Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA
Office: Room No. 314 Faculty Building, IIT Kanpur
Email: hsrajesh@iitk.ac.in rajesh.sathiyamoorthy@gmail.com
Phone: 91-512-2596054
Member, International Technical Committee of TC-106 on "Unsaturated Soils" of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for the term 2018-2026. [Link]
Member, Advisory/Scientific Committee of EGRWSE 2026, 7th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials, and Sustainable Engineering.
Member, Scientific Committee of GeoAfrica 2023, the 4th African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, Cairo, Egypt
Member, Board of Governors, Bundelkhnad Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh [2025].
Member, Bureau of Indian Standards for Clay and Stabilized Soil Products for Construction Sectional Comittee, CED 30 [2021-2026].
Member, Research Degree Committee for Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh [2025].
Member, Selection committee for Faculty recruitment at VIT University [2021-26].
Member, Selection committee for Faculty recruitment at HBTI Kanpur [2024].
Member, Review committee for PMRF [2023-25].
Member, Syllabus Subcommittee of M.E. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University [2023].
Theme Coordinator, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021
Co-Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020, Vizag, [Link]
Sub-Theme Coordinator, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017
Convener, Award selection committee, IGS-Shri A.G. Dastidar Biennial Prize for the Best Paper on “Ground Improvement”, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2020
Sub-Theme Coordinator for the theme Environmental Geotechnics, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017.
Civil Coordinator for e_learning (ACADO) at VIT University for the year 2005.
Civil Coordinator for Academic Staff College at VIT University for the year 2004 and 2005.
Chairperson, Senate Scholarship and Prize committee (SSPC), IIT Kanpur [2024-2025]
Faculty In-charge, Project Staff Accommodation, DoRD, IIT Kanpur [2020-2023]
Member, Institute Research and Development Committee [2020-22]
Member, Selection committee for Project Staff Recruitment [2022].
Member, SUGC, IIT Kanpur [2016-17]
Member, Core Curriculum Committee (CCC), IIT Kanpur [2016-17]
Warden: Hall 8, IIT Kanpur [2014-2017]
External and Internal examiner for several M.Tech and Ph.D. thesis work at IIT Kanpur [2011- till date]
Member DPGC, Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur [2024-25]
Member, CE Department Online Program Committee, IIT Kanpur e_Masters program, [2022-25]
Member DUGC, Time-Table coordinator, IIT Kanpur [2020-21]
Convener, DUGC Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur [2016-17]
Faculty In-charge, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, IIT Kanpur [2013-2016].
Modernisation of the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
Planning and Development of Geotechnical Field Laboratory
Represented Geotechnical Engineering Group for FIST program – 2014, DST [Awarded grant of 700L to the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur in which 140L worth of equipment was sanctioned to Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory].
Member, Course evaluation committee, Campus School (2018-19)
Member, Anti-ragging committee (2016-2017)
President, Tamil Mandram, (2014-15)
