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Assistant Professor PhD: IIT Delhi
+91-361-258 3226 sparshjohari[at]iitg.ac.in
Research Area: Construction Project Management, Workforce Management, Capacity Building, Skill Development Training, Construction Productivity, Project Performance, Risk Management, Construction Quality, Safety, and health
2017- 2021: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Construction Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
2013-2015: Master of Engineering (M.E.) in Construction Technology and Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Madhav 探花视频 of Technology and Science, Gwalior
2008-2012: Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Civil Engineering, Bharat 探花视频 of Technology, Meerut
2021-Present: Assistant Professor, 探花视频, Guwahati
2015-2017: Assistant Professor, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad
2014-2015: National Occupational Standard Developer, Construction Skill Development Council of India, NSDC, New Delhi
CE101: Engineering Drawing
CE510: Quality and Safety Management in Construction
CE542: Project Management in Infrastructure Construction
CE543: Infrastructure Projects – Construction Methods and Equipment Management
CE544: Project Management Laboratory
BM668H: Materials Management
BM666H: Quality Management and Control
Construction Project Management
Workforce Management
Capacity Building
Skill Development Training
Construction Productivity
Risk and Disaster Management
Project Performance
Construction Quality, Safety, and health
2025: Best Paper Award, Challenges and Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities Conference, by ASCE
2021: Amit Garg Memorial Research Award for impactful research, by IIT Delhi
2021: Early-Doc Fellowship, by IIT Delhi
2021: Editor's best paper in ASCE publications in May and June 2021 session, by ASCE
2019: The Volvo Foundation Research Scholarship, by Volvo Foundation
2016: Best research paper award, by Minister of HRD
2016: Elite award for securing top rank in India in NPTEL online course, by IIT Madras
1. Johari, S., "Design of Steel and RCC Structures", 0 , All India Council for Technical Education (978-93-6027-019-3) [2025]
2. Johari, S., "Construction Engineering & Management", 0 , All India Council for Technical Education (978-93-6027-421-4) [2024]
3. Bedamatta, R., Laishram, B., and Johari, S., "Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals", 0 , Springer (978-981-97-5869-2) ,pp.210 [2024]
4. Saxena, N.B., Johari, S., and Mittal, S., "Training manual for bar-bender, carpenter, and mason", 0 , Indian academy of highway engineers, Government of India, Noida, India [2016]
5. Saxena, N.B., Upreti, P.k., Johari, S., and Tiwari, A.K. , "Construction tools and materials", 0 , CBSE vocational division, Government of India, New Delhi, India [2015]
1. Jha, K.N., Viswanathan, S.K., Kar, S., Sinha, A.K., and Johari, S. , "Project management in developing countries", Case study of India , London South Bank University [2022]
1. Jaiswal, A., Laishram, B., and Johari, S., "A measuring tool to quantify the level of gender inclusion in the construction organization", [Forthcoming], ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management [2025] , 10.1061/JCEMD4/COENG-15779
2. Husam. S, Viswanathan, S.K., Saikia. S., and Johari, S , "Effect of COVID-19 precautionary measures on construction labor productivity", [Forthcoming], ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction [2025] , 10.1061/JLADAH/LADR-1286
3. Sahu, R., Bharadwaj, N., Lama, K., Johari, S. , "Role of legal enforcement in construction work zone for urban mobility", [Forthcoming], ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction [2025] , 10.1061/JLADAH/LADR-1379
4. Husam, S., Laishram, B., and Johari, S., "Framework to enhance gender inclusion of worker in construction sites", ASCE Journal of construction engineering and management , vol.150 (4) ,pp.04024018 [2024] ,
5. Husam, S., Laishram, B., and Johari, S.,, "Determining the extent of attributes contributing to gender inclusion of workers in the construction industry", ASCE Journal of construction engineering and management , vol.150 (10) ,pp.04024145 [2024] ,
6. Zaray, A. H., Hassan, A., Johari, S., Hashmat, P.A., and Jha, K.N., "Client and contractor perspectives on attributes affecting construction quality in a war-affected region", Engineering, construction and architectural management , vol.30 (10) ,pp.4762-4781, [2023] ,
7. Singh, S., Johari, S., Hassan, A., and Jha, K.N., "Risk factors in dedicated freight corridor and mass rapid-transit metro rail infrastructure projects", ASCE Journal of legal affairs and dispute resolution in engineering and construction , vol.14 (2) ,pp.0000531 [2022] , 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000531
8. Vibhakar, N.N., Johari, S., Tripathi, K.K., and Jha, K.N., "Development of financial performance evaluation framework for the Indian construction companies", International journal of construction management , vol.23 (9) ,pp.1-13, [2021] , 10.1080/15623599.2021.1983929
9. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Learning curve models for construction workers", ASCE Journal of management in engineering , vol.37 (5) ,pp.0000941 [2021] , 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000941
10. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Framework for identifying competencies of construction workers", ASCE Journal of construction engineering and management , vol.147 (5) ,pp.0002037 [2021] , 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002037
11. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Exploring the relationship between construction workers’ communication skills and their productivity", ASCE Journal of management in engineering , vol.37 (3) ,pp.0000904 [2021] , 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479
12. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Impact of work-motivation over construction labour productivity", ASCE Journal of management in engineering , vol.36 (5) ,pp.04020052 [2020] , 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479
13. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "How the aptitude of workers affects construction labor productivity", ASCE Journal of management in engineering , vol.36 (5) ,pp.04020055 [2020] , 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479
14. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Interrelationship among belief, intention, attitude, behavior, and performance of construction workers", ASCE Journal of management in engineering , vol.36 (6) ,pp.0000851 [2020] , 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479
15. Vibhakar, N.N., Tripathi, K.K., Johari, S., and Jha K.N., "Identification of significant financial performance indicators for the Indian construction companies", International journal of construction management , vol.23 (1) ,pp.13-23, [2020] , 10.1080/15623599.2020.1844856
16. Sinha, A.K., Johari, S., Jha K.N., and Singh, A., "Attempting novel solutions to riparian disputes", ASCE Journal of legal affairs and dispute resolution in engineering and construction , vol.12 (4) ,pp.0000427 [2020] , 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170
17. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Challenges to attract construction workers towards skill development training", Engineering, construction and architectural management , vol.27 (2) ,pp.321-340, [2020] , 10.1108/ECAM-02-2019-0108
18. Tiwari, S., and Johari, S., "Project scheduling by integration of time cost trade-off and constrained resource scheduling ", Journal of the institution of engineers (India): Series A , vol.96 (1) ,pp.37-46, [2015] , 10.1007/s40030-014-0099-2
1. Munni, T., Singh, V., Sahu, R., and Johari, S., "Factors Affecting Turnover of Workers from the Construction Industry: A Case Study of India", In ASCEC proceedings challenges and Innovations for Sustainable Smart Cities (CISSC 2025) , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chandigarh, India, 07-09 February [2025]
2. Chauhan, U.S., Saikia, S., and Johari, S. , "Mitigation Measures for Conflicting Situations on Indian Construction Sites", Proceedings of the 12th鈥疻orld Construction Symposium (WCS) , World Construction Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09-10 August [2024]
3. Sahu, R., and Johari, S., "Improving the Technical Skills of Construction Workers in India ", Indian Lean Construction Conference , ILCC, Guwahati, India, 24-27 November [2024]
4. Sharma, A., Gupta, S., Kumar, A., and Johari, S., "Identification of Housing Factors Affecting Worker's Well-Being On Construction Sites ", Indian Lean Construction Conference , ILCC, Guwahati, India, 24-27 November [2024]
5. Biswal, A., Husam, S., and Johari, S., "Conflicting situations affecting the performance of construction workers", The 11th鈥疻orld Construction Symposium (WCS) 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-22 July [2023]
6. Joshi, K., Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., "Causes of underutilization of labour welfare funds in developing countries", International conference on uncertainties in the build environment , Centre for the Integrated Delivery of the Built Environment, London, UK, 22-24 November [2021]
7. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N., " Determinants of workmanship: Defining quality in the construction industry ", Proceedings of 35th annual conference ARCOM , Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Leeds, UK, 2-4 September [2019]
8. Johari, S., and Jha, K.N. , "Development and implementation of on-the-job training system for construction workers ", Proceedings on urbanization challenges in emerging economies , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New Delhi, India, 13-14 December [2017]
| 1. Writing AICTE Technical Book 3rd year Diploma Undergraduate course, title: Design of Steel and RCC Structure
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| 2. Writing AICTE Technical Book 3rd year Undergraduate 6th Semester course, title: Construction Engineering and Management
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| 3. Conflict management on construction sites
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1. National Conference on Modern Construction Practices and Management
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2. Research and Industrial Conclave
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3. Digitalization Construction
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4. Digitalization in Workforce Training
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5. Enhancing diversity and inclusion of workers in the construction industry
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6. Faculty Development Program on "Sustainable Environment - An Engineering Perspective"
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7. Construction Safety: Road Safety Auditors Certification Course by MoRTH
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8. Automated Supply Chain Management
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9. Application of Drones in Construction
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10. Session Chair of Technical Sessions for ICCRIP 2024
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11. Invited member for National Consultation Workshop to curate a training course on Resilient Health Infrastructure (RHI)
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12. Safety Management in Construction
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13. Construction Services
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14. Computer-Aided Modeling for the Sustainable Development of Smart Cities
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15. Construction Services
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16. Ideas that Build Tomorrow: Digital innovation and climate resilience
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1. FDP on Industrial Safety Management
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2. Indian Lean Construction Conference - 2024
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3. Management Development Program of Nagaland Officers on Project Management
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4. Management Development Program of Nagaland Officers on Project Management
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Abhishek Yadav | abhishek.y@iitg.ac.in | To develop a framework linking Emotional Intelligence (EI) competencies to Project Success | 2021 -2025 |
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Shivam Anand | shivam.anand@iitg.ac.in | Legal Framework and Challenges Associated with Work Zone: Regulations, Drawbacks, and its Solutions | 2021 -2025 |
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Naman Srivastava | s.naman@iitg.ac.in | Factors affecting safety of construction workers during night | 2021 -2025 |
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Aditya Tiwary | t.aditya@iitg.ac.in | Predicting the damage levels of buildings affected by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal | 2021 -2025 |
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Harsh Raj | r.harsh@iitg.ac.in | Developing a Safety Device for Mining Workers | 2021 -2025 |
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| 1 | Rushil Rupen Vashi | v.rushil@iitg.ac.in | Framework to compute compensation to construction workers working in different regions of the country | 2023 -2025 | |
| 2 | Suryadip Rajendra Patil | p.suryadip@iitg.ac.in | Assigning best-fit trades to construction workers based on their ability and demographics | 2023 -2025 | |
| 3 | Rahul Kumar | rahulkumar.4016@iitg.ac.in | The impact of heat waves on the sales of heat-related medicines in India | 2023 -2025 | |
| 4 | Akumoni Pegu | a.pegu@iitg.ac.in | Factors affecting workers' retention on construction sites | 2023 -2025 | |
| 5 | Aravindhan S | s.aravindhan@iitg.ac.in | Impact Evaluation of Flyover Construction on Business Revenue | 2023 -2025 |
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Sudarshan Saikia | s.saikia@iitg.ac.in | Effect of climate change on the performance of construction workers | 2023 - |
| 2 | Ashwini Kumar | k.ashwini@iitg.ac.in | Factors affecting the earning capacity of construction workers | 2023 - | |
| 3 | Rohit Sahu | r.sahu@iitg.ac.in | Developing integrated construction and traffic management plans to mitigate congestion during flyover construction | 2023 - | |
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Mohit Gangwal | m.gangwal@iitg.ac.in | Financial Distress Framework for Indian Construction Companies | 2023 - |
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| 1 | Arpan Singh | arpan.singh@iitg.ac.in | Market analysis for developing hiring platform for construction workers | 2019 -2023 | |
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Ayusman Biswal | a.biswal@iitg.ac.in | Conflicting situations affecting performance of construction workers at site | 2019 -2023 |
| 3 | Tadar Munni | m.tadar@iitg.ac.in | Factors affecting the turnover of construction workers from the site | 2020 -2024 | |
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Uttam Singh Chauhan | c.uttam@iitg.ac.in | Identifying mitigation measures for conflicting situations on construction sites | 2020 -2024 |
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Anchal Sharma | s.anchal@iitg.ac.in | Passive strategies for designing housing for workers on construction sites | 2020 -2024 |
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| 1 | Syed Husam | syed.husam@iitg.ac.in | Framework for enhancing diversity and inclusion of workers in the construction industry | 2021 -2023 | |
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Aman Jaiswal | j.aman@iitg.ac.in | Development of a measuring tool to quantify the level of gender inclusion in the construction organization | 2022 -2024 |
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Shivam Gupta | shivamg@iitg.ac.in | Design of carbon-neutral construction worker housing | 2022 -2024 |
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Vaibhav Singh | vaibhav.snh@iitg.ac.in | Factor influencing the retirement decision of construction workers | 2022 -2024 |