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Invited talks/Lectures:

  1. Delivered a guest lecture on “Pollution in Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities”, at The University of Sydney, Australia, 26th August 2026.

  2. Delivered a guest lecture on “Climate Change, Sustainable Materials, & Green Materials”, at Loyola Polytechnic (YSRR), India, 7th January 2026.

  3. Delivered a talk on “Sustainable Urban Solutions: Advancing Resilient Infrastructure through Innovative Materials”, in a workshop titled “Urban Sustainable Solution” organized by UNDP and USP, Fiji, 9th May 2025.

  4. Delivered a virtual talk in a 5-day faculty development program on “Sustainable Construction Practices”, KL University, Guntur, India, 5th to 10th August 2024.

  5. Delivered a virtual talk on “Characterization and Valorization of Bauxite Residue as a Geomaterial”, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria, 9th December 2023.

  6. Delivered a talk on “Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Characterization of Red Mud Waste”, at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2nd December 2019.

  7. Delivered a talk on “Suitability of Red Mud for Geotechnical Applications”, in Youth Workshop held at Shantou University, Shantou, China, 21st October 2019.

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Editorial & Peer Reviewer:

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Editorial Board Member:

  • Discover Civil Engineering

  • Discover Geosciences

  • Soils & Rocks

  • Scientific Reports, Nature

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Peer Reviewer:

  1. Environmental Geotechnics, ICE.

  2. Geomechanics and Engineering, An International Journal, Techno Press.

  3. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Springer.

  4. Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer.

Reviewer for 20+ international journals​​

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Organized Short term programs/Conferences/Workshops:

  • 1-Day Workshop on "Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Fiji’s Road Network" in collaboration with the University of Durham, 10th Dec 2024.

  • Academic Leader talk on "Sustainable Pavement Materials - A way forward" 29th December 2023 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • SUMSHODHINI'22 (A National Level Technical Symposium) 18th to 19th November 2022 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • 1-Day Seminar on “Opportunities and Agencies for Research Funding in India and Abroad” 3rd August 2022 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • SUMSHODHINI'21 (A National Level Technical Symposium) 28th to 29th January 2022 at KITS Warangal, India

  • 1-Day Workshop on “Revit Analysis” 27th January 2022 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • 1-Day Workshop on “Green Buildings – A Overview”, 14th September 2021 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • 6-day short-term training program (STTP) titled "Sustainable Materials & Resilient Buildings- Philosophy, Design, Implementation, and Performance", 15th to 20th February 2021 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • 6-day short-term training program (STTP) titled "Sustainable Materials & Resilient Buildings- Philosophy, Design, Implementation, and Performance", 23rd to 28th November 2020 at KITS Warangal, India.

  • 2-day "Youth Workshop" in collaboration with Guangxi University, 21st to 22nd October 2019 at Shantou University, Shantou, China.

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Membership in Technical Societies:​

  • Professional Member, Engineering New Zealand (Since 2024).

  • International Society of Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG), Life Member (Since May 2020).

  • Indian Geotechnical Society, Life Member - 5320 (Since June 2023).

  • Technical Committee Member (TC-5: Committee on Georisk Assessment and Mitigation) in International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) (Since June 2023).

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Attended Short-term Courses/Workshops:

  • Geoenvironmental Engineering Webinar Series on "Polluted Land, Waste Management & Sustainability/Resiliency" 06th October – 1st December 2022, University of Illinois Chicago, USA.

  • Two-day training course (Hybrid mode) on "Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics on the Analysis of Slopes" 24-25th of February 2022, IIT Mandi.

  • International Virtual Short-Term Course on "Futuristic Prospects of Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Issues of Coal Mine Overburden and Mine Tailings", 15th – 18th March 2021, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and UIC, USA.

  • Attended 3 Day Virtual FDP on "Sustainable Engineering", 27th – 29th Aug 2020, Sree Vidyanikethan Engg. College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

  • Attended 2 Week Virtual FDP on "Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development", 7th – 15th Aug 2020, College of Engg., Pune, Maharastra.​

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Administrative or other technical committees:

  1. Coordinator for Undergraduate Major Project (Capstone Stone), KITS Warangal, India (2021 to till date)

  2. ​Syllabus revision committee member for UG, KITS Warangal, India

  3. Member of Student mentoring and counselling group, KITS Warangal, India

  4. International Scientific Committee Member of 6th International Technical Conference on Frontiers of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering Technology (Sanya, China, August 28 - 29, 2021)

  5. Member of review committee for “International conference on recent advancements in Infrastructural Development, Water Management and Climate Change (IC-RAIWC-22), 4th – 5th March 2022, GH Raisoni University, Nagpur.

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Technical Field Visits:

  1. Conducted geotechnical field investigation for the characterization of Red Mud Pond, Vedanta Alumina, Lanjigarh, Odisha, India. (PI: Dr. B.H. Rao,July 2017)

  2. Visited numerous captive power plants in the state of Odisha for 3rd party auditing of fly ash sponsored by the State Pollution Control Board, Bhubaneswar. (PI: Dr. B.H. Rao, Feb - Mar 2017 & 2018)

  3. Visited NALCO red mud pond located at Damanjodi, Koraput, Odisha for sample collection for research purpose, [Feb 2015)

  4. Conducted pile load test for the construction of a railway crossover bridge at Budni near Hoshangabad, M.P, India. (PI: Dr. D. Kishan, Feb 2013)​​

 

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