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Ann Francis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Curriculum vitae



Department of Civil and Enviornmental Engineering

IIT Delhi



Students


Ph.D Students



Erawati has completed her M.Tech in Construction Management from College of Engineering Pune. She has worked as a Planning engineer for 3 years in the industry. She is currently working in the areas of Green Supply chain Management in Construction

Ketan has completed his M.Tech in Structural Engineering from NIT Trichy. He worked as a Design Engineer for 2 years in L&T Power and worked for one year as an Assistant Professor in Arya College of Engineering, Jaipur before joining for Ph.D at IIT Delhi. He works in the area of materials with a focus on their behaviour at varying temperatures in the context of building science research.

Anagha has completed her M.Tech in Translational Engineering from Government Engineering College, Barton Hill. She worked as a Project Associate at IIT Bombay on an international project focusing on Machine Learning, Building Energy Modeling, and data-driven simulations to support sustainable building design and retrofits. She works in the area of sustainability with a focus on sustainable infrastructure assessment, rating frameworks, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and life cycle analysis in the context of climate-resilient built environments.

Joint Supervision



Saqib Rashid is a student at IIT Bombay under joint supervision. He works in the area of developing a city-level embodied carbon database.

Chenxing Xie is a student under joint supervision with Dr. Silvia Micheli (UQ) in the UQ-IITD joint Ph.D Programme. She works on building integrated greenary systems with focus on edible facades and their influence on building microclimates, energy efficiency and food security
MSR Students (On-going)
Utsav Visavadiya :  Performance-Based Adaptation of Vernacular Climate Strategies for Contemporary Buildings: Integrating BIM, Building Physics and Life Cycle Assessment 
M-Tech Students
Academic Year (2026-2027)
  • Aastha Dhingra: Operationalizing Contractual Obligations in Vendor Evaluation  
  • Ankit Mahobiya:  Development and Evaluation of a Task-Specific BIM–AR Framework for As-Built Verification and Handover Readiness Assessment 
  • Kalyani Sai Lakshmi Bandaru: A BIM-Integrated Digital Twin Framework for Construction Material loss and Waste Management 
  • Nandini Jain:  BIM-Driven ESG Data Collection and Compliance Assessment 
  • Siddharth K:  Assessing UHI mitigation through Integrated facade strategies
  • Bhukya Snehankitha: Construction Dust Modelling to reduce Risk using Gaussian Plume models and GIS
  • Sthitapragyan Senapati: Effective BIM Implementation on Design, Manufacturing and Erection Process of Total Precast Construction
  • Surender Singh: BIM-Based Evaluation and Design of a Prefabricated Insulated Concrete Wall Panel System for Indian Context 
  • Tracy Sianziba: Construction Labor Productivity Assessment for Zambian construction industry.
Co-Supervision
  • Ramu B:  An Uncertainty-Based Multi-Objective Decision Framework for Concrete Pump Deployment in Full Span Box Girder Casting in High Speed Rail Projects. 
  • Puneet Kaura:  Utilization of copper slag in the manufacturing of composite slag for structural applications 
 Academic Year (2025-2026) 
  • Sakshi Gupta: Uncovering the carbon footprint of signalling and telecommunication in rail infrastructure
  • Karimi Devendra: Life Cycle Emissions of High-speed rail projects in India
  • Kriti Mittal:  A sustainable maintenance framework for the built environment
  • Pranith Joshua: Accessibility framework evaluation using BIM and automation
  • Priyanka Joshi:  A digital twin interface for building design decision making by optimising shading, lighting and HVAC
Academic Year (2024-2025)
  • Tushar Jaiswal: Lean and Green Supply Chain Frameworks for Indian Construction
  • Shreya Bhardwaj: Impact of Climate Change on Building Design
  • Kaviselvan C:  Circular Economy framework for Heavy Civil Infrastructure
  • Ashok Ayyasamy: Circular Economy Framework for Buildings
  • Vaibhavi Milind Dixit: Material Waste Patterns Across heavy civil Projects and Mitigation Strategies: A Cross-Case Analysis



B-Tech Supervision

Academic Year (2026-2027)
  • Harshit Jain: AI/ML-Based Construction Site Safety Tool
  • Mansi:  Integrating Vegetation with Photovoltaics on the Building Envelope 
  • Saloni Singh (Exchange student from NIT Meghalaya): 
    Performance of Glazing Façades under Changing Future Climate Conditions
  • Harshit Sharma (Exchange student from SVNIT Surat): 
    A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for BIPV Louvers to support Net-Zero Commercial Buildings under Dynamic Urban Shading 
 Academic Year (2025-2026) 
  • Ramish Abdali: A Systems-thinking Approach to Mapping ESG Metrics to UN SDGs for the Construction Sector
  • Siddant Gupta: Evaluating rooftop strategies for Delhi
  • Yatharth Kumar Singh: Rating Oriented Performance Modeling for sustainable public infrastructure
  Academic Year (2024-2025) 
  • Ayush Jindal: Agile Project Management in Construction
  • Harshadeep Sikander: Energy efficient building envelopes across different climatic zones of India
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