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Prof. Arkamitra Kar

Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering

Bacterial inclusions in concrete, Correlation between microstructural properties of cementitious paste with mechanical properties of concrete at specimen scale, Development and characterization and of concrete with alkali-activated aluminosilicates as sustainable or ‘green’ building materials, Development of models to predict strength, Durability of concrete with Alkali-Activated Binders, Life cycle assessment of concrete with alkali-activated binder, Study of the polymerization or hydration chemistry of cementitious systems depending on the type of binder, and deformation characteristics of concrete with alkali-activated binder, stiffness, structural engineering
 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Honors and Achievements

  • 2024, Invitation for Editorial Board Membership, Nature Scientific Reports.
  • 2023, Invitation for Technical Committee Membership, Asian Concrete Federation.
  • 2023, Certificate of Reviewing, fib Journal of Structural Concrete.
  • 2022, Guest Editor, “Volume Stability and Durability of Alternative and Sustainable Binders”, Frontiers in Built Environment
  • 2022, Member, Scientific Committee, 1st International Online Conference on Infrastructures (IOCI 2022)
  • 2021, Session Chair, The First International Conference on Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering (ICRACE2021, 17th to 19th September 2021, NIT Silchar
  • 2021, Lead author RILEM TC 294 MPA Chapter on Fiber Reinforced Alkali-Activated Concrete [FR-AAC]
  • 2021 Selected as global leader for the RILEM TC 294 MPA round robin test (RRT) working group 7 [AAC with fibers]
  • 2020 Technical Committee Member, RILEM TC 294 MPA.
  • 2020 Certificate of Reviewing, Journal of Cleaner Production (ELSEVIER)
  • 2020 Certificate of Reviewing, Waste Management (ELSEVIER)
  • 2020 Certified Publons Academy Mentor, Practical Peer Review Training Course.
  • 2019 Certificate of Reviewing, Journal of Environmental Management (ELSEVIER)
  • 2018 - 2024 Certificate of Reviewing, Construction and Building Materials (ELSEVIER)
  • 2015 Valued Reviewer Recognition, Construction and Building Materials (ELSEVIER)
  • 2015 BITS OPERA Award.
  • 2013 Graduated with Doctorate from WVU with 4.0 GPA
  • 2013 West Virginia University Dissertation Fellowship.
  • 2012 ASCE Freeman Fellowship.
  • 2012-13 Treasurer, ASCE - Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) at WVU.
  • 2011 Engineer-In-Training, West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
  • 2011 ASCE Virginias' Conference, part of the judges' panel for the 'Concrete Bowling Competition' and assisted in the design of the 'Concrete Canoe' made by Team WVU.
  • 2009 PCI "Big Beam Contest", 4th Place in Zone-IV (along with Adam Justice, Matt Anderson, and Soumya Sundar Chowdhury).