Department of Civil Engineering,
Don Bosco College Of Engineering,
Fatorda, Margao,Goa- 403 602.
Tel No : (0832) 2741045/2743944
Fax : (0832)2742648
E-mail: nitendra.palankar@dbcegoa.ac.in

He is presently working as an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Don Bosco College of Engineering. Before joining Don Bosco College of Engineering, he worked as Associate Professor in Gogte Institute of Technology and Engineering, Belagavi and Alva’s Institute of Technology, Moodabidri, Mangalore. Totally he has 15 years of experience out of which 9 years is in teaching experience and 4 years in research.

• Transportation Engineering
• Building Materials
• Concrete Technology

• 5 days short term course on Analysis and Design of Pavement and Highway Geometry Organized by CE&QIP Cell, IIT Bombay from July 02 – July 06, 2018.

• One day workshop for GIT faculty on IQAC and OBE at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, 3rd May 2018.

• Delivered a Keynote Talk on   during the 1st international Conference on Emerging Scientific Applications in the Field of Engineering and Technology, Organized by VDIT Haliyal on 23rd – 24th September 2021.
• Delivered a Tech-Talk on the topic “Performance and Sustainability overview of Alkali Activated Concrete” on 26th July 2021 organized by J K Cements.
• Delivered an Expert lecture on the topic “Traffic Management” during the 2 days’ workshop on road safety organized by SDM College of Engineering Dharwad, in Association with NHAI and Info trans Engineers Pvt Ltd during Feb 2021.
• Delivered a Talk on “Soil Stabilized Roads” during CEP on Soil Mechanics and Testing of Roads, Buildings, Canal Embankment and Irrigation Structures 3/12/2018 to 7 /12/2018, organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi.
• Delivered a Talk on “Failure of rigid pavement structures” during CEP 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi
• Delivered a Talk during “Advanced Pavement, Geometric Design And Material Characteristics And Design Of Pavements” From 14-02-2022 To 18-02-2022 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi

• Convener for Two Day Workshop on Road Safety was organized on 11th and 12th February 2021 by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi in collaboration with Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad.
• 2. Coordinator For One Week Continuing Education Programme On “Advanced Pavement, Geometric Design And Material Characteristics And Design Of Pavements” From 14-02-2022 To 18-02-2022 at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi.

• Chandra Shekar N, Nitendra Palankar, Durgaprashant L, A.U. Ravishankar  and B.M.Mithun (2019) “A Study On Elastic Deformation Behaviour Of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete For Pavements”,  Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Springer Publications. 1-10. [Q1]
• Durga Prashant L, Nitendra Palankar and Ravishankar A.U. (2019). “A Study on the Effect of Rejuvenators in Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement based Stone Mastic Asphalt Mixes” International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Springer, 12(1), 9-16. (Scopus H-Index- 15).
• Durga Prashant L, Ravishankar A.U., Nitendra Palankar,  and Goutham Sarang (2019). “Laboratory Investigations of Recycled Aggregates for Bituminous Concrete Mix” Highway Research Board Journal, Vol. 10, Issue No. 1, pp.17-23.
• Link: http://www.irc.nic.in//admnis/admin/showimg.aspx?ID=164
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M.Mithun (2018). “Performance and Fatigue behaviour of Alkali Activated Slag Concrete with Steel Slag as Coarse Aggregate for Concrete Pavement”, Highway Research Journal, Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 21-34. (Abstract reprinted and indexed in TRB Library)
• Link: http://www.irc.nic.in/index1.aspx?lid=235&lsid=250&pid=231&lev=3&langid=1.
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M.Mithun (2018). “Alkali Activated Concrete with Steel Slag Aggregate for Concrete Pavements”, International Journal of Engineering & Technology , Volume No. 7, Issue No. 3.34, pp.818-822. (Scopus H-Index- 10)
• Link: DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.34.19568
• Nitendra  Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar  and B.M. Mithun (2017) “Investigations on alkali activated slag/fly ash concrete with steel slag coarse aggregate for pavement structures”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Taylor and Francis, Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 500–512. [SCI Indexed Journal with 1.832, Scopus H-Index- 31]
• Link: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2015.1095902.
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M. Mithun (2016), “Durability of alkali activated slag/fly ash concrete with steel slag coarse aggregate”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Elseveir, Volume No. 129, pp. 437-448. [SCI Indexed Journal with 5.651, Scopus H-Index- 132]
• Link: doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.033
• Nitendra  Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar  and B.M. Mithun (2015)  “Studies on eco-friendly concrete incorporating industrial waste as aggregates”, International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Elseveir, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 378–390. [Scopus H-Index- 15]
• Link: doi:10.1016/j.ijsbe.2015.05.002
• Nitendra  Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar  and B.M. Mithun (2015)  “Air-cured alkali activated binders for concrete pavements”, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering,  Volume No. 8, Issue No. 4, pp. 289-294. (Journal presently Indexed in Elsevier, (Abstract reprinted and  indexed in TRB Library)., Scopus H-Index- 15).
• Link: http://www.ijprt.org.tw/index.php?page=issue&volume=8&issue=4
• Mithun B.M, Narasimhan M.C, Nitendra Palankar and Ravishankar A.U. (2015) “Flexural Fatigue performance of Alkali Activated Slag Concrete mixes incorporating Copper Slag as Fine Aggregate”, SSP – Journal of Civil Engineering, DE GRUYTER Publishers, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 7-18 .
• Link: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sspjce.2015.10.issue-1/sspjce-2015-0001/sspjce-2015-0001.xml
• Mithun B M, Narasimhan M C and Nitendra Palankar.(2015) “Strength Performance of Alkali Activated Slag Concrete with Copper Slag as Fine Aggregate Exposed To Elevated Temperatures”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Volume No. 8, Issue No. 2, pp 519-526. (Scopus H-Index- 10)
• Mithun B M, Narasimhan M C and Nitendra Palankar. (2015) “Studies on Alkali Activated Slag Mortar with Copper Slag as Fine Aggregate”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Volume No. 8, Issue No. 2, pp.527-531. (Scopus H-Index- 10)
• Ravishankar A.U and Nitendra Palankar (2014). “Effect of Modulus of Subgrade Reaction of the Design of Rigid Pavements”, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, Indian Roads Congress, Volume No.75, Issue. No. 2, pp.227-232. (Abstract reprinted and indexed in TRB Library).
• Link: http://www.irc.org.in/
• Ravishankar A.U and Nitendra Palankar. (2014) “A Study on Porous Concrete Mixes for Rigid Pavements” Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Volume No.43, Issue. No. 6, pp.37-4. (Abstract reprinted and  indexed in TRB Library).
• Link: https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=1362941.  Or   http://www.irc.org.in/
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M.Mithun (2014) “Experimental investigation on air-cured alkali activated ggbfs-fly ash concrete mixes”, International Journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, Volume No. 3, Issue No. 4, pp.326-332.
• Link: http://basharesearch.com/IJASGE_2014.html

• Chate, V. R., Palankar, N., Mithun, B. M., Soumyashree, B. T., & Sreesatya, A. (2023, September). Investigations on performance of alkali activated mortar mixes containing red mud and aluminum dross. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2763, No. 1). AIP Publishing.
• Khot, Somanath, Nitendra Palankar, Archana N. Shagoti, and B. M. Mithun. "Effect of Binder Type on the Properties of Dry Lean Concrete Mixes." In Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, pp. 825-835. Springer, Singapore, 2023. (SCOPUS-  H-INDEX = 13).
  Link: Effect of Binder Type on the Properties of Dry Lean Concrete Mixes | SpringerLink
• Khot S., Mithun B.M., Shagoti A.N., Palankar N. (2022) Studies on Dry Lean Concrete with New Mix Design Approach. In: Nandagiri L., Narasimhan M.C., Marathe S., Dinesh S. (eds) Sustainability Trends and Challenges in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 162. Springer, Singapore. (SCOPUS-  H-INDEX = 13).
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2826-9_57
• Mithun B.M., Palankar N., Chate V. (2021) Performance of Alkali-Activated Mortar Mixes Containing Industrial Waste Materials as Binders. In: Narasimhan M.C., George V., Udayakumar G., Kumar A. (eds) Trends in Civil Engineering and Challenges for Sustainability. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 99. Springer, Singapore. (SCOPUS-  H-INDEX = 13).
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6828-2_33

• Nitendra Palankar and A.U. Ravishankar (2014) “Alkali Activated Binders for White Topping and the Effect of Modulus of Subgrade Reaction and Panel Size on White Topping” International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, ASCE, 2014.
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M.Mithun. (2014) “Performance of Air-Cured Alkali Activated GGBFS-Fly Ash Concrete Mixes”, 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (WCSET 2014), pp. 27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, NEPAL (Best Paper Award).
• Ravishankar A.U and Nitendra Palankar (2014). “Effect of Modulus of Subgrade Reaction of the Design of Rigid Pavements”, Guest Invitee, Proceedings of 75th Annual Meeting, Platinium Jubilee Session, Indian Roads Congress.
• Mithun B.M, Narasimhan M.C, and Nitendra Palankar (2015) “Experimental investigations on alkali activated slag concrete mixes incorporating copper slag as fine aggregate” UKIERI Concrete Congress-Concrete Research Driving Profit and Sustainability, NIT Jalandar,India.
• Nitendra Palankar, A.U. Ravishankar and B.M.Mithun. (2018) “Alkali Activated Concrete with Steel Slag Aggregate for Concrete Pavements” International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, May 14-15, 2018, NMAMIT, NITTE, Karnataka.
• Vaibhav Chate, Nitendra Palankar, and B.M.Mithun. (2019) “Performance Of Alkali Activated Mortar Mixes Containing Industrial Waste Materials As Binders” International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends And Challenges For Sustainability, May 23-24, 2019, NMAMIT, NITTE, Karnataka.
• Somnath Khot, Archana Shagoti, Nitendra Palankar, and B.M.Mithun. (2020) “Studies On Dry Lean Concrete With New Mix Design Approach” International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends And Challenges For Sustainability, Dec 22-23, 2020, NMAMIT, NITTE, Karnataka.
• Durga Prashant L, Ravishankar A.U.  and Nitendra Palankar (2020). Investigations on Rejuvenator incorporated capsules on the self-healing characteristics of bituminous concrete mixes,Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of resilient and sustainable infrastructure development of emerging economics (CRSIDE2020)” March 2-4, 2020, Kolkata, India.
• Somnath Khot, Nitendra Palankar, Archana Shagoti, and B.M.Mithun. (2020) “Effect of Binder type on the properties of dry lean concrete mixes” International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends And Challenges For Sustainability, Nov 19-20, 2021, NMAMIT, NITTE, Karnataka.
• Vaibhav Chate, Nitendra Palankar, Mithun B.M, Soumyashree B. T, Sreesatya “Investigations On Performance Of Alkali Activated Mortar Mixes Containing Red Mud And Aluminum Dross” Online Conference on Novel Research Trends in Civil Engineering (NTRCE) on 17th and 18th March 2022 organized by School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST University Bengaluru.

• 1st Annual Conference on Innovations and Developments In Civil Engineering, NITK Surathkal, 19th and 20th May, 2014,
• 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (WCSET 2014), from 27- 29th September 2014, Kathmandu, NEPAL
• International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, ASCE, 2014, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad.
• Concrete Panorama & Deminar 2013 (4th Edition), scheduled from Jan 28, 2013 to Jan 29, 2013 at BMS College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, Bangalore
• 75th Annual Meeting, Platinum Jubilee Session, Indian Roads Congress, bhubaneshwar from 18th – 22nd January 2015, Bhubaneshwar, Odissa.
• International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, May 14-15, 2018, NMAMIT, NITTE, Karnataka.

• Best Paper award for the paper on the topic “Performance of Air-Cured Alkali Activated GGBFS-Fly Ash Concrete Mixes”, at 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (WCSET 2014), on September 2014, Kathmandu, NEPAL.

• Editorial Member for American Journal of Construction and Building Materials

• Registered Research Guide at VTU Belagavi currently guiding 3 research scholars.
• Doctoral Advisory Committee member for 7 Ph.D candidates.
• Appointed as Member of Board for studies (BOS) by VTU for NMAMIT NITTE and KLS GIT
• Member of Board of Examiners (BOE)at RVCE Bengaluru
• External Examiner for various B. E and M.Tech Projects at VTU, RVCE, BEC Bagalkot and NITTE
• Reviewer for Journal of Cleaner Production, Elseveir
• Reviewer for Journal of Pavement research and technology, Springer nature
• Reviewer for Case Studies in Construction Materials, Elseveir
• Reviewer for Journal of SN Applied Sciences, Springer.
• Reviewer for Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology, Academic Journals.
• Reviewer for African Journal of Agricultural Research, Academic Journals.
• Reviewer for Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi.
• Reviewer for ICETE-2018 (International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering) organized by N.M.A.M Institute of technology, Nitte, on 14-15 May 2018.
• Reviewer, Technical Advisory Committee, Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS) , May 2019, N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTE, Karnataka
• Reviewer, for International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS) , Dec 2020, N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTE, Karnataka
• Reviewer, for International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS), Nov 2021, N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTE, Karnataka

9.00 am To 5.00 pm [on prior appointment]