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Prof. P N K Rao

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Linear and Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Structures, Lateral Load Analysis of Structure, structural engineering
Office No:D114,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

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Institutional Activities

Present : 
  • Senate Member, 2005 onwards.
  • Treasurer, Technology Business Incubator (TBI), 2012 onwards 
  • Member, Department Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC), August, 2015 onwards
Previous: Hyderabad Campus 
  • Faculty In-Charge (FIC), Alumni Affairs, 1st September, 2014 to 3rd August,2018.
  • Member, Doctoral Research Committee (DRC), August, 2008 to August, 2014.
  • Chairman, Vigilance committee, 2013-2014
  • Member, Examination committee, 2013-2014
  • Convener, Space Planning Committee,2013-2014
  • Member, Student Faculty committee, 13th Sept.,2008 to 12th Sept., 2009.
  • Member, Academic Advisory Council,10th Febraury,2009 to 9th February,2010.
  • Member, Task Force, Campus Life, Mission 2012| Vision 2020
  • HOD, (earlier known as Group Leader), Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Hyderabad Campus, 28th August, 2008 to 27th October, 2010.
  • Faculty In-Charge (FIC), General Administration, 2010 to 2012.
  • Faculty In-Charge(FIC), Maintenance Unit, 2010-12
  • Faculty In-Charge(FIC), Educational Hardware Unit, 2010-11
  • Member, Campus Level Short Listing Review Committee, Hyderabad Campus, 14th Feb., 2013 to 13th Feb., 2015.
  • Chair Person, Department Level Short Listing Committee, Civil Engineering Department, Hyderabad campus, 14th Feb, 2013 to 13th Feb., 2015.
  • Convener, (committee to prepare a master plan for the campus upgradation), Growth Plan,17th November, 2011 to 10th November, 2012.
  • Faculty In-Charge, PSD, August, 2009 to September, 2010.
  • Member, Building & Works committee, 9th April 2011 to 8th April,2014.
  • Coordinator, BITSAT, Hyderabad City Center II and III, 2015,2016 and 2017.
  • Coordinator, Project Implementation Group, DST-FIST, 9th January, 2014 to 11th March, 2016 (Ref. No.: SR/FST/ETI-352/2013).
  • Site In-Charge, Hyderabad New Campus, January, 2006 to December, 2007
Previous: Pilani Campus 
  • Coordinator, Off-Campus Programmes (PS & WILP), Hyderabad Centre, June 2001 to December, 2005.
  • Warden, Ashok Bhawan, 28th December,1998 to 17th May, 2001.
  • Non-Resident Warden, Vyas Bhawan, 16th December,1994 to 27th December,1998.
  • Professor In-Charge, Civil Engineering Association, 1st February, 1993 to 31st January,1995.
  • In charge, Planning cell, PS Division, August,1999 to May,2001.
  • In charge, Instruction cell, PS Division, August,1997 to July,1999.
  • In charge, Organisation cell, PS Division, August,1995 to July,1997.
  • Joint Secretary, Staff Association
  • Member, Library Committee

Professional Activities:

Memberships in Professional Organisations 
  • Fellow Member, Indian Geotechnical Society(IGS), New Delhi, 2011 onwards (LF 0466).
  • Life Member, The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, 1994 onwards (LM 17579).
Evaluation of M.E or Ph.D. Thesis outside BITS 
  • Evaluation of Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. D.V.C. Mohan Rao B., "Analysis and Optimization of Prismatic and Axisymmetric Shell Structures", JNTU, Hyderabad, January, 2012.
  • Evaluation and Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Boda Dean Kumar, "Wind Effects on Typical Tall Structures", JNTU, Hyderabad, May,2011.
  • Examiner, Question paper setting for B. Tech, M. Tech and Panel member for Ph.D. seminars. 26th March,2016. JNTU, Hyderabad.
  • External Examiner, M.Tech., Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, (A.P.) on 30th June, 2018.
  • External Examiner, M.Tech., Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, (A.P.) on 8th October,2016.
  • External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (6 students) on 30-01-2010, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2009-10)
  • External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (6 students) on 11-09-2008, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2008-09)
  • External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (4 students) on 15-04-2004, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2003-04)
  • External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 7th March, 2020, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
  • External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 25th May ,2019, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
  • External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 14th Sept.,2017, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
Question Paper Setting 
  • B.E. (V semester), “Theory of Structures-I”, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, November, 2019.
  • M.Tech.(II semester), “EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF BUILDINGS”, JB Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad,18th September, 2015.
  • M.Tech.(II semester), “PRINCIPLES OF BRIDGE ENGINEERING”, JNTU, Hyderabad, 30th March, 2015.
 
Faculty Selection Committee 
  • External Expert for Faculty Recruitment, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 17th July,2019.
  • External Expert for Faculty Recruitment, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 23rd May,2018.
  • Expert member in Teacher’s Selection Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, K. L. University, Guntur(A.P.), 12th April,2018.
  • Member, Staff Selection Committee (SSC), act as University Nominee in affiliated colleges of JNTU, Hyderabad, (2016-17).
  • Member, Fact Finding Committee (FFC), act as University Nominee in affiliated colleges of JNTU, Hyderabad, (2014-15).
  • Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, M.E.(Structures), Vignan University, Guntur, (A.P.), 2020.
  • Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, M.E.(Structures), Sri Vasavi College of Engineering, 2016,2017&2108, Hyderabad
  • Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, B.E. (Civil Engineering), CMR College of Engineering, 2015, Hyderabad
 
Chief guest 
  • Chief Guest for Inauguration of One-week short term training Programme, sponsored by AICTE, Org.by Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, 17th June, 2019.
  • Guest of Honour, 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering Practices and Trends (I-CONCEPTS-2018), CMR College of Engineering & technology, Hyderabad, 21st December,2018.
  • Chief guest for Inaugural function of ICI chapter, Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijayawada, (A.P.),6th Jan.2018.
  • Guest-of-Honour at the Valedictory Function the All India Seminar on “The Integrated Design Approach for Better Buildings” 30th June, 2015 at Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Org. by The Institute of Engineers (India), A.P.
 
Advisory committee 
  • Member, Advisory committee, 1st National Conference on “Recent Advances in Civil Engineering(NCRACE-2019)”, Org.by JNTU, Hyderabad, 28th June,2019
  • Member, Organising committee, one-day workshop on “Bitumen Rheology (BITURHEO 2017)”, Org. by BITS, Hyderabad, 22nd Sept.,2017.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, International conference on "Innovations in Structural Engineering (IC-ISE2015)", 14-16 December, 2015. Org. by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
  • Member, Advisory & Technical Committee, National conference on “Advances in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Development (ACEID-2014)”, Org. by Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 6-7th Feb.,2014.
 
Reviewer 
  • International conference on Innovations in Structural Engineering, 14-16 December, 2015. Organized by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
  • 5th International conference on Science, "Engineering & Environment (SEE)", Bangkok, Thailand, Nov.11-13,2019.
 
Chairing sessions 
  • 5th International conference on “Science, Engineering & Environment (SEE)", Bangkok, Thailand, 11-13 November, 2019.
  • International Conference on "Land Slides and Slope Stability (SLOPE-2015)" 27-30 September, 2015, Bali, Indonesia.
  • International conference on "Innovations in Structural Engineering (IC-ISE2015)", 14-16 December, 2015. Org. by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
 
Miscellaneous: 
  • Coordinator of Tree Plantations of 5000 siblings in Hyderabad Campus with the help of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, 10.01.2012.
  • Organized One-day workshop on Green Building Practices & Impact on Environments Performance (GBP&IEP-2010), 23rd October, 2010 at BITS, Hyderabad Campus.