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Dr. Pradipta Chakrabortty
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihta, Bihar, 801106 |
PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
Ph: +0611-523-3194 |
pradipt[*AT]iitp.ac.in |
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Research Areas |
- Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering,
- Soil Heterogeneity,
- Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering,
- Ground Improvement,
- Probabilistic Methods in Engineering
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Other Interests |
- Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling
- Low Cost Housing
- Application of Bamboo in Civil Engineering
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Courses taught at IIT P |
- ME111: Engineering Drawing
- ME101: Engineering Mechanics
- CE206: Introduction to Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- CE210: Soil Mechanics Laboratory
- CE214: Soil Mechanics
- CE218: Infrastructure Drawing And Estimation
- CE292: Soil Mechanics Laboratory
- CE309: Building Design, Estimation & Construction
- CE313: Transportation Engineering Laboratory
- CE317: Foundation Engineering
- CE502: Application of Probabilistic Methods in Engineering
- CE505: Advanced Engineering Mathematics
- CE506: Civil Engineering Design – II
- CE523: Soil Exploration
- CE530: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- CE545: Advanced Foundation Engineering
- CE553: Geotechnical Exploration
- CE592: Infrastructure Engineering Lab-II
- CE593: Seminar-I
- CE594: Seminar-II
- CE596: Civil Engineering Lab-II
- CE598: Seminar
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Students |
Sr. No. |
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Area of Reasearch |
Degree |
1 |
Mr. Abhik Paul
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Liquefaction Strength of Sand |
PhD |
2 |
Mr. Priyam Mishra
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Assessment of Thin Layer Effect on Dynamic Behaviour |
PhD |
3 |
Mr. Lokesh Saran Srivastav
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Foundation Resting Near Soil Slope |
PhD |
4 |
Mr. Bidyut Roy
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Seismic Microzonation |
PhD |
5 |
Mr. Nandan Kumar
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Tunnelling in Soft Soil |
PhD |
6 |
Mr. Saurav Kumar
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Vibration Screening Using Trenches |
PhD |
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Former Students |
Sr. No. |
Photo |
Area of Reasearch |
Current Position |
1 |
Dr Vishal Puri
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Title of Thesis: Development of Prefabricated Bamboo Reinforced Fly Ash Replaced Green Mortar Wall Panels |
Assistant Professor, JCBUST YMCA, Faridabad, UP, India |
2 |
Dr Angshuman Das
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Title of Thesis: Free Field Dynamic Response of Quaternary Alluvium Sand: Site and Motion Characteristics Effect |
Assistant Professor, NIT Manipur, Imphal, Manipur, India |
3 |
Dr. Tirtha Sathi Bandyopadhyay
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Title of Thesis: Seismic Behaviour of Mechanically
Stabilized Earth Walls: Experimental, Numerical and Analytical Approach |
Post-Doc, NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka, India |
4 |
Dr. Nitish Jauhari
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Title of Thesis: Mitigation of Ground-Borne Vibrations Using Dual Open and Infilled Barriers: Field Studies and Numerical Simulations |
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Current Sponsored Projects |
Sr. No. |
Title |
Principal Investigator |
Co-Principal Investigator |
Duration |
Sponsoring Agency |
Cost |
Status |
1 |
Microzonation of Jaipur city based on shear wave velocity |
PI |
No Co-PI |
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SERB under Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists, DST |
16.02 |
Completed |
2 |
Analysis and design of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls |
PI |
No Co-PI |
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Global Initiative for Academic Network, Ministry of Education |
8.16 |
Completed |
3 |
Dynamic Behaviour of Sand in Quaternary Alluvial Deposit Containing Soil Lumps |
PI |
Dr. R. K. Bag |
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Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) |
31.37 |
Ongoing |
4 |
Microzonation of Patna City for better preparation during Future Earthquakes |
PI |
No Co-PI |
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Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under core research grant (CRG), DST |
28.02 |
Ongoing |
5 |
DST FIST (Level – C) |
Head [CEE] |
Co-PI |
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Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
96.0 |
Ongoing |
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Professional Experience |
- July 2012 – Present Indian Institute Technology Patna, India as Assistant Professor
- October 2009 – June 2012 Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India as Assistant Professor (Civil)
- June 2009 – October 2009 National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) Ltd., India as Sr. Project Executive (Civil)
- 2004 - 2007 Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL, Canada as Teaching Assistant
- April 2002 - July 2003 Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India as Project Assistant
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Administrative Experience |
- HoD/Coordinator at IIT Patna:
- Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Duration: January 2013 – December 2015 (3years)
- Department: Institute Works Department
- Duration: December 2015 – March 2017 (1year 3Months)
- Overall project in-charge (OPIC): IIT Patna construction of first phase of permanent campus
- Duration: July 2015 – December 2015 (6months)
- Chairman (GATE): IIT Patna
- Duration: April 2017 – August 2021 (4years 5months)
- Centre-in-charge: Centre of Earthquake Engineering Research, IIT Patna
- Duration: September 2020 – September 2022
- Institute Academic Program Committee Member:
- Duration: January 2013 – December 2015
- Senate Member:
- Duration: January 2013 – December 2015, April 2017- August 2021, and July 2024 – till date.
- Convocation committee:
- 1st Convocation: Seating arrangement committee member
- 2nd Convocation: Invitation committee member
- 3rd and 4th Convocation: Electrical / Civil works committee member
- Mentor for students of Chanakya Hall (room no 421-430) for academic year 2012-2013
- Professor In Charge: Civil Building at Transit campus: January 2013- June 2014
- Member of Anti-ragging committee: 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Institute committee for movement to permanent campus
- Committee member for revising all B.Tech. curriculum: 2015
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Awards & Honours |
- 2024: IGS – YGE Best Paper Biennial Award for the paper titled “Vibration Mitigation using Dual-Open and Infilled Trenches in Layered Soil Media: Field Tests and Numerical Simulations” by Nitish Jauhari, Amarnath Hegde and Pradipta Chakrabortty published in Computer and Geotechnics 170 (2024) 106283 on “Computational Geomechanics”.
- 2022: IGS–AIMIL Biennial Award for best paper published in Indian Geotechnical Journal; paper titled “Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Partially Saturated Sands Using Cyclic Triaxial Tests” by Pradipta Chakrabortty, Aaditaya Raj Roshan and Angshuman Das published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 50, Issue 6, December 2020 (pp.948-962).
- 2018: Bharat Vikas Award by Institute of Self Reliance.
- 2009: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Fellow of the school of graduate studies award (Certificate) for outstanding achievement and contribution during Ph.D.
- January 2004- February 2008: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada- Graduate scholarship from school of graduate studies (SGS) for doing PhD.
- 2002: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee: The Indian Service of Engineers award (Rs. 2000 + Certificate) for standing first in the class of soil dynamics in earthquake engineering department at IIT Roorkee.
- August 2000-January 2002: Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India: University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) scholarship for doing M. Tech.
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Member of Professional bodies |
- Editorial Board Member
- Scientific Reports, Springer Nature [Journal Impact Factor: 3.8; 5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.3]
- Lifetime Member:
- Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)
- Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
- The Institution of Engineers (India)
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Books |
Book Chapters:
- Chakrabortty, P., Jauhari, N., Kumar, R., and Barbieri, D.M. (2025). Sustainable Vibration Screening with Dual Trenches Infilled with Geofoam and Aggregate: Full-Scale Field Experiments. In: Kioumarsi, M., Shafei, B. (eds) The 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment. NTZR 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 237. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69626-8_122
- Paul, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024). “Assessment of Collapse Potential of Lumped Soil in Alluvial Deposit by Double Consolidation Tests”. In: Çiner, A., et al. Recent Research on Geotechnical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Earthquake Seismology. MedGU 2021. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43218-7_10.
- Roshan, A. R., Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024). “Effect of Variabilities in Motion Characteristics and Bedrock Depth on Seismic Ground Response Assessment”. A. Çiner et al. (eds.), Recent Research on Geotechnical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Earthquake Seismology, MedGU 2021, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43218-7_8.
- Mishra, P., Paul, A. and P. Chakrabortty, (2023). “Correlation Between Cone Tip Resistance and Shear Wave Velocity at Quaternary Alluvium”, Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 4), Chapter 7. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-1459-3_7
- Nandan, S.K., Bandyopadhyay, T.S. and Chakrabortty, P. (2021). “Effect of Backfill Sand Density on Dynamic Response of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 138, pp. 817–827.
- Bandyopadhyay, S. Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde A. (2021). “Shake Table Studies to Assess the Effect of Reinforced Backfill Parameters on Dynamic Response of MSE Walls”, Ground Improvement Techniques, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 118 LNCE, pp. 227–237.
- Chakrabortty, and Das A. (2021). “Free Field Ground Vibration Due to Ground Improvement Induced Vibration”, In Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics. Springer, 978-3-030-64518-2.
- Chakrabortty, , Das, A. and Anil (2021), “Effect of Soil Grain Size on Liquefaction Strength of Sandy Soil”. In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Geohazards. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 86, pp. 539-54.
- Nilay, N. and Chakrabortty, P. (2021). “Evolution in Liquefaction Strength of Ganga River Sand Due to the Intrusion of Non-Plastic Silt”. In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Geohazards. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 86, pp. 283-97.
- Kumar, P. and Chakrabortty P. (2020). “A Simple Analytical equation for bamboo reinforced slope using ordinary Method of Slices”. In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling, 85, pp. 269-83. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6.pdf
- Puri, V., Chakrabortty, , and Majumdar S. (2015). “A Review of Low Cost Housing Technologies in India”. In: Vasant Matsagar, editor. Advances in structural Engineering, Springer, New Delhi, 2015, p.1943-1955 (paper presented in Structural Engineering Convention, 9th Biennial conference, New Delhi. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-81-322-2187-6_150
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Publications / Journals |
Journals:
- Jauhari, N., Hegde, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2025), Mitigation of Impact Load Induced Ground Vibrations using Open and Geofoam Infilled Dual Barriers: Full-Scale Field Studies, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE. (Accepted).
- Srivastava L. S. and Chakrabortty, P., (2025), Probabilistic Seismic Slope Stability Analysis Using Limit Equilibrium and Finite Element Methods, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer Nature. (Accepted).
- Paul, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2025), “Soft computing techniques for assessing collapse potential and void ratio in the Gangetic alluvial sand containing lumps”, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology. 12, 107, pp. 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-025-00562-3
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde, A. (2024), Effect of geofoam inclusion on dynamic response of mechanically stabilized earth walls with sand-crumb rubber backfill, Indian Geotechnical Journal, (Accepted). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01019-z
- Paul, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024), Microstructural Characterization of Alluvial Sand Containing Cohesive Soil Lumps During Loading and Inundating, International Journal of Civil Engineering. 22, 2041-2058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-024-00974-1
- Jauhari, N., Hegde, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024), Vibration mitigation using dual-open and infilled trenches in layered soil media: Field tests and numerical simulations, Computers and Geotechnics, 170, 106283, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106283
- Mishra, P. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024), Prediction of void ratio and shear wave velocity for soil in quaternary alluvium using cone penetration tests, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 83(3), 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03587-z
- Popescu, R. and Chakrabortty, P. (2024), Mechanism of seismic liquefaction for heterogeneous soil, Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 176, 108339, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2023.108339
- Paul, A., Chakrabortty, P., Burman A. and Kumar, S. (2024), Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Sitamarhi in the central Himalayan region, Journal of the Geological Society of India. 100 (7), 1007-17. https://doi.org/10.17491/jgsi/2024/173943
- Chakrabortty, P., Srivastava L. S. and Kumar, P. (2023), A simple analytical model for bamboo-reinforced slopes using modified Bishop method, Frontier in Built Environment, Geotechnical Engineering section, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1080318
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde, A. (2023), Seismic performance of mechanically stabilized earth walls with sand-crumb rubber backfills of varying proportion, Construction and Building Materials, 389, 131717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131717
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde, A. (2023), Interaction between geogrid and sand-crumb rubber mixtures in laboratory pullout conditions, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 8 (5), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-023-01112-x
- Jauhari, N., Hegde, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2023), Full scale field studies for assessing the vibration isolation performance of single and dual trenches, Transportation Geotechnics, 100932, 39, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100932
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde, A. (2023), Dynamic response of the mechanically stabilized earth walls with different reinforcement and backfill conditions, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 21 (1), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-022-00761-w
- Das, A., Chakrabortty P., Deb, R. and Banerjee, S. (2022), Prediction of large-strain cyclic behavior of clean sand using artificial neural network approach, International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Springer, 14, 60-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12572-022-00322-3
- Puri, V., Chakrabortty, P. and Majumdar, S. (2022), Performance assessment of bamboo bond strength in cement–fly ash mortar, Structures and Buildings - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.21.00121
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Nandan, S.K. and Chakrabortty, P. (2022), Evaluation of Wall Inclination Effect on the Dynamic Response of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Using Shaking Table Tests, International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, 13 (1), https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGEE.310052
- Bandyopadhyay, T.S., Chakrabortty, P. and Hegde, A. (2022), Laboratory pullout testing of biaxial geogrid in sand-crumb rubber mixtures, International Journal of Civil Infrastructure, 5, 43-50. https://doi.org/10.11159/ijci.2022.007
- Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2022), Simple models for predicting cyclic behaviour of sand in quaternary alluvium, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15, 385, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-09639-6
- Nilay, N., Chakrabortty, P. and Popescu, R. (2022), Liquefaction Hazard Mapping Using Various Types of Field Test Data, Indian Geotechnical Journal, pp. 280-300, 52, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-021-00570-3
- Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2022), Large strain dynamic characteristics of quaternary alluvium sand with emphasis on empirical pore water pressure generation model, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, pp. 5729-52, 26 (12), Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2021.1916605
- Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2021), Artificial neural network and regression models for prediction of free-field ground vibration parameters induced from vibroflotation, Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 148, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.106823
- Das, A., Chakrabortty, P. and Popescu, R. (2021), Assessment of Lumped Particles Effect on Dynamic Behaviour of Fine and Medium Grained Sands, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, pp. 745-766, 19, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-01012-w
- Chakrabortty, P., Nilay, N. and Das, A. (2021), Effect of Silt Content on Liquefaction Susceptibility of Fine Saturated River Bed Sands, International Journal of Civil Engineering, pp. 549 – 561, 19, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-020-00574-9
- Chakrabortty, P., Roshan, A. R. and Das, A. (2020), Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Partially Saturated Sands Using Cyclic Triaxial Tests, Indian Geotechnical Journal, pp: 948-962, 50 (6), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-020-00433-3
- Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2020), Influence of Motion Energy and Soil Characteristics on Seismic Ground Response of Layered Soil, International Journal of Civil Engineering, pp. 763-82, 18 (7), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-020-00496-6
- Puri, V., Chakrabortty, P. and Anand, S. (2020), Flexural behaviour of bamboo-reinforced wall panels with varying fly ash content, Magazine of Concrete Research, pp: 434-446, 72 (9), ICE, UK. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.18.00253
- Chakrabortty, P., Kumar, U. and Puri, V. (2018), Seismic Site Classification and Liquefaction Hazard Assessment of Jaipur City, India, Indian Geotechnical Journal, pp. 768-779, 48 (4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-017-0287-x
- Puri, V., Chakrabortty, P., Anand, S. and Majumdar, S. (2017), Bamboo reinforced prefabricated wall panels for low cost housing, Journal of Building Engineering, 52-59, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2016.11.010
- Das, A. and Chakrabortty, P. (2016), One-Dimensional Seismic Energy Transmission Along Heterogeneous Layered Soil, International Journal of student’s Research in Technology & Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, November (Best paper prize in SHILP, IIT (BHU)). https://doi.org/10.18510/ijsrtm.2016.432
- Chakrabortty, P. and Popescu, R. (2012), Numerical simulation of centrifuge tests on homogeneous and heterogeneous soil models, Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 41, April, pp. 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.11.008
- Chakrabortty, P. and Popescu, R. (2012), Spectral Amplification of Seismic Motion Travelling Through Natural Sand Deposits, The Open Numerical Methods Journal, Bentham Open, Vol. 4, pp. 8-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1876389801204010008
- Chakrabortty, P., Popescu, R. and Phillips, R. (2011), Liquefaction of heterogeneous sand: Centrifuge study, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal (GTJ), vol. 34 (3), May, pp. 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ102925
- Popescu, R., Prevost, J. H., Deodatis, G. and Chakrabortty, P. (2006), Dynamics of nonlinear porous media with applications to soil liquefaction, Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 26(6-7), June-July, pp. 648-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.01.015
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Conferences |
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Invited Talks |
- Title: Training Module for Building Construction Department, Government of Bihar, Bihar
Date: May 20 – June 08, 2013 Place: IIT Patna Lecture: 14 sessions
- Title: Earthquake Resistant Design Based on Recently Revised Seismic Codes
Date: April 05 – April 07, 2018 Place: IIT Patna Lecture: 2 sessions
- Title: A Workshop on Advances in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ASGE)
Date: June 05 – June 09, 2018 Place: IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Lecture: 1 session
- Title: Soil Liquefaction in Heterogeneous Soil: Mechanism and Assessment Online webinar organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Kolkata Chapter
Date: 22nd August 2020
- Title: Soil Exploration and its Importance in Civil Construction Online webinar organized by The Institution of Engineers (India),
Durgapur Chapter Date: 19th July 2021
- Title: Application of ANN in Prediction of Cyclic Behaviour of Cohessionless Soil
Online webinar organized by Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India Date: 22nd April 2022
- Title: Introduction to Earthquake Engineering
Online faculty development program organized by Department of Civil Engineering, DR. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur Date: 21st June 2022
- Title: Artificial Intelligence in Prediction of Cyclic Behaviour of Soil
Online faculty development program organized by Department of Civil Engineering, DR. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur Date: 22nd June 2022
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