020), “Weathering of granite masonry: A correlation between mechanical-microstructural properties and durability”, ICOMOS Annual Scientific Symposium, IIT Madras, Chennai, May 2020.
9. Karpagam Bala, Swathy Manohar, Aiswarya K. V., Sudhakar Sekar, Manu Santhanam and Arun Menon (2020), “Damage Analysis of Coral Stone Deterioration”, ICOMOS Annual Scientific Symposium, IIT Madras, Chennai, May 2020.
10. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2019), “Characterisation and durability analysis of coral stones in a marine environment”, Historic Mortars Conference, University of Navarro, Spain, June 2019.
11. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2018), “Salt crystallisation in building materials in the marine environment”, 3rd R. N. Raikar Memorial International Conference & Gettu-Kodur International Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology of Concrete, American Concrete Institute - India Chapter, Mumbai, India, December 2018.
12. Swathy Manohar and Manu Santhanam (2018), “Microstructural assessment of fire damaged granite”, International Conference on Urban Conservation, Kolkata, India. 26-28 November, 2018.

PH.D. STUDENTS

M.TECH. STUDENTS

	TEJYAS DASA SINGH (2022-'23) Research topic: Effect of consolidants in building materials
	AASHUTOSH KUMAR THAKUR (2023-'24) Research topic: Textile reinforced repair-mortars