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Prof. S Venkateswara Rao

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad)

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: First Floor of Civil Engineering Department   +91-870-2462146
svrao@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Fiber reinforced Concrete 

 Geopolymer Concrete - Pavement quality concrete 

 Multi component binder in self compacting mortar 

 Repair and Rehabilitation of structures 

 Self Compacting Concrete 

 Special concretes and nano materials in concrete and mortar 

 Use of Recycled concrete aggregate in mortar and concrete. 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Mechanics of Materials(CE201)
  • Structural Engineering Design Studio(CE26008)
  • Theory of Structures-1(CE251)
  • Basic Engineering Mechanics(CE181)
  • Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures(CE5263)
  • Structural Engineering Design Studio(CE5254)
  • Theory of Plates and Shells(CE5269)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-5034-3154
  • Google Scholar ID: sarella venkateswara rao


  • Experimental Studies on Pavement Quality Geopolymer based Concrete (PQGPC) for High Volume Roads: A Sustainable Infrastructure, By S M Ravi Kumar Nandipati, S Venkateswara Rao, Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol., pp., 2024
  • Effect of four-component binder on characteristics of self-compacting and fibre-reinforced self-compacting mortars, By S. Venkateswara Rao, Martin Palou, Springer Nature, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry , vol., pp., 2024
  • An experimental investigation on torsional behavior of recycled aggregate steel fiber reinforced Self Compacting Concrete, By K J N Sai Nitesh and S Venkateswara Rao, Elsevier, Journal of Building Engineering , vol.22, pp.242-251, 2019
  • A Study on Validation of Shear Behaviour of Steel fibrous SCC based on Numerical Modelling (ATENA), By Praveen Kannam and S Venkateswara Rao, Elsevier, Journal of Building Engineering , vol.19, pp., 2018
  • Torsional behavior of steel fiber reinforced recycled aggregate based Self Compacting Concrete, By K J N Sai Nitesh and S Venkateswara Rao, Cement Wapno Beton, Cement Wapno Beton, vol., pp., 2018
  • A study on the influence of a/d ratio and stirrup spacing on Shear behaviour of Steel Fiber Reinforced SCC, By K. Praveen, S. Venkateswara Rao and P. R. Kumar, Cement Wapno Beton, Cement Wapno Beton, vol.16, pp.405-422, 2016
  • Experimental study of the mechanical properties and durability of self-compacting mortars with nano materials (SiO2 and TiO2), By Vekateswara Rao, S., Silva, P., & De Brito J, Elsevier, Construction and Building Materials, vol.96, pp.508-517, 2015
  • A rational mix design procedure for Self Compacting Concrete, By Venkateswara Rao, S., Rao, M V S., Ramaseshu, D., and Rathish Kumar, P., Cement Wapno Beton, Cement Wapno Beton, vol.18 (5), pp.271-280, 2013
  • Mix design methodology for fibrous self-compacting concrete, By K L Radhika, P Rathish Kumar, S Venkateswara Rao and M V Krishna Rao, Cement Wapno Beton, Cement Wapno Beton, vol.5, pp.310-323, 2012
  • Durability performance of Self Compacting Concrete, By S Venkateswara Rao, M V Seshagiri Rao, D Ramaseshu and P Rathish Kumar, ICE Publishing, Magazine of Concrete Research, vol.64(11), pp., 2012

Use of Fungi as a Construction component for Prefabrication and Surface treatment in the Built Environment,

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type SPARC Project
  • Sponsor Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4385725
  • Status Ongoing

Evaluating the performance of Pavement Quality Geopolymer Concrete using Digital Image Correlation Technique

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST – SERB Project (Ongoing)
  • Duration 40 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4100000
  • Status Completed


Abhishek Prakash

  • Area of Research: FRP bar Based Circular Concrete Columns

K Ravinder

  • Area of Research: Constitutive Behaviour of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced GPC

M Anirudh

  • Area of Research: self Healing Self Compacting Concrete

Nandipati S M Ravi Kumar

  • Area of Research: Pavement Quality Geopolymer Concrete (PQGPC)

Rakesh Padakanti

  • Area of Research: Bond Behaviour of High Strength Geopolymer Concrete

Renuka V

  • Area of Research: Creep and Shrinkage performance of Multi component binder

R Harika

  • Area of Research: Fracture behaviour of Geopolymer concrete

Sandeep Reddy

  • Area of Research: Light Weight Geopolymer Concrete

T Umamaheswrarao

  • Area of Research: Torsional behaviour of fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete
  • Faculty Advisor (December, 2022 - December, 2024)
  • Coordinator - Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) (November, 2020 - February, 2022)
  • Associate Dean (Research and Consultancy) (July, 2020 - July, 2022)
  • Associate Dean (Consultancy) (February, 2019 - July, 2020)
  • Faculty In charge - Engineering and Maintenance Unit (EMU) of NIT Warangal (July, 2018 - March, 2019)
  • Head, Structures Division of Civil Engineering Department (April, 2018 - July, 2022)
  • Mess Warden (Mess - IV) (April, 2012 - June, 2014)