Faculty Profile

About

Dr.Geetha Kuntoji., I have Ph.D thesis titled- “Prediction of wave transmission and damage level of tandem breakwater using soft computing techniques” under the guidance of Prof. Subba Rao and Dr. Manu. I have rich research experience of 5.8 years in the area of Breakwaters and applications of soft computing techniques in the different domains of Civil Engineering. I also handled Engineering Mechanics/Elements of Civil Engineering subject successfully with Strength of Material lab, Hydraulics lab and Coastal & Marine Geotechnical Engineering Lab in the 2D wave flume of Wave mechanics lab. To add to this, I have got good number of technical papers to my credit published in various refereed International/National Journals and Conferences, which is testimony to my research and teaching calibre. I am very active Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, Excellent verbal and written skills, Excellent leadership and team player and Positive attitude. I would like to enhance the research goals with interdisciplinary research methods and techniques.

Education

• Ph.D - Marine Structures, Applied Mechanics & Hydraulics
  National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal, Mangaluru
  Passed Year: 2018 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Tech - Marine Structures
  National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal, Mangaluru
  Passed Year: 2012 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.E - Civil Engineering
  Basaveswara Engineering College Vidyagiri Bagalkot, VTU Belagavi
  Passed Year: 2009 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 11-07-2025
  Mythri, N., Prasanna Rao, N.S., Muhammad Zain Hasan, V.Y., Pandey, A., Kuntoji, G.
  Experimental Study on the Hydraulic Jump in Rectangular Sloping Channel. Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development and Management - Volume 2. MTCEIDM 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 566. Springer, Singapore.
• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 11-07-2025
  Prajwal, D.M., Darshan, B.N., Reshmidevi, T.V., Kuntoji, G., Pandey, A.
  Adapting Existing Spillways for Higher Flow Rates: Performance Analysis Through CFD Modelling. Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development and Management - Volume 2. MTCEIDM 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 566. Springer, Singapore.
• Journal | Published On : 01-05-2025
  YS Kishore, Y.S. Kishore, B.M. Sreedhara, A. Manoj, R.M. Raveesh, B. Rakesh, S. Bhaskar, Geetha Kuntoji, B.A. Chethan
  Effect of vehicular vibrations on L-4 lumbar vertebrae–A finite element study , Journal of Orthopaedics 63, 109-115, 2025,
• Conference | Published On : 09-12-2024
  Dr. Geetha Kuntoji
  A Two day International Conference on “Smart and Sustainable Construction with Futuristic Technologies”, held on 12.09.2024 and 13.09.2024 at Prestuge Shrihari Koday Centre, Bengaluru.
• Journal | Published On : 22-08-2024
  Sreedhara B Marulasiddappa, Asif Khan H, Gireesh Mailar, Muttana S Balreddy, Geetha Kuntoji, Sujay Raghavendra Naganna
  Exploring the potential of arecanut fibers and fly ash in enhancing the performance of self-compacting concrete, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
• Journal | Published On : 03-06-2024
  A Yadav, G Kuntoji, CG Hiremath, N H. Narasimha, S Mutagi
  Automatic Detection and Analysis of the Shoreline Change Rate at Maravanthe Coast, India, Marine Geodesy, 1-20, 2024
• Journal | Published On : 09-04-2024
  Sreedhara B Marulasiddappa, Sujay Raghavendra Naganna, Praveen KM, Adithya Tantri, Geetha Kuntoji, Saad Sh Sammen
  Strength assessment of structural masonry walls: analysis based on machine learning approaches
• Conference | Published On : 08-12-2023
  Mythri, N., Prasanna Rao, N.S., Muhammad Zain Hasan, V.Y., Pandey, A., Kuntoji, G.
  Experimental Study on the Hydraulic Jump in Rectangular Sloping Channel. International Conference on “Modern Trends in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Development and Management” (MTCEIDM) NIRMAAN ISCE 2023 organised by Dept. of Civil Engineering, BMSCE, Bengaluru held on 8.12.2023.
• Journal | Published On : 10-11-2023
  Marulasiddappa, S.B., Patil, A.P., Kuntoji, G. et al.
  Prediction of scour depth around bridge abutments using ensemble machine learning models. Neural Comput & Applic 36, 1369–1380 (2024)
• Journal | Published On : 02-08-2022
  BM Sreedhara, M Rahul Raj, G Kuntoji, SR Naganna, ZM Yaseen
  Stress-Strain Relationships and Failure Load Analysis of Cement Stabilized Rammed Earth under Concentric and Eccentric Loading Using Finite Element Modelling, Advances in Civil Engineering 2022 (1), Article ID: 2722831, 2022
• Journal | Published On : 04-05-2022
  Yereseme, A.K., Surendra, H.J. & Kuntoji, G.
  Sustainable integrated urban flood management strategies for planning of smart cities: a review. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. 8, 85 (2022)
• Journal | Published On : 01-07-2021
  BM Sreedhara, AP Patil, J Pushparaj, G Kuntoji, SR Naganna
  Application of gradient tree boosting regressor for the prediction of scour depth around bridge piers, Journal of Hydroinformatics 23 (4), 849-863, 2021
• Journal | Published On : 01-11-2019
  BM Sreedhara, G Kuntoji, S Mandal
  Application of particle swarm based neural network to predict scour depth around the bridge pier, International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications 10 (11), 38, 2019
• Journal | Published On : 18-06-2018
  Geetha Kuntoji, Manu Rao, Subba Rao
  Prediction of wave transmission over submerged reef of tandem breakwater using PSO- SVM and PSO-ANN techniques, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 26 (3), 283-290, 2020
• Journal | Published On : 04-08-2017
  Geetha S Kuntoji, Subba Rao, Manu and Mandal S
  “Application of Support Vector Machine technique for damage level prediction of Tandem breakwater” International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering (IJEE), vol. 10(3), PP. 633-638
• Journal | Published On : 20-02-2017
  Geetha S Kuntoji, Subba Rao, Manu and Mandal S
  “Performance evaluation of ANFIS and SVM in prediction of wave transmission over submerged reef of tandem breakwater ” International Journal of Ecology and Development (IJED), Scopus indexed journal, CESER Publications, Vol. 32, No. 2; pp 141 – 155
• Journal | Published On : 01-07-2016
  Nava Bharath Reddy, Geetha Kuntoji, Subba Rao, Manu and S. Mandal
  “Prediction of Wave Transmission using ANN for Submerged Reef of Tandem Breakwater”, International journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, Special Issue 9, pp 137–142
• Journal | Published On : 01-07-2016
  Jithin J. S, Geetha Kuntoji, Subba Rao, Manu and Mandal. S
  “Prediction of Transmitted Wave Height of Tandem Breakwater using Support Vector Regression”, International journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, Special Issue 9, pp 161-166,
• Journal | Published On : 15-03-2015
  G Kuntoji, S Rao
  A review on development of minor ports to improve the economy of developing country, Aquatic Procedia, Volume 4, 256-263, Elsevier, 2015
• Conference | Published On : 08-12-2012
  Prajwal, D.M., Darshan, B.N., Reshmidevi, T.V., Kuntoji, G., Pandey, A.
  Adapting Existing Spillways for Higher Flow Rates: Performance Analysis through CFD Modelling. International Conference on “Modern Trends in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Development and Management” (MTCEIDM) NIRMAAN ISCE 2023, organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering, BMSCE, Bengaluru held on 8.12.2023.

Other Information

*Established a Water Research Lab with co Investigators (https://sites.google.com/view/wrlcivilbmsce) 2022.
* Visited the Universities in Nancy and Dassault Systèmes Paris Campus serves as the company's global headquarters funded by La Foundation 2025
Other Responsibilities
1. Served As IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) from 2019-2021
2. Served as the Valuation Unit Chief Coordinator for 3rd Semester 2019
3. Served as NSS Faculty Coordinator for Special camp for Eight Days held at Uthanur, Kolar Karnataka October 2019.
4. Served as NAAC Accreditation Coordinator from 2019-2021
5. Served as Coordinator for the First Year Induction Program in 2019-2022
6. Served as Coordinator for the Controller of Examination to conduct Theory examination for UG and PG from 2024-01-16 to 2025-08-01.
7. Served as Core committee member as Faculty Coordinator for Utsav 2022 held during May 2022 at BMS Collage of Engineering Bengaluru, Karnataka.
8. Served as Core committee member as Faculty Coordinator for Phase Shift 2022 held during November 2022 at BMS Collage of Engineering Bengaluru, Karnataka.
9. Served as a Phase Shift Core Committee Member for 2023-2025.
10. Served as Treasurer for Phase Shift 2024.
11. Served as Phase Shift Coordinator for the department of Civil Engineering, 2022.
12. Served as Department Alumni Coordinator from 2021 to till Today.
13. Served as Faculty Coordinator for Ninth Edition of the BMSCEAN Annual Alumni Day -2022 scheduled on Saturday 17th of December 2022.
14. Served as SEE paper Setter for various Institutes.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED/ORGANISED
• Organised One–Day Technical Symposium on WORLD WATER DAY-2025, Department Of Civil Engineering on 24-03-2025 held at Auditorium-2, Platinum Jubilee, BMSCE.
• Organised a Six Days STTP on Physical & CFD Modelling in Applied Hydraulics from 10-15 April 2023 held at Department of Civil engineering, BMS College of Engineering Bengaluru
• Organised 5 Days FDP on “Advances in Modelling Hydrological Extreme Events (AMHEE-2020) in Association with DHI and Sponsored by TEQIP-III, held from 22-26 June 2020.

EXTERNAL SPONSORED R&D PROJECTS COMPLETED OR ONGOING
1. Interactive learning content development of predictive flood simulation and hazard mapping ( Funding agency: Dassault Systems Foundation, Period : 2022-2025)
2. Interactive content development enabling better presentation of fluid mechanics and hydraulic engineering concept in engineering education ( Funding agency: Dassault Systems Foundation, Period : 2021-22)
3. Assessment of the Climate Change Impacts on the Agricultural and Water Sectors in a Deficit Catchment in Karnataka ( Funding agency: DST, Period: 2009-2012)