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Rathish Kumar Pancharathi
Dr Rathish Kumar Pancharathi is currently professor and head of the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal. He obtained his Ph.D. from the institution, and his doctor of engineering and post-doctoral research from Japan. His major areas of interest include new/alternate/supplementary cementitious materials, special concretes, rehabilitation of structures, construction technology and management, structural health monitoring and earthquake engineering. He has published 205 articles in various international and national journals and conferences of repute. He is a recipient of several awards including the Duo-India Fellowship, Slovakian Government Scholarship, Aftab Mufti Medal, prestigious Monbusho and JSPS scholarships of the Japanese Government, Best Engineering Researcher Award, Heritage Scholarship to visit IST Portugal, Danish Government Scholarship, Italy Government Post-Doctoral Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus, AIT Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial fellowship and Distinguished Alumnus award. Prof Kumar has been a member of the Research Advisory Council member of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), Hyderabad, for the past four years. He has representation in several Bureau of Indian Standard committees like CED-4, i.e. Lime and Gypsum Products of the Bureau of Indian Standards. He is member of the Preparation of the Handbook of Lime for the Bureau of Indian Standards; convenor for revision of all parts of the Indian Standard Code IS 2542-1978, including tests for Gypsum, Plaster, Concrete and Mortars; and member of the Revision of Indian Standard Code IS 712:1984, i.e. specification for building limes (third revision). He is on the editorial board of Journal of Facta Universtatis, Journal of Cement Wapno Beton among others.
Contact: Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, 506001, India.