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Sandeep Kumar Chouksey

Department	Civil Engineering
Designation	Associate Professor
Educational Qualification	B.E (Civil), MSc. Engg., Ph.D IISc Bangalore
E-Mail	schouksey.ce@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number	9074892077

Areas of Interest


Geotechnical Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Industrial by-products (Fly ash, Pond ash, Bottom ash, OB dump, Iron Ore Tailings, Red Mud, GGBS, Rice Husk Ash, etc.)
Solid Waste Management
Contaminant Transport Modeling
Landfill Engineering
Energy from Waste and Biomass
Reliability Analysis and its Applications

Awards and Honors

1. Nominated as Indian Young Geotechnical Engineer to attend the 6th iYGEC6, Seoul, Korea from 16th to 17th 2017

2.Best Theoretical Oriented Paper Award by World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011 ((EWRI) by ASCE).

3. Selected as Executive Trainee (2009) in BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited)

4. CSIR Travel Grant for attending Geo-congress – 2012 Oakland, CA USA

5. DST Travel Grant for attending FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE San Servolo, Venice (Italy) 12-15 November 2012.

6. Institute Grant for attending FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE San Servolo, Venice (Italy) 12-15 November 2012.

7. Microsoft Research Travel Grant for attending FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE San Servolo, Venice (Italy) 12-15 November 2012.

Working Experience:

1. Assistant Professor (Since May 2015-Present), Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India.

2. International Research Staff at Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Science, Universitat Polytechnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Tech, Spain (November- December 2013).

Publications

Projects

1. Investigating the Linkages amongLand Subsidence, Hydrological,Anthropogenic and Other ContributingFactors in Joshimathat, an estimated cost of Rs. 57,75,880 /-. [On going] (Co-PI)

Patents

1. A process for slope stability and embankment stabilization using guar gum, Investigators: Rakesh Pydi, Dr.Laxmikant Yadu, Dr. Sandeep Kumar Chouksey, Patent Application Number: 202421036669. (Granted)

2. A composition and process for stabilizing the sub-grade layer of pavement utilizing xanthan gumbiopolymer,Investigators: Rakesh Pydi, Dr. Laxmikant Yadu, Dr. Sandeep Kumar Chouksey, PatentApplication Number: 202421037906. (Published)

3. A Method for preparing landfill liners using geopolymer comprising landfill waste and fly ash, Investigators: Dr. Sandeep Kumar Chouksey and Hari Naga Prasad. Chenna, Patent Application Number: 202521111733. (Published)

Books and Book Chapters

1. Book: Sandeep K Chouksey and G L Siviakumar Babu, (2016),Analytical Models For Stress-Strain Response of Fiber Reinforced Soil (FRS) and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Lambert Academic Publishing, Koln, Germany. ISBN-10 3330005467

2. Saket Dubey and Sandeep K. Chouksey: Application of Geomatics in Civil Engineering “Evaluation of CORDEX Multi-RCM for Indian Subcontinent Using NASA’s RCMES” Springer July 2019. ISSN NO. 978-981-13-7067-0

3. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2022) “Design of Low Volume Road Pavement of Stabilized Low Plastic Soil Using Fly Ash Geopolymer”, Materials today: Proceedings, Elsevier, (Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.04.167

4. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2021) “Partial Replacement of Moorum with Fly Ash in Embankment”. In: Pathak K.K., Bandara J.M.S.J., Agrawal R. (eds) Recent Trends in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 77. Springer, Singapore. (Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5195-6_30.

5. Pydi, R., Mishra, A., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2026). Stabilization of clayey sand embankment soil using guar gum biopolymer: An eco-friendly solution. GeoVadis, 444–449. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003645955-56.

6. Chenna, H. N. P., & Chouksey, S. K. (2025). Comparative Study on Utilizing Fly Ash and Landfill Waste in Geotechnical Engineering: Application. Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2024), Volume 4, 311–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7771-9_24.

7. Dongre, S., & Chouksey, S. K. (2026). A Case Study on Hasdeo Bango Dam for Seepage Analysis Using SEEP/W Model. Latest Advances in Field Monitoring, Instrumentation, and Data-Driven Geotechnical Engineering, 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-7956-3_6.

8. Chenna, H. N. P., & Chouksey, S. K. (2026). Slope Stability of landfill using Probabilistic Approach" (Accepted). 10IYGEC.

Refereed Journal Publications

1. Chenna, H. N. P., Chouksey, S. K., & G.L., S. B. (2026). Experimental study on strength, durability, microstructural and environmental performance of soil treated with iron tailing-based geopolymer for sustainable subgrade application. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2026.2686181. [SCIE].

2. Chenna, H. N. P., Chouksey, S. K., & G. L., S. B. (2026). Sustainable utilization of iron tailings stabilized with pond ash for pavement applications: Strength, microstructural and environmental evaluation. Construction and Building Materials, 525, 146384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.146384. [SCIE]

3. Chenna, H. N. P., Chouksey, S. K., & Turkane, S. D. (2025). Performance evaluation and optimization of landfill waste-fly ash geopolymer for road subgrade applications. Construction and Building Materials, 489, 142380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142380. [SCIE]

4. Chenna, H. N. P., & Chouksey, S. K. (2025). Performance evaluation of landfill waste-based geopolymer for sustainable pavement applications. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2025.2601720. [SCIE]

5. Turkane, S. D., & Chouksey, S. K. (2023). Design of flexible pavement thickness using stabilized high plastic soil by means of fly ash-based geopolymer. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2044035. [SCIE]

6. Rajak, T. K., Yadu, L., Chouksey, S. K., & Dewangan, P. K. (2019). Strength characteristics and stability analysis of GGBS stabilised fly ash-overburden dump. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 34(9), 625–648. https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2019.1670327. (SCIE).

7. Chouksey, S. K., & Babu, G. L. S. (2015). Constitutive Model for Strength Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste. International Journal of Geomechanics, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gm.1943-5622.0000351. (ASCE) (SCIE)

8. Sivakumar Babu, G. L., Chouksey, S. K., & Reddy, K. R. (2013). Approach for the use of MSW settlement predictions in the assessment of landfill capacity based on reliability analysis. Waste Management, 33(10), 2029–2034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.018. (SCIE)

9. Babu, G. L. S., & Chouksey, S. K. (2011). Analytical Model for Stress-Strain Response of Plastic Waste Mixed Soil. Geo-Frontiers 2011, 1091–1100. https://doi.org/10.1061/41165(397)112. (SCIE)

10. Babu, G. L. S., & Chouksey, S. K. (2011). Stress–strain response of plastic waste mixed soil. Waste Management, 31(3), 481–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2010.09.018. (SCIE)

11. Sivakumar Babu, G. L., Reddy, K. R., & Chouksey, S. K. (2011). Parametric study of MSW landfill settlement model. Waste Management, 31(6), 1222–1231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.007. (SCIE)

12. Sivakumar Babu, G. L., Reddy, K. R., Chouskey, S. K., & Kulkarni, H. S. (2010). Prediction of Long-Term Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Settlement Using Constitutive Model. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 14(2), 139–150. (ASCE) https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)hz.1944-8376.0000024. (ESCI).

13. Sivakumar Babu, G. L., Reddy, K. R., & Chouksey, S. K. (2010). Constitutive model for municipal solid waste incorporating mechanical creep and biodegradation-induced compression. Waste Management, 30(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.09.005. (SCIE)

14. Babu, G. L. S., & Chouksey, S. K. (2010). Model for analysis of fiber-reinforced clayey soil. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 5(4), 277 285. https://doi.org/10.1080/17486021003706804. (ASCE) (SCIE)

15. Turkane, S. D., Chouksey, S. K., Gunjal, S. M., & Sharma, A. (2025). Effectiveness of geopolymer-treated soil plasticity characteristics: A road pavement material. Advances in Civil and Architectural Engineering, 16(31), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.13167/2025.31.7. [ESCI]

16. Pydi, R., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2025). A Strategic Approach to Predict the Resilient Modulus of Biopolymer-Treated Soil Using Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning Techniques. Indian Geotechnical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-025-01386-1. [ESCI]

17. Chenna, H. N. P., & Chouksey, S. K. (2024). Comparison of Geotechnical Properties of Landfill Waste in Different Indian Cities. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 55(2), 669–689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01003-7. [ESCI]

18. Chenna, H. N. P., & Chouksey, S. K. (2024). Quality evaluation and characterization of organic compost suitable for agricultural utilization. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 13. [ESCI]

19. Pydi, R., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2024). A Novel Prediction of Strength Properties of Biopolymer-Treated Soil: A Response Surface Approach. Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, 11(4), 2523–2545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-024-00384-9. [ESCI]

20. Pydi, R., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2023). Evaluation of Xanthan and Guar Gum for Stabilising Soil in Terms of Strength Parameters - A Review. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 54(4), 1621–1643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00803-7. [ESCI]

21. Turkane, S. and Chouksey, S. K. (2022). Partial replacement of conventional material with stabilized soil in flexible pavement design. International Journal of Engineering. [ESCI]

22. Turkane, S. D., & Chouksey, S. K. (2021). Application of response surface method for optimization of stabilizer dosages in soil stabilization. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-021-00704-9. [ESCI]

23. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2022) "Partial Replacement of Conventional material with stabilized soil in Flexiable Pavement Design". Intenational Journal of Engineering, Transaction B: Applications 35(5):908-916 (IJE). (ESCI).

24. Rajak, T. K., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2020). Effect of fly ash on geotechnical properties and stability of coal mine overburden dump: an overview. SN Applied Sciences, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-2803-3. (ESCI).

25. Bajaj, P., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2019). Behavior of vertical and batter piles under lateral, uplift and combined loads in non-cohesive soil. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-019-0242-z. (ESCI).

26. Rajak, T. K., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2019). Strength Characteristics and Stability Analysis of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) Stabilized Coal Mine Overburden-Pond Ash Mix. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 38(1), 663–682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-01056-z. (ESCI).

27. Bajaj, P., Yadu, L., & Chouksey, S. K. (2019). Study on vertical and batter piles subjected to lateral loads in different non-cohesive sub-soil conditions. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 14(6), 603–613. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2018.1564181. (ESCI).

28. Rajak, T. K., Yadu, L., Chouksey, S. K., & Dewangan, P. K. (2018). Stability analysis of mine overburden dump stabilized with fly ash. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 15(5), 587–597. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2018.1503780. (ESCI).

29. P. N. B. and Chouksey, S. K. (2014). WATER SECURITY FOR VILLAGE GAVHALI THROUGH ROOF TOP RAIN WATER HARVESTING. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, 03(21), 68–74. https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0321015. [Scopus]

30. Turkane, S. D., Chouksey, S. K., Nawale, A. V., Sahu, R. T., Gayake, S. B., & Gunjal, S. M. (2024). Utilization of copper slag as fine sand replacement in concrete: a response surface methodology approach. Discover Civil Engineering, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44290-024-00135-2. [Scopus]

31. Turkane, S. D., & Chouksey, S. K. (2022). Optimization of fly ash geopolymer dosage for California bearing ratio using response surface method. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-022-00198-7. [SCOPUS]

Refereed International Conference Publications

32. Hari Naga Prasad, CH., & Chouksey, S. K. (2024). Geotechnical Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Raipur City, Chhattisgarh. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2779(1), 012058. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2779/1/012058.

33. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2021) “Design of Low Volume Road Pavement of Stabilized Low Plastic Soil Using Fly Ash Geopolymer” International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2021), held at St. Thomas Institute for Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 15^th to 17^th December, 2021.

34. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2021) “Optimization of Stabilizer Dosages for Soil Stabilization Using Response Surface Method” International Conference (ONLINE) On Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS 2021), held at N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karnataka, India, 19^th & 20^th November, 2021.

35. Sinha, S., and Chouksey, S. K. (2021). A Study Of Greywater Reuse System For An Urban Household. HYDRO 2020- International Conference On Hydraulics, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering, NIT Rourkela on 26-28 March, 2021.

36. D .Debnath and Chouksey, S. K. (2020). Improvement of geotechnical properties of soft soil using copper slag based geopolymer

37. Sandeep K Chouksey (2019). Strength Behavior of Plastic Waste Mixed Soil. International Conference “Techno-A-Tech 2018 with the theme “Engineering, Science and Technology: Ideas, Innovations and Initiatives, 26-27 October, 2018 at Bilaspur.

38. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). Effective Stress Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste in Undrained Loading. FACE 2019 (30th-31st August 2019), Mahindra École Centrale.

39. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE USING CONSTITUTIVE MODELING APPROACH. Middle East's GeoEMAST, sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Egypt.

40. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). Geotechnical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste for Bangalore City. Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020), March 2-4, 2020

41. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019) “Partial replacement of moorum with fly ash in earth embankment” in International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ICRTICE-2019) held at Medi-Caps University, Indore, 26^th to 28^th Sept. 2019.

42. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). Shear Strength Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste for Bangalore City. 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy, November 27 - 30, 2019; Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) (DU), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; 9^th IconSWM-CE 2019

43. Anita chaturvedi and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). Analyzing the water distribution network for Vaishali Nagar in Bhilai city using EPANET software. Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020), March 2-4, 2020

44. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). STRESS STRAIN RESPONSE OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN UNDRAINED LOADING. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, Indore, September 26 - 28, 2019 September 26 - 28, 2019 September 26 - 28,tember 26 – 280

45. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2019). SETTLEMENT BEHAVIOR OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE USING CONSTITUTIVE MODELING APPROACH. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Indore, September 26 - 28, 2019 September 26 - 28,September

46. Sagar D. Turkane and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2018). Influence of Size of circular footing on Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Soil by Response surface method. International Conference on Advances in Science and Technology ( ICAST) Jaipur

47. Saket Dubey and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2018). Evaluation of CORDEX Multi-RCM for Indian subcontinent using NASA’s RCMES. An International cofeerence “Geomatics in Civil Engineering”, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India 5-8^th April 2018.

48. Saket Dubey, Digeshwar Prasad sahu and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2018)Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Of Kharun River Basin using SCS-Curve Number Method. WRCS 2018 International Symposium on Water Resources Challenges and Sustainability, IIT Indore 10^th March 2018

49. Suraj K Byas and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2018) Reliability analysis of 2D truss by FORM. International Conference on Advances in Science and Technology ( ICAST) Jaipur.2018

50. Suraj K Byas and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2018). Reliability analysis of 2D truss by Monte Carlo simulation . International Conference on Advances in Science and Technology ( ICAST) Jaipur.

51. Sandeep K. Chouksey (2017). Strength and Deformation behavior of Municipal Solid. 6iYGEC, Seoul, South Korea 16-17^th September 2017.

52. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu (2013). Stress strain response of Municipal Solid Waste in drained condition using Constitutive Modeling Approach. 18TH ISSMGE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. Paris Sep. 2013

53. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu (2012). Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste using Constitutive Modeling Approach. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE San Servolo, Venice (Italy) 12-15 November 2012.

54. Sandeep K. Chouksey, Lakshmikanthan P and GL Sivakumar Babu (2012). Study of Engineering Properties of Municipal Solid Waste. 3rd International Conference on Solid waste Management (IconSWM2012) at Mysore, India during July 30 – Aug 01, 2012.

55. Ronak J Dand, Abhinay Kumar, G.L. Sivakumar Babu and Sandeep K. Chouksey. (2012). Effects of temperature and lift thickness on MSW landfill settlement. International Congress on Computation Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad, 10-12 December.

56. Sandeep K. Chouksey, GL Sivakumar Babu and Krishina Reddy (2012). Settlement Analysis of MSW Based on Constitutive Modeling Approach. GEO-CONGRESS 2012, Oakland, Ca – March 25 – 29.

57. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu (2012). Reliability Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste. International Symposium on Engineering under Uncertainty: Safety Assessment and Management (ISEUSAM) Kolkatta January 4 to 6 2012.

58. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu (2011) Model for analysis of fiber reinforced clayey soil. 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics (ARC-2011) & Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong,.

59. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu. (2011). Effective stress analysis of municipal solid waste using constitutive model. 13^th IACMAG, Australia, Melbourne Conference, May 2011.

60. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu. (2011). Comparative study of fiber reinforced soil. 13th IACMAG, Australia, Melbourne Conference, May 2011.

61. GL Sivakumar Babu and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2011). Analytical model for stress-strain response of plastic waste mixed soil. In Geo-Frontiers ASCE, 13-16 March 2011, Dallas, Texas USA, pp 1091-1100.

62. GL Sivakumar Babu, Krishina Reddy and Sandeep K. Chouksey. (2010). Constitutive model for MSW considering creep and biodegradation effects. 6ICEG International Conference at New Delhi, November – 2010, 451-456.

63. GL Sivakumar Babu and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2010). “Stress-strain and compressibility behavior of plastic waste mixed soil.". Conference on Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CISTUP@CiSTUP 2011), Oct 18-20, IISc Bangalore.

64. GL Sivakumar Babu, Preeti Kashyap and Sandeep K. Chouksey (2009).Studies on Coir geotextiles as drainage medium in soft ground improvement. 2nd International Conference on Geosynthetics Middle East Dubai, United Arab Emirates 10 / 11 November 2009.

Referred National Conference Publications

65. Subham Agrawal and Sandeep Kumar Chouksey (2019). A Review on Environmental Flow Estimation: Methods and Methodologies. BITCON 2019, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg Chhattisgarh.

66. Rahul Sharma and Sandeep Kumar Chouksey (2019). ENHANCING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROOF TOP RAIN WATER HARVESTING BY INCREASING THE USABILITY OF COLLECTED WATER AND COST OPTIMIZATION. BITCON 2019, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg Chhattisgarh.

67. Sandeep K Chouksey and Abhishek Fale (2017). Reliability Analysis of Counterfort Retaining Wall using Response Surface Method. Indian Geotechnical Conference, GEONEST, Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technology, IIT Guwahati.

68. Sandeep K Chouksey and Abhishek Fale (2017). Factor of Safety and Reliability of Counterfort Retaining Wall. Indian Geotechnical Conference, GEONEST, Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technology, IIT Guwahati.

69. Abhishek Fale and Sandeep K Chouksey (2017). “Reliability Analysis of Retaining Wall”. ^3rdInternational conference on Sustainable Energy & Buil Environment, 1^6th – 1^7thMarch 2017. ISBN. 978-81-923320-5-5.

70. Pankaj Bajaj, Laxmikant Yadu and Sandeep K Chouksey (2017). Experimental Study of Vertical and Batter Pile groups under Lateral Loads in sand. Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technology, IIT Guwahati.

71. Tarun K Rajak, Laxmikant Yadu and Sandeep K Chouksey (2017). Strength Characteristics of Fly Ash Stabilized Soil Embankment and Stability Analysis Using Numerical Modelling. Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technology, IIT Guwahati.

72. Rajak. T.K., Yadu. L., and Chouksey. S.K. (2017) "Stability analysis of soil slope stabilized with fly ash and lime" International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE, 2018), BITS Pilani, India

73. K.Geetha Manjari, G. Anoosha, Pawan Kumar, Sandeep K. Chouksey & G.L.Sivakumar Babu (2011). Compressibility behavior of plastic waste mixed sand. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochin 15-17, Dec 2011.

74. GL Sivakumar Babu, Sandeep K. Chouksey and (2010). Strength and compressibility response of plastic waste mixed soil. Indian Geotechnical Conference (2010, Dec 16-18).

75. Sandeep K. Chouksey and GL Sivakumar Babu. (2009). Time effects on clay using proposed model. Indian Geotechnical Conference. Guntur, Vol.1, 3-6.

Other Info.

Invited Talks

1. Strength and Deformation Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste. Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Science, Universitat Polytechnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Tech, Spain

2. Strength and Deformation Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste. An Analytical Approach. Departamento de Ciencia e Ingeniería del Terreno y de los Materiales Escuela T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos, University of Cantabaria, Santander, Spain.

3. “Geo-environmental Challenges and Solutions” on two weeks course “Modern Geotechnical Engineering” under Global Initiative for Global Network (GIAN) programme funded by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India from 21st Dec to 28th Dec 2015 at NIT Raipur on 27.12.2015.

4. “Ground Improvement Techniques” for the Poor Subgrade Soil” five days short term hands on training program “Testing Methods in Civil Engineering Construction” under TEQIP-II at Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Raipur on 19.11.2015.

5. Strength Behavior of Soil” Expert Lecture delivered at Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology on 01.04.2022.

6. Fundamental Study of Shear Strength of Soil” Expert Lecture delivered during the Online Faculty Development Programme on “Innovative Invention in Civil Engineering (IICE-2024)” organized by Sandip Foundation, Nashik from 13.05.2024 to 18.05.2024.

7. Plastic Waste Management in Cities” Technical Seminar/Workshop on the theme “Municipal Solid Waste Management” organized jointly by the Officers Association, SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant and The Institution of Engineers (India), Bhilai Local Centre on 22.11.2025.

8. Strength Behavior of Soil” Expert Lecture delivered at MATS University on 08.09.2025.

9. Climate-Resilient Advanced Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering” Expert Lecture delivered at the Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Patna from 05.01.2026 to 09.01.2026.

Departmental Activities identified by Head of the department

PhD coordinator since 15.02.2019 to 30/07/2025.
PhD admission In charge 2018, 2019.
Prof. In-charge Geotechnical Engineering lab since 07.07.2016 to till date.
Prof. In-charge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Activities since 10.12.2018 to 30/07/2025.

Students

PhD:

Completed: 05

Ongoing: 04

PhD

S.No	Name of students	Title	Supervisor	Joint Supervisor	Year and status
1	Tarun Rajak	A parametric study of slope angle, dumping sequence and fly ash content on stability of fly ash mixed mine overburden dump	Dr. L K Yadu	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	Completed 2020
2	Pankaj Bajaj	Study on Vertical Piles, Batter Pile and Pile Groups subjected to Lateral, Uplift and Combined Loading in Non-Cohesive Soil	Dr. L K Yadu	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	Completed 2020
3	Sagar Turkane Patil	Geotechnical Characterization of Soils Blended with Fly Ash	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	Completed 2023
4	Debabrata Debnath	Stabilization of Soft Soil Using Copper Slag Based Geopolymer	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	Completed 2025
5	Rakesh Pydi	Characterization of Geotechnical Properties of Soil treated With Biopolymers	Dr. L K Yadu	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	Thesis Submitted
6	Hari Prasad. Chenna	Characterization of Geotechnical Properties of Landfill waste of Raipur city and its application	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	Yet to submit
7	Pradeep Tulshidas Kumawat	Geotechnical Characterization of Soft soil Blended with Various Industrial by-products	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	On going
8	Kavita Banjare	Assessing the Role of Soil-Water Dynamics in Inducing Sinkholes: Implications for Karst Stability in the Farmlands of Chhattisgarh.	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	Dr. C. K. Singh	On going
9	Suprabha Panda	Effect of Leachate on Soil and Ground Water	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	On going

M. Tech

Completed: 12

Ongoing: 01

S.No	Name of students	Title	Supervisor	Joint Supervisor	Year and status
1	Abhishek Fale	Reliability Analysis of Counterfort Retaining Wall	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2017
2	Saket Dubey	A Study on Impact of climate Change on Surface Runoff Using SWAT Model for Kharun River Sub-Basin of Chhattisgarh State	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2018
3	Neelima Gupta	Optimization of Multipurpose Reservoir of Minimata Hasdeo Bango Dam	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2018
4	Suraj Byas	Reliability Analysis of 2D Truss	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2018
5	Rahul Sharama	Enhancing the Acceptance of Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting by Increasing its Usability Using Advanced Techniques	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2019
6	Shubham Agrawal	Use of Hydrological Indices for Assessment of Environmental Flow of Rivers of Mahanadi Basin	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2019
7	Anita Chaturvedi	A layout of Water Distribution System for Vaishali Nagar in Bhilai City	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2019
8	Susen Sinha	A study of greywater reuse system for an Urban household	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2020
9	Ganji Sreeelekha	Reliability of rainwater harvesting system for Various economy sections	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2021
10	ChintaAmareshwar	IOT based smart irrigation System	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2021
11	Swarna G	Assessing the Relation of Kharif Crops Yield with SPI and NDVI in Raipur District and its Estimation using Artificial Neural Network	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	Dr. V. K. Vidyarthi	2023
12	Shweta Dongre	Seepage Analysis in Hasdeo Bango Dam, Korba	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	NIL	2025

B. Tech

S.No	Name of students	Title	Supervisor	Status
1	Manas Tripathi and Avinash Sahu	Real Time Settlement Analysis of a Sample Landfill Using Wireless Sensor Network	Dr. S. K. Chouksey	2016
2	Abhishek, Ashish,Abbu Manikanta and Shashikanth	Design and Development of Rapid Composting Machine using Embedded System Technology".		2016
3	Abhishek, Rahul, Sujata, Rajeshwari and Ashok	Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability.		2017
4	Sukrity Ranjan Samanta	Reliability Analysis of Dumped Solid Waste.		2017
5	Mahesh Choudary	Material Recovery Facility (MRF)		2018
6	Vivek and Rashaib	Development of An App For Geotechnical Engineering laboratory		2018
7	Ravi	Numerical Analysis of Slope stability using Flac 3D		2018
8	Surrendera Meena	Numerical Analysis of Square and Circular Footing using Flac 3D		2018
9	Ankit panwar and Abhinesh praksh singh	Application of machine learning in geotechnical problems		2019
10	Abhay Agrawal Ankur Kumar Akshaj Shukla	Reliability analysis of shallow foundation		2019
11	Nirbhay Shadani	Study of shear strength parameter of sand mixed with pond ash and lime		2019
12	Ritesh Diwakar, Rishabh jain,	Fixing efficient location of window trough programming		2019
13	ChandraYadav, Raunaq Purohit, Kishan Keshri	Study of formwork and advance Technology in formwork		2020
14	Ankit verma	Study on Prospects Of adopting Modern Technologies in mass Housing		2020
15	Prakhar Sahu	Innovative design of window		2020
16	Harsh Kumar, Yashaswi, Tejendra Nagesh, Muskan	AQI, Air quality modelling using Aernet and Aermod and preventive measures for air pollution problems in Raipur city		2021
17	Abhishek Kasare	Manufacturing of high strength, economical and eco-friendly Fly ash brick and comparison among Different types of bricks		2022
18	G. Maneesh, K. Jitendra	Home Composting Kitchen Waste		2023
19	Akash Kumar Gupta, Deepak Kumar	Deign of low cost water filter		2023
20	Keerthana Kaluru and Madhu Priya Mummidi	Strength Behaviour of Landfill Waste blended with different proportions of Cement		2024
21	Ansh Ahuja and Manas Tiwari	Seepage analysis of an embankment using Geostudio		2024
22	Aashutosh Sahu and Avni Agrawal	Probabilistic analysis of seepage for internal stability of earth Embankments		2025
23	Shekhar choudhary, Siddhesh Surana, Tamanna	Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil Using Rice Husk Fibre		2025

Course Taught:

B.Tech

S.No.	Theory Subject	Laboratory
1.	Geotechnical Engineering I 2016 and 2017/ 5^th sem.	Geotechnical Engineering I (2015,2016, 2017) 5^th Sem.
2.	Geotechnical Engineering II 2016 and 2017 / 6^th sem.	Geotechnical Engineering II (2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) 6^th Sem.
3.	Structural Analysis I 2015 / 4^th sem.	Matlab Application in Civil Engineering; (2015)7^th Sem.
4.	Strength of Material 2015 / 3^rd sem. (Mining Engineering)
5.	Basic Civil Engineering 2015/ 1^st sem.	Basic Civil Engineering (2015) 1^st year
6.	Advanced Soil Mechanics (Elective ) 2018/ 7^th Sem.	Matlab Application in Civil Engineering; (2018)7^th Sem.
7.	Geotechnical Engineering II 2019 / 6^th sem.	Geotechnical Engineering II (2019) 6^th Sem.
8.	Basic Civil Engineering

M.Tech

S.No.	Theory Subject	Year/Semester
1.	Numerical Methods	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025/ 1^th sem
2.	Reliability Engineering	2017 / 2^th sem
3.	Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures	2015 / 3^th sem.
4.	Ground Improvement Techniques	2018, 2019, 2020/2^nd Structure

Reviewer of Journals

1. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (ASCE).

2. International Journal of Integrated Waste Management, Science and Technology.

3. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering.

4. Geomechanics and Engineering, An Internatioanl Journal.

5. Indian Geotechnical Journal (IGJ).

6. Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Membership in Professional Bodies

Indian Geotechnical Society Life Member. (LM- 4660
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Member I.D # IND12M-4369

Positions Available

Applications are invited from motivated and enthusiastic candidates for a PhD position in Geotechnical Engineering.