Name

Ms. Gayatri Chandrakant Sherkar

Position

Assistant Professor

Department

Civil Engineering

Email id

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Cell No

+9186668776828

Extension No

-

Qualifications 

ME Geotechnical Engineering

Experience

10+years

Research Areas

Soil stabilization, Black cotton soil, Laterite soil, Pavement material.

Publications

1. “Investigation of Lightweight Cellular Concrete using recycled Glass and Plastic waste” , IJARSCT Volume 5, Issue 4, March 2025.
2. “Review of Analysis of the Liquefaction Potential using In Situ Laboratory Tests”, IRJMETS,  Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2024.
3. “Research on Construction Demolition waste on strength parameter of Black cotton soil”, JETIR Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2023.
4. “Review on Construction Demolition waste on strength parameter of Black cotton soil”, JETIR Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2022.

Conferences

1. Third International Conference on “Recent trends Engineering, Science & Technology Management (IC-RTETM 2025) 17th - 18th February 2025.
2. International Conference on Geo-Disasters and Construction Engineering (ICGCE 2024) June 07-08, 2024, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
3. Global Conference on Emerging Emerging Technologies, Business, Sustainable business practices and social Well Being, 10th - 11th December 2022.

Workshops

1. “Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP management for start-ups”Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s Institute of Technology,Lohgaon, Pune on 12th April 2025.
2. “Academic and Industry Research Opportunities, Research Grants and Publications”organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s Institute of Technology, Lohgaon, Pune from 16th to 21st December 2024.

Reviewer

Professional Affiliations

Awards & Recognitions

Appreciation from IGS Pune Chapter for contribution in IGS Activities.

h-index (Scopus)

RG Score (Research Gate)

ORCID

Industry Connect

Soiltech (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Funded Projects

Responsibilities

 @MMIT

Time table Incharge, IGS Coordinator,  Magazine-Newsletter Department  Coordinator, Geotechnical Lab I/C, NAAC File coordinator (file no. 8,10,11,16,77,54,32,33,49)

Name

Mrs. Aparna Lahane

Position

Assistant Professor

Department

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Email id

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Cell No

9156034655

Extension No

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Qualifications 

M.Tech (CST), BE(CSE)

Experience

4.4 Year

Research Areas

Data Mining

Publications

·         “Technique for Keyword Search using Minimum Distance” Chavan Aparna, S.B. Bangar, International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Volume 4 Issue 4, 2016.

·         Review on Keyword search over Relational Database” Chavan Aparna, Suvarna Bangar, Journal, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Volume 4 Issue 11, 2014.

Conferences

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Workshops

·         Successfully Completed One week FDP on “Deep Dive into Data Science and Machine Learning from 26^th Feb 2024 to 01^st March 2024.

·         Faculty Development Program on “Cyber Security” on 28^th January, 4^th & 11^th February 2017

·         FDP on “Big Data Analytics: Tools, techniques and research directions” on 11^th ,12^th & 13^th January 2017

·         Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights and Opportunities for Funded Research from 05^th January 2018 To 06^th January 2018

·         One Day Faculty Development Program on “Great to Greatness – Knowing Yourself” on 5th February 2018.

Reviewer

·         Book chapter “ AI-Powered Vigilance in Neonatal Vital Signs Monitoring for Optimal Health Care”  Publication in Modernizing Maternal Care With Digital Technologies, IGI Global

Professional Affiliations

·         CSTA

·         IS

Awards & Recognitions

h-index (Scopus)

1

RG Score (Research Gate)

-

ORCID

-

Industry Connect

-

Funded Projects

-

Responsibilities @MMIT

Name

DR. AKSHAY ANIL THAKARE

Position

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Department

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Email id

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Cell No

-

Extension No

-

Qualifications 

PhD in Civil Engineering, ME (Structures), BE (Civil)

Experience

Teaching – 3.5 year

Research – 4.5 years

Research Areas

Upcycling of waste in cementitious mixes; Rheology, and microstructure of mortar, and concrete; Self-healing composites; Geopolymer composites; Sustainability assessment of construction materials

Publications

1.      A. Singh, S. S. Bhadauria, A. A. Thakare, A. Kumar, M. Mudgal, S. Chaudhary, “Durability assessment of mechanochemically activated geopolymer concrete with a low molarity alkali solution”, Case Studies in Construction Materials (2024) (SCIE; IF: 6.200; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02715 

2.      A. Singh^#, A. A. Thakare^#, and S. Chaudhary, “Investigating the Fresh State Behavior of Self-Compacting Mortar Containing Industrial and Construction Waste”, Case Studies in Construction Materials (2023), ^#Equal contributions (SCIE; IF: 6.200; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02684 

3.      A. A. Thakare, A. Singh, T. Gupta, and S. Chaudhary, “Effect of particle size of waste rubber fibre as fine aggregate in self-compacting concrete”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022) (SCIE; IF: 5.190; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23488-6

4.      A. A. Thakare, S. Siddique, A. Singh, T. Gupta, and S. Chaudhary, “Effect of rubber fibre size fraction on static and impact behaviour of self-compacting concrete”, Advances in Concrete Construction (2022) (SCIE; IF: 2.518; Q2)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2022.13.6.433

5.      A. A. Thakare, T. Gupta, R. Deewan, and S. Chaudhary, “Micro and macro-structural properties of waste tyre rubber fibre-reinforced bacterial self-healing mortar”, Construction and Building Materials (2022) (SCIE; IF: 7.693; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126459

(Received the Best Research Paper Award for AY 2022-2023 at IIT Indore)

6.      A. A. Thakare, A. Singh, V. Gupta, S. Siddique, and S. Chaudhary, “Sustainable development of self-compacting cementitious mixes using waste originated fibers: A review”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling (2021) (SCIE; IF: 13.716; Q1)

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105250

7.      A. A. Thakare, S. Siddique, S. N. Sarode, R. Deewan, V. Gupta, S. Gupta, S. Chaudhary, “A study on rheological properties of rubber fiber dosed self-compacting mortar”, Construction and Building Materials (2020) (SCIE; IF: 7.693; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120745

8.      S. Siddique, T. Gupta, A. A. Thakare, V. Gupta, S. Chaudhary, “Acid resistance of fine bone China ceramic aggregate concrete”, European Journal of Environmental & Civil Engineering (2019) (SCIE; IF: 2.817; Q2)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2019.1572543

Conferences

1.      A. A. Thakare, K. V. Kothavade, P. D. Dhake, P. D. Jadhao, “Comparative experimental study on flexural behaviour of composite slab and RCC slab”, In: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology (2016), pp. 291-295. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0532042

Workshops

1.      A faculty development program on “Accreditation Awareness” organized from October 16, 2023 to October 20, 2023 by JSPM Narhe Technical Campus, Pune

2.      A workshop on Implementation of National Educational Policy-2020 - Accreditation between February 03, 2023 and February 04, 2023 at Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering & Research Centre, Nashik.

3.      A workshop on HIGH RISE BUILDING - Building Series (Part I) on December 22, 2022, organized by Nashik’s professional bodies, i.e., CREDAI, IIA, and ACCE(I).

Reviewer

Professional Affiliations

1.      Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers (India) - AM17 1075-6

2.      Life member of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) - ACCE (I) - LM 7798L

Awards & Recognitions

1.      Received the Best Research Paper Award for AY 2022-2023 at IIT Indore

Publication: A. A. Thakare, T. Gupta, R. Deewan, and S. Chaudhary, “Micro and macro-structural properties of waste tyre rubber fibre-reinforced bacterial self-healing mortar”, Construction and Building Materials (2022) (SCIE; IF: 7.693; Q1)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126459

h-index (Scopus)

  4

RG Score (Research Gate)

  91.40

ORCID

  0000-0001-5162-2721

Industry Connect

Funded Projects

Responsibilities @MMIT

•         Coordinator for Research and Development

•         Coordinator for Students’ Chapter of Professional Bodies

•         Coordinator for Infrastructural Project Consultancy