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civiloff@iitg.ac.in
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 Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
2013-2015: Master of Engineering (M.E.) in Construction Technology and Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior
2008-2012: Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Civil Engineering, Bharat Institute of Technology, Meerut
2021-Present: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 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
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., "Construction Engineering & Management", 0 , All India Council for Technical Education (978-93-6027-421-4) [2024]
2. Bedamatta, R., Laishram, B., and Johari, S., "Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals", 0 , Springer (978-981-97-5869-2) ,pp.210 [2024]
3. 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]
4. 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. 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] , https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1396-0188
2. 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] , https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-14874
3. 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] , https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-01-2022-0059
4. 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
5. 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.2021 (1) ,pp.1-13, [2021] , 10.1080/15623599.2021.1983929
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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.2020 (1) ,pp.1-11, [2020] , 10.1080/15623599.2020.1844856
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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. Chauhan, U.S., Saikia, S., and Johari, S. , "Mitigation Measures for Conflicting Situations on Indian Construction Sites", Proceedings of the 12th World Construction Symposium (WCS) , World Construction Symposium [2024]
2. Biswal, A., Husam, S., and Johari, S., "Conflicting situations affecting the performance of construction workers", The 11th World Construction Symposium (WCS) 2023 [2023]
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. 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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1. FDP on Industrial Safety 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 | Strategic planning for evacuation during a disaster | 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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| 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 |
| Image | Name | Project Title/Area of Research | Duration | ||
| 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 |