Er. Rakendu R

Designation: Assistant Professor
Education:  B.Tech, M.Tech

Professional Experience
Teaching: 9 years

Specialization
UG : B.Tech in Civil Engineering
PG : M.Tech in Geomechanics and Structures

Publication (latest come first)
International Journals

  1. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Rajesh Lal, Investigation on the effect of skew angle on dead and live-loads in RC skew box culverts for Road Under Bridge (RUB) design, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 65, Part 2, PP.2086-2094, July,2022, ISSN: 2214-7853. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.06.457
  2. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Rajesh Lal, The impact of geofoam on the bending moment characteristics of reinforced concrete box culverts for road under bridge (RUB) design, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 52, Part 4, PP.2305-2314, January,2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.342
  3. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Thermal insulation materials based on water hyacinth for application in sustainable buildings, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 33, Part 7, 2020, PP.3803-3809, July, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.06.219
  4. Karuna Elizabeth Chacko and Rakendu R, Model Study on Slope Failure Subjected to Rainfall, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, PP.411-414, May, 2019, ISSN-2349-5162. Link: https://www.jetir.org/archiveconf?v=6&i=5&j=JETIRCQ06
  5. Saranya P Sasi and Rakendu R, Comparison of compaction methods by using pineapple leaf fiber reinforced clay, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research,Volume 6, Issue 5, May, 2019, pp.404-407 ,ISSN:  2349-5162. Link: https://www.jetir.org/view?paper=JETIRCV06087
  6. Selma James and Rakendu R, Geotextile reinforced two layer soil system with Kuttanad Clay overlain by laterite soil, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET),pp.2926-2930,April, 2018, ISSN: 2395-0072.
  7. Finite Element Analysis of Toroidal Pressure Vessels Using FEASTSMT/PreWin, European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, Volume 2,Issue 11, pp. 62-68, December 2015, ISSN: 2394 – 658X. Link: https://ejaet.com/PDF/2-11/EJAET-2-11-62-68.pdf

International Conference

  1. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Rajesh Lal, Effect of soil fill on the load distribution characteristics of Rcskew box culverts for road under bridge design, 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENT (ICCME 2021). Link: https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/effect-of-soil-fill-on-the-load-distribution-characteristics-of-/19960252
  2. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Rajesh Lal, Joe G Philip, A comparative study of different kinematics – based methods to predict the time of slope failure, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, July 2021

National Conference

  1. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, Rajesh Lal, Effect of Soil Fill on the Load Distribution Characteristics of RC Skew Box Culverts for Road Under Bridge Design, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, LNCE, Volume 196, pp 341-353,January, 2022, ISBN: 978-981-16-6556-1. Link: https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/effect-of-soil-fill-on-the-load-distribution-characteristics-of-/19960252
  2. Shimol Philip, Rakendu R, The state-of-the-art and perspectives for reinforced concrete box culvert, Latest Trends in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, conference, jointly organized by the Department of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical, Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, April 12-13, 2021. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353902518_The_State-Of-The-Art_And_Perspectives_For_Reinforced_Concrete_Box_Culvert
  3. Dona Abraham, Rakendu R, Dipty Issac, Bearing capacity of square footing on hybrid geosynthetic reinforced granular fill over soft soil, Proceedings of SECON’21, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, LNCE, Volume 171, September, 2021,ISSN:2366-2557.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80312-4_24

Participations

Workshop/Seminars Attended

  1. Innovative ways of CO-PO attainment: Newer Trends, DY Patil College of Engineering, Arukudi, Pune, June 16-20, 2025.
  2. NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitisation Programme, Organised by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP) of University Grants Commission (UGC), March 17-26, 2025.
  3. Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Infrastructure Projects, ISTE-ISSE approved Short Term Training Program organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering and Technology, January 01-07, 2025.
  4. Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering for Disaster Management, ATAL, All India Council For Technical Education, JNTUA College of Engineering, December 23-28, 2024.
  5. Recent trends in Green Energy Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon, Kollam, December 16-20, 2024,
  6. Frontiers in sustainable and resilient practices in civil engineering, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy, National Institute of Technology Goa, December 9-14, 2024.
  7. Recent Geological and Geotechnical understanding in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, November 5-9, 2024.
  8. Cross disciplinary in research, The Kerala State Higher Education Counsil, Science and Technology Museum Campus, January 19-24, 2024.
  9. Outcome-Based Education and Essential AI Tools for Teachers, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of St. Thomas College, Palai, January 10-16, 2024.
  10. Clean Technologies for Energy and Environmental Applications, Department of Chemical Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, February 13-15, 2023.
  11. Research methodology, scientific writing and publication ethics,Department of biotechnology and biochemical Engineering and Department of food technology, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, January 23-25 2023.
  12. Environmental issues in societal development, TEQIP PHASE II sponsored Online Faculty Development Programme, College of Engineering Kidangoor, August 22-26, 2022.
  13. Geomechnics for Structural Engineers, AICTE – ATAL FDP,   Saintgits  Collegeof Engineering, Kottayam, December 1-5, 2021
  14. Nurturing Autonomy, IQAC, Saintgits College of Engineering, September 29,2021.
  15. Illustrating the instrument approach and other critical facilities at an airport for enhanced safety of landing aircrafts, Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering in association with IE(I) student’s chapter, September 9, 2020
  16. Sustainable Pavement Design for Low Volume Roads, Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, February 29,2020
  17.  Resolving complex Environmental issues – A futuristic approach, Sponsored by Directorate of Environment and Climate Change (DoECC), Government of Kerala. Saintgits College of Engineering, February 15-16,2019,  
  18.  AICTE- ISTE Induction/ Refresher Programme on Induction Training for young Teachers, February 19 -24, 2019, GEC, Thrissur
  19. Renewable Energy Conversion and Management, April 23-27, 2018, KTU & Saintgits College of Engineering
  20. Induction Training Programme for Young Teachers, December 19-21, 2017, KTU & College of Engineering, Kidangoor
  21. ANSYS Workbench Training, Saintgits College of Engineering, July 19-21, 2017
  22. An Introduction to Outcome-based learning, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Peermade, Idukki, 2017
  23. Energy Congress 2K17 @Kuttikkanam, Marbaselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Peermade, Idukki, 2017
  24. Good to Great, Marbaselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Peermade, Idukki, 2016
  25. 2nd Two-day Faculty Development Programme on “Design of Composite Steel and Concrete Structures”, Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering in association with I.C.I Saintgits chapter and I.S.T.E Saintgits chapter, 2014
  26. 2nd National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (RACE’13), Saintgits College of Engineering, 2013
  27. Training programme on Primavera Contractor, Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, 2011

Events Organized

  1. One-day workshop on Brief Introduction to Plaxis 3D

Membership

  1.   Life Member of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) 
  2.   Life Member of AI-ML Innovative Entrepreneurs and Engineers Association (AMIEE)

Research Interest

  1. Sustainable materials
  2. Soil stabilisation  
  3. Analysis of pressure vessels

R & D Projects

  • Influence of fill height on bending and shear behaviour of two cell RCC skew box culverts for Road Under Bridge (RUB) design-PI- Rakendu R, Co PI(s)- Shimol Philip. Funded by Kerala state council for science, technology, and environment (KSCSTE)

Consultancy

  1. Ramco Cements, Kottayam
  2. Program Implementation Unit (PMGSY), Kottayam 

Achievement

  1. IGS-AISAT Award 2021, for Guidance to the M.Tech thesis in Geotechnical engineering in Kerala, Albertian Institute of Science and Technology, October 2021

Contact Details

Ph: 9447703612

Email: rakendu.r@saintgits.org

Website: https://saintgits.org/saintgits-college-of-engineering/faculty/er-rakendu-r/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakendu-r-229656139/