1. Ph.D. Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
2. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India; Adjunct Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 100 025, India (corresponding author).
3. Professor and Director of Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany.