Dr. Vasant Matsagar :: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Funded / Sponsored Research Projects* (Awarded and Ongoing)

Matsagar, V. (PI): "Analytical Model for Optimum Dynamic Response of Structures with Fractional Derivative-Based Semi-Active Dampers Under Vase and Mass Excitation”, Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India; Rs 6.00 Lakh (Indian Rupees Six Lakh Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V. (PI), Sahoo, D.R., Singh, S.B, Barai, S.K.: "Development of Functionally-Graded Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for High Strain Rate and Elevated Temperature Aeronautical Applications", Aeronautics Research & Development Board (AR&DB), Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India; Rs 91.056 Lakh (Indian Rupees Ninety-One Lakh Five-Thousand Six Hundred Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Bishnoi, S. (PI), Sahoo, D.R., Matsagar, V.: "Low Carbon Cement", École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; CHF 5,62,055 (Swiss Franc Five-Thousand Sixty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Five Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V. (PI), Chitrakala M. (PI, NZ), Chakraborty, S., Schnabel, M.A.: "Building Code Checker Model on BIM Structural Plans using AI Approach (Build BIMAI)", Multi-Institutional Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Project (M-FIRP), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), US$ 10,000 (United States Dollars Ten Thousand Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V. (Indian Collaborator), Kodur, V.K.R. (VAJRA Adjunct Faculty): "Fire-Resistant Hybrid FRP Systems for Structural Applications using Cellulosic Fibers Derived from Agricultural Waste", Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty Scheme with total research grant of Rs 1,15,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Crore Fifteen Lakh Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V.: "Mobile Earthquake Exhibition: Educating Masses on Earthquake-Resistant Design of Structures", Resistoflex Dynamics Private Limited, NOIDA, India; Rs 1,00,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Crore Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V. (PI): "Drona-Savior Rescuing Victims Trapped under Collapsed Buildings", Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) for Cobotics; Rs 20,00,000 (Indian Rupees Twenty Lakh Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Indian Team: Matsagar, V. (Lead), Sitharam, T.G., Koul, S.K., Arya, H., Ghosh, C., Rao, S., Shami, D.K., Gangawar, A., Shamim, Ahamed, S., Rai, G., Varma, M.N.; German Team: Reindl ,L. (Lead), Burgard, W., Wöllenstein, J., Weigel, R., Mudimu, O.A., Gebbeken, N., Büttgen, K.D., Gust, J., Blomeyer, R., Meder, T., Heimburger, V., Kloos, T.: "Sensor Systems for Localization of Trapped Victims in Collapsed Infrastructure (SORTIE)", Indo-German Project, International Disaster and Risk Management (Internationales Katastrophen - und Risikomanagement - IKARIM), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium for Bildung und Forschung); 2.63 Mio. € (2.63 Million Euros). Awarded and Ongoing.

Matsagar, V.A.: "Natural Fibre-Reinforcement Material for Low-Cost Seismic Base Isolation of Structures", Resistoflex Dynamics Private Limited, NOIDA, India; Rs 10,00,000 (Indian Rupees Ten Lakh Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Funded / Sponsored Research Projects* (Completed)

Matsagar, V. (PI): "Innovative Structural Protection System for Resilient Community against Multiple Hazards", Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI); US$ 10,000 (United States Dollars Ten Thousand Only). Completed.

Matsagar, V., Chakraborty, T., and Sahoo, D.R.: "Development of Explosive Resistant Structures", Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Institute of Technology, DRDO-IITD 'Joint Advanced Technology Centre' (JATC), Directorate of Futuristic Technology Management, Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India; Rs 5.3302 Crore (Indian Rupees Five Crore Thirty-Three Lakh and Two Thousand Only). Completed.

Chakraborty, T., Matsagar, V.A., Chawla, A., Mukherjee, S., Datla, N., Khatait, J.P., and Sahoo, D.R.: "Design of Blast Resistant Structures", Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Institute of Technology, DRDO-IITD 'Joint Advanced Technology Centre' (JATC), Directorate of Futuristic Technology Management, Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India; Rs 8.8174 Crore (Indian Rupees Eight Crore Eighty-One Lakh and Seventy-Four Thousand Only). Completed.

Bharti, S.D., Shrimali, M.K., and Matsagar, V.A.: "Indigenous Design and Development of Prototype Base Isolation Systems for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation", Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; Rs 6,65,48,500 (Indian Rupees Six Crore Sixty-Five Lakh Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Only). Completed.

Kodur, V.K.R. (PI), Singh, S.B., and Matsagar, V.: "Fire-Resistance Guidelines for Hybrid FRP Structural Components made of Cellulosic Fibers Derived from Agricultural Waste", US-India Partnership-2020; $ 93,194 US Dollars (@ Rs 70,00,000 i.e., Indian Rupees Seventy Lakh Only). Completed.

Spadea, S. (PI), Dyer T., Matsagar, V.: "Valorization of Agriculture Waste Fibers as Reinforcement Material for Sustainable Concrete Structures in India", Scottish Funding Council Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), The University of Dundee, UK; Pound Sterling 5000 (UK Pound Sterling Five Thousand Only). Completed.

Spadea, S. (PI), Matsagar, V.: "Employing Natural Fibres to Achieve Low-Carbon Flexibly Formed Concrete Structures", PECRE Award 2020, Scottish Research Partnership Engineering (SRPe), The University of Dundee, UK; Pound Sterling 3000 (UK Pound Sterling Three Thousand Only). Completed.

Matsagar, V. (PI), D'Ayala, D. (PI, UK), Sahoo, D.R., Sebastian, W.: "Stochastic Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Analysis of Bridges with Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcements", Multi-Institutional Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Project (M-FIRP), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and University College London (UCL), Rs 10,00,000 (Indian Rupees Ten Lakh Only). Completed.

Chakraborty, T. (PI), Matsagar, V., Rao, K.S., and Goel, M.D.: "Characterization of Rock and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Impact Loading and Multi-Axial Stress State for Blast Resistant Design", Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India; Rs 1,19,99,800 (Indian Rupees One Crore Nineteen Lakh Ninety-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundred Only). Sanctioned.

Matsagar, V.A. (PI), Alam, M.S., "Performance-Based Seismic Design Guidelines for Buildings Isolated with Cost-Effective FRP-Based Rubber Bearings", a binational collaborative research project between The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada sponsored by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) under Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG); Rs 10,00,000 (Indian Rupees Ten Lakh Only). Completed.

Chakraborty, T., Matsagar, V.A., Kapuria, S., "Blast Resistant Design of Shaft", Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India; Rs 30,00,000 (Indian Rupees Thirty Lakh Only). Completed.

Indian Team: Sitharam, T.G., Sharma, N.P., Chakraborty, T., Matsagar, V., and Harisingh, J.M.; German Team: Kempf, S., Grafling, W., Nikutta, S.E., Seefeldt, A., Gebbeken, N., Larcher, M., Voss, M., Stuchtey, T.H., and Mayer, P.M., "Sensor Based Security and Emergency Management System for Underground Metro Systems during Disaster Events (SenSE4Metro)", Indo-German (DST-BMBF) Cooperation in Civil Security Research, International Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; Rs 1,33,81,800 (Indian Rupees One Crore Thirty Three Lakh Eighty One Thousand and Eight Hundred Only); and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium for Bildung und Forschung). SenSE4Metro: http://www.sense4metro.org. Completed.

Chakraborty, T., and V. Matsagar, V.A., "Characterization of High Strain Rate Behaviour of Rocks and its Application in Blast Loading on Underground Structures", Armament Research Board (ARB), Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India; Rs 42,00,000 (Indian Rupees Forty-Two Lakh Only). Completed.

Matsagar, V.A. (PI), "Earthquake Base Isolation of Secondary Systems using Elastomeric and Sliding Systems", Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India; Rs 19,76,000 (Indian Rupees Nineteen Lakh Seventy-Six Thousand Only). Completed.

Indian Team: Bhattacharyya, S.K. and Matsagar, V.; US Team: Kodur, V.K.R., Engelhardt, M.D., "Establishment of Indo-US Virtual Fire Centre for Advancing Research and Education in Structural Fire Engineering", Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), A Catalyst for Indo-US Science and Technology Cooperation; $ 86,567 US Dollars (@ Rs 51,94,000 i.e., Indian Rupees Fifty-One Lakh Ninety-Four Thousand Only). Virtual Fire Centre: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~matsagar/fire. Completed.

Maheswari, J.U., and Matsagar, V.A., "Automation of Structural Design Iteration for Indian Construction Industry", Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India; Rs 25,80,000 (Indian Rupees Twenty-Five Lakh Eighty Thousand Only). Completed.

Chaudhary, S., Nagpal, A.K., Bhattacharjee, B., and Matsagar, V.A., "Experimental and Analytical Studies for the Short- and Long-Term Behaviour of Epoxy Bonded Steel Concrete Composite Bridges", Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; Rs 46,75,000 (Indian Rupees Forty-Six Lakh and Seventy-Five Thousand Only). Completed.

Sahoo, D.R., Bishnoi, S., Matsagar, V.A., Sawhney, A., and Bhattacharjee, B., "Testing and Simulation of Building Performance of Affordable Housing Units", Global Research Program, TATA Steel; Rs 55,87,500 (Indian Rupees Fifty-Five Lakh Eighty-Seven Thousand and Five Hundred Only). Completed.

Kumar, A., Matsagar, V.A., and Schlink, U., "Identification of Issues for Sustainable Urban Built-Environment through Symposium of Indo-German Experts (SustainUBE)", (a) Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium for Bildung und Forschung), Government of Germany, EURO 15,800; (b) Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Rs 40,000; (c) Wipro Limited, India, Rs 50,000; (d) Continuous Education Program (CEP) Cell, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Rs 1,40,625; (e) Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Rs 1,00,000 and in-kind (@ Rs 24,55,250 i.e. Indian Rupees Twenty Four Lakh Fifty Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Only). SustainUBE: http://www.germany-and-india.com/en/event/752/identification-of-issues-for-sustainable-urban-built-environment. Completed.

Vasant Matsagar (PI): "Innovative Bi-Directional Base Isolation System for Earthquake Protection of Structures", Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India; Rs 5,76,000 (Indian Rupees Five Lakh Seventy-Six Thousand Only). Completed.

Matsagar, V.A. (PI): "Fire Response of Concrete Structures with Advanced Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites", Seed Grant; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi; Rs 10,18,625 (Indian Rupees Ten Lakh Eighteen Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Five Only). Completed.

Matsagar, V.A. (PI): "New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures for Sustainable Development", Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi; Rs 1,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Lakh Only). Completed.

GIAN Course Funding

Vasant Matsagar (PI): Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) program on "Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Structures" under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD-GIAN) Scheme; Rs 5,44,000 (Indian Rupees Five Lakh Forty-Four Thousand Only). Completed.

SPARC International Collaborations Funding

Vasant Matsagar (PI): Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) on "Resilient Infrastructure: Multi-Hazard Protective Design of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Panels for Blast and Fire Resistance" under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD-SPARC) Scheme; Rs 1,36,97,088 (Indian Rupees One Crore Thirty-Six Lakh Ninety-Seven Thousand Eighty-Eight Only). Awarded and Ongoing.

Vasant Matsagar (PI): Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) on "Fire Safety in Underground Tunnels" under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD-SPARC) Scheme; Rs 49,86,360 (Indian Rupees Forty-Nine Lakh Eighty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Only). Completed..

Vasant Matsagar (PI): Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) on "Airborne Sensors for Disaster Management" under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD-SPARC) Scheme; Rs 67,43,050 (Indian Rupees Sixty-Seven Lakh Forty-Three Thousand Fifty Only).Completed..

* Consultancy projects (both Type-A: research-based and Type-B: routine) undertaken and completed are not listed herein.

Funding for Student Research Projects* (Awarded and Ongoing/Completed)

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST) has approved funding for a project, "Novel Passive Electromagnetic Dampers for Vibration Control of Structures" under the Teacher’s Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) Scheme with total research grant of Rs 16,80,000 (Indian Rupees Sixteen Lakh Eighty Thousand Only) jointly between Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Gujarat and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Awarded and Ongoing.

Supriya Banerjee: Design of Bridges, from Tedesco Award to Professor Dr Mike Schlaich by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). Awarded and Ongoing.

Harshada Sharma: "New Passive Control System for Seismic Protection of Structures", Woman Scientist Scheme (WOS-A), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; Rs 23,00,000 (Indian Rupees Twenty-Three Lakh). Completed.

Alok Pradhan: "Floor Response Spectra Considering Soil-Structure Interaction for Design of Secondary Structures", Fast-Track-Projects under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Graduate Fellowship Scheme (DGFS) by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India; Rs 4,00,000 (Indian Rupees Four Lakh Only). Completed.

Siddharth Jain: "Seismic Response Control of Benchmark Tall Building using Magneto-Rheological Damper under Different Earthquake Excitation", Fast-Track-Projects under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Graduate Fellowship Scheme (DGFS) by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India; Rs 3,18,072 (Indian Rupees Three Lakh Eighteen Thousand Seventy-Two Only). Completed.

Aadi Kumar Jain: "Investigating Seismic Performance of Ellipsoidal Balls for Base Isolation", Project Development Grant, Alumni Association of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi (IITDAA); Rs 50,000 (Indian Rupees Fifty Thousand Only). Completed.

* Supervisor of the student served as Principal Investigator (PI).

Conferences Organized

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

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

Quality Improvement Program (QIP) Short/Long Term Courses/Workshops Conducted

Short Courses Organized/ Arranged

A joint colloquium on “Seismic Protection of Structures and Equipment” was organized on Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi by IIT Delhi and GERB Vibration Control Systems Pvt Ltd, India.

One-day SPARC-sponsored workshop on "Holistic Fire Engineering Design of Infrastructure" conducted during Friday, 29th September 2023 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

A two-day workshop on “Design of Structural Concrete with Strut-and-Tie Method” was conducted on Monday, 18th and Tuesday, 19th September 2023 at Hotel Vivanta Dwarka, New Delhi by the Indian National Group (ING) of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) prior to three-day IABSE Congress 2023.

77th Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Matériaux (RILEM) Annual Week and the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart and Sustainable Infrastructures (ISSSI 2023) were held at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during Monday, 4th to Friday, 8th September 2023.

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

Conducted an Indo-German workshop for, "Sensor Systems for Localization of Trapped Victims in Collapsed Infrastructure" (SORTIE), during Monday, 17th - Tuesday, 18th September 2018, at Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi.

One-week Continuing Education Program (CEP), Indian Army, Ministry of Defense (MoD), Government of India sponsored one-week course on "Blast Resistant and Anti-Terrorism Design of Structures", Coordinators: Prof. T. Chakraborty and Prof. Vasant Matsagar, conducted during Saturday, 7th - Saturday, 14th June 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Keynote Lectures/ Invited Speeches

Delivered the inaugural talk as a Chief Guest and conducted a session as a Resource Person on “Research Methodology and Formulation of Problem” at the One Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) approved by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) on the IPR Awareness and Research Methodologies organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of P.E.S. College of Engineering, Nagsenvan, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Delivered a plenary talk on "Oblate Spheroids for Vibration Response Control" at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ICAMM 2023) held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India during October 18-20, 2023.

Delivered three talks on (a) "Multi-Hazard Resilient Community Development (Earthquake, Windstorm, Flood and Fire) - Seismic Resilience of Hospital Buildings"; (b) "Need for Performance-Level Seismic Resilience of Hospitals - IS Code Provisions for Seismic Response Control of Lifeline Structures : An Overview; Seismic Resilience of Hospital Buildings"; and (c) "Measures for Improving Hospital Safety and Resilience during Earthquakes - Application of Passive Control Strategies to Hospital Buildings in India: Improving Hospital Resilience during Earthquakes" in a two-day capacity building workshop on 'Systemic Aspects of Resilient Health Infrastructure' under a collaborative initiative of 'Resilient Health Infrastructure for Sikkim' undertaken jointly by Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA), World Health Organization (WHO), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), and Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GI-DRM) held at Singtam, Sikkim during 9 - 11 August 2023.

An online interaction on "Earthquakes: Are we prepared?" through presentation on "Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for India" hosted by Citizens’ Forum India on 29 July 2023.

Made a detailed presentation on "Advanced Techniques for Earthquake-Resistant Design", and taught on the topic, Dampers and Base-Isolated Structures (Theory and Practice) in the Capsule Course on Disaster Management organized by the National Institute of Training for Standardization (NITS), Bureau of Indian Standards at New Delhi, India during 24-25 July 2023.

Delivered a talk on "Service-Life Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment of Structures from Fire Exposure Scenarios", Service-Life Infrastructure Design for Beyond- Loads and Load Combinations hosted by the University of Queensland (UQ) Student Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) - UQ Fire - Brisbane, Australia on 13 July 2023.

Delivered a talk on "State-Space Analysis of Structures Equipped with Nonlinear Dampers" in the one-week high-end workshop on Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Structures (NSAS) - 2023, 'KARYASHALA ABHYAAS' Program Accelerate Vigyan Scheme at the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) during 10-15 July 2023.

Delivered a talk and made a presentation on "Retrofitting using Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminated Composite for Industrial Structure under Extreme Loading", Service-Life Infrastructure Design for beyond Loads and Load Combinations as the Visiting Academic Research Fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), the University of Melbourne, Australia on 23 May 2023.

Delivered two talks on (a) "Perspective on Research Problem Formulation and Fruition" in the Faculty Development Program (FDP) at the S.N.D. College of Engineering and Research Center, and (b) "Earthquake Engineering and Technology - Mass Education of Communities" at the Pune Chapter of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and the IGS Students Chapter, Department of Civil Engineering, S.N.D. College of Engineering and Research Center, Yeola, Nasik, Maharashtra (MH), India on 29 April 2023.

Delivered a PechaKucha talk on "Multi-Hazard Resilient Health Infrastructure" during the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) at New Delhi, India during 4-5 April 2023.

Delivered an inaugural address as an invited guest and a keynote presentation on "Engineered Biocomposites in Civil Engineering Constructions" in the Professor Leon Black and Professor Bishwajit Bhattacharjee Symposium and the International Conference on Climate-Resilient Construction and Building Materials (ICCRCBM-2023) held at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India during 3-5 March 2023.

Delivered an invited lecture on "New Generation Elastomeric and Sliding Base Isolation Systems for Improved Seismic Performance of Structures", Advanced Base Isolation Systems in Real-Life Projects in India in the Workshop on "Analysis and Design of Seismically Isolated Structures" held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Village Palaj, Gujarat - 382 355, India during 27-28 February 2023.

Made a presentation on "Multi-Hazard Analysis and Design of Structures" as part of the KNTU-IIT Delhi Joint Webinars under the Civil (Structural) Engineering Disciplines at the K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on 15 February 2023.

Made a technical presentation on "Shifting Paradigms in Structural Design Philosophies", Performance-Based Design of Structures organized by the Aurangabad Center of the Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE), Maharashtra (MH), India on 8 October 2022.

Delivered an invited talk on "Seismic Safety of Non-Structural Components and Risk Mitigation" during the Training Programme on Building Risk Assessment and Disaster Resilient Construction Technologies - Focus to Earthquakes and Fires organized by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) on 30 August 2022.

Made a technical presentation on "Multi-Hazard Resilient Community Development", Disaster Risk Mitigation in Kerala: A Translational Perspective - Role of Higher Education Institutions during the International Colloquium on Translational Engineering & Research (ICTER 2022) by the Translational Research and Professional Leadership Centre (TPLC), Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Trivandrum, Kerala, held at the Kerala Arts & Crafts Village, Kovalam during 27-28 May 2022.

Delivered a talk on "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" during the "Training Program for DPCC Recruited Engineers and Scientists", organized by the Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on 13 May 2022.

Delivered a talk on "Semi-Active Tuned Mass Damper for Earthquake and Wind Response Control in Buildings" at the Department of Civil Engineering, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology (ADCET), Ashta, organized by the Council of Vibration Specialists (CVS) on 11 February 2022.

Delivered two talks on "Vibration Control System for Earthquake-Resistant Design" and "Earthquake-Resistant Design Practices: A Case Study" in a one-week online AICTE-sponsored ATAL Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction Practices" organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, University Institute of Technology (UIT), Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Airport Bypass Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal - 462 033, Madhya Pradesh (MP), India during 29 November - 3 December 2021.

Delivered inaugural speech and technical talk on "Dynamic Response Control of Tall Building Structures", AICTE-sponsored ATAL online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Design and Construction of Tall Building Structures organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, 9-5-81, Ibrahimbagh, Hyderabad - 500 031, 9-13 August 2021.

Delivered a talk on "Base-Isolated Structures (Theory and Practice)" during Online Continuing Education Program (CEP) Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on Earthquake Engineering - Basics, Code Provisions, Control and Retrofitting (EE-BCCR) at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Calicut-Mukkam Road, Kattangal, Kozhikode - 673 601, Kerala during 26-30 July 2021.

Panelist in the webinar on "Seismic Base Isolation in Turkey: Design, Application and its Spread" conducted by Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) on 08 April 2021.

Delivered an invited lecture on "Design of Blast-Resistant Structures" in the International Workshop on "Recent Advancements in Structural Engineering", organized under Endowment Chair Activity by M.S. Patel Department of Civil Engineering, Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology (CSPIT), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Anand, Gujarat, India on 31 March 2021.

Delivered an invited talk on "Natural Fiber-Reinforced Concrete" in the Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials and Construction (ICSBMC-2021) organized by the Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat, India on 04 February 2021.

Made a presentation in "Multi-Hazard Assessment of Structures" in an online Faculty Development Programme (FDP), Advances in Earthquake Engineering conducted under All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy on 8 January 2021.

Delivered speech in the online mini-symposium on “Feasibility of Bio-based Composites for Construction” under the PARTNERSHIP-2020: US-India Higher Education Cooperation on 28 December 2020.

Made a presentation on "Innovative Sliding Hybrid Base Isolation Systems for Seismic and Shock Response Control of Structures" as part of a technical session on "New Generation Sliding Base Isolation Systems for Improved Seismic Performance of Structures" and moderated another technical session on "Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolation System - an Indigenous Invention for Safer Future" in a webinar titled "Advanced Base Isolation Systems in Real-Life Projects in India" organized by the Structural Dynamics Forum of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) in association with Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) on 23 December 2020.

Delivered a webinar on "Earthquake Engineering Discipline and Futuristic Trends" under "Earthquakes Don't Kill People, But Inadequately Designed & Constructed Buildings Do", in a Webinar Series by Hilti Seismic Academy on 4 September 2020.

Delivered a lecture on "Modern Materials & Structural Systems for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure" during the Short-Term Online Course on "Modern Materials & Structural Systems for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure" at the Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Karicode, Peroor, Kerala - 691 005, India on 21 September 2020.

Delivered a presentation on "Importance of Connection in Ensuring Optimal Seismic Performance" and served as a panel member for the Online Panel Discussion "Mitigating the Risk by Being Prepared Ahead of Time", Hilti Seismic Academy on 12 August 2020.

Panelist in the online Panel Discussion on "Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Structures using FRP Composites" conducted by Kerala Highway Research Institute (KHRI) on 13 June 2020.

Delivered a webinar on "Multi-Hazard Dynamic Response Control of Structures under Earthquake and Wind Excitations" in one-week faculty development programme (FDP) on Performance of Engineering Structures under Extreme Loading (PESUEL-2020) organized by Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, India during 8-13 June 2020.

Delivered a webinar on "Effect of Earthquake on Built Form" under a "National Webinar on Safety Against Earthquake", by School of School of Engineering and Technology, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, India on 31 May 2020.

Delivered a webinar on "Earthquake Engineering and Technology" in Faculty Development Programme (FDP) organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College (JNEC) Aurangabad on 9 May 2020.

Delivered an Inaugural Webinar on "Earthquake Engineering and Technology" under the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Webinar Series on 9 May 2020.

Delivered lectures on "Energy Dissipation Techniques" and "Methods of Seismic Analysis and Design (Linear and Nonlinear)" during the Faculty Development Program on "Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures" at the School of Civil Engineering in the Dr Vishwanath Karad Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) World Peace University (WPU), Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India during 6-10 January 2020.

Delivered keynote speech on "Design with Engineered Composites for Explosive Containment Structure" in the 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2019) during 11-13 December 2019 held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India.

Delivered an invited keynote address on "Sustainable Infrastructure Development using Agricultural Waste Fibers as Reinforcement for Concrete Structures" and chaired a technical session at the Second International Forum on Green Development and Engineering Innovation, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 22-24 November 2019.

Panelist, Session Chair, and Technical Committee Member for the "International Seminar on Performance Based Design of Buildings and Bridges for Enhanced Seismic Resilience" conducted by the Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) at the PHD House, New Delhi, India during 8-9 November 2019.

Delivered lectures on "Non-Linear Analysis Application for Structures with Vibration Control Devices -Base Isolators and Dampers" in the Refresher Course on "Performance-Based Design for Buildings and Bridges" held during 14 September to 19 October 2019 by the Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) at the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi, India.

Delivered lectures on "Blast-Resistant Design of Masonry Structures" and "Advancements in Blast-Protective Structures" in the five-days short-term training program on "Blast-Resistant and Anti-Terrorism Design of Structures Using Advanced Materials" at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur - 440 010, Maharashtra (MH), India during 26-31 August 2019.

Delivered an invited lecture titled "Earthquake Response Control of Structures using Passive-Hybrid Systems" on 11 June 2019 at the Institute of Construction Materials, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Presented Indian scenarios on "Disaster Risk Reduction" during German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)-funded research project, under International Disaster and Risk Management (iKARIM), Sensor Systems for Localization of Trapped Victims in Collapsed Infrastructure on (a) 12-13 November 2018 at Mercure Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany and (b) 27 May 2019 at VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Multi-Hazard Protective Structures for Blast and Fire" Invited Speaker, Vasant Matsagar at the 63rd International Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM) held at the Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, India during 20-23 December 2018.

Delivered invited lectures in the seven-day Refresher Course on "Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings" conducted since 26 August 2017 in the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry for Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), New Delhi, India.

Delivered lectures on "Earthquake Response Control of Structures" in the National Workshop on "Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering" under the aegis of the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) during 20-21 March 2017 at the Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India.

Delivered keynote speech on "System Adaption to Buildings with National & International Codes / Standards", Half-Day Workshop on Earthquake Isolation & Protection Systems for Building & Bridges organized by the Indian Buildings Congress (IBC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) on 23 February 2017 in Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi.

Delivered plenary talk on "Structural Protection from Multiple Hazards: a New paradigm" in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanics and Materials (ICRAMM-2016) on 17-18 December 2016 at Burla, Odisha, India.

Delivered a plenary talk on "Wind Response of Friction Dampers Connected Adjacent Steel Buildings" in the 8th National Conference on Wind Engineering (8NCWE) on 16 December 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.

Delivered keynote speech on "Wind Response Control of Tall Buildings using Distributed Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers" at the Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings Including Earthquake and Wind Effects, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), New Delhi, India, 6-7 December 2016.

Delivered and invited talk on "Active Tuned Mass Dampers in Building Structures" and chaired a technical session in the 8th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures & Systems, Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, 28-30 September 2016.

Delivered invited lectures on "Earthquake Resistant Structures using Base Isolation Technology" and "Progressive Collapse in Buildings under Blast-Induced Loads" during 20 June 2016 to 2 July 2016 in the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) approved two-week short-term training program (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.

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

Delivered a presentation on "FRP Technology: Lighter the Better … Stronger the Best" in the Conclave on Integrated Border Management Systems, organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in Greater Noida Extension Centre on 18 June 2016 for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.

Delivered an invited talk on "Free Vibration Finite Element Analysis of Thin Circular Cylindrical Shells" in the Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS2016) on 27 June-1 July 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra (MH), India.

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 18-20 May 2016 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India. 5

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

Delivered a technical presentation on "Solving Civil Engineering Problems with Genetic Algorithm" in the one-day workshop on "Nature Inspired Algorithms and Its Applications in Engineering" at the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University (GBU), Greater Noida, on 28 March 2016.

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 13-14 March 2016 at the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS, UAE.

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 2 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.

Served as chief guest and delivered a keynote speech on "Earthquake Response of Secondary Systems in Fixed-Base and Base-Isolated Primary Structures" at the National Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering (NCASE) on 27-28 February 2016 at the Government College of Engineering, Karad, Maharashtra (MH), India.

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

Invited Speaker to talk about "Seismic Base Isolators for Earthquake Safety & Testing Facilities in India" in the joint conference on "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in India" held on 10 July 2015 organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi and the technical committee of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in India (EDMI), National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).

Distinguished keynote speaker "Dynamic Analysis of an Offshore Windmill Tower Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects" in the International Workshop on Energy and Resources Development held during 16-17 May 2015 at the Centre of Excellence on Energy and Resources Development, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.

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-day workshop on "Seismic Design, Evaluation, Retrofitting, and Optimization of Multi-Storied Buildings" during 27-29 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 (MH), India.

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 1-5 December 2014 at the UC-Quake Centre, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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 20-22 November 2014, conducted by the Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, JLN Marg, Jaipur - 302 017, Rajasthan, India.

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

Delivered invited lecture on "Performance of Base-Isolated Buildings Subjected to Earthquake and Blast-Induced Ground Motions" in the 8th National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFOE - 8) on 5-6 September 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, India.

Delivered invited lecture on "Blast Resistant Design of Structures", invited by High Energy Material Society of India (HEMSI) in National Workshop on Explosive Working of Metals (ExploWork 2014), Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, on 4 April 2014.

Delivered invited lectures in two-day short course on "Blast Resistant and Anti-Terrorism Design" conducted during 10-12 January 2014 at College of Engineering (CoEP), Pune.

Delivered lecture on "Design Concepts of Shock Isolators" in Continued Education Program (CEP) on "Blast Protection Devices", 23-27 September 2013 organised by Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India.

Delivered invited lecture on "Blast Resistant Design of Structures", invited by Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) on 26 September 2013.

Delivered a 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 Program (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, 19-20 August 2013 conducted by the Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur, Howrah - 711 103, West Bengal (W.B.), India.

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

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 Program (CEP) on "Research Methodology: Problem Formulation, Research Tools and Report Writing", 9-10 August 2013 conducted by the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad - 431 028, Maharashtra (MH), India.

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

Delivered lectures in Quality Improvement Program (QIP) course on "Formwork for Concrete Structures", Course Coordinator: Prof. K. N. Jha, 17-21 June 2013, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

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 Program (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on 2 April 2013 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Velagapudi Rama Krishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada - 520 007, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.), India.

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

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 Program (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India during 22-23 March 2013 by the Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur - 440 010, Maharashtra (MH), India.

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 Program (TEQIP) Phase II, National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on 6 March 2013 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh - 202 002, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India.

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 6-7 November 2012 at the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

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

Delivered keynote speech on "Seismic Isolation of Anchored Non-Structural Components" at International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering, Technology and Management (SPICON-2012), on 31 May - 2 June 2012 at Mumbai, India.

Delivered keynote speech on "Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviour of Granular Materials in Base Excited Silos" at 4th International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD-12), Jaipur, India, 2012.

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 1 September 2012.

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

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

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

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

Delivered lectures in short course on "Advances in Earthquake Engineering", Course Coordinator: Prof. D.R. Sahoo, 28-29 October 2011, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

Delivered training Program for Civil Engineers on I. S. 800 (2007) for L & T conducted on 16-17 September 2011 at Larsen and Toubro (L & T) at Faridabad, India.

Delivered a keynote speech on "Earthquake Engineering and Blast Resistant Technology - Current Status and Some Research Work at IIT Delhi" during the Aurangabad Engineers’ Symposium, organised under the aegis of Institution of Engineers (India) and Marathwada Students’ Committee, held at Aurangabad, Maharashtra (MH), India on 9 April 2011.

Served guest of honor for the Cognizance-11 - a national level technical carnival and delivered invited speech on "Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering - Opportunities and Prospects" Charotar University of Science & Technology, CHARUSAT Campus, Anand, Gujarat, India on 7 April 2011.

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

Seminar Delivered on "Use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Strands in Prestressed Concrete (PC) Bridges" on 16 June 2010 for a team of Designers and Civil Engineers from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Highways Department, Design and Investigation, Guindy, Chennai - 32, India.

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

Delivered keynote speech on "Use of Unbonded CFRP Strands in Transverse Post-Tensioning in Box-Beam Bridges" and chaired a technical session at the International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pilani, India, 25-27 October 2009.

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

Delivered an invited talk on "Revitalizing Science and Technology Research in India" during the ‘National Seminar on Science Policy, Implementation and Assessment’ held at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai, India during 1-4 November 2004.

Delivered lecture on "Non-Linearity in Structural Dynamics" on 22nd February 2019 during an AICTE-Sponsored Quality Improvement Short-Term Course on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, at Department of Applied Mechanics, Government College of Engineering, Amravati - 395 007, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Other Participations

Served guest of honor for the Cognizance-11 - a national level technical carnival and delivered invited speech on "Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering - Opportunities and Prospects" Charotar University of Science and Technology, CHARUSAT Campus, Anand, Gujarat, India on 7 April 2011.

Participated in the two-day national seminar on "Climate Change Abatement: Role of Civil Engineers" conducted by the Institution of Engineers (India) at the Andhra Pradesh State Centre, Hyderabad, India during 23-24 October 2009.

Participated in one-day workshop on regarding "A Note on Exponentially Correlated Stationary Processes" conducted by Professor Dr Hans-Jörg Starkloff of Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau at the Technische Universität (TU) Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany.

Nominated as Department Representative and participated in the "Workshop on Improving the PhD Quality" held on 16 April 2009 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

Participated in the one-day national seminar on "Seismic Safety for Concrete Gravity Dams" conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, New Delhi, India on 27 February 2009.

Participated in the one-day workshop on "Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Multi-Storeyed Buildings" conducted at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India on 12 March 2005.

Participated in the "World Youth Peace Summit" held at Bangalore in India during 7-9 December 2003 hosted by International Association for Human Values (IAHV).

Participated in the seminar on "Role and Relevance of Rajya Sabha in Indian Polity" organised as a part of the celebrations to commemorate the 200th session of Rajya Sabha held on 14 December 2003.

Participated in "Symposium on Nanotechnology" held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India during 2-3 October 2003.

Participated in the technical workshops "Seismic Design and Detailing of RCC Framed Structures” on 23 February 2002 and "Software Tools for Structural Design of Buildings" on 22 February 2003 organised by Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE), Mumbai, India.

Participated in CONFLUENCE’ 2002, a two-day workshop on GNU/ LINUX held at KReSIT, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.

Completed two courses on "TAGUCHI Method for Process Optimization" at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.

Participated in the talks on "Technology, Development and Values" conducted under the auspices of Cell for Human Values at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.

Other Administrative Activities in IIT Delhi

Currently, serving as the 'Head of the Department' at Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India since Monday, 22nd January 2024.

Currently serving as Academic Outreach Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Currently serving as Chairperson of the Institute Oversight Committee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Member of the Institute Oversight Committee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Currently serving as Structures Section Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Currently serving as Member of Internal Appraisal Committee of Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Currently serving as National Coordinator for Civil Engineering and allied subjects in the Swayam Prabha DTH Channel, a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Project, National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT).

Currently serving as member of School Research Committee (ScRC) at the School of Inter-Disciplinary Research (SIRe), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Member of Core Group of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) Cell, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi currently.

Member of Faculty Search Committee in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi currently.

Faculty In-Charge of the Multi-Hazard Protective Structures (MHPS) Laboratory; and Mentor of the Advanced Dynamics Laboratory (ADL) in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi currently.

Serving as member of Ph.D. Student Research Committees (SRC) for about ten students at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Department of Applied Mechanics, and Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Convener, Department of Civil Engineering Committee on Institute of Eminence (IoE) Initiatives at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi currently.

Served as Vice-Chairman, I2Tech - OpenHouse'2017, the annual technical festival of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Budgeted technical program activities of Rs 82,00,000 (Indian Rupees Eighty-Two Lakh).

Served as Chairman of Disaster Management Committee at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as member of Institute Infrastructure Committee, Institute Fire Committee, Institute Education Review Committee at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi currently.

Served as a member of the IIT Delhi Vision Document Preparing Committee.

Committee Member for Finalization of Equivalent Disciplines and Eligibility Criteria for DRDO Scientists Recruitment.

Served as Timetable In-Charge of Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Program Coordinator of M.Tech. (Structural Engineering - CES) Program at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Department Research Committee (DRC) Nominee on the examination committee for M.Tech. Project (MTP) in Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Serving as member of Ph.D. Student Research Committees (SRC) for about ten students at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Department of Applied Mechanics, and Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Department Research Committee (DRC) Nominee on the examination committee for M.Tech. Project (MTP) in Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

B.Tech. Project (BTP) examination committee member in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served for about five years as member of Department Research Committee (DRC) at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served for about five years as Vice-President of Civil Engineering Society (CES) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Conducted several events in association with students, including orientation and farewell programs, seminars, annual civil engineering festival - DIMENSIONS, sports, and cultural events, published several issues of civil engineering technical magazine - NIRMAAN, etc.

Developed architecture and contents' compilation for the Department of Civil Engineering Homepage, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and served as overseer.

Served as member on the committee for the Institute Website, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Laboratory In-Charge of the CED Computational Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Administrative In-Charge of the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Head, Computer Users’ Community of the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served for 3 years as Program Coordinator for the M.Tech. Program in Structural Engineering (CES) in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served for 3 years as Program Coordinator for the M.Tech. Program in Construction Engineering and Management (CET) in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

For brief period served as Program Coordinator for Post-Graduate Diploma in Metro Rail Transport: Technology and Management (CEX) in the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Convenor of B.Tech. Curriculum Review Committee setup in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Convenor of Faculty Selection Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as Member of Curriculum Development Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as convenor for the Visitors' Coordination Committee, the Department of Civil Engineering (CED), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Served as convenor and member of Publication and Visitors' Coordination Committee of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Delhi. (a) A department movie has been prepared during the IIT Delhi Golden Jubilee Celebrations in the year 2011; (b) Brochure of Civil Engineering Department is published; and (c) Organised a technical symposium on "Future Roadmap of Civil Engineering: Learning from the Past" and Faculty Felicitation Function during the IIT Delhi Golden Jubilee Celebrations in the year 2011.

Served as Faculty Advisor for B.Tech. Students; and advisor for the Summer and Winter Internships.

Served for five years as Department Representative for the Open House - I2Tech at IIT Delhi and member of the organizing team. Conducted "Industry-Academia Interaction Meet" in the year 2010 in I2Tech under the aegis of Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT).

Conducted information session at Institute level for all faculty members about funding opportunities from German Government. Two sessions were conducted for students on scholarship/ fellowship opportunities from Germany.

Institute representative, question paper setter, and confidential operations (ConOps) for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), and Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM). Served several times as Institute Representative for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE); for example, GATE (Vadodara, 2010; Jaipur, 2011, Jaipur 2011) and JEE (Dwarka, 2010; NOIDA, 2011; Indore, 2012). Institute Representative for online GATE, 2013 at Kota and 2014 at Hissar and Indore), etc.

Institute representative, question paper setter, and confidential operations (ConOps) for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Entrance Examinations.

Institute representative, question paper setter, and confidential operations (ConOps) for the Entrance Examinations of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India.

Institute representative, question paper setter, and confidential operations (ConOps) for the "Build India Fellowship" Examinations of the Larsen and Toubro (L&T).

Served two times as Proctorial Team Member to check on ragging menace in student hostels.

Served three times as CED Student Guide at the annual Convocation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and member of the standing committee.

International Collaboration and Technical Services

Coordinator for Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Michigan State University (MSU), USA.

Coordinator for Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan.

PhD Management Board, Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Technical University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 - Bari, Italy.

Member of expert panel in the European Research Council (ERC) for evaluation of scientific proposals submitted to the ERC Starting Grant.

Member of expert panel in National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT-Chile) for evaluation of scientific proposals submitted to the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT).

Other Outreach Activities and Corporate Responsibilities

Serving as a peer-reviewer for few selected refereed international journals, such as:
1. Earthquake Spectra (editorial activities too)
2. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology (editorial activities too)
3. Hindawi Publishing (editorial activities too)
4. Institution of Engineers (India) (editorial activities too)
5. Shock and Vibration (editorial activities too)
6. ACI Materials Journal, American Concrete Institute
7. ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute
8. Construction & Building Materials
9. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
10. IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering
11. International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration
12. International Journal of Steel Structures
13. Journal of Sound and Vibration
14. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
15. Journal of Vibration and Control
16. Springer
17. Structures
18. Thin-Walled Structures
19. Indian Concrete Journal
20. Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A
21. Current Science
22. Sadhana
23. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society’s Journals, etc.

Reviewer for the syllabus of the following undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses newly developed and proposed at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi:
1. Prestressed concrete Structures
2. Structural Dynamics with Application to Earthquake Engineering
3. Bridge Engineering
4. Analysis and Design for Earthquake Resistant Structures

Faculty selection committee member at some National Institutes of Technology (NITs), India.

Member of the committee for review of upgradation/ authorization of equipment for 16 NDRF Battalions and NDRF Academy; Procurement Cell, Headquarters (HQ), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Applied Mechanics at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) at Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargaon, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Expert for Academic Audit of Department of Civil Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) as well as Academic Council in Government Engineering College Aurangabad, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of Academic Council in Government Engineering College Karad, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) World Peace University (WPU), Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) in Civil Engineering at the Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India.

Faculty selection committee member for the JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida.

Selection committee member for the External Scholarship in Japan by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

Selection committee member for the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP), Government of India.

Evaluation committee member for projects in the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Government of India.

Evaluation committee member for projects in the Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council - Small Industries Development Bank of India (TIFAC-SIDBI) Technology Innovation Program Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Evaluation committee member for projects in the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) / Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Evaluation committee member for projects in the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Government of India.

Nominated as jury member for the selection of architect-consultant for the proposed Knowledge Based Industrial Park at Baprola, Delhi by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC).

Nominated interview committee member for selection of Class-I Executive Engineers for Kendriya Vidyalayas.

Nominated interview committee member for selection of Graduate Engineers for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Member of several project evaluation committees and interview committees in the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India.

Serving as a technical expert member on the classified panels of Government of India on assessment of blast resistant design of strategically important structures.

Member of interview committees in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Nominated member in RPSC (Rajasthan Public Service Commission): for (1) Preliminary examination paper setting and keys, (2) Main examination paper setting and solutions, and (3) Interview committee member.

Nominated member in Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC): for (1) Preliminary examination paper setting and keys, and (2) Main examination paper setting and solutions.

Nominated member in Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC): for (1) Preliminary examination paper setting and keys, and (2) Main examination paper setting and solutions.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for the School of Civil Engineering under Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Civil Engineering at the Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College (JNEC), Mahatma Gandhi Mission (MGM) University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Civil Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)-World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Civil Engineering at the Presidency University, Itagalpur, Rajanakunte, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Civil Engineering at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Civil Engineering at the G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Applied Mechanics and Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat (GJ), India.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) at the National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Warangal, Telangana, India.

Executive Council Member as Treasurer of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Delhi Chapter.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) nominated member on the committee responsible for the recruitment of scientists by the Recruitment & Assessment Centre (RAC) for Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Timarpur, Delhi.

Nominated external Senate Member at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa.

Nominated member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for the Civil Engineering Department, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) nominated member of the Academic Council for the Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi, India.

Nominated Technical Member of the Initial Screening Committee (ISC) for the Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government. of India, New Delhi, India.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) nominated representative of the promotion committee for the Professor and Associate Professor of the Government Engineering College Banda, Atarra Banda, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India.

PhD Thesis Examiner in Other Institutes

2012, PhD Thesis Examiner: Experimental and Analytical Studies on Flexure Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beam using GFRP by Mr Kaushalkumar Bhupendrakumar Parikh, S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat.

2013, PhD Thesis Examiner: Design & Development of Knowledge Management System to Improve Equipment Reliability by Mr Tarapada Pyne, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra.

2013, PhD Thesis Examiner: Thermo-Elastic Flexure of Laminated Plates using Trigonometric Shear Deformation Theory by Mr Sanjay Kantrao Kulkarni, Government College of Engineering Aurangabad.

2014, PhD Thesis Examiner: Response of Coastal Structures against Earthquake Forces considering Soil-Structure Interaction and Tsunami Run-Up Forces, Mr Pusala Kodandarama Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad.

2015, PhD Thesis Examiner: Responses of Shallow Foundations in Soils and Rocks Subjected to Blast Loadings by Mr Ranjan Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

2015, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Protection of Soft Storey Buildings Using Energy Dissipation Devices by Mr Subhransu Sekhar Swain, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar.

2016, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Fragility Analysis of a Containment Structure Considering Leakage through the Damaged Concrete by Mr Nikil Pujari, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

2016, PhD Thesis Examiner: Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of Beams and Plates by using Integral Transform Technique by Mr Gajendra Gandhe, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.

2016, PhD Thesis Examiner: Upgradation of Gravity Load Designed RC Beam Column Connections using SS Plates Subjected to Cyclic Loading by Mr Minakshi Vaghani, Sardar Vallabhbhai, National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat.

2017, PhD Thesis Examiner: Adaptive Control and Performance Enhancement of Base Isolated Structures with Emphasis on Behaviour of Structure and Non-Structural Components by Ms Sanjukta Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

2017, PhD Thesis Examiner: Critical Study of Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beam having FRP Reinforcement by Mr Tarak Vora, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Ahmedabad.

2017, PhD Thesis Examiner: Evaluation of Time Period of Vibration of Buildings in Seismic Analysis by Mr Prakash Sangamnerkar, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal.

2017, PhD Thesis Examiner: Study of Failure in Concrete Gravity Dams for Earthquakes Adopting FEA (Finite Element Analysis) by Mr K. Sashi Kiran Babu, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad.

2018, PhD Thesis Examiner: Analytical Modelling of Reinforced Masonry Beam with Experimental Validation by Mr Shashank Mehendale, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai.

2018, PhD Thesis Examiner: Performance and Behaviour of Base-Isolated Building Frames Subjected to Near and Far Field Earthquakes Devices by Mr Mohit Bhandari, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur.

2018, PhD Thesis Examiner: Progressive Collapse Analysis of Steel Frame Structures by Mr Atul B. Pujari, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai.

2018, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction of Massive Masonry Structures: Application to Gol Gumbaz by Mr Shivakumar Patil, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

2018, PhD Thesis Examiner: The Behaviour of Granular Materials under Shock and Blast Loading - a Shock Tube Investigation by Mr Vivek P., Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Axial Compression - Bending Interaction Behavior of Square RC Columns Strengthened using Hybrid FRP Composites by Mr M. Chellapandian, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Damage Sensitive Feature Extraction and Classification in the Structural Systems using Time Series Representation in Phase Space Portrait by Mr Lavish Pamwani, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Experimental Studies on High Performance Concrete using Industrial Waste by Ms Damyantiben Govindhbai Badagha, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Properties of Concrete using Water Cooled Ferrochrome Slag as Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate by Mr Manoj Kumar Dash, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Response Control of Buildings using Supplementary Devices by Mr Atulkumar A. Manchalwar, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2019, PhD Thesis Examiner: Study on Fracture Behavior and Shear Capacity of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams by Mr Gali Sahith, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: A Study on Partial Replacement of Cement by Steel Slag together with Blast Furnace Slag for Sustainable Concrete by Ms Richa Palod, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Critical Earthquake Slip Models for Simulation of Ground Motion by Ms Lekshmy P.R., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Experimental and Analytical Investigations on Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joint Subjected to Shock and Impact Loading by Mr Anupoju Rajeev, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Optimum TMD Parameters using Equal Eigen Value Criteria by Mr Vikas M. Thakur, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Post-Earthquake Fire Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns by Mr Hemanth Chinthapalli, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Parametric Study on Performance of Bacterial Concrete Embedded with Bacillus Subtilis Bacteria and Basalt Fiber by Mr Kunamineni Vijay, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Performance Indicators for Reinforced Concrete Beams - A Reliability Based Approach" by Mr Anadee M. Kulkarni, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Fragility Analysis of Structures with Special Emphasis to North East India by Mr Swarup Ghosh, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur.

2020, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Wave Propagation in Reduced Micropolar Half-Space by Ms Anjali Dhabu, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Non-Destructive Evaluation of In-Situ Stresses in Concrete Structures using Stress Relief Technique by Mr Ashutosh Gajanan Dabli, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Performance-Based Analysis of Bridge Pier with Rocking Shallow Foundation by Mr Deviprasad B. S., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Studies on Fractural Behaviour of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete with Recycled Aggregates by Mr Anshul Garg, Lovely Professional University, Punjab.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Behavior of Multiple Friction Pendulum Isolator along with its Linear Visco-Elastics Model by Mr Ankit Himanshubhai Sodha, Sardar Vallabhbhai, National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Performance of Semi-Rigid Steel Frames by Mr Vijay Sharma, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Numerical Analysis in Assessing the Performance of Structure and its Components subjected to Blast Loading by D. Raj Kumar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Development and Application of Optimization Techniques for Damage Analysis of ASCE Benchmark Structure by Mr Swagato Das, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Shape Memory Alloy Based Stiffening of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade for Vibration Control and Fatigue Life Enhancement by Mr Mohamed Sajeer M., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Thermomechanical Stress Analysis of Smart Laminated Materials by Ms Sharawari Prafulla Kulkarni, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Performance Evaluation of RC Building under Blast Loading by Ms Sunita Tolani, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur.

2021, PhD Thesis Examiner: Offshore Wind Turbines Subjected to Simulated Earthquakes: From Point Source to Finite Fault Effects by Mr Vasudeo Govind Chaudhari, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: The Study of Post-Buckling Response, Failure, and Strength of Functionally Graded Composite Plates with Cutouts by Mr Vummadisetti Sudhir, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Improving the Seismic Performance of Dynamically Similar Buildings Using Damper Connected Control Technique by Mr Uppari Ramakrishna, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Appraisal of Seismic Design Approaches and Amelioration of DDBD for RC Framed Structures by Mr Onkar G. Kumbhar, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Improved Smeared Panel Element for Reinforced Concrete under Shear and Flexure by Nikesh Thammishetti, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: A Comprehensive Study of Seismic Mainshock-Aftershock Effects on Regular and Irregular Steel Moment Resisting Frames by Mr Samyak D. Parekar, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Failure and Fragility Assessment of Gravity Dam Considering Foundation Flexibility by Mr Aniket Rajkumar Tidke, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Seismic Fragility using Energy Criterion for Earthquake-Resistant Design by Mr Gopinath C., National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Servo-Mechanism Based Adaptive Control for Smart Base-Isolated Structures Subjected to Uncertain Ground Excitations: Algorithm Development and Experimental Verification by Mr Jagajyoti Panda, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

2022, PhD Thesis Examiner: Studies on Shock Mitigation by Foams, Composites, and their Sandwich Structures by Mr Thorat Maheshkumar Prakash, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Effect of Corrosion on Reinforced Concrete Members with Splice/ Anchor and Epoxy-Grouted Nut-Coupler by Mr Naseeruddin Haris Nazimuddin, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Characterization of Shear and Elastic Properties of Concrete by Mr Rangesh Jajodia, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Performance Enhancement of Existing Deficient Unreinforced Masonry Buildings using RC Bands through Experiments and Numerical Studies by Ms Lakshmi Latha, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Development of Genetic Algorithms for the Optimal Design of Machine Foundations by Mr Nulu Reddeppa, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Anantapur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Static and Failure Analyses of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates using Mixed Finite Element Method by Kamal Shanker Patel, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Multicomponent Ground Motion: Characterization and its Effect on Buildings by Mr Ravi Kanth Sriwastav, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Enhanced Damping Mechanisms for Deep Tuned Liquid Dampers to Control Lateral Structural Vibrations by Tanmoy Konar, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Semi-Active Control of Fixed Offshore Structure using Magneto-Rheological Damper by Mr Satheesh J., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

2023, PhD Thesis Examiner: Experimental and Numerical Studies on Design of RC Columns against Blast Loads by Anjani K.K., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

2024, PhD Thesis Examiner: Across Wind Loads and Response of Tall Buildings by Ashish Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.

2024, PhD Thesis Examiner: Effect of URM Infills on Seismic Performance of RC Frame and Frame-Shear Wall Buildings by Mayank Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.

Guidance of Postgraduate Students in Other Institutes Allied Academics

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr Shrirang Kamble at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, Maharashtra (MH), India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr Vivek Gohel at the Nirma University, Gujarat, India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Ms Jahanvi Miteshkumar Suthar at the Nirma University, Gujarat, India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr P. Govardhan at the Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr G. Satya Prakash at the Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr Rajesh Kumar at the Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

PhD Research Committee Member for Mr M. Mujeeb at the Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Hosted Mr Ryo Majima, an undergraduate intern from Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan.

Ph.D. and M. Phil. University approved supervisor at Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Ph.D. and M. Phil. University approved supervisor at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra (MH), India.

M.S. Thesis Examiner: "Development of a Novel Adaptive Feedback Based System for the Passive Control of Rail Bridge Vibration" by Mr Shubhang Jain at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad in 2022.

M.Tech. (Structural Engineering) Student, Mr Shivam Kasana at School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University (GBU), Greater Noida, Co-Supervisor for his Masters Thesis, "Semi-Active Tuned Mass Damper for Earthquake Response Control of Buildings".

M.Tech. (Structural Engineering) Student, Mr Mallikarjun Perumalla at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, Co-Supervisor for his Masters Thesis, "Seismic Performance of Secondary Systems Housed in Isolated and Non-Isolated Building Structures".

Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) Thesis Co-Supervision for Dr Ruby Kumari of Department of Prosthodontics, I.T.S. Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Delhi-Meerut Road, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad - 201 206 in 2012.

Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) Thesis Co-Supervision for Dr Sonal Batra of Department of Prosthodontics, Sudha Rustogi College of Dental Sciences and Research under Pandit B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak - 124 001, in 2013.

M.Tech. Thesis Examiner: "Seismic Analysis of Adjacent Buildings Connected with Dampers" by Ms Devyani D. Samarth at Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, Maharashtra (MH) - 440 010 in 2014.

M.Tech. Thesis Examiner: "Seismic Retrofitting of RC Building using Metallic Dampers" by Mr Shende Arjun Kisanrao at Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, Maharashtra (MH) - 440 010 in 2014.

M.Tech. Thesis Examiner: "Some Studies on Strength of Partially Set Concrete Mixes" by Mr Vijay Prakash Meena at Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat - 395 007 in 2010.

M.Tech. Thesis Examiner: "Analysis of Curved Box Girder Bridge" by Mr Vikram Jaisingh Kadam at Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat - 395 007 in 2010.

Member in the Research and Recognition Committee (RRC) at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) World Peace University (WPU), Pune, Maharashtra (MH), India.

Serving as Indian member on the interview panel for Ph.D. and Masters Programs in engineering in German universities conducted by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), German Academic Exchange Program.

COVID 2019 Activities

Committee Member and Chairperson of Oxygen (O2) for India Initiative by Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India during COVID Outbreak.

Development of Technology for Establishing "PSA-Based Medical Oxygen Plant" through Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi during COVID Outbreak.

Development of Technology for Establishing "Cylinder Filling Compressor System" through Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi during COVID Outbreak.