• B. Tech in Civil Engineering from Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Akkikkavu (2014)

• M.Tech in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra (2016)

• PhD in Imaging of subsurface through integrated experiments and Artificial Intelligence from IISC Banglore (Pursuing)

• Assistant professor – FISAT – August 2016 to till date

Awards and Recognitions

1. Won Best project award for the project guided on the topic “ Detection of subsurface cavity using GPR” in Aavishkar 2022, conducted by Federal Institute of science and Technology , Angamaly.
2. Won Best socially relevant  project award for the project guided on the topic “ Geotechnical Investigation in the soil piping affected regions of Kerala” in Aavishkar 2019, conducted by Federal Institute of science and Technology , Angamaly.
3. Won Best Innovative  project award for the project guided on the topic “ Soil piping Detection using remote sensing” in Aavishkar 2020, conducted by Federal Institute of science and Technology , Angamaly.
4. Won Best Industrial relevant  project award for the project guided on the topic “ Parametric study of Mechanically stabilized earth wall using GEO 5” in Aavishkar 2021, conducted by Federal Institute of science and Technology , Angamaly
5. Secured First prize in  the All Kerala Project Competition “ Procomb 2020-21” for the project guided on the topic “Parametric study of Mechanically stabilized earth wall using GEO 5”.
6. Awarded top performing Mentor certificate  by NPTEL for successfully mentoring the online course on “ Integrated Waste Management for a smart city” during Jan-Dec 2020.
7. Selected for Summer Faculty Research Development programme of IIT Delhi , June-July 2020.

• Member of IPR Cell, FISAT

• Indian Geotechnical Society | Member

Area of interest:

• Subsurface Characterization

• Geophysical Methods

• Ground Improvement Techniques

Journals

1. Panjami K and Anbazhagan P(2024), “Underground urban cavities–consequences and identification through an integrated approach” in recent advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 1, 10.1007/978-981-96-2034-0.
2. Anbazhagan P and K Panjami (2023)”A Study on the Effectiveness of Various Geophysical Methods in Detecting Naturally Formed Cavities in Lateritic Deposit” Indian Geotechnical Journal. DoI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00805-5 (Published Online)
3. Anbazhagan P, H Thakur, K Panjami, Malashree and V Logu (2023)”Unknown Urban Cavities – Formation, Problem & Possible Mapping” Current Science, Vol 125 (11); 1180-1189.doi: 10.18520/cs/v125/i11/1180-1189
4. Panjami K and Sankar G (2023)”Evaluation of dispersive nature of soil in the piping  affected regions of Kerala,Journal of Applied Science, Engineering, Technology and Management Vol.01, Issue 02, December 2023 pp. 17 – 22, eISSN: 2584-0371,DOI: https://doi.org/10.61779/jasetm.v1i2.5
5. Presented a paper titled “Role of artificial intelligence in effective subsurface echaracterization” in the national seminar on emerging technological trends in the Era of AI hosted by Federal institute of science and Technology as part of 34th annual faculty convention of ISTE Kerala section

Conferences

1. Geotechnical and Geophysical approaches for the rehabilitation and retrofitting of soil piping affected regions of western Ghats, Fifth International Congress on Kerala Studies -Forest, Western ghats and Plantations(May 2025)”organized by M. Jinadevan, Curriculum Centre, Idukki and A.K.G. Curriculum Centre , Thiruvananthapuram
2.  IMAGING OF SUBSURFACE THROUGH INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS AND AI, 3rd MS Divisional Research Symposium on Applications of AI-ML in Engineering organized by Indian Institute of Science on 08 May 2025 
3. Parametric Study of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall using GEO 5,Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management – SECON’2021, Sept 2021, Vol 171,429-438.
4. Geotechnical Investigations in the Soil Piping Affected Land Subsidence Sites in Kasaragod District, Kerala, India” in International Conference on “Disaster Mitigation and Management for Sustainable Development and Risk Reduction Organized by NIT Trichy in Association With Indian Geotechnical Society and Ministry of Earth Sciences.
5. “Identification of Dispersive Soils in the Soil Piping Affected Regions of Kerala-A Review” in 1st National conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering-2016 organized by SVNIT Surat.
6. “Stabilization of Dispersive Soils Using Various Chemicals-A Review” in 1st National conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering-2016 Organized by NIT Jalandhar.

Funded project:

1. Geotechnical study conducted for the project funded by KSDMA titled “Studies on Land subsidence due to soil piping affecting the critical zones in Western Ghats of Kerala”(2020).
2. A total amount of 1.75 Lakhs Rupees Fund Sanctioned for the Research project on “ Mapping of Soil Piping Susceptible areas using Integrated Geophysical Approach” under the CERD Research Seed Money Scheme  of Kerala Technological University in 2021.
3. A total amount of 50000 Rupees Fund sanctioned for the project “ Study Of Effectiveness Of  Mobile Sensors In Detecting  Subsurface Cavities- A Step  Towards Early Detection Of  Cavities In Kerala” under the KTU CERD Students project scheme 2022.
4. Geotechnical Consultant for KSDMA Project titled “Preparation of Resilient Plan for Kanichar Panchayath of  Kannur district( 2022).”
5.  Geotechnical Consultant for Mitigation works suggested in soil piping affected house in Poloor, Kozhikkode District(2023).
6.   A total amount of Rupees 70,000/- sanctioned for the project titled “Study of Seismic Wave Propagation on underground cavities through Model Studies – A Step towards developing Low-cost Detection Tool” under the seed money scheme of Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly(2024).
7. Ground Penetrating Radar ( GPR) team head under the supervision of Professor Anbazhagan, Geotechnical Division of Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore in various consultancy projects of Geophysical investigation in Dams of Karnataka state for the anomaly detection and subsurface profiling.

1. STTP on Computational fluid dynamics, GEC Thrissur, from 19 -12-2016 to 23-12-2016
2. Workshop on landsubsidence due to soil piping, NCESS Trivandrum, from 5-9 JULY ,2017
3. SECON 18, FISAT, from 17-18 APRIL, 2018
4. GIAN course on Computational Geotechnics, NIT Warrangal, from 25 JUNE-6 JULY ,2018
5. Digital fabrication techniques, FISAT, from 12 -13 JULY ,2018
6. Design of advanced concrete structures, FISAT, from 3-10 JULY ,2019
7. Maintenance and repair of structures, Jyothi Engineering College, from 2-6 DEC , 2019
8. Summer Faculty research development programme, IIT Delhi, from 01 JUNE -31 JULY 2020
9. Recent advances in geotechnical engineering research and practices, IIT Patna, from 01-10 JULY 2020
10. Recent research advances in geotechnical and geological engineering, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, from 17-22 AUGUST 2020
11. Indo-Canadian Workshop on Interactive Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Theory to Practice, NIT Surathkal, IGS Surathkal Chapter,IIT Kanpur, University of Ottawa, from 24 SEPTEMBER to 02 OCTOBER 2020
12. Online workshop on Universal Human Value on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education”, All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE, from 19-23 OCTOBER 2020
13. GEO-LIVE-2021, LPU, from 21-28 FEBRUARY 2021
14. Forensics in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, AISAT, from 15-19 MARCH 2021
15. Geosynthetics for Ground improvement, SCMS school of Engineering and Technology, from 18-27 MAY 2021
16. A step -by-step guide to write a good research paper, Research Foundation of India (RFI), from 09-18 JUNE 2023Attended 2 week Faculty Development programme on “Transforming Water Resources Management, Traffic Systems, and E–Mobility with Quantum Computing and AI”jointly organized by Electronics and ICT Academy, NIT Patna under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies (Phase-II)” by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India from 17th February – 28th February, 2025.
17. Attended a three-day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) titled: “Integrating AI in Civil Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur, and held from 28th April 2025 to 30th April 2025.

• Resource person for national work on land subsidence due to soil piping, National Centre for Earth Science ( NCESS Thiruvanathapuram), 5-9 July  2017

BTech Projects Guided

1. Geotechnical Investigation in the soil piping affected regions of Kerala- Justin Varghese, Mariam Rose Joshy, Sanjay Das, Sona B K  in 2019
2. Soil piping detection using remote sensing- Manjima Sunil, M J Anumod, PrestyRappai, Saranya P Vinod in 2020.
3. Prediction of geotechnical parameters using machine learning – Abjijith, Aiswarya Prasanth, Aslam, Jayakrishnan in 2021
4. Parametric Study of Mechanically Stabilized Earth wall- Swetha Maria Charles, Nithul T C, Krishnapriya V S, Sharon Shogu in 2021.
5. Detection of Subsurface cavities using Ground Penetrating Radar- Apsara S Baiju, Aleena Garvasis, Gayathri S Kumar, Gokul s in 2022
6. Detection of Soil Piping using Electrical Resistivity Survey- Nanditha M, Navya K, Marvan V P, Varus S Menon in 2022.
7. Study On Effectiveness Of Vibration Measurements In Subsurface Characterization-  Namitha John,Nikhitha K S,N Sandra,  Shemin Majeed in 2023.
8. Automatic detection of buried objects using GPR and pattern recognition tools-Mohammed Imtiaz, Mohammed Dhiyoof P N, Hana P S, Carolin Joseph in 2024
9. Study of the Structural performance of thin walled stiffened composite beams- Namitha s, Nandagopan P Joshy, v s Jishnu Devan, Shradha P Viswanath in 2025

1. S4 | CET202 | Engineering Geology
2. S2 M-Tech | 222ECE096 | Natural Hazards And Impact Management
3. S7 | CE465 | Geoenvironmental Engineering
4. S4 | CET204 | Geotechnical Engineering I
5. S6 Minor | CET384 | Geotechnical Investigation And Ground Improvement Techniques
6. S3 | CET205 | Surveying and Geomatics
7. S8 | CE404 | Civil Engineering Project Management
8. S1 | EST 100 | Engineering Mechanics
9. S5 | CE305 | Geotechnical Engineering II
10. S3 | CE 203 | Fluid Mechanics I
11. S4 | CE 206 | Fluid Mechanics II
12. S5 | CET 305 | Geotechnical Engineering II
13. S5 | MCN 301 | Disaster Management
14. S5 | CET 397 | Ground Water Hydrology
15. S7|CE366|Traffic engineering and management(Elective)
16. S8|CE464|Reinforced soil and geosynthetic structures( Elective)

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