Dr. Sanjay Kumar Shukla

Designation

E-Mail ID

Contact at

: Distinguished Professor

: sanjaykshukla1@gmail.com; s.shukla@ecu.edu.au

: Department of Civil Engineering,

Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College,

Kanuru, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520007

(Regularly at School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University,

Perth, Australia).

Education

Ph. D (Civil Engineering)

1995, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

M.Tech (Civil Engineering)

1995, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

B.Tech (Civil Engineering)

1988, BIT Sindri

Experience

Feb. 2017 – presentDistinguished Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, India

Jan. 2010 – present Associate Professor and Founding Research Group Leader

(Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering)

Discipline of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(Founding Program Leader, Discipline of Civil and Environmental

Engineering, April 2009 – December 2018)

School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia

Aug. 2013 – present Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University

Himachal Pradesh, India

April 2016 – present Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

School of Civil and Chemical Engineering

VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

April 2018 – present Adjunct Professor, School of Building and Civil Engineering

Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji

Dec. 2018 – present Advisor (Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering), Floodkon

Consultants LLP, Roorkee, India

Feb. 2017 – Jan 2019 Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

School of Engineering, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India

April 2009 – Dec. 2009 Senior Lecturer and Founding Program Leader

Discipline of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia

Oct. 2008 – Aug. 2011Adjunct Associate Professor

Discipline of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

April 2008 – Oct. 2008 Visiting Scholar

Discipline of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Oct. 2005 – June 2013 Reader/Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, India (Was on leave from April 2009

to June 2013 being at the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia)

Aug. 2003 – Oct. 2005 Senior Lecturer

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India

Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2003 Lecturer

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India

Sept. - Oct. 2005 Visiting Scholar

June - July 2004 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Sept. - Oct. 2003 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

May-June 2002 Hong Kong

Dec. 1998 – Aug. 2002 Lecturer

Department of Civil Engineering

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur, India

Feb. 1996 – Dec. 1998 Lecturer

Department of Civil Engineering

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology

Nirjuli, Itanagar, India

May 1995 – Feb. 1996 Senior Project Associate Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Sept. 1989 – Dec. 1990 Lecturer

Department of Civil Engineering, Bihar Institute of Technology

Sindri, India

Research Interests

Broad Area of Research :

Geosynthetics and Fibres for Sustainable Developments

Utilization of Wastes in Construction

Ground Improvement Methods

Earth Pressure and Slope Stability

Environmental, Mining and Pavement Geotechnics

Soil-Structure Interaction

Honors and Awards

IGS Award (2018) from the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA in recognition of

outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics during the 2014-2017

IGS award period, received in concert with the IGS General Assembly and the International

Conference on Geosynthetics (ICG) at Seoul, South Korea on 19 September 2018.

IGS-Z-Tech Biannual Best Paper Award(2016)from the Indian Geotechnical Society for the best

paper published in the Indian Geotechnical Journal (Springer), New Delhi, India.

Shri B N Gupta Biennial Best Paper Award (2015)from the Indian Geotechnical Society for the best

paper published in the Indian Geotechnical Journal (Springer), New Delhi, India.

Special Appreciation (2014) by Professor Kerry Cox, Vice Chancellor, Edith Cowan University

for my helpfulness and expert advice.

Executive Dean’s Award (2011) from the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science, Edith

Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia in recognition of establishing the

teaching and research infrastructure for Civil Engineering.

Award of Excellence (2010) from the School of Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Health and

Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia for outstanding research

publications.

Vishwakarma Award (2007) from the Akhil BharatiyaVidhwat Parishad, India for the best

technical contribution in the form of a book entitled ‚Fundamentals of Geosynthetic

Engineering‛ published by Taylor and Francis, London in 2006.

Smt. Indra Joshi Best Paper Award (1995)from the Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi, for the

paper published in the Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference – 1995, Bangalore,

India.

Indian Government Ph.D. Scholarship, July 1992 – May 1995.

Indian Government Postgraduate Scholarship, December 1990 – June 1992.

Bihar State Government Undergraduate Scholarship, July 1984 – June 1988.

First Class withDistinction in BSc Engg., 1988.

Courses Taught Specialized:

Soil Mechanics

Foundation/Geotechnical Engineering

Engineering Geology; Rock Mechanics

Soil Dynamics

Earth Retaining Structures

Transportation Engineering (Highway, Airport and Railway Engineering)

Ground Improvement Techniques

Earth Slope Stability and Landslides

Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering

General:

Fluid Mechanics

Engineering Mechanics

Engineering Drawing

Surveying and Site Measurements

Steel Design; Building Materials and Construction

Engineering Mathematics; Numerical Methods

Research Profile

Publications

The recent publications and research contributions can be viewed from the following URLs

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XxhEDnMAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7202528444

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4685-5560

Publons https://publons.com/researcher/1523264/sanjay-kumar-shukla

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Shukla5

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-kumar-shukla-6bb5a475/

Recognized Research Supervisor

S.No. Department University

01. School of Engineering Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth,

Australia

02. Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

03. Department of Civil Engineering Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

04. School of Building and Civil

Engineering

Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji

05. Discipline of Civil and Environmental

Engineering

James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

06. Department of Civil Engineering Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India

07. Department of Civil and Structural

Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong

Kong

08. Department of Civil Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor,

Malaysia

Funded Research and Major Consultancy Projects

An investigation of the problematic sites of road widening from 2 lanes to 4 lanes, Bhavnagar,

Gujarat, India, and providing the solution to weak soil subgrade, December 2018.

Load-settlement behaviour of geosynthetic-reinforced soil bed under repeated loading, The

Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, HEC

Scholarship, 2018 - 2022, $76,000.

Stability of slopes in the presence of conduits, The Higher Education Commission (HEC),

Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, HEC Scholarship, 2018 - 2022, $76,000.

An investigation of the rock slide near the large void/goaf in an underground mine at a depth

of about 500 m below the ground surface at Huangtupo Copper-Zinc mine near Hami city of

Xinjiang, China, 2017.

Soft ground improvement with prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and heat, Department of

Education and Training, Government of Australia, 2016, A$25000.

Modelling of contaminant transport through fractured porous media, Department of

Education and Training, Government of Australia, 2015, A$25000.

Analysis for the geocellular tank to be constructed in Qatar, Eco-Rain Water Solutions, NSW,

Australia, 2015.

An investigation of the load-bearing capacity of structural anchors in early age concrete, Edith

Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup,

Perth, WA, Australia, 2014, $25000.

Analysis of laterally loaded piles in sloping ground, Department of Education and

Training, Government of Australia, 2011, A$25000.

A novel vibration health monitoring system for civil infrastructures, ECU Early Career

Researcher Grant, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, WA, Australia, 2010, $24,000.

Technical advice for slope stabilization along the railway track at Albany, WA, Australia, John

Holland Pty Ltd, WA, Australia, 2010.

Technical opinion with recommendations for the cut-off level of the proposed drainage

crossings at chainages (in km) 60.800 and 61.050 of the MejaJirgo Link Canal in Mirzapur

District (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU,

Varanasi, India, 2009.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for aqueduct at chainage (in km) 8.300 along the alignment of Adwa-

Meja link channel in Mirzapur District (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2008.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for aqueduct at chainage (in km) 67.800 along the alignment of Meja-

Jirgo link channel in Mirzapur District (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2008.

Inspection of earth materials in canal under construction along the alignment of Meja-Jirgo

link channel in Mirzapur District (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2008.

Improvement of the site for the railway workshop by preloading, RITES Limited, Lucknow,

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for aqueduct on Sikrar drain at chainage (in km) 10.185 along the

alignment of Meja-Jirgo link canal in Mirzapur District (U.P.), Department of Civil

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for receiving pit, bunker and silo– major units of coal handling plant

(CHP) at Khadia Project, Northern Coalfields Limited, Khadia, Dist. – Sonebhadra (U.P.),

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for receiving pit, bunker and silo – major units of coal handling plant

(CHP) at block-B project, Northern Coalfields Limited, Gorbi, Dist. – Sidhi (M.P.), Department

of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

A Report on the pile toe termination at km 52.106 and km 52.427 of the Bansagar feeder canal

in Dist. – Sidhi (M.P.), Bansagar Canal Construction Division – 6, Irrigation Department,

Government of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Geotechnical investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations of hydraulic structures (Aqueduct, Syphon Aqueduct and

Superpassage) at km 48.080, km 51.000, km 52.400, km 54.500, km 57.000, km 57.300 and km

60.200 along the alignment of Meja-Jirgo link canal, Bansagar Canal Construction Division –

11, Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), Department of Civil

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Geotechnical investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations of hydraulic structure (head regulator) at km 0.080 of the Meja-Jirgo link

canal, Bansagar Canal Construction Division – 5, Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar

Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Proof checking of soil investigation report prepared by M/s Technical Associates, Varanasi for

CSIF Barrack site at Babatpur airport, Varanasi, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for receiving pit, bunker and silo– major units of coal handling plant

(CHP) at Amlohri Project, Northern Coalfields Limited, Amlohri, Dist. – Sidhi (M.P.),

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for the intake well in Yamuna river at Karelabagh, Allahabad, U.P. Jal

Nigam, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for the overhead water tank at Niamtabad, Chandauli, U.P. Jal Nigam,

Government of Uttar Pradesh, Mughalsarai (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2007.

E-Content development on applications of geosynthetics in civil engineering, Consortium for

Educational Communication, Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission on

Electronic Media, New Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations for the cold storage at Mugrabadshahpur, Jaunpur (U.P.), Department

of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Subsurface investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of well foundations for the approach bridge under the modernization of AugausiPump

Canal, Maudha Dam Construction Division – 1, Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar

Pradesh, Mahoba (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

A Report of the inspection of partly constructed pucca ghaton the Bank of Ganga river at

Ramnagar, Varanasi, India, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Technical opinion in connection with the filter bed construction procedure and overall on-site

sewage treatment process being adopted at the Ghagharnala, Allahabad (U.P.), Department of

Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Field and laboratory investigation along with estimation of design parameters for machine

foundations, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Insulator Plant, Industrial Area,

Jagadishpur, Dist. – Sultanpur (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Afield loading test for determining the settlement of piers and deflection of floor slabs of

viaduct trough of JarauliPump Canal, Bansagar Canal Construction Circle Construction,

Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad (U.P.), Department of Civil

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Geotechnical investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations of hydraulic structure (aqueduct) at km 34.655 and km 38.650 of the

Bansagar Feeder Channel, Bansagar Canal Construction Circle – 1 Irrigation Department,

Government of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Estimation of pile load – carrying capacity for the design of piles for the guest house of

Honourable Chief Justice of High Court and Supreme Court at the bank river Ganga, Varanasi,

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

A report on plate load test at the foundation site of pier no. P-7 of the aqueduct at km 46.615 of

the Bansagar feeder channel, Bansagar Canal Construction Division – 7 Irrigation Department,

Government of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Geotechnical investigation and recommendations on the allowable load-bearing pressure for

design of foundations of hydraulic structure (aqueduct) at km 46.615 of the Bansagar Feeder

Channel, Bansagar Canal Construction Division – 7 Irrigation Department, Government of

Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur (U.P.), India, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Design for filter gradation limits for its application in the construction of pond ash dyke,

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd., Tanda, Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2006.

Technical opinion on soil investigation report of Ghorawal Tehsil Building Project, Unit – 38,

Construction and Design Services, UP Jal Nigam, Mirjapur, Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India, 2005.

Geotechnical investigation of site for syphon aqueduct of Shadabdi drain on Haidergarh

Branch of Sharda Sahayak Feeder Canal (Indira Canal), Dist. – Barabanki, U.P., Department of

Civil Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, India, 2001.

Documentation and identification of geotechnical parameters pertaining to active Landslides

on National Highway 52A between Banderdewa and Itanagar, India, Faculty of Natural

Disaster Management, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli,

Itanagar supported by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, 1998.

Invited Talks and Conference Chair/Advisory Board Members

Webinar on ‘Wraparound Reinforcement Technique for Shallow Foundation’, organized by

Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, 19 May 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM IST.

Webinar on ‘How to Unleash Your Research Potential’, organized by VR Siddhartha

Engineering College, Vijayawada, India, 2 May 2020, 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM IST.

Keynote Speaker, Fifth World Landslide Forum, WLF5, Kyoto, Japan, 2-6 November 2020.

Keynote Speaker, First International Conference on Construction Materials and Environment,

ICCME 2020, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal

Pradesh, Chandigarh, India, 17-18 September 2020

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices,

Chandigarh, India, 19-20 July 2019

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Geosynthetics and Their Applications in Highway

Pavements’ as an International Speaker, organized by the Chitkara University, Himachal

Pradesh, India, 23 December 2018

Delivered the International Short Course on ‘Pavement Geotechnics with Geosynthetics’ as an

International Speaker, organized by the Department of Structural and Geotechnical

Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India, 27 September 2018

Delivered the International Short Course on ‘Fibre-Reinforced Soils and Their Applications’ as

an International Speaker, organized by the Department of Applied Mechanics, SV National

Institute of Technology, Surat, India, 22 September 2018

Delivered the International Short Course on ‘Subsurface Construction and Maintenance Using

Geosynthetics’ as an International Speaker, organized by the School of Engineering, Amrita

University, Coimbatore, India, 21 September 2018

Delivered the International Short Course on ‘Geosynthetics and Their Applications in Road

Construction and Maintenance’ as an International Speaker, organized by the School of

Building and Civil Engineering, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji, 26-27 September 2017.

Delivered the Expert Lecture on ‘Challenges of Design of Road and Railway Foundations

Considering Climate Change and Seasonal Frost’ at the Department of Civil Engineering,

Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, 15 September 2017.

Delivering the short course on ‘Introduction to Geosynthetic Engineering’ as the subject expert

during GeoMEast 2017 International Congress and Exhibition, Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, 15-19 July

2017.

Delivered the Expert Lecture on ‘Geomaterials and Mine Backfilling’ at the Xinjiang Xituo

Mining Company, Hami City of Xinjiang, China on 12 April 2017.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Geosynthetics and Their Applications in Road

Construction and Slope Stabilization’ as the International Course Faculty at the Department of

Civil Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India on 16 December 2016.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Geotechnical Structures with Geosynthetics, Reinforcement

and Confinement’ as the International Course Faculty at the Department of Civil Engineering,

Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India during 26 September – 7 October 2016. This

course was approved and fully supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Government of India, New Delhi under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

program in Higher Education of India.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Fundamentals of Geosynthetic Engineering’ as the

Foreign/International Course Faculty at the School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of

Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India during 11-22 July 2016. This course was approved

and fully supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India,

New Delhi under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) program in Higher

Education of India. 11-22July 2016.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Introduction to Geosynthetics and Their Applications’ as

the International Course Faculty at the Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of

Engineering (University of Mumbai), Navi Mumbai, India during15-16 December 2015.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Introduction to Geosynthetics and Their Applications’ as

the International Course Faculty at the Department of Applied Mechanics, S.V. National Institute

of Technology, Surat, India on 14 December 2015.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Geotechnical Investigations and Ground Improvement with

Geosynthetics for Structural and Construction Engineers’ as the International Course Faculty at

the Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India

during 9-10 December 2015.

Delivered the Expert Lectures for the Staff Development Programme on ‘Ground

Improvement and Ground Control including Waste Containment with Geosynthetics’,

sponsored by All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as the International Course

Faculty at the Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College,

Ludhiana, Punjab, India during 22 December 2011 to 5 January 2012.

Delivered the Expert Lectures on ‘Geosynthetics for the Slope Stabilization’ at the Snow &

Avalanche Study Establishment, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO),

Chandigarh, India on December 20, 2007.

Organized the Short Course on ‘Applications of Geosynthetics in Road Construction’ and

delivered the Expert Lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology BHU, Varanasi, India during 22-23 November 2007.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Construction of Earthen Embankments’ as the Subject Expert

at the Training Centre, Hindalco Industries Limited, Renusagar, Uttar Pradesh, India during

27-28 July 2006.

Delivered the Training Course on ‘Geosynthetics in Construction of Roads’ as the Subject

Expert at the Public Works Department, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India on 28 August 2005.

Organized the Short Course on ‘Introduction to Geosynthetics’ and delivered the Expert

Lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU,

Varanasi, India during 10-11 May 2003.

Organized the Short Course on ‘Earth Slope Stability and Landslides’ and delivered the Expert

Lectures at Guwahati, India being a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering,

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, India during 25-28 May 1999.

Organized the Short Course on ‘Ground Improvement Techniques’ and delivered the Expert

Lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of

Technology, Itanagar, India during 24-29 July 1997.

Chairman and Invited Plenary Speaker, Advances in Sustainable Construction Practices in Civil

Engineering Session, First International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and

Technology (ICAEST-1), 23-27 November 2021, College of Engineering, Science and

Technology, Fiji National University, Fiji

Member, Advisory Committee, International Congress on Sustainable Development though

Engineering Innovation, 17-19 September 2020, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College,

Ludhiana, India

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Tends and Recent

Advances in Civil Engineering, TRACE-2020, 20-21 August 2018, Amity University UP, Noida,

India

Member, International Organizing Committee, 29th International Symposium on Mine Planning

and Equipment Selection (MPES 2020), 4-6 November 2020, Delhi, India

Committee Member, 4th GeoMEast 2020 International Congress and Exhibition, 10-14 November

2019, Cairo, Egypt

Member, International Organizing Committee, 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning

and Equipment Selection (MPES 2019), 2-4 December 2019, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Committee Member, 3rd GeoMEast 2019 International Congress and Exhibition, 10-14

November 2019, Cairo, Egypt

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Development in

Sustainable Infrastructure, 11-13 July 2019, Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT),

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Member, International Advisory Committee, First International Conference on Smart Materials

and Techniques for Sustainable Development, 4-5 April 2019, Dr N.G.P. Institute of

Technology, Coimbatore, India

Member, Advisory Committee, National Conference on Futuristic Approaches in Civil

Engineering, 30-31 August 2019, Mahindra École Centrale, Hyderabad, India

Member, Advisory Committee, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Geotechnics for Infrastructure

Development and Urbanization (GeoINDUS 2019), 19-21 December 2019, SV National Institute

of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India

Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed

Corridors (GHC 2019), 25-26 July 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Chairperson and Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering

Practices, Chandigarh, India, 19-20 July 2019

Member, Advisory Committee, Second International Conference on Environmental

Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, EGRWSE - 2019, 17-18

June 2019, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Member, Organising Committee,International Symposium onTesting and Technology for Load

Carrying Capacity of Deep Foundations, 26-28 February 2019, Delhi Technological University,

Delhi, India.

Member, Scientific Committee, 1st Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG), 12-

15 November 2018, Hammamet, Tunisia

Member, International Organizing Committee, 18th International Symposium on Environmental

Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, 20-22 November 2018,

SWEMP-2018, Santiago, Chile

Committee Member, 2nd GeoMEast 2018 International Congress and Exhibition, 24-28

November 2018, Cairo, Egypt

Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management

though Design, 2-3 November 2018, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana

Ludhiana, India

Member, International Advisory Committee, and Member, Editorial Committee, International

Conference on Tends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, TRACE-2018, 23-24 August

2018, Amity University UP, Noida, India.

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Environmental

Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, EGRWSE - 2018, 29-31

March 2018, Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Clean Technologies and

Sustainable Development, 23-24 February 2018, Chandigarh, India

Member, Advisory Board, First International Conference on Ideation and Innovations in

Sustainable Sciences and Technologies, 30 June – 2 July 2017, University of Malaya, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia

Member, International Organizing Committee, 26th International Symposium on Mine Planning

and Equipment Selection, 29-31 August 2017, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden

Chair of Technical Session on Geosynthetics and Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures, Member of

Congress Scientific Committee and Publication Steering Committee and Keynote Speaker, 1st

GeoMEast 2017 International Congress and Exhibition, 15-19 July 2017, Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Sustainable Civil

Engineering Practices, 2-3 March 2017, Chandigarh, India

Member, International Organizing Committee, 16th International Symposium on Environmental

Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, 5-7 October 2016, SWEMP-

2016, Department of Mining Engineering, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Advances in Engineering,

Technological and Scientific Research, 29-30 March 2016, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Member, Advisory Committee, National Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure Development,

26-27 February 2015, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research,

Chandigarh, and Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India

Member, Technical Committee, 2nd Australasia and South-East Asia Conference in Structural

Engineering and Construction (ASEA-SEC-2), 3-7 November 2014, Bangkok, Thailand,

Australia

Keynote Speaker, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) - 2013, 22-24 December 2013, Roorkee,

India

Member, Advisory Committee, National Conference, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental

Aspects of Wastes and Their Utilization in Infrastructure Projects, 15 – 16 February 2013, Guru

Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Resource Person for the International Workshop, Reinforced Soil and Geosynthetic Engineering,

16 December 2012, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Member, Technical Committee, 1st Australasia and South East-Asia Conference in Structural

Engineering and Construction (ASEA-SEC-1), 28 November – 2 December, 2012, Perth,

Western Australia, Australia

Chairman, Technical Session 9, Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilization, International

Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (ICAGE), 7 – 9 November 2011, Perth,

Western Australia, Australia

Chairman of the National Seminar on Developments in Geotechnical Engineering for

Applications in Pavement, Embankment and Retaining Wall Construction, organized by the

Indian Geotechnical Society, Varanasi Chapter, Varanasi, India; November 13, 2008

Chairman of the National Seminar on Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization, organized by

the Indian Geotechnical Society, Varanasi Chapter, India at the Central Excavation Training

Institute, Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli, Sidhi, MP, India; October 29, 2007

Member, Organizing Committee of the Workshop on Design and Construction of Confined Brick

Masonry Buildings, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; February 3-4, 2007.

Member, Organizing Committee, and Member, Technical Paper Review Committee of the All India

Seminar on Earthquake Resistant Design, Construction, Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of

Buildings, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; February 18-19, 2006.

Member, Organizing Committee of the 22nd Convention on Environmental Engineering with

Special Emphasis on Cost Recovery and Pricing of Services, jointly organized by the

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,

Varanasi, India, and the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India; December 9-11, 2005

Organizing Secretary of the Second National Seminar on Recent Developments in Civil

Engineering Practice, organized at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; February 19, 2005.

Professional Service / Reviewer

Founding Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering,

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland (January 2015 – present)

Senior Editor (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Cogent Engineering, Taylor and Francis,

UK (February 2017 – present)

Regional Editor (Australia) and Editorial Board Member, Soil Mechanics and Foundation

Engineering, Moscow, Russia (November 2018 – present)

Associate Editor (Geoenvironmental Engineering, Geomechanics & Geotechnics), Arabian

Journal of Geosciences, Springer International Publishing, Germany (March 2018 – present)

Chief Guest Editor, Special Issue on Smart Sustainable Cities (Vol. 7, No. 2.1, 2018), International

Journal of Engineering and Technology, Science Publishing Corporation, UAE.

Editor, Cogent Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK (April 2014 – January 2017)

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Geo-Engineering, Springer Singapore

Publishing, South Korea (August 2018 – present)

Editorial BoardMember, Journal of Environmental Pollution and Control, Annex Publishers,

USA (December 2017 – present)

Topical Editor, Mechanical Sciences, Copernicus Publications, Germany (September 2016 –

present)

Editorial BoardMember, Ground Improvement, ICE Publishing, UK (October 2014 – present)

Editorial BoardMember, Geotechnical Research, ICE Publishing, UK (April 2014 – present)

Editorial BoardMember, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor and Francis,

UK (August 2010 – January 2020)

Editorial Board Member,Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer, India (August 2012 – February

2019)

Editorial BoardMember, Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, USA,

(March 2016 – present)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, JGTTE, USA

(July 2015 – present)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Mountain Science, Springer, Switzerland (January 2017 –

present)

Scientific Editor, Journal of Mountain Science, Springer, Switzerland (August 2012 – December

2016)

Editorial Board Member, TheOpen Civil Engineering Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, UAE

(November 2017 – present)

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Geosynthetics (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2014), International Journal of

Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Geosynthetic Engineering (Vol. 43, No. 4, 2013), Indian

Geotechnical Journal, Springer, Switzerland

Core Member of the IGS Technical Committee on Hydraulic Applications, International

Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA (February 2011 – present)

Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society, Varanasi Chapter, India (2007 – 2009)

Founding Honorary Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society, Varanasi Chapter, India (2005 – 2007)

Geotechnical Engineering Consultant: Providing consultancy services to private and government

organizations

Short course expert: Conducting several short courses for practicing engineers, specialized

contractors and other engineering professionals

Member/Organizing Secretary/Organizing Chairman/Technical Session Chairman: Leading/

participating in the organization of workshops/conferences, and chairing national and

international technical sessions

Examiners of PhD and Master by Research theses of many universities of the world, including

theses of Australia, India, Malaysia and South Africa.

Invited Reviewer for many International Journals, including the following:

Australian Journal of Civil Engineering; Canadian Geotechnical Journal; Cogent Engineering;

Computers and Geotechnics; Ecological Engineering; Environmental Earth Sciences; European Journal

of Environmental and Civil Engineering; Geomechanics and Engineering, An International Journal;

Geosynthetics International; Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE; Geotechnical

and Geological Engineering, An International Journal; Geotechnical Testing Journal; Geotechnique;

Geotechnique Letters; Geotechnical Research; Geotextiles and Geomembranes; ICE Geotechnical

Engineering Journal; Indian Geotechnical Journal; International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE;

International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of

Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE; Journal of Mountain Science; Journal of Zhejiang University –

Science A; Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering; Soils and Foundations; Structural Engineering

and Mechanics, An International Journal; Transport; Transportation Geotechnics

Professional Bodies Membership Details

Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (F-3871522)

(11 February 2011 – present)

Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) (F-114598-5)

(5 December 2009 – present)

Life Fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society (LF-0436)

(21 February 2009 – present)

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (M-9124871)

(7 February 2012 – present)

Member of the International Geosynthetics Society (M-9286)

(7 December 2010 – present)

Member of the Industrial Fabrics Association International

(2 February 2017 – 1 February 2018)

Life Member of the Indian Roads Congress (LM-29953)

(27 December 2004 – present)

Life Member of the Indian Society for Rock Mech. and Tunneling Technology (LM-1095)

(2009 – present)

Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (LM-25089)

(5 November 1997 – present)

Life Member of the Coal Ash Institute of India

(12 November 1997 – present)

Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) (M-121686-9)

(8 October 2001 – 4 December 2009)

Life Member of the Indian Geotechnical Society (LM-1547)

(15 December 1996 – 20 February 2009)

(Sanjay Kumar Shukla)

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