Biosketch

Dr. Vikas Pratap Singh is working as an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at NSUT West Campus, Jaffarpur, New Delhi. Dr. Singh completed his B.E. (Civil Engineering) from Visveswaraiah Technological University Belgaum in 2002, M.Tech. from MNNIT Allahabad  in 2005 and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore in 2009. His research area includes in-situ earth retaining structures with expertise in soil nailing technique, reinforced earth, analytical and computational modeling of geotechnical structures, reliability-based analysis, and ground improvement techniques. Dr. Singh has more than 12 years of experience in the area of teaching, research and consultancy. He has guided several research-based projects and dissertations at UG and PG level. He has published more than 41 research articles / chapters in refereed international journals, conferences, and books. Dr. Singh is also serving as a reviewer for many International journals such as Geotechnical & Geological Engineering Journal and Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science. He is also a Life member of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Indian Roads Congress (IRC).

Areas of Interest

Earth retaining structures, Soil nailing technique, Reliability analysis, Computational analysis.

Publications

Singh VP (2019). Reliability based stability assessment of natural slopes. Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 49, No. 6 (December), pp. 698-707. (doi: 10.1007/s40098-019-00352-y).

Sivakumar Babu GL and Singh VP (2011). Reliability based load and resistance factors for soil nailing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, No. 6 (June), pp. 915-930. (doi: 10.1139/t11-005). [SCI, IF 2.802]

Singh VP and Sivakumar Babu GL (2010). 2D Numerical simulations of soil nail walls. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 4 (July), pp. 299-309. (doi: 10.1007/s10706-009-9292-x).

Sivakumar Babu GL and Singh VP (2009). Reliability analysis of soil nail walls. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, Vol. 3, No. 1 (March), pp. 44-54. (doi: 10.1080/17499510802541425).