Kshyana Prava Samal
Kshyana Prava Samal
Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Academics)
Dr.Kshyana Prava Samal has 8 Years of teaching experience .Out of that she has worked as Assistant Professor for 3 Years and Associate professor for 3 years In Dr.Pauls Engineering college,Tamilnadu (affiliated to Anna University Chennai). She has undergone the Training of High Impact Teaching Skills Conducted by WIPRO under "Mission 10x" Program.Her research expertise is on Irrigation Management and Ground water.She is also having research interest on Alternative building materials, soil Stabilization and Cost optimization in construction.
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Email :
kshyanaprava.samalfce@kiit.ac.in
Scopus Id :
57191275619
Google Scholar :
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PBj3vrAAAAAJ&hl=en
Social Links
Educational Qualification
Research Interests
Projects
Administrative Responsibility
Roles and responsibilities in school levelHostel Superintendent QC-2 (2017-2018)
Promotion Grievance redressal committee, June 2022
Convener in KIIT Cell for Women Safety(2025)
Awards & Honours
- Ph.D - 2009, Specialization - Water Resources Engineerin from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand
- NET - 2004, Specialization - Soil and Water Engineering from ICAR, New Delhi
- M.Tech - 2004, Specialization - Soil and Water Conservation Engineering from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
- B.Tech - 2000, Specialization - Agricultural Engineering from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
Research Interests
- Water Resources Management under Climate Change
- Water Quality Analysis and Modeling
- Remediation of Wastewater
- Flow through Porous Media
- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources Management
- Professional Membership: Life member of Indian society of Hydraulics
- Academic Qualification
Projects
- ICSSR Major Project As PI
- Project ICSSR(IMPRESS) As PI
- MHRD fellowship for 4years
- ConsultancyServices
Administrative Responsibility
Roles and responsibilities in school level
- Associate Dean(Academics),School of Civil Engineering.
- Faculty In- Charge (KIIT society of Civil Engineering, under KSAC) 2017-2023
- Quality Coordinator of School of Civil Engineering, 2022-2024 during the accreditation of NAAC and NBA visit.
- Organizing Secretary, ICRDSI-2019, 2020, 2023, 2025
- Organizing Secretary for an international workshop on dam safety at KIIT, in collaboration with IIT Guwahati Feb- 2025
- Organizing Secretary International conference on Sustainable waste management in the year 2019,2021,2022,2025
- Convener, K-I3 Ladies Club
Awards & Honours
- ICSSR Major Project As PI
- Project ICSSR(IMPRESS) As PI
- MHRD fellowship for 4years
- ConsultancyServices
- Best paper award
Journals/Conferences :
i.Kshyana Prava Samal, and Ashok Kumar Tarai. "Assessment of water quality in the piped water supply system by using Water Quality index method." F1000Research 13 (2025): 1286.
ii.Subhasmita Barad, Rakesh Ranjan Thakur, Debabrata Nandi, Dillip Kumar Bera, Pramod Chandra Sahu, Priyanka Mishra, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Bojan Ðurin. "Hydrogeochemical and Geospatial Insights into Groundwater Contamination: Fluoride and Nitrate Risks in Western Odisha, India." Water 17, no. 10 (2025): 1514.
iii.Kshyana Prava Samal , Priyanka Mishra, Ashok Tarai, and Asish Kumar Pradhan. "Study of Groundwater Quality in Shallow Tube wells of Bhubaneswar City Using WQI Method." Journal of Polymer & Composites 13 (2025):2.
iv.K. P. Samal, K.Samal, M. Mohanty& D. K. Bera- Assessment of water requirement through structural equation modeling and decision trees in urban households, Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences,Vol.- 19, No.-9, September (2024) pp 118-131. ISSN : 0044-0477.
v.Kshyana Prava Samal, Priyanka Dhara, and Ashok Tarai- "Anthropogenic and Geogenic contamination of ground water - A Review" YMER, Volume 22, pages 149-165,2023.
vi.Kshyana Prava Samal, Asish Kumar Pradhan, and Ashok Tarai. "Assessment of Seasonal Variation of Water Quality in Bhubaneswar Urban Catchment Using Water Quality Index Method." In World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023), pp. 76-94. Atlantis Press, 2023.
vii.Kshyana Prava Samal and G.C. Mishra- "Analysis of seepage from a triangular furrow considering soil capillarity using inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique," published in the ASCE -ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 23, pages 1-12, 2016. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_3.
viii.Dr. R. N. Sankhua and Kshyana Prava Samal conducted a study titled "Hypsometric analysis of Brahmin Baitarani basin using ARCGIS,"Proceedings of the Hydro 2021 International conference, Volume 339 LNCE, pages 73-83, 2023. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-99-1901-7_7.
ix.Kshyana Prava Samal, G.C. Mishra, and Nayan Sharma- "Analysis of seepage from a triangular furrow with negligible free-board considering soil capillarity using inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique,"Recent developments in Sustainable Infrastructure," Volume 1, pages 27-45,2020. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_3.
x.Priyanka Mishra, Damodar Jena, Kshyana PravaSamal, and DibiatNibal- "Urbanisation and Groundwater quality: A case study of Bhubaneswar," published in the Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJ QI) July 2021. The link for this paper is provided.
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal and G.C. Mishra- "Analysis of seepage from parallel triangular furrows by inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique" in the journal "Hydrological Modeling," Volume 109, pages 459-478,2022. DOI- 10.1007/978-3-030-81358-1_35.
xii.S. Mohanty, R.C. Srivastava, & Kshyana Prava Samal- "Development of Low Cost Low Head Filter for Gravity Fed Drip Irrigation in Hilly Areas" in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Agricultural Engineering Division in 2005, Volume 86, pages 49-51.
George Washington and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Use of Rice Hush ash as partial replacement with cement in concrete" in the International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Volume 06, 1638-1646, 2017.
Conference
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i.Ashok Kumar Tarai, Kshyana Prava Samal and Sukanta Chandra Swain-“Application of water quality index and Multi variate analysis to assess ground water quality for drinking water purpose in Bhubaneswar City,Odisha”4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, KIIT University March 2025.
ii. Sarthak Sahoo, Prabhash Mishra and Kshyana Prava Samal, -“ Spatio temporal trend analysis of precipitation for the Baitarani River Basin “4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
iii. Anurag Biswal, Sumanjeet Pradhan, Kshyana. Prava Samal. Dillip. Kumar. Bera –“ Porous concrete for groundwater recharge” 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
iv.Kaibalya Dash ,Bishal Kumar Senapati, K. P. Samal and Rakesh Ranjan Thakur4-“From Traditional to Smart: A Paradigm Shift in Water Management for Sustainable Development” 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
v.Kshyana Prava Samal :-Water quality analysis for supply water in BBSR city using Water Quality index Method. Water Conclave-2024 ,IIT Roorkee.
vi.Kshyana Prava Sama:l- “Fostering sustainable development a Blue print for Vikashit bharat”School of mass communication , KIIT University.2024
vii.Kshyana Prava Samal:-“Woman as the driver of change “A step forward for Vikashit Bharat” KIIT University,2024
viii.Kshyana Prava Samal- "Water quality index for assessment of supply water – A case study in south-west zone of Bhubaneswar" which is scheduled for publication in the "International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change 2023 (ICESCC 2023)", organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Meghalaya, in 2023
ix."Study of ground water quality in shallow tube wells of Bhubaneswar city using WQI method"- Futuristic and sustainable aspects in engineering and technology (FSAET-2023)" conference at GLA University, Mathura,2023.
x.Kshyana Prava Samal, - Trinav Kumar Deo, Bishal Noatia, Kshyana Prava Samal, Ashok Tarai- "Assessment of groundwater contamination for Bhubaneswar city in Odisha"-3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 (Under Publication).
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal- "Design of Farmer friendly furrow irrigation" at SWR 2020, KIIT Deemed to be University, January 2021
xii.Babita Das, Kshyana Prava Samal, Tanmay Mohanty, and Kumar jeeb Pegu- "Social factors affecting water management in Bhubaneswar town of Odisha: A review"- International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure, SCE, KIIT Deemed to be University in November 2020
xiii.Dwarika Mohan Das, S.K. Roul, &Kshyana Prava Samal- "Selection of potential site for urban landfills using GIS based multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique: A Review" at the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy, November 2019
ArizAhsan, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Aditya Divyadarshi presented a paper titled "Cost optimization in Building Construction by Comparing Various Materials in Brickwork" at IACCM 2018- NICMAR, Hyderabad on July 27th & 28th, 2018.
Books :
i.Kshyana Prava Samal, PriyankaDhara, and Ashok Kumar Tarai- "Anthropogenic and Geogeniccontaminants of Groundwater-A Review"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023
ii.Ashok Kumar Tarai, Kshyana Prava Samal, Dillip Kumar Bera, and Priyanka Dhara- "Analysis of changes in groundwater quality parameters using Mann- Kendall and Sen’s Slope estimator statistical test in Bhubaneswar, Odisha"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 .
iii.Sarthak Sahoo, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Prabhash Mishra- paper on "Historical trend analysis: a case study of Baitarani River basin"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 .
iv.Priyanka Dhara, Hitankshi Mohanty, Prof. Damodar Jena, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Prof. Y lakshiMadhuri- "An Eco-approach for the effective Biosphere removal of azo dyes from water using pistaciavera shell powder"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 (Under Publication).
v.Kshyana Prava Samal, Tanmay Mohanty, Babita Das &Kumarjeeb Pegu- "Conceptualization and confrontation strategies for water inequity"- Hydro 2020, NIT ROURKELA in March 2021.
vi.Kumarjeeb Pegu, Tanmaya Mohanty, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Impact of Legal Instruments in Improving Domestic Water Supply, Case Study Involving Two Nations Tagged with Most Significant Improvement"- International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure, SCE, KIIT Deemed to be University, November 2020
vii.R. K. Sethi, P. K. Mishra, Deepak Khare, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Modelling Sea Water Intrusion in the Eastern Coast Adjacent to Ersama and Kujanga Blocks of Odisha, India," published in "Recent developments in Sustainable Infrastructure," Volume 1, pages 1021-1045,2020. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_86.
viii.Sayantan Das, D.K. Bera, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Challenges and opportunities of Incineration plants In India: An Overview" at the 9th International Conference on sustainable waste management towards circular economy, November 2019
ix.Aditya Divyadarshi and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Energy Consumption and Efficiency in Green Buildings" in the International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, Volume 5, Issue 11, 2018.
x.Kshyana Prava Samal and R.C. Srivastava- "Low Cost Materials in Drip Irrigation Filter for Harvested rain water" published in the International Journal of Research in Engineering Science and Technology, Volume-2, No-2, Apr- 2016.
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal and P. Ramarajan- "Performance of Low Cost Materials for Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil" published in the International Journal of Research in Engineering Science and Technology, Volume- 2, No-3, May-2016.
K.P. Samal &A.Tarai- Assessment of water quality in the piped water supply system by using Water Quality index method. F1000 research, Taylor and Francis .
i.Kshyana Prava Samal, and Ashok Kumar Tarai. "Assessment of water quality in the piped water supply system by using Water Quality index method." F1000Research 13 (2025): 1286.
ii.Subhasmita Barad, Rakesh Ranjan Thakur, Debabrata Nandi, Dillip Kumar Bera, Pramod Chandra Sahu, Priyanka Mishra, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Bojan Ðurin. "Hydrogeochemical and Geospatial Insights into Groundwater Contamination: Fluoride and Nitrate Risks in Western Odisha, India." Water 17, no. 10 (2025): 1514.
iii.Kshyana Prava Samal , Priyanka Mishra, Ashok Tarai, and Asish Kumar Pradhan. "Study of Groundwater Quality in Shallow Tube wells of Bhubaneswar City Using WQI Method." Journal of Polymer & Composites 13 (2025):2.
iv.K. P. Samal, K.Samal, M. Mohanty& D. K. Bera- Assessment of water requirement through structural equation modeling and decision trees in urban households, Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences,Vol.- 19, No.-9, September (2024) pp 118-131. ISSN : 0044-0477.
v.Kshyana Prava Samal, Priyanka Dhara, and Ashok Tarai- "Anthropogenic and Geogenic contamination of ground water - A Review" YMER, Volume 22, pages 149-165,2023.
vi.Kshyana Prava Samal, Asish Kumar Pradhan, and Ashok Tarai. "Assessment of Seasonal Variation of Water Quality in Bhubaneswar Urban Catchment Using Water Quality Index Method." In World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023), pp. 76-94. Atlantis Press, 2023.
vii.Kshyana Prava Samal and G.C. Mishra- "Analysis of seepage from a triangular furrow considering soil capillarity using inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique," published in the ASCE -ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 23, pages 1-12, 2016. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_3.
viii.Dr. R. N. Sankhua and Kshyana Prava Samal conducted a study titled "Hypsometric analysis of Brahmin Baitarani basin using ARCGIS,"Proceedings of the Hydro 2021 International conference, Volume 339 LNCE, pages 73-83, 2023. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-99-1901-7_7.
ix.Kshyana Prava Samal, G.C. Mishra, and Nayan Sharma- "Analysis of seepage from a triangular furrow with negligible free-board considering soil capillarity using inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique,"Recent developments in Sustainable Infrastructure," Volume 1, pages 27-45,2020. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_3.
x.Priyanka Mishra, Damodar Jena, Kshyana PravaSamal, and DibiatNibal- "Urbanisation and Groundwater quality: A case study of Bhubaneswar," published in the Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJ QI) July 2021. The link for this paper is provided.
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal and G.C. Mishra- "Analysis of seepage from parallel triangular furrows by inverse hodograph and conformal mapping technique" in the journal "Hydrological Modeling," Volume 109, pages 459-478,2022. DOI- 10.1007/978-3-030-81358-1_35.
xii.S. Mohanty, R.C. Srivastava, & Kshyana Prava Samal- "Development of Low Cost Low Head Filter for Gravity Fed Drip Irrigation in Hilly Areas" in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Agricultural Engineering Division in 2005, Volume 86, pages 49-51.
George Washington and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Use of Rice Hush ash as partial replacement with cement in concrete" in the International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Volume 06, 1638-1646, 2017.
Conference
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i.Ashok Kumar Tarai, Kshyana Prava Samal and Sukanta Chandra Swain-“Application of water quality index and Multi variate analysis to assess ground water quality for drinking water purpose in Bhubaneswar City,Odisha”4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, KIIT University March 2025.
ii. Sarthak Sahoo, Prabhash Mishra and Kshyana Prava Samal, -“ Spatio temporal trend analysis of precipitation for the Baitarani River Basin “4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
iii. Anurag Biswal, Sumanjeet Pradhan, Kshyana. Prava Samal. Dillip. Kumar. Bera –“ Porous concrete for groundwater recharge” 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
iv.Kaibalya Dash ,Bishal Kumar Senapati, K. P. Samal and Rakesh Ranjan Thakur4-“From Traditional to Smart: A Paradigm Shift in Water Management for Sustainable Development” 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE,KIIT University, March 2025.
v.Kshyana Prava Samal :-Water quality analysis for supply water in BBSR city using Water Quality index Method. Water Conclave-2024 ,IIT Roorkee.
vi.Kshyana Prava Sama:l- “Fostering sustainable development a Blue print for Vikashit bharat”School of mass communication , KIIT University.2024
vii.Kshyana Prava Samal:-“Woman as the driver of change “A step forward for Vikashit Bharat” KIIT University,2024
viii.Kshyana Prava Samal- "Water quality index for assessment of supply water – A case study in south-west zone of Bhubaneswar" which is scheduled for publication in the "International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change 2023 (ICESCC 2023)", organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Meghalaya, in 2023
ix."Study of ground water quality in shallow tube wells of Bhubaneswar city using WQI method"- Futuristic and sustainable aspects in engineering and technology (FSAET-2023)" conference at GLA University, Mathura,2023.
x.Kshyana Prava Samal, - Trinav Kumar Deo, Bishal Noatia, Kshyana Prava Samal, Ashok Tarai- "Assessment of groundwater contamination for Bhubaneswar city in Odisha"-3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 (Under Publication).
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal- "Design of Farmer friendly furrow irrigation" at SWR 2020, KIIT Deemed to be University, January 2021
xii.Babita Das, Kshyana Prava Samal, Tanmay Mohanty, and Kumar jeeb Pegu- "Social factors affecting water management in Bhubaneswar town of Odisha: A review"- International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure, SCE, KIIT Deemed to be University in November 2020
xiii.Dwarika Mohan Das, S.K. Roul, &Kshyana Prava Samal- "Selection of potential site for urban landfills using GIS based multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique: A Review" at the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy, November 2019
ArizAhsan, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Aditya Divyadarshi presented a paper titled "Cost optimization in Building Construction by Comparing Various Materials in Brickwork" at IACCM 2018- NICMAR, Hyderabad on July 27th & 28th, 2018.
Books :
i.Kshyana Prava Samal, PriyankaDhara, and Ashok Kumar Tarai- "Anthropogenic and Geogeniccontaminants of Groundwater-A Review"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023
ii.Ashok Kumar Tarai, Kshyana Prava Samal, Dillip Kumar Bera, and Priyanka Dhara- "Analysis of changes in groundwater quality parameters using Mann- Kendall and Sen’s Slope estimator statistical test in Bhubaneswar, Odisha"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 .
iii.Sarthak Sahoo, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Prabhash Mishra- paper on "Historical trend analysis: a case study of Baitarani River basin"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 .
iv.Priyanka Dhara, Hitankshi Mohanty, Prof. Damodar Jena, Kshyana Prava Samal, and Prof. Y lakshiMadhuri- "An Eco-approach for the effective Biosphere removal of azo dyes from water using pistaciavera shell powder"- 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: (Engineering, Technology & Innovation)" conference, 2023 (Under Publication).
v.Kshyana Prava Samal, Tanmay Mohanty, Babita Das &Kumarjeeb Pegu- "Conceptualization and confrontation strategies for water inequity"- Hydro 2020, NIT ROURKELA in March 2021.
vi.Kumarjeeb Pegu, Tanmaya Mohanty, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Impact of Legal Instruments in Improving Domestic Water Supply, Case Study Involving Two Nations Tagged with Most Significant Improvement"- International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure, SCE, KIIT Deemed to be University, November 2020
vii.R. K. Sethi, P. K. Mishra, Deepak Khare, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Modelling Sea Water Intrusion in the Eastern Coast Adjacent to Ersama and Kujanga Blocks of Odisha, India," published in "Recent developments in Sustainable Infrastructure," Volume 1, pages 1021-1045,2020. DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_86.
viii.Sayantan Das, D.K. Bera, and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Challenges and opportunities of Incineration plants In India: An Overview" at the 9th International Conference on sustainable waste management towards circular economy, November 2019
ix.Aditya Divyadarshi and Kshyana Prava Samal- "Energy Consumption and Efficiency in Green Buildings" in the International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, Volume 5, Issue 11, 2018.
x.Kshyana Prava Samal and R.C. Srivastava- "Low Cost Materials in Drip Irrigation Filter for Harvested rain water" published in the International Journal of Research in Engineering Science and Technology, Volume-2, No-2, Apr- 2016.
xi.Kshyana Prava Samal and P. Ramarajan- "Performance of Low Cost Materials for Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil" published in the International Journal of Research in Engineering Science and Technology, Volume- 2, No-3, May-2016.
K.P. Samal &A.Tarai- Assessment of water quality in the piped water supply system by using Water Quality index method. F1000 research, Taylor and Francis .