I am an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. My area of specialization is the behavior of structural systems in extreme loading conditions such as fire, earthquake, etc. Earlier I worked as a research and development engineer for Bentley Systems, Inc., Kenner, LA. I was responsible for developing software tools for analysis and design of offshore structures and their foundations under extreme loading conditions like fire, earthquake, waves, etc.

Specializations: Stability behavior and overall response of structures under extreme loading conditions like earthquake, fire, and blast, numerical analysis techniques, non-linear structural analysis, SACS, soil structure interaction, structural dynamics, structural mechanics, plasticity.