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Dr. G Venkata Narasimha Reddy

B.Tech.(RECW), M.Tech.(KREC), Ph.D.(JNTUH), Post Doc.(FIU, USA),MIGS, AMIE, MISTE, C. Eng, MISSMGE

Professor of Civil Engineering and Principal

Prof. G. Venkata Narasimha Reddy, working as Professor of Civil Engineering and Principal of JNTUH University College of Engineering, Science and Technology, Hyderabad. He did B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) with Distinction from REC (NIT) Warangal in 1996 and M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engineering) with Distinction from KREC (NITK) Surathkal in 1999, obtained his Ph.D. from JNTU Hyderabad in 2008 and Post Doc. from FIU, USA in 2014.

Prof. Reddy has more than 25 years of Teaching and 2 years of construction and Design experience. His research interests span whole gamut of Geotechnical Engineering. Currently he is actively pursuing research on Reinforced Soil and Geoenvironmental Engineering. He guided 5 Ph.D thesis and more than 30 master theses and several Bachelors theses. Published 2 Patents and 81 research papers in referred International/National Journals/ Conferences.

Received State Best Teacher Award in 2025from the Government of Telangana in September 2025, TGPSC Award in 2024 in recognition of Outstanding contribution in conduct of TGPSC examination. Received Best Engineering Teacher Award in 2024 from the Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Telangana State Center and Best Teacher Award in 2023 from JNTU Hyderabad in recognition of outstanding contribution to Engineering Education, Research and Administration. Received Out Standing Achiever award in 2009 from the GPT Nizamabad and two best paper awards in 2016. Received 3 best paper awards.

Completed and ongoing research projects worth over rupees 57.44 Lakhs and instrumental in establishing Center of Excellence in Disaster Management worth Rs.8.00 Crores as Principal Investigator. He served the University in various administrative capacities, viz. Warden, Chief Warden (Hostel Manager), Officer Examinations, Additional Controller of Exams., Vice-Principal, Chief Engineer(FAC), Director BICS and Principal. Conducted Entrance tests ECET, EAMCET and various recruitment tests as Coordinator, Co-Convener & Convener.

Worked as National EC member of IGS for 2 years, Secretary of Indian Geotechnical Society, Hyderabad Chapter for 4 years and presently working as Vice Chairman of IGS Hyderabad Chapter. Organised various National Conferences, Symposiums and Workshops.

Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (MIGS), Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE), Institution of Engineers India (AMIE) and Member of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (MISSMGE) and is well known in Geotechnical fraternity and is a well recognized teacher and researcher. He has contributed to the practice of Geotechnical Engineering as a consultant for several projects.

Areas of Interest:

Soil Reinforcement

ground improvment

Geoenvironmental Engineering

Educational & Professional

Academic Qualifications

Professional Experience

Industrial Experience

Teaching Experience

At JNTUH

Research

Research Projects

Publications

International Journals
1 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing capacity of Strip footing on reinforced foundation bed with inclined reinforcement, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol No.12, Issue No.3, pp.7-16, 2019
2 .	Hariprasad Chennarapu, Thejesh Kumar Garala, Rajasekhar Chennareddy, Umashankar Balunaini,G. Venkata Narasimha Reddy, Compaction Quality Control of Earth Fills Using Dynamic Cone Penetrometer, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ISBN No.0733-9364, Vol No.144, Issue No.9, pp.1-10, 2018
3 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav, M.R, G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slopes and Reinforcement Length optimization, Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, ISBN No.0046-5828, Vol No.49, Issue No.4, pp.1-5, SEAGS & AGSSEA, 2018
4 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav, M.R, G.V.N. Reddy , Mechanics of Reinforcement – Slope Interactions, Journal of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters), ISBN No.2366-3278, Vol No.3, Issue No.2, pp.115-121, SPRINGER, 2018
5 .	Ravichandra, A.P, Madhav, M.R, Narasimha Reddy, G.V, Padmavathi, V. , Performance of Model Gabion Type Retaining Walls Built using Cylindirical Cells: A Laboratory Study, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Vol No.4, Issue No.18, pp.1-11, 2017
6 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slopes, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol No.9, Issue No.3, pp.1-6, 2016
7 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall: Effect of Kinematics and Non-linear Backfill Response, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC, pp.107-110, IIT Bombay, Mumbai., 2010
8 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall based on Kinematics - Effect of Transverse Displacement, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, J. Ross Publishing, Inc, USA, ISBN No.1938-6362, Vol No.2, Issue No.2, pp.143-151, J. Ross Publishing, Inc, USA, 2008
9 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Pseudo-Static Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall -Effect of Oblique Displacement, Geotextile and Geomembranes , ISBN No.0266-1144, Vol No.26, Issue No.5, pp.393-403, Elsevier, 2009
10 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Kinematics and Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall – Linear Backfill Response, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ISBN No.1938-6362, Vol No.3, Issue No.1, pp.39-50, J. Ross Publishing, Inc, USA, 2009
11 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Pseudo-Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall Subjected to Oblique Displacement, Geosynthetics International, ISBN No.1072-6349, Vol No.16, Issue No.2, pp.61-70, Thomas Telford, 2009
12 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Interference Between Adjacent Footings on Sand, International Journal of Advance Engineering Research and Studies, ISBN No.2249-8974, Vol No.1, Issue No.6, pp.95-98, 2012
13 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Effect of Ground Moisture on Spread of Contaminants in Sand Deposit- An Experimental Study, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, ISBN No.0974-5904, Vol No.5, Issue No.6, pp.1560-1571, CAFET-INNOVA Technical Society, 2012
National Journals
1 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing capacity of Geosynthetic reinforced sand bed on problematic soil, Indian Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement, Vol No.8, Issue No.2, pp.8-18, 2019
2 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slopes, Indian Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement, ISBN No.2277-5633, Vol No.7, Issue No.1, pp.22-27, 2018
International Conference
1 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing capacity of Inclined Reinforced Sand bed on clay, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) Symposium” IIT Gandhinagar , ISBN No.DOI 10.1007/978-15-0886-8, IACMAG, March, 2019
2 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing capacity of Strip footing on reinforced foundation beds with inclined reinforcement, Proc., International Conference on Emerging trends in Engineering (ICETE), pp.39-46, Osmania university, Hyderabad, March, 2019
3 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Curtailment of Reinforcement on Stability of Steep Slopes and Interaction between Reinforcement Layers, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2018), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India,, pp.1-4, Feb., 2018
4 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Very Steep Slopes,, Proceedings International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development, April 07-08, IIT Delhi, India, pp.349, 353, April, 2018
5 .	Jha A.K., Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Curtailment of Reinforcement on Stability of Steep Slopes, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ( ICSMGE), Seoul, Korea, pp.2159-2162, Sep, 2017
6 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slopes, International Conference on Earth Sciences and Engineering, pp.17-18, June, 2016
7 .	Bala Padmaja S, Narasimha Reddy G.V , Saibaba Reddy E , Constitutive Equations of Elasto-Brittle and Elasto-Plastic Soils, Extended Abstract Volume of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, Mumbai, India, pp.23-24, September, 2016
8 .	Jha A.K., Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slope, 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics for Infrastructure Development, New Delhi, pp.8-11, Nov., 2016
9 .	Bala Padmaja S, Narasimha Reddy G.V , Saibaba Reddy E , Analysis of Rain Fall Induced Landslides Using Catastrophe Theory, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering,IISc., Bangaluru, India, pp.8-10, Dec., 2016
10 .	Sina Borzooei, Saibaba Reddy, E, Narasimha Reddy, G. V. , An experimental study about influence of viscosity of fluid on spread of contaminant in sand deposits, Proceedings of 1st National Congress on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, pp.3-4, December, 2014
11 .	Sina Borzooei, Saibaba Reddy, E, Narasimha Reddy, G. V. , Improvement of lateral and oblique pull-out capacity of piles in sand-An experimental study, Proceedings of 1st National Congress on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, pp.1-4, December, 2014
12 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall Considering Stress Dependent Angle of Shearing Resistance, Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Lowland Technology , ISBN No.978-602-95227-1-6, pp.131-135, Bali, INDONESIA., September, 2012
13 .	Pseudo-Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall- Effect of Kinematics of Sliding Mass Considering Linear Backfill Response, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ISBN No.10: 1607500310 &13: 978-1607500315, pp.1401-1404, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, October, 2009
National Conference
1 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Kinematics and Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic Reinforced CNS Soil bed on Clayey Soil with Inclined Reinforcement, National Conference on Geotechnical Applications, JNTU Hyderabad, pp.1-8, January, 2020
2 .	V. Keerthi , G.V.Narasimha Reddy , Bearing Capacity of Square Footing on Reinforced Soil bed with Inclined Reinforcement, National Conference on Geotechnical Applications, JNTU Hyderabad, pp.14-19, January, 2020
3 .	S. Bala Padmaja, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing Capacity of Square Footing on Reinforced Soil bed with Inclined Reinforcement, National Conference on Geotechnical Applications, JNTU Hyderabad, pp.40-43, January, 2020
4 .	53. Bonagiri Srikanth, Nandyala Darga Kumar, G V Narasimha Reddy, Effect of rainfall infiltration on the Stability of Soil Slopes, National Conference on Geotechnical Applications, JNTU Hyderabad, pp.50-55, January, 2020
5 .	V. Raju , G.V.Narasimha Reddy , Experimental Study on Piled Raft in Sandy Soil Subjected to Eccentric Loading, National Conference on Geotechnical Applications, JNTU Hyderabad, pp.34-39, January, 2020
6 .	Rajashekar Reddy. P, G.V.N. Reddy , E. Saibaba Reddy , Bearing capacity of Reinforced foundation bed on soft soil, Conference on Geotechnical applications (GeoApps-2018) , JNTUHCE Hyderabad, March, 2018
7 .	Rajashekar Reddy P, Reddy G V N, Bearing Capacity of Reinforced Foundation Bed on Problematic Soil, Proceedings of 3rd National Conference on Innovative Research in Civil Engineering, 21 Jan., 2017, MREC, Hyderabad, Jan, 2017
8 .	Saibaba Reddy E , Narasimha Reddy G V , Determination of Shear Strength Characteristics Using Gravity Shear Box, Proceedings of Conference on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics (CoNMiG-2017), March,3-4,2017, IIT Roorkee, INDIA,, Mar., 2017
9 .	Akshay Kumar Jha, Madhav Madhira , G.V.N. Reddy , Analysis of Effect of Reinforcement on Stability of Slopes with Marginal Soil, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 GeoNEst, 14-16 December 2017, IIT Guwahati, India, pp.1-4, Dec., 2017
10 .	Bala Padmaja S, Narasimha Reddy G.V , Saibaba Reddy E , A Catastrophe Theory For Planar Sliding Slope, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2016), 15-17,December, 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA, Dec., 2016
11 .	Bala Padmaja S, Narasimha Reddy G.V , Saibaba Reddy E , Effect of Clay Liner Stabilized with Charcoal in Sorbing Nickel, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2014), December, 2014, Kakinada, AP, INDIA, pp.1428-1432, IGS, Dec., 2014
12 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Effect of Stress Dependent Angle of Shearing Resistance on the Stability of Reinforced Soil Wall, 1st Young Geotechnical Conference of A.P (YGeoTech 2012), Hyderabad, AP, INDIA, 2013
13 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Beams (Structures)—A Literature Review, Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, pp.238-250, OU, Hyderabad, AP, INDIA, 2013
14 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Slope Stability of Dump with Pond Ash as Admixture in Opencast Coal mine- A Case Study, Workshop on Clean Mining Technologies- Extraction, Beneficiation, & Use, Bhubaneswar, INDIA, 2013
15 .	Raghunath Prasad, M., Bhikshma, V, Venkata Narsimha Reddy, G, Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Beams (Structures)—A Literature Review, National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, OU, Hyderabad, A.P., INDIA, ISBN No.978-93-82880-61-5, pp.238-250, 2013
16 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Effect of Oblique Pull on Reinforced Soil Wall Stability, National Workshop on Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructural Development, pp.8-15, Mysore., 2010
17 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Effect of Admixtures on Clay Liner in Sorbing Nickel, Indian Geotechnical Conference (GEOTIDE), pp.323-326, Guntur, AP, India., 2009
18 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Critical Failure Plane in Reinforced Soil Walls, Symposium on Engineering of Ground and Environmental Geotechnics(S EG2), pp.148-153, JNTUCE, Hyderabad, India., 2008
19 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Pseudo-Static Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall- Effect of Kinematics of Sliding Wedge Considering Linear Backfill Response, Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17- 19, December, (GEOAGE-2008),, pp.555-558, IISc, Bangalore, India., 2008
20 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, First Indian Geotechnical Engineers Conference Coherent Gravity Approaches using HSM, First Indian Geotechnical Engineers Conference, pp.149-154, JNTUCE, Hyderabad, India, 2007
21 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Design Charts for Stability of R.E. Walls using Horizontal Slice Method, National Conference on Corrective Engineering Practices in Troublesome Soils (CONCEPTS), pp.15-18, JNTUCE, Kakinada, AP, India., 2006
22 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Design Charts for Pseudo-Static Seismic Stability of R.E. Walls using Horizontal Slice Method, Indian Geotechnical Conference (GEOINDEX), pp.671-674, IIT, Chennai, India., 2006
23 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Modelling of Leachate Flow- A Review, National Conference on Geotechnics in Environmental Protection-31, MNIT, Allahabad, UP, India., 2005
24 .	Narasimha Reddy G V, et.al. Pollutant Spread in Layered Soil, Indian Geotechnical Conference, pp.519-521, REC Warangal, AP, India, December, 2004
25 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Cost Effective Containment of Industrial Waste, National Conference on Advanced Trends in Mechanical Engineering Research and Development, pp.458-462, JNTUCE Anantapur, AP, India., 2001
26 .	Narasimha Reddy, G.V. et.al, Uplift Behaviour of Granular Pile- Anchors in Expansive Soils, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC- 2000, ISBN No.81- 87099-11 -9, pp.305-306, IIT Bombay, India, December, 2000

Workshop
26 .	Jayanthu, S. , Reddy, G.V.N. , Slope Stability of Dump with Pond Ash as Admixture in Opencast Coal mine- A Case Study, Workshop on Clean Mining Technologies-Extraction, Beneficiation, & Use, 3-4 May 2013, Bhubaneswar, ODISHA, INDIA,, pp.128-130, 2013

Teaching

Adminstrative Positions Held

Project/Research Guidance

Master Thesis

Student Name	Title	Year	Download
Bonagiri Srikanth	Slope Stability of Clay soil stabilized with Demolished Waste	2019
K. Zubair	Slope Stability Analysis using Displacement Factor	2018
Azhar Ali Syed	Consolidation of clay soil with/without prefabricated vertical drains	2018
K. Harish Reddy	Slope Stability Analysis of an Embankment using Geostudio	2017
Ch. Rajashekar	Rapid Evaluation of Field Compacted Soil using Dynamic Cone Penetration Test.	2016
A. Ravi Chandra	Analysis and Performance of Flexible Retaining Walls	2016
Nitesh Goli	Stability of Flyash Admixed Overburden Dump in Surface Mines	2015
G. Aditya Sagar	Static and Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of Overburden Dump Soil with Admixed Flyash.	2015
K. V. Nageswara Reddy	Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Stress dependent Angle of Shearing Resistance in the Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall	2015
D. Siddu Ramulu	Analytical and 3-D Numerical Comparison of Ultimate bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Layered Soil.	2015
D. Sidhu Ramulu	Analysis and 3D numerical Comparison of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation on layered cohesive soil	2015
Shaik Khajavali	Effect of Reinforcement on Failure Plane in Reinforced Soil Walls	2014
Govinda Rao, P	Determination of Shear Parameters using Simple Shear Test	2013
Krishna Karthik, S.	Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall considering stress dependent angle of shearing resistance.	2012
Sreenivasulu, J.	Sorption Studies on Lead Contaminated soil	2009
Bala Padmaja, S	Effect of Nickel Contaminant on Sorption Capacity in Clay Soil	2009
Kathyayani, B.K	A Study on Solid Waste Management and Design of Engineered landfill and Composting in L.B. Nagar Municipality	2006
Narasimha Rao, D.	Liquefaction studies on stabilized flyash	2006
Lakshmi, I	Stabilisation of Expansive Soil with Ferric Chloride and Rice Husk Ash	2006
Jyothirmai, M.	Stabilisation of Expansive Soil with Aluminium Chloride and Rice Husk Ash	2006
Mallikarjuna Rao, B	Sorption of Copper and Chromium metal contaminant in Soil	2005
Sujeeth Kumar, B.V.	Sorption of Cadmium and Manganese metal contaminant in Soil	2005

Phd Thesis

Student Name	Title	Year	Download
P. Raja Shekar Reddy	Effect of Reinforcement on the performance of Reinforced Sand Beds in Improving Bearing Capacity	2020
Akshay Kumar Jha	Analysis of Geosynthetics Reinforced Slope of Rail/Road Embankment	2018
Bala Padmaja, S	Slope Stability Analysis using catastrophic theory	0
Y.V. Shiva Bhushan	Bearing capacity of reinforced foundation on desiccated clays	0
M.C. Venkata Subbaiah	Analysis of Extensible sheet reinforced soil wall considering Kinematics	0
Bala Padmaja, S	Slope Stability Analysis using catastrophic theory	0

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Dr. G Venkata Narasimha Reddy
Professor of Civil Engineering and Principal
Civil Engineering
JNTUH University College of Engineering , Science & Technology Hyderabad

Official Email: gvnreddy@jntuh.ac.in