BSc Engg (Civil); MTech (Civil- Construction Engineering and Management); PhD in Structural Engineering from IIT Roorkee.. Eleven (11) years of experience in industrial construction. Twenty one (21 ) years of experience in teaching and research. 11 years as Professor. Currently, Senate Member, CUSAT. Currently Principal, School of Engineering, CUSAT.

construction safety, Legal aspects of HSE, recycled aggregate concrete, safety management, Strut-and-tie modelling

Strength enhancement in deep beams with engineered web openings via diagonal struts, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer 2022

Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Fibrous Concrete by ANN, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, Vol. 11, 2021

Cohesion coefficient of structural concrete made with recycled concrete coarse aggregate, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Waste and Resource Management, ICE, Thomas Telford Vol. 173, 2020

A statistical investigation into ammoniacal nitrogen adsorption on chitosan/bentonite nanocomposite films by response surface methodology, Indian Journal of Environment Protection, Vol. 40, 2019

Chromium removal by Ecclipta Prostrata plant powder: Thermodynamicstudy and characterization, Indian Journal of Environment Protection, Vol. 39, 2019

Effect of confinement on the efficiency of bottle-shaped struts, Magazine of Concrete Research, ICE, Thomas Telford Vol. 71, 2019

Adsorption of nitrate anions by Fe-loaded chitosan nutmeg shell powder: Equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, Vol. 24, 2019

Adsorption of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from wastewater using novel chitosan/halloysite clay nanocomposite films, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol. 24, 2017

Use of response surface methodology for optimisation of performance of magnetite nanoadsorbents for removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater, Int. J. Environment and Waste Management, Vol. 20, 2017

Performance and kinetic study of semi-dry thermophilic anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste, Waste Management, Elsevier Science Direct Vol. 36, 2015

Non-structural use of coarse recycled concrete aggregate: Solid masonry blocks, Golden Jubilee International Conf on Sustainable Technology and Innovation for Industry 4.0 (ICSTII2022), CUSAT, Kochi, 2022

Safety management system in modular integrated construction projects, Golden Jubilee International Conf on Sustainable Technology and Innovation for Industry 4.0 (ICSTII2022), CUSAT, Kochi, 2022

An appraisal of the current Indian laws on qualifications of statutory officers and inspectors of factories and docks, 2nd CUSAT International Conference on Safety and Fire Engineering, SAFE-17, 2017

Strut Efficiency in Deep Beams under the Effect of Vertical & Horizontal Stirrups at Various Strut Angles – A Numerical Study, International conference on Energy, Environment, Materials and Safety (ICEEMS) 2014, 2014

A Study on the Compression Dispersion Behaviour of Isolated struts, International conference on Energy, Environment, Materials and Safety (ICEEMS) 2014, 2014

Manually recycled coarse aggregate from concrete waste – a sustainable substitute for customary coarse aggregate, CUSAT National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE) 2013, 2013

Comparative study on the structural performance of RCA & NCA concrete, CUSAT National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE) 2013, 2013

Efficiency factors for bottle-shaped struts in deep beams made of recycled coarse aggregate, International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE-2010), Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2012

Behaviour-based safety management in the construction industry, Fifth CUSAT National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (RACE-2012), 2012

Studies on the compression dispersion efficiency of recycled and natural coarse aggregate concrete struts, National Conference on Innovative Challenges in Civil Engineering, Punjab Technical University, Giani Zail Singh Campus, Bathinda, 2012

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"An Investigation of the suitability of coarse recycled concrete aggregate for structural concrete" (Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)- 2013 -2016 , Total outlay Rs.1370000)