Department of Civil Engineering
KITS Warangal
Faculty group mail-id : ce@kitsw.ac.in
Faculty Profile
Address/Contact
Office :: Room No. 116, Block- I, Dept. of Civil Engg.,
Phone: 0870-2564888(ext:230)
Mobile: 9849791667
Education
B.E., Civil Engineering, KITS, Ramtek / Nagpur University, (1999).
M.Tech, Engineering Structures, NIT, Warangal (Presently NITW).(2002).
Diploma in CAD & PM., ECC Hyderabad – 2001
Chartered Engineer. Civil Engineering Division from IEI.
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (2021).
Dr. B.SUMANTH KUMAR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CIVIL Engineering Department
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ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
Details |
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Name of the Organization |
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Associate Professor |
May 2022 |
Till Date |
Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal. |
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Assistant Professor |
November 2016 |
May 2022 |
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Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal. |
Assistant General Manager |
November 2014 |
November 2016 |
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Toshiba Plant System & Services Corporation Hyderabad. |
Deputy Manager and Consultant |
November 2006 |
September, 2009 |
Toshiba Plant System & Services Corporation Hyderabad. |
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Senior Civil Engineer |
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Technip Middle East, Abu Dhabi |
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Senior Manager |
August 2010 |
March 2013 |
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Navayuga Engineering Company, Hyderabad |
Manager |
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August 2010 |
Toshiba India Private Limited, Gurgoan |
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Senior Engineer |
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October 2006 |
Bhagwati Designs Private Limited, Hyderabad |
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Consultant |
June 1999 |
March 2003 |
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Mahender Consultants, Warangal |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Sustainable Building Materials – Geopolymer Concrete etc
- Seismic Behavior of Structures
- Structural Engineering
- Repairs and Rehabilitation of Concrete structures
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
S.No |
Details |
1 |
Fellow of The Institution of Engineers |
2 |
ASCE Membership - Associate Member |
3 |
Member of Project Management Institute (PMI) |
4 |
GHMC Structural Engineer Licensee |
5 |
Fellow of Institution of Valuers |
6 |
Certified ISO 9001: 2001 & 2015 Internal Quality Auditor. |
7 |
Member of Indian Concrete Institute |
8 |
Member of India Chapter of American Concrete Institute |
Publications in Refereed Journals
S.No |
Details |
1 |
Sumanth Kumar B & Rama Seshu D, “An experimental study on the interface shear strength of reinforced geopolymer concrete corbels”, Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, pp.1-15: 2021 |
2 |
Bandaru S.K., Seshu D.R. “A Parameter to Assess the Strength of Fly Ash and GGBS-Based Geopolymer Concrete” Advances in Sustainable Materials and Resilient Infrastructure. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. pp. 201-210,March 2022. |
3 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Rama Seshu D “Comparative Study of Shear friction on Monolithic Geopolymer Concrete”, Int. Journal of Cement WapnoBeton, Vol.: 26(1), pp. 3-11, 2021 |
4 |
Sumanth Kumar B., Sen A., Rama Seshu D. “Shear Strength of Fly Ash and GGBS Based Geopolymer Concrete”. Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 68. Springer, Singapore, pp. 105-112, April 2020. |
5 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Rama Seshu D, “An Experimental investigation on Shear strength of monolithic Geopolymer Concrete interface”, Journal of Structural Engineering, CSIR – SERC, ISSN: 0970-0137, Vol. 46, No 6, pp. 426-433, February – March 2020. |
6 |
Rama Seshu D, Sumanth Kumar B, “Binder Index as Criteria for assessing the strength of Geopolymer Concrete”, Journal of Structural Engineering, CSIR – SERC, ISSN: 0970-0137, Vol. 46, No 1, pp. 12-16, April – May 2019. |
7 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Rama Seshu D, “A Review on Parametric Study of Geopolymer Concrete”, Advance in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Bloomsbury Publications, ISBN: 978-93-87471-69-6, pp. 773 – 777 February 2018. |
8 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Rama Seshu D, Shankariah R, SeshaSrinivas B., “An Experimental study on the Binder Index- a unified parameter affecting the Strength of GGBS and Fly ash based Geopolymer Concrete”, ICI Journal, Vol. 21, No.3. pp 23 – 30Oct - Dec 2020. |
9 |
L Sudheer Reddy, Sumanth Kumar B, Ramyasree G, “A Review on Shear Friction Models”, International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science (IJTIMES), e-ISSN: 2455-2585, Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 497 – 500, May 2019. |
10 |
L Sudheer Reddy, Sumanth Kumar B, B LaxmanRaju, “Interface Shear of Fly ash and GGBS Based Geopolymer Concrete”, International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science (IJTIMES), e-ISSN: 2455-2585, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 277 – 281, April 2019. |
11 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Suchith Reddy A, “New Age Construction Materials –A Review”, Global Journal of Engineering Science and Researches (GJESR), ISSN: 2348 – 8034, pp. 127 – 132, 2018. |
12 |
Suchith Reddy A, Sumanth Kumar B, “Experimental Investigation on Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Concrete”, Global Journal of Engineering Science and Researches (GJESR), ISSN: 2348 – 8034, pp. 120 – 126, 2018. |
13 |
Kiran Kumar CH, S Sunil Pratap Reddy, Sumanth Kumar B, “Seismic Evaluation of Existing Building & Strengthening Techniques”, International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science (IJTIMES), e-ISSN: 2455-2585, Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp. 696 – 708, May 2018. |
Publications in International / National Conferences
S.No |
Details |
1 |
Sumanth Kumar B, “Experimental Investigation on fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels” at 1st International conference on structures, material and construction held at Jaypee University of Information Technology, HP during 12th – 13th November 2021. |
2 |
Sumanth Kumar B, “Experimental study on fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels” at Federation of Environmental issues and its remediation at Chandigarh on 18 – 22 October 2021. |
3 |
Sumanth Kumar B, “Behaviour of fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels” at National e-conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering organised by Vaagdevi College of Engineering on 7th and 8th July 2021. |
4 |
Sumanth Kumar B, “Parametric Study of Geopolymer Concrete – A Review” at National e-conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering organised by Vaagdevi College of Engineering on 7th and 8th July 2021. |
5 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “AIC2020-316-934 - Behaviour of fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels” at Second ASCE India Conference, Kolkata on CRSIDE-2020 during March, 2020 pp.229. |
6 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Shear Strength of Monolithic Geopolymer Concrete by ACI 318” at International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2019) at NIT, Warangal during September 2019, pp. 3 - 4. |
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Sumanth Kumar B et al, “An Appraisal on Shear Strength of Concrete for Different Codes” at International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2019) at NIT, Warangal during September 2019, pp. 144 - 145. |
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Sumanth Kumar B et al, “A Review on Shear Friction Model“ at 2nd National Conference on Sustainable Practices and Advances in Civil Engineering – 2019 (SPACE) at KITS, Warangal during April, pp. 6. |
9 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Geopolymer Concrete – A Sustainable Material “at 2nd National Conference on Sustainable Practices and Advances in Civil Engineering – 2019 (SPACE) at KITS, Warangal during April, pp. 31. |
10 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Shear Strength of Fly ash and GGBS based Geopolymer Concrete” at Two Day National Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM) at NIT, Warangal during March 2019, pp. 28. |
11 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Geopolymers – Green Binders” at Telangana State Science Congress-2018 at NIT, Warangal during December 2018, pp. 98 |
12 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “New Age Construction Materials - A Review” at International Conference on "Sustainable Construction Materials & Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering – SCRICE-2018" organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal during July 2018, pp. 71. |
13 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Experimental Investigation on Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Concrete” at International Conference on "Sustainable Construction Materials & Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering - SCRICE-2018" organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal during July 2018, pp. 70. |
14 |
Sumanth Kumar B, Rama Seshu D (2018), “A Review on Parametric Study of Geopolymer Concrete”, Advance in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE 2018), BITS, Pilani, February 2018, pp. 773 – 777. |
15 |
Sumanth Kumar B, “Innovative and Non Traditional Materials in Construction” SPACE’2017, KITS, Warangal, Vol. 1, September 2017, pp. 70. |
16 |
Sumanth Kumar B et al, “Aggregate for Mortar and Concrete”, XV All India Academic Week, (APOGEE-1997), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, March 04 – 08, 1997. |
REVIEWER ASSIGNMENTS
S.No |
Journal Details |
1 |
“Innovative Infrastructure Solutions” Springer Nature Journal |
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT POROGRAMMES ATTENDED
S.No |
Programme |
Duration |
Organized by |
1 |
“New Age Infrastructure: Their Analytical & Design Solutions” |
22th November to 26th November 2021 |
ATAL FDP by Marwari University, Rajkot. |
2 |
“Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering” |
08th December to 12th December 2020 |
ATAL FDP by NIT Raipur. |
3 |
“Earthquake Engineering” |
30th November to 04th December 2020 |
ATAL FDP by Marwari University, Rajkot. |
4 |
Two Week FDP on “Advanced Computational tools in Structural Modelling and Analysis & Transportation and Traffic systems” |
16th November to 28th November 2020 |
VNR VignanaJyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. |
5 |
Sustainable Practices and Advancements in Civil Engineering (SPACE – 2020) |
September 09 – 13, 2020 |
ChaitanyaBharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT) in collaboration with Contractor’s Development Institute (CDI), A constituent unit of National Academy of Construction (NAC). |
6 |
Transformation to Climate Responsive Architectural Construction & Engineering (TRACE) - 2020 |
August 08 – 14, 2020 |
Sri Venkateshwara College of Architectural (SVCA) in collaboration with Contractor’s Development Institute (CDI), A constituent unit of National Academy of Construction (NAC). |
7 |
Recycling of Construction Demolition Waste |
August 05 - 07, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, India and in association with ASCE, India. |
8 |
Research Advances in Civil Engineering |
August 03 – 07, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT), Hyderabad, India. |
9 |
Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE – 2020) |
July 27 – 31, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS), Warangal, India. |
10 |
Emerging Trends in Infrastructure Projects (ETIP – 2020) |
July 20 – 24, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS), Warangal, India. |
11 |
Advances in Sustainable Construction Engineering (ASCE) |
July 13 – 18, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS), Warangal, India in collaboration with Contractor’s Development Institute (CDI), A constituent unit of National Academy of Construction (NAC). |
12 |
Innovative Teaching Methods on Recent advances in Concrete and Sustainable Technologies (ReCAST) |
July 01 – 05, 2020 |
Department of Civil Engineering, in association with Teaching Learning Centre, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. |
13 |
Application of Principles of Reliability and Risk Analysis to various subdisciplines of Civil Engineering |
31st December 2018 to 4th January, 2019 |
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India |
14 |
Optimisation of Sustainable Cementitious Materials for Development of Different Cement Composites |
August 27 – 31, 2018 |
Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS), Warangal, India. |
15 |
Recent Advances in Concrete Technology & Durability of Concrete Structures” (RACT & DCS) |
July 11-13, 2018 |
CSIR – SERC, Chennai, India. |
16 |
Analysis and Design of Structures in Fire (ADSF – 2017) |
October 09-13, 2017 |
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India. |
17 |
R-Programming Concepts and Applications for Teachers in Higher Education |
September 13-17, 2017 |
National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. |
18 |
FRP Technology for Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Structures |
August 21-25, 2017 |
Gian Program by National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. |
19 |
Recent Advances in Concrete Technology (ReACT) |
20 to 22 March 2017 |
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. |
20 |
Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Structures (CARS2017) |
17 to 19 March 2017 |
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India |
21 |
Workshop on PMBOK Guide – PMI, U.S.A |
06th June to 27th June 2015 |
Proventures Hyderabad, India |
22 |
Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures |
08th to 10th October 2004 |
Earthquake Engineering Research Centre at IIIT Hyderabad, India. |
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Level |
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Courses Taught |
Currently Teaching |
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Course |
Semester, Year, Branch |
Course |
Semester, Year, Branch |
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Civil Engineering Software Applications Laboratory |
II Sem 4th Yr, CE |
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures |
IV,2ndYr, CE |
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Mini Project |
II Sem 3rd Yr, CE |
Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures |
VII, 4thYr, CE |
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Bridge Engineering |
VII, 4thYr, CE |
Construction Management and Equipments |
VI, 3rdYr, CE |
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Civil Engineering Detailing Laboratory |
VII, 4thYr, CE |
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Postgraduate Level |
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Limit Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures |
I Sem, M.Tech (S & C) |
Behaviour of Concrete |
I Sem, M.Tech (S& C) |
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Structural Dynamics |
I Sem, M.Tech (S & C) |
Construction Planning And Scheduling Laboratory |
I Sem, M.Tech (S& C) |
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Computer Aided Design Laboratory |
I Sem, M.Tech (S & C) |
Construction Techniques and Equipments |
II Sem, M.Tech (S& C) |
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Earthquake Resistant Design of RCC Structures |
II Sem, M.Tech (S & C) |
Structural Engineering software Laboratory |
II Sem, M.Tech (S& C) |
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Design Project Laboratory |
II Sem, M.Tech (S & C) |
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PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA
S.No |
Title of the Paper presented |
Title of Conference/ Seminar etc. |
Organized by |
1 |
Experimental Investigation on fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels |
1st International conference on structures, material and construction |
Jaypee University of Information Technology, HP |
2 |
Experimental study on fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels |
Federation of Environmental issues and its remediation |
Federation of Environmental Issues and its Remediation (F-EIR) In association with Maharaja Agrasen University |
3 |
Behaviour of fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels |
Sustainable Construction Materials and Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering |
Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal |
4 |
Parametric Study of Geopolymer Concrete – A Review |
Sustainable Construction Materials and Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering |
Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal |
5 |
Behaviour of fly ash and GGBS based reinforced geopolymer corbels |
CRSIDE-2020 |
ASCE India |
6 |
Shear Strength of Monolithic Geopolymer Concrete by ACI 318 |
International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development - 2020 |
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7 |
Shear Strength of Fly ash and GGBS based Geopolymer Concrete |
Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM) - 2019 |
NIT Warangal |
8 |
Geopolymers – Green Binders |
Telangana State Science Congress-2018 |
NIT Warangal |
9 |
A Review on Parametric Study of Geopolymer Concrete |
Advance in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering |
BITS Pilani |
INVITED LECTURES IN CONFERENCE/SEMINAR
S.No |
Title of the Paper presented |
Title of Conference/ Seminar etc. |
Organized by |
1 |
Building, Planning & Execution |
Sumshodhini 2017 |
Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, India. |
FOREIGN VISITS
S. No. |
Place of visit |
Purpose of visit |
Name of Event |
Duration |
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1 |
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E |
Participation in Conference |
“Concrete Strengthening Techniques & Design Considerations”, organised by Structural Technologies |
1 Day (March 13, 2014.) |
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