Dr. JIJI KRISHNAN T U

Dr. JIJI KRISHNAN T U

Dr. JIJI KRISHNAN T U

Civil Engineering

Designation Head of the Department
Joining Date 31-03-2021
Qualification Ph.D(NIT,Surat)
Specialization Geotechnical Engineering
email id jiji@carmelcet.in
Contact No 7201819498
Experience Teaching: 9 years and 7 months (including 5 years of PhD)
Industrial: B.Tech internship at a construction site, Kerala: 14 days

Publications
Journal publications: SCI / SCIE / ESCI/ Scopus / Web of Science Indexed Journals:
  • Krishnan, J., Shukla, S. The behaviour of soil stabilised with nanoparticles: an extensive review of the present status and its applications. Arabian Journal of Geoscience 12, 436 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4595-6 (Springer Publication)
  • Krishnan, J., Sharma, P., Shukla, S. et al. Cyclic Behaviour and Durability Analysis of Sand Grouted with Optimum Colloidal Silica Content. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering 45, 8129–8144 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04643-y (Springer Publication)
  • Krishnan, J. & Shukla, S. The utilization of colloidal silica grout in soil stabilization and liquefaction mitigation: A state of the art review. Geotechnical and Geological engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01651-5 (Springer Publication)
  • Krishnan Jiji, Sharma Prashansha and Shukla Shruti. Experimental investigations of the mechanical properties of sand stabilised with colloidal silica. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-021-00616-9  (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan Jiji, Yadav S L and Shukla Shruti. Experimental Investigations of a Pile in Stabilised Sand under Vertical and Lateral Loads. Arabian Journal of Geoscience 14, 1314 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07689-w (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan J., Shukla S. Shake table testing of liquefaction mitigation efficiency on pile foundations in sand stabilised with colloidal silica. Nat Hazards 111, 2317–2341 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05139-0 (Springer publication) 
  • Krishnan, J., N, N., M, R.R. et al. Assessing the Efficacy of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash in Enhancing Electrokinetic Consolidation of Clayey Soils. Indian Geotech J (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-025-01195-6  (Springer publication)

Book Chapters: Scopus / Web of Science Indexed
  • Krishnan Jiji., Shukla Shruti. (2020) Mechanical Behaviour of Sand Treated with Colloidal Silica. In: Latha Gali M., P. R.R. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp 467-479, vol 85. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-15-6086-6_38 (Springer publication)
  • Sharma Prashansha., Krishnan Jiji., Shukla Shruti. (2021) A Feasibility Study of Colloidal Silica as Stabilising Material for Passive Site Remediation. In: Singh R.M., Sudheer K.P., Kurian B. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp 333-347, vol 83. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9_24 (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan, Jiji., Juneja, A., Solanki, C.H. (2021). Determination of Shear Strength, Shear Viscosity and Liquidity Index Using Fall Cone Penetrometer. In: Patel, S., Solanki, C.H., Reddy, K.R., Shukla, S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019 . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 136. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_4 
  • Sharma, Prashansha., Krishnan, Jiji. & Shukla, Shruti. (2021) Determination of hydraulic conductivity of colloidal silica stabilised sand for the improvement of impervious landfill liners. In book: Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, IGC-2019 Volume IV. Patel, S., Solanki, C.H., Reddy, K., Shukla, S.K. (Eds.) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6564-3 (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan, Jiji., Sharma, Prashansha., & Shukla, Shruti. Seismic mitigation liquefaction –an extensive study on new concepts. In book: Local Site Effects and Ground Failures. Editors: Prof.
T. G. Sitharam, Dr. Ravi Jakka, Prof. L. Govindaraju. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9984- 2_32 (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, S. (2022). Rheological Characteristics of Sand Stabilized with Colloidal Silica for Barrier Material and Liquefaction Mitigation. In: Adhikari, B.R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Geohazard Mitigation. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 192. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6140-2_2 (Springer publication)
  • Krishnan, Jiji., Nelson, S., Anil, A. (2024). A Comparative Study on Stability of Kootickal Slopes During 2021 Landslide by Means of GeoStudio and Plaxis 2D. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Oommen, T., Muthukkumaran, K., Chandrakaran, S., Santhosh Kumar, T.G. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 6. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 484. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3393-4_29 
  • Krishnan, J., Sreepriya, S., Jose, R., Sethulakshmy, B. (2025). Strength and Compressibility Characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Soil. In: Verma, A.K., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management. ICGEID 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 475. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1757-6_28 

Other International or National Conferences
  • Krishnan, J., Shukla, S., & Verma, K. Effect of nanoparticles on UCS and compaction properties of Soil.WCASET-2018, Goa.
  • Krishnan, J. & Shukla, S. Colloidal Silica Grout in Soil Improvement: An Extensive Review. 8th Int. Conf. on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 20-22, 2018, ISBN: 978-4-909106001 C3051.
  • Sharma, P., Krishnan, J. & Shukla, S. Non-Disruptive Liquefaction Mitigation Using Colloidal Silica. Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering ICGGE-2019 | Organised by MNNIT Allahabad | 01-02 March, 2019
  • Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, Shruti. Colloidal silica grouting and bio cementation: The non-traditional methods for soil stabilisation. Two days ONLINE International Conference on Advances in Construction Technology and Management - 2021 (ACTM-2021) at College of Engineering Pune, Maharashtra, India.
  • Krishnan, J., S, Sreepriya., Jose R., B, Sethulakshmy., Strength and Compressibility Characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Soil 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management.18th -20th Jan 2024. IIT Patna.
  • Krishnan, J., Gireesh, G., Sreedhar, G., Manju, M., and Nelson, S., Numerical Analysis for Mitigating Landslide-Induced Movements in Kootickal in the International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering 2024 organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter during 25th and 26th April, 2024.

Conferences
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022. GEOLEAP: Geotechnics - Learning, Evaluation, Analysis & Practice. 15th - 17th December, 2022
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference GEOtechnics for INfrastructure Development & UrbaniSation SVNIT Surat,Gujarat,India | December 19 - 21, 2019
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2018, 13-15 Dec IISc Bengaluru
  • 5th Indian Young Geotechnical Conference held at Vadodara on 14th -15th March 2015 in organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Baroda chapter and in association with the institution of Engineers Vadodara Local center and The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
  • WCASET-2018, Goa.
Memberships Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society-LM4253
Teaching Interest Geotechnical Engineering Soil mechanics and foundation engineering Ground Improvement techniques Geotechnical earthquake engineering
Research Interest Ground improvement Soil stabilisation and foundation engineering Soil Structure Interaction Geotechnical earthquake engineering
Expertise (software/technology/machine) Plaxis 3D

Subjects handled
Geotechnical engineering I Engineering mechanics Basic civil engineering Professional Communication Geotechnical Engineering II Geotechnical Investigation Professional Ethics Transportation Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Lab

FDP’s, Trainings/Certificate courses
FDP, Workshops, Webinars, Training
  • TEQIP-II sponsored finishing school cum workshop on Ground Improvement Techniques organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 11-12 Feb 2014.
  • 2015 Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium on Finite Element Methods (YGESFEM) During May 17-18 at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored two days national seminar on Geotechnical Engineering-2016 (NSGE-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter . During 20-21 Aug 2016.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored two days training programme on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 8-9 April 2016.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored STTP on Sophisticated Analytical Techniques in Surface Chemistry organized by department of Applied Chemistry, SVNIT, Surat during 19-23 Sep 2016.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored one week short term course on Geotechnical Aspects of Foundation Engineering (GAFE-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 17-21 October 2016.
  • Short term course on Practical Approach on soft computing held at 6-10 Nov 2017 at Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored finishing school cum workshop on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2017) DURING 11-13 Feb at Indian Institute Of Technology, Mumbai.
  • National seminar on Advanced Applications of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering Practice (AAGCE-2017) conducted by Indian Geotechnical Society Baroda chapter and in association with the institution of Engineers Vadodara Local center and Applied Mechanics Department, M.S University of Baroda on 28-29 January 2017.
  • Two days national seminar on Pile foundations-Advances in Design And Construction Practices organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 27-28 May 2017.
  • One day national seminar on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE-2017) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 4th Nov 2017.
  • One day national seminar on Conceptual Soil Mechanics (CSM-2018) organized by SVNIT student chapter on 3rd February 2018.
  • One day Short term course on Fibre-reinforced soils and their applications (FRS-2018) organized by IGS Surat chapter in association with SVNIT Surat on 22nd September 2018.
  • One day event on Inauguration of Surat IGS Student chapters and distinguished lecture organized by SVNIT Surat and IGS on 13th April 2019.
  • 2nd Arvind Verma Memorial Lecture organized by IGS Surat chapter and sponsored by AIMIL Ltd. On 29th June, 2019 at SVNIT Surat.
  • Faculty development program (AICTE ATAL) on Research methodology and technical writing in the department of applied mechanics department at SVNIT, Surat during September 16th to 20th, 2019.
  • 3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation Date: Wednesday 18th December 2019 (Pre-conference workshop of IGC-2019)
  • Attended and successfully completed one day practical workshop on Advanced Triaxial Testing at Advance and Dynamic Testing Laboratory, IIT Bombay at Feb 1, 2020.
  • FDP - Civil Engineering Breakthroughs and Innovations.  08/11/2022 to 11/11/2022. Organised by the department of civil engineering CCET, Punnapra, Alappuzha in association with The Institution of Engineers, India, Kochi local chapter and the Department of Environmental science and management, Murdoch University, Australia.
  • FDP 2023-Reshaping teaching learning process for the digital era. Jan 30th-Feb 3rd.Organised by the department of civil engineering CCET, Punnapra, Alappuzha in association with The Institution of Engineers, India, Kochi local chapter and the Department of Environmental science and management, Murdoch University, Australia.
  • Recent Advances in Transportation Geotechnics (ReATraG’24) from 15/01/2024 to 20/01/2024, held at Department of Civil Engineering (Online), CET organised by the College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering 2024 organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter during 25th and 26th April, 2024.
  • AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT PRACTICES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING at National Institute of Technology Goa from 09/12/2024 to 14/12/2024.

Achievements
Reviewer of Journals/Conference:
  • Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering Journal
  • Environmental Earth Sciences Journal
  • Virtual Conference on DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, Civil Engineering for a Disaster Resilient Society.19-21 March 2021. Organised by NIT, Surathkal
  • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2022
  • International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering 2024 organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter during 25th and 26th April, 2024.
  • Jury member for IGS-AISAT Award competition for the best M.Tech Thesis in the area of Geotechnical Engineering in Kerala state held on 07.09.2024, jointly organized by the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter and Albertian Institute of Science and Technology, Kalamassery.
  • Rehabilitation in civil engineering Journal
  • Green materials by Emerald Publishing


STTPS/Conferences Volunteered As a Student Organizer
  • TEQIP-II sponsored one week short term course on Geotechnical Aspects of Foundation Engineering (GAFE-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 17- 21 October 2016.
  • One day national seminar on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE-2017) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 4th Nov 2017.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored two days training programme on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 8-9 April 2016.
  •  Two days national seminar on Pile foundations-Advances in Design And Construction Practices organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 27th -28th May 2017.
  • TEQIP-II sponsored finishing school cum workshop on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2017) DURING 11th -13th Feb at Indian Institute Of Technology, Mumbai.
  • 2015 Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium on Finite Element Methods (YGESFEM) During May 17-18 at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference GEOtechnics for INfrastructure Development & UrbaniSation SVNIT Surat,Gujarat,India | December 19 - 21, 2019
  • 3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation Date: Wednesday 18th December 2019 (Pre-conference workshop of IGC-2019)

Additional Information
  • Expert lecture delivered on “Biocementation and colloidal silica grouting: The on-traditional methods for soil stabilization".” At TERNA Engineering College, nerul, navi mumbai. During expert lecture series - ELS 2020 (November-2020)
  • Gate qualified in the year 2013 
  • Was part of an interview panel of CARMEL polytechnic(twice)
  • 2 months internship done at IIT Bombay
  • one yr. dissertation was done at IIT Bombay as an external student
Positions held
    • Assistant Professor at GISAT, Pambady
    • Guest lecturer at RIT, Pamapdy
  • Class Advisor

Website

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JlSI7n8AAAAJ&hl=en 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiji-Krishnan