Dr. Binu Sukumar, B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D., is Professor and Head of Department of Civil Engineering, R.M.K. Engineering College since February 2009 with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Structural analysis and design, AutoCAD, Computer-Aided Design, Project Estimation, and construction. She is a strong engineering professional with a Ph.D focused in Self Compacting Concrete from Anna University.
She has more than 32 years of teaching and industrial experience. She has obtained her B.Tech in Civil Engineering, from Govt. College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala University, M.Tech in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and PhD from the faculty of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai. She has held various positions in industry as Trainee Engineer in Kerala State PWD and Site Engineer in Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra.
She has guided a number of Under Graduate projects & Post Graduate and guiding Ph.D scholars. She has received funding from various funding agencies, DAE- BRNS, DST-DDP, AICTE- SPICES, AICTE-MODROB, etc,. She has published her research findings in National and International Journals. She has attended many International and National Conferences, Seminars and Workshops. She has been certified with Elite Grade as topper for two online courses by NPTEL. She has received so many awards and accolades. She has been awarded, Best faculty award by Cognizant, Academic Professional Icon Award by Institution of Engineers (India), Distinguished Faculty in Civil Engineering by Venus International Foundation, Best Administrator Award by Dr. Kalam Educational Trust, Excellence Teaching in Higher Education by Arunai International Research Foundation, Research Excellence Award by Institute for Exploring Advances in Engineering, Best engineering college student’s chapter award by (IEI), Ultra Tech Award 2015 and 2016 for outstanding Student Chapter of ICI, Tamil Nadu and Construction industry award for excellence in Civil Engineering Education.
She is reviewer for many International Journals published by Elsevier and Springer publishers and has been a member of Editorial Board for International Journal of Advances in Engineering Research & International Journal of Research in Science and Technology. She has authored many text books in Civil Engineering and has been a reviewer for many text books for various publishers. She is a Recognized Research Supervisor of Anna University. She is a fellow of Institution of Engineers (I) and life member of various professional societies like Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and Indian Concrete Institute (ICI). She has received research funding from Govt. agencies like DST, AICTE, DAE, BRNS etc., for various R&D activities. She has authored 7 text books in the field of Civil Engineering.