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U.G.

Geotechnical Engineering-I

Geotechnical Engineering-II

 

P.G.

Analysis and Design of Foundations

Tunnel Engineering

Geotechnical Investigation and Field Testing of Soils

Software Application in Geotechnical Engineering

Ground Improvement

Organization

Start Date

End Date

Designation

Nature of Work

MANIT Bhopal

14-02-2003

31-12-2005

Lecturer

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

MANIT Bhopal

1-01-2006

13-02-2008

Assistant Professor (AGP- Rs 6000)

 

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

MANIT Bhopal

14-02-2008

14-01-2009

Assistant Professor (AGP= Rs 7000)

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

MANIT Bhopal

8-08-2011

27-12-2018

Assistant Professor (AGP- Rs 7000)

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

MANIT Bhopal

28-12-2018

23-12-2024

Associate Professor (AGP- Rs9500)

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

MANIT Bhopal

24-12-2024 Till Now Professor (AGP- Rs10500)

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

Name of the Student

Topic

Year of Award

Co-Supervisor (if any)

Sareesh Chandrawanshi

Settlement Behaviour of Very Soft Soil Reinforced with Stone Columns: An Experimental Study

2017

Dr. P.K Jain

Sharad Kumar Soni

Study on Settlement Behavior of Soft Soils Reinforced with Encased Stone Column

2020

Dr. P.K Jain

Ravi Gupta

Load Settlement Behaviour of Black Cotton Soil Reinforced with Polymer Mixed Soil-Cement Column

2021

Dr. P.K Jain

Akash Jaiswal

Behaviour of Dual Layered Encased Stone Columns in Loose Sand under Shear Load

2023

-

 

 

 

 

Neeraj Kumar

Behaviour of Dual Layered Geosynthetic Encased Stone Column in Soft Soil.

2025

-

Vaishali Yede

Numerical Analysis of Soft Clay Reinforced with Stone Column under Sustained Load.

Pursuing

Dr. Nitin Dindorkar

Abhijeet Shukla

Comparative Analysis of Static and Dynamic Loading on Confined Footings.

Pursuing

-

Sherya Rathore

 Geotechnical Engineering

Pursuing

Dr. Siddartha Rokade

Pranshu Vardhan

Geotechnical Engineering

Pursuing

Dr. Suneet Kaur

Kamal Sharma

Geotechnical Engineering

Pursuing

Dr. P. K. Jain

Abhishek Jaiswal

Geotechnical Engineering

Pursuing

Dr. P. K. Jain

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Amount

Co-PI (if any)

Suitability of Geosynthetic Clay Liner's

based on Hydraulic Conductivity for

various types of Leachate

 

NPIU-MHRD

21 months

12.11 Lakhs

04

Expansive Soil Improved by Zycobond

and Terrasil Additives

Zydex Industries

Vadodara-391101,

India

14 months

2 Lakhs

01

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Amount

Co-Investigator                       (if any)

Geotechnical Investigation for Proposed Construction of Teaching & Research Lab Facility (G+4) and construction of Lecture Hall Complex-II (G+1) at IISER Bhopal

The Executive Engineer-II

CPWD,201, Nirman Sadan

52-A Aera Hills Bhopal-462011

2025 15.93  
Geotechnical Investigation for the Newly Allotted Land IISER Bhopal

Sr. Project Engineer (Civil)

IISER, Bhopal

2025 12.50  
Soil Investigation for Construction of Additional Quarters for Staff/Officers of Reserve Bank of India at Char Imli, Bhopal

The Executive Engineer-I

Nirman Sadan, Room No.-2 52-A Aera Hills Bhopal

2024 17.46 PI
Geotechnical Investigation for Medicity Ujjain

M/S DDF Consultants Pvt Ltd. 

501, B-9, ITL Twin Tower, Netaji Subhash Palace 

Pitampura, New Delhi-110034 

2024 49.56 Co-PI

Soil Investigation Work at Jabalpur Airport

AAI Jabalpur, M.P

2016-17

9.24

01

Development of 15 Nos. Parking Bays Taxi

Track and other associate

Airport

Indore AAI Indore, M.P.

2018-19

10.13

01

Third Party Quality Assurance Inspection of the

Work of Construction of Lecture Hall Complex

under IIT Indore

Project Division-II, CPWD, Indore

CPWD Indore

 

2018-19

 

57.79

02

Design of Cross Drainage Structures and

Drainage System by Carrying out Hydrological

Study of Jabalpur Airport

Vishal Infrastructures, Mumbai

2018-19

20.65

04

Evaluation of Structural Stability and Quantity

Survey of the Buildings at NITTTR Bhopal

Campus

NITTTR Bhopal

2018-19

21.24

02

Third Party Quality Assurance inspection of the

work of Lecture Hall Complex under IIT Indore

 

 

Project Division-II, CPWD, Indore

CPWD Indore

2018-19

22.59

02

Soil investigation and Foundation Design for

New Trank Truck Loading Facility at Manglya

Receipt Terminal, at BPCL Indore

Project Leader, BPCL, Indore

Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh 

 

 

 

2022-23

9.45

01

Design Analysis of Slope Stability in

Connection with construction of Mathura Jhansi 3rd line project (Package-1&

M/s. Hicon Testing Lab

Consultancy and Research

Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

2022-23

2.06

 

 

-

Soil Investigation and Design of Civil Tank at

Manglia Receipt Terminal

Project Leader, BPCL, Indore

Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh

2022-23

5.60

01

Soil Investigation for The Parking Facility

Basement Plus Ground Plus Roof Top, AIIMS

Campus Bhopal

CPWD Bhopal

2022-23

5.66

01

Soil Investigation for Phase-II Residential

Complex in AIIMS Bhopal

CPWD Bhopal

2022-23

5.19

01

Authors

Title

Journal

VOL. NO.,

PAGE NO

YEAR

SCI/

Scopus

IMPACT FACTOR

           

Shukla, A., Kumar, R., Kumar, N.

Optimization of Stone Column Performance Using Waste Rubber

Crumbs and Construction and Demolition Aggregate Combination

National academy Science Letter

DOI:10.1007/s40009-025-01835-8

2025

SCIE

1.2

Kumar, N., Kumar, R.  Shukla, A.

Performance of Stone Column Configurations in Floating Conditions Under Vertical Loading

National academy Science Letter

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-025-01784-2.

2025

SCIE

1.2

Vardhan, P. , Kaur, S., Chouhan,U.  Kumar, R

Prediction of Soil Compaction Parameters Using Machine Learning

Algorithms: A Comparative Analysis

National academy Science Letter

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-025-01786-0

2025

SCIE

1.2

Kumar, N., Kumar, R.

Geotechnical Properties of Lime-Stabilized Dredged Soil for Sustainable Construction Applications.

National academy Science Letter

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-024-01572-4

2024

SCIE

1.2

Jaiswal, A., Kumar, R., Venkatesh, K. 

Influence of Dual Layer Confinement of Stone Column Material on the Shear Modulus of the Soil-Column Combined System. 

National academy Science Letter

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-024-01569-z

2024

SCIE

1.2

Shukla, A., Kumar, R., Jaiswal, A

Influence of Incorporating Waste Rubber Crumbs on Shear Parameters of Recycled and Natural Materials

National academy Science Letter

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-024-01508-y

2024

SCIE

1.2

Kumar, N., Kumar, R.

Performance of Geosynthetic Encased Stone Column in Sandy Soils Subjected to Vertical Cyclic Loads.

International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE). 

https://doi.org/10.1061/IJGNAI/GMENG-10283

2024

SCIE

3.3

Kumar, N., Kumar, R.

Bibliometric analysis of stone column research trends: A Web of Science perspective.

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

https://doi.org/10.1515/secm-2024-0035

2024

SCIE

1.5

Kumar, N., Kumar, R., Jaiswal, A.

Numerical Analysis of Geosynthetic Encased stone column installed soil

Advances in Civil Engineering

https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5039439

2023

SCIE

1.8

Jaiswal, A., Kumar, R.

Finite element analysis of granular column for various encasement conditions subjected to shear load

Geomechanics and Engineering

Volume 29
Page:

645-655

2022

SCIE

3.2

Jaiswal, A., Kumar, R.

Influence of dual layer confinement on lateral load capacity of stone columns: An experimental investigation

Geomechanics and Engineering

Volume 32, Page: 567-581

2023

SCIE

3.2

Jaiswal, A., Kumar, R.

Study on Response of Dual Layered Reinforced Stone Column Under Shear Loading

Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (SUCI series)

Volume:

Page:

107-117

2021

Scopus

0.28

Gupta, R., Jain, P.K., Kumar, R.

Effect of polypropylene fibre and curing period on unconfined compressive strength of cemented-black cotton soil

International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology

Volume 9,

Pages:

7244-7250

 

2019

Scopus

1

Gupta, R., Jain, P.K., Kumar, R.

Load carrying capacity of circular footing on black cotton soil reinforced with fibre mixed soil-cement column

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering

Volume 8,

Pages:

2334-2337

 

 

2019

Scopus

1.6

Rokade, S., Kumar, R.

Road crash prediction model for medium size Indian cities

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volume 742,

Pages:

655-669

 

 

2019

Scopus

0.63

Chandrawanshi, S., Kumar, R., Jain, P.K.

Effect on settlement reduction due to method of construction of stone column: An experimental small-scale study

International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology

Volume 8,

Pages:

99-108

 

 

2017

Scopus

2.28

Rokade, S., Kumar, R.

Utilization of HDPE and PET wastes in bituminous concrete wearing surface of flexible pavements

International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology

Volume 8,

Pages:

1147-1158

 

 

 

2017

Scopus

2.28

Rokade, S., Kumar, R., Rokade, V., Dubey, S., Vijayawargiya, V.

Assessment of effectiveness of vertical deflection type traffic calming measures and development of speed prediction models in urban perspective

International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology

Volume 8,

Pages:

1135-1146

 

 

2017

Scopus

2.28

Chandrawanshi, S., Kumar, R., Jain, P.K.

Settlement characteristics of soft clay reinforced with stone column: An experimental small-scale study

International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology

Volume 8,

Pages:

937-948

 

 

2017

Scopus

2.28

Title

Year

Agency

Co-Investigator(if any)

Published/Granted

 A Composite Diameter Stone Column for Soft Soil Reinforcement 2024 Controller of Patents, The Patent Office, Bhoudhik Sampada Bhavan Antop Hill, S.M. Road, Mumbai-400037, India MANIT Bhopal, Neeraj Kumar, Yash Rathore Published

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