• Assistant Engineer (December 2007-February 2008), West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited, West Bengal
• Engineer Trainee (August 2007-December 2007), Indo-Canadian Consultancy Ltd., Noida

• IGS-Delhi Chapter, YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Computational Geomechanics” (December, 2016)
• IGS-Baroda Chapter, YGE Award for the best paper on “Ground Improvement” (December, 2014)
• Received Post-doctoral Research fellowship, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling and Numerical Analysis for Foundation Design of Offshore Wave Energy Converter (December, 2012)
• Recived offer for Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, Canada, on Trench-less Technology and Road Research (November, 2012).

Journal Publications (published)

• Patra, S. and Shahu, J.T. (2015). "A generalized model for behavior of extensible reinforcement resting on nonlinear Pasternak subgrade subjected to oblique pull." ICE, Geotechnique, 65(9), 770-779. SCI and SCOPUS Indexed. Impact factor 2.496
• Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2012). "Pasternak model for oblique pullout of inextensible reinforcement." ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(12), 1503-1513. SCI and SCOPUS Indexed. Impact factor 2.29
• Chatterjee U., Patra S., Butola B. S. and Joshi M. (2016). “A systematic approach on service life prediction of a model aerostat coating.” Polymer testing, Elsevier. In press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.10.004. SCI and SCOPUS Indexed. Impact factor 2.412

International Conferences

• Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S. and Patel, V. (2016). “Numerical investigation of a full scale reinforced soil wall - a case study.” 5th International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, December 8-10, 2016, Bengaluru.
• Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2016). “Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall under Seismic Loads: A novel Approach.” Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2016), Aug 11-12, 2016, Noida, India, GE 109.
• Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z., Aldaikh, H., Patra, Shantanu, O’Loughlin, C.D., Chow, S., Gaudin, C. and Lieng, J.T. (2015). “A review of anchor technology for floating renewable energy devices and key design considerations.” 3rd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG), 10-12 June, 2015, Oslo, Norway, page 887-892. SCOPUS Indexed
• Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “An updated discretization technique to evaluate oblique pullout capacity of inextensible reinforcement.” International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI), October 17-18, 2014, Hyderabad, India, page 490-496.
• Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “A new analysis of reinforced soil wall resting on soft ground.” 9th International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2014), September 29-October 1, 2014, Saga, Japan, page 348-352.
• Patra, S., Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z, and Aldaikh, H. (2014). “Development of a scalable actuator control system for use in a geotechnical centrifuge.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 183-190.
• Knappett J.A., Brown M.J.Z, Aldaikh H., and Patra S. (2014). “Evaluation of monotonic ultimate pull-out capacity of plate anchors in sand.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 291-297.

National Conferences

• Patel, V., Patra, S. and Kumar, P.V.P. (2016). “Limit analysis of full scale MSE wall- a comparative study.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2016, Chennai.
• Mahajan, S. and Patra S. (2015). “Stability of reinforced soil wall-a numerical approach.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
• Patra S. and Shahu, J. T. (2015). “Effect of nonlinear subgrade response factor on oblique pullout capacity.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
• Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2012). "Effect of reinforcement Stiffness on the Oblique Pullout Behavior of Reinforced Soil." Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi (Paper No. F-636.), page 747-750.
• Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2011). "Effect of subgrade shear stiffness on oblique pullout behavior of reinforced soil." Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2011, Kochi (Paper No. N-292.), page 935-938.