Mahipal Kulariya
Address: Structural Analysis Laboratory, A11 Building, North Campus, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, VPO–Kamand, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India-175075. Email: d20012@students.iitmandi.ac.in
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PhD Supervisor:
	Dr. Sandip Kumar Saha
	Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, VPO–Kamand, Mandi 175075, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Introduction:
	Mr. Mahipal Kulariya is currently a PhD research scholar at the School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. He joined the PhD programme at IIT Mandi in September 2020 after completing the M.Tech. in Structural Engineering from this very institute. He was later selected for the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme (direct entry) in May 2020 cycle. His research focuses on the performance evaluation of structures situated in the hilly region subjected to multiple hazards.
Education Details:
	§ Master of Technology in Structural Engineering (2020), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
	§ Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering (2016), National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.
Work Experience:
	§ May 2017 to July 2018; Senior Engineer at TATA Consulting Engineers Limited, Delhi NCR, India.
	§ December 2016 to May 2017; Engineer Trainee at TATA Consulting Engineers Limited, Delhi NCR, India.
Awards and Honors:
	§ Received the first prize in oral presentation event organized on ANUSANDHAN -2022 by the Society of Collaborative Research and Innovation (SCRI), IIT Mandi. § Received the first prize in video presentation event organized on National Engineers Day 2021 by School of Engineering, IIT Mandi. (Click here to view presentation) § Received the "Outstanding Academic Achievement Award" by Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (2020).
Teaching:
	Instructor:
	§ March 2023–Present; “Structural Analysis-I” at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. § September 2022–January 2023; “Mechanics of Fluids-II” at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. § April 2022–July 2022; “Concrete Technology” at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
	§ September 2021–January 2022; “Structural Analysis-II” at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
	§ April 2021–July 2021; “Structural Analysis-I” at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
	§ March 2021–April 2021; “Principles of building planning” for Civil Engineering Trade at Government Industrial Training Institute Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
	Teaching Assistant:
	§ February 2023–June 2023; Teaching assistant in the Strength of Materials and Structures (CE301) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. § August 2022–December 2022; Teaching assistant in the Surveying: Traditional & Digital (CE201) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. § February 2022–June 2022; Teaching assistant in the Building and Pavement Materials Laboratory (CE354P) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
	§ August 2021–December 2021; Teaching assistant in the Solid Mechanics in Structural Engineering (CE557) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
	§ February 2021–June 2021; Teaching assistant in the Analysis and Design for Earthquake Resistant Structures (CE610) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
Course credited:
	§ Advanced Soil Mechanics (CE512) § Soil Dynamics (CE560) § Special Topics in Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Computational Methods (CE591_1) § Advanced Finite Element Methods (ME601) § Research Methodology (RM600) § Blast Engineering (CE602) Overall CGPA–8.8/10
	Required credits–13			Completed credits–16
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Journals
	§ Kulariya, M., & Saha, S. K. (2023). Multi-hazard performance evaluation of hillside buildings under earthquakes and landslides. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.22.00132
	§ Baddipalli, S., Kulariya, M., & Saha, S. K. (2023). Influence of masonry infills on blast response of earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete buildings. Structures. 50, 908-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.02.078
	§ Kulariya, M., & Saha, S. K. (2022). Performance Evaluation of Hillside Buildings under Blast and Blast-Induced Ground Motion. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 36(5), 04022043. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001754
Peer Reviewed Conferences
	§ Kulariya, M., & Saha, S. K. (2022). Sacrificial Blast Wall for Blast Response Reduction in Hillside Buildings. In National Conference on Resilient Infrastructure (NCRI), September 16 to September 17, 2022 Trivandrum, Kerala.
	§ Kulariya, M., & Saha, S. K. (2021). Analysis of Buildings in Hilly Terrain under Multiple Hazards. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE), September 27 to October 2, 2021, Sendai, Japan. (Click here to view presentation)
Research Highlights:
	§ The structures in the Indian Himalayan Region are subjected to numerous natural hazards. In addition, the threat of accidental or manmade hazards such as blast and blast-induced ground motion cannot be denied, given the strategic and touristic importance of this region. § Detailed research works are necessary to propose suitable frameworks for performance evaluation of structures under multiple hazards as the well-established single-hazard analyses might not capture the actual damage scenario. § First objective of the present research is to evaluate the structural response of the buildings situated in the seismically active Himalayan region under various independent hazards such as earthquake, landslide, blast and blast-induced ground motion (BIGM). § In this direction, firstly, structural performance of hillside buildings is evaluated under various blast scenarios to identify the critical blast location. Further, critical scaled distances are also proposed for quick risk assessment of the hillside buildings subjected to blast. § The ongoing work is in the direction of proposing frameworks for structural performance evaluation of buildings subjected to landslides and landslide following earthquake scenarios.
	© 2023 Mahipal Kulariya		Last edited on April 20, 2023