Prof. Rakesh Kumar

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: rkpat[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1313(O) 0532-2271717(R) 9454257624(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

1.National Conference on ‘Fly ash-Waste or Wealth’ at T.I.E.T. Patiala, Oct. 27-28, 1995, 2.National Seminar on ‘Polymer Research in India ‘Opportunity & Challenges’ at MNNIT Allahabad, Sep.25, 2004. 3.National Conference on ‘Recent Trend in Highways and Bridges’ at T.I.E.T. Patiala, Feb.18-19, 2005. 4.National Seminar on ‘Earthquake Effects and Concrete –the Most Suitable Construction Material for All Structures’ at Allahabad, 11th & 12th Sep-2005. 5.National Seminar on ‘Energy Conservation’ at MNNIT, Allahabad, March 4, 2006. 6.Fire Safety in Buildings ,March 15, 2008, Hotel Fortune Katriya, Hyderabad 7.National Seminar on ‘Role of Technology and Technical Institutions in Economic “ Development of Tribal Community’March 19-20, 2009, MNNIT, Allahabad 8.Advanced Functional Materials and Structures, July 12-14, 2012, Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT,Allahabad in collaboration with University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. 9.International UKIERI Concrete congress on ‘Innovations in Concrete Construction’ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar N.I.T. Jalandhar, held on March, 5-8, 2013. 10.National Symposium on ‘Future Role of Applied Mechanics in Engineering (FRAME- 2014) & AMD Golden Jubilee Conclave’ March, 30, 2014, Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT, Allahabad. 11.International conference on ‘Recent Trends & Challenges in Civil Engineering’ December 12-14, 2014, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. 12.International conference on ‘Geo-Engineering and Climate Change Technologies for Sustanable Environmenta Management (GCCT-2015)’ October 09-11, 2015, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. 13.National Workshop on ‘Inclusive Technical Education in National Context: Challenges and Solution’ July 16-17, 2016, Jointly Organised by Department of Applied Mechanics & Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad 14.3rd Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM-2017), ISBN: 978-93-80635-28-6, July 5-7, 2017, Applied Mechanics Department, MNNIT, Allahabad, 15.Indian conference on ‘Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering (ICGGE-2019)” Sponsored by TEQIP-III, March, 01-02, 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad and Indian Geotechnical Society Allahabad Chapter, Prayagraj. 16.A Workshop on “NBA Accreditation: Regulations and Procedure” Sponsored by TEQIP III Jointly Organised by M.N.N.I.T.Allahabad and K.N.I.T. Sultanpur on July 27, 2019, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj. 17.A Workshop on “Research Publication Analytics” Jointly Organised by M.N.N.I.T.Allahabad and Elsevier on September 04, 2019, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj.

Award and Honors:

Nation Builder’s Award-2014 (Award for Excellence) for outstanding and valuable contribution in the sphere of Education on Teacher’s day by Rotary Allahabad South for session 2014-15.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

1.One day workshop for Mesons of Allahabad at MNNIT Allahabad on 23-11-2007 act as Co-ordinator.Topic “Earthquake Resistant Non Engineered Construction” 2.One day Self Financed Workshop “Modern Practices in Civil Engineering” on 03-05-2013 at Dept. of Civil Engineering, SHIATS, Allahabad act as organising Secretary. 3.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Modern Construction Materials and Practices (MCMP-2013)” from July 17-21, 2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-ordinator. 4.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2013)” from October 17-21, 2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-Convenor. 5.Member, Advisory Committee, in a Workshop on “Disasters and Their Management” held on May 29-31, 2014 organized by Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT,Allahabad. 6.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structure (LSDSS-2014)” from September 27- October 01, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Convenor. 7.TEQIP II sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Earthquake Resistant Design and Detailing of Structures (ERDSS-2014)” from November 24-28, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-ordinator. 8.TEQIP II sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Seismic Analysis, Design and Retrofit of Bridges (SADRB-2015)” from February 02-06, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-Convenor. 9.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Construction Managment in Water Supply Sector (CMWSS-2015)” from April 06- 10, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Coordinator. 10.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structure (LSDSS-2015)” from October 16-20, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-cordinator. 11.One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Advances in Concrete Technology, (ACT-2016)” from April 4-8, 2016 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Coordinator. 12.Four Week Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2017) from June 12- July 08, 2017 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-ordinator. 13.Four Week Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018) from June 11- July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-ordinator. 14.One day Workshop on “Use of Hindi in Technical Education” on 21 December, 2019, at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Co-ordinator 15.TEQIP III sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Design of Water Retaining Structure (DWRS)” from October 14-18, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Coordinator. 16.Four Week Self Financed ONLINE Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2020) from July 06 - July 31, 2020 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad act as Convenor.

Expert Lectures:

1.Earthquake Resistant Construction Techniques, Workshop for Masons on “Earthquake Resistant Non Engineered Construction”, MNNIT, Allahabad, November 23, 2007. 2.Invited Lecture on Self Compacting Concrete on November 09, 2012, at Department of Civil Engineering, SHIATS, Allahabad. 3.Invited Lecture on “Use of Mineral Admixtures in Concrete” in Workshop on ‘Modern Practices in Civil Engineering’ on 03-05-2013,, at Department of Civil Engineering, SHIATS, Allahabad. 4.Invited Lecturer on ‘Self Compacting Concrete’ on July 19, 2013 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Modern Construction Materials and Practices (MCMP-2013)” from July 17-21, 2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 5.Laboratory Demonstration on ‘Self Compacting Concrete’ on July 20, 2013 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Modern Construction Materials and Practices (MCMP-2013)” from July 17-21, 2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 6.Tutorial Class related to bolted connections on 18-10-2013 and Laboratory Demonstration on ‘Testing of steel specimens on 19-10 2013 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2013)” from October 17-21, 2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 7.Lecture on ‘Design of Septic Tank’ on May 29, 2014 in Training Programme on ‘Rural Sanitation and Waste Water Management’ Ministry of Drinking Water, from May, 26-30, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 8.Invited Lecture on ‘Forces and Equlibrium’ on 28.08.2014 in Workshop on “Recent Trends in Engineering Mechanics”from August 27-29,2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, SHIATS, Allahabad. 9.Tutorial Class related to ‘Bolted Connections’ on 29-09-2014 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2014)” from September 27- October 01, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 10.Tutorial Class related to ‘Welded Connections’ on 29-09-2014 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2014)” from September 27- October 01, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 11.Invited Lecture on “Use of Mineral Admixtures in Concrete” in Workshop on ‘Modern Practices in Construction Industry’ on 15-11-2014, at Department of Civil Engineering, Dev Prayag Institute of Technical Studies, Allahabad. 12.Invited Lecturer on ‘Architectural Consideration of Earthquake Resistant Structures’ on November 25, 2014 in TEQIP II sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Earthquake Resistant Design and Detailing of Structures (ERDSS-2014)” from November 24-28, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 13.Invited Lecturer on ‘Earthquake Resistant Design of Masonry structures ’ on November 26, 2014 in TEQIP II sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Earthquake Resistant Design and Detailing of Structures (ERDSS-2014)” from November 24-28, 2014 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 14.Invited Lecturer on ‘Prestressed Concrete ’ on November 05, 2015 in TEQIP II sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Seismic Analysis, Design and Retrofit of Bridges (SADRB-2015)” from February 02-06, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 15.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defeciencies in Structures ’ on April 08, 2015 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Construction Managment in Water Supply Sector (CMWSS-2015)” from April 06- 10, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 16.Tutorial Class related to ‘Welded Connections’ on 17-10-2015 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2015)” from October 16-20, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 17.Tutorial Class related to ‘Tension Members on 19-10-2015 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Limit State Design of Steel Structures (LSDSS-2015)” from October 16-20, 2015 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 18.Key Note Lecture on ‘Materials and Construction Techniques for Low Cost Housing’ in National Seminar on ‘Low Cost Housing Models for Urban and Rural Areas of U.P.’ on November 26, 2015 Jointely organized by Technical Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Department of Civil Engineering, H.B.T.I. Kanpur. 19.Invited Lecturer on ‘Mineral and Chemical Admixtures used in Concrete ’ on April 05, 2016 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Advances in Concrete Technology (ACT-2016)” from April 04- 8, 2016 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 20.Invited Lecturer on ‘Self Compacting Concrete ’ on April 05, 2016 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Advances in Concrete Technology (ACT-2016)” from April 04- 8, 2016 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 21.Invited Lecturer on ‘Durability of Concrete ’ on April 06, 2016 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Advances in Concrete Technology (ACT-2016)” from April 04- 8, 2016 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 22.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and possible remedies ’ on April 07, 2016 in One Week Self Financed Short Term Course on “ Advances in Concrete Technology (ACT-2016)” from April 04- 8, 2016 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 23.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and possible remedies ’ on June 21, 2017 in Four Week Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2017) from June 12- July 08, 2017 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 24.Key Note Lecture on ‘Testing of Cement’ in Technical Seminar on ‘Binding Materials: Manufacturing, Testing and Innovation’ on September 20, 2017 at Department of Civil Engineering, SHUATS, Allahabad. 25.Expert Lecture on ‘Design of Concrete Structures & Advances in Concrete Technology-Self Compacting Concretet’ on November 01, 2017 in United College of Engineering & Research, (UCER) Naini, Allahabad 26.Invited Lecturer on ‘Aggregate Tests (Part I) for Concrete ’ on June 20, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 27.Invited Lecturer on ‘Aggregate Tests (Part II) for Concrete ’ on June 20, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 28.Invited Lecturer for Practical on ‘Aggregates (CA & FA) Tests for Concrete ’ on June 20, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 29.Invited Lecturer on ‘Special Concrete (S C C) ’ on June 22, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 30.Invited Lecturer for Practical on ‘NDT (RH & UPV) and mix design of Self Compacting Concrete ’ on June 20, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 29.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and possible remedies ’ on June 23, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 31.Invited Lecturer on ‘Durability of Concrete ’ on June 23, 2018 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018)” from June 11-July 07, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 32.Invited Lecturer on ‘Self Compacting Concrete ’ on December 24, 2018 in Two Days Faculty Development Programme on “ Concrete Technology and Design of Concrete Structures” from December 24 &26, 2018 at Department of Civil Engineering, United Institute of Technology, Allahabad. 33.Invited Lecturer on ‘Use of Mineral Admixtures in Concrete ’ on January 9, 2019 in Five Day Faculty Development Programme on “ Engineering Trends in Construction Technology” from January 8-12, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, Madhu Vachaspati Institute of Engineering and Technology, Allahabad. 34.Invited Lecturer on ‘Use of Mineral Admixtures in Concrete ’ on May 03, 2019 in Five Days Faculty Development Programme on “ Repair & Rehablitation of Concrete Technology” from May 3-7, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, United Institute of Technology, Allahabad. 35.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and possible remedies ’ on May 06, 2019 in Five Days Faculty Development Programme on “ Repair & Rehablitation of Concrete Technology” from May 3-7, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, United Institute of Technology, Allahabad. 36.Invited Lecturer on ‘Aggregate Tests (Part I) for Concrete ’ on June 26, 2019 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2019)” from June 10-July 05, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 37.Invited Lecturer on ‘Aggregate Tests (Part II) for Concrete ’ on June 26, 2019 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2019)” from June 10-July 05, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 38.Invited Lecturer for Practical on ‘Different Tests of Coarse Aggregate’ on June 26, 2019 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2019)” from June 10-July 05, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 39.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and possible remedies ’ on June 28, 2019 in Four Week “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2019)” from June 10-July 05, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 40.Invited Lecturer on ‘Design of Cirular Tank ’ on October 15, 2019 in TEQIP III sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Design of Water Retaining Structure (DWRS)” from October 14-18, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 41.Invited Lecturer on ‘Design of Rectangular Tank ’ on October 16, 2019 in TEQIP III sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Design of Water Retaining Structure (DWRS)” from October 14-18, 2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 42.Invited Lecturer on ‘Use of Mineral Admixtures in Concrete ’ on November 16, 2019 in a One day Workshop on “ Structural Engineering” at Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 43.Invited Lecturer on ‘Architectural Consideration of Earthquake Resistant Structures’ on December 11, 2019 in a Three days Workshop for Assistant Engineer/Junior Engineer of Rural Engineering Department (RED) from December 09-11,2019 at Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 44.Invited Lecturer on ‘Different Tests of Coarse Aggregate’ on July 15, 2020 in Four Week Self Financed ONLINE “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2020)” from July 06 - July 31, 2020 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 45.Invited Lecturer on ‘Special Concrete (Self Compacting Concrete)’ on July 17, 2020 in Four Week Self Financed ONLINE “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2020)” from July 06 - July 31, 2020 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 46.Invited Lecturer on ‘Construction Defects and Remedies’ on July 17, 2020 in Four Week Self Financed ONLINE “Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2020)” from July 06 - July 31, 2020 at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad. 47.Invited Lecture on Use of Mineral and Chemical admixtures in concrete on 30.08.2021- AICTE Atal approved 5 days Faculty Development Programme from 30.08.2021 to 03.06.2021 on "Fundamentals of Geotechnical and Stuctural Engineering for Sustainable Infrastruture Development", Department of Civil Engineering, Goverment Engineering College Dahod(Gujrat)