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Dr. Rajesh Rai

Professor
Department of Mining Engineering
Email:
rajeshrai.min@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
+91 8400051473
Website:
Area of Interest:
Rock Mechanics and Ground Control;Mine Slope and Dump Stability;AI-driven Slope Stability Prediction; Geotechnical Design of Deep Excavations; Numerical Modelling (DEM/FEM); SCBA and Environmental Economics and Virtual Reality.

Academic Qualifications:  
PhD (2008) - Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University)
M. Tech. (2002) – Mine Environment (Mining), Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu Uuniversity)
Bachelor of Engineering (2000) - CTAE, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Intermediate (1995) – Government public School, Aburoad, Rajasthan

Subjects Taught:  

  • Mine Development
  • Applied Rock Mech.
  • Computer Application in Mining
  • Mine Planning
  • Rock Slope Engineerin
  • Surface Mining
  • Rock Mass Structure
  • Mining Machinery
  • Underground Metalliferous Mining
  • Project Management
  • Mining Machinery
  • Mine Practices
  • Mine Management and Mineral Economics
  • Computer Application in Geomechanics 

 

 Teaching Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering (2007-2015)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering (2015-2024)
  • Professor, Department of Mining Engg 
  • Technical Program Committee Chair: 2026 2nd International Conference on Geology, Energy and Oil and Gas Exploration (GEOGE2026), September 18 - 20, 2026 at Chengdu, China
  • Publication Chair: 2027 2nd International Conference on Geomechanics and Underground Engineering (GUE2027) March 26 - 28, 2027 at Sanya, China
  • Technical Program Committee Chair: 2026 International Conferenceon Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Space (GEUS 2026)
  • Members-ICMSSE, International Committee of Mine Safety Science and Engineering (ICMSSE)
  • Conference Chair - 2026 International Conference on Geomechanics and Underground Engineering (GUE 2026 
    Co-Chairman of session-X: Geomechanics – D,  International conference on Deep Excavation, Energy Resource and production, 24-26 Jan 2016, IIT Kharagpur
  • Co-Chairman of Technical Seccion 2 (Modeling Aspects), national conference on NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE MINING PRACTICES (December 2-3, 2016),
  • Co-chairman of session 2 - Theam 3: Novel tools and techniques for monitoring and simulation of a landslide 4th Indian Landslide congress 2017.
  • Co-Chairman of session 4: National Seminar on DIGITALIZATION AND e-GOVERANCE IN MINING INDUSTRY June 22-23, 2019
  • Mine Waste Dump and Overburden Dump Stability
  • Landslide and Natural Slope Stability
  • AI/ML and Intelligent Early Warning for Slope Stability
  • Bio-engineering and Ecological Slope Stabilisation
  • Underground Rock Mechanics and Ground Control
  • Rock Blasting and Ground Vibration
  • Deep Excavation Support and Ground Improvement
  • Mine Environment and Socio-economic Assessment
  • Digital Technologies in Mining

 

Ph.D. Students  
S. No.PhotoDetails
1. Dr Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma
Topic: Effect of underground coal mine subsidence on health of plant
2. Dr Arunava Ray
Topic: Probability analysis of landslide
email: rayarunav@gmail.com
mobile: +91-9868580534
skype: arunavray1
3. Dr Ashutosh Kumar Bharti
Topic: Stability analysis of internal dump

 

  
BTech/MTech/IDD Students
 

  • Manish Kumar – Effect of Fly Ash on Dump Slope Stability
  • Khilendra Kumar – Effect of Water on Slope Stability of Overburden Mixed with Fly Ash
  • Duman Lal – Mine Closure and Post-Mining Transition
  • Suraj Thakur – Virtual Reality-Based Underground Mine Training Simulator
  • Yash Garg – Virtual Reality-Based Underground Mine Training Simulator
  • Nancy Dung Dung – Effect of Fault Zone on Slope Stability
  • Saumya – Effect of Fault on Pit Slope Stability
  • Gajendra Singh – Development of Android and iOS App for Predicting Blast-Induced Vibration and Fly Rock
  • Aarjav Jain – Development of an Android App for Predicting Blasting Parameters
  • Amul Kumar – RAG-Based Solution for Mining Law Expertise in India
  • Drishtant Rai – Quality Prediction in Mineral Processing using Machine Learning and Data Science
  • Bishal Biswapriya Pradhan – Simulation of Slope Stability of Very High Overburden Dump Slope
  • Rodda Shekar – Evaluation of Embankment Slope Stability and Seepage Analysis by Numerical Modelling
  • Dhruva Karira – Predicting Concentration of Air Pollutants using Machine Learning Techniques
  • Ankit Narayan – Effect of Fly Ash and Clay on Dump Stability
  • Himanshu Naik – Probabilistic Analysis of Slope Stability
  • Nikhil Jain – Hydraulic Fracturing and Fracture Modelling of Indian Shale
  • Prasoon Dev Sharma – Analysis of Overburden Dump Slope Stability for Open Pit Coal Mines in Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli Region
  • Kanukuntla Sampath Raj – Optimization of Production in Dragline Operations using Overall Equipment Effectiveness
  • Shreyas Bhale – Stability Analysis of Mine Embankment using Finite Element Analysis
  • Suyash Dongre – Numerical Modelling of Mine Dump
  • Amit Rathore – Effect of Cracks on the Stability of Mine Dump
  • Gaurav K. Waretwar – Social Cost of Water Pollution
  • Sikandar Kumar – Assessment of Impact on Plants due to Coal Mining Subsidence

 

 

  • Head of Department of Mining Engineering 2025 
  • Vice-Chairman, JEE- IIT(BHU), 2019
  • Admin Warden, Rajputana Hostel, IIT (BHU, 2018
  • Member, condemnation committee, IIT (BHU)
  • Professor Incharge Periodic Exam and Midterm Exam 2010-2019
  • Warden, Rajputana Hostel, IIT (BHU), 2012-18        
  • Purchase Secretary, Department Purchases Committee, IIT (BHU), 2012-13
  • Treasure, Mining Society, IIT (BHU) 2008-17
  • Professor Incharge, Mining society, 2017-19
  • Convener, Departmental web Committee. 2012-2019
  • Convener, Departmental report committee, 2012-2019
  • Member, Departmental space committee, IIT (BHU), 2012-14                    

 
 
Course / Conference organized:  

  • Convener of National Workshop on “Slope Stability”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 26 – 28 Oct, 2017.
  • Co-coordinator of Short term course on “Rock Mechanics and ground control”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 19-24, Aug 2016
  • Co-coordinator of Short term course on “Rock Mechanics and ground control”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 26 -31, Aug 2015
  • Co-coordinator of Short term course on “Rock Mechanics and ground control”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 12 -17, May 2014
  • Co-coordinator of Short term course on “Rock Mechanics and ground control”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 08 – 13, July, 2013
  • Organizing sectary and treasurer of Short term course on “Social Cost Benefit Analysis”, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.

 

  • Corps of Engineers Price, Institute of Engineers (India)
  • Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Prize, Institute of Engineers
  • National doctoral fellowship, AICTE
  • NCC Certificate A
  • National Service Scheme (NSS)

 
 

  • Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology (ISRMTT)
  • Indian geotechnical society (IGS)
  • International society of rock mechanics and rock engineering (ISRM)
  • Mining Engineers' Association of India (MEAI)
  • The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI)
  • Institute of Engineers (IE)
  • Member of Mining Society, CTAE, Udaipur 
  • Member of mining Society, Mining engineering Department, IT-BHU

  • Ashok Jaiswal, Siva Prasad BNV, and Rajesh Rai, Rajesh Bhattacharya, (2026), Stability analysis of underground Stope at Ukwa mine, Moil, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-026-01050-9

  • Duman lal, Dr. Rajesh Rai, Dr. Amrendra Kumar and Chaudhari Shivraj Singh (2026). “A Comprehensive Analysis of Mine Closure and Post-Mining Transition: A Global Perspective on Policy, Practice, and Future Pathways” International symposium on advance in Mining, Environment & Tunnelling, ISAMET 12-14 Feb, Nagpur.

  • Ray, A., Atul, G.C., Sapkota, S.C. et al., Saha, P., Das, D, Rai, R & Manoj Khandelwal, (2025) Stability analysis and prediction of Bimslope failures using numerical modelling and hybrid meta-heuristic models. Nat Hazards 121, 8995–9020 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07164-9.

  • Rudra ESCK, Gadepaka PR, Rai R, Jaiswal A. Numerical analysis of dump slope stability using material properties obtained by parallel gradation method. Mining Technology. 2024;133(1):31-41. doi:10.1177/25726668231222996

  • Sudarshan Nandy, Mainak Adhikari, Arunava Ray, Rajesh Rai and T N Singh (2023), Edge-centric Intelligent Early Warning System for Residual Soil Stability Prediction in Slope, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, 01, Pp: 3832 - 3839
  • Mahesh Paliwal, Himkar Goswami, Arunava Ray, Ashutosh Kumar Bharati, Rajesh Rai, and Manoj Khandelwal (2022), Stability Prediction of Residual Soil and Rock Slope Using Artificial Neural Network, Advances in Civil Engineering, Volume 2022, Article ID 4121193, 14 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4121193
  • Ray, A., Rai, R. & Singh, T.N. Numerical Study of the Effect of Water on the Flow Behaviour of Landslide-Generated Debris. Indian Geotech J 54, 441–460 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00781-w
  • Ganesh, K.M., Ray, A., Dagdi, D., Ashok Jaiswal and Rajesh Rai (2023) Sensitivity Analysis of Excavation Support Systems Using Numerical Modelling. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-023-00589-1
  • Arunava Ray, Gaurav Verma, Rajesh Rai and Trilok Singh, (2023), Stability assessment of Himalayan residual soil slopes formed from the weathering of carbonatelithologies using Landslide Hazard Charts, Himalayan Geology, 44(2):71-88
  • RESC Kumar, A Ray, Rajesh Rai, Ashok Jasiwal, Y Kathuria, M Khandelwal (2024), Stability analysis of mine embankment against river at opencast coal mine, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management. 
  • Himanshu, Shashwat Anand, Piyush Pandey, Ranjit Pradhan, V K Singh and Dr. Rajesh Rai (2023), Slope Stability of Higher Dump Slope,  International Conference on “Safe, Smart and Sustainable Mining (3SM)” during 16-18 December 2023 at Margao, Goa.
  • Bishal Biswapriya Pradhan,  Ashoj Jaiswal, Ramesh Sindhur, Shiv Raj Singh and Rajesh Rai (2023), Stability analysis of high dump slope by Numerical Modelling  Sustainability, New Equipment, New Technology Management and Safety, 12th May. 
  • Dhruva Karira, Arunava Ray, Ashutosh Kumar Bharati,  Utkarsh Chaturvedi, Rajesh Rai and Manoj Khandelwal ( 2022) Stability prediction of a natural and man-made slope using various machine learning algorithms Transportation Geotechnics Volume 34, May 2022, 100745.
  • Arunava Ray, Ashutosh Kumar Bharati, Harshal Verma, Rajesh Rai & T.N.Singh (2022): Numerical study of the utility of bioengineering technique for slope stabilisation, Geomechanics and Geoengineering, DOI: 10.1080/17486025.2022.2040605.
  • Arunava Ray, Harshal Verma, Ashutosh Kumar Bharati,  Rajesh Rai, Radhakanta Koner and Trilok Nath Singh (2021) Numerical modelling of rheological properties of landslide debris. Natural Hazards https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05038-4
  • Harshal Verma, Arunava Ray,  Rajesh Rai, Tushar Gupta, Neeraj Mehta (2021) Ground improvement using chemical methods: A review. Heliyon 7, e07678, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07678
  • Arunava Ray, Rajesh Rai & T. N. Singh (2021) The Effect of Discontinuity Orientation and Thickness of the Weathered Layer on the Stability of Lesser Himalayan Rock Slope Journal of the Geological Society of India volume 98, pages260–270
  • Vishwakarma, A K,  V N Mishrab, R Rai and  B K Shrivastva (2021). Quantitative assessment of the effect of mining subsidence on the health of native floras using remote sensing techniques. Results in Geophysical Sciences, Volume 8, December 2021, 100031.
  • Bharati, A. K., Ray, A., Khandelwal, M., Rai, R., & Jaiswal, A. (2021). Stability evaluation of dump slope using artificial neural network and multiple regression. Engineering with Computers, 1-9.
  • Bharati, A. K., Ray, A., Rai, R., & Shrivastva, B. K. (2021). A Stability Classification System for the Dragline Dump Slope. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 38(2), 1095-1109
  • Ray, A., Kumar, V., Kumar, A., Rai, R., Khandelwal, M., & Singh, T. N. (2020). Stability prediction of Himalayan residual soil slope using artificial neural network. Natural Hazards, 103(3), 3523-3540.
  • Ray, A., Kumar, R. C., Rai, R., & Gupta, S. (2020). Risk chart for identification of potential landslide due to the presence of residual soil. Natural Hazards, 103(3), 3479-3498.
  • Vishwakarma, A K,  Behera, T, Rajesh Rai, A K Sonkar, A P Singh, B K Shrivastva (2020), “Impact assessment of an underground coal mining subsidence on native soil of South Eastern Coal Fields: India”, Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour
  • Bharati, A. K., Ray, A., Rai, R., & Shrivastava, B. K. (2020). Safety Chart for the Identification of Stability of Internal Dragline Dumps. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D, 101(2), 173-186.
  • Bharati, A. K., Ray, A., Rai, R., & Shrivastava, B. K. (2020). Effect of cracks on the stability of dump slope. Journal of Mines, Metals & Fuels, 68(7), 237-242
  • Ray, A., Bharati, A. K., Rai, R., & Singh, T. N. (2021). Landslide occurrences in Himalayan residual soil: a review. Himalayan Geology, 42(1), 189-204.
  • Arunava Ray, R. E. S. Chaitanya Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Bharati, Rajesh Rai & T. N. Singh (2020) “Hazard Chart for Identification of Potential Landslide Due To the Presence of Residual Soil in the Himalayas”, Indian Geotechnical Journal,  DOI 10.1007/s40098-019-00401-6.
  • Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma, Rajesh Rai and B. K. Shrivastva (2018) “Distribution Characteristics of Micronutrients in Mining Induced Subsided Land of an Underground Coal Mine of South Eastern Coalfields, India”, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol. 18 No. 2 pp. 491-496.
  • Arunava Ray, Rajesh Rai, Ashok Jaiswal, Deepak Dagdi and Ajit Kumar Jha (2021) Numerical Modelling of Shoring systems: Case study, ICGMTU2021
  • Sonu Kumar Meena, Suresh Kumar Sharma, Rajesh Rai and Piyush Rai (2021) Improvement in Blasts Fragmentation Using Dynamic Computational Approach. International conference on opencast mining technology & sustainability Dec 2021.  
  • Ch Sai Karthik, Keloth Tejaswini, Arunava Ray, Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Rai, R. E. S. Chaitanya Kumar (2021) Software Deveopment for Dump Slope Rating in Indian Coal Mining. International conference on opencast mining technology & sustainability Dec 2021.
  • Arunava Ray, Rajesh Rai, Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma, Ashok Jasiwal (2021) Biological stabilization of mine waste dump. pp 205-210, International conference on opencast mining technology & sustainability 22-22 Jan 2021.
  • Rajesh Rai, V.K. Singh, S. Singh, and V.B. Maji (2019), “Failure investigation of internal dragline dump slope - A case study” Procds of the the 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
  • Harshal Verma, Rajesh Rai, and B K Shrivastava (2019), “Application of Machine Learning in Mining, National Seminar DEGMI Udaipur, India June 22-23, pp 50-55. ISBN 978-81-7906-805-2
  • Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma, Rajesh Rai, and B. K. Shrivastva (2018) “A Remote Sensing Approach to Assess the Impact of Mining Subsidence on Native Vegetation”, Abstract : URSI AP-RASC 2019, New Delhi, India, 09 - 15 March 2019.
  • Ashutosh Kumar, Arunava Ray, Rajesh Rai, Ashok Jaiswal and B. K. Shrivastav 2017 “Effect of weak foundation layer on dump stability” 4th Indian Landslide Congress 2017.