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Rector
Dr E. Saibaba Reddy the Rector of the University. He obtained B.Tech. (Civil Engg) from JNTU Hyderabad and M.E. (Hons) from University of Roorkee, and PhD. from University of Nottingham (U.K). He did two Post Doctoral Research Programmes one from Saint Maries University, Halifax, Canada and the other from University of Birmingham, (U.K). He held various administrative posts and developed the university with his projects and developmental activities. Notable among his awards are the American Society for Testing Materials Award for the year 1998 for outstanding research paper, Shamshare Prakash Research Award 2000 from University of Roorkee now IIT, Roorkee, Commonwealth Scholarship for Ph.D. and Commonwealth Fellowship for post-doctoral research.
Dr. E. Saibaba Reddy Rector
He was Chairman/Member of a number of Expert Committees formulated by the A.P. Government to examine the causes of failures and to suggest solution to the problems. He was the Convener EAMCET 2007 and EAMCET 2008 and Convener PRITACET 2008. He also served as Expert Committee Member of AICTE for scrutinizing project reports as well as was the member in the Board of Reviewers for the Institution of Engineers journal. Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. He is the member/fellow of as many as ten professional bodies in the field of Civil Engineering and Technical Education. He has visited as many as 20 foreign Universities in UK, US and Canada.
24 Years Experience in teaching B. Tech & M.Tech in JNTU
B.Sc.(Engg.) University of Nottingham, UK.
Dip.(Engg.) Saint Mary University, Halifax, Canada.
At JNTU:
Professor in Civil Engineering from 1999 onwards
Associate Professor (JNTU) (1993- 1999)
Lecturer in Civil Engineering (JNTU) (1985-93)
Industrial Experience:
24years. Actively involved in planning and Execution of over 100 Geotechnical engineering projects, under industrial consultancy services of JNT University. The turn over of the Geotechnical Engineering division, for which he is the leader, is about 10 lakhs per year.
Engineer of the Year Award – 2009 by Govt. of A.P. & Instt. of Engineers (I) – A.P. Chapter
ASTM (American Society for Testing Materials) Award for out standing paper for the year 1998.
Shamshare Prakash Research Award -2000 by University of Roorkee.
Scholarships Received
Merit Scholar ship at B.Tech.
UGC Scholarship of M.E. Studies.
Commonwealth Scholarship (London) for Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Canada for Post Doctoral Research
Commonwealth Fellowship (London) for Post Doctoral Research.
Other Honors
Chairman Expert Committee constituted by Govt. of A.P. to inspect and examine the causes for breach of Earth Dam and to Monitor the reconstruction of the failure portion of Palemvagu Project in Khammam Dist. 2009.
Represented the JNTU as Soil mechanics Expert in the Expert committee formulated by Govt. of A. P. to examine the causes and find the remedial measures for the failure of a summer storage tank at Anantapur.
Expert Committee member to examine the causes for distress in an Over head water tank at Nizamabad.
Member Board of Reviewers for Institution of Engineers Journal.
Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering.
Honorary Secretary Indian Geotechnical Society, Hyderabad Chapter 1993-95.
Chairman Indian Geotechnical Society, Hyderabad Chapter 2004-2006
AICTE Expert member for Scrutinizing Project Reports
AICTE Expert member for Inspection of Colleges.
Expert Committee member for M.Tech. Courses, Nagarjuna University, Guntur.
Governing Body Member for Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering, Chintalavalasa, Vijayanagaram Dist
Governing Body Member for Sree Vidyaniketan Engineering College, A. Rangampet, Chittoor Dist Governing Body Member for CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Kandlakoya, Medchal Mandal, Hyderabad.
Member, Academic Council, State Board of Technical Education and Training, Andhra Pradesh.
Member, Academic Council of University College of Engineering, Osmania University
Dev. of Laboratories
Designed and developed a number of testing facilities for research activity
Model test tank-I for Model pile testing under different loading conditions
Model test tank -II for semi-field scale testing with water level fluctuation facilities
Model decanting wells to study Ash-pond problems of thermal power stations Testing facilities for pollutant transport study
Apparatus for Pollutant Transport Studies (2-D Model)
Apparatus to study Soil/boulder slopes.
Apparatus for Pollutant Transport Studies (2-D Model)
Seminars Organized
7 National Seminars are Organised
Lectures Delivered
30 ( at Institution of Engineers & SV University & Engineering Staff College, other Engineering Training Institutes)
1. Nirmal Peter, E.C. (2007) Physical and Numerical Modelling of one-dimensional Contaminants Transport with Scale-dependent Dispersion, Ph.D Submitted to JNT University, Hyderabad.
2. Narasimha Reddy, G.V. (2008), Static and Seismic analysis of Reinforced soil walls considering Kinematics of failure Ph.D Submitted to JNT University, Hyderabad.
3. Padmavathi, V. (2008) Response of Rigid Vertical Pile Under lateral load based on Kinematics, Ph.D Submitted to JNT University, Hyderabad.
Published 73 research papers in International and National Journals and Conferences .
International Journals and Conferences 38
National Journals and Conferences 35
International Publications: 38
1. Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2009). Kinematics and Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall Linear Backfill Response, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2009, pp 39-50.J. Ross Publishing, Inc,
2. Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Choudhury, D., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2009) Pseudo-Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall Subjected to Oblique Displacement, Geosynthetics International, Thomas Telford, (accepted)
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2008). Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall based on Kinematics -Effect of Transverse Displacement, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 2., Issue 2, J. Ross Publishing, Inc, 2(2), 143-151.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2008), Pseudo-Static Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall -Effect of Oblique Displacement, Geotextile and Geomembranes Journal, Elseveir .
Vidyaranya, B., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2007). Ultimate Pullout Capacity of Granular Pile Anchors in Non-Homogeneous Ground, 13th ARC 2007, Kolkata.
E. Saibaba Reddy,K. Rama Sastri and Bhaska Kura (2003), Filtering Decanting water in fly ash lagoon using Geotextiles- An Experimental Study Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination 12 (2), 229-251.
E. Saibaba Reddy and K. Rama Sastri (2002), Geotechnical investigation in hard soils/soft rocks of Hyderabad region need for new testing methods, Journal of Engineering Geology, Netherlands , 2002 .pp
E. Saibaba Reddy,and K. Rama Sastri (2002), Improving the lateral capacity of piles in sand, Proceedings-Geotechnical Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, London , 2002 .
E. Saibaba Reddy, D.N. Chapman and Mike O'Reilly (2002), Stress and displacement in sand during pile installation and their effect on pile capacity, Proceedings-Geotechnical Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, London , 2002.
E. Saibaba Reddy, D.N. Chapman and V.V.R.N. Sastry (2001), Discussion on Direct shear interface test for shaft capacity of piles in sand, Geotechnical testing journal of ASTM, Vol. 24, No. 2, June, 2001.
E. Saibaba Reddy,D.N. Chapman (2001), Calibration of pressure cells using sand as the pressurising medium, Geotechnical testing journal of ASTM, 2001, (No. 5543).pp
E. Saibaba Reddy,K. Rama Sastri and Bhaska Kura (2001) Soil contamination at thermal power stations use of Geotextiles, Journal of soil contamination, March 2003,p. 98-106
E. Saibaba Reddy , and K.Rama Sastri (2000) Uplift capacity of vertical piles in sand under oblique pull, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2000 pp
E. Saibaba Reddy,D.N. Chapman and V.V.R.N. Sastry (2000), Direct Shear Interface Test for Shaft Capacity of Piles in Sand, Geotechnical testing journal of ASTM, Vol. 23, No. 2, June, 2000, pp 199-205.
E. Saibaba Reddy , E.C. Nirmala Peter, K.Rama Sastri and Bhaskar Kura (1999), Fly ash disposal problems at thermal power stations an experimental study, International Journal of Energy research, an international journal published by John Wiley & Sons, 1999, Vol. 23, pp589-603.
E. Saibaba Reddy,and K. Rama Sastri (1998) Use of Geotextiles as filters in Decanting wells of ash ponds, Geotextiles and Geomembranes an International Journal, Vol. 16, No. 5, October, 1998, pp 303-310.
E.Saibaba Reddy, M.O' Reilly and D.N. Chapman (1998) Modified T-Z model - a software for tension piles, Computer and structures Vol. 68, 1998, pp 613-625.
E.Saibaba Reddy, D.N. Chapman and M.O' Reilly (1998) Design and performance of soil-pile-slip test apparatus for tension piles, Geotechnical testing journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 1998, pp132-139.
E.Saibaba Reddy, M.O' Reilly and D.N. Chapman (1997) A Software to Predict the Behavior of Tension Piles, Computers and Structures, an International Journal, Vol.62, No.4, 1997, pp 653-658.
E.Saibaba Reddy, M.O' Reilly and D.N. Chapman (1997) A computer package for the design of piles under cyclic tensile loads, Computers and Structures, Vol. 68, 1998, PP 149-158.
E.Saibaba Reddy (1993) A computer Package for a Geotechnical laboratory, Computers in Industry an International Journal, Elsevier Publishers, Vol. 21, 1993, p285-293.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1992), Cyclic loading of piles, Presented at a Technical meeting Organised by East Midlands ( England ) Geotechnical research group at Nottingham Polytechnic, 4 June 1992.
E.Saibaba Reddy (1992) Analysis of Soil Properties and Foundation Design - Computer Applications, Computers in Industry an International Journal, Elsevier Publishers, Vol. 20, 1992, p.99-106.,
V. Padmavathi, E. Saibaba Reddy and Madhav, M.R. (2007) Analysis of Laterally Loaded Rigid Piles in Sands Based on Kinematics and Non-linear Sub-grade Response , Indian Geotechnical Journal,Vol. 37., No. 3, July 2007, pp 190-209.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. andSaibaba Reddy, E. (2009) Pseudo-Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall- Effect of Kinematics of Sliding Mass Considering Linear Backfill Response, International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5-9, October, 2009, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.
E. Saibaba Reddy and P. Ram Reddy (2001), Effect of ground moisure on pollutant transport behaviour International Conferene on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies (ICIPACT 2001), 7, 8 and 10 December 2001, Organised by JNT University.
E. Saibaba Reddy andK. Rama Sastri (2001), An Experimental Investigation on Trench Isolation Techniques for Vibration Control, 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Organised at San Diego , California March 26-31, 2001. Paper No: 2.41
E. Saibaba Reddy and K. Rama Sastri (1999), Fly ash disposal problems, use of Geotextiles as filter material for ash-pond bunds a model study, 12th African regional Conference, Rivonia, South Africa, November 1999.
V.V.R.N Sastry and E. Saibaba Reddy (1998), Behaviour of Flexible Batter piles in weak soils, Presented at an International Conference on Low-Land Technology, Japan , November 1998.
K. Ramamohan Rao, M.V. Seshagiri Rao, E. Saibaba Reddy and B.Reddappa (1998), Effect of damping on response of buildings using finite element approach, International conference on Disaster management, Guwahati , India , 23-26, April 1998.
K. Ramamohan Rao, M.V. Seshagiri Rao, E. Saibaba Reddy and PVMS Sesh Kumar (1998), Seismic response of circular buildings buildings using finite element approach, International Conference on Disaster Management, Guwahati , India , April 1998.
E. Saibaba Reddy and K. Rama Sastri (1997), Failure of an earthen embankment- causes and remedial measures- A case Study, 4th International Conference in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, May 4-6 1997.
E. Saibaba Reddy, Mike O'Reilly and D.N. Chapman (1996), Displacement and Failure Mechanisms of piles under cyclic tensile loads, First Asia-Pacific Conference on offshore systems, Organized by Mara Institute of Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-11 Dec. 1996.
E. Saibaba Reddy, Mike O'Reilly and D.N. Reddy (1996),Displacement and failure Mechanism of piles under cyclic tensile loads, 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Piling and Deep foundations, Organised by Deep Foundations Institute in Association with ASSMFE, 15-17, January 1996.
E. Saibaba Reddy, K. Rama Sastri (1993), Geotechnical investigation problems in soils of Hyderabad region, International symposium on Hard Soils and Soft Rocks, Athens Greece, 20-23 Sep. 1993. pp 243-251.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1992) Interference of Eccentrically Loaded Footings, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, University of Teknologi Malaysia, Johar Bahru, Malasia, 21-23, April 1992.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1991), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Seminar organised by University of Nottingham, U.K. , March 1991.
E. Saibaba Reddy, and E.C. Nirmala Peter (1999) Effect of water table on pollutant transport Int. Conf. in Environmental Engg. Hyderabad
National Publications: 35
Nirmala Peter, E.C., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2006), An Experimental Study of Variation of Dispersion Coefficient with Depth Column Study, CONCEPTS, Kakinada . P.1-4. -.
Nirmala Peter, E.C., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2006), Modeling of One Dimensional Flow and Dispersion Study of Effect of Scale Dependent Dispersion Coefficient, IGC-2006, 14-16 December 2006, Chennai. p.887-890.
Padmavathi, V., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Madhav, M.R. (2006) Comparison of Distribution of Soil Pressures on Laterally Loaded Pile, Proc. of CONCEPTS, Kakinada , pp. 89-93 -
Padmavathi, V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2006) Comparison of Ultimate Lateral Loads by different methods, IGC-2006, 14-16 December 2006, Chennai, p. 471-474.
Vidyaranya, B., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2006) Ultimate Pullout capacity of Granular Pile Anchors in Homogeneous Ground, IGC-2006, 14-16 December 2006, Chennai, p. 493-496.
Padmavathi, V., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Madhav, M.R. (2005) Geotechnical Aspects of an Engineered Landfill - A Case Study, GEOPRACTICE, IISc., Bangalore . p. 201 -206.
Madhav, M.R., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Mathur, M. (2004), In Situ Tilt Test for Rock fill Strength for Designing Rock fall Prevention Measures, IGC 2004, Warangal, p.13-16.
E. Saibaba Reddy (2001), Behaviour of piles under Cyclic Tensile Loads Shamshare Prakash Research Award Lecture, 23rd April 2001, IIT, Roorkee.
E. Saibaba Reddy and Jwannis Reddy (1994) Interference behaviour of Bridge Foundations on Sand, Journal of Indian High Ways, January 1994, p.5-10.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1990), Reliability of Pavement Design Based on Group Index Method, Journal of Indian High Ways, October 1990, p.5-17.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1989), Roof Structures for Low Cost Housing, Indian Seminar on Modern Trends in Low Cost Housing, Organised by Institution of Civil Engineers, Visakhapatnam center, 24-25 June 1989.
E. Saibaba Reddy, M.V. Seshagiri Rao and K. Rama Mohan Rao (1989), Plastics as Low Cost Housing Material, Indian Seminar on Modern Trends in Low Cost Housing, Organised by Institution of Civil Engineers, Visakhapatnam center, 24-25 June 1989.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2009) 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), IISc, BANGALORE .
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. andSaibaba Reddy, E. (2008) Critical Failure Plane in Reinforced Soil Walls, Proceedings of Symposium on Engineering of Ground and Environmental Geotechnics (S EG2), Hyderabad, India, 148-153.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. andSaibaba Reddy, E. (2007) Seismic Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls based on Coulomb and Coherent Gravity Approaches using HSM, Proceedings of First Indian Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Hyderabad, India, 149-154.
G.V Narasimha Reddy, Madhav M.R., Saibaba Reddy, E, (2006) Design Charts for Pseudo Static Stability of R.E. Walls Using Horizontal Slice Method, Indian Geotechnical Conference, 14-16 December 2006. p. 671-674.
G.V Narasimha Reddy, Madhav M.R., Saibaba Reddy, E, (2006), Design Charts for Reinforced Earth Walls Using Horizontal Slice Method, National Conference on Corrective Engineering Practices in Troublesome soils, 8-9 July 2006. p. 15-18.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Madhav, M.R. (2006) Design Charts for Stability of R.E. Walls using Horizontal Slice Method, National Conference on Corrective Engineering Practices in Troublesome Soils (CONCEPTS), JNTUCE, Kakinada, India,15-18 -.
Narasimha Reddy, G.V., Madhav, M.R. and Saibaba Reddy, E. (2006) Design Charts for Pseudo-Static Seismic Stability of R.E. Walls using Horizontal Slice Method, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (GEOINDEX), IIT, Chennai, India, 671-674.
Padmavathi, V., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Madhav, M.R. (2005) Analysis of Laterally Loaded Rigid Piles in Sands Using Non-Linear Subgrade Reaction, Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2005, Ahmadabad , vol.2, p. 27-30 -,
G.V Narasimha Reddy, Saibaba Reddy, E., Madhav M.R.,(2005), Modelling of Leachate Flow-A Review, National Conference on Geotechnics in Environmental Protection, GEN-2005, M.N.I.T.Allahabad, 9-10th April, 2005. p. VIII 26- 31.
E.C. Nirmala Peter and E. Saibaba Reddy (2004), Laboratory Model for the Determination of Dispersion Coefficient in Soils, Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 2004, organized at NIT Warangal P.529-532 -
Saibaba Reddy, E., Narasimha Reddy, G. V. (2004), Pollutant Spread in Layered Soil a National Conference on Ground Engineering and Emerging Techniques, I.G.C-2004, N.I.T.Warangal, 17-19th December 2004. p.519-521 -
Padmavathi, V., Saibaba Reddy, E. and Madhav, M.R. (2004), Behaviour of Rigid Batter Piles under Axial Loads Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2004, Warangal, vol.1, p. 355-357.
E. Saibaba Reddy (2004), Role of Geotechnical Engineering for the safe design of Structures, National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering 2004, Organised by JNTU College of Engineering, Ananthapur, A.P., 9th September 2004, p. 48-59
E. Saibaba Reddy and E.C. Nirmala Peter (2003), Effect of soil moisture on pollutant spread in sandy soil, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2003, to be held in December 2003 at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , India .
E. Saibaba Reddy and P. Ram Reddy (2001), Natural and man-made disasters, National Conference on Disaster Prevention Mitigation and Management, Held at Institution of Engineers AP state centre, Hyderabad, 13-14th October 2001, p. 20-24.
E. Saibaba Reddy and B. Ashok (2000), Effect of soil viscosity on Pollutant Transport an Experimental Studies, Workshop on Environmental Geotechnology (Soil Contamination Monitoring and Control), Organised by the Centre for Environmental Geotechnology, JNTU CEH and IGS Hyderabad Chapter, on March 22, 2000 at JNT Univ. Hyderabad.
E. Saibaba Reddy (1998), Failure of summer storage tank causes and remedial, Terzaghi-98, A seminar on the Geotechnical aspects of problematic soils for Buildings, Transportation and Irrigation structures, Organised by J.N.T. University, Hyderabad, 2 October, 1998, p. 171-177.
J.R. Somayajulu and E. Saibaba Reddy (1998) Use of Lime Columns in soft and expansive soils - a field application, Terzaghi-98, A seminar on the Geotechnical aspects of problematic soils for Buildings, Transportation and Irrigation structures, Organised by J.N.T.University, Hyderabad, 2 October, 1998, p. 68 - 78.
E. Saibaba Reddy andK. Rama mohan Rao (1996), Role of numerical methods in Civil Engineering, Conference on mathematics and its applications in Engineering and Industry, Dec. 16-18, 1996, Organized by the Department of Mathematics, University of Roorkee, India.
M.V. Seshagiri Rao and E. Saibaba Reddy (1989), Over reinforced steel fiber, concrete beams, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Structural Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering, KAKINADA, March 1989.
E. Saibaba Reddy, Pradeep Kumar and M.V. Seshagiri Rao (1989), Failure of a water tank due to improper soil investigation, National Symposium on Problematic Soils, Organized by JNTU College of Engineering. KAKINADA , 24-26 March 1989.
M.V. Seshagiri Rao, E. Saibaba Reddy and Pradeep Kumar (1989), Comparative study of Silica fume and Rice husk ash concrete, National Seminar Organised by Institution of Engineers, Roorkee Chapter, December 1998.
Rajasekhar, P., Anji Reddy, M., and Saibaba Reddy. E., (2007) Studies on impact of industrialization on ground water quality using remote sensing and GIS: A model study, Journal: Environmental Geochemistry, Vol. 10, No. 1 & 2, pp. 15-20
Books Authored
A Text book on Measurement of Engineering properties of Soils published by New age International.
Geotechnical Testing Manual for B.Tech Students published by SCDE, JNT University
