Research Activities

Geomechanics, Risk and reliability applications in Geotechnical engineering. Geosynthetics and reinforced soil structures. Environmental Geotechnology, Earthquake Geotechnical engineering

Research Guidance

Ph.D

1. Seshagiri Rao R, (2003) Response and reliability analysis of buried flexible pipes.

2. Murty, D S N (2006) Probabilistic site characterization and reliability analysis of shallow foundations and slopes.

3. Vasudevan A K (2007) Effect of coir fibers on the engineering properties of soils in the context of sustainable development.

4. Sumanta Haldar (2008) Reliability based design methodologies of pile foundations under static and seismic loads.

5. Basha Munwar (2008) Reliability based design optimization of retaining wall systems

6. Vikas Pratap Singh (2009) Response and reliability analysis of soil nailed retaining systems

7. Amit Srivatsava (2010) Risk analysis of dams under static and earthquake loadings.

8. Raghavendra Rao, M V (2011)A simplified approach of modeling the behaviour of unsaturated soils

9. Sandeep K Chouskey (2013) Stress and deformation analysis of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) based on Constitutive modeling Approach.

10. Deepthi, M D (2015) Stochastic modeling of flexible pavement performance

11. Lakshmikanthan P (2015) Evaluation of engineering properties of municipal solid waste for landfill design

12. Lekshmi Jaidev Nair (2017) Response of geosynthetic reinforced bases under repeated loading

13. Santhosh L G (2017) Reliability based approach for evaluation of landfill designs and site selection using GIS

14. Nibedita Das (2017) Benchmarking and Modelling the Sustainability of Urban Mobility System: A case study of Bangalore city, India

15. Pinom Ering (2020) Methodologies for risk assessment of landslides induced by rainfall and earthquake

16. Geetha Manjari, K (2020) Probabilistic analysis of radionuclide transport for radioactive waste disposal systems in soil and fractured rocks

17.Sughosh. P (2020) Bioremediation of mechanically and biologically treated waste of Bangalore city: an experimental and Numerical study

18.Bharadwaj Pandit (2021) Risk and reliability analysis in rock engineering problems

19.Himansu Rana (2022) Regional and local scale analysis of landslides induced by rainfall and earthquakes

20.Nazee K M (2022) Probabilistic design and optimization of foundations on cohesionless soil using surrogate models

21.Kalore Shubham Arun (2023) Improved methods for filtration, drainage, and structural assessments with and without geocomposites for subsurface drainage of pavements.

22.Rakshanda Showkat (2024) Experimental and numerical evaluation of mechanical response of unsaturated soils and their application to embankments and footings

23.Sougata Mukherjee (2024) Experimental, Numerical and Probabilistic Analysis of Reinforced Anchors for Transmission Tower Foundations

24.Prathima. P (2024) Contaminated Site Investigation and Remediation Using Modified Nano Zero Valent Iron Particles

25.Kalyani K (2025) Sustainable remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil and dredged sediment

26.Anusree N (2025) Sustainable Solutions for Solid Waste and Leachate Treatment: A Circular Economy Approach

27. Prince Kumar. (2025) Bioremediation of dumps using gas extraction systems and leachate re-circulation systems.

M. Sc (Engg.)

Bijoy, A C (1999) Comparative analysis of slope stability methods
Srinivas, Allada (2001) Numerical analysis of in-situ reinforcement techniques
Sandeep Kumar Chouksey (2009) Analytical models for stress strain response of fiber reinforced soil and municipal solid waste.
Geetha Manjari (2014): Probabilistic analysis of engineering response of fiber reinforced soils
Mandeep Pandey (2018) Contaminant transport through clayey soil and effect of bentonite and super-absorbent polymer on transport parameters.

Research Projects

1. Risk assessment in landslides (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, (CSIR), Government of India (2000-2003).

2. Reliability analysis of buried pipes (Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India (2004-2007).

3. Back analysis of failure of dams during Bhuj earthquake (DST) Government of India (2005-2008).

4. Soil nailing and its application to Highway Engineering, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Government of India (2006-2009).

5. Studies on the use of coir as drainage medium for soft ground improvement and as random reinforcing material, Ministry of Textiles and Agro-Industries Coir Board Government of India (2006-2008).

6. Use of Plastic Wastes in Sub grade Road Construction, Centre for infrastructure and Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc.

7. Engineering behaviour of fly ash composites (Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India (2010-2013).

8. Experimental and analytical studies on fiber reinforced soils (Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India (2010-2013).

9. Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) characteristics of a typical landfill in Bangalore, Centre for infrastructure and Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc.

10. Development of probabilistic design and analysis procedures in radioactive waste disposal in NSDF closure, Board of Research in Nuclear Sceinces Government of India (2012-2015).

11. Guidelines for the use of Geocells in flexible pavements (Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India (2012-2015).

12. Landslide studies in Arunachal Pradesh. Public Works Department of Arunachal Pradesh (2016-2018).

13. Design of Geogrid Reinforced Flexible Pavement, Macaferri India (2019).

14. Analysis of Performance of Inclined Plate Anchors Embedded in Geosynthetics Reinforced Soils for Transmission Tower Foundations, Ministry of Power, CPRI (2018-2020).

15. Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Project by DST on Characterizing Landfill Gas Emissions: Experimental and Numerical Investigation (CLEAN).(2018-2020).

16. Development of methodologies for Rehabilitation of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites (IMPRINT PROJECT) (2020-2023).

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