RECOGNITION

At National Level

  • Elected Fellow,Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Roorkee, 2021
  • Fellow,Insitution of Engineers (India), 2019
  • INAE Young Associates,Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India, 2012
  • IEI Young Engineers Award,The Institute of Engineers (India), 2012
  • DAE Young Scientist Research Award ,Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, 2012
  • DST Young Scientist Award ,Science & Engineering Research Council, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2011
  • Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Award , Kususma Trust, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2011
  • IITK-DRPG Travel Grant (2007), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) for attending 8PCEE, Singapore
  • Institute Assistantship (2001-08),Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
  • Selected in Indian Engineering Services (2002), Union Public Services Commission (UPSC), India
  • QualifiedGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (2001), Admission to Post-graduate Programme in IITs, India
  • Gold Medalist (2001), Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Utkal University, India
  • Gold Medalist (1997), Diploma in Civil Engineering, State Council of Technical Education, Orissa, India
  • School Days Prizes, Received for scholastic achievements

At International Level

  • Elected Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), 2022
  • Erasmus+ Fellowship , Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, 2018
  • Outstanding Reviewer , Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2017
  • Outstanding Reviewer , Journal of Construction Building & Materials, Elsevier, 2015
  • Outstanding Reviewer , Structures Journal, Elsevier, 2015
  • Outstanding Reviewer , Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2015
  • Outstanding Employee Effort Certification , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, 2009
  • UTA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-10), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
  • NEES Travel Grant (2009), Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation for Workshop at University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Member of Scientific Committees

  • Member of Executive Committee, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), India (2017-2019, 2022-2024)
  • Member of Technical Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on Seismic Design and Analysis of Structure and Foundations (SeismiCON 2021), London, UK (2022)
  • Member of Scientific Committee, 10th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA’21), Romania (2022)
  • Member of Advisory Committee, 2nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Structures (ICMMS), NIT Calicut (2022)
  • Member of Expert Committee, Review of Earthquake Safety Assessment of Buildings in India, NDMA, IIIT Hyderabad (2020).
  • Member of Advisory Committee, Symposium on “Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation” at IIT Guwahati, 23-24 June, 2022.
  • Member of Board of Studies of Civil Engineering, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune (2020-2022).
  • Member of Scientific Committee, International Seminar on Performance Based Design of Buildings & Bridges for Enhanced Seismic Resilience, New Delhi (2019)
  • Member of Scientific Committee, 4th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), IISc Bangalore (2019)
  • Member of Scientific Committee, 9th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA’18), Canterbury, New Zealand (2018)
  • Member of Scientific Committee, Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings including Earthquake and Wind Effects, Indian Assoc. of Structural Engineers, New Delhi (2016)
  • Member of Organizing Committee, Structural Engineering Convention 2014, IIT Delhi (2014)
  • Member of Organizing Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference -2012 at IIT Delhi (2012)
  • Session Chair, Indian Structural Steel Conference 2020, IIT Hyderabad, India (2022)
  • Session Chair, India-U.S. Symposium Indo-US Symposium for Enhancing Fire Safety in Built-Infrastructure, IIT Delhi, India (2021)
  • Session Chair, 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (7ACEE), Thailand (2018)
  • Session Chair, 5th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ACEE), Taiwan (2013)
  • Session Chair, Technical Presentation Competition at Summer Camp for UG Civil Engineering Students, IIT Kanpur, India (2004)
  • Life Member (LM-1226), Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), India (2008)
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE)
  • Life Member, Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM)
  • e-Affiliate Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA
  • Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI), USA
  • Member, Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ), India

Editorial Boards

  • Guest Editor, Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ), India (2020)
  • Associate Editor, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal, India (2016-18)
  • Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Steel Structures (IJOSS), Springer (2022-Contd.)
  • Member of Editorial Board, Structural Engineering Digest (SED) Journal, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (2019-Contd.)
  • Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Civil Engineering & Construction Technology, UK (2012-Contd.)

Academic / External Assessment & Review Committees


In India
  • Member of Expert Committee, Investigation into reasons for slab collapse in Chintels Paradiso building towers, Gurgaon (2022)
  • Member of Selection Committee, Recruitment of Research Fellow, NDMA, New Delhi (2018)
  • Member of Selection Committee, Recruitment of Civil Engineer, C-DAC, New Delhi (2018)
  • Member of Scrutiny Committee, Faculty selection in Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Srinagar (2016)
  • Member of DRDO Interview Board, Admission of Defence personals to PG program at IIT Delhi (2012, 2016)
  • Member of Expert Committee, Investigation of building collapse at Vishnu Garden, PS-Khyala, West Distt., Delhi (2015)
  • Member of Expert Committee, Investigation on effects of Malin Landslide on Infrastructures, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India (2014)
  • Member of Expert Committee, Collapse investigation on Ash Slurry PH building roof, National Thermal Power Corporation, India (2017)
  • Member of Expert Committee, Investigation of roof collapse of buildings at Connaught Place, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), India (2017)
  • Member of Review Committee, Science & Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, India
  • Member of Review Committee, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India
In Abroad
  • Member of Review Committee, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile (2016)
  • Member of Review Committee, Faculty Research Grant Competition 2012, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Contributions to Codes and Standards


Member of Working Groups for development of following BIS Codes
  • Revision of IS: 16700, CED 38 (2022-contd.)
  • Revision of IS: 801 and IS:800, CED 7 (2021-contd.)
  • Revision of IS: 13920, CED 39 (2020-contd.)
  • Revision of IS: 456, CED 2:2/P5 (2017-contd.)
  • Revision of IS: 1343, CED 2:2/P6 (2017-contd.)

Principal Member of BIS Code Committees
  • Earthquake Engineering, CED 39 (2017-contd.)
  • Cement and Concrete, CED 2 (2015-contd.)
  • Structural Engineers & Structural Sections, CED 7 (2017-contd.)
  • Special Structural Sectional Committee, CED 38 (2017-contd.)
  • Concrete Reinforcement Sectional Committee, CED 54 (2017-contd.)

Alternate Member of BIS Code Committees
  • Panel for Loads, Forces and Effects, CED 46:P4 (2015-contd.)
  • Cyclone Resistant Structures Sectional Committee, CED 57 (2017-contd.)

Member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • ISO/TC71 on concrete-filled steel tubular hybrid structures: Design standard for concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures (2022-contd.)