PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Courses Facilitator:

 NATIONAL: 

1. “Earthquake Risk Reduction (ERR)" - by NIDM, New Delhi (2 August to 30 August, 2022).

2. “Risk Identification, Assessment and Analysis" - by NIDM, New Delhi (2 Feb to 2 March, 2022).

3. “Earthquake Risk Reduction (ERR)" - by NIDM, New Delhi (21 Dec, 2021 to 18 Jan, 2022).

4. “Earthquake Risk Reduction (ERR)" - by NIDM, New Delhi (6 July to 3 August, 2021).

5. “Risk Identification, Assessment and Analysis" - by NIDM, New Delhi (20 April to 18 May, 2021).

6. “Earthquake Risk Reduction (ERR)" - by NIDM, New Delhi (22 Feb to 19 March, 2021).

Lecture/ Expert Talk Delivered:

1. Expert Talk on "Assessment of Seismic Hazard, Vulnerability and Associated Risk" at an online training program on "Disaster Management: Forecasting and Mitigation with Embedded System" organized by Engineering College Bikaner in association with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI from January 9 -11, 2023.

2. Expert Talk on "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow foundation on slope" at an online short term programme on “Earthquake Risk Management” organized by Department of Rural Development and Civil Engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh from October 10-14, 2022.

3. Expert Talk on "Seismic Strength Hierarchy Assessment: Foundation vs Column" at an online short term programme on “Earthquake Risk Management” organized by Department of Rural Development and Civil Engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh from January 03-07, 2022.

4. Expert Talk on "Capacity Design of Foundation: Towards Performance-Based Seismic Design" in e-STC on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (RAGE-2021) organized by NIT Hamirpur on March 05, 2021.

5. Expert Talk on "Assessment of Seismic Strength Hierarchy: Foundations vs Building Components" for RTU (ATU) TEQIP-III Sponsored Five Days Online Faculty Development Programme on "Advancement in Structural Engineering & Concrete Technology" organized by Anand International College of Engineering, Jaipur on February 02, 2021.

6. Expert Talk on "Seismic Challenges in Hilly Areas (SCHA-2020)" for One Day Webinar organized by BIT Sindri, Jharkhand (Under TEQIP 3) on September 19, 2020.

7. Expert Lecture on "Seismic Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation" for One Day Webinar organized by Women Institute of Technology Dehradun (Under TEQIP 3) on September 7, 2020.

8. Expert Lecture on "Seismic Strength Hierarchy Assessment" for Faculty Development Programme on "Future Trends in Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures" organized by Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi (Under TEQIP 3) from August 17 - 21, 2020.

9. Expert Talk on "Capacity Design of Foundation - Modern Perspective" at an online short term course on “Advance Construction Technologies” organized by NITTTR Chandigarh from May 18 - 22, 2020. (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ19p9eaXec&t=2s)

Reviewer:

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier B.V. (since April 2024)

Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer. (since May 2024)

Structures, Elsevier B.V. (since May 2024)

European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis. (since September 2020)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, Springer. (since August 2020)

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, World Scientific. (since June 2020)

Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. (since April 2020)

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC Research Press. (since January 2020)

Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, Taylor & Francis. (since December 2019)

International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer. (since January 2019)

International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE. (since December 2017)

Awards and Honours:

1. Received "IGS-Soiltech India Pvt. Ltd., Pune YGE Award" for the Best Paper on "Shallow Foundations" for the year 2021 at IGC 2021 for “Behavior and Critical Failure Modes of Strip Foundations on Slopes under Seismic and Structural Loading” authored by Dhiraj Raj, Yogendra Singh and Amir M. Kaynia published in the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol.19 (6) 2019.

2. Received "IGS-Prof. G.A. Leonards Annual Award" for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering" for the year 2019 during IGC 2020.

3. Received "IGS-Soiltech India Pvt. Ltd., Pune YGE Award" for the Best Paper on "Shallow Foundations" for the year 2019 at IGC 2019 for “Seismic Bearing Capacity of Strip Foundation Embedded in c-Ø Soil Slope” authored by Dhiraj Raj, Yogendra Singh and Sanjay K. Shukla published in the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol.18 (7) 2018.

4. Received "Excellence in Doctoral Research Award" for Best Ph.D. Thesis entitled "Seismic behaviour of foundations and buildings on slopes" during IITR Convocation 2019 from the President of India.

5. Received MHRD fellowship to pursue Ph.D. at IIT Roorkee (2012 - 2017).

6. Selected as one among 27 students from developing countries to attend the International Training Course on “Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation” at Myanmar (26 Sep, 2016 to 21 Oct, 2016) organised and funded by GFZ Potsdam, Germany. 

7. Received MHRD fellowship during M.Tech., IIT Roorkee (2010 - 2012).

Courses Participated:

INTERNATIONAL: 

1. Training Course on “Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation” at Myanmar (26 Sep, 2016 to 21 Oct, 2016) organised by GFZ Potsdam, Germany. 

2. Course on "Recent Advances in Bridge Design and Construction" at Roorkee (7 Aug to 9 Aug, 2019) organised by Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.

NATIONAL: 

1. “Finite Element Method, Constitutive Modelling and Applications” at IIT Gandhinagar (28 Jan - 1 Feb, 2013).

2. “Innovative Designs for Ground Improvement Techniques for Challenging Hilly Regions” at IIT Roorkee (28 Feb – 1 Mar, 2015).

3. “Deep Foundations including Seismic and Offshore Applications” at IIT Kharagpur (29 June - 10 July, 2015). 

4. “Design of Offshore Foundations” at IIT Bhubaneswar (18 July – 22 July, 2016).

Course Taught:

1. Instructor at SAARC Regional Training Programme on “Technique for Earthquake Resistant Design & Retrofitting in South Asia” (March 19 – 30, 2014).

2. Instructor at Indo-Norwegian Training Programme on “Nonlinear Modelling and Seismic Response Evaluation of Structures” (December 14 - 16, 2014).

3. Instructor at Indo-Norwegian Training Programme on “Seismic Design of Multi Storey Buildings: IS 1893 vs. Eurocode 8” (May 27 - 29, 2015).

4. Instructor at Indo-Norwegian Training Programme on “Seismic Design of Multi Storey Buildings: IS 1893 vs. Eurocode 8” (31 May - June 2, 2015).

5. Instructor at Indo-Norwegian Training Programme on “Nonlinear Analysis and Performance Based Design of Multi-storey Buildings” (December 3 - 5, 2015).

6. Instructor at Indo-Norwegian Training Programme on “Seismic Design of Multi Storey Buildings: IS 1893 vs. Eurocode 8” (December 8 - 10, 2016).

Professional Memberships:

1. Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (LM3729)

2. Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (LM1610)

3. Associate Member of Institution of Engineers (AM1739312)

4. E-Affiliate Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (30594)

Academic Engagements at MNIT, Jaipur:

UG Course

1. CET-614, Aseismic Designing and Construction of Structures (Even Semester 2020-2021)

PG/ Ph.D.

1. CET-614, Aseismic Designing and Construction of Structures (Even Semester 2019-2020, Even Semester 2020-2021)

Academic Engagements at IIT Roorkee:

1. Teaching Assistant (2011-2019) Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. (Courses Engaged: Theory of Vibration, Finite Element Method, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Advanced Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures and Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges and Dams)

Professional Experience:

1. Research Associate at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee (14 March, 2019 - 26 February, 2020).

2. Project Fellow at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee (3 December, 2018  - 13 March, 2019).

3. Research Associate at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee (1 August, 2017 - 02 December, 2018).

4. Project Associate at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee (1 June – 30 July, 2017).