Dr. Kulkarni Kishor Sitaram

• Publications:

 Journals

1. Kulkarni, K.S., Babu Narayan, K.S. & Yaragal, S.C. (2023), Decision Tree Model for Predicting Exposure Temperature and Retention Period-Dependent Behavior of Blended Concrete. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng.
2. Garg, H., Ringe, R.P., Das, S.; Parkash, S., Thakur, B.; Delipan, R., Kumar, A., Kulkarni, K.,  Bansal, K., Patil, P.B,  et al. (2023), UVC-Based Air Disinfection Systems for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Present in the Air, Pathogens, 12, 419.
3. Santhosh M. Malkapur, Sudarshan D. Shetty, Kishor S. Kulkarni &  Arun Gaji (2022), Studies on Energy Efficient Design of Buildings for Warm and Humid Climate Zones in India, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 260. Springer.
4. Rosaliya K., Kulkarni Kishor S., and Prasanna V. R., (2022), Life Cycle Carbon Emission Assessment for a Residential Building, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 222. Springer.
5. Aanchal Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2021), Thermal comfort studies for the naturally ventilated built environments in Indian subcontinent: A review, Journal of Building Engineering, 44, 103242.
6. Rosaliya K., Kulkarni Kishor Sitaram, Prasanna V. R, C. S.  Meena, Ashok K., Raffaello C., (2021). Estimation of carbon footprint of residential building in warm humid climate of India through BIM, Energies, 14(14), 4237.
7. Kapoor, N.R.; Kumar, A.; Alam, T.; Kumar, A.; Kulkarni, K.S.; Blecich, P. A, (2021), Review on Indoor Environment Quality of Indian School Classrooms. Sustainability, 13, 11855.
8. Kumar, A.; Singh, P.; Kapoor, N.R.; Meena, C.S.; Jain, K.; Kulkarni, K.S.; Cozzolino, R. (2021) Ecological Footprint of Residential Buildings in Composite Climate of India—A Case Study. Sustainability, Vol. 13, pp. 1194.
9. Alam, T., Balam, N.B., Kulkarni, K.S., Siddiqui, I.H., Kapoor, N.R., Meena, C.S., Kumar, A., Cozzolino, R. (2021) Performance Augmentation of Flat Plate Solar Thermal Collector: A Review. Energies, Vol. 14, pp. 6203.
10. Saboor Shaik, Kirankumar Gorantla, Venkata Ramana M., Shantiswaroop Mishra, and Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2020). Thermal and cost assessment of various polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film smart windows for energy efficient buildings, Construction and Building Materials, 263, 120155.
11. Gandhi, M.; Kumar, A.; Elangovan, R.; Meena, C.S.; Kulkarni, K.S.; Kumar, A.; Bhanot, G.; Kapoor, N.R., (2020) A Review on Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Materials for Latent Energy Storage in Buildings, Sustainability, 12 (22), 9481.
12. Sayantani Lala, Kshitij Jain, Ashok Kumar, Anuj Kumar, E. Rajasekar and Kishor Kulkarni, (2020), Design Aids for Supplementary Lighting Design in India, Inst. Eng. India Ser. A, 101(4), 643–656.
13. Kishor S. Kulkarni, Subhash C. Yaragal and K. S. Babu Narayan, (2019). Core recovery: a damage diagnosis tool for thermally deteriorated concrete, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 10(2), 126-137
14. Anshul Gaur, Abhishek Singh, Ashok Kumar, Kishor Kulkarni, Sayantani Lala, Kamal Kapoor, Vishal Srivastava, Anuj Kumar and Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay (2019). Fire Sensing Technologies: A Review, IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(9), 3191 – 3202.
15. Kishor S. Kulkarni, Subhash C. Yaragal,K. S. Babu Narayan, and Harsha Vardhan (2017). Assessment of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete by Drilling Resistance Test and Sound Level, Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing, ,53(11), 805–815.
16. Kishor S. Kulkarni, Ashok Kumar, Navjeev Saxena (2017). An Integrated Approach Towards a Model Village: Case Study from Belagavi District, Journal of Environmental  Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 48-54.
17. Kishor S. Kulkarni, Sayantani Lala, Kshitz Jain and Ashok Kumar (2019), Technologies Transforming waste to wealth for construction sector: An Overview, Special Issue Nirman Sarika, BMTPC, 8(3), 7-11.
18. Ashok Kumar Sayantani Lala, and Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2017). Impact of Increased Heights and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) on Housing Environments, BMTPC- Special Issue of  Nirman Sarika (World Habitat Day), Vol. 6, Issue 3, July-September, 2017 pp. 58-63.
19. Yaragal, S. C., Babu Narayan, K. S., Venkataramana, K., Kulkarni, K. S., Gowda, H. C., Reddy, G. R. and Sharma, A. “Studies on Normal Strength Concrete cubes subjected to elevated temperatures.” Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 1(4), 2010, 248-262.
20. Kulkarni, K. S., Yaragal, S. C. and Babu Narayan, K. S. “Forensic engineering of fire damaged structures- state of art.” International Journal of Forensic Engineering, 1(3/4), 2013, 342 – 354.
21. Mujamil K, Vinay D, Sikandar M Ali, Shridhar B. M. and K S Kulkarni, Mechanical Properties of Reactive Powder Concrete for Different Curing Regimes, International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, 8(6), 2015,  2698-2702.
22. Kushal Krishna Bastwadkar and Kishor Kulkarni, Effect of Embedded Length and Bar Diameter of Reinforcement on Bond Strength Behavior of High Strength Concrete Subjected to Elevated Temperatures, Civil and Environmental Research, 8(1), 2016, 50-56.

Conferences

1. Akarsh Padmalal, Kishor Kulkarni, Sugandhini H K (2024), “Effect of Accelerated Carbonation Curing on Concretes Mechanical and Durability Characteristics“, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE)-2024, MANIT), Bhopal, India, 23-25 Feb’2024.
2. Pradeep Rawat, Kishor S. Kulkarni, Reyazur Rahman, Humaira Athar, (2024), “A Study on Fly Ash replacement in Cement Mortar with Accelerated Carbonation”, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE)-2024, MANIT), Bhopal, India, 23-25 Feb’2024.
3. Kishor S Kulkarni, Tabish Alam and Tippana Sai Snehal Kumar (2024), “Simulation study on the performance of various window glazing In buildings ” International Conference on Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID-2024), NIT Calicut, India, 12-13, February 2024.
4. Kishor S Kulkarni, and Sharvari A. Patil, (2023), “Digital Image Correlation Technique for the Strength Assessment of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete”, International Conference on ‘Condition Assessment, Rehabilitation & Retrofitting of Structures (CARRS 2023)’, IIT Hyderabad, 11-13 December 2023.
5. Kishor S. Kulkarni, Apoorva Ajit Upadhye, Parmeshwar Hiremath, (2023), “Evaluation of Thermally Deteriorated Geopolymer Concrete Using Impact Echo Technique”, Proceeding of International conference on ‘Climate Resilient Construction and Building Materials’ (ICCRCBM-2023), NITK Surathkal, India, 3-5 March 2023.
6. Parameshwar N. Hiremath, Faizan Imtiyaz, K. S. Kulkarni, Jayakesh. K, Anoop I. Shirkol, (2023), “Durability Studies on Different Grades of Concrete Added with Epoxy Resin and Silica Fume under various Environmental Conditions”, Proceeding of International conference on ‘Climate Resilient Construction and Building Materials’ (ICCRCBM-2023)’ NITK Surathkal, India, 3-5 March 2023.
7. Kishor S Kulkarni, Swetha M.S. (2023), “Determination of the Optimal Building Envelope for an Indian Climatic Condition from the Perspective of Energy Saving and Value Engineering”, Proceeding of Workshop & Exhibition on ‘Innovative and Sustainable Construction Materials & Technologies (ISCMT-2023)’, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, 5-6 January 2023.
8. Siva Shankar, Kishor Sitaram Kulkarni and Dr. T.Shanmuga Priya, (2023), “Analytical Investigation on Beam-Column Joint Connection in Prefabricated
   Structures”, Proceedings of Second National Conference on ‘Special Concrete’, VIT, Vellore, 23-24, March 2023.
9. Manjula Unni, Kishor Kulkarni, Mukesh Kumar and Shanmugapriya T. (2022), “Thermal Comfort Monitoring and BIM Based Simulation of a Prefabricated Building in Composite Climate Zone of India”, 2nd International Conference on ‘Changing Dimensions of the Built Environment (i-Converge 2022)’, 15 – 17 September 2022.
10. Ashok Kumar, Sayantani Lala, Kishor Kulkarni and Ar. Vijay Raj Deopa (2017), “Housing at the Centre for Sustainable future of cities”, ‘22^nd Annual Convention and National seminar on “Housing for All in Urban and Rural Areas’,  NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi
11. K S Babu Narayan, Subhash C. Yaragal and Kishor Kulkarni, “Potential use of drilling resistance test as a non-destructive testing tool in failure forensics”, Fifth International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading (PROTECT2015), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, on 29-30 June, 2015.
12. Kulkarni, K. S., Yaragal, S. C. and Babu Narayan, K. S. “Performance of High Strength Concrete subjected to elevated temperatures.” 2^nd International Engineering Symposium (IES-2012), 5-7 March 2012, at Kumamoto University, Japan, C1-1-1-C1-1-6.
13. Kulkarni, K. S., Yaragal, S. C. and Babu Narayan, K. S. “Colorimetry as a simple tool for assessment of fire damaged concrete.” National Conference on Contemporary Civil Engineering & Practice (CCERP 2012), 20-21 April 2012, at MIT Manipal, India,
14. Kulkarni, K. S., Babu Narayan, K. S. and Yaragal, S. C., “Effect of elevated temperature on the compressive strength and surface porosity of HPC.” UKIERI concrete congress on Innovations in Concrete Construction 2011 at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, India.
15. Yaragal, S. C., Babu Narayan, K S, Venkataramana, K., Kulkarni, K. S., Gowda, H. C., Reddy, G. R and Sharma, A.  “Prediction equations for residual strength assessment of normal strength concrete cubes subjected to elevated temperatures.” of the NITK-KU Joint seminar, 11 March 2010, NITK, Surathkal, India.
16. Kulkarni, K. S., Yaragal, S. C. and Babu Narayan, K. S. “Statistical analysis for mechanical properties on normal strength concrete subjected to elevated temperatures.” International Conference on Earth Sciences and Engineering (ICEE 2010), 21^st August 2010, at Hyderabad, India.
17. Kulkarni, K. S., Babu Narayan, K. S. and Yaragal, S. C. “Assessment of fire damaged reinforced concrete structures.” International conference on Innovative World of Structural Engineering (ICIWSE-2010), 25 -27 December 2010, Aurangabad, India.

• Tech. Reports: Five
• Scientific Books / Book Chapters:
• Ashok Kumar, Sayantani Lala, Kishor Kulkarni, S. K. Negi and Navjeev Saxena, (2018), “Conceptual Development of Industrialized Building System (IBS) for Mass Housing”, Institute of Steel development and Growth (INSDAG) 2017-18 Yearbook,
• Scientific Guidelines:
• CSIR Guidelines on Ventilation of Residential and Office Buildings for SARS-Cov-2 Virus Version 2.0 (2022)
• Proceedings’:
• Proceeding on ‘Innovative and Sustainable Construction Materials & Technologies (ISCMT 2023)’ January 2023
• Proceeding on Science for Self Resilient India and Global Welfare Theme Habitat, 6^th India International Science Festival 2020, December 2020.
• International Conference Abstract Proceedings on Building Energy Demand Reduction in Global South (BUILDER 19), December 13-14, 2019.
• Articles: NIL
• Patents filed / granted:
• Air Disinfection and purification system for Indoor Applications (Application Number 2021111028079)
• Technology Copyright:
• App for determining the appropriate thickness of glass used in buildings in different regions of the country (Dairy Number- 18464/2019-CO/SW, Copyright office, GoI)
• Processes/ Technology Developed:
• Dry Construction Technology
• Innovative Cool Roof Technology
• Air disinfection and purification system for Indoor Applications
• UV-C disinfectant system for HVAC ducts
• Process Under Utilization: NIL

Teaching: 12 Years

Research & development:  8 Years

Any other: 

Technical Talks/ Keynote addresses:

1. Delivered Invited lecture on “Optimizing Energy Efficiency: Strategies and Innovations in Building Design and Management” in CSIR-CBRI training programme on Innovative Building Construction System, on 15th March 2024.
2. Delivered invited lecture on “Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Built Infrastructure in the Indian Islands” in International Workshop on “Impacts of Climate Change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)” during 28-29 February 2024.
3. Delivered Keynote Lecture on “Building on time-tested Knowledge” in International Symposium ‘Civil Engineering’ –From Time Tested to Testing Times!’ at NITK, Surathkal, 17th November 2023.
4. Delivered Keynote Lecture on “Post-disaster building damage assessment“, in AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy SponsoredFaculty Development Program Applications of Advanced Technologies in Disaster Management, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore, 20 November 2023.
5. Delivered Lecture on  ” Construction Material: Quality & Testing” in CSIR-CBRI training program for “Master Trainers for Masons” on 20th-24th, November, 2023, Sponsored by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment, HP.
6.  Delivered Lecture on “Construction Material: Quality & Testing” in CSIR-CBRI Training program on “Master Trainers for Masons” on 25th-29th, September, 2023, Sponsored by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment, HP.
7. Delivered Expert Lecture on ” Innovative Technologies for Rural Development” in the Short Term Training Programme on “Appropriate Technologies Interventions for Rural Development” from 14th September, 2023 at NITTTR, Chandigarh.
8. Delivered Lecture on ” Use of Design Builder Software for Green Retrofitting” in CSIR-CBRI Advance Training program on “Repair & Retrofitting of Buildings” on 13th July 2023 sponsored by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment, HP.
9. Delivered Lecture on “Green Retrofitting Strategies for Building” in CSIR-CBRI Training program on “Repair & Retrofitting of Buildings” on 8th May 2023 sponsored by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment, HP.
10. Delivered invited lecture on “Architecture and Planning of  Energy Efficient Buildings”, in Value Added Program on Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Systems (RET-S²) organised by VIT, Vellore, 18^th February 2023.
11. Delivered presentation on ‘Heat Energy Flows in Buildings’ in  CSIR-CBRI One Week One Lab Jigyasa – School Students and Scientist Interaction programme on 11th January 2023.
12. Delivered invited lecture on “Testing of Materials, Mixing, Compaction & Curing of Concrete” in Two Days Residential Capacity Building Programme On  Good Construction  Practices For Engineers/ Technologists of JK Cement, organized by CSIR-CBRI, 10^th August 2022.
13. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Forensic Engineering of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete Using Drilling Resistance Test”, in Faculty Development programme on ‘Latest Development in Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced’ at AIET, Mangalore, Karnataka, 27th November 2021.
14. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Risk of Infection and Ventilation Design”, in CSIR-CBRI Webinar Series 16.0 on “Energy Efficient Building Technologies for Hot & Cold Climate”, 17-18, November 2021.
15. Delivered Presentation on “Estimation of Carbon Footprint of Residential Building in Warm Humid Climate of India through BIM” in Colloquium organised by CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, 14th October, 2021
16. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Risk of Infection and Ventilation Design”, in CSIR-CBRI Webinar Series 14.0 on “Indoor Air Quality & Ventilation Concerning Covid-19 Pandemic”, August 26-27 2021.
17. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Forensic Engineering of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete Using Drilling Resistance Test” in AISTE Approved One Week Online Faculty Development Program Under Lead College Scheme, on “Recent Trends in Concrete Technology” organized by ADCET, Sangli, Maharashtra, 5th to 9th, July 2021.
18. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Dry Construction Techniques”, in CSIR-CBRI Webinar Series 12.0 on “Advances in Rapid Construction”, 28th May 2021.
19. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Approach to Solve the Research Problem” in AICTE-ISTE, Sponsored refresher programme on Preparation of Lab Manual and Project Evaluation, at Government Polytechnic, Bagalkote, on 18th April 2021.
20. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Forensic Engineering of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete Using Drilling Resistance Test” in AICTE, Sponsored Induction Program on “Innovations in Concrete Technology” organized by, YBP, Sawantwadi on 2^nd to 8th April 2021 (Phase III).
21. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Prefabricated Beam-Column Connection For Dry Construction System” Technical Event on Role of Structural Engineer in Infrastructure Development organized by PDEU, Gandhinagar, 27^th March 2021.
22. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Application of Artificial Neural Networks For Modeling Concrete Strength” in AICTE, Sponsored Induction Program on “Innovations in Concrete Technology” organised by, YBP, Sawantwadi on 12^th – 18^th March 2021 (Phase II).
23. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Forensic Engineering of Thermally Deteriorated Concrete Using Drilling Resistance Test” in AICTE, Sponsored Induction Program on “Innovations in Concrete Technology” organised by, YBP, Sawantwadi on 12^th to 18^th  February 2021 (Phase I).
24. Delivered Presentation on “Revised Climate Classification and Impact on Energy Efficient Design” in Colloquium organised by CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, 8th January, 2021
25. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Green Building & Green Retrofitting Strategies for Building” in training Course on “Structural Stability Issues of Building And Possible Solutions”  at National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur on 17^th -18^th  November, 2020.
26. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Heat Flow in Building and Temperature Monitoring”, in AICTE sponsored One Week STTP programme on Low Carbon Energy Buildings, at Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal Tamil Nadu, 19^th September 2020.
27. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Revised Climate Classification and Impact on Energy Efficient Design”, in CSIR-CBRI Webinar Series 3.0 on  Sustainable Buildings and Future Technologies, 17^th July 2020.
28. Delivered Guest Lecture on “Prefabricated Dry Construction Technology in Building Design” in Webinar series on current trends related to Civil Engineering, 8^th July 2020 at A. J. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru.
29. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Climatic classification using clustering method” in Webinar series on “Innovations in Green Building and Sustainable Developments, at RIT, Sangli, on 5^th June 2020.
30. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Prefabricated Dry Construction Technology in Building Design” in Webinar on 29^th May 2020 at AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune,
31. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Heat Flow through Buildings and IoT based Real-Time Temperature Monitoring in Building”, in STTP on Innovation and Upgradation in Infrastructural Technology-2020 (IUIT-2020), 27^th May 2020 at TPCTTEC, Nerul, Navi Mumbai,
32. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Prefabricated Structures”, in student’s technical event organized by Terna Public Charitable Trust’s Terna Engineering College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai,13^th April 2020
33. Presented on “Development of Energy Efficient Light Weight Concrete Using Spent Foundry Sand- An Industrial Waste” in Indo-German Workshop on ”Sustainable Buildings” on July 29th -30th 2019 at CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee in  collaboration with the Fraunhofer, Institute for Building Physics (FIBP), Germany.
34. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Climatic Classification of India for Building Design” in International Training program on  “Climate Resilient Housing Technologies” on 19^th March 2019 at NIRDPR, Hyderabad.
35. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Climate Scenarios and Data Analysis”  in Workshop on Improving Building Energy Efficiency, on 21^st December 2018 at CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee.
36. Delivered Invited Lecture on “Building Energy Simulation”  in Faculty Development Programme on Climate Responsive Architecture, on 26th July 2018 at College of Architecture Trivandrum, Kerala.
37. Delivered Invited Lecture on “A Green Building Material for Sustainable Habitat”  in One day seminar on Manufacturing Fly ash Bricks with New Technology, on 27^th July 2017 at Bellary, Karnataka
38. Delivered a technical talk on “Importance of Proportions and Codes”, in One day Training Program to Practicing Engineers on “Concrete: Quality Control and Good Construction Practices”.

1. Organized Four Day Training Programme on Simulia ABAQUS Software (Extended research edition) at CSIR-CBRI on 6^th – 9^th February 2023.
2. Organised Industry Connect programme on ‘Climate Change and its impact on Urban Ecosystems’, on 20^th July 2022, sponsored by MoST and MES GoI, New Delhi.
3. Training programme on “Building Energy Performance Simulation” Organized  by CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee and School of Architecture and Design, DIT University, Dehradun, India, 3^rd – 12^th September 2021, Sponsored by SERB, New Delhi.
4. Organised 6th India International Science Festival 2020 on Science for Self-Reliant India and Global Welfare (Theme – Habitat (Urban & Rural)) in association with CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), July 22^nd – 25^th 2020, CSIR, New Delhi.
5. International (Indo-UK) Conference on “Building energy demand reduction in Global South (BUILDER 19) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 13^th -14^th December 2019, Sponsored by, DST, New Delhi.
6. Workshop on Improving Building Energy Efficiency, 21^st– 22^nd December 2018,IUSSTF, New Delhi & DST, New Delhi.
7. National Workshop on Utilization of Bamboo as Building Material in NE Region, 17^th September 2018, Sponsored by, North Eastern Council & Ministry of DoNER
8. Organized One day workshop on “Utilization of Manufacturing Sand In Construction Industry- A Necessity Towards Sustainable Development”, 29th  September, 2015, Sponsored by UltraTech Cements Ltd., NECC Minerals.
9. One day Training Program on “Concrete: Quality Control and  Good Construction Practices”, 27^th February 2015, UltraTech Cements Ltd.
10. Workshop organized on Pedagogies in Engineering Education, 17^th  -19^th  July 2008, Sponsored by TEQIP.

• Life Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) (M-163910-7)
• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) (LM-104278)
• Life Member of Indian Buildings Congress (IBC) (ML-9055)
• Affiliated Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)