Dr. Kulkarni Kishor Sitaram

• Publications:

 Journals

1. Tabish Alam, Md Muslim Ansari, Kishor S. Kulkarni, Injamamul Haque, Naushad Ali, (2025) Optimization of tapered pin fins for enhanced heat transfer in microchannel heat sink, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 214, August 2025, 109889.
2. Aryan Tyagi, Sagar Tomar, Kishor S. Kulkarni, Shilpa Sharma, Alisha Raut & Sumit Malwal, (2025), Predicting river sediment deposition using machine learning and InVEST-SDR modeling- A hydroelectric perspective. Earth Sci Inform 18 (29), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-024-01566-2
3. Sagar Tomar, Asheesh Sharma, Aabha Sargaonkar, Sumit Malwal, Shrey Gupta, Kishor S. Kulkarni & Rajesh Biniwale, (2025), Modeling sediment flow analysis for hydro-electric projects using deep neural networks, Earth Science Informatics, 18, (127), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-024-01671-2.
4. Ajay Chourasia, Kishor S. Kulkarni*, Sagar Tomar, Mickey Mecon Dalbehera, Ashish Kapoor, Govind Gaurav & R. Pradeep Kumar, (2025),  Machine learning-based rapid visual screening for building damage assessment: study of Joshimath town of Garhwal Himalaya, India, Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 10 (5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-024-00519-y
5. Akash Deep, Sagar Tomar, Kishor Sitaram Kulkarni^*, Suvir Singh, (2024), Comprehensive Review of Techniques for Assessing Fire-Exposed Concrete: Principles, Applications, and Integration Strategies, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering.
6. Akarsh Padmalal, Kishor S. Kulkarni^*, Pradeep Rawat, and H. K. Sugandhini, (2024),  Efficacy of Accelerated Carbonation Curing and Its Influence on the Strength Development of Concrete, Buildings, 14(8), 2573.
7. Kishor S Kulkarni*, Garima Singh & Renu Premi, (2024), A detailed investigation on thermal performance and energy savings of cool roof systems for composite climates of India, Advances in Building Energy Research.
8. Ajay  Chourasia, Mickey Mecon Dalbehera, Ashish Kapoor,Kishor S. Kulkarni, Govind Gaurav, Satyavrat Singh and R. Pradeep Kumar, (2024), Damage assessment of buildings due to land subsidence in Joshimath town of Northwestern Himalaya, India, Natural Hazards,
9. Kishor S Kulkarni*, Sana D. Sayyad and M. Reyazur Rahman, (2023), Assessment of residual compressive strength of geopolymer concrete exposed to elevated temperature using Artificial Neural Network approach, Journal of Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation (JNDE), Vol. 20, No. 3, 50-57.
10. 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., 47, 3277–3289.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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. Sagar Tomar, Kishor S. Kulkarni*, (2025), “Wavelet Analysis and Land Use Change for Temporal Trends in Urban Thermal Climate Dynamics”, Earth Systems and Environment Journal Annual Meeting (ESEV-25), 28 to 30 April 2025.
2. Kishor S Kulkarni*, Surender K Negi, Ajay Chourasia and Pradeep Kumar R, (2024), Predicting Building Risk in Land Subsidence-Prone Areas: The Role of Decision Tree Regression Model in Urban Safety, The 3rd International Symposium on One Health, One World, 10-12 December 2024, Putrajaya MALAYSIA.
3. Surender K Negi, Kishor S. Kulkarni*, Ajay Chourasia and Pradeep Kumar R (2024), Sustainable Built Development and Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study from Leh, Ladakh, India, The 3rd International Symposium on One Health, One World, 10-12 December 2024, Putrajaya MALAYSIA
4. Chandrashekhar S. Sharma, Rajat Kumar, Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2024), Influence of BOF Steel Slag on the Physico-Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Composite Mortar Exposed to CO₂ Acceleration, International Conference on New Horizons in Civil Engineering. Innovative Civil Engineering Materials & Systems (NHCE-ICEMS 2024), MIT, Manipal, December 12 – 14, 2024.
5. Pradeep Rawat, Aditya Arya, Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2024), Enhancing Cement Mortar Early Age Strength and Sustainability through Fly Ash Incorporation and Carbonation Curing, International Conference on New Horizons in Civil Engineering. Innovative Civil Engineering Materials & Systems (NHCE-ICEMS 2024), MIT, Manipal, December 12 – 14, 2024.
6. Humaira Athar, Deepika Saini, Kishor S. Kulkarni, L.P. Singh, Usha Sharma, Srinivasarao Naik B & Madhusudhan Bolla (2024), Mineral Carbonation of Artificial Lightweight Aggregates Developed from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerated Ashes Through Autoclaving Process, 18th NCB International Conference and Exhibition on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials, 27 – 29 November 2024.
7. Akarsh Padmalal, Kishor S. Kulkarni*, Pradeep Rawat & Srinivasarao Naik B. (2024), Evaluating the Feasibility of Acceleration Carbonation Curing for Sustainable Construction, 18th NCB International Conference and Exhibition on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials, 27 – 29 November 2024.
8. Anakha Ajith, Samar Singh Virdi, Singh, G., Kishor S. Kulkarni, S K Negi and Ajay Chourasia (2024), Resilient Design: Climate Responsive Buildings in Warm and Humid Terrain of India, National Conference on Futuristic Structural Engineering (StructE NatCon 2024), 8-10 November 2024, Indian Association of Structural Engineers, New Delhi
9. Anish Kumar, Diksha Mehra, Pravesh Chamoli, Kishor S. Kulkarni*, Anup Kumar Prasad, S K Negi and Ajay Chourasia, (2024), Climate-conscious Design: Rethinking Building Design for the Future in Hot and Dry Region of Rajasthan, National Conference on Futuristic Structural Engineering (StructE NatCon 2024), 8-10 November 2024, Indian Association of Structural Engineers, New Delhi
10. Kishor S Kulkarni, Ankita Paul and Garima Singh, (2024), Energy & Cost Analysis of Building Envelope for the Warm and Humid Climatic Regions of India, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, on ‘Challenges and Opportunities for a Resilient Future’ (‘ICoSoAPD 2024’), DIT, Dehradun, 22-24 April 2024, pp. 217- 225. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0931-4).
11. Verma, S., Yadav, A., Kumar, R., Kulkarni, Kishor. S., & Khan, S. (2024). Studies on fly- ash and slag incorporated sustainable AAC composites. E3S Web of Conferences, 596, 01016. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202459601016
12. Kumari, K., Kumar, R., Kulkarni, Kishor. S., Pippal, A., & Khan, J. (2024). Studies on thermo-mechanical and microstructural properties of non-autoclaved aerated concrete. E3S Web of Conferences, 596, 01001. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202459601001
13. P Manjula Unii, Kishor S Kulkarni and Shanmuga Priya T, (2024), Thermal Comfort Monitoring of Building in Composite Climate Zone of India, Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2024), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram,  16-18 February 2024.
14. 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 February, 2024.
15. 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.
16. Deepika Saini, Humaira Athar, Kishor S. Kulkarni and Pradeep Rawat, Sustainable Construction Materials: Harnessing CO₂ Sequestration in Municipal Solid Waste Incinerated Ash Aggregates,International conference on sustainable energy and environment (ICSEE-24), MANIT, Bhopal, July, 2024
17. 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.
18. Tabish Alam, Kishor Kulkarni, Muhammed Shahzad, Garima Singh, (2024), The role of window glazing in Low energy building: A Comprehensive Review, International Conference on Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID-2024), NIT Calicut, India, 12-13, February 2024.
19. Garima Singh, Kishor S Kulkarni, (2024), “Nature-based solutions for sustainable built infrastructure in the Indian Islands”, International Workshop on Impacts of Climate change on small island developing state (SIDS), 28-29 February 2024. 
20. Tabish Alam, Deepak Arya, Nagesh B. Balam, Kishor S. Kulkarni, (2023), Thermohydraulic Performance Due Tabulators of Multiple Hemi-Circular Geometries in Solar Thermal Collector, 9th International Conference on Advances  in Energy Research (ICAER) at IIT Bombay, December 12–14, 2023. 
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. Kishor S Kulkarni, Bandi Kalyan Kumar, (2023), “Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Technologies in Construction Industry: A Step Towards Net Zero”, 2nd International Conference on Future of Energy with Science and Technology, 18-19 July 2023.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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,
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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
• Book Chapters:
• Kishor S. Kulkarni, Apoorva Ajit Upadhye, Parmeshwar Hiremath ( 2025), ‘Evaluation of Thermally Deteriorated Geopolymer Concrete Using Impact Echo Technique’, Climate Resilient Construction and Building Materials, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 377. (ISBN (Ebook): 978-1-0364-4157-9).
• Kulkarni, K.S., Singh, G., Paul, A. (2025). Cost–Benefit of Different Insulation Alternatives for Indian Residential Buildings in the Warm and Humid Regions’, in Intelligent Infrastructure and Smart Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92421-7_5
• 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:
• Climate Resilient Building Design Guidelines for High Altitude Regions of India (2025).
• 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.
• Patents filed / granted:
• Air Disinfection and purification system for Indoor Applications (Application Number: 2021111028079)
• Copyrights:
• 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)
• App for Estimating Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of Indian Residential Building (SW-2025020635, 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 ( Jointly with CSIR- CSIO, Chandigarh)
• Technology Transferred as Inventor/ Concerned Scientist: 04 Nos.
• “Innovative Cool Roof” to M/s. Litagg Industries Pvt Ltd, Gujarat, India; on 24.01.2024
• “Low-Carbon Cement Concrete Composites using Sustainable Chemical Admixtures” to M/s. Litagg Industries Pvt Ltd, Gujarat, India; on 24.01.2024
• Energy Efficient Water Cooled Condenser type air Conditioner,  to M/s Salleria Engineers, Buddha Nagar, U.P, India; on 24.11.2023
• Standalone UV air disinfection System for Rooms and Spaces to M/S Rapid Control Pvt. New Delhi, India; on 24.11.2023

Safe & Sustainable Climate Resilient Buildings for India ( MMP- HCP0059)

Task 1.2: Development of climate resilient building suiting to different climatic regions of India

Task 3.3: Field Demonstration & Monitoring of Climate Resilient Building in Cold climate at Leh

Mass Housing (MMP- HCP 0015)

WP-2: Performance Evaluation of Precast Panels and Framed Structural system

Task 2.5: Development of Dry Construction Technology in Buildings

Task 2.8: Standardization of designs & layouts of housing units with improved thermal performance

Task 2.7: IOT enabled real time thermal monitoring system for buildings

Improving Building Energy Efficiency (Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC)) (GAP 0806)

WP 1:  Development of low-energy design guides for commercial buildings in Indian climate zones