Dr. Kumar Venkatesh

Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: venkatesh[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-2271317(O) +91-9415702782(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

• Delivered Lecture on “Testing of Soil under Dynamic Load” in the Short term course on “Geotechnical Investigations For Urban Planning And Development" (GIUPD-2013) December 16-20, 2013, MNNIT Allahabad. • Delivered Lecture on “Finite Element Method”, 1st November 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad during short term course of numerical optimization techniques (NOT-2014). • Delivered Lecture on “Permeability Test and its Applications”, 25th November 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad on during short term course of RWH-2014. • Delivered Lecture on “Geotechnical Investigations for Bridges” in Short Term Course of “Seismic Analysis, Design and Retrofit of Bridges (SADRB-2015)”, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad, Feb 2-6, 2015. • Delivered Lecture on “Design of Foundations” in Short Term Course of Hydraulic and Structural Design of Water Tank and Water Retaining Structures for Water Supply Management February 24-28, 2015. • Delivered Lecture on “Geotechnical Investigations” in Short Term Course of Construction Management in Water Supply Sector” (CMWSS-2015) April 6-10, 20158. • Delivered Lecture on “Finite Element Method” during short term course of numerical optimization techniques (NOT-2015), September 2015. • Delivered Lecture on “Finite Element Method”, 9th September 2016 at MNNIT Allahabad during STC on Numerical and Optimization Techniques, 8th Sept-12th Sept 2016. • Delivered Lecture “Modelling and Analysis using Finite Element Method”, 25th September 2017 at MNNIT Allahabad during STC on Numerical and Optimization Techniques , 22nd Sept-26th Sept 2017. • Delivered Lecture on “Modelling and Analysis using Finite Element Method”, 13th October 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad during STC of NOT-2018. • Delivered Lecture on “Soft Computing Methods on Liquefaction” delivered, 17th June 2019 at NIT Jamshedpur during Seminar of Civil Engineering Department. • Delivered Lecture on “Application of FEM for DAM Engineering”, 17th June 2019 at NIT Jamshedpur during Seminar of Civil Engineering Department. • Delivered Lecture on “Geotechnical Design Concepts of Foundation”, 24th June 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad during Internship Programme Design-2019. • Delivered Lecture on “Modelling and Analysis using Finite Element Method”, 08th November 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad during STC of NOT-2019. • Delivered online Lecture in National Webinar 2020 on “Application of Soft Computing Methods for Assessment of Liquefaction” held on 30th May 2020 organized by Civil Engg Deptt., REC, Kannauj. • Delivered Lecture on “Fly Ash Use in bricks manufacturing & Uses”, 10th November 2020 at Meja Urja (p) ltd. for Workshop on Fly Ash Utilization Awareness Programme. • Delivered Lecture on “Modelling and Analysis using Finite Element Method”, 10th January 2021 at MNNIT Allahabad during STC of NOT-2020. • Delivered Lecture on “Geotechnical Aspects of Water Retaining Structures”, during online STC held on 11-15 March 2021 at MNNIT Allahabad. • Delivered Lecture on “Dynamic Soil Properties and its Assessment”, 19th July 2021 at IEI Technical Webinar on Advanced Geotechnical Engineering. • Delivered Lecture on “Analysis and Design of Geotechnical Structures using GEO5” on 30th July 2021 at online STC SAADS 2021, MNNIT Allahabad.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

International Conferences Attended & Presented Paper (Abroad) • K. Venkatesh and Siva Ram Karumanchi (2016) “Distribution of Pore Water Pressure in an Earthen Dam Considering Unsaturated-Saturated Seepage Analysis”, E-UNSAT 2016, 12-14th September, 2016, Paris, France. • K. Venkatesh, (2014)” Application of Cement Kiln Dust to Stabilize Meja Soil” Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE-2014), March 24-25, Singapore. • Dasgupta, R. Venkatesh, K. and Tiwari, R.P.(2012) “Electrokinetic Remediation of Copper Contaminated Soils by Zero Valent Nano Iron Powder” Proceedings of 5th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-12), UMT Terengganu, Malaysia, 22-24 November, 2012. • Attended 13th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) and Presented the Paper on Neurofuzzy Modeling Approach for Estimating Shear Strength Parameters of Cohesive Soil at Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 May, 2011. • Attended 6th International Conference on Case Hiostories in Geotechnical Engineering and Presented the Paper on Approaches of Analysis of Ogee Shaped Barrage Raft Floor on Varying Foundation at Arlington, VA, USA, 11 – 16 August 2008.

Award and Honors:

• Awarded Scholarship during M.Tech after qualifying GATE at IIT Roorkee (1999-2001) • Awarded MHRD Fellowship during PhD Degree programme at IIT Roorkee (2002-2005) • Awarded “Bharat Jyoti Award” by IIFS, New Delhi (May 2012)

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

Organized International Conference on Geo-engineering and Climate Change Technologies for Sustainable Environmental Management (GCCT-2015), October, 9-11 2015, MNNIT Allahabad.

Conference/Short Term Course/Workshop/Summer Training Programme Organized/Participated • 54th IWWA Annual Convention 2022 scheduled on 8-9 Jan 2022, Hosted by IWWA Lucknow and Prayagraj Centres. • IEI Technical Webinar as Panelist on the theme “Advanced Geotechnical Engineering” organised by The Institution of Engineers (India), Durgapur Local Centre under the aegis of Civil Engineering Division on 19/07/2021. • One Day Workshop for “Fly Ash Utilization Awareness Programme” Hosted by MEJA URJA NIGAM (P) LTD, Prayagraj held on 10th November 2020. • A four week self-financed “Online Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2020) July 06 to July 31’ 2020, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • A four week self-financed “ Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2019) June 10 to July 05’ 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • National workshop on “Water Treatment Options for Priority Drinking Water Pollutants in Rural Area” March 27 to March 28’ 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engg. (ICGGE-2019) March, 01-02, 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • A four week self-financed “ Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2017) June 11 to July 07’ 2018, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • One week short term course on “Foundation: Analysis, Design and Construction Technique” (FACT-2018), May 21 to May 25’ 2018, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad • A one day workshop on “Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering” RAGE-2018, 5th February 2018, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • A four week self-financed “ Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2017) June 12 to July 08’ 2017, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • A four week self-financed “ Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2016) June 13 to July 10’ 2016, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • International Conference on Geo-engineering and Climate Change Technologies for Sustainable Environmental Management (GCCT-2015), October, 9-11 2015, MNNIT Allahabad. • A four week self-financed “ Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Civil Engineering” (STIPCE-2015) June 15 to July 12’ 2015, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • National Conference on “Geo-Environmental Issues And Sustainable Urban Development” (GEN-2014) October, 11-12, 2014, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • One Day Workshop on “Curriculum Development of M.Tech. Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering)” 20th September 2014, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • Short Term Course (Self Finance) on “Geotechnical Investigations for Urban Planning and Development” 16-20th December 2013, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad. • National Conference on ‘Earthquake Disaster: Technology & Management’ EARTH’06 - February, 11-12th 2006, MNNIT, Allahabad.

Projects Completed:

• Research Project entitled “Geo-environment evaluation of open waste dumps and strategies for their rehabilitation” Completed in August 2009 which was sanctioned in August 2007, funded by MNNIT Allahabad. • Technical Evaluation of The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), centrally and state govt. Sponsored Schemes, from Feb 2006 to August 2011.

Consultancy(Ongoing):

• Consultancy Provided to Central, State Govt Organization, Public & Private Sectors in area of Geotechnical and Civil Engineering.

Consultancy(Past):

• Consultancy Provided to Central, State Govt Organization, Public & Private Sectors in area of Geotechnical and Civil Engineering.

Expert Lectures:

• A lecture delivered by Prof Swami Saran, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,, March 19, 2012 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Design of Substructures” under special Lecture Series organized by Civil Engg Department. • A lecture delivered by Prof S. Mukerjee, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Dec 19, 2013, at MNNIT Allahabad on “Effect Of Confining Pressure And Strain Amplitude On Dynamic Shear Modulus Of Soils” during Short Term Course on GIUPD-2013. • A lecture delivered by Dr. S.M. Ali Jawaid, MMM University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Dec 18, 2013, at MNNIT Allahabad on “Sub-Surface Exploration & Sampling Techniques” during Short Term Course on GIUPD-2013. • A lecture delivered by Dr. A.K. Singh, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Dec 20, 2013, at MNNIT Allahabad on “Sub-Surface Exploration & Sampling Techniques” during Short Term Course on GIUPD-2013. • A lecture delivered by Dr. P. S. Prasad, Sr. Scientist, CRRI, New Delhi, Dec 19, 2013, at MNNIT Allahabad on “Geotechnical Software” during Short Term Course on GIUPD-2013. • A lecture delivered by Prof. Manoj Datta, IITD, New Delhi, 12th Oct 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Some Case Studies Relating to Design , Construction, Closure and Remediation of Waste Disposal Facilities” during GEN-2014. • A lecture delivered by Prof. B.V.S. Vishwanatham, IITB, Mumbai on 12th Oct 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Studies on waste containment systems of Landfills” during GEN-2014. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. P. V. Sivapullaiah, IISc, Bangalore, 18th March 2015 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Unexpected and uncharacteristic heave in contaminated soils” under special Lecture Series organized by Civil Engg Department. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. M.N. Viladkar, IITR, Roorkee on 5th Feb 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Some Present and Future Geo-Mechanical Challenges” during RAGE-2018. • A lecture Delivered by Dr. V.A. Sawant, IITR, Roorkee on 5th Feb 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad on, “Assessment of liquefaction potential using empirical method and numerical approach” during RAGE-2018. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. N.K. Samadhiya, IITR, Roorkee on 5th Feb 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Influence of seepage force on active and passive thrust for design of a rigid cut-off wall” during RAGE-2018. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, IISc, Bangalore on 1st March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Role of municipal waste characterization in landfills and rehabilitation of waste dumps” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. K. S. Rao, IITD, New Delhi on 1st March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “SUBANSRI POWERHOUSE SLOPE FAILURES AND THEIR STABILITY” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. P. V. Sivapullaiah [Professor (Retd) IISc, Bangalore], VC, Gitam University, Bangalore, on 2nd March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Behaviour of fine grained soils from void ratio in normal and contaminated environment” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Dr. Tadikonda V. Bharat, IITG, Guwahati on 1st March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Role and long-term behaviour of bentonite-based liners for landfill applications” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Dr. Abhishek Kumar, IITG, Guwahati on 2nd March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Importance of local soil from seismic aspect” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Dr. P. Bala Ramudu, IIT-BHU, Varanasi on 2nd March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “A study on effect of alkali interaction on soil behaviour” during ICGGE-2019. • A lecture Delivered by Prof. N.K. Samadhiya, IITR, Roorkee on 2nd March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad on “Influence of seepage force on active and passive thrust for design of a rigid cut-off wall” during ICGGE-2019.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

• International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering • Journal of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions • Arabian Journal of Geosciences • International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering • Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering • Desalination and Water Treatment • Recent Patents on Computer Science • International Journal of Environment and Waste Management • Scientia Iranica Journal • Journal of Institution of Engineers: Series A • Pearson Book Publications • Springer Book Publications • Reviewer National and International Conference Papers.

Books Reviewed:

• Pearson Book Publications • Springer Book Publications