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Sparsh Johari

Sparsh Johari

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


Room No: ANNEX 201

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

Experience

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

CE544: Project management laboratory

BM668H: Materials Management

BM666H: Quality Management and Control

 

Research

Construction Project Management

Workforce Management

Capacity Building

Skill Development Training

Construction Productivity

Risk and Disaster Management

Project Performance

Construction Quality, Safety, and health

Awards

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

Books

1. 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]

2. 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]

Book Chapter

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]

Journal Publications

1. Husam, S., 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. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

Conference Publications

1. Ayusman Biswal, Syed Husam, and Sparsh Johari, "Conflicting situations affecting the performance of construction workers", The 11th World Construction Symposium (WCS) 2023 [2023]

2. 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]

3. 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]

4. 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. Conflict management on construction sites
Funding Agency : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Principal Investigator: Sparsh Johari
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 2022
Status: Ongoing

Invited

1. National Conference on Modern Construction Practices and Management
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat
Place : Surat, India
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2023-06-01 to 2023-06-01

2. Research and Industrial Conclave
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Place : Guwahati, India
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2023-04-04 to 2023-04-04

3. Digitalization Construction
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : National Institute of Technology Warangal
Place : Warangal, India
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2022-02-21 to 2022-02-21

4. Digitalization in Workforce Training
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : Madhav Institute of Technology and Science
Place : Gwalior, India
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2022-03-26 to 2022-03-26

5. Enhancing diversity and inclusion of workers in the construction industry
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Place : Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Type of Conference : International
Date of Conference : 2023-10-11 to 2023-10-11

6. Faculty Development Program on "Sustainable Environment - An Engineering Perspective"
Sparsh Johari
Details : Sparsh Johari
Institute : Assam Engineering College
Place : Guwahati
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2024-01-10 to 2024-01-10

1. FDP on Industrial Safety Management
Sparsh Johari and Laishram Boeing Singh
Details : Sparsh Johari and Laishram Boeing Singh
Institute : Indian institute of Technology Guwahati
Place : Guwahati
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2022-12-05 to 2022-12-05

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Current B.Tech

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Tadar Munni m.tadar@iitg.ac.in Factors affecting the turnover of construction workers from the site 2023 -2024
2 Uttam Singh Chauhan c.uttam@iitg.ac.in Identifying mitigation measures for conflicting situations on construction sites 2023 -2024
3 Anchal Sharma s.anchal@iitg.ac.in Passive strategies for designing housing for workers on construction sites 2023 -2024

Current M.Tech

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Aman Jaiswal j.aman@iitg.ac.in Development of an index evaluating the level of gender inclusion in the Indian construction companies 2022 -2024
2 Shivam Gupta shivamg@iitg.ac.in Developing net-zero construction worker housing 2022 -2024
3 Vaibhav Singh vaibhav.snh@iitg.ac.in Computing incentives for construction workers based on the level of hazard 2022 -2024

Current Research Scholars

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 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 -

Completed B.Tech

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Arpan Singh arpan.singh@iitg.ac.in Market analysis for developing hiring platform for construction workers 2022 -2023
2 Ayusman Biswal a.biswal@iitg.ac.in Conflicting situations affecting performance of construction workers at site 2022 -2023

Completed M.Tech

  Image Name Email 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