Announcement:

Dr. N C Balaji

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Email: balajinc@nie.ac.in
Phone No: 9886504699
About Me:
  • Design of RCC Structural Elements
  • Design and Drawing of Bridges
  • Analysis and Design of Shell Structures
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Computer-aided Drawing
  • Design and Detailing of Steel Structures
  • Computer-aided Building Planning and Drawing
  • Design of Steel Structures
  • Plates and Shells
  • Safety of Structures
  • Design of Steel Structural Elements
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
  • Computer-aided Drawing
  • Bridge Engineering (Elective)
  • Computer-aided Detailing of Structures
  • Structural Engineering Laboratory
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering - D.C.E.,
  • Bachelor in Civil Engineering – B.E., (Civil Engg.)
  • Master of Science in Engineering by Research – M.Sc., (Engg.) by Research
  • Doctorate in Philosophy - Ph.D., (IISc) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  • Assistant Professor
  • PG NBA Coordinator: Department Level
  • PG Structures Coordinator: Department Level
  • TEQIP-III Department Coordinator [Procurement]: Department Level
  • NIE-CRD, Coordinator: Institute Level
  • NIRF Team Member: Institute Level
Project 1
  • Project “Developing earth-based building products utilising solid wastes”, 2017 Investigator(s): Prof. Pete Walker, Prof. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy UK Lead Applicant: Prof. Pete Walker India Lead Applicant: Prof. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy UK Group: Prof. Andrew Heath, Dr. Dan Maskell (University of Bath, UK) India Group: Prof. Monto Mani, Dr. K. S. Nanjunda Rao (IISc, India) Other Partners: Dr. K. Gourav, Dr. N. C. Balaji (India) and Prof. Jean-Claude Morel (UK)
Project 2
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. N. Suresh & Co-Investigator: Dr. N. C. Balaji for BRNS Sponsored Research Project titled “Software Tool for Fire Safety Audit to Quantify the Fire Safety Index (FSI) of any Building”, Project duration - two years (2018-'20), DAE-BRNS- Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences.
  • GARP - ITP (International Travel Funds) from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for attending 1st IBPSA Italy Conference on Building Simulation Application 2015 (BSA – 2015) held at Free University of Bozen – Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, from4th  6th February 2015.
  • MHRD Fellowship: Recipient of Graduate Research Scholar Fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India for pursuing Ph.D. (from August 2009 to July 2014)
  • Outstanding Reviewer-2016 for Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy (CTEP) (Springer Journal)
Peer-review Journals
  • N. C. Balaji and Monto Mani, (2014), “Sustainability in Traditional Handlooms”, Environmental Engineering Management Journal (EEMJ), Romania, February 2014, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 323 – 331. (Impact Factor 1.25)
  • M. C. Kumari, N. C. Balaji, and Monto Mani, (2015), “Understanding Transitions in a Rural Indian Building Typology in the Context of Well-being”, Current Science, India, 10th November 2015, vol. 109, issue no. 09, pp. 1610 – 1621. (Impact Factor 0.926)
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2017), “Thermal Conductivity Studies on Cement-stabilised Soil Blocks”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials, Themed Issue on Earthen Construction, ICE Publishing. 170(1), pp. 40 – 54, doi:10.1680/jcoma.15.00032 (Impact Factor 1.676)
  • Bhavya Shree M., and N. C. Balaji, (2018), "Thermo-structural Analysis of RC Columns", International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 9(9), pp. 1451-1461.
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2019), “Dynamic Thermal Performance of Conventional and Alternative Building Wall Envelopes”, Journal of Building Engineering, 21, pp. 373–395, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2018.11.002 Peer-review conference papers
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2014), “Discerning Heat Transfer in Building Materials”, Energy Procedia, 2014, vol. 54, pp. 654 – 668.
  • Khadija K Khanum, Abhishek Rao, N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, Praveen C Ramamurthy, (2016), “Performance Evaluation for PV Systems to Synergistic Influences of Dust, Wind and Panel Temperatures: Spectral Insight”, IEEE, ISBN: 978-1-5090-2724-8, pp. 1715 – 1718.
  • Gourav K., Balaji N. C., Venkatarama Reddy B.V., Monto Mani, (2017) "Studies into Structural and Thermal Properties of Building Envelope Materials", Energy Procedia, 2017, vol. 122, pp. 104 – 108.
International Conferences
  • N. C. Balaji and G. Sarangapani, (2007), “Load Carrying Capacity of Brick Masonry Dome in Mud Mortar”, in proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES – 2007) Conference from 22nd to 24th August 2007 at Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc), Bangalore, India.
  • N. C. Balaji and Monto Mani, (2010), “Sustainability of Handloom Industry”, 3rd International Congress for Environmental Research (ICER – 2010) from 16th to 18th September 2010  at The University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2013), “Thermal Performance of the Building Walls”, in proceedings of 1st International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Italy Conference, Building Simulation Application 2013 (BSA – 2013) from 30th January to 1st February 2013 at Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy.
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2013), “Discerning Heat Transfer in Building Materials”, In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research – 2013 (ICEAR – 2013) from 10th to 12th December 2013 at Indian Institute of Technology (IITB), Mumbai, India.
  • M. C. Kumari, N. C. Balaji and Monto Mani, (2014), “Well-being and Sustainable Design: A Case Study of Building Typology Transition in a Rural Settlement in India”, Indo-Dutch International Conference on Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment (DfWnE – 2014) on 12th – 14th June 2014, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • N. C. Balaji, K. I. Praseeda, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2015), “Influence of Varying Mix Proportions on Thermal Performance of the Soil-cement Blocks”, in proceedings of 2nd International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Italy Conference, Building Simulation Application 2015 (BSA – 2015) from 4th to 6th February 2015 at Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy
  • M. C. Kumari, N. C. Balaji, and Monto Mani, (2015), “Transition Studies in Rural Building Typologies: A case-study” in proceedings of International Conference on “Future Buildings and Districts – Sustainability from Nano to Urban scale (CISBAT 2015) from 9th – 11th September 2015, held at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2015), “Effect of Opaque Building Envelope Material Thermal Properties on Indoor Thermal Comfort” in proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), 1st Building Simulation Conference (BS – 2015) from 7th to 9th December 2015 at Novotel Hotel, HICC, Hyderabad, India.
  • Khadija K Khanum, Abhishek Rao, N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, Praveen C Ramamurthy, (2016), “Performance Evaluation for PV Systems to Synergistic Influences of Dust, Wind and Panel temperatures: Spectral insight”, The 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2016), 5th to 10th June 2016, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • Monto Mani, Gayathri Aaditya, and N. C. Balaji, (2016), “Appreciating Performance of a BiPV Lab in Bangalore (India)”, 32nd European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2016), 20th – 24th June 2016, Munich, Germany.
  • N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2016), “Dynamic Thermal Performance of the Conventional and Alternative Building Envelope Materials”, 4th International Conference in Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2016 (CESB 2016), Innovations for a Sustainable Future, 22th – 24th June 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Gourav K., Balaji N. C., Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Monto Mani, (2017) "Studies into Structural and Thermal Properties of Building Envelope Materials", International Conference on “Future Buildings and Districts – Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale (CISBAT 2017) from 6th to 8th September 2017 to be held at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • N. C. Balaji and Monto Mani, (2018), “Error Analysis on Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Cement-Stabilized Soil Blocks”, In Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES 2018) Conference from 22ndto 24th August 2018 at JRD Tata Auditorium, NIAS, Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc), Bangalore, India. Reports/Monographs
  • Mani, M., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Somashekar, H. I., Kumari, M .C., and Balaji, N. C. (2014): Assessing Resource and Energy Demand Attributed to Modern Urbanizing Transitions in Rural Dwellings. CiSTUP, Indian Institute of Science.
Chapter in edited books
  • Kumari, M. C., Balaji, N. C. and Mani, M. (2015): Well-being and Sustainable Design: A Case Study of Building Typology Transition in a Rural Settlement in India. In Mani, M. and Kandachar, P. (Eds): Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment: Selected Papers, IISc Press and TU Delft, 207−226. [ISBN: 978-81-925707-1-6 and 978-94-6186-345-4]
  • Patent published on 'Double Guarded Hot Box'
  • Inventors (or Authors): Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, G. S. V. L. Narasimham, K. I. Praseeda, N. C. Balaji, and Gayathri Aadithya
  • Patent filed: May 2011, Application number: 1826/CHE/2011