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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. B. Munwar Basha

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Date of Birth : 9th April 1979 Current Designation : Associate Professor Area of Specialization : Geotechnical Engineering

Affiliation : Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India

Employment History

1. Associate Professor [02 July 2018 – Present] Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), Andhra Pradesh, India

2. Assistant Professor [03 July 2013 – 01 July 2018] Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), Andhra Pradesh, India

3. Visiting Faculty [01 May 2014 – 30 June 2014] Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA

4. Assistant Professor (Regular) [24 Aug 2012 – 02 July 2013] Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Hauz Khas, New Delhi.

5. Assistant Professor (on Contract) [11 May 2010 – 23 Aug 2012] Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Hauz Khas, New Delhi.

6. Post-Doctoral Fellow [July 2009 - May 2010] Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Education Ph.D: (Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering), 2004-2009, Indian Institute

of Science, Bangalore, CPI: 7/8, degree awarded on 7th July 2009.

Honors received: (1). Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D Thesis in the department of Civil Engineering at IISc for the year 2008 – 2009 and (2). Ph.D thesis

synopsis was published in Geotechnique journal M.Tech: (Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of

Technology Kanpur (IITK), 2002-2004, First Class with Distinction, CGPA: 9.03/10 B.Tech: (Civil Engineering), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

(JNTU) College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1997-2001, First Class with Distinction, Marks: 82.60%

Honor received: Vellanki Rama Rao Memorial Gold Medal Award for bagging University First Rank in the Civil Engineering Department of all constituent colleges of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University for the batch 1997-2001.

Intermediate Examination: (Maths, Physics, Chemistry: M.P.C), Government Junior College for Boys, New Town, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1994-1996, First Class with Distinction, Marks: 85%.



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Secondary School Certificate: (S.S.C), Government High School for Boys, New Town, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1994, First Class with Distinction, Marks: 80.5%.

Recognitions

1. Nominated to represent Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) on the International Technical Committee TC-302 on "Forensic Geotechnical Engineering" of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for the term 2018-2021

2. Nominated as a member of TC 8 - Numerical and Physical Modelling chaired by Prof. K. Rajagopal to prepare a report on the guidelines

3. IGS - Dr B B Rai - Shri S N Gupta Biennial Award - 2015 for the paper entitled,

Reliability Based LRFD Approach for External Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls by B.

Munwar Basha and G.L.S. Babu published in the Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 43,

Issue 4, October-December 2013 (pp.292-302) has been adjudged as the best paper on

Earth and Earth Retaining Structures published through the Indian Geotechnical

Society. (The Award is presented during the Inaugural Session of IGC-2015 scheduled for

Thursday, the 17th December 2015 at 0900 hrs at College of Engineering, Pune.)

4. International Editorial Review Board Member of International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE)

5. DST Fast-Track Scheme for Young Scientist award for the project proposal titled "Vertical Expansion of Existing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills using Retention Systems" submitted to Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (total budget of Rs. 13,36,000/-).

6. Recipient of "Outstanding Young Faculty Fellow in the area of Engineering for the year

2011" at IIT-Delhi sponsored by Kusuma Trust. (Kusuma Trust, Gibraltar fellowship provides to the incumbent ("Fellow") honorarium per month for a period of 2 to 5 years)

7. Excellent Paper Award received by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for the following paper published in ASCE.

G L Sivakumar Babu and B. Munwar Basha (2008). Optimum design of cantilever retaining walls using target reliability approach. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 8(4): 240-252.

8. Best Paper Award received for the paper “Linear and Quadratic Functions to Evaluate Seismic Active Earth Pressure Considering Strain Localization Effect” presented in 3rd Young

Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), held on March 25 – 26, 2011, organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi chapter in association with Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi, India.

9. The Synopsis of my Doctoral thesis has been cited in Geotechnique journal, Reference: B. Munwar Basha (2011). Optimum design of retaining structures under static and seismic conditions: a reliability-based approach, Ph.D Theses 2010, Geotechnique, 61(1): w1-w6.

10. Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D Thesis in the department of Civil Engineering at IISc Bangalore for the year 2008 – 2009. This Medal was presented on IISc’s Founder’s Day which was celebrated on 3rd March 2010.

11. Vellanki Rama Rao Memorial Gold Medal Award for bagging University First Rank in the Civil Engineering Department of all constituent colleges of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University for the batch 1997-2001.

12. Government of India scholarship for pursuing doctoral program at IISc Bangalore from 2004 to Apr 2010.

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13. UGC-GATE Fellowship, IIT Kanpur during M. Tech. 2002-2004. 14. Secured First position in M.Tech first and second semester examinations in IIT Kanpur. 15. Qualified GATE – 2002 examination with 95.93 percentile (All India Rank: 282). 16. Secured Rank of 2976 in Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET - 1997)

exam in Andhra Pradesh. 17. Secured First Rank in Govt. High School at S.S.C. level.

Research Interests

Reliability Based Design in Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering

Unsaturated soil mechanics Computational Geomechanics, Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Resistant Design of Retaining Structures Reliability analysis of pavement Geotechnics Rock Mechanics

Expertise

Unsaturated soil slopes stability analysis Optimum design of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills Influence of strain localization and phase change on the seismic design of earth

retaining structures. Seismic design of bridge abutments, and reinforced earth retaining structures. Reliability based design optimization and its application to conventional

retaining walls, sheet pile walls and Geosynthetic reinforced soil structures. Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of bridge abutments under seismic

loading using pseudo static and pseudo dynamic method. Design of rock slopes against planar and wedge failures Reliability analysis of pavements

List of Publications

Table 1. Statistics of total number of publications

Particulars Number

Edited Proceedings 4

Contributed chapters in Text books 5

Published International Journal Refereed Publications 30

ASCE Geotechnical special publications

Under review

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National and International Conference papers

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Total number of publications

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Citation Overview (Google Scholar)

Total number of citations (Google Scholar) 493

h-index (Scopus) 9

h-index 11

i10-index 14

Research Gate, RG Score 21.62

Edited Books / Proceedings

1. G L Sivakumar Babu, Sireesh Saride and B. Munwar Basha (2017). Sustainability Issues in Civil Engineering, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (ISBN 978-981-10-1930-2).

2. G L Sivakumar Babu, Sireesh Saride and B. Munwar Basha (2014). Proceedings of Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (ICSCI), Organized by the India Section of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE IS), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

3. Ravi Sundaram, B. Munwar Basha, Bappaditya Manna and R Ayothiraman (2011). Proceedings of Third Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), March 25 - 26, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

4. B. Munwar Basha (2010). Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges. Proceedings of First US-India Workshop, November 7, New Delhi, India. (Organized by Prof. Krishna Reddy, Prof. Manoj Datta, Dr. G V Ramana, and Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu)

Contributed Chapters

1. Munwar Basha B., Raviteja K.V.N.S. (2018) Meethotamulla Landfill Failure Analysis: A Probabilistic Approach. In: Krishna A., Dey A., Sreedeep S. (eds) Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore.

2. B Munwar Basha and Raviteja KVNS (2017). Resistance Factor Calculations for Load

Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of MSW Landfill Slopes. In Geoenvironmental Practices and

Sustainability: Linkages and Directions. Editors: Sivakumar Babu, G.L., Reddy, K.R., De, A., Datta, M. (Eds.) ISBN 978-981-10-4076-4

3. Sireesh Saride, Anu M George, Deepti Ariveni and B. Munwar Basha (2017). Sustainable Design of Indian Rural Roads with Reclaimed Asphat Materials. Chapter 6 in Sustainability Issues in Civil Engineering, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering

4. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, J. Raja, B. Munwar Basha and Amit Srivastava (2015). Forensic Analysis of Failure of Retaining Wall. Forensic Geotechnical Engineering. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, pp 451-465.

5. Contributed Chapter “Appendix 12C: Structural Design of Shallow Foundations” in the book Kameswara Rao N. S. V. (2011). Foundation Design: Theory and Practice. John Wiley & Sons, pp: 514 - 588. (Asia, Pte Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-470-82534-1) (75 pages)

International Journal Referred Publications

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1. B. Munwar Basha, A. S. S. Raghuram and Krishna R. Reddy. (2018). Reliability Analysis of Transport of Nanoscale Iron Particles in Saturated Porous Media. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE (Accepted for Publication)

2. K. V. N. S. Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha (2018). Reliability Based LRFD of Geomembrane Liners for V-Shaped Anchor Trenches of MSW Landfills. International Journal of Geosynthetics and

Ground Engineering, 4 (1): 5, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-017-0123-5 .

3. Krishna R. Reddy, Girish Kumar and Rajiv K. Giri, B. Munwar Basha (2018). Reliability assessment of bioreactor landfills using Monte Carlo simulation and coupled hydro-bio-mechanical model. Waste Management. 72: 329-338.

4. K. V. N. S. Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha (2018). Optimal Reliability Based Design of V-Shaped Anchor Trenches for MSW Landfills. Geosynthetics International, 25 (2), 200-214.

5. Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Bhaskar Chittoori, B Munwar Basha and Ahmed M Al-Mahbashi (2017). Effect of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforcement on the Consolidation, Swell and Shrinkage Behavior of Lime Blended Expansive Soil. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (In press, 10.1080/19386362.2017.1297002)

6. Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Bhaskar Chittoori, and B Munwar Basha (2017). Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on CBR Behavior of Lime Blended Expansive Soils: Reliability Approach. Road

Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor & Francis; 19(3): 690-709.

DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2016.1272479

7. Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Bhaskar Chittoori, B Munwar Basha and Mosleh Ali Al-Shamrani (2017). Target Reliability Approach to Study the Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on UCS Behavior of Lime Treated Semi-Arid Soil. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE 29(6): 04017014.

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8. B Munwar Basha and K V N S Raviteja. (2016). Optimum Tensile Strength of Geomembrane Liner for V-Shaped Anchor Trenches Using Target Reliability Approach. Geotechnical and Geological

Engineering: An International Journal, 34(6): 1995–2018 (Available online http://rdcu.be/jU1v)

9. B Munwar Basha, Krishna R Reddy, Naveen S Parakalla. (2015). Effect of Increased Moisture Content on Long Term Compressibility Behavior of Orchard Hills Landfill, USA. International

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 10(1): 86-98

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10. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2014). Reliability-based load and resistance factor design approach for external seismic stability of reinforced soil walls. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol. 60: 8-21

11. Deepankar Choudhury, Amey Deepak Katdare, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, B. Munwar Basha and Priyanka Ghosh (2014). Seismic behavior of earth retaining structures, design issues and requalification techniques. Indian Geotechnical Journal June 2014, 44(2): 167-182.

12. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2013). Reliability based LRFD approach for external stability of reinforced soil walls in Indian Geotechnical Journal, 43(4): 292-302.

13. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2012). Target reliability based optimization for internal seismic stability of reinforced soil structures in Geotechnique, 62(1): 55-68.

14. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2011). Seismic reliability assessment of internal stability of reinforced soil walls using pseudo-dynamic method. Geosynthetics International, 18(5): 221-241.

15. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2011). Reliability based earthquake resistant design for internal stability of reinforced soil structures in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 29(5):803-820.

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16. B. Munwar Basha and P. K. Basudhar (2010). Pseudo Static Seismic Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Structures. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 28(6): 745-762.

17. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Reliability Assessment of Internal Stability of Reinforced Soil Structures: A Pseudo-Dynamic Approach. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 30(5): 336 - 353.

18. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Optimum Design for External Seismic Stability of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls: A Reliability Based Approach. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE, 136(6): 797-812.

19. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Optimum Design of Bridge Abutments under High Seismic Loading using Modified Pseudo-Static Method. Journal Earthquake Engineering,

Taylor & Fransis. 14(6): 874 – 897.

20. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Optimum Design of Bridge Abutments under Seismic Conditions: A Reliability Based Approach. Journal Bridge Engineering ASCE, 15(2): 183-195.

21. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Seismic Rotational Displacements of Gravity Walls by Pseudo-Dynamic Method with Curved Rupture Surface. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE 10(3): 93 – 105.

22. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) approach for the reliability-based seismic design of bridge abutments. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 4(3): 127 – 139.

23. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Analysis of passive earth pressure and displacements of retaining wall using pseudo-dynamic approach. International Journal of

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE), 1(1): 88 - 109.

24. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2009). Earthquake resistant design of reinforced soil structures using pseudo-static method. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2 (3): 565-572.

25. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2009). Seismic reliability assessment of external stability of reinforced soil walls using pseudo-dynamic method. Geosynthetics International. 16 (3): 197 - 215.

26. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2009). Computation of sliding displacements of bridge abutments by pseudo-dynamic method. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,

29(1): 103 - 120.

27. G L Sivakumar Babu and B. Munwar Basha (2008). Optimum design of cantilever retaining walls using target reliability approach. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 8(4): 240-252.

28. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2008). Target reliability based design optimization of anchored cantilever sheet pile walls. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45 (3): 535-548.

29. G L Sivakumar Babu and B. Munwar Basha (2008). Optimum design of cantilever sheet pile walls in sandy soils using inverse reliability approach. Computers and Geotechnics. 35(2): 134-143.

30. B. Munwar Basha and P.K. Basudhar (2005). Pseudo-Static seismic stability analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining walls. Indian Geotechnical Journal. 35(3): 323 - 348.

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Unsaturated Soils (Unsaturated Soil Mechanics for Sustainable Geotechnics) | Nov 12-15, 2017, Intercontinental Dallas, Dallas, Texas USA. (Abstract ID: 272215)

2. Peddinti, P., B. Munwar Basha and Sireesh Saride (2017). Probability Density Functions Associated with Resilient Modulus of Virgin Aggregate Bases. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 277: 314 – 323 (Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, March 12-15, 2017, in Orlando, Florida)

3. B. Munwar Basha, K. Chandrakanth, and Arif Ali Baig Moghal (2016). Lower Bound Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Jointed Rock Masses: A Reliability Based Approach. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 267: 67 - 74 (4th GeoChina International Conference 2016, July 25-27, 2016, Shandong, China. Theme: Dam, Geomatics, Geoscience, Geophysics and Hazards, Session: Risk/Reliability Assessments).

4. Arif Ali Baig Moghal, B Munwar Basha, Bhaskar Chittoori, and Mosleh Ali Al-Shamrani (2016). Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on the Hydraulic Conductivity Behavior of Lime Treated Expansive Soil – Reliability Based Optimization Perspective. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 263: 25 – 34 (4th GeoChina International Conference 2016, July 25-27, 2016, Shandong, China. Theme: Transportation Geotechnical Engineering, Session Innovative and Sustainable Geomaterials and Geosystems).

5. Syed Abu Sayeed Mohammed, Sanaulla. P. F, B Munwar Basha, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, and A. M. Alnuaim (2016). Potential of Soils Amended With Nano Calcium Silicate Mixture For Lead Encapsulation in an Aqueous Medium. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 269: 467 – 476 (GEO-CHICAGO 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment, Downtown Chicago on August 14- 18, 2016. ID : 57)

6. Pranav. R. T. Peddinti, Sireesh Saride and B. Munwar Basha. (2016). Variability Associated with Resilient Modulus of Stabilized Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 270: 708 – 717 (GEO-CHICAGO 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment, Downtown Chicago on August 14- 18, 2016. Theme: Track E/ Waste Management and Remediation (E70/ Recycled and Novel Materials in Pavements) Abstract ID : 148)

7. B Munwar Basha, Shaik Moin Ahmed, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Kandukuri Shankar. (2016). Optimum Base Width of Gravity Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfilled with Recycled Materials. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 272: 149 – 158 (GEO-CHICAGO 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment, Downtown Chicago on August 14- 18, 2016. Track D/ Materials and Resource Conservation, Session: D55/ New and Recycled Materials, ID : 779)

8. K. V. N. S. Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha. (2016). Allowable Design Strength of Geomembrane Liner for Anchor Trenches of MSW Landfills: A Reliability Based Approach. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 271: 1 – 10 (GEO-CHICAGO 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment, Downtown Chicago on August 14- 18, 2016. Theme: Track C/ Geoenvironmental Systems (C34/ Advances in Design, Testing, and Evaluation of Geosynthetics Used for Geoenvironmental Systems) Abstract ID : 72)

9. B. Munwar Basha, K V N S Raviteja and Sahithi Arukonda (2016). Computation of Probabilistic Critical Centers and Reliability Indices of MSW Landfill Slopes using Spencer Method of Slices. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 271: 628 – 637 (GEO-CHICAGO 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment, Downtown Chicago on August 14- 18, 2016. Theme: Track C/Geoenvironmental Systems (C43/ Landfills and Bioreactors) Abstract ID : 74)

10. B. Munwar Basha, Chandrakanth K, Arif Ali Baig Moghal (2014). Allowable Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Jointed Rock Masses: A Reliability Based Approach. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 256: 1 - 10 (The 2015 International Foundations Congress & Equipment Exposition, IFCEE 2015, JW Marriott, in San Antonio, Texas, March 17-21, 2015).

11. B. Munwar Basha, Shilpi Mahapatra, Bappaditya Manna (2014). Optimum Dimensions of Reinforced Soil Berm for Vertical Expansion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 256: 2677 - 2686 (The 2015 International Foundations Congress & Equipment Exposition, IFCEE 2015, JW Marriott, in San Antonio, Texas, March 17-21, 2015).

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12. B. Munwar Basha, Shilpi Mahapatra, Bappaditya Manna (2014). Allowable Design Strength of Geosynthetic Reinforcement for Veneer Stability of MSW Landfills: A Reliability Based Approach. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 256: 1806 - 1815 (The 2015 International Foundations Congress & Equipment Exposition, IFCEE 2015, JW Marriott, in San Antonio, Texas, March 17-21, 2015).

13. Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Syed Abu Sayeed Mohammed, B. Munwar Basha and Mosleh Ali Al-Shamrani (2014). Surface complexation modeling for stabilization of an industrial sludge by alternate materials. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 234: 2235-2244 (In Geo-Characterization and Modeling for Sustainability, GEO-CONGRESS Atlanta, Georgia, February 23-26, 2014).

14. B. Munwar Basha and Arif Ali Baig Moghal (2013). Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approach for Reliability Based Seismic Design of Rock Slopes against Wedge Failures. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 231: 582-591 (In Design, Analysis and Performance of Rock Slopes and Rock Fill, Geo-Congress 2013 San Diego, California, USA, on March 3-6, 2013).

15. B. Munwar Basha and Shilpi Mahapatra (2013). Reliability Based Design of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills using Translational Failure Analysis. ASCE Geotechnical Special

Publication, 231: 1034-1043 (In Design and Analysis Methods: Reliability Analysis and Reliability Based Design for Earth and Rock Slopes,Dams and Levees, Geo-Congress 2013 San Diego, California, USA, on March 3-6, 2013)

16. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2013). Calibration of Reliability Based Load and Resistance Factors for External Seismic Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls. ASCE Geotechnical

Special Publication, 231: 1196-1205 (In Seismic Design and Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Structures, Geo-Congress 2013 San Diego, California, USA, on March 3-6, 2013)

17. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2013). System Reliability Based Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for External Seismic Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls. ASCE Geotechnical

Special Publication, 229: 570-584. (In Geo-Congress 2013 Foundation Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty: Honoring Fred H. Kulhawy, Edited by James L. Withiam, Kok-Kwang Phoon, and Mohamad Hussein)

18. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2011). Strain Localization Effect on System Reliability Based Design of Bridge Abutments under Earthquake Loading. ASCE Geotechnical

Special Publication, 224: 744-753 (In Geo-Risk, Risk Assessment and Management in Geoengineering, June 26 - 28, Atlanta, GA).

19. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2011). Influence of Strain Localization on Reliability Based Design of Bridge Abutments using Pseudo-Dynamic Method. ASCE Geotechnical Special

Publication, 211, : 3008 - 3017, (In Geo-Frontiers - 2011, 13-16 March 2011, Dallas, Texas USA).

20. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Load Resistance Factor Design for External Seismic Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 199: 2113-

2122, In (GeoFlorida, Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design, February 20-24, 2010 West Palm Beach, Florida, USA).

21. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. (2009). Reliability Based Design Optimization for Internal Stability of Reinforced Soil Structures Using Pseudo-Static Method. in Contemporary Topics in In Situ Testing, Analysis, and Reliability of Foundations, ASCE Geotechnical Special

Publication, 186: 364-371, Eds. Magued Iskander, Debra F. Laefer, and Mohamad H. Hussein.

22. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2008). Seismic passive earth pressure coefficients by pseudo-dynamic method using composite failure mechanism. In Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 178: 343 - 350. Eds. Krishna R. Reddy, Milind V. Khire, and Akram N. Alshawabkeh.




















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23. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2007). Reliability based design optimization of gravity retaining walls. In Probabilistic Applications in Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE

Geotechnical Special Publication, 170: 1-10, Eds. Kok-Kwang Phoon, Gordon A. Fenton, Edward F. Glynn, C. Hsein Juang, D. V. Griffiths, Thomas F. Wolff, and Limin Zhang.

National, International Conference and Symposia Publications: 1. Pranav R T Peddinti, B. Munwar Basha, Sireesh Saride. (2018). Evaluation of flexible

pavement distress using non-linear regression analysis. Conference: International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) At: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.

2. A. S. S. Raghuram and B. Munwar Basha (2017). Reliability Analysis of Rainfall Induced Slope Failure near Seattle Area, Washington Subtheme - Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indian

Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), 14-16 December 2017. (Subtheme: Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils)

3. Shaik Moin Ahmed, B. Munwar Basha and Arif Ali Baig Moghal. (2017). Effect of Strain Localization on Narrow Backfilled Width Retaining Walls Subjected to Seismic Loading. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati),

14-16 December 2017. (Subtheme - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Th12_328)

4. Raviteja K. V. N. S. and B. Munwar Basha. (2017). Probabilistic Back Analysis of Koshe Landfill Slope Failure. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indian Institute of Technology

Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), 14-16 December 2017. (Subtheme - Forensic Geotechnical Engineering and Case Studies, Th17_499).

5. B. Munwar Basha and K V N S Raviteja (2016). A Methodology for Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for MSW Landfill Slopes. Indo-US Bilateral Workshop, Establishing

Linkages Between Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustainability, Sheraton Grand, Downtown Chicago on August 18, Page No: 39 - 47.

6. Peddinti, P., Saride, S., and B. Munwar Basha. (2016). Probabilistic Comparison of Virgin and Reclaimed Base Materials. Proceedings of National Conference on Fifteen Years of Pratahn Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (FYPMGSY 2016). Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

7. K V N S Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha (2016). Location of Probabilistic Critical Centers in A Slope Stability Analysis. IGC 2016 at IIT Madras, Chennai, 15-17 December, 2016, India.

8. A S S Raghuram and B. Munwar Basha (2016). Slope Stability of MSW Landfill using Constitutive Model. IGC 2016 at IIT Madras, Chennai, 15-17 December, 2016, India.

9. Shaik Moin Ahmed and B. Munwar Basha (2016). Optimum Design of Gravity Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfill Width Under Seismic Loading. IGC 2016 at IIT Madras, Chennai, 15-17 December, 2016, India.

10. Shilpi Mahapatra, B. Munwar Basha and Bappaditya Manna (2016). Reliability Based Seismic Design of Reinforced Soil Berms for MSW Landfills. IGC 2016 at IIT Madras, Chennai, 15-17 December, 2016, India.

11. B. Munwar Basha and Shaik Moin Ahmed (2015). Optimum Design of Gravity Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfill Width. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, 2015, Pune, India.

12. Sahithi Arukonda, B. Munwar Basha and K. V. N. S. Raviteja (2015). Reliability Analysis of Soil Slopes using Ordinary and Bishop Method of Slices. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, 2015, Pune, India.





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13. Sagir Hussain Paeda, B. Munwar Basha and K. V. N. S. Raviteja. (2015). Compaction Characteristics of Hyderabad Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, 2015, Pune, India.

14. K. V. N. S. Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha. (2015). Variability Associated with Interface Friction between Geomembrane and Soil. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, 2015, Pune, India.

15. K. V. N. S. Raviteja and B. Munwar Basha. (2015). Optimum Design of V-shaped Geosynthetic Anchor Trenches for MSW Landfill Slopes: A Reliability Based Approach. 5th Young Indian

Geotechnical Engineers Conference (5IYGEC) 2015, March 14-15, 2015, Vadodara, India, Paper Id -119, pp: 137- 138.

16. B. Munwar Basha and K. V. N. S. Raviteja. (2015). Optimum design of L-Shaped Anchor Trenches for MSW Landfill Slopes using Reliability Based Approach. Proceedings of Golden

Jubilee Conference of the IGS Bangalore Chapter, Geo-Innovations, 30-31 October 2014, Paper Id - GE2. pp: 1 – 8.

17. Shilpi Mahapatra, B. Munwar Basha and Bappaditya Manna. (2015). Reliability Analysis of Translational Failure of MSW Landfills under Different Leachate Buildup Conditions. Theme: Geoenvironmental Technology (Design of Landfill) in Sixth International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental Conditions, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, January 21-23, 2015.

18. B. Munwar Basha and K. V. N. S. Raviteja. (2014). Reliability Based Design Optimization of Geosynthetic Anchor Trenches for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Slopes. Theme: Risk Analysis and Reliability, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2014, Kakinada, Dec 18 to 20, 2014 pp: 2109-2116.

19. B. Munwar Basha (2014). Computation of Reliability based LRF for external seismic stability of reinforced soil walls. GeoApps 2014 held on Apr 04, 2014 at JNTU Hyderabad.

20. B. Munwar Basha, Shilpi Mahapatra, Bappaditya Manna (2014). Municipal solid waste landfill slopes: A reliability based approach. The 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (14IACMAG), Kyoto, Japan, September 22-25, 2014, pp. 601-606.

21. B. Janaki Ramaiah, G. V. Ramana and B. Munwar Basha (2013). Preliminary geotechnical investigations of a municipal solid waste dump at Ghazipur, New Delhi, India. Fourth Young Indian Geotechnical Conference (4IYGEC-2013), 17-18 May 2013, IIT Madras.

22. B. Janaki Ramaiah, Tufel Ahmed, B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2013). Shear Strength Characterization of Degraded Municipal Solid Waste. In Proc. National conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Aspects of Wastes and Their Utilization in Infrastructure Projects (GGAWUIP-2013), (Eds. J.N.Jha, Harvinder Singh and K.S. Gill), Ludhiana, India, 15-16 Feb, 2013, Vol I, pp. 15-24.

23. Anmol Nagpal and B. Munwar Basha (2012). Reliability Analysis of Anchored Rock Slopes against Planar Failure. In Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 13-15, 2012,

New Delhi.

24. Shankesh Sharma and B. Munwar Basha (2012). Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approach for Reliability Based Seismic Design of Rock Slopes against Wedge Failures. In Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi.

25. B. Munwar Basha (2011). Strain Localization Effect on System Reliability Based Design of Bridge Abutments under Seismic Loading. In Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 15-17,

2011, Kochi.

26. B. Munwar Basha (2011). Linear and Exponential Functions to Evaluate Seismic Active Earth Pressure Considering Strain Localization Effect. in 3rd Young Indian Geotechnical Conference, CRRI, New Delhi.



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27. B. Janaki Ramaiah, G. V. Ramana, B. Munwar Basha. (2010). Geotechnical Characterization of MSW and Need for Reliability Based Design of Landfills in India. In First US-India workshop on Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges (GGEC), New Delhi, India, November 7, 2010, pp: 131 – 137.

28. B. Munwar Basha and G L Sivakumar Babu (2010). Optimum Design of Bridge Abutments under Seismic Conditions: A Reliability Based Approach in Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), Guntur, A.P. December 16 - 19, 2009 pp: 779 - 783.

29. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2009). The influence of strain localization and phase on the estimation of earth pressures for high seismic loading. Paper presented in Second Annual Student Symposium conducted by Dept of Civil Engg, IISc Bangalore.

30. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2008). Seismic stability analysis of reinforced soil structures using pseudo-static method. 2 nd Young Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kakinada, A.P. 14 - 15 March 2009, , pp: 107 - 110

31. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2008). Seismic stability analysis of mechanically stabilized earth walls using pseudo-static method. 17th international conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, ICSMGE, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 5-9 Oct 2009.

32. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2008). Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Cantilever Retaining Walls. Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), IISc Bangalore, pp: 575 - 578.

33. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2008). Pseudo-Static and Pseudo-Dynamic Stability Analysis of Reinforced Earth Structures: A Comparative Study. Paper presented in First Annual Student Symposium conducted by Dept of Civil Engg IISc Bangalore.

34. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2008). Reliability based design optimization of bridge abutments using pseudo-dynamic method. 12 th IACMAG, Goa Conference, pp: 2867-2874 (paper presented).

35. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2007). Target reliability based design optimization of cantilever retaining walls. 13th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Kolkata,

36. B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar Babu (2007). Analysis of cantilever sheet pile walls using inverse reliability method. First Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (FIYGEC), HYDERABAD.

37. G. L. Sivakumar Babu and B Munwar Basha (2006). Inverse reliability based design optimization of cantilever retaining walls. 3rd International ASRANet Colloquium, Glasgow, UK. Pp 1- 10.

Invited Lectures

1. Invited talk by IGS Kakinada student chapter on “Case Studies on Failure of Reinforced Soil

Retaining Walls” as part of one day workshop, on 03rd Sep 2016 Conducted by Department of

Civil Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 2. Invited talk by IGS Ludhiana chapter on “Design of Narrow Backfill Width Retaining Structures

under Static & Seismic Loading” as part of Indian Geotechnical Society TC-8 Workshop on

Numerical and Physical Modelling, on 03rd Oct 2015 Conducted by Department of Civil Engineering,

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

3. Invited by Prof. Arif Masud to deliver a Presentation on Reliability Analysis of Nanoiron

Particle Transport through Porous Media on 27th June 2014 at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Illinois, United States.

4. Computation of Reliability based LRF for external seismic stability of reinforced soil walls. GeoApps 2014 held on Apr 04, 2014 at JNTU Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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5. Invited by Prof. D. N. Singh to participate and deliver a presentation on "ASD to LRFD to

Reliability based LRFD" in the brain storming session on Emerging Trends in Geotechnical

Engineering under the aegis of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of Department of Science and Technology (DST), India on Mar 26 2014, at VMCC building, IIT Bombay.

6. Invited by Prof. Krishna R Reddy to deliver a Presentation on "Load Resistance Factor Design

of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls" on Feb 28, 2014 at Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC), Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.

Keynote Lectures

1. Krishna R Reddy and B. Munwar Basha (2014). Slope Stability of Landfills: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2014, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India on Dec 18 to 20, 2014.

Subtheme Lectures

1. B. Munwar Basha and K. V. N. S. Raviteja (2017). Meethothamulla landfill failure analysis:

A probabilistic approach. Indian Geotechnical Conference. Indian Institute of Technology

Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), 14-16 December 2017.

Theses

B. Munwar Basha (2009). Optimum design of retaining structures under static and seismic loading: A reliability based approach. Ph.D Thesis, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (under the supervision of Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu)

B. Munwar Basha (2004). Seismic stability analysis of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) retaining walls. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), Uttar Pradesh, India (under the supervision of Prof. P. K. Basudhar)

Teaching Activities

Courses taught and being taught at IIT Hyderabad

UG

1. CE 2020 – Construction Materials Lab (Co-teaching) [Aug – Dec 2013] 2. CE 3301 - Geotechnical Engineering Lab (Co-teaching) [Jan – May 2014, 2015, 2016] 3. CE 3300 - Geotechnical Engineering (Co-teaching) [Jan – May 2015, 2016] 4. CE 3312 – Foundation Engineering (Co-teaching) [Aug – Dec 2015] 5. CE 3322 – Design of Foundations (Co-teaching) [Aug – Dec 2016, 2017] 6. CE 3300 - Geotechnical Engineering I [Jan – May 2018] 7. CE 3310 - Geotechnical Engineering II [Jan – May 2018]

PG

1. CE 6330 – Soil Dynamics [Jan – May 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Aug - Dec 2017] 2. CE 6352 – Design of Earth Structures [Aug – Dec 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016] 3. CE 6002 – Design Studio (Co teaching) [Aug – Dec 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016] 4. CE 6006 – Seminar [Jan – Apr 2014]

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UG Course 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Aug-Dec

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Aug- Nov

Jan-Apr

Jul- Nov

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Jul- Nov

Jan-Apr

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CE2020 Construction Materials

3.6 - - - - - - -

CE3300 Geotechnical Engineering

- - - 3.71 - - - -

CE3301 Geotechnical Engineering Lab

- 3.5 - 3.4 - 3.63 - 4.45

CE3310 Geotechnical Engineering-II

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CE3312 Foundation Engineering

- - 3.45 - 3.22 - - -

CE3322 Design of Foundations

- - - - - - NA - 4.58

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CE6006 Seminar - 4.6 - - - - - -

CE6330 Soil Dynamics - 4.4 - 3.92 - 4.4 - 4.02 4.13

CE6352 Design of Earth Structures

4 - 3.96 - 4.0 - NA -

CE8996 Special Topics in Geo-Environmental Engineering

- - - - - 5 - -

Courses taught at IITD

UG

1. CEL321 – Geotechnical Engineering 2. CEN110 – Introduction to Civil Engineering 3. CEL423 – Designs of Foundations, Earth & Earth Retaining Structures 4. CEL222 – Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics 5. CEL421 - Ground Improvement 6. CEP200 – Design Concepts in Civil Engineering

PG students

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Teaching in specialized training programs for professionals

1. Delivered a lecture on “Rock Slope Stability Analysis” in the Training Course on “Rock Engineering and its Practice” held at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi from 27th May to 1st June 2013 for Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) Organized by Prof. K. S. Rao and Dr. R. Ayothiraman

2. Delivered a lecture on “Soil Structure Interaction” in the short Course on Soil Mechanics and

Foundation Engineering: Principles and Practices, Organized by Dr. Bappaditya Manna Tanusree Chakraborty, May 17, 2012, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India.

Research Guidance

Ph.D

1. Shilpi Mahapatra (Aug 2011). Vertical expansion of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSW) using Retaining walls. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (in progress under joint supervision with Dr. Bappaditya Manna, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi). (ongoing).

2. K. V. N. S. Raviteja (Jan 2013). Reliability Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Slopes. (Completed Open Colloquium on 27th Feb 2018 )

3. Shaik Moin Ahmed (Jan 2013). Optimum seismic design of retaining walls of narrow backfill width for high earthquake loading. (External Student, Completed Proposal defense, ongoing)

4. Peddinti R. T. Pranav (Jan 2014). Reliability Analysis of Flexible Pavements (Co-supervisor, Supervisor: Dr. Sireesh Saride)

5. A. S. S. Raghuram (Aug 2015). Stability analysis of unsaturated slopes stabilized with piles: A reliability based approach.

6. Soujanya Subhash (Aug 2017). Stability of Bilinear Reinforced Slopes

M.Tech

1. Bommireddy Goutham Kishore Reddy (2016-2018). Seismic stability analysis of unsaturated soil slopes

2. Deepti Dohare (2016-2018). Effect of fine content on Soil Water Characteristic Curves (SWCC)

3. Penta Soujanya (2015-2017). External and Internal Seismic Stability Analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures with concave facing profile. (Completed)

4. Arvind Kumar (2015-2017). Interface friction angle between soil and HDPE smooth and textured geomembranes. (Completed)

5. Adapa Gautham (2014 - 2016). Reliability Analysis of Bolted Rock Slopes considering Rock Blot & Rock Mass Interaction and joint Shear Strength based on Quantified Surface Description (Completed)

6. Duggi Reddy Pavan Kumar, (2014 - 2016). Effect of Spatial Variability of MSW properties on Landfill slope reliability using FLAC 2D (Completed)

7. Sahithi Arukonda (2013 - 2015). Reliability Analysis of Soil Slopes (Completed) 8. Sagir Hussain Peada (2013 - 2015). Geotechnical Properties of Hyderabad Municipal Solid

Waste Landfills (Completed)

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9. K Chandrakant (2011-2013). Reliability analysis of bearing capacity of foundations on joined rock masses. Rock Engineering and Underground Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

10. Niteesh Kumar (2011-2013). Vertical expansion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) open dump landfills. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

11. Anmol Nagpal (2010-2012). Reliability assessment of anchored rock slopes against plane failure. Rock Engineering and Underground Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

12. Shankesh Sharma (2010-2012). Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) approach for the reliability based design of rock slopes against wedge failure. Rock Engineering and Underground Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

13. Ashwini Kumar Verma (2010-2012). Effect of composition on Mechanical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (Co-supervisor: Prof. G. V. Ramana)

B.Tech

1. Basati Venkatesh (2016). Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of The Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Project (MMHEP) in Nepal. (Mini Project), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.

2. Ashbir Singh Bhatia (2012). Optimum design of municipal solid waste landfill slopes using retaining walls. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

3. Maneesha Arya (2012). Analysis and design of veneer cover soils for landfill slopes, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

4. Akanksha Gupta (2012). Seismic analysis of municipal solid waste landfill for optimum design of retaining structures, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

5. Ankit Gupta (2011). Effect of arching on active earth pressures., Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.

Grants Received

Sponsored Research Projects

1. B. Munwar Basha (2017-2020). "Vertical Expansion of Existing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills using Retention Systems " Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (Rs. 13.36 lakhs).

2. B. Munwar Basha (2014). Role of Probabilistic Methods in Sustainable Geotechnical Slope Stability Analysis of MSW Landfills in Hyderabad. Startup grant funded by IIT Hyderabad (5 lakhs).

3. B. Munwar Basha (2012-2015). " Measurement of Waste Pressure for the vertical expansion of MSW landfills" DST Fast-Track Scheme for Young Scientist award, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (Rs. 10.88 lakhs). (This project is closed in IIT Delhi as DST did not transfer to IIT Hyderabad)



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4. B. Munwar Basha (2011). Reliability Based Slope Stability Assessment of Waste Containment Systems.” New Research Faculty Grant, funded by Industrial Research and Development (IRD), IIT Delhi (Rs. 9 lakhs)

5. B. Munwar Basha (2011). Calibration of LRFD for reliability based designs in geotechnical engineering.” Infrastructure facility under the research grant for new faculty (RGNF) scheme, funded by Industrial Research and Development (IRD), IIT Delhi (Rs. 1.0 lakh)

Consultancy Projects

1. B. Umashankar and B. Munwar Basha (2018). Proof Checking of Analysis and Design

Calculations of Ash Dyke for Mouda Super Thermal Power Project, Nagpur City, Dhamangaon Village, Mouda.

2. Sireesh Saride and B. Munwar Basha (2016). Proof checking of Design Documents for Gabion Walls at Yadagiri gutta, Telangana. Funded by M/S Savinaya Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

3. Sireesh Saride and B. Munwar Basha (2016). Dynamic soil properties of near shore samples karwar project. Project Sea Bird Karwar.

4. K V L Subramaniam and B. Munwar Basha (2015). Proof checking of design and drawings of surface level water tank for CONCOR, Tondiarpet, Chennai.

5. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2013). Reinforced Earth Wall Construction at Sevalia, Godra, Gujarat . Funded by Reinforced Earth India (REIPL) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Rs. 1.0 lakhs)

6. B. Munwar Basha (2013). Reinforced Earth Wall Construction at Arts College Alwar, Rajasthan. Funded by Balabharti Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. (Rs. 1.0 lakh)

7. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2012). Proof Checking of RE Wall Design and Drawings for M/s. GVK on SH-08 in the State of Gujarat Bagodara-Vasad Section. Funded by Earthcon Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Rs. 1.5 lakhs)

8. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2012). Proof Checking of Reinforced Earth Walls for Hosur-Krishnagiri Road and Krishnagiri-Walajhpet Road. Funded by Reinforced Earth India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Rs. 1.5 lakhs)

9. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2012). Proof Checking of R.E.Wall for Construction of 2 Lane ROB Badkal Chowk, Faridabad. Funded by MBL-ATLAS Construction J.V., Faridabad, Haryana. (Rs. 1.0 lakh)

10. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2012). Four Laning of Reengus-Sikar, NH-11 Section. Funded by Balabharti Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. (Rs. 1.0 lakh)

11. B. Munwar Basha and G. V. Ramana (2012). Proof Checking of RE Design and Drawings of NH-30, Patna-Bakhtiyarpur, Bihar Project. Funded by BSC-C&C JV, Gurgaon. (Rs. 3.0 lakhs)

12. G. V. Ramana and B. Munwar Basha (2012). Proof Checking of RE Wall Design for Kishangarh-Ajmer-Beawar Section of NH-8. Funded by Earthcon Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Rs. 1.5 lakhs)

13. G. V. Ramana and B. Munwar Basha (2012). Proof Check of RSRW Design / Drawing for Ranchi-Patratu Dam, Ramgarh Road (Package RPR II). Funded by Sachi Geosynthetics Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad. (Rs. 1.0 lakh)

14. G. V. Ramana and B. Munwar Basha (2012). Construction of Approaches to ROB near Chaipal. Funded by RKD Construction Pvt. Ltd. (Rs. 3.0 lakhs)

Professional Activities

Examination of M.Tech/Ph.D Thesis

1. M.Tech Thesis submitted by B. Bhadak of Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical

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2. M.Tech Thesis submitted by Nida Khan of Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical

Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.

3. M.Tech dissertation submitted by Basavraj Hotti (Roll No: 2BA11CGT02) of Department of

Civil Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka on 09/11/2013.

4. M.Tech dissertation submitted by Harish M Kadam (Roll No: 2BA11CGT04) of Department

of Civil Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka on 09/11/2013.

5. M.Tech dissertation submitted by Hemant Kumar Ronad (Roll No: 2BA11CGT05) of

Department of Civil Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka on

09/11/2013.

6. Ph.D thesis of K V Surya Narayana (2010). "Geo-Hydrological investigations and impact of

rain water harvesting structures on ground water potential in Anantapur District” Jawaharlal

Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Anantapur, A.P. (24/12/2010)

Organizer / Organizing Committee Member / Session Chair /

1. Organizing Secretary for the workshop on GeoApps 2017: Recent Developments held on Feb 18, 2017 in IIT Hyderabad.

2. Joint Organizing Secretary for Symposium on Geodisasters: Ground & Slope Instability held on Oct 01, 2016 in JNTU Hyderabad.

3. Moderator and Session Coordinator/Chair of Session D52 and D53/ Modeling and Simulations on Materials and Resource Conservation during Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, USA, August 14-18, 2016 organized by Geo-Institute (GI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA.

4. Joint Organizing Secretary and Website Coordinator for Fifth International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, 5CFGE 2016 will be held on Dec 08 - 10, 2016 in IISc Bangalore.

5. Organizing Secretary for International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, ICSCI 2014 will be held on Oct 16 - 18, 2014 in Hyderabad. The conference is organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers - India Section in association with Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

6. Organizing Committee Member – A Symposium on Landfill Engineering: Perspectives

and Practices, held at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Ordnance Factory Campus, Yeddumailaram 502205, India on August 06, 2013 from 2 to 5.30 pm which was organized by ASCE India Section, Southern Region in association with IGS Hyderabad Chapter and IIT Hyderabad.

7. Organizing committee member and Website Coordinator for 4th International Seminar

on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, January 10-12, 2013, Bengaluru, India (Job involves designing the webpage of 4ISFGE and keep updating periodically the contents of webpage, as and when is required).

8. Organizing committee member and Website Coordinator for Indian Geotechnical

Conference, IGC-2012, Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi, India (Job involves designing the webpage of IGC 2012 and keep updating periodically the contents of webpage, as and when is required).

9. Organizing committee member of Third Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), March 25 - 26, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India

10. Organizing secretary, First US-India Workshop on “Global Geoenvironmental

Engineering Challenges”, November 7, New Delhi, India. (Organized by Prof. Krishna Reddy, Prof. Manoj Datta, Dr. G V Ramana, and Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu)

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11. Organizing committee member in “6th International Congress on Environmental

Geotechnics (6ICEG)”, November 8 - 12, 2010, New Delhi, India and Coordinated a panel discussion on " Opportunities for Research Partnerships in Environmental Geotechnics – A.

12. Organizing committee Member in "International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical

Engineering”, December 14-15, 2010, IIT Bombay.

Membership of Professional bodies

1. Member of TC 302 Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering 2. Member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

(ISSMGE) 3. Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), LM 3173 4. Member of ASCE (ID No: 469215) India section, awarded by the ASCE board of direction 5. Executive Committee member of IGS Hyderabad Chapter.

Conferences attended and presentations delivered

1. Fifth International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, 5ICFGE 2016 held on Dec 08 - 10, 2016 in IISc Bangalore

2. Indo-US Bilateral Workshop, Establishing Linkages Between Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustainability, Sheraton Grand, Downtown Chicago on August 18.

3. Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, USA, August 14-18, 2016 organized by Geo-Institute (GI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA

4. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, 2015, Pune, India. 5. Symposium on Ground Improvement & Geosynthetics ground. Organized by INDIAN

GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY, HYDERABAD CHAPTER, Hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru technological University College of engineering Hyderabad, 29 August 2015.

6. Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 18-20, 2014, JNTU Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

7. Reliability analysis of Nanoiron Particle Transport through porous media. Presentation delivered on 27th June 2014 at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Illinois, United States. 8. The 18th Great Lakes Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Conference (GLGGC) & The

2014 Chicago Geotechnical Lecture Series on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, held on May 2, 2014 at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Organized by: Geo-Institute Chapter of the ASCE Illinois Section.

9. Strain Localization Effect on System Reliability Based Design of Bridge Abutments under Seismic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 15-17, 2011, Kochi,

Kerala, India. 10. Linear and Quadratic Functions to Evaluate Seismic Active Earth Pressure Considering Strain

Localization Effect, 3rd Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), March 25 - 26, 2011, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi, India

11. First US-India Workshop on “Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges”, November 7, New Delhi, India

12. 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) 2010, November 8 - 12, 2010, New Delhi, India

13. Presentation on “Reliability based design optimization of bridge abutments using pseudo-dynamic method” in 12th IACMAG conference, Goa, Oct (1 – 6).

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15. The influence of strain localization and phase on the estimation of earth pressures for high seismic loading, Second Annual Student Symposium, 2009 conducted by Dept of Civil Engg, IISc Bangalore.

16. Pseudo-Static and Pseudo-Dynamic Stability Analysis of Reinforced Earth Structures: A Comparative Study, First Annual Student Symposium, 2008 conducted by Dept of Civil Engg. IISc Bangalore.

17. National conference on Case studies in Geotechnical Engineering, (GEOPRACTICE 2005), IISc Bangalore.

18. International Workshop on Risk assessment in Site Characterization and Geotechnical Design, (GEORISK 2004), IISc Bangalore.

Administration at IIT Hyderabad

1. Faculty In charge for CE Department Day 2018 2. Faculty In charge for Computer Aided Engineering Lab (CAE) (2017-2020) 3. Reporting Centre Officer for Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017 based on JEE 2017 4. FAQ committee member for Student Orientation Program 2016 5. Institute Representative (IR) for JEE online exam conducted 2017, 2018 6. Student Grievance Committee (Academic and Non Academic matters) member from May

2015 onwards 7. 4th Convocation Committee member for INVITATION (printing brochure) 8. Convener, DPGC Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Aug 2014 – July 2016) 9. Institute Representative (IR) for GATE online exam conducted 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

10. Member of the committee nominated by the Director, for formation of institute wise norms/rules, when a student needs a temporary leave (for 1 and 2 semesters) from his/her Masters/ Ph.D program either due to medical or job reasons

11. Faculty Advisor for M.Tech students joined in Aug 2013 in the Department of Civil Engineering.

Administration at IIT Delhi

1. Departmental representative for OPEN HOUSE 2013 at IIT Delhi 2. Program Coordinator for the M.Tech programme in Rock Engineering and Underground

Structures in Geotechnical Engineering Section of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (2011 to 2013).

3. Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi (2011 to 2013).

4. Institute Representative (IR) for IIT-JEE conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 5. Institute Representative (IR) for GATE exams conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 6. Course Advisor to 16 B.Tech students of 2010 entry in the Department of Civil

Engineering. 7. Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2010 entry (Sivalik

Hostel, IIT Delhi). 8. Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2011 entry

(Vindhyachal Hostel, IIT Delhi). 9. Member of the Proctorial Team for the first year B.Tech students of 2012 entry (Nilgiri

Hostel, IIT Delhi).

Reviewer for the following journals

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2. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Saudi Society for Geosciences published by Springer 3. ASCE conferences (GeoCongress, GeoFrontiers, IFCEE, GeoFrontiers, Geochicago) 4. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 5. Cogent Engineering, Taylor and Francis Journal 6. Computer and Geotechnics 7. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 8. Engineering Geology, published by Elsevier 9. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 10. Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal 11. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 12. Geosynthetics International 13. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 14. Geotechnique Letters 15. Ground Improvement 16. Indian Geotechnical Journal, published by Indian Geotechnical society. 17. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 18. International Journal of Geomate 19. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE 20. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering 21. International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) published by IGI

Global. 22. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering published by J Ross. 23. International Journal of Physical Sciences 24. International Journal of Reliability and Safety, published by Inderscience. 25. Journal of earth system science, published by Indian Academy of sciences Bangalore. 26. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste published by ASCE 27. Journal of Low Land Technology 28. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE 29. Mathematical problems for engineers 30. SADHANA - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences - published by the Indian

Academy of Sciences Bangalore. 31. Soils and Foundations, Japanese Geotechnical Society 32. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Springer 33. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering