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Prof. K. Gopikrishna

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Telangana, INDIA

: kgopi@nitw.ac.in : 8332969258

  Education:

PhD., Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee  [2008].

MTech., Industrial Structures, SJCE, Mysore, VTU [2000].

BE., Civil Engineering, Osmania University [1998].

Professional Experience:

  • Senior Engineer (Design & Development), Scientific Computing group, Visual computing Labs, TATA-ELXSI, Bangalore  (SEI-CMM Level 5 Company) [June 2000-August 2002]
    • worked on Algorithmic development of scientific computing projects in C/C++ on SUN SOLARIS / HP UX platform.
  • Engineer (Aviation, GE Research), GE-India Technology center, (John.F.Welch.Technology Center (JFWTC)), WhiteField, Bangalore [December 20007- October 2009]
    • worked on Dynamic analysis and Fatique analysis of  GE Aircraft Engine Components using  Finite Element Approach.

Academic Experience:

  • Assistant Professor  [December 2009-May 2012] (PB3 with AGP :8000)

Department of Civil Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus,

Jawaharnagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, Hyderabad.  

  • Assistant Professor  [01st June 2012- 17th July2022]
  • Associate Professor [ 18th July2022- till date

Department of Civil Engineering, 

National Institute of Technology, Warangal, 

Warangal. 

 

Course Taught Previously

Courses Taught/Teaching

UG:

Engineering Mechanics

Theory of structures II 

Civil engineering Software lab for Btech III year II Semester (Developed computational experiments utilising Softwares & incorporated in to Curriculam as CE356 since 2013)

PG:

Structural Dynamics

Reliability analysis of structures.

Structural health Monitoring

Vulnerability and risk Analysis (Course developed and incorporated to curriculam as CE5262)

Finite Element Method  

Computer Design Lab (Developed the Lab course involving Analysis using Softwares & MS Excel and incorporated in to the curriculam as CE5205)

Publications

Significant Publications:

SCI / SCIE / ESCI Journals: 

  1. Gopikrishna, K. and Shrikhande, M. (2011), "Wavelet basis finite element solution of structural dynamics problems", Engineering Computations, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 275-286.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/02644401111118141. (Q2, IF:1.593) (Cite Score: 3.2).

  2. PraveenOggu, and GopikrishnaK.(2020), “Assessment of three-dimensional RC moment-resisting frames under repeated earthquakes”, Structures, Vol 26, pp. 6-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.03.039. ( Q1, IF:4.1) (Cite Score:3)

  3. Oggu, P., Gopikrishna, K. & Sewaiwar, S. (2020). “Seismic assessment of existing gravity load-designed RC framed building: a case study from Warangal, India”. SN Appl. Sci. Vol 2, 945 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-2690-7. (Q2, IF 2.6)

  4. PraveenOggu, and GopikrishnaK. (2021), “Effect of sequential earthquakes on evaluation of non linear response of 3D RC MRFs”, Earthquakes and Structures (Techno Press), Vol 20 (3), pp. 279-293,   https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2021.20.3.279. (Q3, IF: 1.714 (2019)).

  5.  PraveenOggu, Gopikrishna K. and Ayur Nagariya (2021), “Seismic behavior and response reduction factors for concrete moment-resisting frames”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (Springer) Vol 19, pp. 5643–5663.  DOI: 10.1007/s10518-021-01184-z. (Q1, IF:4.6).

SCOPUS Journals:

  1. Gautham A, K. Gopikrishna (2017) “Fragility Analysis- A tool to Assess Seismic performance of structural Systems”, Materials today: proceedings Vol.4 ,pp. 10565-10569.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.06.421 (1.3 Cite score) (Q2, Scopus)

  2. B Murali Krishna, T.P.Tezeswi, P Rathish kumar, K Gopikrishna, M.V.N. Sivakumar and M.Shashi (2019) “QR code as speckle pattern for reinforced concrete beams using digital image correlation”, Structural Monitoring and Maintenance,Vol.6, pp. 67-84. (Q2, Scopus)

  3. PraveenOggu, Mehulkumar Pithadiya and Gopikrishna K (2019) “Influence of Real Ground Motion Records in Performance Assessment of RC Buildings”, International Journal of Engineering (IJE), TRANSACTIONS C: Aspects, Vol 32(12),pp.1696-1813. (Q3,Scopus)

  4.  PraveenOggu, GopikrishnaK. and SaptadwipaJha (2020) “Importance of ‘DAF’ in evaluating structural adequacy of gravityload designed RC buildings”, Materials today: proceedings Vol 32 (9). Pp. 810-818.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.04.018 .   (1.3 Cite score) (Q2, Scopus)
  5.  G.Srinath, Sarmili Swain, K.Gopikrishna (2023, In Press) “Seismic capacity estimation for composite multi-storeyed RC buildings”, Materials today: proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.07.304,  (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785323041731),(Q2, Scopus)

  6. Chapters in Books: 

    1. Gopikrishna, K. and Shrikhande, M.Wavelet basis finite element solution for transient problems. In N.K. Gupta and A.V. Manzhirov, editors, Topical Problems in Solid Mechanics, pages 222-234. Elite Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2008.
    2. Oggu, P., Raman, S., Gopikrishna, K. (2022). Effect of Fire Hazard on Seismic Capacity of RC Frame Building. In: Kolathayar, S., Chian, S.C. (eds) Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 175. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4617-1_18 (Q4, Scopus) 
    3. Thammishetti, N.C., Gopi Krishna, K. (2023). Structural Behavior Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings Under Earthquakes. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 2). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 330. Springer, Singaporehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1604-7_6 . (Q4, Scopus)  
  7. Book/Monograph:
    1. Gopikrishna, K.,Wavelet basis Finite Element Approach for Structural Dynamics problems, ISBN-10: 3844393048 ISBN-13: 978-3844393040,LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (June 14, 2011).

  International Conferences: 

  1. Gopikrishna K (2005), “Wavelet Applications in Engineering”, Recent advances in Structural engineering (RDSE-2005), 29th -30th August 2005, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka.
  2. GopiKrishna and Manish Shrikhande (2006) “Wavelet Basis Finite Element Method For Solution of Engineering Problems”, In Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-06), December 8-10, IIT Guwahati, India.
  3. Gopikrishna, K. and Shrikhande, M.(2008) “Wavelet Basis Finite Element Solution for Transient Problems”, In proceedings of Indo-Russian Workshop on topical problems in solid mechanics, November 11th -14th , at BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India.
  4. GopiKrishna and Amirtham .R.(2010) “Enriched Wavelet Galerkin Method for Dynamic Fracture”, in proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Theoretical,Applied,Computational and Experimental Mechanics(ICTACEM-2010),December, 27-29 ,IIT Kharagpur,India.
  5. Gautham A, K. Gopikrishna (2015) “Seismic behaviour of Open ground storey RC buildings”, International conference on Innovations in Structural Engineering (IC-ISE 2015) December 14-16,Osmania university, Hyderabad. (Published in International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Volume: 04 Special Issue: 13,Dec-2015, Available @ http://www.ijret.org).
  6. Gautham A, K. Gopikrishna (2016) “ Seismic Risk and loss assessment of open ground storey RC structures”, “International Conference on Computational Mechanics (ICCMS 2016), June 27th -July 1st , 2016, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  7. Vennela kiran kumar, PraveenOggu and K. Gopikrishna (2016) “Seismic fragility analysis of Vertical Setback RC Structures”, In the Proceedings of the International Conference on the Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE-2016),August 11- August 12, 2016, Amity University, Noida,India.
  8. Kartik Suresh Mahajan, K.Gopikrishna (2017),”Seismic behaviour of horizontally Irregular Rc buildings”,In the proceedings of International Conference on Emerging technology in Structural engineering (ICETSE-2017),March17-18,2017,KDK engineering College,Nagpur.
  9. Gopikrishna K , Praveen Oggu(2017) “Seismic Behaviour and its influence on Damage Probabilities of Irregular R.C Buildings”, In the Proceedings of “International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2017), December 27th – 29th, 2017, IIT Hyderabad, India.
  10. Praveen Oggu, K. Gopikrishna (2018) “ Sensitivity Analysis for uncertainty estimation in the seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame structures”, In the Proceedings of 11th Structural Engineering convention (SEC 2018), December 19th -21st ,2018, Jadhavpur University,Kolkata, India.
  11. Praveen Oggu, saptadwipa Jha, K.Gopikrishna (2020) “Importance of DAF in Evaluating  Structural adequacy of Gravity Load designed RC buildings”, In the proceedings of 3rd  International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ITCSD 2020), 19th -21st February 2020,Chandigarh, India.
  12.  K. Gopikrishna., T. D. Gunneswara Rao and C. Putcha, "Comparison of Critical Bending Moment in a Bridge Based on Influence Line Diagram (ILD), FOSM Method and Optimization," 2020 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS -2020), Palm Springs, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/RAMS48030.2020.9153664. (Published in IEEE Explore: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9153664)
  13. G.Srinath, K.Gopikrishna, E.Madhu and S.Shubham (2022) “Analytical Evaluation of R-Factor for Composite Multi-storeyed Buildings”, In the proceedings of International Conference On Education 5.0- Role Of Institution, Industry and Society (ERIIS-2022), October 14th -15th 2022, NIT Warangal, India.
  14. Praveen Oggu, Gopikrishna K., and Ashok A. (2022) “Influence of soil-structure interaction on fragility curves and ductility demands of 3D RC moment-resisting frames”, In the proceedings of International Conference On Education 5.0- Role Of Institution, Industry and Society (ERIIS-2022), October 14th -15th 2022, NIT Warangal, India (Received Best paper Award)
  15. G.Srinath,K.Gopikrishna,Shivam Swami (2022) “Influence of Structural Utilisation on Seismic design & Performance of Multi-storeyed Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings”, Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation (STASDM-2022), June 23-24, 2022, IIT Guwahati,India.
  16. G.Srinath, Sarmili Swain, K.Gopikrishna (2023) “Seismic capacity estimation for composite multi-storeyed RC buildings”, UKIERI Concrete Congress on Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure,Virtual Mode, 14th -17th  March 2023, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar, India.
  17. S. Sarmili, G. Srinath, K. Gopi Krishna, Rohith. A.(2023), “Progressive Collapse Analysis of RC building due to Fire load”, 3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICONS-2023), 23rd -25th August 2023, organised by Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
  18. S. Sarmili, G. Srinath, K. Gopi Krishna, Rohith. A.(2023) “Structural Integrity Assessment of Reinforced Concrete (RC) building due to Fire Hazard”, 13th Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2023), 07th -09th  December 2023, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, India.(Full paper submitted, under Review)
  19. G Srinath, K Gopi Krishna, E. Madhu (2023) “Comparative Structural Reliability Assessment of Old Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using IS: 1893 -2002 and IS: 1893 - 2016”, 13th Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2023), 07th -09th  December 2023, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, India.(Full paper submitted, under Review)

          

PHDs Supervised

  PhD Students

       1.  Praveen Oggu, Behaviour Assessment of Multi-Storeyed RC frame Buildings under Sequential Earthquake Events, NIT Warangal, (2015-2021), Awarded.

       2.G. Srinath, Performance Assessment of RC buildings under multiple earthquakes, NIT warangal, (2021 -) Ongoing.

      3. Sarmili Swain, Performance Assessment of RC Structures under cascading Earthquakes & Fire Load, NIT warangal, (2022 -) Ongoing.

      4. Mothilal.M., Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Composite Buildings, NIT warangal (2023 -) Ongoing.

      5.T. Nagapurna Chandhan, Seismic Condition Assessment   for existing Multistoreyed RC frame Buildings, NIT warangal,(2020 -) Ongoing (Part-Time)

      6.  Jagadeeshwar Kancharla, Seismic Vulnerability of Bridges, NIT Warangal (2023-) Ongoing (Part-Time)

      Mtech Thesis supervised

  1. K.L. Triveni ( 2013) , Seismic performance evaluation of RC buildings using fragility curves, NIT Warangal.
  2. J. Gautham ( 2014), Effect of staging height on the seismic performance of RC Elevated water tank, NIT Warangal.
  3. G.Shashikant (2014), Damage Identification based on Vibration characteristics of structural systems, NIT Warangal.
  4. Md.khaleel ur Rahman khan (2014), Seismic Analysis of Elevated RC Intze tank for various staging patterns , NIT Warangal.
  5. V.Kiran Kumar (2014),Seismic fragility analysis of regular and setback RC frame buildings, NIT Warangal.
  6. K. Nagaraju (2014),  Effectiveness of Coordination Goals in Construction process” , NIT Warangal.
  7. G.Srikanth (2015), Strength and durability characteristics of self curing recycled aggregate self compacting concrete, NIT Warangal.
  8. R. Lakshmi Reddy (2015), Seismic vulnerability  of RC framed structures, NIT Warangal.
  9. Y. Nagarjuna (2015), Study and application of lean construction philosophy to Building systems using last Planner system(LPS), NIT Warangal.
  10. Gautham (2016), Seismic performance evaluation of irregular(vertical) RC buildings, NIT Warangal.
  11.  Katik Mahajan (2017), Seismic performance evaluation of irregular(Horizontally) RC buildings, NIT Warangal.
  12. Ashok Reddy (2018), Influence of soil structure interaction on fragility assessment of RC building, NIT Warangal.
  13. Mehul kumar .P .(2018), Comparison of seismic performance assessments of OGS buildings using IDA and CSM approaches, NIT Warangal.
  14. P.Manohar (2018), Study of Seismic behaviour and influence of second order forces on Multi storeyed RC frames, NIT Warangal.
  15. Swaptadweepa Jha (2019), Progressive Collapse Potential of gravity designed RC frame bulding, NIT Warangal.
  16. Shubham S. (2019), Seismic performance of Gravity designed RC frame building , NIT Warangal.
  17. Ayur Nagariya (2020), Performance assessment of vertically irregular RC buildings using IDA, NIT Warangal.
  18. Swati Raman (2020),Structural fire behaviour Assessment of RC moment Resisting Frame, NIT Warangal.
  19. Surya Prakash Rao (2021), Capacity Assesment OF Composite RC  & Steel Frame Using Pushover Analysis, NIT Warangal. 
  20. Shaikh Wasi (2021), Seismic behaviour assessment of vertically irregular building,  NIT Warangal.
  21. Shubham (2022), Analytical estimation of R-factor for Multistoreyed Regular & composite RC buildings, NIT Warangal.
  22.  Shivam swami (2022), Influence of Structural utilisation on Seismic design & performance of Multi-storeyed Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings,  NIT Warangal.
  23. E. Madhu (2023), Comparative Seismic Reliability Analysis of existing RC Buildings (IS1893-2002 Vs IS1893-2016),  NIT Warangal.
  24. Rohith. A (2023), Structural Integrity Assessment of Existing RC building due to Fire load,NIT Warangal. 
  25. Edwin kurian (ongoing), 
  26. Sakil Akther Rahman (ongoing)
  27. Karanam Akash (ongoing)      

Btech Thesis Supervised : 10 batches (Completed)

Workshops/Conferences

 

Workshops/Conferences organized

  1. Associated in organizing workshop on Earthquake Engineering for Teachers (NPEEE), organized at Dept. Of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, during 18-19 August 2006, Roorkee, India.

  2. Associated in organizing 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 18-20 December 2006, Roorkee, India.

  3. Associated in organizing a National Level Conference on Green Building Practices and its Impact on Economic performance at Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS-Pilani), Hyderabad Campus, 23rd October, 2010, Hyderabad, India.

  4. Organised a Collaborative Indo-Norway Training Programme  on “Seismic design of Multistorey Buildings, IS1893 Vs Eurocode8”, conducted at VNIT Nagpur, Through ICT at NIT Warangal, Sponsored by Royal Norwegian Embassy, NORSAR, Teqip-II as Warangal Center Coordinator during 7th  - 9th   December 2014.

  5. Organised three day workshop on “Finite Element Applications in engineering analysis” at NIT Warangal Sponsored by TEQIP during 10th March-12th March 2017.

  6. Organised a faculty Development programme on “Advances in structural health Monitoring for Civil infrastructure” at NIT Warangal, sponsored by TEQIP during 22nd March to 24th March 2017 as Coordinator.

  7. Organised three day workshop on “ Bio-inspired materials by Design- Issues and Challenges”, at NIT Warangal, sponsored by TEQIP during 19th  November – 21st  November 2018 as Coordinator.
  8. Organised a Global initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) Programme on “Application of principles of Reliability and risk analysis to various sub disciplines of Civil Engineering”, at NIT Warangal during, 31st  December 2018 to 04th  January 2019 as Co-Coordinator.
  9. Organised a 10 day online FDP on Modelling & seismic analysis of RC Buildings at NIT Warangal, sponsored by E & ICT academy, NIT Warangal from 21st March to 31st March 2022 as Coordinator.

  

Short term Courses/Workshops/Conferences Participated

  1. Workshop on Retrofitting of Structures, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 10-11 October 2003, Roorkee, India.

  2. Workshop on Automation of Structural and Earthquake Engineering - New Advances in Numerical Methods, Computers and Structures Inc. (CSI), 19 April 2005, New Delhi, India

  3. 2nd International Congress on Computational mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-06) during 8 - 10 December, 2006 at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.

  4. 6th Symposium of National Frontiers of Engineering (NATFOE),2011 during 2- 3 September, 2011 at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.

  5. Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Excellence at National Institute of Technology, Warangal from 17-19 July, 2012,Warangal, India.

  6. NPTEL Workshop on Technology Enhanced Learning organized at National Institute of Technology, Warangal from 31st August – 01st September, 2012, Warangal, India.

  7. A Workshop on AKASH for Education at National Institute of Technology, Warangal in collaboration with Indian institute of Technology, Bombay during 10- 11 November, 2012.

  8. The advanced course on Uncertainty Handling in Structural Engineering organised by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre during 30th January - 1st February 2013.

  9. Faculty Development Programme on Teaching-Learning methods organized by Teaching and Learning Center, Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras during 11 -13 July, 2013.

  10. A faculty development programme on Teaching and Evaluation Methods for Effective Learning organised by National Institute of Technology, Warangal from 15 - 17 July, 2013.

  11. A three day workshop on Surge Analysis and Design of Water Conveyance Systems in lift Irrigation Schemes, Organized by Water & Environment Division, Department of Civil Engineering, from 18-20 June,2014.

  12. Short Course on Nonlinear Finite Element Method organized by IIT Hyderabad during 16-19th December 2014.

  13. A 10 day GIAN Course on Dynamic Metal Failure organised by Dept.of Civil engineering, NIT Warangal during 13-23rd June,2016

Projects

Sponsored Research and Consultancy

  • Fragility analysis of RC Buildings-A measure of Seismic Performance (January 2012 -13), NIT Warangal, under Startup Research Grant Program(3.7 lakh INR).
  • A Simple and Robust Non-Contact Method for Rapid Structural Health Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure using Digital Image Correlation, sponsored by MHRD under IMPRINT Project Scheme as a Co-investigator (38.5 lakh INR) (Completed)
  • Consultancy works regarding material characterisation and testing, structural performance Assessment, Design vetting and stability analysis (Total around 50 lakh, completed)

     

 

Awards and Honors

Reviewer for Journals

  • Reviewer for Proposals related to Earthquake Engineering projects in Engineering & Technology Program of KSCSTE, Trivandrum, Kerala State, India.
  • Reviewer for ASCE-ASME  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.
  •  Reviewer for Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (IEIA,Springer)
  •  Reviewer for Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies (JVET,Springer)
  • Reviewer for  Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (AJCE,Springer)
  •  Reviewer for Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ)

Memberships:

  1. Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology(ISET)
  2. Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI).
  3. Life Member of Indian Society of Wind Engineering (ISWE).
  4. Life Member of Indian society for computational mechanics(IndACM)
  5. Life Member for Indian association of Structural engineers (IASE)

Invited Talks

  • "Wavelet Based Finite Element Methods" at Workshop on Earthquake Engineering for Teachers at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, during 18 -19 August, 2006, Roorkee, India. (Invited talk)

  • Finite Element Method and its Applications at National level workshop organized by Brindavan Institute of Technology and Science, during 08th -09th March,2014, Kurnool, Andhra pradesh, India. (Key Note Lecture)

  • Wavelet finite Element approach for Transient problems”  during  STTP (Short term Training Programme) on Advanced Numerical Methods in fluid dynamics, organised by Dept. of Mathematics, NIT Warangal,17-19th April 2015 (Invited talk)

  • Special invited Talk on “Wavelet basis Finite Element approach for structural Dynamics Problems” at VNIT Nagpur, a special invited lecture at Dept. of Applied mechanics, on 26th june, 2015.

  • “Impact of earthquakes and Tsunamis on physical infrastructure, at Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute (APHRDI), Bapatla, Andhrapradesh, India, a special Invited lecture at Three day residential training programme on Effect of Tsunami and surges on coastal infrastructure, 14-16th September 2016.

  • " Design of Steel Compression members" at A Five day faculty development programme on “Limit State design of steel structures” organised by Structural Engineering Division, Dept.of Civil engineering, NIT Warangal during 20th -24th Feb,2017, Sponsored by TEQIP-II.

  • "Prestressed Compression members" at Three Day Faculty development Programme on  Advances in Prestressed Concrete Design organised by Dept.of Civil engineering, NIT Warangal during 20th -24th Feb,2017, Sponsored by TEQIP-II.

  • Analysis of Indeterminate structures at a five day short term training programme on Teaching, learning practices in Structural Analysis during 06th-10th June,2017 at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Zeal college of Engineering & Research, Pune(Special Invited Lecture)

  •  " Fragility analysis of RC Buildings" at  Faculty Development Programme on Global Trends in Civil & Infrastructural Engineering (GTCIE – 2020), during 26th - 30th  May 2020  at Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal, Hyderabad. (online expert lecture).
  • "Concept and Application of weighted Residual Finite Element Methods", at  Ädvances in Finite Element methods for Industry & Research applications”, (AICTE Sponsored online STTP) organised by Vasavi college of Engineering, Hyderabad, during 03rd -08th August 2020. 
  •  " Seismic analysis for RC Buildings", at STTP on Earthquake Analysis for Tall  buildings,  (AICTE Sponsored online STTP) organised by SRIT,Ananthapuram, AP during 06th -12th August 2020.
  • Online Webinar on “Seismic performance assessment of RC Buildings", organised by Gudlavalleru College of engineering, Gudlavalleru, AP on 10th August 2020.
  • Application of weighted Residual Finite Element approach for Engineering problems", at  Ädvances in Finite Element methods for Industry & Research applications”, (AICTE Sponsored online STTP) organised by Vasavi college of Engineering, Hyderabad, during 07rd -12th September 2020. 
  • Concept & Application of weighted Residual Finite Element approach in Engineering ", at  Ädvances in Finite Element methods for Industry & Research applications”, (AICTE Sponsored online STTP) organised by Vasavi college of Engineering, Hyderabad, during 23rd -28th November 2020.
  • “Importance of R factor in Seismic Capacity Assessments of RC Buildings” at Experimental & Numerical evaluations of tall buildings.(AICTE Sponsored online STTP) organised by SRIT,Ananthapuram, AP during 14th -19th December 2020.
  • “Importance of Response Reduction factor in Earthquake Resistant Design of RC buildings” for AICTE & ISET sponsored Refresher Programme on Earthquake Resistant Design (Online),organised by Government polytechnic College, Bhongir, Odisha during 18th -22th May 2021.
  • Resource Person for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Facilitating Digital Transformation in Design, Construction and Management Processes of Civil Engineering,organised by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, (MeitY), Gol, Sponsored in Association with E&ICT Academy) at NITW, Telangana state during 21st Febraury - 02nd March 2022.
  • Resource Person for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Ground Motion Modelling and Response Computations in Earthquake Engineering, organised by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, (MeitY), Gol, Sponsored in Association with E&ICT Academy) at NITW, Telangana state during 04th August - 13th August 2022

AWARDS/HONOURS/

  1. Certified six sigma GE greenbelt holder-2009
  2. Scholarship for postgraduate studies in engineering (GATE-1998) Ministry of Human Resources development, Government of India
  3. Scholarship for pursuing PhD programme in Engineering (2003-2007) Ministry of Human Resources development, Government of India

 

Additional Responsibility

Additional Responsibility 

  1. Faculty member Associated with Project Engineers (PE) office for assisting in monitoring the ongoing and newly coming up CPWD civil works in NITW campus, 2012-13.

  2. Committee work:  Member for establishment of Civil Engineering Software laboratory (2012-13), Curriculam Revision for Mtech ES(2016), NBA Accredition team member (Btech CE & Mtech (ES), Processing of Results (UG & PG), etc.
  3. Faculty Incharge for Civil engineering Department Computer Lab, Since 18th September 2013. (Present Capacity of lab is 25 people)

    • Has taken initiative in developing the Laboratory (Purchased 30 Desktop systems (2013) , additional 35 desktop systems Purchased for expansion of the lab (2022), Purchased 20KVA UPS (2023)

    • introduced Computational experiments using structural engineering softwares (SAP2000 / ETABS) for Btech 3rd year 2nd Semister students, led to addition of new course to curriculum as CE-356 (Civil Engineering Software Laboratory); 

    • Introduced Computational experiments for Mtech (ES) students and led to development of new Lab course (CAD lab) to the curriculam (CE5205 : CAD lab)

  4. Contributed to UHV classes in 2018.

  5. Member CCMT Admissions Team for Mtech Admissions, 2019.

  6. Warden in 1K hostel during the years 2020 - 2022.

  7. Member of institute rankings Committee (IRC-2023) since june 2023.

  8. Committee Member for Purchase Committee of Electrical Engineering Department since 25th September 2023.

  9. Chairperson to conduct Physical verification of Institute Assessts & consumables at Institute Guest House & Director Bungalow (september 14th 2023)