Bio-Sketch

  • Profession:  Assistant Professor
  • Birthday:     05/06/1984
  • Phone:         +91-9990907710, +91-7070654099
  • Degree:        PhD
  • Email:           sowmiya@iitism.ac.in
  • IRINS ID:     https://iitism.irins.org/profile/97495

  • Academic Qualifications


    •          Ph.D- Geotechnical Engineering in 2013 from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

             M.E.-  Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering in 2007 from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna                     University, Chennai.

             B.E.-   Civil Engineering in 2005 from St. Xavier’s College of Engineering, Anna University



  • Professional Experience:


      •           1.      Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, June 2014 – till date.

                2.      Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, July 2013-May 2014.

                3.      Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ch. B.P. Govt. Engineering College, Delhi                    (Guest Faculty), January 2014-May 2014.

                4.      Sr. Graduate Engineer (Projects), DLF Projects Ltd., Gurgaon, August 2007-June 2008.

    Research Interests

    Skills

    Awards and Recognitions

    International


    1)   2018 - Recipient of Best Presentation Award from ICSMGE 2018, London, United Kingdom


    2)   2014 – Recipient of Best Paper Award from International Symposium on Lowland Technology, Japan


    3)   2012 – Recipient of Best Paper Award in the field of Ground Improvement in Transportation Infrastructure from Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, Australia


    National


    4)   2019 – Recipient of ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2019-20 (Civil Engineering)’ Award from Institution of Engineers, India


    5)   2019 – Recipient of ‘Outstanding woman in Engineering (major area of study – Civil Engineering)’ Award from Venus International Foundation, India


    6)   2018 – Recipient of ‘ Young Scientist Award ’ from Venus International Foundation, India


    7)   2017 - Recipient of ‘Young Geotechnical Engineer Award’ for best paper on Solutions of Problematic Soils from Indian Geotechnical Society-Chennai Chapter,                     India


    8)   2013 – Nominated for the Best Ph.D thesis from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, India


    9)   2012 - Recipient of CSIR travel grant for participating in ICGIGC 2012, University of Wollongong, Australia


    10) 2011 - Recipient of Best Paper Award from Indian Geotechnical Society-Delhi Chapter and Central Road Research Institute, India


    11) 2011 - Recipient of Best Paper Award from Indian chapter of International Geosynthetics Society, India


    12) 2008-2013 – Recipient of MHRD, Govt. of India scholarship during Doctoral study at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi


    13) 2007 - Recipient of Best Paper Award from CIVIL TECH, India SOWMIYA CHAWLA


    Recognitions Received by Research Group Members


    14) 2018- B.Tech Student, Rahul Raj received the Best Presentation Award for the paper entitled “Effect of scaling of ballast particles on their morphological characteristics” by Rahul Raj, Aval Singhal, Maneesh Kumar and Sowmiya Chawla, at Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, IISc Bengaluru


    15) 2018- Project-JRF, Lalima Banerjee received the Best Presentation Award for the paper entitled “Three dimensional finite element analyses of geocell reinforced railway tracks” by Lalima Banerjee, Sowmiya Chawla and Sujit Kumar Dash, at Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, IISc Bengaluru

    Research Publications

    Refereed Journal Publications

    Geotechnical Special Publications, ASCE

    International Conference Publications

    National Conference Publications

    Papers Published As Book Chapters

     

    Publications in Refereed Journals

    1. Chawla, S., Shahu, J.T and Saurabh, K. (2021). “Analysis of Cyclic Deformation and Post-Cyclic Strength of Reinforced Railway Tracks on Soft Subgrade”, Transportation Geotechnics, ELSEVIER, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2021.100535.

    2. Jotheeshwar, V., Suresh K., Tandrila, S., Prashant, K.C., Ajay, K. T, Mahendra, P.S, Chawla, S, Pal, S.K. (2021). “Comprehensive study on evaluation of Kaliasaur Landslide attributes in Garhwal Himalaya by the execution of geospatial, geotechnical and geophysical methods”. Quaternary Science Advances, 3, ELSEVIER, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2021.100025.

    3. Banerjee, L., Chawla, S., and Dash, S.K. (2020). “Application of geocell reinforced coal mine overburden waste as subballast in railway tracks on weak subgrade”, Construction and Building Materials, ELSEVIER, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120774.

    4. Banerjee, L., Chawla, S., and Dash, S.K. (2020). “Performance Evaluation of Coal Mine Overburden as Potential Sub-Ballast Material in Railways with Additional Improvement using Geocell”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003269.

    5. Acharya, B., Sarkar, K and Chawla, S. (2020). "Preliminary slope stability analysis and discontinuities driven susceptibility zonation along a crucial highway corridor in higher Himalaya, India”, Journal of Mountain Science, https://doi.org/10.1007s11629-019- 5524-6.

    6. Thakur, R.N., Gupta, S.K., Sinha, A., Sowmiya Chawla and Shilpa, S.V. (2019). “A durability study of jute geotextile treated with bitumen emulsion”, Journal of Natural Fibres, Taylor and Francis, https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2019.1623749.

    7. Sowmiya Chawla, Shahu J.T and Gupta, R.K. (2019). “Design Methodology for Reinforced Railway Tracks based on Threshold Stress Approach”, Geosynthetics International, Institution of Civil Engineers London, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgein.18.00040.

    8. Banerjee, L., Sowmiya Chawla, Bhandari, G. (2019). “Experimental and 3-D Finite Element Analyses on Geocell Reinforced Embankments”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM International, 47(3), https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20170686.

    9. Chawla, A., Pasupuleti, S., Sowmiya Chawla, Rao, A.C.S., Sarkar, K., and Dwivedi, R. (2019). “Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Mapping: A Case Study from Darjeeling District, Eastern Himalayas, India”, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-018-0916-6.

    10. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T (2018). “Numerical Study on the Benefits of Geosynthetic Reinforcement for a Typical Indian Railway Track”, Indian Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement, International Geosynthetics Society (India), 7(1), 17-21. 2

    11. Chawla, A., Sowmiya Chawla, Pasupuleti, S., Rao, A.C.S., Sarkar, K., and Dwivedi, R. (2018). “Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Darjeeling Himalayas, India”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Natural Hazards Challenges to Civil Engineering Special Issue, pp:117, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6416492

    12. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T. (2016). “Reinforcement and mud-pumping benefits of Geosynthetics in railway tracks: Model tests”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Elsevier, 44, pp:366-380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.01.005 (Received the IGS-Chennai Chapter YGE Award: Best Paper on solutions for problematic soils)

    13. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T. (2016). “Reinforcement and mud-pumping benefits of Geosynthetics in railway tracks: Numerical analysis”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Elsevier, 44, pp:344-357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.01.006

    14. Sowmiya L.S., Shahu J.T. and Gupta K.K., (2015), “Performance of geosynthetic reinforcement on the ballasted railway track”, Lowland Technology International, International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT): ISSN 1344-9656, 2015; 17 (2): pp: 83-92.

    15. Sowmiya, L.S., Shahu, J.T. and Gupta, K.K. (2014). “Stresses and Displacements in Reinforced Tracks”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Ground Improvement, Institution of Civil Engineers London, Vol. 167, (1), pp. 47-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/grim.13.00009

    16. Ilamparuthi K., and Sowmiya L.S (2009). “Study on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol.03.01 SPL. pp. 155-161.

    Geotechnical Special Publications, ASCE

    17. Banerjee, L., Sowmiya Chawla and Bhandari, G (2018). “Performance of geocell reinforced embankment over soft soil deposit”, Geo-China 2018, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, July 23-25, 2018, Hangzhou, China doi: 10.1007/978-3-319- 957500_6 3

    18. Nath, B., Sowmiya Chawla and Gupta, R. (2018). “A study on utilization of mine overburden as a replacement of base and sub-base layers on rural roads”, Geo-China 2018, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, July 23-25, 2018, Hangzhou, China. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95750-0_7

    19. Sowmiya Chawla, Chawla, A and Pasupuleti, S (2017). “A feasible approach for Landslide Susceptibility Map”, Geo-Risk 2017, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, June 4-7, 2017, Denver, USA, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784480717.010

    International Conference Publications

    20. Vadavadagi, S.S. and Chawla, S (2021). “Numerical and experimental analysis of internal stability of back-to-back mechanically stabilized earth walls supporting the rail embankment system”, 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, 4th ICTG 2021, Illinois, U.S., May 24-27

    21. Banerjee, L., Chawla, S., Dash, S.K (2021). “Finite Element Analyses of Geocell Reinforced Tracks Over Clayey Subgrade”, 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, 4th ICTG 2021, Illinois, U.S., May 24-27

    22. Vadavadagi, S.S. and Sowmiya Chawla (2018). “Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Retaining Wall for Railway Embankment”, 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2018, London, U.K., Aug 20-21. (Received the Best Presentation Award)

    23. Shahu J.T and Sowmiya Chawla (2018). “Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Tracks on Clayey Subgrade”, Proceedings of International Symposium on Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure, ISGTI 2018, IIT Delhi, April 07-08, 2018, pp: 127-134.

    24. Sowmiya Chawla, Ajit Kumar Singh, Ravindra Singh Dangi, Yogendra Kumar, Raman Deep, Sahil (2018). “Numerical Analysis of Effect of Berms, Shear Keys and Geotextiles on Embankment over Soft Soil”, Proceedings of IIRAJ International Conference (ICCISEM 2018), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 07 - 08 April 2018, ISBN: 978-93-5281- 498-5.

    25. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T (2016). “Numerical study on the benefits of geosynthetic reinforcement for a typical Indian railway track”, 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, New Delhi, India.

    26. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T (2016). “Model Test and Non-linear Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforced Railway Tracks Laid on Delhi silt Subgrade”, International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, August 11-12, 2016, Noida, India.

    27. Sowmiya Chawla and Shahu J.T (2016). “Stresses and Displacement Response of Geosynthetic Reinforced Railway Track”, 10th International Symposium on Lowland Technology, 15-17 Sept.2016, Mangalore, India. 4 23. Shahu. J.T. and Sowmiya L.S. (2014). “Study on the benefits of geosynthetic reinforcement on ballasted railway track”, International Conference on Advances in Civil and Mechanical Engineering Systems, 23-24 Dec.2014, Surat, India.

    28. Shahu. J.T. and Sowmiya L.S. (2014). “Study on the benefits of geosynthetic reinforcement on ballasted railway track”, International Conference on Advances in Civil and Mechanical Engineering Systems, 23-24 Dec.2014, Surat, India.

    29. Sowmiya, L.S., Shahu, J.T. and Gupta, K.K. (2014). “Study on the Performances of the Geosynthetic Reinforcement on the Ballasted Railway Track – Model test and Numerical Analysis”, International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT2014), 29th Sept. – 1st Oct. 2014, Saga University, Saga, Japan, pp: 326-331. (Received the Best Paper Award)

    30. Sowmiya, L.S. and Shahu, J.T. (2014). “Benefits of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on Typical Indian Railway Tracks”. ICSCI 2014, ASCE India Section, Oct. 17-18, 2014, Hitex, Hyderabad, India, pp: 734-743.

    31. Sowmiya, L.S. (2014). “Study on the Benefits of Geosynthetic Reinforcement – Typical Indian Railway Tracks”, 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics, 10ICG, Young Geotechnical Engineers Secession, 21-25 Sept. 2014, Berlin.

    32. Shahu. J.T., Sowmiya L.S. and Gupta. K.K. (2014). “Use of Geosynthetics on Railway Tracks”, Proceedings of the Deep Foundations, Institute Middle East Conference, April, Dubai, UAE, pp 155-190.

    33. Sowmiya, L.S., Shahu, J.T. and Gupta, K.K. (2012). “Effect of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on Clayey Subgrade – Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis on Railway Track”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012), 30 Oct. – 2 Nov. 2012, University of Wollongong, Australia. pp: 863-868. (Received the Best Paper Award)

    34. Sowmiya, L.S., and Ilamparuthi K. (2012). “Experimental Investigation on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control – Transport Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation, ICGI Wollongong, Australia 2012. pp: 653-658.

    35. Ilamparuthi K., and Sowmiya L.S (2009). “Study on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering-2009, ACSGE-2009, Pilani, pp. 93. 5

    36. Ilamparuthi K., and Sowmiya L.S (2008), “Study on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, International Conference on ‘Resource Utilization and Intelligent Systems’, INCRUIS2K8, Kongu Engineering College, Erode January 2008.

    National Conference Publications

    37. Raj, R., Singhal, A., Kumar, M. and Sowmiya Chawla (2018), “Effect of scaling of ballast particles on their morphological characteristics”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, 13-15 December 2018, IISc, Bengaluru. (Best Presentation Award)

    38. Vadavadagi, S.S., and Sowmiya Chawla (2018), “Behavior of reinforced retaining wall against railway embankment using MIDAS under static and seismic loading”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, 13-15 December 2018, IISc, Bengaluru.

    39. Gupta, R.K., and Sowmiya Chawla (2018), “Finite element analysis of micropile reinforced subgrade in railway tracks”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference2018, 13-15 December 2018, IISc, Bengaluru.

    40. Banerjee, L., Sowmiya Chawla and Dash, S.K. (2018), “Three dimensional finite element analyses of geocell reinforced railway tracks”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, 13-15 December 2018, IISc, Bengaluru. (Best Presentation Award)

    41. Acharya, B., Kundu, J., Sarkar, K and Sowmiya Chawla (2017), “Stability Assessment of a Critical Slope Near Nathpa Region, Himachal Pradesh, India”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017, 14-16 December 2017, IIT Guwahati.

    42. Banerjee, L., and Sowmiya Chawla (2017), “A Finite Element Approach of Stability Analysis of Over Burden Dump Slope - A Case Study”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017, 14-16 December 2017, IIT Guwahati.

    43. Sowmiya L.S. and Shahu J.T. (2015). “Study on the benefits of the advanced techniques used for instrumentation and monitoring of typical Indian railway track formations”, Advances in Instrumentation, Geo-monitoring and Validation, 23-24 July 2015, Central Board of Irrigation & Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. 6

    44. Sowmiya L.S., Shahu J.T. and Gupta K.K. (2014). “Numerical Modeling of Reinforced Railway Track Settlement”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2014, December 18-20, Kakinada, India. pp. 2601-2605.

    45. Sowmiya, L.S and Shahu, J.T. (2012). “Study on advanced techniques used for instrumentation and monitoring of railway track formations”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2012, IIT Delhi. pp.444-447.

    46. Sowmiya, L.S., Gupta, K.K. and Shahu, J.T. (2011). “Railway Tracks on Clayey Subgrade Reinforced with Geosynthetics”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2011, Kochi. pp.529-532.

    47. Sowmiya, L.S., Gupta, K.K. and Shahu, J.T. (2011). “Finite Element Analysis of Railway Tracks on Clayey Soils Reinforced with Geosynthetics”, Proceedings of Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC), New Delhi-16, pp.103-108. (Received the Best Paper Award)

    48. Sowmiya, L.S., Shahu, J.T. and Gupta, K.K. (2010). “Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Railway Track”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2010, GEOtrendz, IIT Bombay, Vol. II, pp. 909-912.

    49. Sowmiya, L.S., Gupta, K.K., Chille, K., Reddy, R. and Shahu, J.T. (2009). “Modification of Pond Ash by Surfactants”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2009, Guntur. pp. 312-315.

    50. Ilamparuthi K. and Sowmiya L.S (2008), “Study on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, Fourth Indian National Conference On Harbor and Ocean Engineering, INCHOE – 2007, National Institute of Technology Karnataka December 2007. pp. 299-306.

    51. Ilamparuthi K. and Sowmiya L.S (2007), “Study on Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigating Soil Liquefaction”, Proceedings of National Symposium on Ground Improvement Techniques, St. Xavier’s catholic College of Engineering, CIVILTECH – 2007, pp 76 to 77. (Received the Best Paper Award)

    List of papers published as Book Chapter

    52. Raj, R., Singhal, A., Kumar, M. and Sowmiya Chawla (2020), “Effect of scaling of ballast particles on their morphological characteristics”, Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_62.

    53. Vadavadagi, S.S., and Sowmiya Chawla (2020), “Behavior of reinforced retaining wall against railway embankment using MIDAS under static and seismic loading”, Geohazards, Springer.

    54. Banerjee, L., Sowmiya Chawla and Dash, S.K. (2018), “Three-dimensional finite element analyses of geocell reinforced railway tracks”, Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling, Springer, pp 741-749.

    55. Gupta, R.K., and Sowmiya Chawla (2020), “Finite element analysis of micropile reinforced subgrade in railway tracks”, Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling, Springer.

    56. Banerjee, L., Sowmiya Chawla and Bhandari, G (2019). “Performance of Geocell Reinforced Embankment over Soft Soil Deposit”, Current Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures, Springer, pp-69-82.

    57. Nath, B., Sowmiya Chawla and Gupta, R. (2019). “A Study on Utilization of Mine Overburden as A Replacement of Base and Sub-Base Layers on Rural Roads”, Current Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures, Springer, pp-83-100.

    58. Shahu, J.T. and Sowmiya Chawla (2018). “Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Tracks on Clayey Subgrade”, Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure – Recent Development, Upcoming Techniques and new Concepts, Springer.

    59. Sowmiya Chawla, Chawla, A., and Pasupuleti, S. (2017). “A feasible approach for Landslide Susceptibility Map using GIS”, Geo-Risk 2017, Impact of Spatial Variability, Probabilistic Site Characterization, and Geohazards, ASCE, pp. 101-110.

    Technical Report

    60. Shahu J.T. and Sowmiya L.S (2012), “Consultancy for instrumentation and monitoring of construction of formation in field trial of new formation specification for heavy axle load”, Report submitted to Research Designs and Standards Organization (Ministry of Railways) Lucknow.

     

    Sponsored Projects

    SL. NO. Project Title Sponsor  Amount   Period Status Position
    1 Vulnerability analysis of engineered slopes along NH05, from Jeori to Tranda, Himachal Pradesh, India. DST (NRDMS) 28.95 Lakhs 2018- 2021 2021 Ongoing Co-PI
    2 Coupled Three-Dimensional Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Geocell Reinforced Railway Tracks with Mine Waste DST, Young Scientist Started Grand 32.875 Lakhs 2016- 2019 Completed Principle Investigator
    3 Non-linear Modeling of Behavior of Railway Ballasted Structure with Geocell Reinforcement FRS Project Institute Research Fund 10.0 Lakhs 2015- 2018 Completed Principle Investigator
    4 Model Tests on Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Slopes and Embankments TEQIP – II Minor Project 2.0 Lakhs 2016- 2017 Completed Principle Investigator

    Professional And Outreach Activities

      PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

      1. Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, A.M. ASCE, Member I.D. 936311
      2. Individual Member, International Geosynthetics Society, Member ID: 9834
      3. Life Member, Alumni Association IIT Delhi
      4. Associate Member, The Institution of Engineers (India), A-548952-1
      5. Life Member, Indian Geotechnical Society, LM-2934

       

      REVIEWER OF JOURNALS:

      1. Journals of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE
      2. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM International
      3. Soils and Foundations
      4. Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
      5. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
      6. Indian Geotechnical Journal

       

      INVITED LECTURES:

      1. “Emerging Trends and Practices of Ground Improvement Techniques in Railway Geotechnology” - EMERGING TRENDS AND PRACTICES IN PAVEMENT-GEOTECHNICS (September 01 – 06, 2020), TKM College of Engineering
      2. “Rock Mechanics in Hard Rock Mining” for HZL executives at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
      3. “Rock and Soil testing In-Situ and Lab testing” for executives of NHPC Ltd

       

      ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:

        Institute level Roles (Present):

      1. Dean’s Advisory Council Member under Dean (IRAA)
      2. Warden - Ruby and Rosaline hostel
      3. Member, Media and Branding Cell (MBC)
      4. Member, Centre for Societal Mission
      5. Executive Member, Scolomin Club
      6. Election Body Member, SG-elections 2019

        Departmental level Roles (Present): 

      1. FIC-Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
      2. FIC- In-Situ Soil Testing Laboratory
      3. FIC- Examination
      4. Faculty Advisor-B.Tech 2nd year
      5. Member, DPAC
      6. Member, DUGC
      7. Member, Placement

        Departmental level Roles (Earlier): 

      1. Member, Admission Committee (JRF)
      2. FIC- Transportation Engineering Laboratory
      3. Member, DSC
      4. Member, Interview Board (JRF)
      5. Tabulator

       

      OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: 

      1. Member, Finance Committee – Indian Geotechnical Conference 2012, IIT Delhi.
      2. Member, Finance Committee – Sixth International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and IGS, Nov. 8-12, 2010 New Delhi, India
      3. Coordinator, one-day workshop on “Discrete Element Method” Software training at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      4. Coordinator, three days’ workshop on “MIDAS/GTS NX” Software training at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      5. Faculty Advisor, Anti-Ragging squad for Girl students at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
      6. Faculty Coordinator, Kural-’15 (In Association with MHRD, Govt. of India) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      7. Question paper setter for JNTU, Hyderabad in 2016, 2017.
      8. Volunteer for 6th ICEG (International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics) 2010, New Delhi.
      9. Volunteer for Indian Geotechnical Conference 2012, IIT Delhi.

       

      ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 

      1. Development of Transportation Engineering Laboratory at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
      2. As Co-Coordinator, contributed in initiating a new PG programme (M.Tech) in Geotechnical Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      3. Developed and started new theory PG course of Railway Geotechnics at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      4. Contributed in the development of UG Course structure for Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
      5. Contributed in the development of PG Course structure for M.Tech Geotechnical Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

       

      CONFERENCES PARTICIPATED:

        International Conferences:

      Sl. No.    Title of the programme Duration Organization
      1 4th ICTG 2021, Illinois, U.S. (Virtual Event) 24-27 May, 2021 ICSMGE, London, U.K.
      2 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, London, U.K. 20-21, Aug 2018 ICSMGE, London, U.K.
      3 Geo Asia 2016, 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. 8 – 11, Nov 2016 International Geosynthetic Society, New Delhi, India
      4 International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012) 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2012 University of Wollongong, Australia
      5 Sixth International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 6ICEG 2010 8-12 Nov 2010 Indian Geotechnical Society and IIT Delhi, India
      6 International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering-2009, ACSGE-2009 25-27 Oct 2009 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India

       

        National Conferences:

      Sl. No. Title of the programme Duration Organization
      1 Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018 13-15, Dec 2018 IGS Bangaluru Chapter in association with Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
      2 Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017 14-16, Dec 2017 IGS Guwahati Chapter (NE) in association with Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati
      3 Indian Geotechnical Conference-2012 Advances in Geotechnical Engineering 13-15 Dec 2012 Indian Geotechnical Society Delhi Chapter and IIT Delhi.
      4 Geosynthetics India 2011(IGS Student Paper Award) 23-24 Sept 2011 Indian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), IIT Madras
      5 Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (3IYGEC) 2011 25-26 March 2011 Indian Geotechnical Society Delhi Chapter and CRRI
      6 Indian Geotechnical Conference-2010 GEOtrendz 16-18 Dec 2010 IGS Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay
      7 Indian Geotechnical Conference-2006 Geotechnical Engineering-Indian Experience 14-16 Dec 2006 Indian Geotechnical Society Chennai Chapter and IIT Madras
      8 Intra College Symposium ZYMPOCIV 2005 17th March 2005 St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu
      9 A National Level Technical Symposium on Buildtech & Construct 2004 3-4 Feb. 2004 St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu

    Courses

      Assistant Professor: IIT (ISM), Dhanbad since June’ 2014

       Subjects Taught at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad:

      1. CED 524 Railway Geotechnics (PG Course)
      2. CED 523 Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics (PG Course)
      3. CEC 15102 Geotechnical Engineering – II (UG Course)
      4. CEC 51202 Experimental Geotechnics (PG Course)
      5. CEC 15202 Geotechnical Engineering - I Practical (UG Course)
      6. CEH 15101 Rock Mechanics (UG Course, B.Tech Honours)
      7. CEH 16201 In-situ Soil Testing Practical (UG Course)
      8. CEM 18701 Environmental Engineering Sessional (UG Course, Minor)
      9. CEC 13103 Building Material, Construction and Estimation (UG Course)
      10. CEC 13203 Material Testing Practical (UG Course)
      11. MCC12101 Engineering Graphics (UG Course)
      12. CEC 13301 Project Work (UG Course)
      13. CEC 14301 Project Work (4th Semester) (UG Course)
      14. CEC 16301 Project Work (6th Semester) (UG Course)

       Teaching Assistant: IIT Delhi

      1. CEL-321 Geotechnical Engineering (UG Course)
      2. CEL-222 Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics (UG Course)
      3. CEP-200 Design concepts in Civil Engineering (UG Course)
      4. CEL-705 Geoenvironmental Engineering (PG Course)
      5. CEP-702 Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical engineering Lab (PG Course)

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    Students

    PhD Students



    "Study on the behaviour of Geocell reinforced tracks with recycled mine spoils as sub-ballast material"

    Lalima Banerjee


    Strengthening of Existing Railway Tracks for Increased Axle Loads using Suitable Ground Improvement Techniques

    Randhir Kumar Gupta


    Experimental and Analytical solutions of reinforced retaining wall for railway embankment under static and dynamic loading

    Shilpa S Vadavadagi


    Slope stability analysis: A Himalayan case study


    Barsa Acharya

    Combined Three Dimensional Discrete and Finite Element Analysis of Railway Tracks under Heavy Axle Loads and Higher Speeds – A Sustainable Ground Improvement Solutions

    Rahul Abhishek


    Guidance
     On-Going (Full-Time)
     
    On-Going (Part-Time)
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     Sole Supervision
     IIT(ISM) JRF: 02
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     Joint Supervision
    DST Project JRF: 01
    IIT(ISM) JRF: 01
    Nil
      Nil



    M.Tech. Students

    Ground Improvement Techniques for Mitigation of Landslides Using Finite Element Method

    Jotheeshwar Velayudham

    Former Student

    Currently pursuing Ph.D from The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia

    Numerical Simulation of the Dynamic Response of Geosynthetic Reinforced Ballasted Tracks Under High Speed Trains

    Saurabh Kumar

    Former Student

    Currently pursuing Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur

    Static and Seismic Analysis of Back-To-Back Mechanically Stabilised Earth Walls

    Akanksha Chauhan

    Former Student

    Numerical analysis of moving train induced vibration effect on tunnel surrounding ground and structure.

    Swati Srivastav

    Former Student

    Currently pursuing Ph.D from IIT Kanpur

    Application of artificial neural network for analysis of micropile reinforced railway tracks

    Kamal Manglani

    Former Student


    Stability analysis of slope: A Himalayan case study

    Kuldeep Kumar

    Former Student

    Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Subballast layer with natural and coal overburden aggregates in India

    Dhanashree Suresh

    Former Student

    Fractal Analysis of Desiccation Crack Behaviour of Clayey Soil under Freeze-Thaw and Wet-Dry Cycles.

    Pragati Saxena

    M.Tech. Student(Present)



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    B.Tech. Students


    Working under Sowmiya ma'am was an exciting journey - she is an able and nurturing mentor who allowed us a lot of freedom to explore the field and charter our own course. At the same time, she also guided us at crucial times by directing us towards an addressable research gap

    Aval Krishna

    The project under Sowmiya ma'am was a really good learning experience for me. We got the opportunity to learn and implement 'Deep learning' and 'Machine Learning' concepts like ANN(Artificial Neural Network) and Decision Tree on the core aspects of Geotechnical Engineering

    Shashank

    I'm very thankful to our supervisor Dr. Sowmiya Chawla who always helped us in times of difficulties. The project under her gave us opportunity to learn and implement 'machine learning' concepts in the field of Geotechnical Engineering

    Satyabrat Dev



       

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