Curriculum Vitae of Dr.N.

DARGA KUMAR

1. Name:

Dr. N. Darga Kumar

2. Present Position: Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering (Geotech Engg.)

3. Present Employer: J N T U College of Engineering Kakinada, A.P. State, India.
4. Date of Birth:
5. Address for
Correspondence.

01-06-1973
N. Darga Kumar,
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
J.N.T.U. College of Engineering
Kakinada-533 003, A.P., India.
E. Mail: ndargakumar@[Link] (or) ndargakumar@[Link],
ndkjntu@[Link]
Hand Phone: +91-9949331274

6. Educational Qualifications
B. Tech.
M. Tech.
Ph.D.

B. Tech in Civil Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering,

Anantapur, A.P. India.
(First Class) Passed in 1995.
M. Tech (Geotechnical Engineering) from Civil Engineering
Department, SVU College of Engineering, Tirupati, [Link].
(First Class) Passed in 1997.
Offshore Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, Chennai-600 036, India. July 2005.

7. Work Experience (Pre Ph.D Experience 3 Years + Post Ph.D Experience 2.5 years)
7 (A). Teaching Experience
:
about 5.5 years
[Link].
Position Held
Name of
Period
Experience
University/Institution/Organisation
From To
1
Assistant
J.N.T.U. College of Engineering,
Nov
Till
14 months
Professor
Kakinada, A.P.
2006
date
2
Associate
GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam,
Feb
Oct2 07 months
Professor
Srikakulam, A.P.
2006
006
3
Lecturer
Shanmuga College of Engineering,
Sept Dec2 04 months
Thanjavur, T.N.
2000
000
4
Teaching
[Link] College of Engineering,
Aug Aug 24 months
Assistant
Tirupati, A.P.
1998
2000
5
Academic
J.N.T. University College of Engineering, Nov1 July
09 months
Associate
Hyderabad, A.P.
997
1998

7(B). Industrial Experience

[Link].
1.

Position Held
Geotechnical
Engineer
Project Associate

2.

12 months = 1 year

Name of Institution/Organisation
Keller Ground Engineering India Pvt. Ltd,
Chennai. (Germany based MNC)
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.

7 (C). Ph.D Guidance:

3 (Pursuing)

8. Field of Specialisation

Geotechnical Engineering

9. Research Interests

Period
From
Aug
2005
Jan
2005

Experience
To
Jan
2006
July
2005

06 months
07 months

Behaviour of Soils and Foundations under cyclic

loading, Geoenvironmental Engineering and Soil
Stabilisation Studies for Road Projects.

10. Paper Publications

International Journals Published

:
International Journals (Communicated)
:
International Conferences Published
:
National Conferences Published
:
(Details of papers published are furnished)

02
03
10
17

11. Membership(s)

Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)

Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE)
Life Member of Institution of Engineers (MIE). India.

12. Abroad Visit(s)

Osaka (Japan) - Paper presented in an International

Symposium on Engineering practice and performance of
soft deposits. Osaka, Japan. June 2-4, 2004. Funded
by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
India.
Singapore Keller Ground Engineering Ind. Pvt. Ltd.
Company Assignment worked as a Geotechnical
Engineer.
Kula Lumpur (Malaysia) - Keller Ground Engineering
Ind. Pvt. Ltd. - Company Assignment worked as a
Geotechnical Engineer.

13. Awards/Merit Scholarship

Vignana Parithosikam for having stood one of the

Toppers in XII Standard in the district level.

14. Responsibilities Holding

a.
b.

CAD Lab in-charge in the Civil Engineering Department at JNTU Kakinada

Officer in-charge of Academic Section (OAS) at JNTU Kakinada

15. Seminars/Workshops Organised

a.

Co-coordinator for the One day Programme on Principals meet and Workshop on Quality
Assurance in Technical Education through ISO Certification, 25th Marrch2008.
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16. Short Term Course(S) Participated

1. Participated in the INDUCTION TRAINING TO YOUNG TEACHERS a 3-week AICTE
sponsored Staff Training Programme from 01-11-2000 to 17-11-2000 held at Shanmugha College
of Engineering, Thanjavur, and Tamilnadu, India.
2. Participated a 1 week Course on Engineering Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment
organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai during 12th-16th Feb2007.
3. Participated a 4 week 11th Orientation Course for College Teachers organized by UGC
Academic Staff College, [Link], Hyderabad, during 5 31, May 2007.
4. Participated a 1 week Course on Recent Advances in Flexible Pavement Engineering
organized by Department of Civil Engineering during 16th-21st July2007.
5. Participated a 2 week Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship, 14-24,
March2008, Organized by Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) Hyderabad and
National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) held at JNTU
Kakinada.

17. (A) SUBJECTS TAUGHT:

(i). Geotechnical Engineering
(iii). Ground Improvement Techniques
(v). Geo-Environmental Engineering
(vii). Mechanics of Solids
(ix). Engineering Geology
(xi). Applied Mechanics

(ii). Foundation Engineering

(iv). Soil Dynamics & Machine Foundations
(vi). Advanced Foundation Engineering
(viii). CAAD
(x). Fluid Mechanics
(xii). Building Materials and Construction

17. (B) SUBJECTS EXPOSED:

(i). Marine Geotechnical Engineering
(iii). Port and Harbour Structures
(v). Wave Hydro-Dynamics

(ii). Marine Foundations

(iv). Coastal Engineering

18. Papers Published/Press in National and International Conferences

International Journals
Journals Published (International): 02
1. Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S. and Sundar, V. (2007). Performance of caisson in soft clay under
cyclic lateral loading. Geotechnical Engineering, South Asian Geotechnical Society, Thailand, Vol 38,
Numb 1, pages 16-23.
2. Narasimha Rao, S. and Darga Kumar, N. (2007). Lateral Earth Pressures on Caissons in Marine Clay
under Cyclic Loading, Journal of Marine Geosources and Marine Geotechnology, Volume 25, Issue 1
January 2007 , pages 15 35.
Journals Communicated (International): 03
1. Darga Kumar, N. and Narasimha Rao, S. A laboratory study on the lateral capacity of caissons in clay.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canada (Under Review).
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2. Darga Kumar, N. and Narasimha Rao, S. Earth Pressures on Caissons in Marine Clay under
Loads A Laboratory Study. Journal of Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier Ltd. (Communicated).

Lateral

3. Darga Kumar, N. and Narasimha Rao, S. Laboratory studies on load deflection behaviour of caissons
in clay under lateral loads. Proceedings of ICE Journal Geotechnical Engineering, UK. (Communicated).

National Conferences Published

1.

Darga Kumar, N. (2007). Role of Geotechnical Testing in Dredging Projects. XX National

Convention of Marine Engineers and National conference on Dredging and Integrated
Development of Inland Waterways on 24/25 February, 2007, Institute of Engineers at
Visakhapatnam.

2.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S. (2006). Consolidation and Strengthening Methods of
Weak Marine Soils. One-day National Workshop on Improvement of Weak Soils. 7th October,
2006. Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering,
Visakhapatnam, A.P., India.

3.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2006). Lateral Capacity of a Mono Pile in Soft
Marine Clay. National Conference on Corrective Engineering Practices in Troublesome
oils
(CONCEPTS), held during 8-9 July2006, Department of Civil Engineering, JNTU Kakinada.

4.

Narasimha Rao, S., Darga Kumar, N., Hema Latha, K. and Nagendra Kumar, B. (2005).
Geotechnical Investigations of Tsunami Damaged Structures along the Indian Coast. National
Conference on Case Studies in Geotechnical Engineering, Geopractice-2005, IISc,
Bangalore, India. July 25-26, 2005.

5.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Lateral resistance factors for
in marine clay. IGC-2004, NIT Warangal, 17-19 December 2004. Pp. 599-602.

caissons

6.
Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Experimental p-y curves for caissons
in
marine clay. Indian national conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering, 7- 9 Dec 2004, NIO, Goa;
pp.231-239.
7.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Lateral deflection of a caisson in
marine clay. National Symposium on advances in Geotechnical engineering. IISc Bangalore,
July 22-23, 2004. Pp. 179 -184.

8.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2003). Studies on earth pressures in model
caisson embedded in marine clay. Indian Geotechnical conference on Geotechnical
engineering for infrastructural development, IIT Roorkee, 18-20, Dec 2003. Pp.153-156.

9.

Manohara Reddy, R., Prasad, K. N., Mallikarjuna Rao, K. and Darga Kumar, N (1999). Beneficial
use of fly ash in sib-base course. Proceedings of the National seminar on fly ash characterisation
and its Geotechnical applications. 30th August 1999, IISc Bangalore.

10.

Darga Kumar, N. and Nagendra Prasad, K (1999). Solid Waste Management in Developing
Countries. Proceedings of All India conference on environmental pollution and strategies for
control and abatement. 16 -17 July 1999. Tirupati. pp: 39-40.

11.

Darga Kumar, N. and Nagendra Prasad, K (1999). Fly ash Disposal Techniques. Proceedings of
All India conference on environmental pollution and strategies for control and abatement.16-17
July, 1999. Tirupati. Pp: 54-56.

12.

Darga Kumar, N., Nagendra Prasad, K. and Mallikarjuna Rao, K (1999). Water resources
conservation - role of fly ash. Proceedings of National seminar on water resources
management for sustainable development. March 12-13, Tirupati. pp. 139-142.

13.

Darga Kumar, N. and Kotaiah, B. (1999). Clay minerals as liners for the storage of hazardous
waste residues. Abstracts of UGC National conference on chemistry, industry and
environment. Feb 25-27, 1999. Rajahmundry.

14.

Darga Kumar, N. and Mallikarjuna Rao, K (1998). Non-Concrete foundations for rural buildings.
Abstracts of National seminar on better World environment through engineering, education and
management. 18-20 Nov., 1998. TTTI Chennai.

15.

Darga Kumar, N., Nagendra Prasad, K. and Mallikarjuna Rao, K (1997). Fly ash as a resource
material for embankments towards effective irrigation management. Abstracts of All India seminar
on participatory management of irrigation schemes-A Janmabhoomi concept. Aug 25-26,
1997. Tirupati.

16.

Manohara Reddy, R., Prasad, K. N., Mallikarjuna Rao, K. and Darga Kumar, N (1997).
Fly ash as a resource material for use in road construction. Proceedings of the National
conference on advances in materials of construction and construction methods. 22-23 Aug,
1997. Tirupati. pp. 65-69.

17.

Reddy, R. M., Nagendra Prasad, K., Mallikarjuna Rao, K. and Darga Kumar, N (1997). Use of fly
ash in road construction for sustainable development. Abstracts of the National seminar on social
planning for sustainable development. 25-27 March 1997. Tirupati.

International Conferences Published

1.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S (2007). Experimental Studies on Model Caissons in
Soft Clay under Lateral Cyclic Loading. 4th International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering. Thessaloniki, Greece, June 25-28 2007.

2.

Darga Kumar, N., Nagendra Prasad, K. and Mallikarjuna Rao, K. (2004). Strength and
compressibility behaviour of expansive clay-fly ash mixtures. International conference on
geosynthetics and geoenvironmental engineering. IIT Mumbai, Dec. 8-10, 2004. Pp.223- 228.

3.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Lateral bearing capacity
prediction
of caisson type of seawall in difficult sub soil conditions. 15th South East Asian Geotechnical
Conference on Development in Geotechnical engineering for practice. Bangkok, Thailand, Nov.
22-26, 2004. Pp.259-264.

4.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V. (2004). Design Studies of Caissons for
Coastline Protection using Model Testing. Abstracts of An International conference on EcoEngineering. The use of vegetation to improve slope stability, Sept 13-17, 2004, ThessalonikiGreece.

5.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Studies on model caissons
embedded
rd
in marine clay for coastal protection wall. 23 International OMAE conference. Vancouver,
Canada. 20-25 June 2004. Paper No. OMAE2004-51396.
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6.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Performance of Caisson type of
seawall embedded in soft clay. International Symposium on Engineering practice and
performance of soft deposits. Osaka, Japan. June 2-4,2004. Pp. 525-530.

7.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V (2004). Lateral capacity of caissons.
International conference on Geotechnical Engineering. Beirut. May 19-22, 2004. Paper No.A147.

8.

Narasimha Rao, S., Darga Kumar, N., Sundar, V (2004). Influence of Cyclic load on model
caisson seawalls embedded in marine clay. Cyclic behaviour of soils and liquefaction
phenomena. Triantafyllidis(ed) 2004 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 90 5809
620 3. Pp. 425-429.

9.

Darga Kumar, N., Narasimha Rao, S., Sundar, V., Santhanam, M. (2004). Design of
pressure
cell for measurement of lateral earth pressure. International e-Conference on Modern trends in
foundation engineering and Geotechnical challenges and solutions. IIT Madras, Jan 26-30,
2004. Published in CD-ROM (Displayed in Web URL: [Link] Theme: No 6
Experimental techniques [Link] 6.4).

10.

Darga Kumar, N., Nagendra Prasad, K. and Mallikarjuna Rao, K (1998). Mechanisms governing
the behaviour of fly ash black cotton soil mixtures. Problematic soils, Yanagisawa, Moroto &
Mitachi (eds) 1998 Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 90 54109971. pp. 271-274.

19. SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES PARTICIPATED

1. National symposium on recent advances in civil engineering, conducted by the Department of Civil
engineering, S. V. U. College of Engineering, Tirupati, during Dec 21-23, 1996.
2. All India seminar on participatory management of Irrigation schemes-a Janmabhoomi concept, held
on Aug 25-26, 1997 at S. V. U. Senate Hall, conducted by Institution of Engineers, Tirupati Local
Center.
3. National Conference on advances in materials of construction and construction methods, held
during Aug 22-23, 1997, conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, S. V. U. College of
Engineering, Tirupati.
4. National Seminar on Better World environment through Engineering, Education and Management,
held during 18-20 Nov, 1998, organized by Technical Teachers Training Institute, MHRD, Govt. of
India, Chennai13.
5. National Conference on Chemistry, Industry and Environment (Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi),
held on Feb 25-27, 1999, at P.G. Department of Chemistry Govt. College, Rajahmundry-533 105,
Andhra Pradesh.
6. National Seminar on Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, held during
March 12-13, 1999, conducted by Water Technology Center, S. V. U. College of Engineering,
Tirupati.
7. Indian Geotechnical Conference on Geotechnical engineering for Infrastructural Development, held
during Dec 18-20, at I.I.T. Roorkee, Sponsored by Indian Geotechnical Society.
8. National Seminar on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development, held during Feb 25-26,
2000, conducted by S.V.U. College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
9. National Seminar on Fly ash characterization and its Geotechnical applications held during Aug 30th
1999 at Indian Institute of Science, Banglore.
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10. Symposium on Foundation Engineering in Soft Marine Clays, held in the Department of Ocean
Engineering, I.I.T. Madras to honor Prof. S. Narasimha Rao on 1st Dec 2003.
11. International Symposium on Engineering Practice and Performance of Soft Deposits, held at Osaka,
Japan during 2-4 June 2004.
12. National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (NSAGE-2004) held at Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore during July 22-23, 2004.
13. Indian Geotechnical Conference on Ground Engineering and Emerging Trends held at NIT
Warangal during 17-18th Dec 2004.
14. Participated National Seminar on Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Civil Engineering Structures
held during 10-11 Aug2006 at GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Srikakulam Dist.
15. Participated in One-day National Workshop on Improvement of Weak Soils. 7th October, 2006.
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, A.P.,
India.
16. Participated a 1 day workshop on Advanced Geotechnical Testing Methods, Oct10 2007 at New
Delhi, Organised by Ultra Tech Ltd Company.
17. Participated in One-day National Workshop on Case studies in Engineering Soils. 2 nd October,
2007. Dept. of Civil Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, A.P., India.
18. Participated in National Convention of Marine Engineers and National conference on Dredging
and Integrated Development of Inland Waterways on 24/25 February, 2007, Institute of Engineers
at Visakhapatnam.
19. Participated a 2 day Training Programme on Environmental Management 9-10, Jan2007,
conducted at Department of Civil Engineering in JNTU Kakinada under TEQIP.
20. Participated a One day workshop on Competency Based Curriculum Design conducted at JNTU
Kakinada under TEQIP, 8th April2007.