Welcome to the Civil Engineering Department of BITS Pilani. It was established in the year 1959 and is one of the oldest departments in the country. Over the years the department has nurtured young minds to produce bright able civil engineers. The department has expertise in almost the entire spectrum of civil engineering, offering Higher Degree programmes in Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering and Management. Many of our faculty members and students are involved in research activities in various areas of civil engineering. The department is also very active in conducting conferences, workshops, short term seminars etc. The department has been constantly involved in a range of consultancy projects.
Ph.D. Topic - Civil Engineering
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Ph.D. Topic - The Study of Postbuckling Response, Failure and Strength of Natural Fiber Based Functionally Graded Composite Plates
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - CONCRETE (ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CEMENT COMPOSITES)
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Subhasis Pradhan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Assessment of resource recovery potential from faecal sludge and its sustainable management using a multi-criteria approach
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Ajit Pratap Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the Efficacy of Moist and Compound Curing on Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Inclusive Concrete
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Vijay Kakade,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarah Mariam Abraham,
Ph.D. Topic - Potential of Using Sandstone Waste as a Precursor for Geopolymerization.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dipendu Bhunia,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sayantan Chakraborty,
Ph.D. Topic - PInvestigation on the Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls Strengthened With Textile Reinforced Concrete
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dipendu Bhunia,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Assessment of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Modelling and Simulation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shibani Khanra Jha,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Automatic detection of cracks and vegetation in the canal system using machine learning and assessment of canal water quality
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Anupam Singhal,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Rahul Dev Garg
Ph.D. Topic - Study of Structural Behavior and Failure Characteristics of FRP-Concrete Composite Beams
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Structural Behavior of Concrete-Filled Double-Skin FRP-Steel Tubular Columns under Axial Compression
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai,
Ph.D. Topic - Static and dynamic behaviour of shallow footing resting on waste tire chip reinforced soil
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Ravi Kant Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Nishant Roy,
Ph.D. Topic - Qualitative Gradation and Extraction of heavy metal from MSW City Compost of Indian cities using biodegradable chelating agents.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Anupam Singhal,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. R. Srinivas,
Ph.D. Topic - Buckling and Postbuckling Study of the CNT Reinforced Hybrid Laminated Composite Stiffened Shell Panels Subjected to Non-uniform In-Plane loading
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. S.N. Patel,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajesh Kumar,
Ph.D. Topic - Size-dependent Vibration, Response and Stability analyses of Microplates under Localized Mechanical and Thermal loads
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajesh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - State of the Art for Integrating the Infrastructure Management Techniques & Tools for its Application in Sustainable Urban Water Management System
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Rajiv Gupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Spatial Flood Dynamics Using Artificial Intelligence Based Image Classification for Integrated Urban Water Management System
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Rajiv Gupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the potential of corundum-blended engineered cementitious composites for pavement application
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. G Muthukumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Experimental Investigation of Light Transmitting Self Compacting Concrete blocks
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dipendu Bhunia,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Subhasis Pradhan,
Ph.D. Topic - Investigations on Behavior of Concrete Filled Stainless Steel Tubular (CFSST) Piles under the Integral Abutment Bridges
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Fabrication and Failure Characterization of Functionally-Graded Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for High Strain Rates and Elevated Temperatures
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai,
Ph.D. Topic - Studies on mechanical performance of sintered flyash lightweight aggregate in concrete
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai,
Ph.D. Topic - Design Framework for Face Reinforced Tunnels in Difficult Ground Conditions
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Nishant Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Construction materials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Anupam Singhal,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Dipendu Bhunia,
Ph.D. Topic - Investigation of thermal performance of high volume fly ash and steel slag based hybrid fibre reinforced cementitious composite
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Mukund Lahoti,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - An Investigation on the Effects of Marble Dust in Concrete
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Anshuman,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Artificial Intelligence Enabled Decision Support for Impact Assessment of Urbanization on Bengaluru lakes
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Anupam Singhal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Nonlinear Dynamic Instability and Dynamic Response of Composite Laminated Stiffened Plates Subjected to In-plane Harmonic Loadings
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. S.N. Patel,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Mechanical and Thermal Performance of Electric Arc Furnace Slag-Fly Ash Blended alkali activated material
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Mukund Lahoti,
Co. Supervisor -
Stoke's Apparatus
Discharge Measuring Apparatus (V-Notch)
Osborne Reynolds Apparatus
Hydraulic Jump Measuring Apparatus
Jet Impact Measurement Apparatus
Centrifugal Pump Francis Turbine Kaplan Turbine
Heleshaw Apparatus
Metacentric Height Measurement Apparatus (Ship Model)
Fixed Bed Flume
Multi Purpose Flume
Constant Head Apparatus
Varying Head Apparatus
Anemometer Viscometer
Portal Frame Apparatus
Redundant Joint Apparaus
Elastically Couple Beam Apparatus
Deflection of Truss Apparatus
Elastic Properties of Deflected Beam Apparatus
3-Hinged Arch Apparatus
Carbonation Chamber
Compression Testing Machine (200kN)
Coloumn and Strut Apparatus
Umsymmetrical Bending Apparatus
Total Station with tripod
Digital Theodolite with tripod
Transit Theodolite with tripod
Tacheometer with tripod
Dumpy Level
Plane Table Sets
Tilting Level
Auto Level
Digital Planimeter
Prismatic compass
Levelling staff
Handheld GPS
Aluminium Tripod
Metric Chain (30 m length)
Metric Chain (20 m length)
Ranging Rod
Fibre Tape (100 m)
Arrow
Peg
Cross-staff
Optical square
Digital Direct Shear Test Apparatus
Manual Direct Shear Test Apparatus
Triaxial Test Apparatus
Relative Density Test Apparatus
Unconfined Compressive Test Apparatus
Hot Air Oven
Consolidation Test Apparatus
Permeability Test Apparatus
Field Density Test Apparatus
IS Sieves
Hydrometer
CBR Test Apparatus
SPT Apparatus
DCPT Apparatus
Casagrande Apparatus
Self Compacting Concrete Mixer
Slump Cone
Compression Testing Machine(2000kN)
Compaction Factor Apparatus
Cement Tensile Testing Apparatus
Hobart Mixer
Cube Cutter
Flexural Strength Measuring Apparatus (Beam)
4-Point Loading Appparatus
Core Cutter
Vicat Apparatus
Vibrator Table
Vee Bee Test
Hot Air Oven
Orbital Shaker
Hot Air Oven
Deep Refrigerator
Vertical Autoclave
UV Spectrophotometer
Jar Test Apparatus
Incubator
Oxy Top Bottles
Nephlometer
COD Digestor
DR Spectrophotometer
Digitla DO/pH Meter
Centrifuge
VISSIM
ArcGIS
Ansys 14.5
CivilFEM
Abaqus 6.13
ETABS 2013
SAP2000 16
GEO5 15
AUTOCAD 2014
Lahey-fujitsu Fortran 7.5
RAM Concept V8i
STAAD Foundation Advance V8i
Structural Synchronizer V8i
MX V8i
Bentley Maps V8i
Bentley PowerCivil V8i
Projectwise V8i
STAAD Beaba Module
Bentley Products
Pipe flow expert
ROLTA Geomatica suite
Research Scholar Day! Celebrated Successfully
Dr. Karmendra Kumar Agrawal successfully defended PhD thesis under the supervision of Prof. Ravikant Mittal, Prof. Shibani Khanra Jha and Prof Ajit Pratap Singh
Congratulations to Prof. Anupam Singhal
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING INVITES YOU FOR 2nd LECTURE SERIES ON “SUSTAINABILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Department Receives Rs 45 Lakhs Donation from Alumni Mr. Ravinder Kumar Bhat and Ms. Sumita Desarkar for Advanced Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Equipment
Hearty Congratulations to Mr. 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗡𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗿(𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬𝗔𝟮𝗧𝗦𝟬𝟮𝟮𝟱𝗣),𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗵 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in Civil Engineering 2024.
Hearty Congratulations to Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh
Congratulations to Prof. Sayantan Chakraborty
Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya has recently signed an MoU with BITS Pilani
JOINT Ph.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND RMIT UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA-Project-1
Research Scholar Day! Celebrated Successfully
7 December, 2024Congratulations to Prof. Anupam Singhal
9 November, 2024Hearty Congratulations to Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh
27 September, 2024Congratulations to Prof. Sayantan Chakraborty
24 September, 2024Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya has recently signed an MoU with BITS Pilani
23 September, 2024JOINT Ph.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND RMIT UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA-Project-1
16 April, 2024JOINT Ph.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND RMIT UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA-Project-2
16 April, 2024JOINT PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND RMIT UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA
18 September, 2023JOINT PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND RMIT UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA
12 September, 2023FDP on Sustainability in Civil Engineering begins at BITS Pilani
21 November, 2022ADVANCES IN SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, MODELLING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE (ASMMI-2025)
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Senior Research Fellow(SRF) to work on a research project funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the Supervision of Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, Civil Engineering Department, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Research Associate (RA) to work on a research project funded by Bureau of Indian Standards under the Supervision of Dr. Mukund Lahoti, Department of Civil Engineering , BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. Durgesh Vikram, Department of Civil Engineering , BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by NBCC (India) Limited under the Supervision of Dr. Mukund Lahoti, Department of Civil Engineering , BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Senior Research Fellow (SRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, Civil Engineering Department, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the one post of Either Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Senior Research Fellow (SRF) or Research Associate (RA) to work on a research project funded by NBCC (India) Limited under the Supervision of Dr. Mukund Lahoti, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the BITS-RMIT Transnational collaborative Ph.D. Scholar position to work on a research project under the Supervision of Prof. Dipendu Bhunia, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan and Prof. Guomin (Kevin) Zhang, STEM, Research & Innovation, RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the BITS-RMIT Transnational collaborative Ph.D. Scholar position to work on a research project under the Supervision of Prof. Dipendu Bhunia, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan and Prof. Guomin (Kevin) Zhang, STEM, Research & Innovation, RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) Yukti Sanchita scheme under the Supervision of Dr. R. Srinivas, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. Selva Balaji M, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Head of Department (HOD), Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India 333 031.
This website uses cookies or similar technologies, to enhance your browsing experience.