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TECHNICAL PAPER

SWATHY MANOHAR is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. She received her B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from TKM College
of Engineering Kollam, M.Tech. degree from IIT Roorkee and PhD degree from IIT Madras in construction
materials. She worked as an Early Career Research Fellow at IIT Gandhinagar after her PhD. Her research
interests include durability of construction materials, conservation of heritage structures, and concrete
technology. Email: swathym@iitb.ac.in

K. MOHAMMED HANEEFA holds B.E. and M.Tech. degrees from VTU Belgaum and PhD degree
from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Further, he worked in IIT Madras as deemed Post-Doctoral
Fellow and Project Manager for LC3 project. His areas of interest include construction materials, petrography,
project management, lean six sigma and organizational excellence. Dr Haneefa also worked as an Associate
Professor at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai. He is currently working in UAE as an Engineering, Project
Management and Corporate Training Consultant. Email: mhkolakkadan@gmail.com

BAHURUDEEN A is presently working as Associate Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and
Science Pilani-Hyderabad Campus. He holds PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. His
areas of interest include supplementary cementitious materials, alkali activated binders, characterization and
durability. Email: bahurudeen.civil@gmail.com

B. S. DHANYA holds a B.Tech., and M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kerala;
and holds a PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. She is presently working as an
Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at RIT, Government Engineering College, Kottayam, Kerala. Her areas
of interest include durability of concrete structures, corrosion of rebar in reinforced concrete, and structural
design of reinforced concrete structures. She is the recipient of ICI-UltraTech Award for outstanding young
concrete engineer-2018, ICI National Award for Best PhD thesis in concrete–2016 and best paper in poster
presentation in ‘CORCON 2016’, organized by National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE).
Email: dhanyaavinod@gmail.com.

MANU SANTHANAM is a Professor in the Building Technology and Construction Management
division at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He is currently Dean for Industrial Consultancy and
Sponsored Research (ICSR), IIT Madras. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from IIT
Madras and then, he acquired his M.S., and PhD degrees from Purdue University, USA. He has a vast research
and teaching experience mainly in areas of construction materials, concrete technology, non-destructive
testing, and characterization of construction materials. He has co-authored more than 100 journal articles and
about 75 conference papers. Email: manus@civil.iitm.ac.in

Cite this article: Manohar, S., Haneefa, K. M., Bahurudeen A., Dhanya, B. S., and Santhanam, M. (2022). “Concrete as an artificial
rock: Mineralogy of aggregates revisited”, The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 96, No. 8, pp. 5-36.

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