- About Faculty:
Dr. Abhilash Shukla is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior, India since May, 2021. He has obtained his Ph.D from IIT Bombay in 2020 and M.Tech in Civil Engineering with specialization in Structural Engineering from BIT, Mesra, Ranchi in 2011. He obtained his B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from JUIT, Waknaghat in 2009. He has published many research papers in SCI and Scopus indexed journals and also published papers in National and International conferences. He is also reviewer of many Scopus & Science indexed journals. His areas of interest are Supplementary cementitious materials, impact & blast resistant structures, Ultra high performance concrete, Structural Rehabilitation, Design of composite structures and masonry structures. He has supervised ten Post graduates (M.Tech) Thesis till date and 25 under graduates (B.Tech) thesis till date.
- Work Experience:
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering from 11 July, 2011 to 30 October, 2020 (9 Years 3 Months) at JUIT, Waknaghat.
- Senior Project Scientist in the Project “Low carbon cement- Phase II” from 07 November, 2020 to Till Date at 30 May, 2021.
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering from 31 May, 2021 to till date at Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior.
- Administrative Experience:
Class Coordinator (VIII Semester, Final Year) - 2025 to till date
Class Coordinator (Third Year) - 2024 to 2025
Website Manager (Civil Engineering Department) - 2024 to till date
Internship Coordinator - 2022 to till date
Member- Building construction and Maintenance cell
Coordinator - NAAC Apr filing
Laboratory Incharge - Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Laboratory Member - Concrete Technology Laboratory
Department Placement Coordinator - 2025 to till date
- Research Supervision:
Three Ph.d Ongoing:
1. Madhusoodan Sharma: (2024 enrolled)
Title of thesis: Enhancing early age strength and durability of LC3 with addition of nano materials.
2. Gaurav Jain: (2025 enrolled)
Title of thesis: Development and performance evaluation of microbial self healing LC3 based concrete for sustainable construction
3. Gautam Bhadoriya (2025 enrolled)
Title of thesis: Development and Optimization of Potassium Feldspar-Based Geopolymer Concrete
- Publications:
International Journals
- Abhilash Shukla, Sharma.A.K and Singh.C.K (2011), “Study of the Properties of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Ordinary Portland cement by rice husk ash” International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering (IJEE), Vol. 4, No.6 Spl.,2011,pp. 577-580.
- Sharma.A.K, Abhilash Shukla and Singh.C.K (2011), “Model Analysis of Cold Formed Steel Residential Structure for Application to Seismic Design”,International Journal of Earth Sciences And Engineering (IJEE), Vol. 4, No.6 Spl.,2011,pp. 577-580.
- Ankit Singh Mehra, Rajiv Ganguly, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Lav Singh, Abhilash Shukla (2016) ‘Performance and Durability Evaluation of Bamboo Reinforced Cement Concrete Beams.’International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 8(2), 1138-1161. (Scopus Indexed).
- Vashisht R, Attri S, Sharma D, Abhilash Shukla , Gunjan Goel (2018). Monitoring biocalcification potential of Lysinibacillus sp. isolated from alluvial soils for improved compressive strength of concrete. Microbiological Research, 207, 226-231.
- Rajneesh Vashisht, Abhilash Shukla (2020). "Potential application of bacteria to improve the self‑healing and strength of concrete" Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 5 (10).
- Gurusideswar, S., Shukla, A., Jonnalagadaa, K. And Nanthagopalan,P (2020). “ Tensile strength and failure of ultra high performance concrete compositions over a wide range of strain rates.” 258,2020: 1-13.
- Rajnesh Vashist, Abhilash Shukla and Akansha Pathania (2020). “ Influence of Mineral Additives on the packing density of ternary mix.” Cement Wapno Beton, 25, 153-161.
- A Bhardwaj, P Kumar, S Siddique, Abhilash Shukla (2022)."Comprehensive review on utilization of waste foundry sand in concrete" European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering.
International Conferences
- Ashish Kumar and Abhilash Shukla, “Engineering Properties of Sandy Silt Soils Stabilized with Fly Ash”, Proceedings of All India Seminar on Emerging Technologies in Civil Engineering, Institution of Engineers pp. 42-46.
- Dr. Rajesh Goyal, Abhilash Shukla and Anand Singh, “Study and Comparison of Different Wind Codes with Indian Codes on a Particular Low Rise Structure”, E-Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Architecture and Civil Engineering 2012.
- Abhilash Shukla, Neeraj Meena and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Experimental Investigations on Binary, ternary and Quaternary blends of cementitious materials for Ultra high performance concrete. Proceedings of 3rd R. N. Raikar Memorial international Conference and Gettu-Kodur Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology of Concrete,India, 2018, Vol. II,131-137.
- Abhilash Shukla and Prakash Nanthagopalan, Influence of packing density on compressive strength of UHPC for binary, ternary and quaternary blends of cementitious materials, Proceedings of the Conference on Next Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, India, 2018.
- Abhilash Shukla, S. Gurusideswar, Krishna Jonnalagadda and Prakash Nanthagopalan, High strain rate behavior of micro-steel fiber reinforced concrete under tensile and compressive loading. Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad, India, 2017.
Book Chapters
- Singh B., Pathania A., Gupta M., Saini A., Shukla A (2020). “Influence of the packing density of fine particles in ternary, quaternary and quinary blends on High Performance Concrete” Rilem book series titled Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development 29, 465-482 (indexed in scopus)
- Attri R, Shukla,A. “ Influence of bacillus magaterium over the mechanical properties of concrete (2020).” Rilem book series titled Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development 29, 139-155 (indexed in scopus) .
