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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUTHOR RELATED TO THE

PRESENT WORK

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS PUBLISHED

1. ―Performance of ordinary grade bacterial (Bacillus subtilis)

concrete‖ accepted for publication in the ―International Journal

of Earth Sciences & Engineering‖ Vol.03 No.1 (2010), pp:116-

124.

2. ―Studies on the use of microorganisms to improve the Strength

and Durability of concrete‖ accepted for publication in the

―International Journal of Earth Sciences & Engineering‖. Vol.04

No.2(2010)

3. ―Performance of standard grade bacterial (Bacillus subtilis)

concrete‖ communicated to ―Asian Journal of Civil Engineering‖

Iran Vol.11 No.1(2010) pp:43-55.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. ―Studies on the use of microorganisms to improve the Strength

and Durability of concrete‖ International conference on

―Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical

Engineering‖, 25-27 October, 2009, organized by BITS, Pilani.

2. ―Use of bacteria (Bacillus Subtilis) to improve the Durability of

Ordinary Grade Concrete‖, International conference on

―Advances in Materials and Techniques in Civil Engineering‖,

7-9 January, 2009, organized by V L B Janakiammal College of

Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

3. ―Use of bacteria (Bacillus Subtilis) to improve the Durability of

Standard Grade Concrete‖, International Conference on

Emerging Trends in Engineering ICETE-2010, 20-21 February,

2010, organized by Dr.J J Magdum College of Engineering,

Jaysingpur, Kolhapur, Maharastra.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. ―Studies on the use of bacteria to improve the performance of

cement mortar‖, Annual Technical Session on 24th October,

2007 at ―The Institute of Engineers (India), Hyderabad. – Won

best paper Award.

2. ―Studies on the use of bacteria to improve the performance of

concrete‖ National conference on Advance in Construction

Materials, Methodologies & Management (AC3M-‗09), 21-22

January, 2009, organized by Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of

Technology, Hyderabad.

3. ―Studies on the use of Microorganisms to improve the properties

of Concrete‖ Students Symposium on Research in Civil

Engineering, 5-6 March, 2009, organized by IIT Madras.