1. Professor (Higher Academic Grade, H.A.G.), Dogra Chair, and Department Head.


2. 'DAAD Research Ambassador' by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), German Academic Exchange Program for the tenure 2025-2028.


3. World's Top 2% Scientists enlisting by Elsevier.


4. 'CIDC Vishwakarma Award for Academician' by the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) in 2025.


5. 'ACCE(I) - NAGADI Award' for the Best Book Publication in Civil Engineering by the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers India in 2024.


6. Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship for Academic and Professional Excellence by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) in 2023-2024.


7. FEIT Visiting Academic Research Fellowship for conducting research in the Advanced Protective Technologies for Engineering Structures (APTES) Group, Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2022.


8. Erasmus+ Higher Education KA107 Fellowship for teaching in the 'Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Matemática' of the 'Departamento de Matemática Aplicada' at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain in 2021-2022.


9. 'CDRI Fellowship' awarded by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in 2021.


10. "ISET V.H. Joshi Award" as the best paper in Soil Dynamics published in ISET Journal for the block year 2017-2020.


11. 'Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers' by the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation to conduct research in the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin in 2017-2019.


12. 'Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award' conferred by the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, Munich, Germany 2017-2018.


13. ASEM-DUO-India Professor Fellowship Award for conducting research at the University of Dundee, UK.


14. Erasmus+ Fellowship for teaching at the Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany.


15. Research stay at Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) and visits to base-isolated structures in Tokyo funded by the Japan Society of Seismic Isolation (JSSI) in March 2018.


16. 'Research Excellence Program USC - India' by the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain to conduct research in the 'Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Matemática' of the 'Departamento de Matemática Aplicada' in 2016-2017.


17. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi 'Teaching Excellence Award' in 2015-2016.


18. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay 'Research Paper Award' in 2014.


19. IGS-HEICO Biennial Prize for the Best Paper, "Response of Semi-Buried Structures Subjected to Multiple Blast Loading Considering Soil-Structures Interaction" published in 2014.


20. 'Erasmus Mundus Award' under the Action 2 project India4EU II program of the European Commission to conduct research in Civil Engineering at Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), France in 2013.


21. 'DST Young Scientist Award' by the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) at Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.


22. 'DAE Young Scientist Award' by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.


23. 'Visiting Professor' appointment at the Department of Civil Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan (MI), USA.


24. 'Associate Member' of ACI Committee 216 on Fire Resistance and Fire Protection of Structures, American Concrete Institute (ACI), Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA.


25. 'IBC Award for Excellence in Built Environment' awarded by the Indian Buildings Congress (IBC) in 2010.


26. 'DAAD Research Ambassador' by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, German Academic Exchange Program for the academic session 2010-2011.


27. 'IEI Young Engineer Award' awarded by the Institution of Engineers (India) in Civil Engineering Discipline in 2009.


28. Faculty felicitation received from Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Aurangabad, India.


29. 'Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship' awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.


30. 'Outstanding Reviewer' awards from various Elsevier journals.


31. 'DAAD Award' for study visits to German universities such as, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen University); Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBW); Technische Universität in Dresden (TUD), Darmstadt, and München (TUM), under faculty exchange program by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, German Academic Exchange Program in 2009 and 2012.

Prior to Commencement of Tenure at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi


32. 'CIMR Post-Doctoral Fellowship' awarded by the Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan (MI), USA.


33. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) travel grant to present paper in the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference held at San Francisco, California, USA.


34. 'Young Professional Award' conferred by Institution of Engineers (India) and World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).


35. Awarded by the Parliament of India for a paper entitled "The Temple of Legendary Visionaries" presented at the seminar 'Role and Relevance of Rajya Sabha in Indian Polity' on the occasion of 200th session of Rajya Sabha.


36. Included in the Marquis Who’s Who publications board in its seventh edition on science and engineering.


37. Government of India’s, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) scholarship for research leading to doctoral degree.


38. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India international travel grant for Singapore and Malaysia visit during conference.


39. Received prize and 'Merit Certificate' for securing second position as runners up for presenting the paper entitled 'Modern Methods of Structural Analysis' in the state level paper presentation contest, INSEARCH’ 97.

Editorial Responsibilities (Journals Only)

1. Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, currently.


2. Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ), currently.


3. Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal of Earthquake Technology, during 2019-2023.


4. Editorial Board Member of the international journal, Structures and Buildings published by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK, currently.


5. Editorial Board Member of the Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (BNZSEE), currently.


6. Associate Editor, Computational Methods in Structural Engineering Section, Frontiers in Built Environment, currently.


7. Editorial Board Member of the SAGE International Journal of Protective Structures (IJPS), currently.


8. Editorial Board Member of the Springer Journal on Architecture, Structures and Construction, currently.


9. Associate Editor, Progress in Civil and Structural Engineering, Alwaha Scientific Publishing Services (ASPS) SARL, Biskra, Algeria, currently.


10. Editorial Board Member of the Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi, currently.


11. Academic Editor in the Shock and Vibration, Hindawi, currently.


12. Editorial Board Member of The Open Civil Engineering Journal, Bentham Open, currently.


13. Editorial Board Member of the Taylor and Francis, Civil Engineering.


14. Guest Editor for the Buildings journal MDPI for the Special Issue on “Base Isolation for Earthquake-Resistant Design”, currently.


15. Guest Editor for the Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration, and Active Control, SAGE for the Special Collection on “Advances in Vibration Control of Civil Structures”, currently.


16. Guest Editor for the Frontiers in Built Environment, Frontiers for the Special Issue on “Application of Machine Learning in Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Control of Civil Structures”.


17. Guest Editor for the Special Issue on “Vibration Control Techniques for Dynamic Response Mitigation of Civil Structures under Multiple Hazards” in the Shock and Vibration, Hindawi.


18. Guest Editor for the Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ) of Indian Concrete Institute for (a) the February 2019 issue, (b) Special Issue on “Elevated Temperature Behavior of Concrete Materials and Structures” in August-October 2019; and (c) Special Issue on “Resilient Infrastructure Development with Advanced Engineered Materials” in October 2020 and January 2021.


19. Guest Editor for the Special Issue on “Advancements in Design, Analysis, and Retrofitting of Structures Exposed to Blast” in the Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi.


20. Associate (Responsible) Editor of the Earthquake Spectra, an international journal of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA, earlier.


21. Editorial Board Member of the “International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research”, Science Publications, earlier.


22. Editorial Board Member of the International e-Journal “Recent Trends in Civil Engineering and Technology”, earlier.


23. Editorial Board Member of the “Journal of Recent Trends in Civil Engineering and Technology”, STM Journals (STM – Scientific, Technical, and Medical); ISSN: 2249-8753, earlier.


24. Guest Editor for the Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) 2014 Special Issue on “Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics” in the Institution of Engineers India (Series A), Springer.