AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

1. Springer Nature Author Service Award 2025, Editor of Distinction Awards, Awarded by Springer Nature for exceptional editorial contributions to the Indian Geotechnical Journal, recognizing outstanding service in improving the author experience and ensuring an efficient, constructive, and fair peer review process (Received 29 May 25).

2. Associate Editor of the Sadhana, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru for the period from May 2025 to December 2027.

3. Best Associate Editor for the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste for 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191 703-517-9872.

4. Editorial Board Member (EBM) of Indian Geotechnical Journal (IGTJ), published by Springer in association with Indian Geotechnical Society (https://link.springer.com/journal/40098 ) from 13 Jan 2024 to Present.

5. Third Prize in "Best Reviewer of 2022 (from Non-EBM) based on the contribution to the Indian Geotechnical Journal. The award was presented during the Valedictory function of IGC-2023 which was held on Saturday, the 16th December 2023 by IGS-Roorkee Chapter.

6. IGS - Dr B B Rai - Shri S N Gupta Biennial Award - 2023 for the paper entitled, Seismic Active Earth Pressure on Narrow Backfill Retaining Walls Considering Strain Localization by Shaik Moin Ahmed and B. Munwar Basha published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 51, Issue 6 (pp.1263–1282) has been adjudged as the best paper on “Earth and Earth Retaining Structures” published through Indian Geotechnical Society. (The Award was presented during the Valedictory function of IGC-2023 on Saturday, 16th December 2023 by IGS-Roorkee Chapter.)

7. Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (from Sep 10, 2019 to Present)

8. Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) has nominated to represent IGS on the International Technical Committee TC-302 on “Forensic Geotechnical Engineering” of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for the term 2022-2025

9. Springer Best Paper Award for the paper presented in IGC 2022.

   1. 1. Soujanya Dabbiru and B Munwar Basha (2022). “Allowable Thickness of Veneer Cover System with Internal Seeper for MSW Landfills” (TH-09-061). Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2022, 15th – 17th December, 2022, Kochi.

10. Springer Best Paper Award for the paper presented in IGC 2021.

    1. Soujanya Dabbiru and B Munwar Basha (2021). Optimum Thickness of Veneer Cover Soil of MSW Landfill for Stability against Uplifted-Floating Failure. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development and Innovative Applications (GEO-INDIA), NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu, India, December 16-18, 2021.

11. Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) has nominated to represent IGS on the International Technical Committee TC-302 on "Forensic Geotechnical Engineering" of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering  (ISSMGE) for the term 2018-2021

12. Nominated as a member of TC 8 - Numerical and Physical Modelling chaired by Prof. K. Rajagopal to prepare a report on the guidelines

13. IGS - Dr B B Rai - Shri S N Gupta Biennial Award - 2015 for the paper entitled, Reliability Based LRFD Approach for External Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls by B. Munwar Basha and G.L.S. Babu published in the Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 4, October-December 2013 (pp.292-302) has been adjudged as the best paper on Earth and Earth Retaining Structures published through the Indian Geotechnical Society. (The Award is presented during the Inaugural Session of IGC-2015 scheduled for Thursday, the 17th December 2015 at 0900 hrs at College of Engineering, Pune.)

14. International Editorial Review Board Member of International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE)

15. Recipient of "Outstanding Young Faculty Fellow in the area of Engineering for the year 2011" at IIT-Delhi sponsored by Kusuma Trust. (Kusuma Trust, Gibraltar fellowship provides to the incumbent ("Fellow") honorarium per month for a period of 2 to 5 years)

16. Excellent Paper Award received by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for the following paper published in ASCE.

    2. 2. 1. G L  Sivakumar  Babu  and  B. Munwar Basha (2008). Optimum design of cantilever retaining walls using target reliability approach. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 8(4): 240-252. 

17. Best Paper Award received for the paper “Linear and Quadratic Functions to Evaluate Seismic Active Earth Pressure Considering Strain Localization Effect” presented in 3rd Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), held on March 25 – 26, 2011, organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi chapter in association with Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi, India.

18. The Synopsis of my Doctoral thesis has been cited in Geotechnique journal,

    2. 2. 1. Reference: B. Munwar Basha (2011). Optimum design of retaining structures under static and seismic conditions: a reliability-based approach, Ph.D Theses 2010, Geotechnique, 61(1): w1-w6.

19. Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D Thesis in the department of Civil Engineering at IISc Bangalore for the year 2008 – 2009. This Medal was presented on IISc’s Founder’s Day which was celebrated on 3rd March 2010.

20. Vellanki Rama Rao Memorial Gold Medal Award for bagging University First Rank in the Civil Engineering Department of all constituent colleges of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University for the batch 1997-2001.

21. Government of India scholarship for pursuing doctoral program at IISc Bangalore from 2004 to Apr 2010.

22. UGC-GATE Fellowship, IIT Kanpur during M. Tech. 2002-2004.

23. Secured First position in M.Tech first and second semester examinations in IIT Kanpur.

24. Qualified GATE – 2002 examination with 95.93 percentile (All India Rank: 282).

25. Secured Rank of 2976 in Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET - 1997) exam in Andhra Pradesh.

26. Secured First Rank in Govt. High School at S.S.C. level.