Educational Qualifications:

PhD (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar (2024)

BTech-MTech dual degree (Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela (2015)

Research and Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor: Since October 2024 at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh
• National Post-Doctoral Fellow: March 2024 – September 2024, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur; Mentor : Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash
• Project Fellow: September 2017 – December 2017, School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar; PI : Dr. Umesh Chandra Sahoo

Research Projects

•  As Principal Investigator (PI) secured funding of ? 26,73,600/-  from the Government of India, Science and Engineering Research Board (2024-2026) under the N-PDF scheme for the project titled “Performance Evaluation of Geocell Reinforced Steel Slag Waste as Base Course for Rural Roads”, Mentor: Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash, IIT Kharagpur
• As Principal Investigator (PI) secured funding of ? 10,00,000/- from the NIT Andhra Pradesh (2025-2027) under the seed research grant for the project titled “Enhancing the Performance of Plastic Concrete for Diaphragm Walls Using Nanomaterials and Fiber Reinforcement.”

Consultancy Projects

•   CC road design for Depot complex for Food Corporation of India, Amaravati (Consultancy value - Rs. 1,00,300) Status – Completed
•   Third party quality audit of CC Road Works at FCI BSC Samalkot, for Food Corporation of India, Amaravati (Consultancy value - Rs. 2,36,000) Status – Ongoing
•   Soil testing (Safe Bearing Capacity) of proposed Air shaft to be made at Tawa III mine of Pathakhera Area, for Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), (Consultancy value - Rs. 11,80,000) Status – Ongoing

Administrative works at NIT Andhra Pradesh:

•  Warden, Pranahita Hall of Residence (since January 2025)
•  Lab in Charge, Geotechnical Engineering (since January 2025)
•  Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Post Graduate (PG) Curriculum (Geotechnical Engineering) of NIT Andhra Pradesh (since June 2025)
•  MTech Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradesh (since August 2025)

Publications

•  Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., & Haldar, S. (2026). Closure to “Effect of Saturation on Performance of Steel Slag Ballast under Cyclic Rail Loads”. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 152(1), 07025003. (ASCE)
•  Chamling, P. K., Mahto, A. K., Dash, S. K., & Nimbalkar, S. (2025). Influence of Coal Fouling on Shear Strength and Degradation Behavior. In Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2024), Volume 5: Soil Structure Interaction and Transportation Geotechnics (Vol. 5, p. 389). Springer Nature.
•  Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., & Haldar, S. (2025). Effect of saturation on performance of steel slag ballast under cyclic rail loads. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 151(2), 04025012. (ASCE)
•  Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2023). Closure to “Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer” by Pawan Kumar Chamling; Shantanu Patra; Sumanta Haldar; and Mridul Kumar Rai. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35(11), 07023013.(ASCE)
•  Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2022). Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34(10),04022238. (ASCE)
•  Chamling, P. K., Biswal, D. R., & Sahoo, U. C. (2021). Effect of moulding water content on strength characteristics of a cement-stabilized granular lateritic soil. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6(2), 1-10.
•  Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2020). Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of steel slag as railway ballast. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50(2), 267-275.
•  Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2020). Behaviour of steel slag ballast for railway under cyclic loading. In Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling (pp. 709-722). Springer, Singapore.
•  Himanshu, V. K., Chamling, P. K., & Sahoo, U. C. (2023). Laboratory Studies on Cement Stabilized Weathered Steel Slag for Use in Pavement Base Course. In International Conference on Transportation System Engineering and Management (pp. 171-184). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
•  Himanshu, & Chamling, P. K. (2025). Investigating the Impact of Cement–Bentonite Ratio on Plastic Concrete Performance in Diaphragm Wall Applications. International Conference on Innovative, Sustainable Materials and Technologies (ICISMT-2025).
•  Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2020) Physico-chemical Characterization of Steel Slag as Railway Ballast Material. Indian Geotechnical Conference, SVNIT Surat
•  Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2019) Non-destructive Strength and Stiffness Evaluation of Cement Stabilized Steel Slag. International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructures (Materials & Management), KIIT Bhubaneswar.
•  Chaurasiya, A., & Chamling, P. K. (2025). Stabilization of Expansive Soil Subgrades using Lime and Cement: Effect of 2-phase Stabilization and Compaction Delay. 11^th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM2025), MANIT, Bhopal.

Group Members:

PhD Scholar:

Himanshu (PF032451) (2025 - ) – Tentative topic: Plastic concrete cutoff wall for earth dams

B.Tech. (NIT Andhra Pradesh):

2025-2026: Polaka Navya Jeevan, V Hindumathi, Anikesh, Amgoth Siri Vennela, Prince Raj,  A S V Mani Kumar “Effects of Water-Bentonite Ratio on the Mechanical Properties of Plastic Concrete for Diaphragm Wall”

Past group members:

B.Tech. (NIT Andhra Pradesh):

2024-2025: Ajeet Chaurasiya, Erram Bhavani, G Tharun, J Govardhan, Dharmasoth Kumar “Stabilization of Expansive Soil using Lime and Cement: Effect of 2-phase Stabilization and Compaction Delay”

B.Tech. Interns:

2024-2025: Boddu Deepika, Kutty Arjun Kati, Leela Padmini Moru, Pagadala Venkata Pujitha, Pagadala Venkata Pujitha, Donga Sailaja, Chinta Sakeena, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh