Curriculum Vitae (Updated 01 September 2016)

Dr. R. Shivashankar
Professor of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engg.)
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Surathkal, P.O. Srinivasnagar
Mangalore, India 575025
Tel: (91-824)2474335 Mobile: +91 9448487263
Email: [email protected]
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(1) BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

(A) EDUCATION

(i) SSLC (X Standard) Vijaya High School, Jayanagar, Bangalore-11

June 1968- June 1971 (Awarded 'Best Student' of the Year 1971), First Class

(ii) 2 Year PUC National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-4

June 1971-June 1973 First Class Distinction

(iii) B.E. (Civil Engg.) University Visvesvaraya College of Engg.

[5 years course] (UVCE) Bangalore University, Bangalore-56
July 1973-July 1978 First Class Distinction and top rank in all 10 semesters

(iv) M.Tech. (Civil Engg Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM)

[2 years course] Subject: Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering
August 1978-August 1980 First Class
Thesis Title: Superstructure-Footing-Soil Interaction (Guide: Prof. K. S. Sankaran, IITM)

(v) Doctor of Engineeering Asian Instt. of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand

D.Eng. (Geotechnical Engg.) (Japanese Govt. Scholarship & USAID funded project)
May 1987-December 1991 totally 18 credits earned through course work
Title of Dissertation: "Behavior of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Embankment with Poor Quality
Backfills on Soft Clay Deposits, including a Study of the Pullout Resistances" [AIT Diss.No.GT-90-3]
Doctoral Advisor: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado, (Ph.D. Utah State Uni., USA), Professor of Geotechnical and
Earth Resources Engineering (GTE) at the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) of the Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand (Presently Emeritus Professor at AIT)
Doctoral Committee: (1) Prof. A. S. Balasubramaniam, Ph.D. (Cambridge)
(2) Prof. Noppadol Phienwej, Ph.D. (UIUC)
(3) Prof. Pisidhi Karasudhi, Ph.D.(North-western)
(4) Prof. Jiro Kuwano, Ph.D. (Tokyo) / Prof. Yusuke Honjo, Ph.D.(MIT-USA)
External Examiners: (1) Prof. Robert D. Holtz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA &
(2) Prof. J. Richard Bell, Oregon State University, USA

AIT Ranking: U-multirank of the EU ranks AIT as the world top in term of international dimension
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(B) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD
n.i.t.k. surathkal (FEB 1995 TO DATE)

(i) 16 February 1995 to date

Employer: National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal
[erstwhile Karnataka Regional Engg. College (KREC), Surathkal]
Positions held: Professor (since June 2002 to date);
Assistant Professor (February 1995 to June 2002)
(ii) Professor i/c of Training & Placement, NITK, March 04, 2011 to March 31, 2014
(iii) Dean (R&D), NITK, 1st June 2007 to 31st December 2010. First ever Dean (R&D) of NITK
Responsible for signing a number of MOUs with foreign universities, organizations such as
BARC, CPRI, NAL, NI, etc.

(iv) Editor-in-Chief of NITK Research Bulletin, June 2007 to December 2010

(v) Chairman, Research Advisory Board (RAB), NITK Surathkal, June 2007 to Dec. 2010

(vi) Chairman, Centre for Continuing Education, NITK, Surathkal, 1-7-2002 to 24-1-2008 (&
Coordinator for IGNOU study Centre (1317P) at NITK for Engineering)
(vii) Head of Department of Civil Engg., NITK, Surathkal, June 2003 to Sept.2006 [Chairman of
DRPC, DPGC, DUGC and other academic bodies, member of BOS, Senate member etc.].

(viii) Presently Chairman of Surathkal Chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society. In the past
had served as Secretary and Treasurer.
(ix) Served as Chairman of Civil Engineering Association, NITK Surathkal (2003-06)
(x) Senate Member of NITK Senate since 2004
(xi) Faculty Advisor of M.Tech (Geotechnical Engineering)
(xii) Recognized as a Chartered Engineer (India) by the Institute of Engineers, India (IEI)
[M112336/4]
(xiii) PMGSY STA (Karnataka) coordinator for technical scrutiny of Pradhan Manthri Gram
Sadak Yojana projects in the state
saga university, japan (1992-95)

(viii) April 1992 to January 1995

Employer: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Japan
[Attached to Institute of Lowland Technology (presently Institute of
Lowland and Marine Research), Saga Uni., Japan]
Positions held: Post-doctoral fellow/Research Associate/Assistant Professor
ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT), BANGKOK, THAILAND (1987-92)

(ix) January 1992 to March 1992

Employer: Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Position held: Senior Research Associate under USAID project on WWMSE
(x) May 1987 to December 1991
Employer: Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Position held: Student Research Associate under USAID project on WWMSE
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B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE 1984-87

(xi) September 1981 to May 1987

Employer: M/s Gerame Consulting Engineers, Shankarpuram, Bangalore - 4
Position held: Part-time Design Engineer (Civil Engg.) [involved in design of piled
foundation for Delhi RCC TV tower, multistoried buildings, steel strs.,
industrial strs., overhead water tanks etc.]
(xii) January 1984 to May 1987; Employer: B.M.S. College of Engg., Bangalore-70
Position held: Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering (also taught in evening college)
M.S.R.I.T., BANGALORE, 1981-84

(xiii) September 1981 to December 1983; Employer: MSRIT, Bangalore

Position held: Lecturer in Civil Engineering
M/S GAMMON INDIA LTD. mUMBAI 1980-81

(xiv) October 1980 to September 1981; Employer: M/s Gammon India Ltd.
Position held: Site Engineer [Mahathma Gandhi Sethu, Patna, Bihar]

I.I.T. Madras, July-Oct 1980

(xv) Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engg. IITM Chennai (Supervisor: Prof. K. S. Sankaran)

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(C) MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
(i) Life Member of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) [LM1369]
(ii) Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) [LM 20500]
(iii) Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India)[IEI] [M112336/4]
(iv) International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engg. [ISSMGE]
(v) International Geosynthetics society [IgS][Membership No. 1983]
(vi) Geotech. Engg. International Resources Centre [GEIRC]
(vii) Asian Society for Environmental Geotechnology [ASEG]
(viii) Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society [SEAGS]
(ix) International Association of Lowland Technology [IALT], Membership No.1409138
(x) Life Member of the Indian Society for Disaster Risk Reduction (ISDRR) [LM A0535]
(xi) Alumni Association of Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
(xii) Life Member of the Administrative Staff College of India Association (ASCI Association),
Bella Vista, Hyderabad 500082, Membership No. Prg/09-10/1/10/36731 since 26th May 2009
(xiii) Life Member of the Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software
(ACECOMS),AIT Bangkok, Thailand [Membership No.D51-0849-0899]
(xiv) Life Member of the Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Engineers' Association,
Mangalore
(xv) British Geotechnical Association (Institution of Civil Engineers - ICE) Membership No.
61884254
(xvi) Life Member of the Indian Roads Congress (LM-36767]

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(D) HONOURS, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

(i) Awarded 'Best Student of the Year 1970-71', Vijaya High School, Jayanagar, Bangalore-11,
January 1971.
(ii) Obtained first class (distinction) and a top rank in Bangalore University in all ten semesters
of BE (Civil) - Bangalore University, 1973-78.
(iii) Awarded Japanese Government scholarship for doctoral studies at the Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT) , Bangkok, Thailand. Subsequently, invited by Japanese Government to
do post-doctoral research (at Institute of Lowland Technology, Saga University) and
teaching (at Saga University) Japan, 1992-95.
(iv) Co-investigator of USAID funded project (US$150000) on Mechanically Stabilized Earth
(MSE) along with Prof. D.T. Bergado, Prof. A. S. Balasubramaniam (both of AIT) and Prof.
L. R. Anderson of Utah State university, USA [1988-1992].
(v) IGS-Z -Tech(I) Pvt. Ltd. Biennial Award (1998-99) for the Best Paper on "Geosynthetics
and Allied Construction Products" (Award instituted by the Indian Geotechnical Society).
Paper entitled "Reinforced Granular Bed on Poor Filled-up Shedi Ground" authored by R.
Shivashankar and ACS Reddy. Award received at IIT Bombay, Mumbai during IGC2000.
(vi)Distinguished Service Award by NITK Alumni Association, Golden Jubilee Celebrations of
NITK (6th August 2009 to 6th August 2010) [signed by NITK Director and NITK Alumni
Association President]
(vii) As Chairman of Center for continuing Education (2002-2008), was able to coordinate a
number of courses for working professionals, especially for engineers of PMGSY,KRCL etc.
(viii) Chaired a discussion session during GeoAfrica2013 conference, at Accra, Ghana
(ix) As Placement Officer, achieved good success in improving the placement statistics of the
Institute 2011-2014
(x) NBA-AICTE expert committee member in Civil Engineering
(xi) Delivered Keynote lecture "Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics - An Overview",
3rd International Engineering Symposium (IES 2013) at Kumamoto University, Japan,
March 4-6, 2013.
(xii) Invited to Geosynthetics Research Institute, Drexel University, Folsom, Philadelphia, USA,
for interaction with Prof. Robert M. Koerner - Director of Geosynthetics Research Institute,
May 2013.
(xiii)Invited to teach a UG course on 'Foundation Engineering' at Thuy Loi University, Vietnam,
conducted in association with the University of Arkansas, USA (July 2014).
(xiv)Chaired a general session GS 10-3 on Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, 14th
International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG2014) at Kyoto, Japan, September 22-25, 2014
[IACMAG founder and Chairman: Prof. C. S. Desai]
(xv) Selected as 'Conference Chair' for 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology
(ISLT2016), Jointly to be organized by NITK Surathkal, IISc Bangalore and International
Association of Lowland Technology (IALT) and Institute of Lowland and Marine Research
(ILMR), Japan, to be held during September 2016.
(xvi) Successfully guided ten doctoral students so far, on various topics of geotechnical
engineering. Also guided about 62 MTech theses. Published about 176 papers in Journals
and Conferences.
(xvii) Guest Editor for a special issue on 'Geosynthetics',SEAGS-AGSSEA Journal: 2018 -2019

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(2) PEDAGOGY

(A) SUBJECTS TAUGHT:

 Basic Geomechanics
 Foundation Engineering
 Soil Reinforcement Techniques
 Ground Improvement Techniques
 Soil Mechanics (UG)
 Applied Soil Engineering (UG)
 Design of foundations and earth retaining structures (UG elective)
 FEM for geotechnical engineers
 Soil Mechanics laboratory (UG)
 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (UG)
 Computational Geomechanics Lab (PG)

(B) RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Soil behaviour, basic soil mechanics

 Pile foundations
 Soil-structure Interaction
 Ground Improvement
 reinforced soil structures
 Geosynthetics Engineering
 Foundation Beds (granular, reinforced, Prestressed reinforced granular beds)
 Slope Engineering
 Erosion Studies and bioengineering

(C) EVALUATION OF TEACHING

Very good teaching evaluations on all courses

(D) PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CHAPTERS IN BOOKS/CITATIONS AND

OTHER PUBLICATIONS)

(i) Shivashankar, R., Miura, N. and Madhav, M.R. (1998), “Reinforced Granular Bed on Soft
and Subsiding Ground”, Chapter 14 of ‘Improvement of Soft Ground – Design, Analyses and
Current Researches’ Edited by N. Miura and D. T. Bergado, Balkema Publishers, pp.168-182.

(ii) Shivashankar R. et al. (1993) “Shear Layer, Confinement and Surcharge Method” [cited in
IGS Annual Lecture by M.R. Madhav, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 28, No.1, January
1998, pp33-39].

(iii) Shivashankar R. et al. (1993) “Bearing Capacity Improvement in Soft Soils” [Cited in
Section 4.5: pp. 54 - 57. “An Introduction to Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics” by G.L.
Sivakumar Babu, Universities Press, 2006 edition].

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(E) PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOP/MEETS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
TEACHING/OTHERS AND ATTENDING CONFERENCES

(i) Participated in Faculty Development Programme conducted by CCE, KREC, Aug. 14-19,
1995.

(ii) Participated in National workshop on "Reinforcement of ground and slopes", IIT Kanpur,
August 21-22, 1998.

(iii) Participated in short term course at IIT Madras on "Finite Element Techniques for
Geotechnical Engineers" Nov. 30 to Dec. 04, 1998.

(iv) Participated in a seminar on "Motivation and Team Building for KREC Faculty", November
12-13, 1999, organized by the Departments of Computer Engineering and ECE at KREC,
Surathkal. Supported by Ministry of IT, GOI. Conducted by Sri MSS Varadan, Om Consultants
(India) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

(v) "Geotechnical Update for the next Decade", Workshop at IIT Kanpur, March 17-18, 2000.
Participated in panel discussions on upgrading syllabi for UG and PG courses in geotechnical
engineering at IITs, RECs and other engineering colleges in India. Participants were from IISc,
IITs, RECs and other engineering colleges

(vi) Participated in the workshop on wetland monitoring and management held on February 02,
2005, sponsored by TEQIP, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics, NITK Surathkal.

(vii) Attended and presented a paper at GEOPRACTICE-2005, National Conference on Case

Studies in Geotechnical Engineering, July 25-26, 2005, I.I.Sc.(Bangalore)

(viii) Participated as a delegate in the workshop on the topic "Intellectual Property Rights" on
20th March 2008 held at SDM College Conference Hall, Mangalore [Organized by KSCST,
Bangalore; Karnataka Council for Technical Upgradation; SDM PG Centre for Mgmt Studies &
Research, Mangalore; Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mangalore, District
Industries Centre, Mangalore and TIFAC, DST, GOI, New Delhi]

(ix) Completed short course of 10.5 Contact Hours on 'Soil Dynamics in Engineering Practice',
Presented by Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Distance and
Continuing Education), Missouri University of Science and Technology (MUST) [erstwhile
University of Missouri Rolla (UMR)], USA, August 2008. Course Instructors: Prof. Shamsher
Prakash, MUST, USA and Prof. Ahmed Elgamal. Uni. of California, San Diego, USA. Course
conducted at the Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Washington, USA (Support from TEQIP).

(x) Attended Sixth International Conference on case histories in Geotechnical Engineering and
Symposium in honor of Prof. James K. Mitchell, at Arlington, VA, USA (Organized by Prof.
Shamsher Prakash), August 11-16, 2008, (Presented the paper at the Conference in
Washington DC, USA, with support from TEQIP).

(xi) Visited Pennsylvania State University, USA, for research interaction, 17-19 August 2008 -
facilitated signing of MOU between NITK and PSU

(xii) Attended the 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer
Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 1-6 October 2008, Goa, India.

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(xiii) Participated in the Programme on "Educational Leadership and Administrative Law for
Vice-Chancellors and Senior Level Educational Managers" organized by Administrative Staff
College of India (ASCI), Bella Vista, Hyderabad, May 25 - 27, 2009. Programme Director: Prof.
Usha Vyasulu Reddy.

(xiv) Attended TCS Sangam at Hyderabad as Dean (R&D) (on behalf of NITK Director), Nov.
27-28, 2009

(xv) Participated in a Mission10X workshop conducted by Wipro (conducted by WIPRO &

ISTE) at NITK Surathkal, 17-21 May 2010.

(xvi) Visited Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore,
for research interaction, 25th May 2010.

(xvii) Attended Zinnov's meet at Bangalore 14-19 July 2010

(xviii) Successfully completed a workshop on "High Impact Teaching Skills", (Attested by Dale
Carnegie & Associates, Inc. Trainer and WIPRO), conducted by WIPRO and Dale Carnegie
Training at NITK, Mission10X, 17-18 May 2010.

(xix) As Dean (R&D) attended "Workshop for Organizers of INSPIRE Internship Camps", under
INSPIRE programme of DST, GOI at Yashada, Indian Institute of Science Education and
Research (IISER), Pune, 23 September 2010.

(xx) Visited University of Newcastle, University of New South Wales and University of Western
Australia, Sydney, Australia, May 5-9, 2011, for research interactions

(xxi) Attended the 13th International Conference of International Association for Computer
Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 9-11 May 2011, Melbourne, Australia
(from CPDA support).

(xxii) Attended ZS India's University Relations Meet, 23-24 June 2011, ZS Associates India Pvt.
Ltd., Vatika Business Park, Gurgaon.

(xxiii) Attended two day NBA orientation workshop at RVCE Bangalore, arranged by AICTE, 1-
2 July 2011.

(xxiv) Attended Quest Global's Colloquium at Bangalore, 6 March 2012

(xxv) Attended SAP India's 'Faculty Day' at SAP campus Bangalore, 15-16 March 2012

(xxvi) Participated in TPO meet from Karnataka and Kerala Institutions at TCS Bangalore on
March 30, 2012 at TCS Pioneer Building ITPL, Whilefield, Bangalore - 'Sparsh' Building
Careers ... Changing Lives.

(xxvii) Attended Informatica's TPO meet at Bangalore on 3rd June 2012

(xxviii) Attended Maruti Suzuki Ltd's TPO meet on 9.6.2012 at Gurgaon, Delhi

(xxix) Attended International Symposium on Sustainable Geosynthetics and Green Technology

for Climate Change (SGCC) 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, June 20-21, 2012, Organized by IgS
Thailand Chapter, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society and ACSIG

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(xxx) Attended Zinnov's meet at Bangalore 12 July 2012

(xxxi) Attended "Sasken's Day Out" 20th July 2012, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.
Bangalore

(xxxii) Delivered Keynote lecture "Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics - An

Overview", 3rd International Engineering Symposium (IES 2013) at Kumamoto University,
Japan, March 4-6, 2013. Travel support provided by Kumamoto University.

(xxxiii) Attended 7th Intl. Conf. on Case Histories in geotechnical Engg., May 1-4, 2013,
Wheeling, Illinois, Chicago, USA [Conducted by Mussouri University of Science and
Technology (MUST) – Prof. Shamsher Prakash] {presented my paper No.1.01b}. Travel
support provided by DST GOI

(xxxiv) Visit to University of Illinois at Chicago (Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories) and

research interaction with UIC faculty, May 6-7, 2013
(xxxv) Visited Geosynthetics Research Institute, Drexel University, Folsom, Philadelphia, USA
and interacted with Prof. Robert M. Koerner - Director of Geosynthetics Research Institute.

(xxxvi) Attended 2nd African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, GeoAfrica 2013, Accra,
Ghana, Nov. 18-20, 2013. presented a paper. Travel support provided by TEQIP - II of NITK.

(xxxvii) Attended Indian Geotechnical conferences (annual) at Bangalore (1995), Allahabad

(2002), Kolkata (1999), Mumbai(2000), Roorkee (2013), Kakinada (2014), Pune (2015). At
Mumbai, in the year 2000, received best paper award - for best paper published the Indian
Geotechnical Society. (M/S Z-Tech Biennial Award).

(xxxviii) visited CPRI Bangalore several times for research interactions (for conducting shake
table tests - BRNS sponsored project)

(xxxix) Participated in TPO meet from Karnataka and Kerala Institutions at TCS Bangalore on
Aug.29-30, 2013 at TCS Pioneer Building ITPL, Whilefield, Bangalore - 'TCS Sparsh 2013-14'.

(xL) Attended Indian Geotechnical conference at IIT Roorkee in Dec .2013, presented 2 papers.

(xLi) Invited speaker at National workshop on Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation

Engineering, Feb.3-4, 2014, at LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Trivandrum

(XLii) Attended 1st annual conf. on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engg. (ACIDIC) at
NITK, May 19-20, 2014. Presented a paper titled "Electrical resistivity applications- a versatile
testing technique in civil engineering". Also Chaired one of the sessions on Geotechnical Engg.

(XLiii) Attended Geo-Shanghai 2014 conference at Shanghai, China, May 26-28, organized by
Tongji University and presented a paper.

(XLiv)Attended the Intl. conf on computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE2014),
June 23-25, 2014, Florida, USA.

(XLV)Attended 14th Intl. Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods
and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG2014) at Kyoto, Japan, Sep.22-25, 2014, presented
3 papers, Chaired a general session GS 10-3 on Earthquake Engg. & Soil Dynamics.

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(XLVi) Attended International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2014) at Saga
University, Saga, Japan, September 29 to October 01, 2014. Presented two papers.

(xLvii) Attended Indian Geotechnical conference at JNTU Kakinada in December 2014,

presented a paper.

(xLviii) Attended and presented paper at the International Conference on Geotechnical

Engineering 2015 (ICGE2015) at Colombo, Srilanka, August 10-11, 2015, Organized by SLGS,
SIMSG and ISSMGE.

(xLix) Attended and presented paper at the International Conference on Soft Ground
Engineering - ICSGE2015, at Singapore, 3-4 December 2015, organized by the National
University of Singapore (NUS) on behalf of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GEOSS).

(L) Attended and presented paper at the 53rd Indian Geotechnical Conference at the College of
Engineering at Pune (COEP), 17-19 December 2015 organized by the Indian Geotechnical
Society.

(Li) Attended the North-eastern States Geotechnical Congress 2016 (NE-GEOCONGRESS

2016) at the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, 22 January 2016 (keynote
speaker)[ Prof. Deepankar Choudhuri of IITB was the other keynote speaker].

(3) ORGANIZING CONFERENCES/ TRAINING COURSES/SEMINARS /

WORKSHOPS/ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBER

As Chairman of Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) and later Dean (R&D)
coordinated conduct of a number of STTP (summer/winter schools), conferences,
seminars, workshops etc. [more than 60 programmes] across all departments of
NITK. Coordinator for many PMGSY training programmes for PWD engineers.
Organizing Committee Member of ILT’92 on POLD (Institute of Lowland Technology 92 on
Problems of Lowland Development), Nov. 16-17, 1992, Saga University, Japan

(i) Course Coordinator - for refresher course for PWD Engineers on "Foundation in expansive
soils", September 9 to 14, 1996, organized by CCE, KREC and sponsored by KERS Mysore.

(ii) Conducted a one day National Seminar on "Recent Developments in Geotechnical

Engineering" through IGS Surathkal Chapter, 22-5-1998 (Prof.H.R. Sreekantiah, Prof. R.K.Yaji
and Dr.R. Shivashankar - Organizing Secretary)

(iii) Conducted a one day seminar on "Fly Ash, its Properties and Applications", through IGS
Surathkal Chapter, 24-4-1999 (Prof.H.R. Sreekantiah, Prof. R.K.Yaji and Dr.R. Shivashankar)

(iv) Joint Organizing Secretary for one day seminar on "Effects of Geotechnical Properties of
Raw Earth on the Engineering Properties of Manufactured Tiles and Bricks in and around
Dakshnina Kannada", conducted by IGS - Surathkal Chapter, October 31, 2000

(v) Organizing Committee member '6th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (Next
generation geotechnics)', organized by IISc Bangalore, 15-16 Dec. 2008

(vi) Organizing Committee member 'Indian Geotechnical Conference', organized by IISc

Bangalore, 17-19 Dec. 2008
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(vii) As Dean (R&C), Organised INSPIRE winter science camp for students of XI standard and I
year PUC at NITK Surathkal, Dec.29, 2009 to January 02, 2010.Sponsored by DST GOI.
About 175 students participated.

(viii) Conducted a two day workshop on "Ground Improvement Techniques and use of
Geosynthetics" [including M.Tech (Geotechnical Engineering) curriculum workshop] during
September 05-06, 2013, with support from TEQIP II [Co-cordinators were Prof. Sitaram Nayak
and Dr. B.M. Sunil; Resource persons were (i) Prof. D.T. Bergado from AIT Bangkok, Thailand
(ii) Prof. R. Kitamura from Kagoshima University, Japan (iii) Prof. J. N. Mandal from IITB (iv)
Prof. K. Rajagopal from IITM and (v) Prof. T. N. Singh from IITB.

(ix) Conducted a one day curriculum workshop for M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering,
September 2013, supported by TEQIP

(x) Organizing committee member of DFI-NITK workshop on 'Recent trends in piling and
Ground Improvement' at NITK, sponsored by TEQIP-NITK and Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.
(Chennai), 31 July 2015.

(xi) Course Coordinator - for refresher course for PWD Engineers on "Structural Construction in
B. C. Soil, Hard Soil, Rock & Quality Management", January 04 to 08, 2016, organized by CCE,
KREC and sponsored by KERS Mysore.

(xii) Organizing Chair for International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2016) at
Mangalore, Organized by NITK Surathkal, 15-16 September, 2016. [Co-chair is Prof. M. S.
Mohan Kumar of Department of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore]

(xiii) National Steering Committee member 'International Geotechnical Engineering Conference

on sustainability in geotechnical engineering practices and related urban issues', organized by
IGS Mumbai Chapter, 23-24 Sep. 2016

(4) INVITED LECTURES, KEYNOTE LECTURES AND SPECIAL LECTURES /

CHAIRING SESSIONS etc.

(i) Invited Lecture "Reinforced Earth and Geosynthetics" Department of Civil Engineering, IITM,
January 1993.

(ii) "Reinforced Granular Bed on Soft and Subsiding Ground", SSP Geotechnics (Geotechnical
Consultants), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 09, 1997.

(iii) Invited Lecture on "Reinforced Granular Bed over Piles in Clay" , Short Course on 'Soft
Ground Improvement: Design, Analysis and Current Research' (60th birthday celebration of
Prof. Norihiko Miura of Saga University, Japan), organized by Geotechnical Engineering
International Resources Centre (GEIRC), at AIT Bangkok, Thailand, 11-13 December 1997.

(iv) "Mechanically Stabilized Earth (Reinforced Soil Structures)", GEIRC, AIT Bangkok,
Thailand, December 15-17, 1997.

(v) AICTE/ISTE winter school on "Site Investigation Techniques for civil engineering
constructions and development of engineering geology and geotechnology in India" at KREC,
Dec.29,1997 to January 10, 1998. Lectured on "Ground Improvement techniques for on-shore
structures" and "Our environment and geotechnology".

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(vi) "Welded wire Mechanically Stabilized Earth", Lecture delivered at the National Workshop
on Reinforcement of Ground and Slopes, IGS Golden Jubilee year Celebration, IGS Kanpur
Chapter, IITKanpur, Aug 21-22, 1998, pp.86-93.

(vii) "Foundation Problems in Expansive Soils" , AICTE short term course on expansive soils at
Basaveshwara College of Engineering, Bagalkot, February 7-19, 2000.

(viii) AICTE/ISTE winter school short term training programme on Engineering Geology and
Geotechnology role in country planning and development at KREC, December 27, 1999 to
January 08, 2000. Lectured on "Our Environment and Geotechnology".

(ix) "Geotechnical Update for the next Decade", Workshop at IIT Kanpur, March 17-18, 2000

(x) "Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering", Civil Engineering Association, KVGCE, Sullia, May 10,
2000.

(xi) Served as Judge to evaluate student projects (Project Exhibition 2001) in Civil Engineering,
MIT Manipal, 24th May 2001.

(xii) “General Review of Foundations for Structures”, One day workshop on ‘Civil Engineering in
Cashew Industry’, Organized by KREC-STEP, Jan 03, 2002.

(xiii) Cochaired a Session on Environmental Geotechnology during the National Conference on

Case Studies in Geotechnical Engineering, July 25-26, 2005, I.I.Sc.(Bangalore) [keynote
lecture by Dr.Ing.Erwin Gartung of LGA Geotechnical Institute, Nuremberg, Germany on
“Landfill Covers – Field Tests for the Evaluation of the Performance of Mineral Cover Systems";
Chair: Prof. R. Rama Rao].

(xiv) Chaired a session (along with Prof. Krishna Reddy of University of Illinois at Chicago,
USA) at International Conference on Infrastructure Development on Expansive Soils (INDEX
06) 1-3 February 2006 at Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.

(xv) "Application of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering" and "Concepts and Design of Soil
Nailing Systems, and use of Natural Geotextiles" 5 days STTP on 'Application of Reinforced
Earth in Civil Engineering' ,Lectures delivered at NMAMIT Nitte, June 2nd - 6th, 2008 (also
delivered the inaugural address on June 2, 2008 and valedictory address on June 6, 2008).

(xvi) Invited speaker at Piling and Deep Foundations Conference 2010 at Hyatt Regency,
Mumbai, Oct 25-27, 2010, Organized by IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Centre,
www.iqpc.ae) “Geotechnical and Foundation Practices in Coastal Karnataka”.

(xvii) "Recent Developments in the areas of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering",

Keynote address during National Conference on Recent Developments in Civil Engineering
(RDCE - 2011), MIT Manipal, 14th January 2011

(xviii) Served as resource person (lecturing) "Ideas on knowledge sharing and future guidance
for engineering students" at a one day workshop on "Knowledge Sharing and Future Guidance"
(for enginering/diploma students in the locality) at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal, 25th
December 2011, on behalf of Shree Guru Charitable Trust, Surathkal.

(xix) Invited special speaker at “Geosynthetics Applications: Some Research Studies and
Some Case Studies”, International Symposium on ‘Sustainable Geosynthetics & Green
Technology for Climate Change (SGCC 2012)’ [Retirement Symposium for Prof. D. T.
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Bergado], [The Symposium was hosted by ACSIG and IGS-Thailand and co-organized by
Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) and SEAGS under the auspices of the International
Geosynthetics Society (IGS)]. 20 and 21 June 2012, Bangkok, Thailand (funding from CPDA)

(xx) Invited Lecture “Geosynthetics for Ground Improvement and Stability of Slopes”, at the 2
day workshop on “Application of Optimization Techniques for Slope Stability Analysis and
Recent Methods for Stabilization of Slopes” NMAMIT, Nitte, 30-31 July 2012 [followed by
valedictory function address].

(xxi) Technical Talk “Stability of Slopes in Constructions”, 10 th October 2012, Organized by

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE) - Mangalore, sponsored by ACC Cements,
venue: Lions Club, Mangalore.

(xxii) Invited speaker at the Symposium on Geotechnical Practices (Geopractices 2012) at

JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, November 10, 2012

(xxiii) “Geotechnical Engineering Practices: through case studies”, A3C-12 Awards, Convention
& Consultants Colloquium, Mangalore, India, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers,
Mangalore Chapter, January 11-12, 2013.

(xxiv) “Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics - An Overview", Keynote lecture, 3rd

International Engineering Symposium (IES 2013) at Kumamoto University, Japan, March 4-6,
2013, Organized by Kumamoto Uni. and NITK Surathkal

(xxv) “How Civil Engineers help shape the World (Earth)? A Geotechnical Engineering
perspective” organized by The Institution of Engineers (I), Mangalore Local Centre; Institution
of Valuers, Mangalore Branch; Kodagu, DK and Udupi Engineers Association, Earth Day 2013
lecture, April 23, 2013

(xxvi) "Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics – Current Practices and Research",

Lecture given to graduate students of Civil Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
(during a visit to that university at invitation of Prof. Krishna Reddy, including for research
interaction), May 6, 2013.

(xxvii) Technical Talk “Earth Retention Systems”, 04th July 2013, Organized by Association of
Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE) - Mangalore, sponsored by ACC Cements, venue: Lions
Club, Mangalore.

(xxviii) Technical Talk "Use of Case Histories to enhance Practical Geotechnical Engineering",
delivered at Vivekananda College of Engineering, Puttur, on 19th September 2013, as a part of
series of lectures organized by ACCE Mangalore at different venues and sponsored by
RAMCO cements

(xxix) Technical Talk "Strength of soils vis-a-vis strength of rocks from point of view of
foundation designs", delivered at NITK Surathkal, on October 02, 2013, Two day workshop on
'Recent Developments in Rock Mechanics and Ground Control', organized by Department of
Mining Engineering, NITK Surathkal.

(xxx) Technical talk "Case histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Forensic Geotechnical
Engineering", National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Transportation
Engineering, Feb. 3 - 4, 2014, Dept. of Civil Engineering, LBS Institute of Technology for
Women, Poojappura,Trivandrum

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(xxxi) Technical talk "Geo-synthetics in slope engineering", one day workshop on "Research
Avenues and advances in Geotechnical Engineering" 26 February 2014, Alva's Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri

(xxxii) Technical talk on 3 April 2014, "Geotechnical Engineering, Foundation Engineering,

Slope Engineering and Geosynthetics Engineering", Short term course on "Advances and
latest Developments in Mining Geology and Rock Mechanics (STCMGRM - 2014)" during April
2-4, 2014, Organized by Department of Mining Engineering, NITK Surathkal.

(xxxiii)
Attended First annual conference on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engg.
(ACIDIC) at NITK, May 19-20, 2014. Presented a paper titled "Electrical resistivity applications-
a versatile testing technique in civil engineering". Also Chaired one of the sessions on
Geotechnical Engg.

(xxxiv) Special lecture on "Ground Improvement Techniques", on Wednesday 3rd September

2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, NITK Surathkal to the Karnataka PWD & Irrigation
Dept. engineers, during the five day refresher course on 'Design, Construction, Maintenance of
all weather roads' organized during 1-5 September 2014, sponsored by the Engineering Staff
College, KR Sagara, organized by the Centre for Continuing Education at NITK.

(xxxv) Special lecture on "Road Disasters: Geotechnical aspects", on Monday 15th September
2014 at NITK Surathkal, during the three day workshop on 'Mitigation of Road disasters'
organized during 15-17 September 2014, sponsored by TEQIP,NITK; organized by the Centre
for Disaster Risk reduction and Dept. of Civil Engg., NITK.

(xxxvi) Attended 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer
Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG2014) at Kyoto, Japan, September 22-25,
2014, Chaired a general session GS 10-3 on Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, on
24-9-2014, 4pm to 7pm, at the Kyoto convention Centre.

(xxxvii) Special invited lecture (as resource person) on "Soil Mechanics for aqua farms", on
Friday 14th November 2014 at College of Fisheries; Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and
Fisheries Sciences University, Mangalore - 575001 during their ten day training programme on
'Recent developments in Engineering techniques for aqua farms' for officers of department of
fisheries, Government of Karnataka. Training programme funded by NFDB, organized by Dept.
of Fisheries Engineering and Technology.

(xxxix) Special lectures on (1) "Shear and settlement characteristics of soils", on Tuesday 20th
January 2015 (2) "Ground Improvement Methods" on Wednesday 21st January 2015, at
Department of Civil Engineering, NITK Surathkal to the Karnataka PWD & Irrigation Dept.
engineers, during the five day refresher course on 'Soil Mechanics and Testing for Road
Engineers' organized during 19-23 January 2015, sponsored by the Engineering Staff College,
KR Sagara, organized by the Centre for Continuing Education at NITK.

(xL) Invited lecture on “A few tips about placement – random thoughts” given on 4th August
2015 at St. Joseph’s Engineering College, Mangalore, during their Placement orientation for
final year Civil Engg. Students (first batch of graduating students).
www.sjec.ac.in/event.php?eventId=183

(xLi) Delivered lecture on "Design of Pile Foundations" during DFI-NITK workshop on 'Recent
trends in piling and Ground Improvement' at NITK, sponsored by TEQIP-NITK and Simplex
Infrastructures Ltd. (Chennai), 31 July 2015

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(xLii) Delivered lecture on "Forensic Geotechnical Engineering" at the workshop on
'Computational Geotechnics and Soil Dynamics' on 25th November 2015 at LBS Institute of
Technology for Women at Trivandrum.

(xLiii) Keynote lecture on "Geotechnical Practices and Forensic Geotechnical Engineering" at

the North-eastern States Geotechnical Congress 2016 (NE-GEOCONGRESS 2016) at the
National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, 22 January 2016.
www.http://nitaonline.nita.ac.in/nesgc2016/

(xLiv) Chaired a general session (Session 1a) on 22-1-2016, 2pm to 4pm, at the NES
GEOCONGRESS 2016 held at National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India

(xLv) Invited Lecture on " Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics Engineering", Lecture
Programme of Civil Engineering Division, The Institution of Engineers' Tripura State Centre [IEI
(TSC)], on 23rd Jan 2016 at the lecture hall of IEI building , Pandit Nehru Complex,
Gurkhabasti, Agartala, Tripura conference hall, 6-30 pm to 7-30 pm. (Prof. Deepankar
Choudhuri of IITB was the other invited speaker on topic "Modern design techniques for earth
retaining structures under earthquake conditions". Er. Sukamal Bhatacharya, FIE, Chairman of
Civil Engg. Division [IEI (TSC)] presided)

(xLvi) Invited Lecture on "Recent Developments in Geotechnical Engineering" delivered at the

Shree Devi Institute of Technology (SDIT), Airport Road, Kenjar, Mangalore, on 9th March
2016.

(xLvii) Invited Lecture on "Recent Developments in Geotechnical Engineering" delivered during

the 'Workshop on Geotechnical Investigation for Structural Engineering' held at RYMEC,
Ballari, March 31-April 02, 2016.

(xLviii) Chaired a session during International Conference on Soil and Environment during 22-
23 July 2016 at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Organized by Indian Geotechnical
Society Bangalore Chapter and the Department of Civil Engineering at IISc Bangalore.

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(5) SERVING ON VARIOUS ADVISORY/EXPERT/ EXAMINATION/ ACADEMIC
COMMITTEES etc.

(i) Served on the Executive Board of the Committee for International Geosynthetic Society India
(elected by the general body) [2001-2002]

(ii) AICTE Expert Committee member for starting new PG courses in and around Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu, March 2004.

(iii) NBA-AICTE Expert Committee member for accreditation of UG/PG courses in Civil Engg. in
Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa

(iv) As a team (expert committee) member of Local Inquiry Committee (LIC) to several colleges
in Karnataka (such as recognition/continuation of permission to offer Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Engg.)
by research programmes of VTU - continuation

(v) External expert (university faculty selection committee) for promotion interview of civil
engineering faculty - for promotion to the post of Professors, MIT Manipal , 15th May 2007 to
date.

(vi) Bangalore University selection committee member (for selection of Professors in faculty of
Civil Engg.) 24.2.2008

(vii) Member/Adviser, UPSC panel of experts, February 2008 to date

(viii) Served as/serving as BOS/BOE member of VTU Civil Engineering Board (UG/PG) and
Bangalore University [UG & PG, Doctoral (PRC)], MIT, CUSAT,

(ix) Senate Subcommittee Chairman for drafting guidelines for credit transfer at NITK

(x) UPSC selection committee September 2013, 14

(xi) Academic auditor for ongoing PhD research works at Karunya Institute of Technology,
Coimbatore, March 25, 2014.

(xii) Member of Academic council of Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, 2012-2016

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 (6) STUDENT RESEARCH/PROJECTS SUPERVISION

(A) Ph.D. Guidance so far:

 Guided 10 Ph.D. students so far in Geotechnical Engineering;

Presently guiding another 05 Ph.D. students

Ph.D. Research Supervision at KREC/NITK

S.No. Name of Student Reg. Year Thesis Title Other Supervisor(s) , Completed/
and Status Name & Department Ongoing
01 Dr. Ramakrishne Gowda August 2001 Impact of Contaminants - Completed,
Part Time on Geotechnical Graduated in
Behaviour of Soil 2006
External Examiners: Dr. Abdel Malek Bouazza, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria, Australia
Prof. P.V. Sivapullaiah, IISc Bangalore
02 Dr. S. Suresh Babu Dec. 2001 Some Studies On Found- - Completed,
Part Time ations On Granular Beds Graduated in
Overlying Weak Grounds 2007
External Examiners: Prof. A J. Valsangkar, Uni. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Prof. S. R. Gandhi, IIT Madras
03 Dr. Arunkumar Bhat, K. July 2000 Studies On Stability Of - Completed,
Part Time Stratified Soil Slopes By Graduated in
Optimization Technique 2008
Using Generalized
Procedure Of Slices
External Examiners: Prof. Ryosuke Kitamura, Kagoshima Uni. Japan
Prof. H. N. Ramesh, B’lore Uni.
04 Dr. (Mrs) B.R. Jayalekshmi January Seismic Response Prof. K. Completed,
2005 Analysis Of Multistorey Venkataramana Graduated in
Part Time Frames Including Soil Dept. of Civil Engg. 2009
Structure Interaction
External Examiners: Prof. (Ms.) Judith Wang, Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA
Prof. Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla, IIIT Hyderabad
05 Dr. Ch. Nageshwar Rao July 2005 Studies On Strength And Prof. Varghese Completed,
Full Time Stiffness Characteristics George Graduated in
QIP poly Of Lateritic Soils For Dept. of Civil Engg. 2009
Pavement Subgrades
External Examiners: Prof. Fwa Tien Fang, Director of Centre for Transportation Research, Dept. Of Civil Engg., NUS,
Singapore, and Prof. S. K. Prasad, SJCE, Mysore
06 Dr. Dheerendra Babu, M. July 2008 Studies on behaviour of Dr. Sitaram Nayak Completed,
Full Time plain and reinforced stone Dept. of Civil Engg. Graduated in
QIP poly columns in soft and 2011
layered soils
External Examiners: Prof. Marolo C. Alfaro, Uni. of Manitoba, Canada
Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, IITB
07 Dr. Srinath Shetty, K. August 2003 Experimentl investigations - Completed
Full Time & artificial neural network Graduated in
QIP modelling of strip footing November
on reinforced granular bed 2013
overlying weak soil
External Examiners: Dr. A. Sako, Kagoshima University, Japan
Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, IISc, Bangalore
08 Dr. Jayamohan Jayaraj January Prestressed geosynthetic - Completed
2010 reinforced soil structures Graduated in
Part Time Nov. 2014
External Examiners: Prof. Jie Han, University of Kansas, USA
Prof. B. Umashankar, IIT Hyderabad
09 Dr. (Mrs) Jisha S. V. July 2010 The variation of stress Dr. B. R. Defended her
Full Time resultants in foundation Jayalekshmi thesis
and chimney due to the Dept. of Civil Engg. successfully
effect of flexibility of soil Dec. 2014
External Examiners: Prof. Maria I. Todorovska, University of Southern California, USA
Prof. G. Madhavi Latha, IISc, Bangalore

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 10 Dr. (Mrs) Nalini Elizabeth December Studies on underground Prof. V.R. Sastry Defended her
Rebello 2010 openings under static and Dept. Of Mining thesis
Part Time dynamic loads Engg. successfully
Sep/Oct 2015
External Examiners: Dr. Mohan Yellishetty, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Prof. T. N. Singh, IITB, Powai, Mumbai
11 Mrs. Nayana Patil July 2008 Studies on Reinforced - Proposal
Part Time Granular Bed Overlying given on
Weak Soil (tentative) 29-3-2011 + 5
progress
seminars given
12 Ms. Nimi Ann Vincent July 2013 Electrical resistivity Prof. K. N. Lokesh Proposal
Full Time studies on Geo-materials Dept. of Civil Engg. given + 3
and construction materials progress
seminars given
13 Ms. Biji Chinnamma December Slope stability studies of Prof. D. V. Reddy Proposal
Thomas 2013 excavated slopes in Dept. of Civil Engg. given on 29-2-
Full Time lateritic formations 2016
including erosion studies
on lithomargic clays
14 Ms. Radhika M. Patel July/Aug Reinforced embankment- Dr. B. R. Course work
2015 geocell-pile interaction at Jayalekshmi just completed
Full Time bridge approaches Proposal to be
given
15 Ms. S. Anaswara July/Aug Interference studies on - Course work
2015 Reinforced foundation just completed
Full Time beds Proposal to be
given

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 (B) SERVING/SERVED AS EXTERNAL EXAMINER/RPAC OR DTAC MEMBER
OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS

S.No. Name of Ph.D. student College, University Thesis Title External Date
& (guide) examiner/
DTAC/RPAC
01 Ms. Jayasree, P.K. School of Engg., On geotextiles/RE Ph.D qualifying 21 July 2007
CUSAT, Kochi, exam
Kerala (Prof. K. S.
Beena)
02 M.T. Pratap Kumar Bangalore Uni. Dynamic response of External examiner Conducted
(Prof. H.N. footings resting on finite to evaluate the exam during
Ramesh) sand stratum under thesis Feb/March
vertical vibrations 2010 at UVCE
03 S. Nageswara Reddy Sri Venkateswara Analysis and Indian Examiner Report sent on
University, Tirupati assessment of for adjudicating 27-7-2010
(Prof. K. Nagendra behaviour of fly ash - the thesis (thesis
Prasad) soil mixtures evaluation)
04 G. Mahesh Kumar SIT Tumkur, VTU Effect of fines content Examiner for Conducted
(Prof. S. V. Dinesh on the cyclic response pre-PhD viva voce
& Prof. T Ganga- of sandy soil comprehensive exam on 30-8-
dharaiah) viva voce exam 2010 at SIT
05 Mrs. Asha U. Rao MIT Manipal Stability analysis of Doctoral scrutiny June 2004 to
(Prof. N. Sabhahit) excavated slopes in committee Jan 2010
laterite soil along member (Subject
coastal Karnataka expert)
06 Mrs. Kurapati JNTU Kakinada Bearing Capacity of External (Indian) Conducted
Rajyalakshmi (Dr. K. Ramu and Reinforced Foundation examiner to exam on 30
Prof. M.R. Madhav) Beds on Soft Ground evaluate the August 2012
thesis
07 Dr. Shivakumar J. Dept. of Applied Characterising RPAC Member 2009-2010
Nyamathi Mechanics NITK hydrological responses of
(Prof. A. V. Hegde) coastal humid tropical
wetlands
08 Dr. Chetan, K. Dept. of Civil Engg. Studies on influence of Chairman DTAC March 2010
NITK (Prof. Katta infill on dynamic char-
Venkataramana) acteristics of RC frames
09 Dr. Chinnagiri Gowda Dept. of Civil Engg. Usage potential of welded Chairman DTAC March 2010
NITK (Prof. Katta wire fabrics as lateral
Venkataramana) reinforcement in RC
frames and elements for
seismic zones
10 Dr. Karra Ram Chandar Dept. of Mining Engg. Study of influence of initi- RPAC Member Synopsis
NITK (Prof. V. R. ation system and initiation submitted July
Sastry) pattern on blast results 2010
11 Dr. Purushotham G. Dept. of Civil Engg. Studies on Character- Chairman DTAC Viva voce
Sarvade NITK (Prof. Sitaram ization and stabilization of exam held on
Nayak) shedi soil (lithomargic 2nd Feb 2011
clay)
12 Dr. Ramesh Mithanthaya Dept. of Civil Engg. Performance studies on Chairman DTAC Viva voce
NITK (Prof. A.U. Ravi enzyme stabilized soil exam held on
Shankar) 15th Feb 2011
13 Naveenkumar, D.T. Dept. of Civil Engg. Assessment of higher RPAC member w.e.f.
NITK (Prof. K. order shear deformation 28-3-2012
Swaminathan) theories for stress and free
vibration analyses of FGM
plates
14 Sreebhash S. Kutty Dept. of Mech. Engg., CFD Analysis of Plate fin RPAC Member w.e.f.
NITK (Prof. T.P. heat exchangers for 23-7-2012
Ashok Babu) boiling and condensation
heat transfer coefficients
15 Mr. B. Naveenchandra Dept. of Civil Engg. Application of Remote DTAC member August/Sept.
NITK (Prof. K. N. sensing and GIS in 2012
Lokesh) geology and tele-
communications systems
16 Ms. Akshatha Shetty Dept. of Civil Engg. Durability of Structures RPAC Member w.e.f.
NITK (Prof. Katta 27-8-2012
Venkataramana and (Graduated)
Prof. K.S.
Babunarayan)
17 Mr. Durga Prashanth Dept. of Civil Engg. Performance studies on RPAC Member w.e.f. 1-1-2014
CV12P03 NITK (Prof. A. U. Ravi recucled asphalt

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 Shankar) Pavement (RAP) materials
in bituminous mixes
18 Mrs. Megha P. Arakeri Dept. of IT(Prof. GRM Development of CAD DTAC member Viva voce
Reddy system for detection, exam held on
classification, retrieval and 13-12-2013
3D reconstruction of brain
and liver tumors on MRI
and CT images
19 M. Kiran, M. Dept. of IT(Prof. GRM Bio-inspired quality of DTAC member Viva voce
Reddy) service aware routing in exam held on
mobile AD HOC networks 23-1-2014
20 Ms. Roopalakshmi, R. Dept. of IT(Prof. GRM Content based video copy DTAC member Viva voce
Reddy) detection tracking and exam held on
identification of movie 23-1-2014
pirates
21 Kulkarni Kishor Sitaram Dept. of Civil Engg. Analytical tools for DTAC Member Viva voce
Bhagayalaxmi NITK (Prof. Subhash strength prediction of exam held on
C. Yaragal and Prof. thermally deteriorated 21 April 2014
K.S. Babunarayan) HPC
22 PVSN Pavan Kumar Osmania university, Geosynthetic soil ............. External (Indian) During
Hyderabad Earth Structures examiner to September
(Prof. M.R. Madhav) evaluate the 2013
thesis
23 Mr. Babu S. Chawhan VTU (BVBCET Analysis of statically and Pre-PhD viva 9 August 2014
Hubli) [Prof. S. S. dynamically laterally voce examination
Quadri] loaded piles and
simulation in multiple
layers of cohesionless soil
24 L. S. Manjunath Dept. of Civil Engg. Use of stabilized iron ore DTAC Member Viva voce
NITK (Dr. B.M. Sunil) tailings for bulk fill exam held on
construction and 23 Feb 2015
replacement for fine
aggregates in concrete
25 Muddaraju, H.C. Bangalore Uni. A study on the perfor- External examiner March 2015
(UVCE) [Dr. S. mance of footings in to evaluate the
Gangadhara] reinforced flyash beds thesis
under repeated loading
26 Mrs. Meril George School of Engg., Studies on Landfill External examiner 28 April 2015.
CUSAT, Kochi, leachate Transportation to evaluate the
Kerala [Prof. K. S. and its impact on soil thesis and
characteristics
Beena] conduct viva
27 Mr. Kandru Suresh JNTUH (Prof. Analysis of creep External examiner May-Aug. 2015
M.R.Madhav & Prof. resistance of granular pile to evaluate the
E. Saibaba Reddy) reinforced ground thesis
28 Mr. Sandi Kumar Reddy Dept. of Mining Engg. Investigations into stability DTAC Member Viva voce
NITK (Prof. V. R. and development of exam held on
Sastry) design guidelines for 28 Oct 2015
barrier pillars in blasting
gallery panels
29 Mr. Patan Ayub Khan JNTUH (Prof. Consolidation of soft External examiner Nov 2015 -
M.R.Madhav & Prof. ground by vertical drains to evaluate the Feb.2016
E. Saibaba Reddy) considering non-linear, thesis
overconsolidation and
layer thickness effects
DTAC = Doctoral Thesis Assessment Committee RPAC = Research Progress Assessment Committee

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(C) LIST OF M.TECH THESIS GUIDED SO FAR
 Guided about 50 M.Tech students (48 at KREC/NITK) in their theses work so far in
Geotechnical Engineering; and 02 at BMSCE Bangalore (Jan 1984-May 1987) on
super-plasticised concretes.

LIST OF M.TECH THESIS GUIDED AT KREC/NITK

Sl. No. Title of thesis Name of Student Year of graduation

1 Some studies on Reinforced granular bed A. Chandra Sekhar Reddy 1996
overlying shedi soil
2 Soil cement Piles to stabilize shedi S. Kumar 1997
grounds
3 Improving Performance of granular piles P. Bhuvan Prasad 1997
in shedi ground
4 Model studies on compacted sand C.S. Siva Kumar 1998
columns in shedi ground
5 Soil-footing-superstructure interaction of C.P. Sunil Kumar 1999
space frames
6 Ground Improvement techniques for soft G. Krishnamurthy 1999
shedi ground
7 Soil-reinforcement interaction studies in M. Santhosh Kumar 2000
case of steel grids in shedi soil
8 Soil Nailing technique in shedi ground Suresh Babu S.V. 2000
9 Some studies on blended shedi soil for Ramana Kumar Chenna 2001
use in waste containment liners
10 A study of geogrid reinforced retaining V. Umasree 2001
wall with rigid facing
11 Bearing capacity of strip footing on clay Sakunthala C. 2002
with surcharge of finite extent
12 Elastic behaviour of compacted sand B.S.Kaveri 2002
columns in shedi ground
13 Experimental studies of granular bed Ramanand Boggarappu 2003
overlying soft soil
14 Triaxial behaviour of blended and CBC Srinivas 2003
unblended shedi soil
15 Analysis, design and behaviour of rock Roshan C. Nair 2003
socketed piles
16 Critical assessment of methods for Kedar M. Deshpande 2004
determining the ultimate axial capacity of
bored cast in situ rock socketed piles for
Mumbai Region
17 Studies on accelerlated consolidation and N. Madhu 2004
CBR tests on randomly distributed fibre (Coguide: Dr.
reinforced soil using natural geotextiles. Varghese George)
18 Studies on anisotropy and behaviour of Ravi Achari 2005
blended and unblended shedi soil
19 Some studies on strip footing on granular Shailesh K. 2005
bed overlying weak soil
20 Experimental investigation of reinforced Amrit Kumar 2006
granular bed on weak grounds
21 Some studies on shrinkage limit of soils G.Gayathri 2006
22 Studies on shear strength and elastic A.S.Vishweshwara 2007
properties of lateritic soil subgrades for
pavements
23 “Studies on Shirazu soil” Parvathy Krishnakumar 2007
(Coguides:Dr.Sitaram Nayak & Prof. Kitamura of
Kagoshima Uni.)
24 Compaction and deform-ation Mrs. Poupak Zargar 2008
characteristics of lateritic and shedi soils (06GT07F)
25 Effect of silt or fines content on properties Anjini Kumar Malleda 2008
of lateritic soils (06GT02F)
26 Experimental studies on effect of Naveen James 2009
geometrical parameters on stone column (07GT05F) (Coguide: Dr.
treated ground Sitaram Nayak)
27 Experimental studies on effect of stone Rajatkumar Vaidya 2009

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 columns in layered soil (07GT06F) (Coguide:Dr.
Sitaram Nayak)
28 Experimental studies on effect of Manjunath R 2009
circumferential nails on stone columns (07GT03F) (Coguide:Dr.
treated ground Sitaram Nayak)
29 Investigation on effectiveness of soil and Renjitha Mary Varghese 2009
reinforced soil as a seismic based isolator (07GT07F)
(Coguides: Dr. Ramesh Babu of CPRI &
Dr. B.R. Jayalekshmi)
30 Studies on soils treated with a Sharath P. (08GT10F) 2010
cementitious stabilizer for use as (Coguide: Dr. A.U.
pavement materials Ravi Shankar)
31 Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction of Anoop Kumar Ganjihal 2010
structures on isolated footing and raft (08GT02F)
foundation
32 Experimental and numerical studies on Jahad A. Majeed 2010
reinforced stone columns in soft soil (08GT06F) (Coguide: Dr.
Sitaram Nayak)
33 Behaviour of Stone Columns in layered Damu D. (08GT04F) 2010
soils – Analytical and Experimental Study (Coguide: Dr.
Sitaram Nayak)
34 Experimental and Numerical studies on Bipin Madhu (08GT03F) 2010
Long Term Behaviour of Stone Columns (Coguide: Dr.
Sitaram Nayak)
35 Load Deformation Behaviour of Coir Sachit Pai (08GT08F) 2010
Stabilized Soil (Coguide: Dr. A.U.
Ravi Shankar)
36 Microzonation for power projects Kiran, R.G. 2011
(09GT08F)
(coguide: R. Ramesh Babu of CPRI)

37 Dynamic Soil structure interaction studies V. Sreenivasa 2011

using LSDYNA and PLAXIS Softwares (09GT13F) (Coguide: Dr. B.R.
Jayalekshmi
38 Experimental and numerical studies on Rashma R.S.V. 2011
behaviour of stone columns with porous (09GT12F) (Coguide: Dr.
concrete plugging Sitaram Nayak)
39 Experimental and numerical studies on Jasina Chakyarath 2011
long term behaviour of stone columns (09GT06F) (Coguide: Dr.
with porous concrete plugging Sitaram Nayak)
40 Parametric study and factors affecting Nisha Sharath 2011
design of twin box culvert RCC (09GT11F) (Coguide: Dr. A.U.
underpass and retaining walls (also using Ravi Shankar)
PLAXIS software)
41 Experimental studies on erosion potential B. Rajeshwari 2011
of shedi soils (09GT04F)

42 Experimental and Numerical Studies on Aswathy, M.S. 2011

the behavior of Prestressed geosynthetic (09GT03F)
reinforced granular bed overlying weak
soil
43 Soil structure interaction on tall industrial Arun Kumar Y.M. 2011
chimneys under along wind loading (09ST06F) (Coguide: Dr. B.R.
Jayalekshmi)
44 Soil structure interaction effects on tall Venkatasubbaiah C. 2011
industrial chimneys under seismic load (09ST24F) (Coguide: Dr. B.R.
Jayalekshmi)
45 Dynamic Soil-structure interaction studies Ansu Thomas 2012
on tall industrial chimneys using LS- (10GT01F) (Coguide: Dr. B.R.
DYNA Jayalekshmi)

46 Soil-Foundation interaction effects on Sujisha, C. 2012

static response of circular raft foundation (10GT11F) (Coguide: Dr. B.R.
Jayalekshmi)
47 Erosion studies on shedi soil with C. Yogesh Raj Urs 2012
increased clay contents (10GT04F)
48 The effect of prestressing geosynthetic Vigey Mary, W. 2012
reinforcements for the improvement of (10GT12F)
weak soil

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 49 Numerical study of reinforced granular Suparna Sukumaran 2013
bed on weak soil using PLAXIS (11GT16F)
50 Analytical and Numerical study of laterally Jayanth B 2013
loaded piles (11GT06F)
51 Parametric study of prestressed M. Venkateswara Reddy 2013
reinforced granular bed overlying weak (11GT08F)
soil using PLAXIS software
52 Studies on Reinforced granular bed Nileena Suresh Kumar 2013
overlying weak soil – with voids (including (11GT11F)
effect of prestressing the reinforcement)
53 Studies on effect of vegetation on shear Hridya, S. 2014
strength of soils and stability of slopes (12GT05F)
54 Finite element analysis of piled raft Shoiab Mubarik 2014
foundation on soft clay (12GT12F)
55 Electrical resistivity studies on Gayathri V. L. 2015
geomaterials (13GT06F)
56 Studies on back to back MSE walls Kumbha War 2015
(13GT08F)
57 Studies on effect of vegetation (surface S. Anaswara 2015
vegetation and tall trees) on shear (13GT02F)
strength of soils and stability of slopes,
including effect of wind
58 Numerical modeling of pile groups in soft Neethu Sebastian 2015
and subsiding grounds & Studies on (13GT09F)
bridge support approach piles
59 Studies on granular bed overlying weak Darshan, G. C. (2016)
grounds - an analytical study (14GT05F)
60 Studies on stabilization of shedi soil with Krishnanunni, K. T.
Ca lignosulfonates - erosion and slope (14GT09F) (2016)
stability perspective
61 Electrical resistivity studies on Haritha P. A.
geomaterials and other construction (14GT07F) (2016)
materials 1
62 Electrical resistivity studies on Jinu Mary Jacob
geomaterials and other construction (14GT08F) (2016)
materials 2

(D) LIST OF SOME B.TECH PROJECTS RECENTLY GUIDED AT KREC/NITK

Sl. No. Title of thesis Name of Student Year of graduation

1 Design of retaining structure Milind Sarvaiya (05CV21) 2008
Vinodhini, R.(05CV22)
Mudith Raj(05CV43)
2 Studies on bearing capacity of soil for raft Bharat Pratap Singh 2010
foundation and design of mat footing on (06CV13)
homogenous soil Nandkishore (06CV25)
Priyam Samantray
(06CV29)
3 Ground Improvement Techniques Haridas Rajkumar 2010
(06CV17)
Nitin Chandra Singh
(06CV26)
4 Analysis & design of retaining structures Manikappa (o8CV31) 2012
and mat foundation Ashwini Kumar Tiwari
(08CV75)
Saurav Saini (08CV84)
Veena Swaminathan
(08CV95)
Avijit Das (08CV96)
5. Study of an integrated retaining wall: Lokesh Kumar (10CV30) 2014
Retaining wall part of framed Nirdesh Kumar (10CV49)
superstructure Pramod Kumar Mourya
(10CV58)
6 Design of Retaining walls Kaushik, B. O.(11CV32) 2015
Megha Mandara(11CV41)
Punith Putran S.(11CV58)
Anirudh V. Raja(11CV105)
7 Optimal design of retaining wall as a Salkar Abhishek R. 2015
water front structure (11CV77)
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 Prajwal Aithal K. (11CV54)
Manjunath Hande P.S.
(11CV38)
8 Optimal Design of different types of Gyanendra kumar 2015
retaining walls (11CV24)
Ranvijay Azad (11CV66)
Ravi Kumar (11CV67)
Sahil Ratusaria (11CV75)
9 Design of prestressed retaining wall Suraj Jaiswal (11CV91) 2015
Shamanth S. (11CV82)
10 Soil-Structure interaction studies K. Vamshi (12CV39) (2016)
Samar Kenkre (12CV43)
S. Sanjay (12CV82)
Vamsi Krishna Kamatham
(12CV97)
11 Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Niveditha N. Prabhu (2016)
Walls (12CV63)
Pushkar Sinha (12CV73)

(7) RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Investigator/co-investigator for 4 major sponsored projects (1 of USAID; 2 of

MHRD and 1 of BRNS)

(i) “Mechanically Stabilized Earth using poor quality backfills on soft Bangkok clay” USAID,
US$150,000, Prof. D.T.Bergado, Prof. A.S.Balasubramaniam and Mr. R. Shivashankar at AIT
Bangkok, Thailand, 1987-1992

(ii) “Soil Nailing – The Reinforcement Method of Natural Ground” MHRD, Rs. 7.0 lakhs,
Coordinators: Dr. R. Shivashankar and Dr. K.R.N.S. Setty, 2001-2004

(iii) “Experimental studies on non-destructive tests on pavement evaluation of low-cost roads

and modified geosynthetic reinforced soil subgrades for rural and semi-urban areas of DK
district” 2003-2006, MHRD thrust area, 18 lakhs [Investigators: Dr. Varghese George and Dr.
R. Shivashankar.

(iv) “Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction Effects in Multistoreyed Structures on Homogenous Soil
and Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil”; funded by BRNS, DAE, GOI, Rs.26.58 Lakhs; Year of start:
September 2007, 3 years, PI: Prof. R. Shivashankar, Other Investigators: Dr. B.R. Jayalekshmi
and Prof. Katta Venkataramana. IN PROGRESS (ON EXTENSION)

(8) RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

(A) REFEREEING OF BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES ETC.

Reviewed typescript of a popular Text book of Geotechnical Engineering authored by S.K.

Gulhati & Manoj Datta, for Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2005

Reviewed papers for

(i) Geotechnical Journal of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society

(ii) Lowland Technology International Journal (of IALT), Saga University, Japan

(iii)Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer publishers

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(iv)Indian Geotechnical Conferences

(v)International Journal of Pavement Engineering

(vi)Scientific Research and Essays Journal (http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE)

(vii) International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE Journal)

(vii)International Journal of Geomechanics and Engineering (GAE), Technopress.

(ix)International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (IGGE), Springer Publishers

(x) J. of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration (EEEV)

(xi) Manipal Journal of Engineering and Technology

(xii) Journal of Computational Design and Engineering (Elsevier publications)

(xiii) Canadian Geotechnical Journal

(B) PUBLICATIONS [178 accepted (J = 41 + 15; C = 79 + 38; O = 5)

04 under review]

(I) Reports/Book Chapters/ Editing (05):

1) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C., Shivashankar, R. and Balasubramaniam, A.S.
(1989), “Welded Wire Reinforced Earth (Mechanically Stabilized) Embankments with Cohesive
Backfill on Soft Clay”, Third Progress Report Submitted to USAID (Thailand).
2) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco, C.L., Shivashankar, R. and Alfaro, M.C. (1990), “Mechanically
Stabilized Earth (MSE) Embankments with Cohesive Backfill on Soft Ground”, Fifth Progress
Report Submitted to USAID (Thailand).
3) Shivashankar, R. (1996), “A report on Problems of Lowland Development” Balkema Publishers
4) Shivashankar, R., Miura, N. and Madhav, M.R. (1998), “Reinforced Granular Bed on Soft and
Subsiding Ground”, Chapter 14 of ‘Improvement of Soft Ground – Design, Analyses and
Current Researches’ Edited by N. Miura and D. T. Bergado, Balkema Publishers, pp.168-182.
5) Shivashankar, R (1991). "Behaviour of a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) embankment with
poor quality backfills on soft clay deposits, including a study of the pullout resistances" Doctoral
dissertation, Division of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, School of Civil
Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (Cited 10 times as per Google
scholar)
Shivashankar R. et al. (1993) IGJ “Shear Layer, Confinement and Surcharge Method” [cited in
IGS Annual Lecture by M.R. Madhav, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 28, No.1, January
1998, pp33-39]
Shivashankar R. et al. (1993) IGJ “Shear Layer, Confinement and Surcharge Method” [Cited
in Section 4.5: Bearing Capacity Improvement in Soft Soils of the text book “An Introduction to
Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics” by G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Uni. Press, 2006 edition].

(II) International Journals (41 accepted, 01 under review)

The link for 5 journal papers in GGE journal is

http://rd.springer.com/search?query=R.+Shivashankar&search-
within=Journal&facet-journal-id=10706

1) Bergado, D.T., Shivashankar, R., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C. and Anderson, L.R. (1991),
“Behavior of a Welded Wire Wall with Poor Quality, Cohesive–Friction Backfills on Soft
Bangkok Clay: a Case Study”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 28, Number 6,
December 1991, ISSN 00083674, Pages 860-880 (SCI index, Scopus index).
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2) Bergado, D.T., Shivashankar, R. and Anderson, L.R.(1991), “Full Scale Welded-Wire Wall”,
Geotechnical Engg. J of SEAGS Vol.24, No.1.
3) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco. C.L., Shivashankar, R., Alfaro, M.C., Anderson, L.R. and
Balasubramaniam, A.S. (1991) “Performance of a Welded Wire Wall with Poor Quality Backfills
on Soft Clay”, ASCE Geotech. Engg. Special Publication. Geotechnical Engineering Congress
1991, pp.909 to 922 (Scopus indexed).
4) Bergado, D.T., Lo, K.H., Chai, J.C., Shivashankar, R., Alfaro, M.C. and Anderson, L.R. (1992)
“Pullout Tests Using Steel Grids Reinforcement with Low-Quality Backfill”, ASCE J. of
Geotechnical Engineering, Vol.118, No.7, July 1992, pp.1047-1062, ISSN: 0733-9410,
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1992)118:7(1047), Scopus indexed.
5) Bergado, D.T. and Shivashankar, R. (1993), “Pullout Capacity of Steel Grids in Lateritic Soil
Backfill”, Geotechnical Engg. J of SEAGS Vol.24, No.1, pp.77-95.
6) Bergado, D. T., Shivashankar, R., Alfaro M. C. , Jin-chun Chai and Balasubramaniam A. S.
(1993), “Interaction Behaviour of Steel Grid Reinforcements in a Clayey Sand”, Geotechnique
Journal of Institution of Civil Engineers – London, UK; ISSN 0016-8505, 1993, Vol. 43, No.4,
pp. 589-603 (scopus indexed).
7) Miura, N., Sakai, A., Fujikawa, K. and Shivashankar, R., (1995), "Reinforced Gravel Foundation
for Box Culvert Construction on Soft and Subsiding Ground", Geosynthetics International, Vol.
2, No. 2, pp. 473-493. Technical Note by K.L. Soderman and J.P. Giroud (Scopus indexed).
8) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “PFWD, DCP and CBR
Correlations for Evaluation of Lateritic Subgrades” , International Journal of Pavement
Engineering, ISSN: 1029-8436, DOI: 10.1080/10298430802342765 Taylor and Francis
Publications, Vol.10, No.3, June 2009, pp.189-199 [published online on 10th Oct.2008] (scopus
indexed).
9) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “Effect of Soil Parameters on
Dynamic Cone Penetration Indices of Laterite Sub-grade Soils from India”, Journal of
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, ISSN: 0960-3182, Technical Note, Vol.27, Issue 4,
August 2009, Springer, Netherlands, pp.585-593 [published online on 7th November 2008.] DOI
10.1007/s10706-008-9248-6 (scopus indexed)
10) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “Seismic Response of
Space Frames with Isolated Footing on Layered Soil”, International Journal of Earth Sciences
and Engineering, Vol.2, No.1, Feb.2009, pp.68-72 (Scopus indexed).
11) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2010), “Dynamic Soil
Structure Interaction Effects on Multistoreyed Structures”, International Journal of Earth
Sciences and Engineering, Published by Cafet Innova Technical Society, ISSN 0974-5904,
Vol.3, No.1 SPL, March 2010, pp.47-58 (scopus indexed).
12) Shivashankar, R., Dheerendra Babu, M.R., Sitaram Nayak and Manjunath, R. (2010), “Stone
Columns with Vertical Circumferential Nails: Laboratory Model Study”, Journal of Geotechnical
and Geological Engineering, Published online on 13 th May 2010, Volume 28, Issue 5, pages
695-706, ISSN 09603182, DOI 10.1007/s10706-010-9329-1, Springer Publishers,
Netherlands (scopus indexed)
13) Sitaram Nayak, Ramaiah Shivashankar, Madhalam Ramanaidu Dheerendra Babu, (2011),
“Performance of Stone columns with Circumferential nails”, Proceedings of the ICE - Ground
Improvement, Volume 164, Issue 2, pages 97 –106 , ISSN: 1755-0750, E-ISSN: 1755-0769,
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2011.164.2.97 Thomas Telford (scopus indexed)
14) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao and Shivashankar, R. (2009), "Effects of soil parameters
and moisture content on stiffness of unsaturated blended laterite using triaxial tests in rural
roads", Intl. Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Published by Cafet Innova Technical
Society, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 4, No.6, pp.1091-1102 (scopus indexed).
15) Shivashankar, R, Dheerendra Babu, M., Sitaram Nayak and RajathKumar, V. (2011),
"Experimental Studies on Behaviour of Stone columns in Layered soils", Journal of
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer Publishers, Netherlands, September 2011,
Vol.29, Issue 05, pp. 749-757 DOI: 10.1007/s10706-011-9414-0, ISSN 09603182, published
online http://www.springerlink.com/ content/a167768851gm1673/ . (scopus indexed)
16) Srinath Shetty, Shivashankar, R. and Shailesh, K. (2011), “ Some Studies of Strip Footing on
Granular Bed Overlying Weak Soil”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,
ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 6, No.15 (2011), pp.1883-1892 (scopus indexed)
17) Ramakrishne Gowda, C., Yaji, R.K., Shivashankar, R. and Sivapullaiah, P.V. (2011),
“Geotechnical Properties of Shedi Soil Affected by Alkali Contamination”, International Journal
of Environmental Protection (IJEP), World Academy Publishing, Vol.1, No.4,pp.45-52 (EBSCO/
ProQuest/DRJI) indexed).
18) Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2012). “Some Studies on Prestressed Reinforced
Granular Beds Overlying Weak Soil”, International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Journal
of Civil Engineering, USA, Volume 2012, Article id 436327, Hindawi Publishers [Impact factor
of journal = 1.0].
19) Jisha, S.V.,Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. (2012). "Across Wind Response of Tall
Reinforced Concrete Chimneys considering the Flexibility of Soil", International Journal of
Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) (ISSN 2278-0181), Vol.1, Issue 8, October 2012
(8 pages).http://www.ijert.org/browse/October-2012-edition?start=120

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20) Patil, S.J., Reddy, G.R., Shivashankar, R., RameshBabu, Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Binukumar
(2012), "Natural Seismic Base Isolation of Structures having Raft Foundations ", International
Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE), Website:
www.ijetae.com (ISSN: 2250-2459, Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2012), pages 23-28.
21) Nalini, R., Vedala Rama Sastry, Shivashankar, R. and Lakshmi, S. (2012), “Behaviour of
Tunnel and Surrounding Strata using 3DEC Numerical Modelling: Case Study of an U/G Metro
Rail Project”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Published by Cafet
Innova Technical Society, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 05, Special issue 06 (01), December
2012, pp.1763-1770 (scopus indexed).
22) Dheerendra Babu, M.R., Sitaram Nayak and Shivashankar, R. (2013), “A Critical review of
construction, analysis and behavior of stone columns” Geotechnical and Geological
Engineering (International) Journal, ISSN 0960-3182, DOI 10.1007/s 10706-012-955-9,
(published first on line and accepted for publication on Sept.03, 2012), February 2013, vol.
31(issue 01): pp.1-22, Springer Publishers, Netherlands (scopus indexed)
23) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Deepthi Poojary, V.G., Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2013)
"Seismic Response Analysis of RC Frames including Soil Flexibility” International Journal
of Structural Engineering and Mechanics”, Vol.48, No.1 10/2013, pp 1-16, Techno-Press Ltd.
(http://www.techno-press-org/?journal=sem&subpage=8, ISSN:1225-4568 (print)1598-621.7
Online,, DOI: 10.12989/sem.2013.48.1.001 0.93 Impact Factor (scopus indexed)
24) Ansu Thomas, Jayalekshmi B.R. and Shivashankar R. (2013), “Seismic Soil-Structure
Interaction Studies on Tall Chimneys”, Paper S127, International Journal of Scientific and
Engineering Research (IJSER), Vol.4, Issue 5, ISSN 2229-5518, pp.188-191, May 2013
25) Jayalekshmi B.R, Jisha S.V and Shivashankar R. (2013), "Soil-structure interaction analysis of
tall reinforced concrete chimney with piled raft and annular raft under along wind load”,
International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Journal of Structures (open access journal)
10/2013, Hindawi Publishers, USA, Vol.2013, Article ID 859246, 14 pages,
DOI: 10.1155/2013/859246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/859246, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jstruct/2013/859246/
26) Jayalekshmi B.R, Jisha S V, Shivashankar, R. and Soorya Narayana S (2014) "Effect of
dynamic soil-structure interaction on raft of piled raft foundation of chimneys", ISRN Civil
Engineering Journal (Research Article No.790928) 01/2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
Vol.2014,1-11, ISSN 20905106, DOI 10.1155/2014/790928 (scopus indexed)
27) Sitaram Nayak, Dheerendra Babu, M.R., Shivashankar, R. and Naveen James (2014)
“Performance of granular columns in dispersive soils” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil
Engineers ICE, Geotechnical Engineering Volume 167, issue GE1, Paper 110004, February
2014, Thomas Telford, pp.72-82. ISSN 13532618, DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00004 (scopus
indexed)
28) R. Shivashankar, J. Jayamohan and K. Srinath Shetty (2014), “Improving bearing capacity of
footings on weak and soft soils”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering,
Published by Cafet Innova Technical Society, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 06, No. 06(01)
December2013, pp.1694-1699 (scopus indexed)
29) Shivashankar, R. and Jayamohan, J. (2014), “Behaviour of prestressed reinforced foundation
beds overlying weak soil”, Geotechnical Special Publication (238 GSP), pp.389-403, (2014
GeoShanghai International Congress: Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics; Shanghai;
China; 26 May 2014 through 28 May 2014; Code 105898, sponsored by: The Geoinstitute of
ASCE, Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), ISSN:08950563; ISBN
(Print): 978- 078441340-1; Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413401.039
30) Rajkumar Manisana, Nayana N. Patil, Rajashekhar Swamy, H.M. and Shivashankar, R. (2014),
"Load settlement characteristics of reinforced and unreinforced foundation soil", International
journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT) (ISSN:2278-0181), Vol.3, issue 05,
May 2014 (impact factor 1.76)
31) Shivashankar, R. and Jayaraj, J. 2014, Effects of prestressing the reinforcement on the
behaviour of reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil, Geotextiles and Geomembranes,
ISSN 02661144, DOI org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2013.08.008, Vol.42, issue 1, February 2014,
pp.69-75, Elsevier Publishers (scopus indexed)
32) Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B. R., Shivashankar, R. and Soorya Narayana,S.(2014), “Time history
analysis of piled raft foundations of chimney considering the flexibility of soil”, ACEEE-IJRTET
journal, http://ijrtet.theaceee.org/ , Paper ID EA1024-IJRTET.
33) Nalini Elizabeth Rebello, Vedala Sastry and R Shivashankar (2014) "Study of Surface
Displacement on Tunnelling under Buildings using 3DEC Numerical Modelling", International
Scholarly Research Notices (ISRN) Journal, Vol. 2014 (2014), Article ID 828792, Hindawi
Publishing Corporation, 13 pages.doi: 10.1155/2014/828792, http:/www.hindawi.com/journals/
isrn/ 2014/ 828792/
34) Jayalekshmi, B. R., Ansu Thomas and Shivashankar, R. (2014), " Dynamic soil-structure
interaction studies on 275 m tall RC chimney with openings", Intl journal of Earthquakes and
Structures, Vol.7, No.2(2014), pp.233-250, Technopress publications, EAS 7-2 (August 2014),
ISSN 20927614 DOI: 10.12989/eas.2014.7.2.233 (scopus indexed)
35) Nalini Rebello, Vedala Rama Sastry and R. Shivashankar (2014), "Numerical modelling study
of behaviour of consolidated strata around tunnel", Science, Technology Arts Research
Journal, A peer reviewed Intl. journal of Wollega Uni., Ethiopia, pp.190-196
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 36) Jisha, S., Jayalekshmi, B., and Shivashankar, R. (2014) Analysis of Foundation of Tall RC
Chimney with 3D Finite Element Method. Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (2014):
pp. 1368-1375. ISBN (Print): 978-0-7844-1361-6, Publisher: American Society of Civil
Engineers, doi: 10.1061/9780784413616.170
37) Jayalekshmi, B. R., Jisha, S.V. and Shivashankar, R. (2015), "Response in piled raft
foundation of tall chimneys under along-wind load incorporating flexibility of soil", Frontiers of
structural and civil engineering journal, Sept. 2015, vol. 9(issue 3), Springer,
DOI:10.1007/s11709-015- 0288-8, pp.307-322 (first online 25 March 2015) (scopus indexed).
38) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2015), "Wind load analysis of tall
chimneys with piled raft foundation considering the flexibility of soil", accepted for publication in
International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering (IJASE) 06/2015, 7(2), Springer
publishers, DOI: 10.1007/s40091-015-0085-6
39) Nimi Ann Vincent, Shivashankar, R., Lokesh, K.N. and Gayathri, V.L. (2015), “Investigating
linkages between electrical resistivity and physical characteristics of unsaturated soil”, Journal
of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology (JCEET), Vol.2, No.13, July-September
2015, pp.46-50.
40) Shivashankar, R., Ravi Shankar, A. U. and Jayamohan, J. (2015), "Some Studies on
Engineering Properties, Problems, Stabilization and Ground Improvement of Lithomargic
Clays", Paper No.3095, Geotechnical Engg. Journal of SEAGS and AGSSEA, Vol.46, No.4,
December 2015, ISSN 0046-5828, pp.68-80, Special issue on contaminated soils including
contaminated soils (Guest editors Jay N. Meegoda and Liming Hu)
(http://seags.ait.asia/journals/seags-agssea-journal-december-2015/ scopus indexed).
41) Nalini Elizabeth Rebello, Vedala Rama Sastry and R. Shivashankar (2016), "Response of
strata and buildings to blast induced vibrations in the presence and absence of a tunnel"
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (International) Journal, Springer Publishers,
Netherlands, manuscript number, GEGE-D-15-00170R2 (Accepted, April 25, 2016)
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-016-0021-y (scopus indexed)

R1) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. "Dynamic soil-structure interaction

effects in annular raft foundations of tall reinforced concrete industrial chimneys", submitted to
Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier (under Review)

III) National Journals/NITK Research Bulletin (15 accepted, 01 under review)

1) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Deepthi Poojary, V.G., Shivashankar, R. and Katta Venkataramana (2007),
“Time History Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Framed Buildings on Geosynthetic Reinforced
Soil”, NITK Research Bulletin, Vol.16, No.2, Dec.2007, pp.32-36.
2) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Chandrashekar, A., Venkataramana, K. and Shivashankar, R. (2007),
“Dynamic FE analysis of multistoreyed frames including soil foundation structure interaction
effects”, NITK Research Bulletin, Vol.16, No.1, June 2007, pp.14-18.
3) Nageshwar Rao, Ch., Varghese George and Shivashankar, R. (2007),”Laboratory studies on
Correlations between PFWD and DCP for Lateritic Subgrades of Dakshina Kannada District”,
NITK Research Bulletin, Vol.16, No.2, Dec.2007, pp.25-31.
4) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Venkataramana, K., Shivashankar, R. and Lohit, K. (2008), “Modal
Analysis of Multistorey Space Models incorporating Soil Flexibility”, NITK Research Bulletin,
Vol.17, No.2, Dec.2008, pp…..
5) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao, Ch. and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “A Laboratory
Investigation on Evaluation of Lateritic Subgrades using PFWD and CBR, and their
Correlations", Highway Research Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, July-Dec.2009, Vol.2,
No.2, pp.51-62.
6) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao, Ch. and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “Investigations on
Unsoaked Blended Laterite using PFWD, PBT, DCP and CBR Tests” , Journal of the Indian
Roads Congress, ISSN: 0258-0500, Paper No.556, Vol.70, No.3, Oct-Dec.2009, pp.235-257
(223-233??).
7) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao, Ch. and Shivashankar, R. (2010), “Strength and Stiffness
of Soaked Laterite Soils Blended with fines and PFWD, PBT, DCP and CBR Correlations”,
Highway Research Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, Discussed in IRC Convention in
Dec.2009, Vol.2, No.1, pp.93-106.
8) Ch. Nageshwar Rao, Varghese George and R. Shivashankar (2010) “Effect of fines and
moisture content on PFWD Resilient Modulus of Unsoaked shedi-laterite subgrades”, Highway
Research journal of Indian Roads Congress, ISSN: 0974-5904, Vol.3, 2, 2010, pp. 111-116.
9) Dheerendra Babu, M. R., Shivashankar, R., Sitaram Nayak and Jahad A Majeed (2011),
“Laboratory Model Study of Reinforced Stone Columns in Soft Soils”, NITK Research Bulletin
10) R. Shivashankar and J. Jayamohan, (2013), Studies on effects of prestressing the
reinforcement on the behaviour of reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil, Indian Journal
of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement. Published byIndian Chapter of Intl. Geosynthetics
Society, ISSN:2277-5625 (print), ISSN 2277-5633, Vol.2, No.2, July 2013, pgs. 3-13
11) Nalini, R., Shivashankar, R. and Sastry, V.R. 2013, Analysis of behaviour of a tunnel and
surrounding strata using 3DEC numerical modelling: Case study of an U/G metrol rail project",
ISRM (India) Journal, Volume 2, No.2, July 2013, pp.19-22.

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 12) Ramaiah Shivashankar and Jayamohan Jayaraj. 2014, Behaviour of Prestressed Geosynthetic
Reinforced Granular Beds overlying Weak Soil, Indian Geotechnical Journal ISSN 00468983,
DOI 10.1007/s40098-013-0070-6 (Online first, published online: 10 August 2013), March
2014, Vol.44, Issue 1, pp.26-38, Springer Publishers (scopus indexed)
13) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. 2014, "3D soil-structure interaction
analyses of annular raft foundation of tall RC chimneys under wind load", Indian Geotechnical
Journal, ISSN 00468983, DOI 10.1007/s40098-013-0095-x, December 2014, Vol. 44, Issue
4, pp.409-426, Springer Publishers (scopus indexed)
14) Sastry, V.R., Rebello Nalini and Shivashankar, R. 2015, "Blast induced response of a tunnel in
the presence of a two storied structure", ISRM India journal - Half Yearly Technical journal of
Indian National Group of ISRM., Vol.4, Issue:1, pp.10-14. Print ISSN: 2277-131X; Online
ISSN: 2277-1328.
15) Nayana N. Patil, H.M. Rajashekar Swamy, and R. Shivashankar (2016), "Studies on modulus
of subgrade reaction of reinforced foundation soil using model Plate Load test", Journal of
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Special issue 2, ISSN 0974-2115, pp.46-51 (Scopus
indexed).

R1) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. 2014, "Soil-structure interaction analysis
of tall chimneys under wind load", submitted to IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural
Engineering, Manuscript ID TIEA-2014-0023, Taylor and Francis publishers

(IV) International Conferences/Seminars (79 accepted, 02 under review):

1) Bergado, D.T., Cisneros, C.B., Sampaco, C.L., Shivashankar, R. and Alfaro, M.C. (1989),
“Pullout Resistance of Steel Grids with Weathered Bangkok Clay Backfill”, Proc. Symp. On
Application of Geosynthetic and Geofiber in Southeast Asia, Institution of Engineers, Petaling
Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, pp.1-26 to 1-34.
2) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C., Shivashankar, R. and Balasubramaniam, A.S.
(1989), "Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) and Other Ground Improvement Techniques for
Infrastructure Construction on Soft and Subsiding Ground", Proc. Symposium Excavations on
Soils and Rocks Including Earth Pressure Theories, Buried Structures and Tunnels, Bangkok,
Thailand.
3) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco, C.L., Shivashankar, R., Alfaro, M.C., Anderson, L.R. and
Balasubramaniam, A.S. (1990), “Interaction of Welded Wire Reinforcement with Poor Quality
Backfill”, 10th SEAGS, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, 1, 29-34.
4) Bergado, D.T., Shivashankar, R. and Chai, J.C.(1990), “Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE)
Embankments on Soft and Subsiding Ground in Bangkok, Thailand”, Proc. Intl. Seminar on
Geotechnical and Water Problems in Lowland, Saga, Japan, pp.57-76 (November 27, 1990).
5) Bergado, D.T., Cisneros, C.B., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C. and Shivashankar, R. (1990),
“Effect of Compaction Moisture Contents on Pullout of Steel Geogrids with Weathered Clay
Backfill”, Proc. 4th Intl. Conference on Geotextiles, The Hague, Netherlands, May-June 1990,
pp.803.
6) Bergado, D.T., Lo, K.H., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C., Shivashankar, R. and Anderson, L.R.
(1990), Behavior of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall on Soft Ground, Proc. Philippine
Institute of Civil Engineers National Convention, Manila.
7) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco. C.L., Shivashankar, R., Alfaro, M.C., Anderson, L.R. and
Balasubramaniam, A.S. (1991) “Performance of a Welded Wire Wall with Poor Quality Backfills
on Soft Clay”, Proc. ASCE Geotech. Engg. Congress at Boulder, Colorado, USA, pp.909-922.
8) Bergado, D.T., Sampaco, C.L., Alfaro, M.C., Shivashankar, R. and Balasubramaniam, A.S.
(1991), "Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) and Other Ground Improvement Techniques for
Infrastructure Construction on Soft and Subsiding Ground" Developments in Geotechnical
Aspects of Embankments, Excavations, and Buried Structures; Bangkok, Thailand;
Code 16265, ISBN: 9054100192, Editors: Balasubramaniam A.S.,Honjo Y.,Bergado
D.T.,Phien-Wej N.,Indraratna B.Sponsors: Asian Inst of Technology, Canadian Int
Development Agency, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Soc Publisher: Publ by A.A.
Balkema,Rotterdam, Netherlands (scopus indexed)
9) Bergado, D. T., Balasubramaniam, A. S., Lo, K. H., Shivashankar, R., Sampaco, C.L. and
Alfaro, M. C. (1991), "Interaction of steel geogrids and low-quality, cohesive-frictional backfill
and behavior of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall on soft ground", Developments in
Geotechnical Aspects of Embankments, Excavations and Buried Structures, ISBN:
9054100192, Editors: Balasubramaniam, A.S., Honjo Y. , Bergado D.T., Phien-Wej N.,
Indraratna B. Sponsors: Asian Inst of Technology, Canadian Int Development Agency,
Southeast Asian Geotechnical Soc Publisher: Publ by A.A. Balkema,Rotterdam, Netherlands
(scopus indexed)
10) Shivashankar, R., Madhav, M.R. and Miura, N. (1993), “Reinforced Granular Beds Overlying
Soft Clay”, Proc. 11th SEAGC, Singapore, 4-8 May 1993 (Editors SL Lee, KY Yong, YK Chow,
all from NUS Singapore) pp.409-414, ISBN: 981-00-4306-6 .
http://seags.ait.asia/publications/11th-SEAGC-1993-Singapore.pdf
11) Shivasankar, R., Madhav, M. R. and Miura, N. (1993) 'Reinforced Granular Bed over Clay',
Annual Meeting of JSCE, Fukuoka, Sept., 1993. Vol. III, pp. 844-845.

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12) Umezaki, K., Shivashankar, R., Madhav, M.R. and Miura, N. (1993), “Bearing Capacity of
Footing on Reinforced Granular Bed over Pile in Soft Ariake Clay”, Paper No.III-2, JSCE
Conference (Kyushu Chapter) at Kagoshima 18th March 1993, pp.434-435.
13) Shivashankar, R., Madhav, M.R., Miura, N. and Umezaki, N. (1994), “Reinforced Granular Bed
over Clay”, Paper No.III-395, JSCE Conference (Kyushu Chapter).
14) Shivashankar, R., Umezaki, K. and Gondoh, Y. (1994), “Reinforced Granular Fill Over Piles in
Clay”, Second Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Bangkok, pp.25-34.
15) Bergado, D.T., Shivashankar, R. and Balasubramaniam, A.S. (1995), “Pullout Testing of Steel
Grid Reinforcement in Weathered Bangkok Clay”, Proc. 10th Asian Regional Conference,
Beijing, China, August 29-Sept.2 1995
16) Shivashankar, R., Madhav, M.R., Miura, N., Umezaki, K. and Gondoh, Y. (1996), “Semi-rigid
Piled-raft System for Soft Subsiding Ground”, Proc. Intl. Symposium on Earth Reinforcement
[IS Kyushu ‘96], Fukuoka, Japan (12-14 Nov. 1996, under auspices of Japanese Geotechnical
Society), A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam/Brookfield, pp.665-670.
17) Shivashankar, R. (1997), “Reinforced Granular Bed Overlying Piles in Weak Ground”,
Geosynthetics Asia’97 (Asian Regional Conference) 26-29 November 1997 @ Bangalore.
18) Shivashankar, R. and Reddy, A.C.S. (1998), “Reinforced Granular Bed on Poor Filled-up Shedi
Ground”, 13th SEAGC Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 16-20 Nov. 1998. (Only abstract)
19) Shivashankar, R. (2000), “Geotechnical Engineering Problems in and around Mangalore,
India”, GEOTECHNICS conference , Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, AIT Bangkok,
Thailand.
20) Ravi Shankar, A.U. and Shivashankar, R. (2002), “Improving Soft Shedi Ground for
Pavements”, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Saga University, Japan,
Sept. 2002
21) Shivashankar, R. (2003) "A Study of Geogrid Reinforced Retaining Wall with Rigid Facing",
12th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engg., Singapore, 4-8
August 2003
22) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Deepthi Poojary V.G., Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2007),
“Earthquake Response of Multistoreyed RC Frames with Soil Structure Interaction Effects”,
Proc. International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural Engineering(RDSE-
2007), held at Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal, August 30th to 1st September 2007,
pp.1285-1292.
23) Jayalekshmi,B.R., Deepthi Poojary V.G., Shivashankar,R. and Katta Venkataramana (2007),
“Dynamic soil Structure Interaction Effects on RC Structures Resting on Geosynthetic
Reinforced Soil”, Proc. International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural
Engineering(RDSE-2007), held at Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal, August 30th to 1st
September 2007, pp.1530-1537.
24) Jayalekshmi, Resmi Sebastian, Shivashankar, R. and Katta Venkataramana (2008), “Seismic
Base Isolation with Geosynthetic Liners – Current Research”, Proc. Indo-Japan Workshop on
Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, NITK Surathkal, 4 th March 2008.
25) Jayalekshmi, Dhanya, G. Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2008), “Dynamic Soil
Structure Interaction Effects in Multistorey Frames with Raft Foundation”, Proc. Indo-Japan
Workshop on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, NITK Surathkal, 4 th March 2008.
26) Arunkumar Bhat, K. Shivashankar, R. and Bhavanishankar Rao, N. (2008), "Stability analysis
of stratified soil slopes with tension cracks", National Conference on Recent Trends in
Emerging Technologies (RTET 08), NMAMIT, Nitte, India, April 2008.
27) Arunkumar Bhat, K., Shivashankar, R. and Yaji, R.K. (2008), “Case Study of Landslide in NH13
at Kethikal near Mangalore, India”, 6 ICCHGE Sixth International Conference on case histories
in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in honor of Prof. James K. Mitchel, Arlington, VA,
USA (Organized by Prof. Shamsher Prakash), August 11-16, 2008, paper No. 2.69, 12 pages
(Presented the paper at the Conference in Washington DC, USA, with support from TEQIP)
28) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Lohith, K., Shivashankar, R. and Katta Venkataramana (2008),
“Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Characteristics of Structures Founded on a Dispersive
Soil”, 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Organized by IITB, 1-6 October 2008, Goa, India, vol.
4, pp.2717-2724, ISBN 978-162276176-0, sponsored by NIDM, ASCE (scopus indexed).
29) Nageshwar Rao, Ch., Varghese George and Shivashankar, R. (2008), “PFWD, CBR and DCP
Evaluation of Lateritic Subgrades of Dakshina Kannada, India”, Proc. 12th International
Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics (IACMAG), Organized by IITB, 1-6 October 2008, Goa, India, vol. 6, pp.4417-
4423, ISBN 978-162276176-0, sponsored by NIDM, ASCE (scopus indexed).
30) Arunkumar Bhat, K., Shivashankar, R. and Yaji, R.K. (2008), “Stability Analysis of Stratified
Soils by Optimization Technique using Janbu’s Generalized Procedure of Slices”, 12 th IACMAG
International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics, 1-6 October 2008, Goa, India, vol. 6, pp.4197-4205, ISBN 978-162276176-0,
sponsored by NIDM, ASCE (scopus indexed).
31) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao, Ch.; Shivashankar, R. and Arun Kumar, A. (2008), "Effect
of moisture content and fines on PFWD resilient modulus of soaked blended laterite sub-
grades", Golden jubilee International Conference on Transport Planning and Implementation
Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC - 2008), organized by IITB, 3-6 Dec.2008,
pp1-14.
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32) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “Dynamic Soil
Structure Interaction Effects on Multistorey Frames”, Proc. International Conference on
Advances in Structural Engineering (ACSGE – 2009), Oct. 25-27 2009, BITS Pilani, S094:1-10.
33) Arunkumar Bhat, K., Shivashankar, R. and Bhavani Shankar Rao, N. (2009), “Effect of Berm
on the Stability of Stratified Soil Slopes”, ICAMB ID 9010, Proc. International Conference on
Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3 rd Millenium (ICAMB 2009), December
14-16, 2009, Vellore Institute of Technology.
34) Srinath Shetty, K., Shivashankar, R. and Shailesh, K. (2009), “Some Studies of Strip Footing
on Granular Bed Overlying Weak Soil”, ICAMB ID 9007, Proc. International Conference on
Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3 rd Millenium (ICAMB 2009), December
14-16, 2009, Vellore Institute of Technology.
35) Jayalekshmi, B.R.,Shivashankar,R., Katta Venkataramana, Ramesh Babu, R., Reddy, G.R.,
Parulekar, Y.M., Patil, S.J. and Gundlapalli, P. (2011) "Shake Table Tests To Investigate The
Efficacy Of Geomembranes For Soil Isolation In A Space Frame With Isolated Footing", 13 th
International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics (IACMAG 2011), 9-11 May 2011, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Vol 2, p 834-838,
ISBN 978-098082442-1 (scopus indexed)
36) Jayalekshmi, B. R., Shivashankar, R., Venkataramana, K., Ramesh Babu, R. and Reddy, G.R.
(2011) “Shake Table Tests to investigate the Isolation Effect of Geomembrane In Soil”,
Transactions of SMiRT 21, 21st International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor
Technology(SMiRT 21); held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India during 6-11, November
2011, TS V-7C.3#549 (Technical Session V – 7C Experiments and Tests)
37) Patil, S.J., Reddy, G.R., Shivashankar, R., Ramesh Babu, R. and Jayalekshmi, B.R. (2011),
“Natural Seismic Base Isolation System for RCC Structures”, Transactions of SMiRT 21, 21st
International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology(SMiRT 21); held at
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India during 6-11, November 2011, TS V-5A.3#370
(Technical Session V – 5A Base Isolation)
38) Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. (2012), “Dynamic Soil-Structure
Interaction Effects in Raft Moments of Tall Reinforced Concrete Industrial Chimneys”, Fourth
Intl. Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD 2012), MNIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan,
India, Vol.1, Paper No. 29, 229-236, 4-6 January 2012.
39) Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2012). “Studies on Prestressed Reinforced Foundation
Beds Overlying weak grounds”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering
(ICETE-12), organized by NMAMIT, Nitte, 15-16 May 2012, pp 459 – 464 (Accepted and
presented by the first author).
40) Shivashankar, R. and Jayamohan, J. (2012). “Geosynthetic Applications: Some Research
Studies and Some Case Studies”, International Symposium on Sustainable Geosynthetics and
Green Technology for Climate Change (SGCC) 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, June 20-21, 2012,
pp 111 -121, , [The Symposium was hosted by ACSIG and IGS-Thailand and co-organized by
Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) and SEAGS under the auspices of the International
Geosynthetics Society (IGS)]. First author attended and presented the paper.
41) Ravi Shankar, A.U., Shivashankar, R. and Sachit Pai, N. (2012). “Load-Deformation Behaviour
of Coir Mat Treated Soil”, International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground
Control (ICGI 2012), Oct. 30 – Nov.02, 2012, University of Wollongong, Australia. Published by
Research and Publishing, Singapore, Vol 2, pp1571-1576. First author attended and presented the
paper.
42) Srinath Shetty, K., Shivashankar, R. and Rashmi P. Shetty (2012), “Use of Radial Basis
Function Neural Network for Bearing Pressure Prediction of Strip Footing on Reinforced
Granular Bed overlying Weak Soil”, XXXIII International Conference on Architectural, Civil and
Environmental Engg. (ICACEE), Paris, France, Nov. 28-29, 2012. . First author attended and
presented the paper.
43) Shivashankar, R.(2013) "Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics - An Overview",
Keynote lecture, 3rd International Engineering Symposium (IES 2013) at Kumamoto
University, Japan, March 4-6, 2013. Attended and gave the keynote lecture. Travel
support provided by Kumamoto University.
44) Shivashankar, R., Jayamohan, J. and Srinath Shetty, K. (2013), “Improving Bearing Capacity
of Footings on Weak and Soft Soil”, 3rd International Engineering Symposium (IES 2013) at
Kumamoto University, Japan, March 4-6, 2013, Paper no: C-3-3, pp.C-3-3-1 to C-3-3-6. Second
author attended and presented the paper.
45) Jayamohan, J., Shivashankar, R., Aswathy, M.S. and Vigey Mary, W. (2013). “Studies on
Behaviour of Footings on Prestressed Geonet Reinforced Granular Bed Overlying Weak Soil,
'Geosynthetics 2013', Intl. Conference, Long Beach, California, USA, April 1-4, 2013 (Abstract
rated 3.5 on a scale of 5 for originality, technical content and advancement to state of practice),
pp.100-109, [Conference conducted under auspices of the International Geosynthetics Society
(IgS)]. First author attended and presented the paper.
46) Sastry, V.R., Shivashankar, R., Rebello, Nalini and Sreedharan, Lakshmi (2013), “Behaviour of
a Tunnel and Surrounding Strata using 3DEC Numerical Modeling: Case Study of an U/G
Metro Rail Project”, EURO:TUN2013 conf., Computational Methods in Tunneling and

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 Subsurface Engineering, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, April 17-19, 2013 (Paper
Contribution ID:188).
47) Shivashankar, R. (2013). “Role of Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering Teaching and
Practice”, Seventh Intl. Conference on Case Histories in geotechnical Engineering, May 1-4,
2013, Wheeling, Illinois, Chicago, USA [Conducted by Mussouri University of Science and
Technology (MUST) – Prof. Shamsher Prakash] {paper No.1.01b}. Attended the conference
and presented the paper. Travel support provided by DST GOI. Attended and presented the paper
48) Ansu Thomas, Jayalekshmi B.R. and Shivashankar R. (2013), “Seismic Soil-Structure
Interaction Studies on Tall Chimneys”, Paper S127, International Conference on Innovations in
Civil Engineering (ICICE-2013), May 09 and 10, 2013, Organized by SCMS School of
Engineering and Technology, Palissery, Karutkutty-683582, Kerala, India in Association with
International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research and Indian Concrete Institute,
Chennai, pp.185-188. First author attended and presented the paper
49) Shivashankar, R., Jayamohan, J. and Nileena Suresh, K. (2013) “Behaviour of Footings on
Prestressed Geogrid Reinforced Granular Beds overlying weak soil”, 2nd African Regional
Conference on Geosynthetics, GeoAfrica 2013, Article id 07-02, Accra, Ghana, Nov. 18-20,
2013. First author attended and presented the paper. Travel support provided by TEQIP - II of
NITK. First author attended and presented the paper
50) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2013), "Evaluation of the effect of soil-
structure interaction on the raft of tall reinforced concrete chimneys under across wind load",
Proc. 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE 8), December 10-14,
Chennai, India [four page extended abstract and full paper are accepted], Paper No.222,
pp.58-67. DOI: 10.3850/978-981-07-8012-8_222 First author attended and presented the paper
51) Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B.R., Shivashankar, R. and Soorya Narayana S. (2013), “Seismic
Analysis of Chimneys on Piled Raft Foundations considering the Flexibility of Soil”, Proc.
Fourth Intl. Joint Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology-Advances in Civil
Engineering (AET-ACE2013), Organized by ACEEE, AMAE and ACEE and sponsored by ISTE
(http://aet.theides.org/2013/) December 12-13 2013, NCR, India, Paper No. AET2013-
ACE31L, pp.867-875. Fourth author attended and presented the paper
52) Nayana N. Patil, Rajashekhar Swamy, H.M. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), “Effect of stiffness of
soil and reinforcements on pressure-settlement characteristics in a reinforced earth retaining
wall”, Intl. Civil Engg. Symposium (ICES), Organized by ASCE Indian Section of VTU Vellore,
14-16 March 2014 (paper accepted). First author attended and presented the paper
53) Rajkumar Manisana, Nayana N. Patil, Rajashekhar Swamy, H.M. and Shivashankar, R.(2014),
"Comparative studies of reinforced and unreinforced foundation soil", International
conference on emerging trends in engineering (ICETE 2014) organized by Department of Civil
Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Paper ID S2.09.CE.150314.19., May 15-17,
2014. First author attended and presented the paper
54) Shivashankar, R. and Jayamohan, J. 2014 “Behaviour of Prestressed Reinforced Foundation
Beds Overlying Weak Soil” Paper ID: GS-K0028 under topic Ground Improvement, Geo-
Shanghai 2014 (full ppr of 15 pgs as per GSP ASCE format Accepted), organized by Tongji
Uni. China, May 26-28, 2014. First author attended and presented the paper
55) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Analysis of foundation of tall RC
chimney with 3D finite element method", Proceedings of the Intl. conf on computing in Civil and
Building Engineering (ICCCBE2014), Organized by Intl. Society for computing in Civil and
Building Engineering (ISCCBE), ASCE technical council on computing and IT in civil
engineering; and Intl. council for research and innovation in building and construction (CIB),
June 23-25, 2014, Florida, USA, pp.1368-1375, ISBN: 978-078441361-6,
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413616.170, Volume Editors: Issa R. R. , Flood I.
Sponsors: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
(CIB) W078,International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
(ISCCBE),Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology of the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Third author attended and present the paper (scopus indexed)
56) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Dynamic soil-structure
interaction analyses of 300 m tall industrial reinforced concrete chimneys on pile raft
foundations", 10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (10NCEE-2014):
Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering, July 21-25, 2014, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. DOI:
10.4231/D33775W0V. Sponsors: Computers and Structures Inc. (CSI), ConocoPhillips,et
al.,Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),Golder Associates,State of Alaska,
Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Publisher: Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute. First author will attend and present the paper (scopus indexed)
57) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Jisha, S. V. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), “Response of tall chimneys with
piled raft and annular raft foundation under wind loads considering SSI”, 14th Intl Conf. of the
Intl. Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (14IACMAG), Kyoto,
Japan, September 22-25, 2014, pg. 226 of volume of abstracts, pp.1005-1010, ISBN 978-
113800148-0, Taylor & Francis - Balkema. Third author attended and presented the paper (scopus
indexed)
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58) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Jisha, S. V. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), “Seismic analysis of piled raft
foundations of tall chimneys considering the effect of SSI”, 14th Intl Conf. of the Intl.
Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (14IACMAG), Kyoto,
Japan, September 22-25, 2014, pg. 181 of volume of abstracts, pp.773-778, ISBN 978-
113800148-0, Taylor & Francis - Balkema. Third author attended and presented the paper (scopus
indexed)
59) Nayana N. Patil, Shivashankar, R. and Rajashekhar Swamy, H.M. (2014), “Effect of interface
on behaviour of reinforced earth retaining wall”, 14 th Intl Conf. of the Intl. Association for
Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (14IACMAG), Kyoto, Japan, September
22-25, 2014, pg. 311 of volume of abstracts, pp.1403-1407, ISBN 978-113800148-0, Taylor &
Francis - Balkema. Second author attended and presented the paper (scopus indexed)
60) Arunkumar Bhat, Shivashankar, R. and Ramakrishna Yaji (2014), " Landslide in National
highway at Kethikal near Mangalore - Case Study", National Conference on Emerging Trends
in Civil & Mechanical Engineering (ETCME 14), CDGI, Indore, October 2014.
61) Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Analytical modeling of prestressed reinforced
granular beds overlying weak soil", Geosynthetics 2014, New Delhi, pp.15.23.
62) Shivashankar, R., Ravi Shankar, A. U. and Jayamohan, J. (2014), " Studies on engineering
properties of lithomargic clays of coastal Karnataka in India", submitted to ISLT 2014, 9th
International Symposium on Lowland Technology "Problems and remedial measures of
lowland", September 29 to October 01, 2014 at Saga, Japan, pp.93-100.
63) Jayalekshmi, B. R., Jisha, S. V. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Appropriateness of piled raft
foundation for tall RC stack-like structures in coastal areas", proc. of 9th International
Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT) "Problems and remedial measures of lowland",
September 29 to October 01, 2014 at Saga, Japan, pp.385-392.
64) Nalini Rebello, Sastry, V. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Effect of varying building storeys
in the presence of a tunnel on blast induced velocities and displacements", Proceedings of
the International Conference of Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE14), NMAMIT, Nitte,
15-17 May 2014, pp.43-47.
65) Shivashankar, R and Jayamohan, J. (2015), "Effects of Formation of Voids on the Behaviour
of Prestressed Reinforced Granular Beds overlying Weak soil", Geosynthetics 2015,
Portland, Oregon, USA, February 15-18 2015
66) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Jisha, S.V. and Shivashankar, R. "Soil-structure interaction response of tall
...", Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) international conference 2015
67) Jayamohan, J., Shivashankar, R. and Nileena Suresh Kumar (2015), "Some studies on
prestressed reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil", submitted to ICSMGE 2015: XIII
International conference on soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, WASET, New
York, June 4-5, 2015 (Accepted).
68) Shivashankar, R., Sastry, V. R. and Nalini Rebello (2015), "Tunnel-soil-structure interaction
subjected to blast loads of varying intensities", International Conference on
Geotechnical Engineering 2015 (ICGE2015) at Colombo, Srilanka, August 10-11, 2015,
Organized by SLGS, SIMSG and ISSMGE, pp.495-498.
69) Nimi Ann Vincent, Shivashankar, R., Lokesh, K.N. and Gayathri, V.L. (2015), “Investigating
linkages between electrical resistivity and physical characteristics of unsaturated soil”, 8 th
international conference on recent advances in civil engineering, architecture and
environmental engineering for sustainable development (CEAESD 2015), held at Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, 11 and 12 July 2015.
70) Jayalekshmi, B. R., Jisha, S. V. and Shivashankar, R. "Appropriateness of Piled Raft
Foundation for Tall Stacklike Structures Founded on Soft Ground". International
Conference on Soft Ground Engineering - ICSGE2015, at Singapore, 3-4 December 2015,
pp.613-623.
71) Nayana Patil, Shivashankar, R. (2016), "Studies on modulus of subgrade reaction of reinforced
soil foundation using model plate load test, Int. Conference on Civil, Mechanical, and
Environment Engineering Technologies (ICCMEET)
20016 to be held at SVS College of Engg. Coimbatore, 26-27 February 2016.
72) Jayamohan, J., Shivashankar, R., Nileena Sureshkumar and Aarya Vimal. "Effects of Prestress
on the Behaviour of Reinforced Granular Beds overlying Weak soil", GeoAmericas2016 conf.
(3rd Pan American Conference on Geosynthetics), 10-13 April 2016, Miami Beach, USA.
73) R. Shivashankar, Sitaram Nayak, Srinath, K., Arun Kumar Bhat, K. and Shubhananda Rao
(2016), "Properties and Behaviour of laterites and lithomargic clays of coastal Karnataka"
International conference on Soil and Environment (ICSE) at IISc Bangalore, July 22-23, 2016.
74) Dheerendra Babu, M. R., R. Shivashankar and Sitaram Nayak (2016), "Influence of end
condition on the behaviour of stone columns in soft soils", International conference on Soil and
Environment (ICSE) at IISc Bangalore, July 22-23, 2016.
75) Biji Chinnamma Thomas, K. T. Krishnanunni, R. Shivashankar and D. V. Reddy (2016), " Slope
stability studies of excavated slopes in lateritic formations, including erosion studies on
lithomargic clays", 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology at Mangalore,
conducted by the International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT) and NITK
76) Nayana N. Patil, H. M. Rajashekara Swamy and R. Shivashankar (2016), "Effect of facing on
the settlement of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) embankment", 10th International
Symposium on Lowland Technology at Mangalore, conducted by the International Association
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77) Radhika M. Patel, B. R. Jayalekshmi and R. Shivashankar (2016), "Settlement analysis of pile
supported embankments", 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology at
Mangalore, conducted by the International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT) and NITK
78) Sreelekshmy, Radhika M. Patel, B. R. Jayalekshmi and R. Shivashankar (2016), "Finite
element analysis of geogrid reinforced piled embankments under traffic load", 10th International
Symposium on Lowland Technology at Mangalore, conducted by the International Association
of Lowland Technology (IALT) and NITK
79) R. Shivashankar, Biji Chinnamma Thomas, S. Anaswara and K. T. Krishnanunni (2016),
"Erosion studies and slope stability problems with lithomargic clays in railway
embankments", Intl. Geotechnical Engg. Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical
Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, 23-24 Sept. 2016, Conducted by IGC
Mumbai Chapter and IITB.

R1) Jayamohan Jayaraj, Ramaiah Shivashankar, Rajeev Kumar and Anjali Anandan (2017),
"Behaviour of Footings resting on Prestressed Reinforced Foundation Beds" Abstract id
170333, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, March 12-15, 2017, Orlando Florida, USA, Co-organized
by Geo-Institute of ASCE and IFAI’s Geosynthetic Materials Association (Abstract accepted).
R2) R. Shivashankar, Jayalekshmi, B. R., Nalini Elizabeth Rebello and Sastry, V. R. (2017), "Soil
Structure Interaction Studies with use of Geosynthetics in Soils beneath Footings", Manuscript
Number: SUCI-D-16-00041, GeoMEast 2017 International Conference, 15-19 July 2017,
Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, Hosted by SSIGE, HBRC, Geoinstitute of HBRC and Egyptian
Tunneling Society (ETS) [Abstract accepted].

(V) National Conference/Seminars (38 accepted, 00 under review):

1) Shivashankar, R. and Bergado, D.T. (1996), “Lateral Pressures in a Mechanically Stabilized

Earth Wall”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference 1996, Madras, pp.334-337.
2) Shivashankar, R., Bergado, D.T. and Balasubramaniam, A.S. (1997), “Multistage Pullout
Testing”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference 1997, Vadodara, pp.589-590.
3) Shivashankar, R. and Reddy, A.C.S. (1998), “Reinforced Granular Bed on Poor Filled-up Shedi
Ground”, Proc. IGC 98, Vol.1, pp.301-304, New Delhi, 7-10 Dec 1998. Adjudged Best Paper
on “Geosynthetics and Allied Construction Products”: published through the Indian
Geotechnical Society (M/S Z-Tech Biennial Award).
4) Shivashankar, R. (1998), "Welded wire Mechanically Stabilized Earth", National Workshop, IGS
Golden Jubilee year Celebration, IGS Kanpur Chapter, IITKanpur, Aug 21-22, 1998.
5) Setty, K.R.N., Shivashankar, R. and Lakshman Rao Peshwe (1999), “Kethikal Slope Failure –
a Case Study”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference 1999, Calcutta, pp……..
6) Shivashankar, R. and Setty, K.R.N.S. (2000), “Foundation Problems for Ground Level Storage
Tanks in and around Mangalore”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2000, IIT Bombay,
Mumbai.
7) Shivashankar, R., Suresh Babu, S.V. and Setty, K.R.N.S. (2002), “Soil Nailing – The
Reinforcement Method of Natural Ground”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference
2002, Allahabad, Vol.1, pp.633-636.
8) Shivashankar, R. and Sitaram Nayak (2005), “Geotechnical Practices in Coastal Karnataka”,
GEOPRACTICE-2005, Proc. National Conference on Case Studies in Geotechnical
Engineering, July 25-26, 2005, I.I.Sc.(Bangalore), Interline Publishing, pp.105-110.
9) Nageshwar Rao, Ch., Varghese George, Shivashankar, R. and Vishweshwara, A.S. (2007),
“Tests on Subgrade Strength using Portable Falling Weight Deflectometer and Dynamic Cone
Penetrometer”, Proc. of National Seminar on Roads 2007, IE(I) Belgaum Local Chapter,
pp.147-155, March 1 & 2, 2007.
10) Jayalekshmi, B.R., Deepthi Poojary, V.G. Katta Venkataramana and Shivashankar, R. (2007),
“Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures with Soil-Structure Interaction Effect of
Soil Reinforcement”, Proc. 4th Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering
(INCHOE), NITK Surathkal, 12-14 Dec.2007, pp. ….
11) Jayalekshmi, Katta Venkataramana, Shivashankar, R. and Chandrashekar, A. (2007), “Soil-
Foundation-Structure Interaction Effects on Static Respones of 3D Building Frames” , Proc. 4 th
Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering (INCHOE), NITK Surathkal,
12-14 Dec.2007, pp. ………
12) Arunkumar Bhat, K., Shivashankar, R. and Yaji, R.K. (2007), “Parametric Study of Stability
Analysis of Layered Slopes by Optimization Technique using Janbu’s Generalized Procedure
of Slices”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, 11-12 May, 2007,
………………..
13) Varghese George, Nageshwar Rao, Ch. and Shivashankar, R. (2009), “Investigations on
Unsoaked Blended Laterite using PFWD, PBT, DCP and CBR Tests”, 70 th Annual Convention
of Indian Roads Congress, Patna, Bihar, Nov/Dec. 2009.
14) Ch. Nageshwar Rao, Varghese George and R. Shivashankar (2010), “Effect of Fines and
Moisture Content on PFWD Resilient Modulus of Un-soaked Blended Laterite Sub-grades”, 71st
Annual Convention of Indian Roads Congress, Nagpur, 11-14 Nov. 2010.

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15) Renjitha Mary Varghese, B.R.Jayalekshmi, R. Shivashankar (2010), “Stress-Strain
Characteristics of Reinforced Soil”, Ref.No.GT-2, Fourth National Conference on Recent
Advances in Civil Engineering (RACE 2010), 16-18 Sep 2010, CUSAT, Cochin.
16) Shivashankar, R. (2010), “Geotechnical and Foundation Practices in Coastal Karnataka”, Piling
and Deep Foundations Conference 2010 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, Oct 25-27, 2010,
Organized by IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Centre, www.iqpc.ae ).
17) Dheerendra Babu, M.R., Shivashankar, R, Sitaram Nayak and Majid, J.A. (2010), “Load
settlement behavior of stone columns with circumferential nails”, Proc. of IGC 2010, 16-18
Dec 2010, I IT Mumbai.
18) Dheerendra Babu, M.R., Shivashankar, R. and Sitaram Nayak (2011), “Influence of End
Condition on the Behaviour of Stone Columns in Soft Soils”, National Conference on Advances
in Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering 2011 [GEOCON 2011], 29-30
March2011, GCE Kannur, Kerala (Abstract only)
19) Gayathri G. Nair and Shivashankar, R. (2011), “Some Studies on Shrinkage Limit of Soils”,
National Conference on Advances in Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering
2011 [GEOCON 2011], 29-30 March 2011, GCE Kannur, Kerala (Abstract only).
20) Nisha Sarath, Shivashankar, R. and Ravi Shankar, A.U. (2011), “Role of Shear Keys in
Cantilever Retaining Wall”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Engg. Conference, Kochi,
Dec.15-17, 2011, Paper No.K-056, pp.627 to 630.
21) Ansu Thomas, Sujisha, C., Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. (2012) ,“Effect
of Thickness of Foundation on Annular Raft Moments of Tall RC Chimneys Including Soil-
Structure Interaction”, National Conference on Contemporary Civil Engineering Research and
Practice – CCERP 2012, April 20-21, MIT Manipal, Paper No.STR9. pp.725-734.
22) Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. (2012) ,“Dynamic Soil-Structure
Interaction Effects in Tall Reinforced Concrete Industrial Chimneys”, National Conference on
Contemporary Civil Engineering Research and Practice – CCERP 2012, April 20-21, MIT
Manipal, Paper No. STR08, pp.715-724.
23) Shivashankar, R., Jayalekshmi, B.R., Sitaram Nayak and Ravi Shankar, A.U. (2012),
“Geosynthetics for Ground Improvement and Stability of Slopes”, Two day workshop on
‘Application of Optimization Techniques for Slope Stability Analysis and Recent Methods for
Stabilization of Slopes, NMAMIT Nitte, 30-31 July 2012
24) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. (2012), “Contact Pressure Distribution
under Raft Foundation of Tall Reinforced Concrete Industrial Chimneys due to Dynamic Soil-
Structure Interaction”, ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium, Indian society of Earthquake
Technology, October 20-21, 2012, IIT Roorkee, Theme C, Paper No. C003, pg.69 in volume of
abstracts.
25) Shivashankar, R. (2012), “Geotechnical Practices in Coastal Karnataka”, GEOPRACTICE-
2012, JNTUH, Nov. 10, 2012. Keynote lecture.
26) Shivashankar, R., Sitaram Nayak and Sunil, B.M. (2013), Geotechnical Engineering Practices:
through case studies, A3C-12 Awards, Convention & Consultants Colloquium, January 11-12,
2013, Mangalore, India, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Mangalore Chapter.
27) Sastry, V.R., Nalini, R. and Shivashankar, R. (2013), "A study on surface displacements due to
phasewise excavations with varying tunnel widths", Proceedings of National Conference on
New horizons in Civil Engineering (NHCE 2013), 12-13 April 2013, MIT, Manipal, pp.316-326.
28) Jisha, S.V., Jayalekshmi, B.R. and Shivashankar, R. “Dynamic soil-structure interaction
analyses of tall reinforced concrete industrial chimneys on piled raft foundations”, under sub-
theme of Earthquake Engineering, proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, IIT
Roorkee, December 22-24, 2013 (Theme 5), pp.157-158. Third author attended and presented
the paper.
29) Aswathy, M.S., Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2013), " Behaviour of prestressed
geosynthetic reinforced granular bed overlying weak soil", Indian Geotechnical Conference,
Roorkee, December 22-24, 2013; presented by first author.
30) Shivashankar, R., Jayamohan, J. and Venkateswara Reddy, M. (2013), " Parametric study on
reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil", Silver Jubilee Symposium of International
Geosynthetics Society (India) “Geosynthetics India’13”, New Delhi during 23-25 October
2013, pp.180-190. Second author attended and presented the paper.
31) Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Studies on prestressed reinforced foundation
beds overlying weak grounds", 1st National Conference on Recent Advancements in
Engineering and Technology, conducted by LBS College of Engineering, Kasargod, Kerala, pg.
66 volume of abstracts.
32) Nimi Ann Vincent, Lokesh, K. N. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "“Electrical resistivity
applications - a versatile testing technique in civil engineering”, First Annual Conference on
Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering ACIDIC-2014 held during 19-20
May 2014 at NITK, Surathkal, Paper No. S-016-ACIDIC-2014.
33) Jayamohan, J. and Shivashankar, R. (2014), "Analytical Modeling of Prestressed
Reinforced Granular Beds overlying weak soils" (ID "FACET1403001"), National
Conference on ‘Furthering Aspirations in Civil Engineering Techniques’-FACET’14, 26th-
27th June 2014 at Govt. College of Engineering Kannur.

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34) Shivashankar, R., Biji, C.T., Hridya, S. and Venkat Reddy, D. (2014), "Effect of vegetation on
shear strength of shedi soils and slope stability", Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), 18-20
December 2014, JNTU, Kakinada, 10 pages, pg. 269 in volume of abstracts.
35) Jisha, S. V., Jayalekshmi, B. R. and Shivashankar, R. (2014) "Dynamic Soil-Structure
Interaction Analysis of Tall Chimney using Finite Element Method", 2014 ANSYS Convergence
Conference, 09 May 2014, Bangalore. (Extended paper accepted)
36) Jayamohan, J., Shivashankar, R. and Nileena Suresh Kumar (2015), ""Behavior of Reinforced
Granular Beds overlying weak soil with voids", National Conference on Recent Advances in
Engineering and Technology (nCORETech2015), LBS College of Engineering, Povval,
Muliyar, Kasaragod, Kerala, January 20-21, 2015.
37) Anaswara, S. and Shivashankar, R. "Effect of Vegetation on Stability of Slopes", Submitted to
the 53rd Indian Geotechnical Conference at COEP, Pune, 17-19 December 2015
38) R. Shivashankar, Krishnanunni, K. T., Biji Thomas and D.V. Reddy (2016), "Slope stability
studies of excavated slopes in lateritic formations", Indian Geotechnical Conference, December
17-18, 2016, Chennai (organized jointly by Guindy Engg. College/Anna University and IIT
Madras) (Paper accepted).

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