Dr. Rakesh J Pillai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Palakkad. He graduated in B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala and his doctoral degree PhD in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamilnadu, India. His PhD Dissertation title as Effect of microfabric on static and cyclic behavior of clays. His research areas such as Cyclic behavior of soils, Constitutive Modelling in Geomechanics and Ground Improvement for pavement applications.