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Dr. Shibani Khanra Jha

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Modelling and Simulation of Geo-thermal Reservoir, Multi-phase flow modelling
Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Institutional/Departmental Services

Teaching Learning Center (TLC) [2020-till date]

  • Coordinated as Resource person (Organizing Committee, Technical reviewer, Session Chair) in International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021), 29 & 31 July 2021
  • Coordinated as Resource person in Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW 2021) and delivered a training session on “Evaluation and Assessment”, 20 & 27 March 2021
  • Organized a webinar on “Naya Kshitij: NEP 2020 for Higher Education-Implementation, Preparedness, Challenges, and Way forward” 7 November 2020, Teaching Learning Center (TLC), BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.
  • Organized 6 days “Naya Kshitij: Faculty Development Programme FDP” in December 17-22, 2020 (FDP contributed 0.4 lakhs INR to TLC, BITS)

Compliance Committee [2019]

  • Role as technical expert for environmental issues

Department Committee for Academics (DCA) [2018-till date]

  • Curriculum review of courses; Transport Phenomena/Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Hydrology and Numerical Analysis, 2018

Faculty In charge for Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory [2016-till date]

  • Procurement of Earth Resistivity Imaging System
  • Instrument and Budget proposal for a year
  • Procurement of new UG level experimental setup
  • Modification and maintenance of existing setups (Multipurpose open channel Flume)
  • Development of research experimental setup
  • Development of Video manual for UG lab experiments
  • Procurement of new software COMSOL Multiphysics

Faculty member of Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) [2016 - 2020]

  • Conducted awareness talk on “Reflections on The Touchstone of Sexual Violence and #MeToo: A talk by Prof. Mary E John” by Prof. Mary E. John in 2020
  • Conducted women’s day program to promote gender equality in 2019
  • Conducted awareness talk on “A Dream of Gender Equality: Walking Together Matters” by Poet and Activist Pratibha Katiyar in 2018
  • Attended a training workshop on “Anti-sexual harassment at workplace” by Institute of Labour laws, India, 2018
  • Conducted Awareness Talk on “Claiming Gender Equality” by Shabnam Hashmi an Indian social activist and human rights campaigner, 2017

Faculty member of Academic Counseling Cell (ACC) [2014-2018]

  • Conducted motivational and Introductory talk from 2014 to 2018 for 1st year Civil Engineering Students
  • Panelist for a panel discussion on “Package and Knowledge”, 2017, BITS Pilani
  • Counseling of students during the period

Faculty member of Student Faculty Council (SFC) [2016-2018]

Faculty member of Library Advisory Committee [2014 - 2017]

  • Invited talk on “Nurturing Young Minds: Parents, Books and Children, 2017, BITS Pilani
  • Technical resource person from civil engineering to advise the departments needs of library resources

 

Faculty member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC) [2015-2018]

  • Selection interviews of PhD from 2015 to 2018
  • Preparation of question papers and Examiner for PhD qualifying examination
  • Conference paper reviews

 

Faculty member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) [2013-2018]

  • Reviewed Doctoral thesis

 

Other Activities at BITS

  • Contributed in faculty Hiring process as DLSC’s
  • Contributed in KHDA moderation for Hydraulic Engineering course
  • Setting of Question Paper for BITSAT for the Higher Degree, 2017
  • Involved in conducting additional course for backlog students, 2016-2018
  • Conducted summer course under detention (2015-2016)
  • Involved in Consultancy activities in Civil Eng. Group such as Shear strength of Soils, and Concrete Cube Tests, etc. (2013-2015)