PUBLICATIONS
Research Grant (Ongoing)
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3. The Royal Society London, United Kingdom "Climate Adaptive Railway Earthworks (CARE)" (Amount- GBP 11990/- Role- PI with Dr. Xueyu Geng of University of Warwick, United Kingdom. (March 31, 2023- Ongoing)
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2. National Rural Infrastructure Development Authority, Government of India "Strategies and guidelines for slope cutting for village roads in Himachal Pradesh" (March 2023- ongoing). (Amount- 16.78 Lakhs, Role- PI, Co-I- Dr. Maheshreddy Gade)
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1. IIT Mandi SEED grant: (16 Lakhs INR) to research on “Development of design methodology for shallow foundations on sloping ground subjected to hydraulic load and fault rupturing phenomena: experimental and numerical investigation”. January 27, 2021- January 26, 2023. (Role- PI, Co-I: Dr. Maheshreddy Gade)
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Training Grant
1. National Rural Infrastructure Development Authority, Government of India “Training of Engineers and Personnel involved in the implementation of PMGSY at the PIU and SRRDA level” (December 4-8, 2023) (Amount- 13.62 Lakhs, Role- Coordinator)
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Research Grant (Completed)
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2. UKRI-NERC UK Grant: Developing a Framework for Landslide Susceptibility and Adaptability in South East Asia (SEAL), October 2021- March 2022, (Amount: GBP 103,903/- Role- Co-I) Role: PI from India (Amount: INR 15,18,322/-), Lead: Professor Ashraf Osman, Professor David Toll and Dr. Sravan Mugunda (Postdoc) from Durham University, Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Project Associate, IIT Mandi) (October 2021-March 2022, completed) [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-report-reveals-real-world-impact-from-uk-india-researchand-innovation-partnership]
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1. Durham University Departmental Grant for Early Career Researchers: (£4500) to initiate collaborative research on the topic “Thermo-mechanical and age-related deterioration of ballast used in Indian Railways: A sustainable environmental impact assessment”. (April 2019-July 2019)
(Role: PI)
Collaborators: Durham University UK, Indian Railways, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India, University of Manchester UK and University of Technology Sydney Australia, University of Warwick UK.
Activities Undertaken: News: Organized a Research Sharing Workshop on the theme ‘Sustainable Railway Infrastructure’ inviting all the collaborators followed by a meeting discussing the future for collaborative research involving India, Nepal and Mauritius for Transportation Infrastructure.
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Research Experience (Post-doc)
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2. Involved in an EPSRC funded project ‘Sustainability and Resilience of Transportation Infrastructure in African Countries’.
(Role: Research Associate, PI: Professor David Toll at Durham University UK)
To investigate the impact of climate change on the geomaterials being used in the roads and railway track construction in African Countries by field monitoring in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa and laboratory testing results.
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Activities: Saturated and Un-saturated cyclic triaxial testing with on-sample measurements scheme, saturated and un-saturated monotonic triaxial testing, saturated and un-saturated back pressure shear box testing, water-retention testing and development of field monitoring facility.
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1. Involved in a British Academy’s funded project titled “Reducing Disaster Risk to Life and Livelihoods by Evaluating the Seismic Safety of Kathmandu’s Historic Urban Infrastructure” for seismic remediation of historic structures in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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(Role: Research Associate, PI and Co-PI: Professor Robin Coningham, Dr. Paul Hughes and Professor David Toll at Durham University UK)
To develop a methodology to assess, evaluate and improve the seismic safety of historic urban infrastructure within Kathmandu’s world heritage sites by performing laboratory testing and numerical modelling.
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Activities undertaken: field reconnaissance survey in Nepal (survey of damaged structures, SPT testing, soil sampling and data collection), Laboratory testing (Saturated cyclic triaxial testing) and numerical modelling (modelling of the plinth of the temple structure by using finite element geotechnical commercial software; PLAXIS2D). (Publication 1, Publication 2, Publication 3, Publication 4)
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Doctoral Research
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Thesis tittle "Behaviour of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation under static and seismic conditions" (Supervisor: Professor Deepankar Choudhury, IIT Bombay India, Professor Rolf Katzenbach Technical University Darmstadt, Germany (During DAAD scholarship program))
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Utilised numerical modelling using PLAXIS, FLAC and Matlab assisted by field data. The work developed (1) a new prediction model for obtaining the capacity of piled raft foundation (2) development of an analytical model to obtain the natural frequency of piled raft foundation including the superstructure effect (2) highlighting the earthquake motion characteristics on the behaviour of piled raft foundation. In summary, the study provided a simplified procedure to understand and design piled raft foundations under static and seismic loading conditions. (Journals: Publication 1, Publication 2, Publication 3, Publication 4, Publication 5, Publication 6, Publication 7, Publication 8)
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