OUTREACH

  1. Two-day workshop on "Fire Safety of Civil Engineering Infrastructure" at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi conducted during Thursday, 5th and Friday, 6th December 2019.

  2. Indo-German workshop on "Sensor Systems for Localization of Trapped Victims in Collapsed Infrastructure" (SORTIE) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi conducted during Monday, 17th - Tuesday, 18th September 2018.

  3. MHRD Scheme on Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN): Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Structures, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, 21st - 25th, August 2017.

  4. "Natural Hazards & Risk", a national curtain raiser event organised during the "Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction" (AMCDRR) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on 26th October 2016 in association with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

  5. Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) 2014, 9th Biennial Event of the Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, 22nd - 24th, December 2014.

  6. Indian Army, Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India sponsored one week course on "Blast Resistant and Anti-Terrorism Design of Structures", Coordinators: Dr. Tanusree Chakraborty and Dr. Vasant Matsagar, to be conducted during Saturday, 7th - Saturday, 14th June 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

  7. Two-day short course on "Blast Resistant and Anti-Terrorism Design", Coordinators: Dr. Tanusree Chakraborty and Dr. Vasant Matsagar, conducted during Friday, 2nd - Saturday, 3rd August 2013 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

  8. One-week QIP-CEP (Quality Improvement Programme-Continuing Education Programme) course on "Advanced Steel Design", Coordinators: Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo and Dr. Vasant Matsagar, conducted during Monday, 8th - Friday, 12th October 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  9. One-week QIP-CEP (Quality Improvement Programme-Continuing Education Programme) course on "Finite Element Analysis of Structures with MATLAB and ABAQUS Based Simulations", Coordinator: Dr. Vasant Matsagar, conducted during Monday, 23rd - Friday, 27th July 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  10. One-day short course, in association with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), India North Region, on "Fire Performance of Steel and Concrete Structures" conducted on Tuesday, 13th December 2011 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  11. Training Programme for Civil Engineers on I. S. 800 (2007) for L&T conducted on Friday, 16th - Saturday, 17th September 2011 at Larsen and Toubro (L&T) at Faridabad, India.

  12. A short course on "Advances in Earthquake Engineering" conducted during Friday, 30th - Saturday, 31st July 2010 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  13. A short course on "Fire Performance of Steel and Concrete Structures" conducted on Monday, 28th June 2010 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  14. Delivered a lecture on "Use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Strands in Prestressed Concrete (PC) Bridges" on Wednesday, 16th June 2010 for the Engineering Staff Members from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Highways Department, Design and Investigation, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032, Tamil Nadu, India.

  1. Curriculum Development (CD) Workshop on "Identification of Issues for Sustainable Urban Built-Environment", Workshop Coordinators: Dr. Arun Kumar and Dr. Vasant Matsagar, Monday, 29th - Wednesday, 31st October 2012 under the aegis of Quality Improvement Programme (QIP), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  1. As an invited speaker, made a technical presentation on "Finite Element Simulation of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures in Fire" in the "Third Symposium and Workshop on Design for Fire Safety in Buildings and Built Infrastructure" organized by the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates (UAE) during Sunday, 13th to Monday, 14th March 2016 at the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS, UAE.

  2. Participated in the "India-New Zealand Bilateral Workshop" organized by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Government of New Zealand and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India held during Monday, 1st December 2014 to Friday, 5th December 2014 at the UC-Quake Centre, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

  3. Participated in the "Indo-German Workshop on Civil Security Research" organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium for Bildung und Forschung), Government of Germany and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India held during Tuesday, 6th to Wednesday, 7th November 2012 at the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

  1. Delivered an invited lecture on "Dynamics of Structures with Tuned Mass Dampers" during the two-day workshop on "Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures" under the Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in the Department of Structural Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Pune, Maharashtra, India during 29th - 30th July 2016.

  2. Delivered an invited lectures on "Earthquake Resistant Structures using Base Isolation Technology" and "Progressive Collapse in Buildings under Blast-Induced Loads" during 20th June 2016 to 2nd July 2016 in the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) approved two-week short-term training programme (STTP) and served as Expert Resource Person for the Refresher Course on "Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering" under the auspices of the Academic Development and Research (ADR) in the Civil Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad - 382 481, Gujarat, India.

  3. Delivered an invited lecture on "Passive Earthquake Response Control of Tall Buildings using Viscous, Viscoelastic, and Friction Dampers" in the "Concrete & Structures" Conference and Exhibition held during the "World of Concrete India 2016" jointly organized by the Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) and Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) during 18th - 20th May 2016 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India.

  4. Delivered an invited lecture on "Traditional Rural Housing and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites" in the seminar on "Rural Housing" held on Tuesday, 12th April 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Village Palaj, Simkheda, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382 355, India.

  5. Delivered an invited lecture on "Earthquake Resistant Design of Precast Base-Isolated Buildings" in the seminar on "Precast and Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) Structures" held on Wednesday, 2nd March 2016 conducted by the Chief Engineer of Bareilly Zone, Military Engineering Services (MES), Corps of Engineers, Indian Army, Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  6. Delivered technical seminar on "Progressive Failure in Buildings" on Monday, 19th October 2015 at the Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019, Maharashtra, India.

  7. Served as Resource Person and delivered lectures on "Seismic Response Control of Buildings using Passive and Active Dampers" and "SAP2000 Simulations of Buildings with Different Control Devices" in the three-days workshop on "Seismic Design, Evaluation, Retrofitting, and Optimization of Multi-Storied Buildings" during Friday, 27th to Sunday, 29th March 2015, organized in collaboration with the Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE) Mumbai by the Department of Civil Engineering, Vidya Pratishthan's College of Engineering (VPCOE), Baramati - 413 102, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  8. Delivered lectures on "Fundamentals of Blast Dynamics and Design of Structures" and "Aseismic Design of Structures using Passive Vibration Control: Base Isolation" in the special workshop on "Structural Dynamics: For Practical Engineers" during Thursday 20th - Saturday, 22nd November 2014, conducted by the Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, JLN Marg, Jaipur - 302 017, Rajasthan, India.

  9. Delivered technical seminar on "Earthquake Vibration Control using Base Isolation" on Sunday, 28th September 2014 at the Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019, Maharashtra, India.

  10. Delivered a lecture on "Performance of Base-Isolated Buildings Subjected to Earthquake and Blast-Induced Ground Motions" in the 8th National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFOE - 8) Conference during 5th - 6th September 2014, conducted by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad - 382 424, Gujarat, India.

  11. Made presentations on "Simulation and Deformation Behaviour of Materials Subjected to Impulse Loading" in the national workshop on "Explosive Working of Metals" (ExploWork-2014) held during Thursday, 3rd to Friday, 4th April 2014 conducted by the High Energy Materials Society of India (HEMS of India) in association with the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) Chandigarh, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Government of India at Ramgarh Range, Panchkula, Haryana, India.

  12. Conducted three-day workshop on "Blast Resistant Design of Structures" as S. B. Joshi Memorial Activity organized by Prof. Suhasini N. Madhekar with Dr. Manmohan Dass Goel under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India during Friday, 10th to Sunday, 12th January 2014 by the Civil Engineering Department at College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) and Alumni Association of CoEP, Pune - 411 005, Maharashtra, India.

  13. Delivered invited lecture on "Blast Resistant Design of Structures" at Consultancy Development Centre, Core 4B, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, on Thursday, 26th September 2013; invited by Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IASE).

  14. Delivered lecture on "Design Concepts of Shock Isolators" in Continued Education Programme (CEP) on ‘Blast Protection Devices’, during 23rd - 27th September 2013 organized by the Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Government of India.

  15. Delivered an invited lecture on "Materials for Sacrificial Blast Wall as Protective Structure" in One Day Symposium on Large Deformations under Dynamic Loading held at Indian National Science Academy (INSA) New Delhi on 1st September 2012.

  16. Delivered an invited lecture on "Passive Vibration Control Using Base Isolation of Structures" in the two-day workshop on "Advances in Structural Vibration Control" conducted under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India during Monday, 19th to Tuesday, 20th August 2013 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur, Howrah - 711 103, West Bengal (W.B.), India.

  17. Served as resource person and made a keynote presentation on "Insights About Formulating the Research Problem and Right Approaches for Research Fruition" in the two-day Continuing Education Programme (CEP) on "Research Methodology: Problem Formulation, Research Tools and Report Writing" conducted during Friday, 9th to Saturday, 10th August 2013 by the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad - 431 028, Maharashtra, India.

  18. Delivered a talk on "Higher Education: Postgraduate (PG) Career Opportunities and Prospects" at Deogiri Institute of Engineering and Management Studies, Aurangabad - 431 005, Maharashtra, India on Saturday, 10th August 2013.

  19. Delivered lectures on "Use of Spreadsheet in FEA" and "FEA in MATLAB" in the Five-Day Faculty Development Programme on "Finite Element Methods to Solve Engineering Problem" conducted under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India during Monday, 22nd to Friday, 26th July 2013 by the Civil Engineering Department, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana - 141 006, Punjab, India.

  20. Delivered lectures in Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) course on "Formwork for Concrete Structures", Course Coordinator: Dr. K. N. Jha, Monday, 17th - Friday, 21st June 2013, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  21. Delivered lectures on "Introduction to Earthquake Resistant Design Considering Ductility Provisions" and "Seismic Analysis of Liquid Storage Tanks" in the one-day workshop on "Earthquake Resistant Design - Principles and Applications" conducted under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on Tuesday, 2nd April 2013 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Velagapudi Rama Krishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada - 520 007, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.), India.

  22. Delivered lecture on "Seismic Retrofitting using Base Isolation" on Monday, 25th March 2013 at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat - 395 007, Gujarat, India.

  23. Delivered lectures on "Vibration Control of Structures" and “Base Isolation Technology” in the two-day workshop on "Earthquake Resistant Design of Sensitive Structures" conducted under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India during Friday, 22nd - Saturday, 23rd March 2013 by the Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur - 440 010, Maharashtra, India.

  24. Delivered lecture on "Seismic Resistance of Masonry Structures and Vibration Control" in the National Workshop on "Advances in Structural Engineering" conducted under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on Wednesday, 6th March 2013 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh - 202 002, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India.

  25. Delivered lecture in training programme on "Modern Formwork and Scaffolding", Training Coordinator: Dr. K. N. Jha, Thursday, 4th - Saturday, 6th October 2012, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  26. Delivered lecture on "Seismic Resistance of Masonry Structures" in University Grants Commission (UGC) Sponsored National Seminar on "Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction", Monday, 20th - Tuesday, 21st February 2012, Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

  27. Delivered lectures in short course on "Artificial Neural Networks in Seismic Control of Structures", Course Coordinator: Dr. M. Mallikharjuna Rao, Friday, 17th - Saturday, 18th February 2012, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  28. Delivered lectures in workshop on "Advances in Earthquake Engineering", Friday, 2nd - Saturday, 3rd December 2011, Department of Civil Engineering, Charotar Institute of Technology, Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Anand, Gujarat, India.

  29. Delivered lectures in short course on "Advances in Earthquake Engineering", Course Coordinator: Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Friday, 28th - Saturday, 29th October 2011, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  30. Delivered lecture on "Passive Vibration Mitigation by Base Isolation Technology" in One-Day National Seminar on "Earthquake Resistant Structures", Saturday, 11th September 2010, Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat - 395 007, Gujarat, India.

  31. Delivered lectures in short course on "Advanced Sensing Technologies for Civil Engineers", Course Coordinator: Dr. Suresh Bhalla, Friday, 14th - Sunday, 16th May 2010, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

  32. Delivered lectures in short course on "Advanced Sensing Technologies for Civil Engineers", Course Coordinator: Dr. Suresh Bhalla, Friday, 17th - Sunday, 19th July 2009, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.