Sponsored Research Projects
10) BITS-RMIT Joint PhD Programme (Duration 2024-2028) - Project Title: "Investigating unsaturated behaviour of carbon sequestrated sustainable binders to stabilize soft clays - A reliability based approach", Role: Co-PI, (PI- Dr. Raghuram Ammavajjala, Co-PI - Dr. Annan Zhou, STEM, School of Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) - sanctioned
9) National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) India Limited (Duration 2024-2026) - Project Title: "Sustainable Geomaterials: A Key to Foundation Decarbonization and Ground Improvement", Role: Co-PI, (PI- Dr. Raghuram Ammavajjala) - (Amount: INR 30,35,080) - on-going
8) Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) - BITS Pilani (Duration: 2023-2025) - Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Problematic Soils Treated with Different Bacterial Strains as a Foundation Material", Role: PI, Co-PI - Dr. Shankar Ganesh and Dr. Jayati Ray Dutta (Dept. of Biological Sciences, BITS Hyderabad) and Dr. Raghuram A.(Dept. of Civil Engg., BITS Hyderabad) - (Amount: Rs. 20 Lakhs) - on-going
7) India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme between JSPS (Japan) and DST (India) (Duration: 2023-2025) - Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Soft Soil Treated with a Novel Geopolymer of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Waste Material for Sustainable Development", Role: Indian PI, Japanese PI: Dr. Toshiro Hata (Hiroshima University, Japan) - (Amount: INR 7,53,500) - on-going
6) SERB Power Grant (DST-SERB) (Duration: 2021-2024)- Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Construction and Demolition Waste as Stone Column Material for improving Bearing Capacity of Soft Soil" Role: PI - Project ID: SPG/2021/001552 (Amount: INR 28,92,296) - on-going
5) Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) (Duration: 2021-2025) - Project Title: "Feasibility Studies for reusing Construction and Demolition Waste for Smart Cities", Role: Indian PI, Australian PI: Dr. Aboel Naga Hossam (LaTrobe University, Australia), Indian Co-PI: Dr. G.V. Ramana (IIT Delhi) - on-going
4) Indo-Austria Scientific and Technological Cooperation between WTZ (Austria) and DST (India) (Duration: 2019-2021) - Project Title: "Implementation of plants and treated natural fibers to enhance the strength properties of soft soil and to decrease the rate of surface erosion (Nat-Treat)", Role: Indian PI, Austrian PI: Dr. Wei Wu (Universität für Bodenkultur BOKU), Indian Co-PI: Dr. A. Kar, Austrian Co-PI: Dr. M. Acharya (BOKU) (Amount: INR 6.40 lakhs) Project ID: INT/AUSTRIA/BMWF/P-22/2018 - completed
3) Early Career Research Award (DST - SERB) (Duration: 2016-2020)- Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Backfill Soils partially replaced with Building Derived Materials" Role: PI - Project ID: ECR/2016/000522 (Co - PI: Dr. A. Kar, BITS Hyderabad and Dr. N. James, IIT Ropar) (Amount: INR 24.43 lakhs) - completed
2) Additional Competitive Research Grant for New Faculty (Duration: 2016-2018) - Project Title: "Performance of Building Derived Materials on Bearing Capacity of Soft Soil under Static Loading Conditions". (Amount: INR 9.2 lakhs) Role: PI - completed
1) Research Initiation Grant (RIG): BITS- Pilani Hyderabad Campus (Duration: 2015-2017) - Project Title: “Effect of variation of soil parameters on performance of stone column improved ground: a probabilistic risk factor based approach". (Amount: INR 2 lakhs) Role: PI - completed
Sponsored Consultancy Projects
4) PI for Soil Report Vetting for Soil Investigation for GITAM, Visakhapatnam Campus, sponsored by Santosh Soil Investigation Services - Amount: INR 0.50 lakhs (total cost) - completed
3) Team Member for conducting Work Time Motion studies under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for Govt. of Telangana and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh - completed
2) Team Member for Proof-checking of design of retaining walls for "Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lanes/2-lane with paved shoulder configuration and strengtheninh of Birpur-Bihpur section of NH-106 in the state of Bihar under Phase 1 of NHIIP on EPC basis", Sponsor: IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. - Amount: INR 9.5 lakhs (total cost) - completed
1) Team Member for Testing of index and engineering properties of soil for construction of earthen dam as a part of Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS), Government of Telangana - Amount: INR 81.96 lakhs - completed