ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

  Organizer / Organizing Committee Member / Session Chair 

• Geotechnical Knowledge Network on Ingenious Technologies “GeoKNIT 2022” conducted by The Indian Geotechnical Society -Indian Institute of Technology Student Chapter (IGS-IITH Student Chapter), 9th  April, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

• Session Chair in International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering Infrastructure (RACEI-2019) (16 - 18 December -2019) at Department of Civil Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad, India. 

• Joint Organizing Secretary for Forensic Geotechnical Engineering & Geo-Disaster Documentation (6ICFGE) Organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, IGS Delhi Chapter and TC 302 of ISSMGE will be held on December, 10 – 12, 2020.  

• National Conference On Geotechnical Applications Geoapps-2019 (Under TEQIP-III) held on 30 Mar 2019, at Academic Block C, Lecture Hall 1, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285 

• Organizing Secretary for Symposium on GeoPractices 2018 held on 29 September 2018 at JNTU Hyderabad 

• Organizing Secretary for the workshop on GeoApps 2017: Recent Developments held on Feb 18, 2017 in IIT Hyderabad. 

• Joint Organizing Secretary for Symposium on Geodisasters: Ground & Slope Instability held on Oct 01, 2016 at JNTU Hyderabad. 

• Moderator and Session Coordinator/Chair of Session D52 and D53/ Modeling and Simulations on Materials and Resource Conservation during Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, USA, August 14-18, 2016 organized by Geo-Institute (GI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. 

•  Joint Organizing Secretary and Website Coordinator for Fifth International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, 5CFGE 2016 will be held on Dec 08 - 10, 2016 in IISc Bangalore. 

• Organizing Secretary for International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, ICSCI 2014 will be held on Oct 16 - 18, 2014 in Hyderabad. The conference is organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers - India Section in association with Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. 

• Organizing Committee Member – A Symposium on Landfill Engineering: Perspectives and Practices, held at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Ordnance Factory Campus, Yeddumailaram 502205, India on August 06, 2013 from 2 to 5.30 pm which was organized by ASCE India Section, Southern Region in association with IGS Hyderabad Chapter and IIT Hyderabad. 

• Organizing committee member and Website Coordinator for 4th International Seminar on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, January 10-12, 2013, Bengaluru, India (Job involves designing the webpage  of 4ISFGE and keep updating periodically the contents of webpage, as and when is required). 

• Organizing committee member and Website Coordinator for Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2012, Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi, India (Job involves designing the webpage of IGC 2012 and keep updating periodically the contents of webpage, as and when is required). 

• Organizing committee member of Third Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), March 25 - 26, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India 

• Organizing secretary, First US-India Workshop on “Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges”, November 7, New Delhi, India. (Organized by Prof. Krishna Reddy,  Prof. Manoj Datta, Dr. G V Ramana, and Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu)  

• Organizing committee member in “6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG)”, November 8 - 12, 2010, New Delhi, India and Coordinated a panel discussion on " Opportunities for Research Partnerships in Environmental Geotechnics – A. 

• Organizing committee Member in "International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering”, December 14-15, 2010, IIT Bombay. 

Administration at IIT Hyderabad 

• Associate Dean Planning (27 January 2025 to Present)

• Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Hyderabad (01 Sep 2023 – 12 Feb 2025)

• Associated Faculty Member of Engineering Science Department (2018 – 2023)

• Faculty Advisor for B.Tech students joined in Aug 2019 in the Department of Engineering Sciences.

• Faculty Incharge for Transport Services (2019-2021, 2022-2024)

• Faculty Incharge of Geotechnical Engineering laboratory and Group head from Jan 2021 to Present

• Faculty Incharge for RS & GIS Lab (2018 onwards)

• Appointed as Returning Officer to conduct elections to choose senate nominees to BoG for 2022 & 2023 calendar years.

• Selection committee member for various selections in the institute for the following posts during 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 selections.

1.     Junior Technician-Civil Supervisor, CMD received against the Adv No.IITH/2021/Rec/NF/11

2.     Assistant Engineer (Civil) Advertisement. No.IITH/2020/Rec/NF/8

3.     Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) Advertisement No. IITH/2020/Rec/NF/8

4.     Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering) Advertisement No. IITH/2020/Rec/NF/8

5.     Technical Superintendent, Civil Engineering IITH/2021/Rec/NF/09

6.     Junior Accountant (On Ad hoc Basis) in Civil Engineering Department

7.     Junior Accountant (On Ad hoc Basis) in TriHub

8.     Junior Technician (Computer Science & Engineering) 2018 NF6

9.     Jr Technician, Dept. of CE, IIT Hyderabad

10. Junior Accountant advertised vide Advertisement No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

11. Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)

12. Technical Superintendent (Geotechnical Engineering)

13. Section Officer advertised vide Advertisement No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

14. Junior Technician (Biotechnology) advertised vide Advertisement No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6.

15. Multi Skill Assistant 1* - Plumber advertised vide Advertisement No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

16. Multi Skill Assistant 1* - Carpenter advertised vide Advertisement No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

17. Technical Superintendent (Chemical Engineering) advertised vide Adv No:l ITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

18. Technical Superintendent (Computer Science & Engineering) Adv No:IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

• • Faculty Incharge for Ph.D selections in Geotechnical Engineering for July 2021

  • Faculty Incharge for M.Tech self-sponsored and foreign student selections in Geotechnical Engineering for July 2020

  • Department Purchase Committee Member (2020-2021)

  • Faculty Recruitment Incharge for Civil Engineering Department (2018-2020)

  • Faculty Incharge for CE Department Day 2018

  • Faculty Incharge for Computer Aided Engineering Lab (CAE) (2017-2022)

  • Reporting Centre Officer for Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 based on JEE 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 respectively

  • Institute Representative (IR) for JEE online exam conducted 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

  • Institute Representative (IR) for GATE online exam conducted 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023

  •  FAQ committee member for Student Orientation Program 2016

  • Student Grievance Committee (Academic and Non Academic matters) member (2015 to 2021)

  • 4th Convocation Committee member for INVITATION (printing brochure)

  • Convener, DPGC Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Aug 2014 – July 2016)

  • Member of the committee nominated by the Director, for formation of institute wise norms/rules, when a student needs a temporary leave (for 1 and 2 semesters) from his/her Masters/ Ph.D program either due to medical or job reasons

  • Faculty Advisor for M.Tech students joined in Aug 2013 in the Department of Civil Engineering.

    • Faculty Incharge of Geotechnical Engineering laboratory and Group head from Jan 2021 to Apr 2022

    • Appointed as Returning Officer to conduct elections to choose senate nominees to BoG for 2022 & 2023 calendar years.

    • Selection committee member for various selections in the instittue (EA, JR, AR, TS, JA etc.) during 2019 and 2020 selections.

    • Faculty Incharge for Ph.D selections in Geotechnical Engineering for July 2021

    • Faculty Incharge for M.Tech self-sponsored and foreign student selections in Geotechnical Engineering for July 2020

    • Department Purchase Committee Member (2020-2021)

    • Faculty Incharge for Transport Services (2019-2021)

    • Faculty Incharge for RS & GIS Lab (2018-2021)

    • Faculty Recruitment Incharge for Civil Engineering Department (2018-2020)

    • Faculty Incharge for CE Department Day 2018 onwards

    • Faculty Incharge for Computer Aided Engineering Lab (CAE) (2017 onwards)

    • Reporting Centre Officer for Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 based on JEE 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 respectively

    • FAQ committee member for Student Orientation Program 2016

    • Institute Representative (IR) for JEE online exam conducted 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

    • Student Grievance Committee (Academic and Non Academic matters) member (2015 to 2021)

    • 4th Convocation Committee member for INVITATION (printing brochure)

    • Convener, DPGC Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Aug 2014 – July 2016)

    • Institute Representative (IR) for GATE online exam conducted 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022

    • Member of the committee nominated by the Director, for formation of institute wise norms/rules, when a student needs a temporary leave (for 1 and 2 semesters) from his/her Masters/ Ph.D program either due to medical or job reasons

    • Faculty Advisor for M.Tech students joined in Aug 2013 in the Department of Civil Engineering.

Administration at IIT Delhi 

• Departmental representative for OPEN HOUSE 2013 at IIT Delhi 

• Program Coordinator for the M.Tech programme in Rock Engineering and Underground Structures in Geotechnical Engineering Section of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (2011 to 2013). 

• Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (2011 to 2013). 

• Institute Representative (IR) for IIT-JEE conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 

• Institute Representative (IR) for GATE exams conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 

• Course Advisor to 16 B.Tech students of 2010 entry in the Department of Civil Engineering.   

• Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2010 entry (Sivalik Hostel, IIT Delhi). 

• Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2011 entry (Vindhyachal Hostel, IIT Delhi). 

• Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2012 entry (Nilgiri Hostel, IIT Delhi).