Faculty

K. B. V. N. Phanindra

K. B. V. N. Phanindra

Head and Professor

Ph. D., New Mexico State University, U.S.A.

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Groundwater, Agricultural Water Management
Amirtham Rajagopal

Amirtham Rajagopal

Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Damage Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics
Asif Qureshi

Asif Qureshi

Professor

D. Sc., ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Environmental Science, Environmental Health
Debraj Bhattacharyya

Debraj Bhattacharyya

Professor

Ph. D., University of New Brunswick, Canada

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management
K. V. L. Subramaniam

K. V. L. Subramaniam

Professor

Ph. D., Northwestern University, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Rheology Control and 3D Printing
Mahendrakumar Madhavan

Mahendrakumar Madhavan

Professor

Ph. D., University of Alabama, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Structural Steel, Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Cold-formed Steel, Structures under Extreme Events (Wind, Seismic and Fire), Metal Additive Manufacturing
Munwar B. Basha

Munwar B. Basha

Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Computational Geomechanics, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Reliability-Based Designs in Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Resistant Design of Retaining Structures
Shashidhar T

Shashidhar T

Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Contaminant Transport Modeling, Bioremediation
Sireesh S

Sireesh S

Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Pavement Geotechnics, Geosynthetic Reinforced Structures, Ground Improvement, Sustainable Design of Soil and Pavement Structures, Numerical Modelling
Suriya S. Prakash

Suriya S. Prakash

Professor

Ph. D., Missouri University of Science and Technology, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members
Umashankar B

Umashankar B

Professor

Ph. D., Purdue University, U.S.A.

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Reinforced Earth Structures, Geosynthetics
Anil Agarwal

Anil Agarwal

Associate Professor

Ph. D., Purdue University, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Structural Fire Engineering, Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, FRP Composite Structures, Strutural Design under Impact and Blast Conditions, Seismic Design and Earthquake Resistant Structures
Digvijay S. Pawar

Digvijay S. Pawar

Associate Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Transportation Engineering

Research Interests

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Safety and Accident Analysis , Geometric Design, Naturalistic Driving Study and Human Factors, Traffic Operation and Simulation
Pritha Chatterjee

Pritha Chatterjee

Associate Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Wastewater Treatment, Energy Recovery
Satish Kumar Regonda

Satish Kumar Regonda

Associate Professor

Ph. D., University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Hydrology, Climate Change
Seetha N

Seetha N

Associate Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Flow and Transport in Porous Media
Surendra Nadh Somala

Surendra Nadh Somala

Associate Professor

Ph. D., California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Structural Health Monitoring, AI
Ambika S

Ambika S

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Membranes and Photoelectrocatalysts, Tertiary Treatments for Emerging Pollutants, E-Waste Resource Recovery, Climate-Agriculture-Resources-Health Nexus, Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis
Biswarup Bhattacharyya

Biswarup Bhattacharyya

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Uncertainty Quantification, Physics-Informed ML
D. V. Sai Praneeth

D. V. Sai Praneeth

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., University of Auckland, New Zealand

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Rare earth Elements Extractions and Separation, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Low Carbon (Biochar) Building Materials, Environmental Leaching Risk Assessment, Advance Material Characterization
Maheswaran Rathinasamy

Maheswaran Rathinasamy

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Hydrological Modelling, Stochastic Hydrology, Hydrometeorological Forecasting, Extreme Events, Anthropogenic Influences
Meenakshi

Meenakshi

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Multiscale analytical modelling, Sustainable Cementitious Binders, Concrete Mechanics, Durability of Concrete Structures, Low Carbon Concrete
Prasanna R

Prasanna R

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Carleton University, Canada

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Underground Structures, Experimental Soil Mechanics
Ramya Sri Mullapudi

Ramya Sri Mullapudi

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Transportation Engineering

Research Interests

Sustainable Pavement Materials, Asphalt Mix Performance, Asphalt Chemistry, RAP Mixes, LCCA of Pavements
Roshan Khan

Roshan Khan

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Railway Geotechnics, High-Speed Railways, Computational Geotechnics, Constitutive Modelling, Ground Vibrations
Shruti Upadhyaya

Shruti Upadhyaya

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Hydrometeorology, Explainable AI/ML, Remote Sensing, Weather Forecasting, Meteorology and Climatology Related product Developments
Shwetabh Yadav

Shwetabh Yadav

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Rock Mechanics, Experimental Solid Mechanics, High-Speed Imaging, Mechanics of Large Strain Deformation, Image Based Measurement Techniques
Sk Zeeshan Ali

Sk Zeeshan Ali

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Analytical Hydrodynamics, Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows, Fluvial Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Morphodynamics
Sourav Das

Sourav Das

Assistant Professor

Ph. D., The University of British Columbia, Canada

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Wind Energy, Aerodynamics, Energy Harvesting
J. N. Reddy

J. N. Reddy

Distinguished Professor

Ph. D., University of Alabama, U.S.A.

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Plates and Shells, Finite Elements
Nemkumar Banthia

Nemkumar Banthia

Distinguished Professor

Ph. D., University of British Columbia, Canada

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure, Nano-modified Fiber Reinforced Composites
Rao Y. Surampalli

Rao Y. Surampalli

Distinguished Professor

Ph. D., Iowa State University, U.S.A.

Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Risk Reduction of Nanomaterials
Majid Hassanizadeh S.

Majid Hassanizadeh S.

Adjunct Professor

Ph. D., Princeton University, U.S.A.

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of two-phase flow and transport of solutes, viruses, and colloids in porous media, pore-scale modelling (pore-network models, Discrete Element methods, and SPH)
Rajagopalan Balaji

Rajagopalan Balaji

Adjunct Professor

Ph. D., Utah State University, U.S.A.

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests

Understanding and modeling space-time variability of hydroclimatology and extremes, Bayesian hierarchical and statistical learning methods for climate, hydrology, ecology, water and wastewater quality, ecology, public health, human migration, construction safety risk and others