AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Graduate Academic Scholarship of University of Arizona, USA
• Recipient of the following awards on the basis of the performance in B.E. (Civil Engineering) Examination, 1972
  • University Gold Medal and a Cash Prize
  • S.M. Gosh Memorial Gold Medal
  • Late K.M. Basu and Krishna Bhamini Basu Gold Medal,
  • Sibley Scholarship (1974) to undergo studies/training in UK (Could not Avail due to personal reasons)
  • Slater Memorial Medal
  • Old Centralian Medal
  • Strength of Materials, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machinery Book Prize.
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering National Honor Society, U.S.A) honor in recognition of exhibiting distinguished scholarship and exemplary character while a student at University of Arizona , U.S.A.
• Member, Technical Program Committee/Advisory Committee for the Second International Conference on Advanced Reactors Safety, U.S.A. , 1997.
• Invited speaker, Seminar on "Shear and Attachment Effects on the Behavior of Rectangular Plates Resting on Tension less Elastic Foundation" in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo , Canada , 1994.
• Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering , Tribhuvan University , Nepal , 1998
• Research Guide of Mr. Praveen Kumar, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering College , Kota (Rajasthan) India for his research work under "Young Scientist Fellowship" Scheme of the Department of Science & Technology, Rajasthan ( India ) During May-July, 1998.
• Technical Advisor, Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh , India .
• Invited Key Speaker in the Work Shop on the Concrete Material and Containment Structure of the 15 th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Seoul , Korea , August, 1999.
• Chaired the technical session 'Mock-ups and Structural Integrity Tests' in the 15 th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Seoul , Korea , August, 1999.
• Expert for selection of faculty members for the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Barkatullah University , Bhopal, India .
• Expert, Selection of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) Young Scientist Award 2000.
• Expert, National Board of Accreditation (India)
• Visiting Professor, School of Civil Engineering Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand 2002
• Recipient of Congratulatory Letter from the Chairman Academic Senate, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for extra-ordinary performance in teaching in the 2003-04-II Semester in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
• Recipient of Congratulatory Letter from the Chairman, Academic Senate, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for excellent performance in teaching in the 2014-15-II Semester in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
• Expert for review of Sponsored Research Project Proposals for funding by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
• Member, Academic Advisory Council, I.E.C. College of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida, India.
• Expert for review of sponsored research project proposals for funding by National Research Foundation,South Africa.
• Co-Chaired the session "Mechanics of Advanced Materials" in the international conference on Advanced concrete Materials,Stellenbosch,South Africa, 17-19 November,2009.
• Key Speaker,1st international seminar on "Nanotechnology for Structural-Diagnostics" School of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Construction, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 17 March,2009.
• Mentored top final year Civil |Engineering students of University of KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa for their participation (on invitation) in Southern African Institute of Steel Construction Award 2010, and attended(on invitation),Gauteng,South Africa,2010.
• Invited Speaker, Symposium on Fatigue, Fracture and Integrity Assessment (FFIA-2012) held in Jamshedpur(India) on 4-5 May 2012, Organised by TATA STEEL, Limited and CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory(India).
• Member of the Editorial Boards of the following Journal:
  • Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology, STM Journals, India.
• Advisor, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi, India.
• Expert for selection of faculty members in Civil Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra, India.
• Expert for selection of faculty members in Civil Engineering, Adamas University, Kolkata, India.
• Chief Guest of the Valedictory Function, Earthquake Engineering Literature Survey Workshop for PG students from Engineering Colleges across India at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur during 04-13 June, 2015 organised by National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
• Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on "Concrete - Vision for Humanity", March 2016, Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Ranganathan Engineering College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• Invited Lecture on "Structural Connections", March 2016, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India
• Expert for selection of faculty members in Civil Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
• Chaired the session on 'Social Sciences and Architecture' in the 'World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium - WMCAUS' held in June 2016 in Prague (Czech Republic)
• Invited Lecture, October 2016, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India.
• Expert for selection of Executive Engineer, Officer on Special Duty (Estate) and Engineer at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.