B.P.Suneja Profile

Faculty Profile

IMPORTANT POSITIONS (Being Held at Present):

DEAN: Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, RTU

UNIVERSITY COORDINATOR: UHV & SIP for AICTE

CONVENER:New Education Policy (NEP) Core Committee (RTU)

NODAL OFFICER: Earthquake Risk Management Program under MHRD, Government of India

CHAIRMAN: Departmental Research Committee (DRC), RTU

STATE COORDINATOR:State Technical Committee (PMGSY)

EXPERT MEMBER:State Level Road Safety Committee

CHAIRMAN:Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), RTU

CHAIR PERSON: Departmental Research Committee (DRC), RTU

VICE CHAIRMAN (Elected): Indian Building Congress, Kota Regional Chapter

GENERAL SECRETARY: Indian Society of Technical Universities (ISTU)

NOMINATED EXPERT MEMBER:

Building Works CommitteesforKota University, Kota; Agriculture University, Kota & IIIT, Kota

Committee for the Development/ Beautification Works of Kota City to be taken up by Nagar Nigam/ UIT Kota (since 2006)

NOMINATED EXPERT MEMBER IN ACADEMIC BODIES:

Affiliation/ Approval Granting Committees for AICTE/ UGC

BoS of MSJ University, Baroda, Raffles University (Nimarana)

Syllabus Moderation and Development Committee” of

IGNOU (Delhi), BTER (Jodhpur) and CSVTU (Chhattisgarh)

NOMINATED MEMBER:

Academic Council, Board of Management, Research Board and Board of Inspection (BOI) of RTU;

Board of Governors: Government Nominee; (MLVTI, Bhilwara);

RTU nominee for BoM, Purnima Group of Education, Jaipur

EXPERT MEMBER FOR SELECTION COMMITTEES for

RPSC, CSVTU (Chhattisgarh), RTU (Kota), JNVU (Jodhpur)

NOMINATED EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING EXPERT for Rajasthan Hazard Safety Cell

EXAMINER forUPSC and PSC of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and also for various Universities like  RTU (Kota), JNVU (Jodhpur), CTAE (Udaipur), IGNOU (Delhi), MNIT (Jaipur), BTU (Bikaner), SVTU (Chhattisgarh), BTER (Jodhpur) etc.

IMPORTANT POSITIONS (Held Earlier)

HEAD: Civil Engineering & Petroleum Engineering Department, RTU (2016-19)

DEAN, STUDENT WELFARE, RTU; (2014-18)

CHAIRMAN: Library, RTU (2013-14)

HEAD: Training and Placement Department, RTU (2009-13)

CONTROLLER OF EXAMS:RTU (2007-08)

ADVISOR: Engineering Student Forum, RTU (2007-09)        

ESTATE OFFICER, RTU (2004-05) 

PROCTOR, RTU (2001-04)

OIC: Estate(1998-2001)

CONVENER BOARD OF STUDIES: RTU & UD, RTU (2016-19)

NOMINATED HONORARY ADVISOR TO CIDC (2009)

EXECUTIVE MEMBER Indian Society for Earthquake Technology: (2013-15)

EVENT COORDINATOR for all the ten Convocations of RTU since its inception and for various other events like, Plantation, Blood Donation, Various State and National Level workshops, THAR etc.

CONVENER: RTU DAT:2011, 2012 and 2013 for conducting Doctoral Admission Test for admissions in Ph.D. program of various disciplines.

NODAL OFFICER and co-coordinator for TEQIP to be implemented in UCE, RTU Kota. (2012)

Research Interests:Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction, Structural Control, Disaster Management

Brief Research Profile: Active Control of Articulated Offshore Structure

 JOURNAL PUBLICATION DETAILS:

 CONFERENCE  DETAILS:

International Conferences (7 Nos.):

1. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1996), “Linear Active Control of Articulated Tower”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, ICASS’96, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, KOWLOON, HONG KONG, 11-14 December, 1996.
2. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1996), “Control of Dynamic Response of Articulated Tower Platform”, Proceedings of International Conference in Ocean Engineering, COE’96, Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, MADRAS, 17-20 December, 1996, pp. 100-105.
3. Singh S. and Suneja B.P. (1997), “Rehabilitation of Tall Buildings Subjected to Earthquake Loading: by Active and Passive Control”, Proceedings of International Conference on Maintenance and Durability of Concrete Structures, ICMDCS’97, J.N.T. University, HYDERABAD, 4-6 March, 1997, pp. 331-335.
4. Suneja B.P. (2003), “Structural Control Concept: A Possible Avenue for Seismic Retrofitting of Historic Monuments”, Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Concrete Technology and Structures, INCONTEST’2003. Department of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, COIMBATORE (Tamilnadu) in collaboration with School of Civil Engineering, UniversitatPolitecnica De Catalunya, Barcelona-Spain, 10-12 September, 2003, Vol. 2, pp. 722-729.
5. Suneja B.P. (2010), “Actuated Moment Mechanism For Active Control of ALP”, Proceedings of 3^rd ASIA Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Disaster Risk Reduction and Capacity Building for Safer Environments: ACEE-2010” held at Bangkok, THAILAND, 1-3 Dec. 2010.
6. Suneja B.P. (2013), “Structural Control vis-à-vis Seismic Retrofitting of Historic Monuments”, Proceedings of International Conference on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Reduction organized by SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archeology and Fine Arts [SPAFA] held at Bangkok, THAILAND, 18-20 Nov. 2013.  
7. Ravikant S. Sathe, J.K. Sharma, B.P. Suneja (2018),“Top Settlement Analysis of Single Circular Floating Stepped Pile”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications: 2018 organized by SVRI College of Engineering Pandharpur, Maharastra, 14-15 Dec. 2018. SPRINGER: Paper No.247, pp. 115.

National Conferences (15 Nos.):

1. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1997), “Linear Active Control of ALP with Acceleration Feedback”, Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention, SEC’97, Indian Institute of Technology, MADRAS, 12-14 February, 1997, pp. 613-622.
2. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1997), “Frequency Domain Optimal Control Algorithm for Compliant Offshore Structures in Nonlinear Response”, Proceedings of All India Seminar on Recent Trends in Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Structures, RTCAADS’97, G. S. Institute of Technology and Science, INDORE (M.P.), 14-15 February, 1997, pp. 101-109.
3. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1997), “Effect of Drag Linearization on the Linear Active Control of Articulated Leg Platform”, Proceedings of Conference on hip and Ocean Technology, SHOT’97, Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, KHARAGPUR (W.B.), 5-7 March, 1997, pp. 104-109.
4. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (1998), “Nonlinear Close Loop Active Control of ALP Subjected to Random Waves”, Proceedings of Symposium on Linear and Nonlinear Waves during 43^rd Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,  SISTAM’98,  Department of Mathematics and Computer Applications, P.S.G. College of Technology, COIMBATORE (Tamilnadu), 16-19 December, 1998, abstract WS02, pp.112.
5. Suneja B.P. (1999), “Use of Mud as Building material: An Overview”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering Materials, RTCEM’99, Department of Civil Engineering,Engineering College, KOTA (Rajasthan), 15-16 October, 1999, pp. 25-30.
6. Datta T.K. and Suneja B.P. (2001), “Active Control of Flexible Offshore Structures”, Proceedings of National Symposium on Advances in Structural Dynamics and Design, ASDD’2001, Structural Engineering Research Centre (S.E.R.C.), MADRAS, 9-11 January, 2001, pp.429-442.
7. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (2002), “Passive Structural Control in Civil Engineering: An Overview”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, RTCE’2002, Department of Civil Engineering, J.N.V. University, M.B.M. Engineering College, JODHPUR (Rajasthan), 22-23 February, 2002.
8. Suneja B.P. and Datta T.K. (2002), “Concept of Active Structural Control in Civil Engineering”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, RTCE’2002, Department of Civil Engineering, J.N.V. University, M.B.M. Engineering College, JODHPUR (Rajasthan), 22-23 February, 2002.
9. Suneja B.P. (2002), “Structural Control for Seismic Retrofitting of Historical Buildings”, Proceedings of National Symposium on Challenges to Civil Engineers in Context to Natural Disasters, CCND’2002, Department of Civil Engineering, G.Z.S. College of Engineering and Technology, BATHINDA (Punjab), 30-31 May, 2002, pp. 29-38.
10. Suneja B.P. (2002), “Cooping with the Quakes: A Grass Root Level Approach”, Presented during National Symposium on Challenges to Civil Engineers in Context to Natural Disasters, CCND’2002, Department of Civil Engineering, G.Z.S. College of Engineering and Technology, BATHINDA (Punjab), 30-31 May, 2002, abstract in proceedings.
11. Suneja B.P. (2004), “New Concepts for Seismic Retrofitting of Buildings”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Futuristic Construction Materials and Techniques, FCMT-2004, Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), 21-22 Feb., 2005.
12. Suneja B.P. (2006), “Mitigation of Earthquake Induced Environmental Hazards”, Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Pollution Control for Sustainable Development, EPCSD-2006, Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering College Kota (Rajasthan), 27-28 Mar., 2006.
13. Suneja B.P. (2009), “Disasters: Great Challenge to Mankind”, Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Health hazards-2009, EHH-09, Department of Zoology, JDB Government PG College for Women, Kota (Rajasthan), 17-18 Dec., 2009, pp. 213-216.
14. Suneja B.P. (2010), “Active Control Mechanism for Articulated Leg Platform”, Proceedings of14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering and Golden Jubilee Celebrations:  14SEE’2010, IIT Roorkee, 17-19 December, 2010.
15. Ravikant S. Sathe, J.K. Sharma, B.P. Suneja (2018),“Settlement Analysis of Single Circular Hollow Pile”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, organized by IISC Bengaluru, SPRINGER: Theme 10-44.

 Seminar/Symposia/Workshop/Conference/STC Organized:

Ongoing Project:

Books Published:

Research Supervised:

1.         One Under-going

Achievements:

1.     As BOS convener, initiated development and implementation of CBCS based curriculum for B.Tech. in Civil Engg, B.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering and B.Tech. in Petrochemical Engg. of University Departments of RTU, Kota. (2017-18)

2.     For RTU and its affiliated colleges, CBCS based curriculum as per AICTE model syllabus were developed in stages and implemented (2017-18)

3.     For Rajasthan Board of Technical Education and its affiliated colleges, CBCS based curriculum as per AICTE model syllabus were developed as member of the committee constituted by the State Level Committee. (2020-21)

4.     Participated as Expert Member of the committee for finalizing the course curriculum of Earthquake Engineering course of B.Tech. Program of IGNOU (2006-07)

5.     Participated as Expert member of the committee for revision of the course of “Structural Design-I (508A)” for B.Tech. program of IGNOU (2005-06)

6.     As HoD (Civil)

a.    By motivating the Alumni of Civil Engg. Deptt., one state of the Art Seminar Hall “Tushar Mittal Seminar Hall” was developed by Mr. Tushar Mittal (costing around 20 lacs).

b.   MOU was signed with PWD circle Kota and Baran for New Technology Initiatives under PMGSY

c.    With autonomous status of the department, new CBCS curriculum was developed and implemented as BOS convener (UD, RTU)

d.   Promoted consultancy up to the order of Rs. 35-40 lacs per annum in the Department.

1. Actively involved in organizing and planning various activities for the growth and fame of institute.
2. Designed the logo of ECK silver jubilee, logo of RTU, logo of BTU and also played a key role in bringing up the KULGEET of RTU.
3. Have been giving my pro-active contribution towards development of city by being a part of such committees constituted at the level of District administration.
4. Played a key role in bringing the Technical University in Kota by presenting the view point to all the decision making authorities including CM.
5. As member of Building Works Committee for RTU, Kota University, Kota Agriculture University and IIIT Kota, played a key role in finalizing the construction plan of all these upcoming institutions/Universities.