Manish Kumar

Recent updates

• September 2026: Manish translated "Earthquake-safe Buildings" authored by Andrew Charleson for World Housing Encyclopedia. The book seeks to promote basic concepts of earthquake engineering among homeowners with a goal to enhance life-safety of family members in the long run. Chapters of the book can be freely downloaded from National Information Center for Earthquake Engineering website. Additional details can be seen at Ziraat Times, Gujarati Jagran, Press Information Bureau, Navjeevan Express.
• July 2026: Manish is appointed as the Joint Secretary of the Indian Society for Wind Engineering.
• July 2026: Manish's paper entitled "Shake table study of Friction Pendulum bearings with PTFE composite sliding surface" was published in the 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering organized by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Introduction of sliding bearings reduced peak input accelerations by 75%. The bearings were manufactured by Harsha Engineers International Ltd. The research was led by IIT Kanpur team.
• June 2026: Priya, Krishnaveni and Anagha graduated with an MTech degree during the 15th convocation. Priya and Krishna work with Walter P. Moore, and Anagha is working with Spectrum. Shaivi (advisor: Dr. Siva Chopperla) also graduated during the convocation. She is set to join LERA. Sampreeth and Rishabh worked to develop a shaking table, and a table top CTM. They are set to join UHPC India and Larsen and Toubro, respectively.