Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION Dr. Ramkrishnan R

Athira, TC 13/2094, Chalakkuzhy Lane, Medical College P.O., 695011 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India)

+91-808*******, +91-994*******

adjihr@r.postjobfree.com, adjihr@r.postjobfree.com Ramkrishnan R LinkedIn Google Scholar Research Gate Sex Male Date of birth 19 Apr 1990 Nationality Indian Status Married Interests Long distance riding, Motorcycling enthusiast, Travelling, Photography, Cricket CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.)

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/06/2014 – Present Assistant Professor

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University

Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, 641112 Coimbatore (India)

https://www.amrita.edu/

Courses taught at the graduate level:

• Engineering Geology (3rd Semester Civil Engineering)

• Geology and Soil Mechanics (4th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Geotechnical Engineering (5th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Ground Improvement Techniques (8th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Surveying (3rd Semester Civil Engineering)

• Remote Sensing and GIS (7th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Environmental Science (5th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Introduction to Civil Engineering (2nd Semester Civil Engineering)

• Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (5th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Construction Materials Laboratory (4th Semester Civil Engineering)

• Surveying Practice Laboratory (3rd Semester Civil Engineering)

Courses taught at the post-graduate level:

• Advanced Construction Practices (2nd Semester Structural and Construction Engineering)

• Analysis and Design of Substructures (2nd Semester Structural and Construction Engineering)

Served as Head of Geotechnical Engineering laboratory and Surveying Practice Laboratory

Coordinator for Amrita SeRVe (Self Reliant Villages) Live-in-Labs program of the University, where societal development for 101 adopted rural villages of India is in progress.

Department Alumni Coordinator

Writing proposals to funding agencies for project funding.

Planning and Resources Head for ANOKHA, Annual Tech Fest of Amrita University.

Graduate project groups supervised - 7, Ongoing – 1

Post - Graduate project groups supervised - 5, Ongoing – 1 06/2012 – 08/2012 Site Engineer

Artech Realtors, Thiruvananthapuram (India)

https://artechrealtors.com/

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Construction of deep piles (DMC piling) and monthly planning

Standard testing of soil, concrete, and aggregates as per Indian Standards EDUCATION AND TRAINING

08/2016 – 10/2020 Doctor of Philosophy

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (India)

- Specialization in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

- Thesis title: Attenuation Characteristics and Seismicity Analysis of Himalayan Region with Linear Joint Time-Frequency Analysis Techniques

- Developed new region-specific Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) for the Himalayan region using actual recorded strong motion data

- Comprehensive seismic hazard assessment of Himalayan region using region-specific GMPEs

- Analysis and synthesis of Himalayan earthquake ground motion using Joint Time- Frequency Analysis Techniques

09/2012 – 05/2014 Master of Technology

SRM University, Kattankulathur (India)

- Post-Graduation in Geotechnical Engineering

- Master’s thesis on Study on Effects of Natural Fibers in Soil 05/2008 – 05/2012 Bachelor of Technology

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore (India)

- Thesis on Strengthening of RC Beams using Glass Fiber reinforced composites PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s)

Malayalam

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 C2 C1 C1 C2

Hindi C1 B2 B1 B1 B1

Tamil C1

C1 C1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - Self-assessment grid Communication skills Good communication skills nurtured through my experience as a teacher, advisor, and mentor

Good technical communication skills - presentation and writing, developed through my experience as a professor, researcher, and supervisor Organisational/Managerial skills Good organisational skills gained as the Convener of conferences, Coordinator of various technical events, and Coordinator of accreditation processes for Amrita University

Good leadership skills gained as Principal Investigator of sponsored research projects and Coordinator of Amrita University's flagship Amrita SeRVe's Live-in-Lab Programs

Good managerial and leadership skills gained as Planning and Resources Head for Amrita University's annual technical fest - ANOKHA

Good managerial and leadership skills gained as Chief Faculty Warden, leading a team of 4 wardens and 3 hostel assistants for smooth conduct of student accommodation and hostel facilities

Job-related skills Excellent presentation and technical writing skills gained over 6 years of teaching and Ramkrishnan R

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research at Amrita University

Excellent mentoring skills as a project supervisor, class advisor and counselor - I have been working closely and successfully with the students, supervising, mentoring, and counseling them

Excellent team player and fast learner, with a proven track record of working well with diverse people and groups

Other skills Software Applications: LabVIEW, Mathworks (MATLAB), PLAXIS, SeismoSoft, M S Office, SAP and ETABS, 4D CAD

Data Analysis: Origin Pro, R Studio, XLStat

GIS Tools: ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS, GrassGIS, Surfer, MapInfo

Drawing Tools: AutoCAD, CAD

Equipment handling: Multi Channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), Total Station, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity – Pundit Lab (UPV), Impulse hammer and Accelerometer (FFT Analyzer), and other Standard Civil engineering equipment ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Patents Ramkrishnan R., N. Narayana Pillai (2017), A system and a method for preventing beach erosion, Patent Published. Patent application No. 201*********. Sponsored Projects Principal Investigator, Real-Time Monitoring for Potential Landslides and Measures for Landslide Control in the State of Kerala, India (INR 4,800,000) Sponsoring Agency: Government of Kerala, Department of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation. Proposal Submitted, December 2019.

Principal Investigator, Use of geo-textile fabric and pervious concrete to prevent coastal erosion in sandy soil beaches of Kerala (INR 125,000) Sponsoring Agency: Government of Kerala, Irrigation Department (G.O. (Rt) No. 287/2017/WRD, Jan 2017). Successfully completed June 2017.

Principal Investigator, Stabilization of Seepage Induced Soil Mass Movements using Sand Drains (INR 50,000)

Sponsoring Agency: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Internal Funded Research Project

(IFRP No. 31/15-16). Successfully completed June 2016.

Contributor, Coastal reservoir concept to impound Netravati River flood waters: A sustainable strategy for water resource development for Mangalore and Bangalore (INR 4,000,000)

Sponsoring Agency: Government of Karnataka, BWSSB. Successfully completed July 2017.

Project Supervision Post - Graduate Level

Sugapriya P. (2016), Experimental investigation on damping property of rubberized concrete

Febin Geogy (2017), Strength and Durability properties of M Sand manufacturing slurry incorporated concrete blocks

Deepa Devaraj (2019), Structural Response and Seismic Reduction Measures for North-East India Based on Synthesised Response Spectra

Jerinmon George (2019), Structural Health Assessment Using TFA Based synthesized Time series data for North and Central Himalayas

Reshma Shaji (2019), Damping and strength behavior of square confined rubberized SCC columns

Graduate Level

Lokesh K. et al. (2015), Stabilisation of oil contaminated clay using silica fumes

Abilash B. et al. (2016), Effect of Mineral admixtures on strength and durability of pervious concrete

Vishanth S. et al. (2016), Survey and Design of water supply system for villages of Guptapada and Kalinagar under A-SeRVe

Karthik V. et al. (2016), Stabilization of Seepage induced Soil mass movements using vertical Sand Drains

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Azhar A. et al. (2017), Use of geotextile fabric and pervious concrete to prevent costal erosion in sandy soil Beaches

Hitha S. et al. (2017), Regression Analysis of Soil Nailing Parameters using Finite Element and Limit Equilibrium Methods

Ravichandran D. et al. (2017), Assessment of Mass Movements and Critical Phreatic Levels in Soil Slopes using a Scaled Down Laboratory Model

Adithan K. et al. (2020), Strength and settlement behaviour of Quarry Dust Powder infill natural geocells

Publications JOURNALS

1. Ramkrishnan R., Animesh Sharma, Karthik Viswanathan, Ravichandran D. (2020),

“Determination of Critical Phreatic Level for Landslide Assessment using a Scaled Down Laboratory Model”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2020.1836112.

2. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2020), “Strong Motion Data Based Regional Attenuation Relations for North East India based on Non-Linear Regression Models”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering. doi:

https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2020.1778586.

2. Deepa Devaraj, Ramkrishnan R., Prabu T., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2020),

“Synthesis of Linear JTFA Based Response Spectra for Structural Response and Seismic Reduction Measures for North-East India”, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami. doi: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431120500232.

3. Animesh Sharma, Ramkrishnan R., (2020), “Parametric Optimization and Multi- Regression Analysis for Soil Nailing using Numerical Approaches”, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01230-8. 4. Hitha S., Vijayshree S., Animesh Sharma, Ramkrishnan R. (2019), “Regression analysis of soil nailing parameters using finite element and limit equilibrium methods”, Australian Geomechanics Journal, 54(3).

5. Febin G. Kottukappalli, A. Abhirami, A.K. Vineetha, V. Manisha, RamkrishnanR., Dhanya Sathyan, K. M. Mini (2019), "Strength and Durability properties of concrete blocks made with Sand Manufacture Sludge", Construction and Building Materials, 228, 11679. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116793. 6. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2019), “Development of New Ground Motion Prediction Equation for the North and Central Himalayas Using Recorded Strong Motion Data”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 5(3), 1-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1605318.

7. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2019), “Seismic Hazard Assessment and Land Use Analysis of Mangalore City, Karnataka, India”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 5(5), 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1608333. 8. S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam, R. Ramkrishnan, R. S. Rao (2017), “Feasibility of creating a fresh- water reservoir in the Arabian Sea impounding the floodwaters of Netravati River”, Journal of Sustainable Urbanization, Planning and Progress, Vol. 2, No. 2, 38-42. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.26789/JSUPP.2017.02.006. 9. Ramkrishnan R., Karthik V., Mukund S. Unnithan, Kiran Balaji R., Athul Vinu M., Anju Venugopalan (2017), “Stabilization of Seepage Induced Soil Mass Movements using Sand Drains”, Geotechnical Engineering, SEAGS and AGSSEA, Vol. 48, No. 4, 129- 137.

10. Sharma, Animesh, and R. Ramkrishnan (2016), “Study on effect of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitates on strength of fine grained soils”, Perspectives in Science, Elsevier, Vol 8, September 2016, 198–202. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pisc.2016.03.017. 11. K. M. Mini, Rini John Alapatt, Anjana Elizabeth David, Aswathy Radhakrishnan, Minu Maria Cyriac and R. Ramkrishnan (2014) “Experimental study on strengthening of R.C beam using glass fibre reinforced composite”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Technopress, Vol. 50, No. 3, 275- 286. doi: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2014.50.3.275. CONFERENCES

1. Ramkrishnan R., Deepa Devaraj, Sreevalsa Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2020), “Joint Time Frequency Analysis Based Synthesis of Acceleration-Time History and Response Spectra for Japanese Earthquakes”, 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics ICRAGEE 2020, Bangalore, India. (In Press)

2. Ramkrishnan R., Deepa Devaraj, Sreevalsa Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2020), “Recent Ramkrishnan R

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Developments in Synthesis of Earthquake Motions Using Linear Joint Time Frequency Analysis Techniques”, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE 2020, Sendai, Japan. (In Press)

3. Reshma Shaji, Ramkrishnan R., Dhanya Sathyan (2020), “Strength Characteristics of Crumb Rubber incorporated self - Compacting Concrete”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.306 4. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2018), “New Attenuation Relations for the North East Himalayas”, 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Roorkee, 32.

5. Prakash, E. Lalith, Sreevalsa Kolathayar, and R. Ramkrishnan, (2018), "Seismic Risk Assessment for Coimbatore Integrating Seismic Hazard and Land Use", GeoShanghai International Conference, Springer, Singapore, 117-124. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-13- 0128-5_14.

6. Ramkrishnan, R., M. R. Sruthy, Animesh Sharma, and V. Karthik (2018), "Effect of random inclusion of sisal fibres on strength behavior and slope stability of fine grained soils", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 5, No.11, 253**-*****. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.10.334.

7. Ramkrishnan, R., Abilash, B., Trivedi, M., Varsha, P., Varun, P. and Vishanth, S. (2018),

“Effect of mineral admixtures on pervious concrete”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 5, No.11, 24014- 24023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.10.194. 8. P. Sugapriya, R. Ramkrishnan, S. Saravanamurugan, G. Keerthana (2018),

“Experimental Investigation on Damping Property of Coarse Aggregate Replaced Rubber Concrete”, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 310, No.1, 012003. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/310/1/012003.

9. P. Sugapriya and R. Ramkrishnan, (2018), “Crumb Rubber Recycling in Enhancing Damping Properties of Concrete”, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 310, No.1, 012013. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/310/1/012013.

10. Febin G. Kottukappalli, RamkrishnanR., Dhanya Sathyan, K. M. Mini (2018), "Strength properties of concrete blocks with Sand Manufacture Sludge as partial replacement to fine aggregate", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 5, No.11, 237**-*****. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.10.164.

11. Ramkrishnan, R, V. Karthik, M. R. Sruthy, and Animesh Sharma (2018), "Soil Reinforcement and Slope Stabilization Using Natural Jute Fibres", Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes Conference, Springer, Cham, 130- 143. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 319-95744-9_11. 12. Ravichandran, D., E. Nishok Kumar, R. Ramkrishnan, Karthik Viswanathan, S. Sandeep, and K. Manasa (2018), "Assessment of Mass Movements and Critical Phreatic Levels in Soil Slopes", Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes Conference, Springer, Cham, 161-186. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319- 95744-9_13.

13. Ramkrishnan, R., N. Narayana Pillai, Azhar Aziz, and R. Gowri (2018), "Utilization of Geotextile Fabric and Permeable Concrete to Prevent Coastal Erosion", Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes Conference, Springer, Cham, 144-160. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95744-9_12. 14. Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Renjith Mohan, Prakash C, Lalith P, Ananth Kumar M, R. Ramkrishnan, Nitin Kumar M, Deepak Brahmanandan (2016), “Micro Water Distribution Networks: A participatory method of sustainable water distribution in rural communities”, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Washington, USA, 797-804. doi: 10.1109/GHTC.2016.7857369.

15. Ramkrishnan R., T. V. Ramachandra (2016), “Four decades of forest loss: Draughts in Kerala”, Lake 2016: Conference on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Ecologically Sensitive Regions in Western Ghats, 10th Biennial Lake Conference: Wetlands for Our Future, Mangalore, Karnataka.

BOOKS

1. Sugapriya P., Ramkrishnan R. (2018), “Investigations on Strength and Damping property of Rubberized Concrete”, LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978- 333*******.

UNDER REVIEW

1. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam (2020), “Linear Joint Time Frequency Analysis Based Simulation of Earthquake Motions for North and Central Himalayas”, Geophysical Journal International. (Under Review)

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2. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam, (2020) “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of North and Central Himalayas Using Regional Ground Motion Prediction Equations”, Natural Hazards. (1st revision submitted) 3. Ramkrishnan R., S. Kolathayar, T. G. Sitharam, (2020) “Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of North and Central Himalayas Using Region-Specific Ground Motion Prediction Equations”, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. (Under Review) 4. Wanare, P., Animesh Sharma, Ramkrishnan R., S. V. Surendhar. (2020), “Assessment and Optimization of Green Building Rating Systems for Tamil Nadu, India using an Analytical Hierarchy Process”. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology

& Urban Development. (Under Review)

5. Phani Gopal, Ramkrishnan R., Ankit Garg, Sreevalsa Kolathayar (2019), “Development of Region-specific New Generation Attenuation Relations for North India using Artificial Neural Networks”, Natural Hazards. (Under Review)

6. Reshma Shaji, Ramkrishnan R., Dhanya Sathyan, S. Saravana Murugan (2020),

“Damping and Strength Behaviour of Confined Rubberized SCC Columns”, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions A: Science. (Under Review) Honours and Awards Bharat Vikas Award for Excellence in Geotechnical Engineering, Institution of Self Reliance, 2018

Invitation and Sponsorship to attend 17th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, WCEE, Sendai, Japan, 2020

Invited speaker at Institution of Engineers, India for session on Coastal Erosion Control using Pervious Concrete Armour, 2019

Sponsorship from Amrita University to attend and present research work at 5th International GeoChina Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2018

Research funding from the Government of Kerala, Government of Karnataka and Amrita University on various research projects

Independent research on Land use dynamics of Kerala, India and sponsored project on beach erosion control was widely covered, acclaimed and discussed in several newspapers Memberships Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society References Prof. T. G. Sitharam

Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), and Senior Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. E-mail: adjihr@r.postjobfree.com, adjihr@r.postjobfree.com

Web: https://www.iitg.ac.in/director/, https://tgsitharam.in/

Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology – Surathkal (NIT-K), Surathkal, Karnataka, India.

E-mail: adjihr@r.postjobfree.com, adjihr@r.postjobfree.com Web: https://civil.nitk.ac.in/professor/sreevalsa-kolathayar, https://sreevalsa.in/

Prof. K. B. Anand

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

E-mail: adjihr@r.postjobfree.com

Web: https://www.amrita.edu/faculty/kb-anand

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