Dr. Alok Verma

                              ALOK VERMA

                                                                                S/O Sri Krishna Kumar Verma, Retired Principal

                                                                               

 

OFFICIAL ADDRESS                                      Professor in Civil Engineering,

                                                                                D.T.U., (Formerly, Delhi College of Engineering),

                                                                                Bawana road, Delhi – 110 042

WORK EXPERIENCE

                                                                                Oct 2016 till date

                                                                                As Professor at D.T.U., Delhi

 

                                                                                April, 2008 to 2016

                                                                                As Associate Professor at D.T.U., Delhi

                                                                               

                                                                                August 2005 to August 2008

                                                                                Lecturer (Selection scale) at DTU, Delhi

                                                                               

                                                                                August 2000 to August 2005

                                                                                Senior Lecturer at DTU, Delhi

 

                                                                                August, 1997 to April, 2000

                                                                                Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology (BIET), Jhansi

 

                                                                                August, 1992 to August, 1997

                                                                                Lecturer in Civil Engineering at BIET, Jhansi

 

                                                                                August, 1989 to January, 1990

                                                                                Senior Research Fellow in Civil Engineering department at University of Roorkee, Roorkee ( now I.I.T., Roorkee)

                                                                                                                               

                                                                                January, 1987 to August, 1987

                                                                                Research Assistant in Civil Engineering department at H.B.T.I., Kanpur

                                                                                                               

                                                                                July, 1985 to December, 1986

                                                                                Site Engineer in C.C.I., Kanpur

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES             

 

1. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
2. Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)
3. Associate Member of Institution of Engineers (India)
4. Member Secretary cum Treasurer of Jhansi local chapter of ISTE at BIET, Jhansi for the year 1998-99.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS PUBLISHED

 

1. Proceedings for the National Seminar on 'Environmental Aspects of Engineering Practices' organised by Civil Engineering department of BIET,Jhansi from April 17^th- 18^th, 1998.

 

1. Proceedings of the Refresher Course on 'Composite Construction Using Structural Steel' organised by DCE, Delhi and INSDAG, Calcutta from Aug.28^th to Sept. 1^st, 2000 at DCE, Delhi.

 

1. Brochure on the concepts of seismic resistant construction distributed to the volunteers of the post Kutch seismic disaster rehabilitation project UDAI and the local population in the Rapar Taluka in Gujarat.

 

1. Review book entitled 'An Objective Review in Civil Engineering' co-authored with Prof. B. Satyanarayana. Published by Standard Publishers Distributors, Nai Sarak, Delhi in June, 2000.

 

1. A member of the editorial team to publish the particulars and records of the project UDAI in a book form. A reputed publisher has been assigned the task of publication.

 

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED

 

Published In International Journals

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Application of fuzzy logic to visual examination in the assessment of sulphate attack on cement based materials’, International Journal of Fuzzy Logic Systems (IJFLS) Vol.3, No2, April 2013
2. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Effect of number of classes in a visual rating for sulphate attack’, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4(1) 2013 165-181
3. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Influence of Aggressive Chemical Environment on High Volume Fly Ash Concrete’, Concrete Research Letters, Malaysia, Vol. 4 (2013) 550-556
4. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Performance of Fly Ash and Stone Dust Blended Concrete in Acidic Environment’, Concrete Research Letters, Malaysia, Vol. 4 (2013) 570-579
5. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Use of superplasicizers in concrete and their compatibility with cements’, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4(1) 2013 138-158
6. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Effect of aggressive environmental conditions on concrete mixes of different qualities’, Indian Concrete Journal, August 2016
7.   Shobha Ram, Abhishek Singh, Alok Verma, “Effect of acidic aggressive environment on strength of mortars in early stage”, International Journal of Advanced Production and Industrial Research (IJAPIE)-2017-02-218, pp 28-30.
8.   Alok Verma, “Utilization of an industrial waste product from thermal power plants in civil construction”, International Journal of Advanced Production and Industrial Research (IJAPIE)-2016-04-205, pp 1-6

 

Accepted for publication

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Performance of plain and fly ash blended reinforced concrete in aggressive environment’, Indian Concrete Journal, ACC Limited, Thane

 

Published in National Journal

 

Alok Verma & P.R. Bose, ‘Post-seismic disaster rehabilitation project ‘UDAI’ in district Kutch, Gujarat’, SDR Spatio-Economic Development Record, ISSN 0971-4944, RNI No. 57320/94, Vol. 13, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2006, 25-34

 

 

 

 

International conference

 

1. Bose P.R., Sinvhal, Alok Verma, Pranab and Saurabh, ‘Implications of Planning & Design Decisions on Damage During Earthquakes’, Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 561-568, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1. Saurabh, Pranab, P.R. Bose and Alok Verma,’ Experiences of Reconstruction in Gujarat after the Kutch earthquake- A case study’, Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 643-649, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1. Amit Bose, Pratima Rani Bose, Amita Sinvhal and Alok Verma, ‘Implementation of Earthquake Technology for Disaster Management through Stakeholder’s Awareness’, Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 703-709, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1. Bose P.R., Verma A., Sinha A.K. and Sinvhal A.,’ Needed Modifications in Civil Engineering Curriculum for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation’, Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 686-692, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1. Bose P.R., A.Verma, Bhatt S. and Bose A.,’ Public Education Activities in a Post Seismic Disaster Rehabilitation Programme’, Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 693 – 702, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1. Pranab, Saurabh, Alok Verma and P.R.Bose,’ Experiences of Social and Psychological Rehabilitation Programme after the Kutch Earthquake’ Proceedings of 12^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (12SEE-2002), I.I.T., Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 650-658, pub. by Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

 

1.  Bose P.R. and Verma Alok,” Need for Retrofitting of Low Cost Building in India,” International Conference on Managing Seismic Risk in Developing Countries’ March 17-19, 2004, organized by Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal, pp16-21.

 

1.  P.R.Bose, A. Sinvhal, A.Bose, A.Verma, A.A. Khan “Implications of Design and construction Decisions on Earthquake Damage of Masonry Buildings”. 13^th World   Conference on Earthquake Engineering  held at Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA from August 1-6, 2004

 

1. A. Bose, P.R.Bose, A Sinvhal, Verma. A., A.A. Khan “Impact of Kutch Earthquake on Non Structural elements and Appendages of Buildings”. 13^th World   Conference on Earthquake Engineering  held at Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA from August 1-6,2004

 

1. A.Sinvhal , P.R.Bose , A. Bose, Verma A., A.A. Khan “Retrofitting of a deteriorated Building and its seismic Resistance – A case study”. 13^th World   Conference on Earthquake Engineering  held at Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA from August 1-6,2004,

 

Natioanal Seminars/ conferences/ workshops

 

1. Alok Verma, A.K.Sachan 'Characterisation of Fly Ash', National workshop on Utilization of Fly Ash, ICI, Roorkee, April 25^th, 1998.

 

1. A.K.Sahu, A.Verma 'Study on Stabilization of Soil Using Waste Products in Bundelkhand Region', Indian National Conference on Geoenvironment 'GEN-98', Indian Geotechnical Society, April 9 - 10^th, 1998.

 

1. A.K.Sahu, A.Verma, A.K.Sachan 'Utilization of Fly Ash and Stone Dust for Soil Stabilization Using Rothfutch's Method', National seminar on Environmental Aspects of Engineering Practices, BIET, Jhansi, April 17-18^th, 1998.

 

1. A.K. Sahu, A. Verma 'Effect of Aggressive Environment on Concrete Structures', National seminar on World Environment Day organised by Institution of Engineers (India) local chapter, Allahabad, June 5^th, 1998.

 

1. Alok Verma, A.K. Sahu, 'Environmental Friendly Utilization of Fly Ash in Construction :A State of Art', National seminar on Environment and Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Nov.21-23^rd, 1998.

 

1. Alok Verma, A.K.Sahu, 'Rehabilitation of Concrete Structural Elements by Ferrocement Treatment', National Seminar on Concrete Construction and Maintenance, organised by IE (I) local centre, Allahabad, Feb., 2000, pp.II-37 to II-46.

 

1. Bose P.R., Sinha A.K. and A.Verma, ‘ Introduction of Seismic Considerations in Civil Engineering Curriculum’, Proceedings of the XXX annual convention of ISTE and National Seminar on ‘ Shaping Technical Education For the Future’, Dec. 14-16, 2000, Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmadabad

 

1. Bose P.R., Alok Verma and Pankaj Tyagi, ‘Seismic Resistance of Prefabricated Buildings’, All India Seminar on ‘Disaster Management and Civil Engineering Solutions’ Org. by ASCE-IS, Dec. 7-8, 2001, Kolkata

 

1. Bose P.R. and Alok Verma,’ A Civil Engineering Perspective of Volunteerism in Pre & Post Seismic Disaster Mitigation Measures – Experiences of January 26^th, 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat, India’, National Seminar on ‘Volunteerism: Dimensions, Directions and Opportunities’, University of Delhi, March 20-21, 2002

 

1. Alok Verma and Pratima Rani Bose, ‘International Scenario in Designing RC Structures for seismic Loading’, National Conference on ‘Advances in Civil Engineering Perspective of Developing Countries (ACEDEC-2003), Vol. 1, pp. 13-19, Published by Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Ettringite formation and its effects on concrete under sulphate attack’, National seminar on Emerging and Sustainable Technique in Civil Engineering, CTE, Udaipur, October 18-19, 2010

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Sulphate attack considerations of use of superplasticizers in concrete’, National seminar on Emerging and Sustainable Technique in Civil Engineering, CTE, Udaipur, October 18-19, 2010

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Analysis of sensitivities of concrete mix proportions for sustainable resource management’, All India Seminar on Emerging technology for sustainable resource management, IE(I), Pantnagar, March 13-14, 2014

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Emerging technologies for use of fly ash in cement concrete in aggressive environment’, All India Seminar on Emerging technology for sustainable resource management, IE(I), Pantnagar, March 13-14, 2014

 

1. Verma A., Shukla M. and Sahu A. K., ‘Use of fly ash blended fibre reinforced concrete for sustainable resource management’, All India Seminar on Emerging technology for sustainable resource management, IE(I), Pantnagar, March 13-14, 2014
2. Abhishek Singh, Shobha Ram, Alok verma, “A Review of Effect of Superplasticizers on cement based materials”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Science, Technology & Management (NCRASTM 2017) held on April 29-30, 2017. 
3.  Abhishek Singh, Shobha Ram, Alok verma, “Effect of Superplasticizer on cement mortars in aggressive environment”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Science, Technology & Management (NCRASTM 2017) held on April 29-30, 2017. 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS PUBLISHED

 

1. Proceedings for the National Seminar on 'Environmental Aspects of Engineering Practices' organised by Civil Engineering department of BIET,Jhansi from April 17^th- 18^th, 1998.

 

1. Proceedings of the Refresher Course on 'Composite Construction Using Structural Steel' organised by DCE, Delhi and INSDAG, Calcutta from Aug.28^th to Sept. 1^st, 2000 at DCE, Delhi.

 

1. Brochure on the concepts of seismic resistant construction distributed to the volunteers of the post Kutch seismic disaster rehabilitation project UDAI and the local population in the Rapar Taluka in Gujarat.

 

1. Review book entitled 'An Objective Review in Civil Engineering' co-authored with Prof. B. Satyanarayana. Published by Standard Publishers Distributors, Nai Sarak, Delhi in June, 2000.

 

1. A member of the editorial team to publish the particulars and records of the project UDAI in a book form. A reputed publisher has been assigned the task of publication.

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Has been actively involved in the consultancy jobs related to testing of civil engineering materials and subsoil exploration work at HBTI, Kanpur, BIET, Jhansi and Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. At DTU, Delhi many proof checking jobs of structural designs of important buildings have been completed. Design of concrete mixes and condition assessment of many buildings also have been taken up and successfully completed.

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M.E./ M.Tech THESIS SUPERVISION

 

SN	TITLE OF PROJECT	NAME OF CANDIDATE	MONTH & YEAR
1	Application of RVS procedure for condition assessment of structures	Prachi Jain	June 2016
2	Effect of mass irregularities on the response of buildings under seismic effect	Saurabh Gehlod	June 2016
3	Design aspects of the precast pre-tensioned U-girder bridge for metro rapid transit system	Lekhraj	June 2016
4	Study of seismic response of rectangular water tank	Rama Pandey	June 2015
5	Seismic analysis and design of multi storey building	Dushyant Kumar Sahu	July 2014
6	The effect of mass irregularities on the response of building	Umesh Pal	June 2015
7	Modelling and seismic analysis of masonry infilled RCC frames	Akshit Khurana	June 2015
8	Experimental study of flyash based concrete for its various characteristic properties	Ajay Singh	July 2014
9	Condition assessment of buildings using rapid visual screening procedure	Siddharth Singh	Aug 2014
10	Development of a decision making tool for the condition assessment of building	C. Arumugam	July 2014
11	Study of the behaviour of a multi storey building under seismic conditions	Rashmi Gupta	July 2014
12	Effect of stiffness in the behaviour of framed buildings in earthquakes	Mamta Tewari	July 2014
13	Establishment of Earthquake engineering laboratory	Sachin Chaudhary	June 2014
14	Rapid visual screeing of different types of structures	Anuj Shammi	June 2014
15	Effect of various structural and site specific parameters on behaviour of RCC framed building in seismic conditions	Niharica Singh	June 2014
16	Effect of brick infill in RC framed building	Vikas Kumar Singh	June 2014
17	Behaviour of a multi storey building under the effect of changes in strength	Priyesh Kothari	July 2013
18	Effect of stiffness irregularity on the performance of RC framed building	Naveen Kumar Yadav	July 2013
19	Effect of mass irregularity in a RC framed building	Jyotindra Rishabh	July 2013
20	Comparison, testing and statistical analysis of prestressed concrete sleepers manufactured for Indian railways	Puneet kumar Swarnkar	July 2012
21	A study on deterioration of civil infrastructure	Harkanwar Singh	July 2012
22	An approach of finding damping using friction damper	Narinder Thukral	June 2012
23	A study on equipment concerning structural dynamics laboratory experiments	Yogendra Rishishwar	June 2013
24	Analysis of RC frames by advanced reliability	A.P.Singh	June 2003
25	Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of R.C.C. Buildings	ChanderPal	June 2003
26	Seismic Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings	Sanjib Moharana	June 2002
27	Seismic Damage Control in Steel Structures	Asif Ali	June 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT TERM PROGRAMMES ATTENDED

 

Sr. No	Name of Course/Summer/Winter School	Place	Duration	Sponsoring Agency
1	CAD in structural engineering	Surat	July 17-30, 1993	ISTE
2	Composite construction using structural steel	Delhi	Aug28-Sept 01, 2000	INSDAG
3	National workshop on ‘Structural steel design for university faculty’	Delhi	Dec 14-20, 2001	INSDAG
4	Seismic analysis and design of structures	Delhi	Dec 8-12, 2003	NPEEE
5	Non-destructive assessment of structures	Jodhpur	March 15-20, 2004	AICTE
6	Orientation programme for faculty members of engineering & technology institutions	Delhi	Sept 16-17, 2003	DCE, Delhi
7	Seismic design of reinforced concrete buildings	Delhi	June 23-24, 2004	Delhi Government
8	Seismic Assessment and retrofitting of buildings	Delhi	June 26, 2004	Delhi Government
9	Prefabrication for low cost and seismic resistant housing	Delhi	Nov 26,2004	IE(I)
10	Automation in electrical power distribution systems	Delhi	Dec 20-31, 2004	AICTE
11	Seismic risk reduction of structures	Delhi	Six weeks	Ministry of Home Affairs
12	Workshop on ‘Vision India – construction industries and disaster management’	Delhi	Nov 19, 2005	ISET
13	Numerical modeling in geotechnical engineering	Delhi	Nov 8-10, 2006	CSMRS, New Delhi
14	To disseminate new approach and provisions of IS: 800-2007 (General construction in steel)	DCE, Delhi	March 2-6, 2009	AICTE
15	Soft computing using Matlab	DTU, Delhi	Dec 7-18, 2009	AICTE
16	Renewable energy and alternative fuels	DTU, Delhi	One week June 16-June 20, 2014	TEQIP-II
17	Recent advances in pattern recognition and image processing using soft and evolutionary computing	DTU, Delhi	One week July 7-11, 2014	TEQIP-II
18	Advanced web designing techniques	DTU, Delhi	Two week July 14-25, 2014	TEQIP-II
19	Non-linear analysis of concrete/ metal structures using finite element method	DTU, Delhi	One week July 13-17, 2015	DTU, Delhi
20	Frontiers in chemical and polymer sciences	DTU, Delhi	Two week Dec 15-26, 2014	TEQIP-II
21	Automation in manufacturing	DTU, Delhi	Two week May 4-15, 2015	TEQIP-II
22	Skill development of technical staff in manufacturing technology (SDTSMT-2015)	DTU, Delhi	One week Nov 23-27, 2015	TEQIP-II