Profile
| Name : | Khushbu Gandhi |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M. Tech (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering) |
| Designation: | Assistant Professor |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Experience: | 14 years |
| Email: | khushbu.berawala@scet.ac.in khushbu.gandhi@sarvajanikuniversity.ac.in |
| Courses / Subject involved: | Geotechnical engineering, Engineering Geology, Soil stabilization, Shallow foundation, Expansive soil |
Extra Duty
Research Projects
Patents/Copyrights
Books Published
Research Publications
| International Journals | |
| 1 | Paper published in “2nd international conference NUiCONE-2011” at Nirma Institute , Amedabad on “Quick prediction of Surat region expansive soils parameter based on swelling charecteristics” 8-10 December, 2011. |
| 2 | Paper published on Expansive soil stabilization using Bagasse ash” in IJERT-International Journal of Engineering and Technology, ISSN:2278-0181, vol. 1, Issue-5 , July 2012. |
| 3 | K. S. Gandhi , R. H. Jadvani “Geosynthetics A Versetile solution to challenges in geotechnical Engineering”, International Journal of Research in Engineering Technology IJRET , impact factor : 1.962, Vol. 2, Issue 8, page no. 194-201 Aug. 2013, pISSN : 2321 – 7308, eISSN: 2321-7308. |
| 4 | K. S. Gandhi “Stabilization of Expansive soil of Surat region using Rise husk ash and Marble dust” International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology (IJCET), Vol. 3, Issue 4, page no. 1516 |
| 5 | Khushbu S. Gandhi, “Experimental study of Surat region expansive soil modified using Bagasse ash and wood ash”, International Journal in IT and Engineering (IJITE), Impact factor : 3.57 , ISSN: 2321 |
| 6 | Khushbu Gandhi* ,Mansi Master, Raj Sheladiya and Prashant Chotaliya, “Water audit for residential area-Surat City”, International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology (ISSN: 2277 – 4106) , page no. 1814-1817,Vol.6,No.5, Sept/Oct 2016 (http://inpressco.com/category/ijcet/vol-6-no-5-oct-2016/IJCET.) [Global Impact Factor: 5.126] |
| 7 | Mansi Master, Khushbu Gandhi, “Water audit and inevitability of water meter”,International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (e-ISSN: 2395 – 0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072) , page no. 594-598, Vol.4, Issue 4 ,Apr il 2017. [Impact Factor: 5.181] |
| 8 | Paper presented on “Review study of expansive soil stabilization using waste material- A step towards sustainable aspects”, at 6th world conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, held at Goa on 2nd - 3rd January 2018 . |
| 9 | Paper published on ‘Durability of Commercial Waste Bagasse Ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Stabilized High Plastic Clay’ ‘International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)’, ISSN: 2277-3878 (Online), Volume-8 Issue-3, September 2019. Page No.: 494-501. (B Impact Factor of IJRTE is 5.92 for the year 2018) – Elsevier Scopus. |
| 10 | Khushbu Gandhi and Shruti Shukla, “Enhanced Geotechnical Properties of High Plastic Clay Stabilized with Industrial Waste - Step for Sustainable Development,” 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. (Publication in Springer proceeding ) |
| 11 | hushbu Gandhi and Shruti Shukla presented the paper on “Effect of Curing Period on Strength Development in High Plastic Expansive Clay Stabilized with Industrial Waste” in the 5th International Joint Colloquiums on Computer Electronics Electrical Mechanical and Civil - CEMC 2020, held during Nov 27-28, 2020; Mumbai, India. (Presented on 30th November 2020) - Paper published in the GRENZE International Journal of Engineering and Technology (GIJET) - Scopus Indexed. |
| 12 | Khushbu Gandhi and Shruti Shukla presented the paper on “Performance Evaluation of Optimum Mix of Different Waste Materials for Bagasse Ash Stabilized Expansive Soil” at 7th International Online Conference on Recent Advancements in Interdisciplinary Research (7th ICRAIR-2020) - Asian Institute of Technology Conference Center. (Presented on 28h November 2020) - Paper Published in Journal of Green Engineering (JGE), Volume-10, Issue-10, October 2020. Scopus Indexed. |
| 13 | Khushbu S. Gandhi and Shruti J. Shukla, “Durability of Commercial Waste Bagasse Ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Stabilized High Plastic Clay” International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), ISSN: 2277-3878 (Online), Volume-8 Issue-3, September 2019. Page No.: 494-501. (B Impact Factor of IJRTE is 5.92 for the year 2018) – Elsevier Scopus. |
| 14 | Khushbu S. Gandhi and Shruti J. Shukla, “The Durability of Expansive Soil Treated with Bagasse ash and Portland Cement Slag,” Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer publication.- Elsevier Scopus, June 2021. |
| International Conference | |
| 1 | Paper presented in “Geotrendz- IGC 2010” at International institute of technology , Mumbai on “Emperical correlation of expansive soil of Surat region from index propertiesl” during 16-18 December, 2010 |
| 2 | Paper published in “IGC 2012” at International institute of technology , Mumbai on “Empirical correlation and stabilization of expansive soil using furnace ash for Surat region” during 13-15 December, 2012. |
| 3 | Paper presented on “Review study of expansive soil stabilization using waste material- A step towards sustainable aspects”, 1t 6th world conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, held at Goa on 2nd - 3rd January 2018 . |
| National Journals | |
| 1 | Paper presented on“A review of biofilteration technique for domestic waste water treatment” in Recent trends in water science and technology, ISBN 978-93-80358-90-1. |
| National Conference | |
| 1 | Paper presented in “Emerging vistas of technology in 21st century” at Parul Institute of engineering & Tech on “Quick swelling pressure analysis using index and plasticity characteristics of expansive soil” during 11-12 September, 2009 |
| 2 | Paper published in “Emerging vistas of technology in 21st century” at Parul Institute of engineering & Tech on “Quick prediction of free swell index using basic properties for Surat region” 4-5 December, 2010 |
| 3 | K. S. Berawala, C. H. Solanki “Empirical correlation of expansive soil of Surat region from index properties” in “Geotrendz- IGC 2010” at International institute of technology , Mumbai on during 16-18 December, 2010. |
| 4 | Paper presented in “New Horizon on sustainable tomorrow (NHST-2011)” at Sarvajanik college of engineering and technology on “Identification and characteristics of expansive soil” during 18-19 February, 2011. |
| 5 | Paper published on “Comparative study of different waste product in stabilization of Surat region expansive soil” in 5th Young Indian Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Vadodara, India on 14-15 March, 2015. |
| 6 | Paper published on “Experimental Studies on Industrial waste Bagasse used for soil stabilization: A Review” in national Conference “ Challenges in Geotechnical Investigations” Organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Goa Chapter, at Goa Engineering College, Goa, India on 13 – 14 April, 2018. |
| 7 | Paper Published on “Improved Expansive soil for pavement sub-grades using industrial waste bagasse ash & GGBS” in proceeding of Indian Geotechnical Conference – 2018”[ Springer Lecture Note series] |
| 8 | Paper Published on “Impact of Wetting - Drying Cycles on Swelling Behaviour and Micro - Structural Analysis of Stabilized High Plastic Clay”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2019. |
Expert Lectures Delivered
| 1 | Invited and delivered an expert lecture in Mahavir Swami College of Engineering and Technology, Surat |
Achievements / Awards
| 1 | Received letter of appreciation for outstanding work in Indian Geotechnical Conference- 2019, held at Surat Marriott Hotel on 19th-21st, December 2019. |
| 2 | Secured a rank in top 5% in Eight week NPTEL Online certificate course on “Subsurface Exploration: Importance and Technique involved”, Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Feb- April 2019. (Scored 84% – Top 5%) |
| 3 | Secured a rank in top 5% in Four week NPTEL Online certificate course on “Effective engieering teaching in Practice”, Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Jan-Feb 2019. (Scored 82% – Top 5%) |
Administrative Duties
| 1 | Worked as a Department representative of Women Development Cell –2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22. |
| 2 | Worked as department representative for Election 2018-19, 2019-20. |
| 3 | Performed duties as a department representative of SCET Alumni Association from 2015 to 2021. |
| 4 | Working as a Laboratory in-charge. |
| 5 | Worked for the time table coordinator for department. |
| 6 | Performed duties as Class teachers. |
| 7 | Worked for admission committee for a professional course (ACPC). |
| 8 | Worked as a department coordinator of House keeping committee. |
| 9 | Worked for a Senior supervisor in Exam section. |
| 10 | Worked in various committee such as "Department GTU coordinator", "Budget preparation for department", "Mid term exam coordinator", "Alumni association" etc. |
| 11 | Performing duty as a mentor. |
| 12 | Organized many “Alumni Meet” events under banner of “Share what I gain” for SCETAA alumni association in Civil Engineering department. |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| 1 | Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)– Lifetime membership, IGS member code is LM3273 |
| 2 | Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) – Life time membership – LM |
| 3 | American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) – Membership ID – 10931136 |
| 4 | Indian Society of Geomatics– – Life time membership |
| 5 | Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) – Life time membership |
Workshop / Seminar / STTP
| 1 | Ten days Indo-China Research Webinar Series in “Civil and Environmental Engineering” jointly initiated by faculties from Shantou Univerity, China, Vardhaman Col lege of Engineering, Hyderabad , Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter , SVNIT Surat and Qingdao Univers i ty of Technology, China during 8 t h -19t h May 2020. |
| 2 | Three day Finishing school cum workshop on “Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & improvements(GIII- 2017) organized by Applied Mechanics Department of S. V. National institute of Technology, Surat during 11-13 February, 2017. |
| 3 | One day National seminar on “Conceptual Soil Mechanics (CSM)” organized by Applied mechanics department of S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, on 3rd February, 2018. |
| 4 | One day Short course on “Fibre reinforced soils and their Applications - FRS” organized by IGS Student chapter in association with S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat on 22nd September, 2018. |
| 5 | One week Short term training programon“Modelling of engineering structure in FEA - Softwares”,Applied Mechanics Department of S. V. National institute of Technology, Surat, 2018. |
| 6 | One week Short term training program on “Research method and applied mechanics” organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT during 3-7 December, 2018. |
| 7 | Four week NPTEL - AICTE Sponsored Online certificate courseon"Geosynthetics Testing Laboratory", Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Aug-Sep 2018. (Scored 82%) |
| 8 | One day workshop on "2nd Arvind Verma Memorial Lecture" organized by IGS Surat chapter and Applied mechanics department of S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat on 29th June, 2019. |
| 9 | Four week NPTEL Online certificate course on "Effective engieering teaching in Practice", Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Jan-Feb 2019. (Scored 82% - Top 5%) |
| 10 | Eight week NPTEL Online certificate course on "Subsurface Exploration: Importance and Technique involved", Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Feb- April 2019. (Scored 84% - Top 5%) |
| 11 | AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy FDP on "Research Methodology and Technical Writing" from 16-09-2019 to 20-09-2019 at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology,Surat. |
| 12 | Four week NPTEL- AICTE Sponsored Online certificate course on "Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory” on Swayam Portal- NPTEL -, during Jul -Aug 2019. (Scored 85%) |
| 13 | Webinar on “Recent Trends in Geotechnical andTransportation Engineering”, Organized by IGS-IITH, HYDERABAD STUDENT CHAPTER HYDERABAD, KANDI, SANGAREDDY held Via Google Meet on August 29, 2020, from 9.00 am to 11 am. |
| 14 | Webinar on “Introduction to Google docs: Basic and Advanced Learning” organized by Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, ISTE Chapter on 9th April, 2020. |
| 15 | Two day workshop on “Writing Articles with latex”, organized by ISTE Faculty Chapter, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat during 7-8 September, 2017. |
| 16 | Two days International Webinar on “Utilization of Iron and Steel Slag in Road Construction” organized by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New-Delhi during 24 – 25April, 2020. |
| 17 | Two day online workshop on “Geosynthetics on pavements”, organized by Meccaferri on 11 and 12 September, 2020. |
| 18 | Four day workshop on “Moodle Basics” organized by Information Technology department, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat during 28-31May, 2020. |
| 19 | One week INDO-USA FDP on “Geotechnics for Infrastructure development” organized by IGS, ISTE and COEP In association with AICTE and DTE Maharashtra during 31st July to 7th August, 2020. |
| 20 | Two Week Online International Faculty Development Program (TEQIP-III) on “Soil-Structure Interactions and Its Applications” (SSIA-2020) organized by Department of Civil Engineering, G. B. Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pauri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand during Aug 31st - Sept 11th, 2020. |
| 21 | One Week Online TEQIP III sponsored Short Term Training Programm “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering"- AGE2020 on 19-23 November, 2020 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 22 | Two Week FDP (MHRD) on Earthquake Geotechnics, on 22-26, September, 2020, NIT, Andhra pradesh |
| 23 | TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week Online Short Term Training Program on “Advanced Research Topics in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering - ARTGS 2020" on 28th November- 2nd December, 2020 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 24 | One week FDP on "SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS" on 5th-9th Oct 2020, S.R.K.R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 25 | Twelve week NPTEL Online certificate course on "GEosynthetics anf Reinforced Soil Structure", Swayam Portal- NPTEL during Jan- April 2020. (Scored 88%) |
| 26 | One week Online Short term training Programme on "Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake engineering", Conducted by Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, during 25th - 29th October, 2021. |
| 27 | AICTE sponsored online Short term training programme on "Moral, Values, Attitude and Behavior Science" on 8th-13th Feb, 2021, organized by GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Noida. |
| 28 | International workshop on Advanced Statistical Data Analysis Using SPSS, organised by Science tech Institute, Lucknow, UP during 21-27 Sept, 2021. |
| 29 | TEQIP sponsored Two week Faculty training program on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE 2014)” (TEQIP - II)” organized by Applied Mechanics department, SVNIT during 25th June to 4th July, 2014 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 30 | Ten days workshop on “Earthquake Engineering Literature Survey Workshop” at International Institute of Technology , Kanpur during 27 August to 5 September, 2007 |
| 31 | National Seminar on ISTE chapter “Institutional management and industry institute interaction” at C. K. Pithawala college of Engineering and Technology, Surat;,1st August, 2009 |
| 32 | Short term Training Programme on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE)” at SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat during 29th December 2008 to 2nd January, 2009 |
| 33 | National Seminar on “ Geotechnical Investigation and case stydies” at SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat on 5th June, 2010 |
| 34 | National Seminar on “ Geotechnical Investigation, interpretation and Improvement (GIII-10)” at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat on 23rd October, 2010 |
| 35 | Short term Training Programme on “Geotechnology for Infrastructure Development” at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat during 4-8 January, 2010 |
| 36 | National Seminar on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering” (AGE 2011) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology & Indian Geotechnical Society for two day on 8-9 October, 2011 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 37 | National workshop on “Utilization of fly ash” organized by Civil Engineering Department, SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology for two days during June 10-11, 2011 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 38 | National Seminar on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering” (AGE 2013) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology for two day on 8-9 June, 2013 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 39 | One day Workshop on “Geosynthetics Application in Civil Engineering” organized by Civil Engineering Department, SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology & Indian Geotechnical Society on 30th April, 2013 at SVNIT, Surat |
| 40 | TEQIP sponsored One week Short term training program on “Comprehensive Transportation Planning Practices (CTPP)” (TEQIP II)” organized by Civil engineering department, SVNIT during 13-17 May, 2013 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 41 | TEQIP sponsored One week Short term training program on “Hydraulic and Hydrologic modeling: Concepts and Applications” (TEQIP II) organized by Civil engineering department SVNIT during 1-5 July, 2013 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 42 | Two week ISTE Workshop on “Fluid Mechanics” conducted by Kharagpur, under NMEICT-National mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) during 20-30 May, 2014 at SCET, Surat. |
| 43 | Seminar on “Role of Blended cement in the durability of concrete structures” at Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidhyalay, V.V. Nagar , 7th October, 2004 |
| 44 | Two Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Technical Communication’ organized by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. Of India) during 28th October to 5th December 2015 at remote centerSarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat. |
| 45 | Webinar on “Processing and visualizing survey data using Bentley MX Road (Open Roads Technology)” organized by Bentley Academic Program and conducted at Civil Engineering Department, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat on September 3 and November 3, 2015. |
| 46 | Two days National seminar on “Geotechnical Engineering-2016” organized by Applied Mechanics department , S. V. National institute of Technology, Surat during 20-21 August, 2016. |
| 47 | One day Motivational Workshop on “Rise & Shine…. as a Brand” organized by Chemical Engineering department , SCET, Surat on 20th , February, 2016. |
| 48 | Two days National Workshop on “Geotechnical Investigation and soil structure interaction” organized by Civil engineering department ,C.G.Patel institute of Technology,Bardoli during 26-27, February, 2016. |
| 49 | Two days National Workshop on “Geotechnical Investigation Interpretation and Improvements” organized by Applied Mechanics department , S. V. National institute of Technology, Surat during 8-9, April, 2016 |
| 50 | Four Week AICTE approved FDP on “Use of ICT in Education for online and Blended Learning” under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. Of India) by IIT Bombay during 2nd May to 10th July 2016 at remote center, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat. |
| 51 | Two days National seminar on “Advanced applications of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering Practices” organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Baroda Chapter in association with the institute of engineers and M.S. University on 28th& 29th January, 2017 |
| 52 | Two days National seminar on “Pile foundations- Advances in design and construction practices” organized by Applied mechanics department of S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Deep foundations institute of India and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat Chapter during 27th – 28th May, 2017. |
| 53 | One day National level symposium on “Research Projects: Proposal and grants” organized by SCET, Surat on 15th, September, 2017. |
| 54 | One day National seminar on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering- AGE 2017” organized by Applied mechanics department of S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat on 4th, November,2017. |
| 55 | Two day training programme on “Extended three dimensional Analysis of building Systems(ETABS) and structural Analysis Programme (SAP)”, organized by Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat during 11th-12th July, 2017. |
Participation in Other Activities
| 1 | Started Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter in collabration with SVNIT and IGS student chapter, Surat, 13th April, 2019. |
| 2 | Successfully completed National level Quiz on “Geotechnical Engineering –II Foundation Engineering ” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, K. L. Deemed to be University, GUNTUR, Aandhra Pradesh. (SCORED 65%). |
| 3 | Successfully completed National level Quiz on “Geotechnical Engineering –I” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, K. L. Deemed to be University, GUNTUR, Aandhra Pradesh. (SCORED 76%) |
| 4 | Organized technical festival “Nirmaan 2021” in Civil Engineering Department during 17th -18th September, 2021. |
| 5 | Organized and coordinated events such as “Online poster presentation”, “Colrefs”, “Quagmire”, “Aavishkar”, “Cubocolado event”, “Geotechnical event” , “Quiz competition” in technical festival “Nirmaan 2020” in Civil Engineering Department in the year 2014-2020. |
| 6 | Appointed as a "Reviewer" in International Conference on Innovation in Infrastructure (ICIIF 2018) Sponsored by Gujarat Knowledge Society, Ahmedabad during May 18-19, 2018. |
| 7 | Organized and coordinated “Life of Pile” in GTU technical festival at Civil Engineering Department. |
| 8 | Organizing Member of “Certificate & prize distribution” in Kshitij Technical Festival, SCET, Surat 2012. |
| 9 | Worked as committee chair person for Paryavaran event in Khshitij-2011 |
| 10 | Organized National Conference “New Horizon on sustainable tomorrow (NHST-2011)” at SCET, Surat during 18-19 February, 2011. |