P Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao

Assistant Professor, Ph.D (IIT Roorkee)

Email: pravin.kumar[at]iiit.ac.in

Research areas

Contemporary and Traditional Masonry Buildings; Seismic Safety Assessment; Earthquake-Resistant Design; Structural Retrofitting; Composite Materials; Experimental Testing and Evaluation and Analytical Modelling

Research Centers/Labs

Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) focuses on understanding the crustal structure and earthquake processes and estimation of recurrence interval and other priority areas of research.

Awards & Achievements

ISTE – SGSITS National Award for Best Research by Young Teachers (Below 35 years) of Engineering Colleges; D.K. Paul Research Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Earthquake Risk Reduction in India by ISTE, Roorkee; Young Engineer of the Year Award by IEI (India), Telangana State Chapter; Promising Young Structural Engineer Award by IAStructE, New Delhi; National Post-Doctoral Fellowship; SWISS Govt. Excellence Research Scholarship by EPFL, Switzerland; and Best M. Tech. Thesis and B.E. Project Awards from INAE and ISTE, New Delhi