Dr. Salini U

Senior Scientist
Highway Engineering Division

Name Dr. Salini U
Designation Senior Scientist
Division Highway Engineering Division
Email ID saliniu.natpac@gmail.com;
usalini6200265@kerala.gov.in
Contact Number 9447512651
Contact Address Transpark Campus, Opposite NCESS, Ulloor - Akkulam Rd, Aakkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011
Link to

1. Google / Scopus Scholar ID
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Research Gate
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Research Area/ Research Interests a) Unsaturated soil mechanics
b) Ground Improvement
c) Pavement materials and design
Professional Experience / Career Details
Name of Institute Post Held Duration
March 2014 to March 2019 Scientist 28-04-2017 to till date (6 years)
National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) Scientist-B 28-04-2014 to 28-04-2017 (3 years)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Scholar 01-01-2010 to 27-04-2014 (4 years)
Mary Matha College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum Lecturer 1-11-2008 to 31-12-2009 (14 Months)
US Technology, Trivandrum Software Engineer 10-10-06 to 31- 12-06 (2 Months)
Kanbay Software Pvt Ltd, Pune Associate Consultant 21-10- 04 to 28-07-06 (20 Months)
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), 2018
Thesis: Effect of Physico-Chemical Factors and Wet-Dry Cycles on the Behaviour of Compacted Clay Barriers
M.Tech Geotechnical Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), 2008
B.Tech. Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), 2004
List of Projects involved Research
  • Evaluation of fiber reinforced asphalt mixes and its suitability to Kerala condition
  • Study on conservation of natural resources by recycling asphalt pavements
  • Resource mapping of road construction materials in Kerala - phase II
  • Evaluation of warm mix asphalt mixes with the addition of RAP
  • Study on the collapse behavior of compacted soil in highway embankment
  • Use of shredded waste plastic in the subgrade layer of flexible pavement
  • Soil Modification by partial replacement of soil by waste sand, a by-product of kaolin extraction
  • Characterization of flowable fill incorporating industrial by-products
  • Resilient Transportation Planning for Disaster prone areas – A case study of Munnar Town
  • Stabilisation of pavement layers with the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) confined in coir geosynthetics
Consultancy
  • Soil testing and preparation of soil investigation report for - Preparation of DPR for Hill Highway-Package 1-Kasargode and Kannur
  • Soil collection and testing for - Study on Canal bank erosion due to boat wake waves in Alappuzha and Kuttanad region
  • Soil testing and BBD survey for - BBD and Bump integrator study for KRFB
  • Bitumen testing for - Northfield Infra Projects Pvt Ltd
  • DGPS and Total Station survey for - Topographic survey and preparation of drawings for Kesavadasapuram – Karamana stretch
  • Testing of bituminous mixes modified with zydex
  • Soil testing and preparation of soil investigation report for - Improvement and upgradation of Nadukani– Vazhikadavu–Nilambur – Edavanna – Manjeri – Malapuram – Vengara – Tirurangadi- Parappanangadi road in Malappuram District
  • Soil testing and preparation of soil investigation report for - Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Hill Highway
  • Suitability of industrial sludge sample as pavement material
  • Study on Failure of Roads in Kuttanad Region
  • Soil testing and preparation of soil investigation report for - Investigation works for coastal highway in Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram
  • Pavement design for LSGD and PMGSY roads in Kerala
  • Construction of Main Approach Road and Entrance Gate at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram
Sponsored Projects
Journal Papers Sci / Scopus Peer Reviewed
  • Salini, U., Parayil, A., Diya, B., & Dev, L. (2023). Use of fly ash and quarry waste for the production of the controlled low strength material. Construction and Building Materials, 392, 131924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131924
  • Salini, U., Sreedevi, B.G., Remjish, R.S. and Anoop, T.V., (2018). Use of Coir Fibre in Stone Matrix Asphalt for Pavement Construction. Indian Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement7(1), pp.28-34.
  • Krishnan V., Arora V. K. and Salini U., (2016), "Evaluation of Jarofix-Soil Embankment Using Numerical Modelling", International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol 09, No. 06, pp 2871-2877
  • Thyagaraj, T. and Salini, U. (2015). Effect of pore fluid osmotic suction on matric and total suctions of compacted clay. Géotechnique 65, No. 11, 952-960. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.14.P.210
  • Thyagaraj, T., Rao, S. M. Suresh, P. S., and Salini, U. (2012). “Laboratory studies on stabilization of an expansive soil by lime precipitation technique”. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 1067-1075. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000483
  • Salini, U. and Girish, M. S. (2009), “Lateral Load Capacity of Model Piles on Cohesionless Soil”. The Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 24
Conference Proceedings Sci / Scopus / Professional body
  • Salini U and Anusha P (2022) “Behavior of Sawdust Ash Stabilized Soil treated with Lime” In the proceedings of Online International Conference On Transportation Geotechnics GEOTRANS 2022, 01-03 June 2022 organised by LBSITW, thiruvananthapuram in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society - Thiruvananthapuram Chapter, National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (KSCSTE-NATPAC) and TC 202 of ISSMGE
  • Salini U, Anusha Parayil and Anupa Alex (2022) “Collapse Potential of Compacted Silty Sand and Silt” Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022 organized by Indian Geotechnical Society at Kochi, 15 - 17 December 2022
  • Merin Mariya Paul, Malavika Varma and Salini U (2022) “Analysis of Slope Stability using SLOPE/W Software” Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022 organized by Indian Geotechnical Society at Kochi, 15 - 17 December 2022
  • Salini U and Jegan Bharath Kumar A (2021) “Stabilization of Subgrade Soil Using Shredded Waste Plastic Bags” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, 16 -18 August 2021.
  • Jegan Bharath Kumar, A., Salini U., (2019) “Use of shredded waste plastic in the stabilization of subgrade soil”, Proceedings of International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed Corridors-GHC 2019, 24-27 July 2019, Trivandrum, pp 524-526.
  • R, Chandraprathap and U, Salini. “Experimental investigation on the Feasibility of using Construction Demolition Waste Materials for Subbase Layer in Flexible Pavement” 5th International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG 2019), organized by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
  • Laya N. N. and Salini U., (2016), “Lime Stabilization of Subgrade with Waste Sand as Partial Soil Replacement" Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IITM, 15-17 December, India.
  • Aswathy M., Salini U. and Gayathri V. G., (2016), “Utility of Lime and Red Mud in Clay Soil Stabilization", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IITM, 15-17 December, India.
  • Salini, U., Sreedevi B. G., Remjish R. S., Anoop T. Vijayan., (2016), “Use of Coir Fibre in Stone Matrix Asphalt for Pavement Construction” Proceedings of 6th Asian regional conference on Geosynthetics, 8 -11 November, New Delhi, India.
  • Vishnu K, V.K Arora, and Salini U., (2016), “Utilization of Biaxial Geogrid in Embankment Constructed with Jarofix” Proceedings of 6th Asian regional conference on Geosynthetics, 8 -11 November, New Delhi, India.
  • Salini, U. and Thyagaraj, T., (2013), “Effect of physico-chemical factors on swell-shrink behaviour of clay”. 4th Indian Young Geotechnical Conference, 17-18 May, Chennai.
 Research Reports
Books / Book Chapters / Monographs Sci / Scopus / Peer Reviewed
  • Salini, U., Koshy, S.A. (2023). Dynamic Complex Modulus and Rutting Characteristics of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Mixes. In: Rastogi, R., Bharath, G., Singh, D. (eds) Recent Trends in Transportation Infrastructure, Volume 1. TIPCE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 354. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3142-2_25
  • Salini, P.N., Rahul, P., Salini, U., Mathew, S. (2023). Estimation of Risk Exposure Index for Road Network in Landslide-Prone Areas. In: Agarwal, A., Velmurugan, S., Maurya, A.K. (eds) Recent Trends in Transportation Infrastructure, Volume 2. TIPCE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 347. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2556-8_22
  • Salini, U., Jegan Bharath Kumar, A. (2023). Stabilization of Sub-grade Soil Using Shredded Waste Plastic Bags. In: Muthukkumaran, K., Sathiyamoorthy, R., Moghal, A.A.B., Jeyapriya, S.P. (eds) Ground Improvement Techniques. IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 297. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6727-6_26
  • Chandra Prathap, R., Salini, U. (2022). Experimental Investigation on the Feasibility of Using Construction Demolition Waste Materials for Subbase Layer in Flexible Pavement. In: Singh, D., Vanajakshi, L., Verma, A., Das, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 218. Springer, Singapore. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9921-4_13)
  • Aswathy, M., Salini, U., Gayathri, V.G. (2019). Utility of Lime and Red Mud in Clay Soil Stabilization. In: Stalin, V., Muttharam, M. (eds) Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 16. Springer, Singapore, pp. 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0899-4_3
  • Nair, L.N., Salini, U. (2019). Lime Stabilization of Subgrade with Waste Sand as Partial Soil Replacement. In: Thyagaraj, T. (eds) Ground Improvement Techniques and Geosynthetics. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Singapore, pp. 125-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0559-7_14
Administrative and Institutional Support
  • Scientist in charge of Highway Engineering laboratory
Training programs attended
  • Two days in-house training on “ERDAS IMAGINE -2014” conducted by Intergraph, Chennai at NATPAC during 28th – 30th April 2014
  • One day in-house training on “GS 14 and CS 10 of DGPS” conducted by Elcome Technologies, Thiruvananthapuram at NATPAC on 9th May 2014
  • One day in-house training on “iRAP Road Safety Assessment” conducted by iRAP at NATPAC on 31st July 2014
  • One day workshop on “Liquid Limit and Beyond” at IITM on 16th August 2014
  • One week in-house training in “AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015” organized by InterCAD Systems, Trivandrum at NATPAC during February and March 2015
  • Three days workshop on “Computational Geotechnics and Soil Dynamics” at LBSITW, Thiruvananthapuram during 23rd – 25th November 2015
  • One day workshop on “Syllabus preparation of geotechnical engineering subjects for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University” at LBSITW, Thiruvananthapuram on 3rd December 2015
  • Five days workshop on “Laboratory training on Material Characterisation, Mix Design, and Pavement Evaluation” organized by TRC, College of Engineering, Trivandrum during 18th – 22nd January 2016
  • One day symposium on “Bridging the gap: Theory and practice in pavement Engineering” organized by TRC, College of Engineering, Trivandrum on 23rd January 2016
  • Two day National Conference on “Geotechnical Engineering & Modelling” at LBSITW, Thiruvananthapuram during 17th – 18th June 2016
  • One day workshop on "Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects" organized by Indian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society at Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram on 28th June, 2016
  • Two days workshop on “Development of Warrants for use of Modified Binders for Improved Performance of Flexible Pavements” conducted by IITM during 24th – 25th October 2016
  • Two weeks GIAN Course on “Building Resilient and Sustainable Roadway Infrastructure” at IIT Madras during 12th – 23rd December 2016
  • Three days National Symposium on “Geotechnical Aspects of Pavement Structures” at GEC, Barton Hill. Trivandrum during 23rd - 25th January, 2017
  • One week GIAN Course at IITM "Pavement preservation and Environmental Impact Assessment of Recycled Materials in pavement Management from 4th to 9th December 2017
  • Two days International Workshop on Rebuilding a Resilient Kerala after Floods to be held on 6-7 January 2019 at Mascot Hotel Trivandrum.
  • Two days Workshop on "Natural Hazard Mitigation with Geosynthetics", 11-12 January 2019 at CET Thiruvananthapuram.
  • One day workshop on Road Safety on 5th February 2019 at Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • One day lecture on Laterites and Lateritic Soils during 3rd T S Ramanatha Ayyar Annual Lecture and Symposium of TC 107 on 08-02-2019 at LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Five-day Road Safety Training Program organized by AITD and NATPAC from 25th February to 1st March 2019 at IMG, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Five days FDP on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Binder and Mixture” sponsored by KTU and organized by MBCET, Trivandrum during 24th - 28th June 2019
  • One day session on “Research to Practice- Towards better roads” on 18th January 2020 at College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • DST Sponsored Online training programme on Environmental Leadership and Life Skills organised by IIFM, Bhopal from 26-30 October 2020
  • DST Sponsored online training programme on Community Resource Management from 23-27 November 2020- IIFM, Bhopal
  • Symposium on Laterites and other tropical soils and participated in the National Conference on Geotechnics and Concrete Structures, Geocon 2020 organized by student chapters of IGC during 25th to 27th August 2020
  • Two days in house training on open roads designer and concept station software organised by Bentley during 17th to 20th January 2021
  • CSIR-CRRI Online Training Programme on "Design of Bridge Structure and Foundation” from February 24-26, 2021.
  • Webinar on "Evaluating Chemical Compatibility of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs)" organized by University of Virginia on 16.02.2021.
  • In-house training cum demonstration about the equipment TIRTL on 9th March 2021
  • Five Days FDP on "Trailblazing Practices in Geotechnical Engineering" organised by Meenakshi Sundarajan Engineering College from 07.06.2021 to 11.06.2021.
  • Five Days FDP on "Advances in Physical and Numerical Modelling in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering" organised by Musaliar College of Engineering & Technology, Pathanamthitta from 21.06.2021 to 25.06.2021.
  • Three-days training on “Geospatial Technologies and Trends” organized by KSREC from 27.10.2021 to 20.10.2021
  • IGC 2021from 16th to 18th August 2021.
  • Two Days Short Course on “Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics on the Analysis of Slope” jointly organised by IIT Mandi, Durham University and UKM Malaysia from 24-25th February , 2022
  • Webinar on Hill Highway Project on 22.03.2022
  • National Seminar on “Application of Coir Geotextilees in Soil Remediation and infrastructure projects” at Coir Board Alappuzha on 25.03.2022
  • Lecture Series on “Advanced Finite Element Modelling of Geotechnical Constructions” from 10th March 2022 to 26th May 2022 every Thursday organized by the Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Roorkee in association with IGS Roorkee
  • International Conference on "New Technologies and Innovations in Rural Roads organized by NRIDA during 24th to 26th May, 2022 in online mode.
  • International Colloquium on Translational Engineering & Research (ICTER 2022)” from 27th to 28th May, 2022 organized by TPLC, Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram at Kerala Arts & Crafts Village, Kovalam
  • Panel discussion of Vision 2050 of Science & Technology held on 29.05.2022 at Kerala Arts and Crafts Village, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Geo-Trans 2022 from 1-3 June 2022 via online.
  • Two-Day International Online Workshop on “Geospatial Data and GeoAI” organized by IIT Tirupati during 27 to 28 June 2022.
  • Carbon Neutral Kerala Constitutive workshop on GHG Inventory” organized by Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Kerala on 27.07.2022.
  • One Day Workshop on “Cold Mix Technology”, conducted at Saintgits College of Engineering (Autonomous) in association with Hindustan Colas, on 2 December 2022.
  • IGC 2022 from 16th to 18th December 2022 at Kochi.
Training Workshop conducted
  • Coordinated a two day - two batch training program on “Road Safety Residential Training Program for Student Police Cadets” from 24th September to 27th September 2019 at Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode organized by NATPAC.
  • Organized a five day training program on “ROAD SAFETY” from the 5th of August to the 9th of August, 2019 at Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode organized by NATPAC and AITD. Also prepared a report on the program.
  • Organized one day training program on road safety for Auto/Taxi Drivers at Thriuvananthapuram on 17th January as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2020.
  • Organized Pedestrian Drill at Medical college Junction on 13th January, as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2020
  • Part of organising team of CTSEM 2020 organised by NATPAC and CET during 29th to 20th December, 2020
  • Organized one day training program on road safety for Auto/Taxi Drivers at Thiruvananthapuram on 17th January as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2021.
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration of equipment Moisture Induced Stress Tester -MIST on 27th May 2021
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration of equipment Field CBR apparatus on 20 July 2021
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration about the equipment Dynamic Shear Rheometers-DSR on 16,17 & 19 November 2021
  • Organized 3 day training on Total station, GPS &DGPS for 23 ITI surveyor students of Govt ITI for Women Kazhakuttom from 8th - 10th December 2021.
  • Organized Online International Conference on Transportation Geo-technics – Geo-Trans 2022 in association with LBITWS Institute, IGC (Thiruvananthapuram Chapter) and the Technical Committee TC 202 of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) from 1st June – 3rd June 2022. (Organizing Secretary)
  • Organized Five days On Job Training on DGPS and Total Station to ITI Surveyor students from Government I.T.I (W), Kazhakuttom as part of their curriculum from 04.07.2022 to 08.07.2022.
  • Organized and conducted a laboratory and field tutorial for S3 M.Tech students of in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering of Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur from 6th February 2023 to 10th February 2023
Honours/ Awards/Fellowships Received:
  • Nil
Membership in Professional bodies
  • Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society
  • Life member of Indian Road Congress
  • Life member of Institute of Engineer (India)
  • Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Trivandrum Chapter
  • Life member of Institute of Urban Transport (Indian chapter)
Student Guidance
M.Tech Thesis
Sl.No Name of Institution Course Topic
1 NIT Kurushetra M. Tech.(GE) Numerical modeling of highway embankment
2 Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology M. Tech.(GE) Geotechnical behaviour of red soil on addition of sawdust with lime
3 Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology M. Tech.(GE) Feasibility study of utilizing waste sand and POFA in stabilizing Kuttanad clay
4 Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology M. Tech.(GE) Utilisation of red mud using lime as an embankment material
5 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam M. Tech. (TE) Characterization of RAP for use of flexible pavement construction
6 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam M. Tech. (TE) Laboratory investigation on zychotherm modified bituminous mixes
7 College of Engineering, Trivandrum M. Tech. (GE) Suitability of industrial sludge as a pavement material
8 St. Thomas College of Science and Technology Trivandrum M. Tech. (GE) Study on the swell-shrink behavior of Akkulam clay
9 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam M.Tech. (TE) Performance evaluation of asphalt mixtures containing
wma additives and reclaimed asphalt pavement
10 MVJ College of Engineering Bengaluru M.Tech. (TE) Sustainable flexible pavement design
for low volume roads using coir geotextiles
11 NIT Thiruchirapally M.Tech. (TE) Investigation on the performance of Warm mix asphalt
mixture with Reclaimed asphalt pavement
12 Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Effect of Suction on Slope Stability: A Case
Study of Slope Failure in Muvattupuzha
13 TKM Kollam M. Tech. (TE) Effect of warm mix additive evotherm on BC mix
14 Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Comparative study of sand in drive
beaches with the sand in normal beaches
Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Effect of suction on the shear strength of
soils at different placement conditions
Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Durability and strength behaviour
of palm oil fuel ash stabilized residual soil
Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Effect of Pore water on the Behaviour of Dredged
Marine Clay During Wetting and Drying Cycles
Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) comparative study of sand in drive-in
beaches with the sand in normal beaches
Cochin University of Science and Technology M. Tech. (GE) Study on the suitability of various infill
materials in coir geocell reinforced base course
B.Tech Project
Sl.No Name of Institution Course Topic
1 Marian Engineering College, Trivandrum B.Tech. (CE)
(6 students)
Evaluation of SMA reinforced with glass fibres
2 SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Study of asphalt mixtures reinforced with coir fibre
3 Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore B.Tech. (CE)
(3 students)
Investigating the effect of cyclic variation of temperature
on the performance of coir reinforced SMA
4 Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore B.Tech. (CE)
(3 students)
Investigating the effect of alternate wetting
and drying on the performance of coir reinforced SMA
5 SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Performance evaluation of SMA reinforced with cellulose fibre
6 Layola College Engineering Nagercoil B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Performance of jarofix as a filler in bituminous concrete
7 Cochin Institute of Science and Technology, Muvattupuzha B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Laboratory Investigation of porous asphalt
mixes containing NRMB and polypropylene fibres
8 Layola College Engineering Nagercoil B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Utilization of red mud as a construction material
9 Mar Ephraem college Engineering and Technology, Elauvilai B.Tech. (CE)
(2 students)
Performance evaluation of stone matrix
asphalt and bituminous concrete
10 Christ College of Engineering Thrissur B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Effect of evotherm and sasobit in warm mix asphalt
11 John Cox Memorial CSI Institute of Technology B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Mapping of aggregate resources in Trivandrum District
12 Sree Budha College of Engineering B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Mapping of aggregate resources in Kottayam District
13 Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore B.Tech. (CE)
(1 students)
Resource mapping of aggregate materials in Thrissur District
14 Marian Engineering College B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Mix design of stone mastic asphalt using Recron-3S fiber
15 Trinity College of Engineering B.Tech. (CE)
(4 students)
Effect of warm mix additive evotherm on BC mix
Internship
Sl.No Name of Institution Course Topic
1 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam M.Tech. TE
(6 students)
Pavement material testing, mix design of SMA
and other transportation related studies
2 TocH Institute of Science & Technology B.Tech. CE
(6 students)
Pavement material testing, and Performance tests on SMA and BC mix
3 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology M.Tech. TE
(2 students)
Performance tests on SMA and BC mix
4 MVJ College of Engineering M.Tech. TE
(1 student)
Modified thickness for coir geotextile reinforced
LSGD roads of Kasargode district, Kerala
5 NIT Trichy M.Tech. TE
(1 student)
Pavement materials testing and performance tests on bituminous mixes
6 NITK Surathkal M Tech. GE
(2 students)
Technical documents on Fortifying Roads Against
Rains, Stability criteria for soils under seepage
7 Mar Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology B. Tech.CE
(4 Students)
Investigation report for BBD survey, Traffic Survey and Axle Load Survey
in the PMGSY III Kottoor–Vandippetta road in Ernakulam district
Invited Talk delivered
  • “Testing Methods of Pavement Materials” in the National Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Pavement Structures at GEC, Barton Hill. Trivandrum during 23rd to 25th January, 2017.
  • “Soil as pavement material” during the preconference workshop of GHC 2019 organised by IGS Trivandrum chapter at Thiruvananthapuram on 24th July 2019.
  • “Pavement Materials” at Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagaroor on 27th February 2020.
  • “Geological Formations and Their Conservation” at LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Thiruvananthapuram on March 6th 2020.
  • “Unsaturated soil mechanics” FDP on “Advances in Physical and Numerical Modelling in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering” by Musaliar College of Engineering and Technology, Pathanamthitta held from June 21st to 25th 2021.
  •  “Emerging Technologies in Sustainable Pavement Construction” during the Second International Conference on Advancements and Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (ICART-2022) during May 26-27, 2022 organised by Mangalam College of Engineering
  • Talk during Panel discussion on "Higher studies in Geotechnical Engineering" during IGNITE an Online Symposium Organized by IGS at CET on 16th Jan 2021.
  •  “Unsaturated soil mechanics” in the International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics GEOTRANS 2022 held from 1st to 3rd June 2022.
  •  “Sustainable Technologies in Pavement Construction” on 6 July 2022 at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore.
  • “Climate Resilient Pavement” during the training program on “New Methods in Pavement Construction and its Maintenance including Quality Assurance” organized by PWD on 13.10.2022
Positions held
  • Committee Member of Internal Quality Assurance Cell of LBSITW, TVM
  • Committee Member of 34th KSC - PG Student Interactive Session &Children’s Science Congress Committee and Programme Committee
  • Committee member for Implementation of Natural resources Accounting in State’s Information on Carbon emission
  • Committee member of Project Implementation and Housekeeping Committee from 22.06.2022
  • Committee member of Committee for Revamping/re-designing of Official Website of NATPAC from 01.07.2022