Dr. P Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao gave the following distinguished talks:
- A keynote talk for a webinar on Mountains of the future: Geo-Scientific and Technical Issues in DRR on 29 September at an event organized by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Dr. Pravin Kumar’s talk focused on Seismic Behaviour and Strengthening of Masonry Buildings using FRP and TRM composites on flat and Hilly Terrains.
- An E-Expert talk on Experimental out-of-plane Assessment of FRP and External Bonded Grids Strengthening System for Masonry Walls on 23 September for an online Faculty Development Program (FDP) sponsored by AICTE Teaching & Learning (ATAL) scheme organized by M M M University of Technology Gorakhpur.
- An online webinar for the postgraduate students of School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Seismic safety and strengthening of existing masonry buildings using cementitious and polymer composites on 13 October.
- An invited talk on Out-of-plane strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls using modern composite materials for the technical session at an online workshop on Experimental and Analytical Techniques for Evaluating the Seismic Strengthening Measures for Masonry Structures, organized by IIT Patna on 24 October. The event was sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Dept. of Science and Technology, GoI.