• Ph.D. (Ongoing): School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, India (CGPA:9.71)

• MTech: Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, India (CGPA: 9.66, First Rank in class)

• BTech: Civil Engineering, MG University, Kerala (8.46 CGPA, First Rank in class)

• Plus Two: Vimala Public School, Kerala

• Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, offered by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, for pursuing Ph.D.

• Shortlisted in the Principal Panel of students for Fulbright Kalam Climate Scholarship for Doctoral Research at University of California, Santa Barbara from August 2025 to February 2026

• Received Invitation from University of Surrey, UK for conducting research at Surrey Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Lab (SAGE) from May 2024 to July 2024.

• Best Dissertation Award for the MTech thesis 'Seismic Response of Jacket-Supported Offshore Wind Turbine in Deep Water' selected by Ocean Society of India under Ocean Engineering and Technology stream.

• Second Prize for Best proposal award under the theme ‘Roadmap for sustainable Ocean Development’ during the national level student competition of Ocean Society of India (OSI) conducted as part of the 7th National Conference of the Ocean Society of India (OSICON - 21) in August 2021.

• Poster titled 'Feasibility of Floating wind turbines along Indian coastlines' selected as the highlighted poster in the PMRF Symposium 2024

• ·Secured First Rank in MTech and BTech class

• First Prize in technical paper presentation in ‘BODHI 2017’ conducted as part of the annual inter-collegiate technical fest organized for the engineering colleges of Kerala.

• Worked as part of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) Project for building houses at Avoly Gramma Panchayath in Kerala from August 2017- March 2018

1. James, M., Haldar, S. & Bhattacharya, S.  (2024). Floating Wind Turbines- Feasibility along Indian Offshore. PMRF symposium 2024, March 3rd and 4th, IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. 

2. James, M., Haldar, S. & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Impact of Climate Change on the Design of Tension Leg Platform Wind Turbines along Indian Coastline. Women in Indian Geotechnical Conference (WIGC), March 8-9, Anna University, Chennai, India.

3. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2023, January). Climate change effects on the design of spar floating offshore wind turbines. In Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics 9th International Conference Proceeding (Vol. 1520, No. 1528, pp. 1520-1528). Society for Underwater Technology. https://doi.org/10.3723/KPLZ7349 

4. James, M., & Joseph, K.J. (2023). Estimation of Design Wave Height off Southeast Coast of India. Eight National Conference of Ocean Society of India, OSICON-23, August 23-25, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India. https://osicon23.incois.gov.in/osicon23/report_details.jsp?reg_id=ABS-09-0473 

5. James, M., Haldar, S. & Bhattacharya, S. (2022). Impact of climate change on the design of spar floating offshore wind turbines. Indian Symposium of Offshore Geotechnics, ISOG 2022, December 5-7, IIT Madras.

6. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2022, December). Seismic Response of Spar Floating Offshore Wind Turbine. In Indian Geotechnical Conference (pp. 331-341). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1741-5_29   

7. James, M., & Haldar, S. (2021). Seismic Design of Large Offshore Wind Turbine Considering Rocking Vibration. In Transportation, Water and Environmental Geotechnics (pp. 411-422). Springer, Singapore.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2260-1_40 

8. James, M. (2021). Floating Hybrid Offshore Wind Farms in deep waters of the Indian Ocean. Students' competition for the best proposal award under the theme 'Roadmap for Sustainable Ocean development,' National Conference of the Ocean Society of India (OSICON-21), August 12-14, NCPOR, Goa (Second Prize).

9. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Performance Based Design of Tension Leg Platform Wind Turbines under Combined Seismic and Environmental Loading. 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake and Soil Dynamics, 11-14 December 2024, IIT Guwahati, India (paper accepted)

10. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Tension Leg Platform Wind Turbines in Intermediate Water Depth. Indian Geotechnical Conference. 19-21 December, MIT Aurangabad, Maharashtra (paper accepted)

11. Haldar, S., Nath, U., & James, M. (2024). Seismic Performance of Fixed-Bottom and Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake and Soil Dynamics, 11-14 December 2024, IIT Guwahati, India.

12. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Seismic Fragility Analysis of 10MW KIER TLP Floating Wind Turbines in Intermediate Water Depth. 5 th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics. June 9-13, 2025. Nantes, France (abstract accepted)

13. James, M., Haldar, S., & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Seismic Response of Floating Wind Turbines to Pulse and Non-Pulse Like Records.  Geotech Asia 2025. October 7-10, 2025. Goa (abstract submitted)

Thesis title: Seismic Response of Jacket supported Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) in Deep waters

Supervisor: Prof. Sumanta Haldar, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar

The deformation and collapse vulnerability of a 10 MW jacket supported OWT considering different geometry of pile and jacket is examined. A three-dimensional finite element model of the soil-pile-jacket-tower is developed in Abaqus CAE. A performance-based analysis is conducted to quantify the engineering demand parameters by choosing first mode spectral acceleration Sa(T1) as the intensity measure. The significance of considering higher modes and the vertical component of the earthquake motion on the dynamic response of OWTs is evaluated. Susceptibility for the jacket foundation to initiate the first mode of vibration to be rocking mode is also investigated. Moreover, studied the effect of jacket base width and embedment length in resisting multi directional seismic loads. The findings of the study are useful for the optimal design of jacket foundation for OWTs in seismically active areas.

Thesis title: Technological Solution for Sustainable Rural Housing

Supervisor: Dr. Anoop C.K, Associate Professor, VJCET, Kerala

Carried out the project under PMAYG (Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin) in panchayath level by conducting surveys for the reconstruction and renovation of 14 twin houses situated in Avoly Grama Panchayath, Kerala. Prepared rehabilitation proposals for rural houses using technological and sustainable alternatives, which aims at the development of rural areas for a sustainable future.

Project Title : Estimation of Design Wave Height off Southeast Coast of India

Supervisor: Dr. K Jossia Joseph, Scientist E, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai

Estimated the design wave height off the southeast coast of India for a return period of 25, 50 and 100 years by utilizing the Gumbel distribution. The wave data measured by the Moored Data Buoys deployed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai is utilized in the study. The internship also provided the opportunity to explore new ideas on the field of civil engineering particularly the importance of environmental conditions in the design of offshore structures.

• Delivered an invited talk on "Floating offshore Wind Turbines: Challenges and Opportunities" during the occasion of the Memory of Karl Terzaghi, conducted by the Indian Geotechnical Society, Bhubaneswar chapter. October 2022.