PROF. DEEPANKAR CHOUDHURY, Ph.D., FICDM, MASCE, MISSMGE, MGEER, MEERI, MIGS, MISET, MISCA, MIE, MNASc, MIndACM, MISTE, Humboldt Fellow, JSPS Fellow, BOYSCAST Fellow

 

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076, INDIA.

 

And,

Adjunct Professor,

Academic Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR),

CSIR – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI),

Roorkee, INDIA.

 

Office: Room # 131, Civil Engineering Building, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

House: # C-217, Building No. C-23, Central Area, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

 

Phone: +91-22-2576 7335 (O), 8335 (R)

Fax: +91-22-2576 7302, 2572 3480

E-mail: dc @ civil.iitb.ac.in (preferred)

dchoudhury @ iitb.ac.in

deepankarchoudhury @ yahoo.com

URL: http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dc/

 

 


 

Education:

 

Degree

Area

Institute

Year

Remarks

Photo

 

Ph.D.

 

Civil Engg.

IISc Bangalore, India

 

2002

Best Thesis Award in India by IGS, Prof. G. A. Leonard’s Best Ph.D. Thesis Biannual Award in India among all Indian Universities given by Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi

Award given at IGC-2003, IIT Roorkee

 

M.E.

 Civil (Geotech.) Engg.

 IISc Bangalore, India

 

2000

 GOLD Medalist, 1st Class 1st in Civil with Distinction and 1st in Entire Institute among all departments (1 Gold Medal, Cash Award, Senate Commendation Award from IISc)

Award given by Prof. Goverdhan  Mehta, Director, IISc

 

B.E.

Civil Engineering

Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India

 

1997

GOLD Medalist, 1st Class 1st in Civil with Honours and 2nd in Entire University among all departments (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze Medals from Jadavpur University)

-

 

10+2

 

Science

Jodhpur Park Boys School, Calcutta, India

 

1993

 

30th Rank in entire W.B. State among ~ 3 lakhs candidates (National Merit Scholarship winner)

-

 

10th

 

General

Jodhpur Park Boys School, Calcutta, India

 

1991

74th Rank in entire W.B. State among ~ 5 lakhs candidates (National Merit Scholarship winner)

-

 


Research Interests:

1.Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (Applied to retaining wall, reinforced soil-wall, waterfront structures, slope, foundation, pile, anchor, characterization of waste materials, design of MSW landfills, site characterization, liquefaction, GIS-GPS based hazard map)

2.Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction problems (foundations under blast load, cyclic load, rail load etc.), Computational Geomechanics

3.Centrifuge modeling of geotechnical structures

4.Numerical and analytical modeling of retaining wall, anchor, slope, shallow foundations and deep (pile) foundations

5.Fundamentals of soil behaviour for fine grained soils, DDL theory

6.Swell-shrink behaviour of expansive soil


Positions held:

Position

Institute/Organisation

Duration

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering,

IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

June, 2012 to till date

 

Adjunct Professor

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India.

 

Jan, 2013 to till date

 Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering,

IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

 April, 2007 to May, 2012

 

Humboldt Research Fellow (Experienced Researcher)

Institute & Laboratory of Geotechnics, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geodesy, Technical University (TU) Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 13, Darmstadt – 64287, Germany.

 

January – June, 2010;

May – July, 2011:

May – July, 2012

Visiting Scientist

(JSPS Fellow)

Department of Ocean Civil Engineering, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan.

 

May – July, 2009

Associate Professor

(on deputation)

IIT Gandhinagar, Chandkheda, Gandhinagar – 382 424, Gujarat, India.

January – April, 2009

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering,

IIT Bombay, India.

July, 2003 - March, 2007

 Visiting Scholar

(BOYSCAST Fellow)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

 

April - Oct, 2006

 

Visiting Fellow

School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

 

May - June, 2005

Visiting Scientist

Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore.

May - July, 2004

Lecturer

Department of Civil Engineering,

IIT Kanpur, India.

Nov, 2002 - June, 2003

Graduate Trainee Engineer

Development Consultants Limited (DCL), Calcutta, India

July, 1997 – July, 1998

 


 

Awards/Recognitions:

 

Award/Recognition

Year

Given For

Given By

Photo

 

INAE Young Associate

 

2013

Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in ‘Civil Engineering Section’ by Young Engineer below 45 years

 

Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.

 

-

 

Vivekananda’s Excellence Award for Young Scientist

 

2011

 

Excellence in Engineering as Young Scientist

Varaha College of Architecture & Planning, Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Educational Trust, Visakhapatnam

 

Memento

 

U. P. Government National Award

 

2010

 

Outstanding Work done in specified areas of Engineering and Technology (Colleges)

Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, India. (Award instituted by Government of Uttar Pradesh)

 

Certificate,

Medal

APACM Award for

Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics

 

2010

Outstanding accomplishments through research publications in Computational Mechanics by

researchers of below 40 years

The Asian Pacific Association for

Computational Mechanics (APACM), Australia.

 

Certificate,

Photo 1, 2, 3, 4

 

Maharashtra State National Award

 

2009

Outstanding Research Work in Engineering and Technology (for faculty of Degree level Technical Institutions)

Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, India. (Award instituted by Government of Maharashtra)

Certificate,

Medal

Photo, award given by President, ISTE in presence of Director, NITK

Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award

 

2009

Outstanding Services, Achievements and Contributions

All India National Unity Conference, New Delhi, India.

Certificate,

Memento 1, 2

Photo 1, 2

 

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

 

 

2009

 

Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

 

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 53173 Bonn, GERMANY.

 

Offer Letters

Completion Certificate

Letter

 

INSA-JSPS Bilateral Exchange Fellowship Programme

 

2009-2010

 

Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India

And

Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), JAPAN.

 

Certificate

The IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award

2007

(given in 2009)

Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

IRCC, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Certificate,

Photo (Award given by Prof. P. Balaram, Director, IISc)

ISTE-SGSITS National Award

 

2008

Best Research Work done by Young Teachers (below 35 years) of Engineering Colleges

Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, India.

Certificate,

Medal

 

 

The Dr. Jai Krishna Prize

 

 

2008

Research paper by D. Choudhury (2008); Response of soil slopes under earthquake conditions using 2-dof dynamic model, Journal of Civil Engg., Institute of Engineers (India), Vol. 88, Feb 2008, pp. 41-47.

 

 

The Institute Of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India.

 

Certificate

Medal

Photo, award given by President, IEI

 

Shamsher Prakash (SP) Research Award – IIT Roorkee

 

2008

Outstanding Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Young Indian Engineer/Scientist/Researcher below 45 years age

 

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India through S.P. Research Foundation, USA.

Certificate

Citation

Award Photos(1, 2, 3) during 8th Convocation of IIT Roorkee

 

IEI Young Engineers Award

 

2008

Research Contribution in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in Civil Engineering discipline

 

The Institute Of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India.

 

Certificate

Photo-1, 2

 

 

IACMAG Excellent Paper Award: Junior

 

 

2008

 Research paper by Choudhury, D. and Subba Rao, K.S. (2006); "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings embedded in slope", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 176-184.

 

International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA.

Certificate

Photo-1,

Photo-2

(Award given by Prof. Scott Sloan, Prof. John Carter was also present)

CBRI Best Paper Award of the Diamond Jubilee Conference on Landslide Management during 10-12 February, 2008

 

 

2008

Paper titled “Seismic slope stability analysis using MSD model for different modes of movements” by Arghya Das, Deepankar Choudhury, Abhishake Rawat and Debarghya Chakrabarty

 

Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee – 247667, India.

 

 

Certificate

 

NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award

 

2007

Research Contribution in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in Physical Sciences Section by Young Scientist

 

National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), Allahabad, India

Certificate, Medal,

With President, NASI and Director of IIT-B, Prof. Ashok Misra)

 

INAE Young Engineer Award

 

2006

Research Contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in Civil Engineering Section by Young Engineer

 

Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.

Certificate,

Medal,

Photo-1, Photo-2, Photo-3 (Award given by President, INAE, Dr. K. Kasturirangan)

 

Visiting Scholar

 

2006

 Research work in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering under BOYSCAST Fellowship of DST, Govt. of India

Invited by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

 

-

BOYSCAST Fellowship

2005-2006

Research work in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

 

-

 

Visiting Fellow

 

2005

 

Recognition in Civil Geotechnical Engineering

Invited by School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, AUSTRALIA.

 

-

 

INSA Medal for Young Scientist

 

2005

 

Research Contribution in Engineering and Technology Section by Young Scientist

 

Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India

Certificate,

Medal,

Photo with Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, President and Prof. M. Vijayan, Vice-President, INSA and other Awardees

ISCA Young Scientist Award

 

2005

Research Contribution in Engineering Science Section by Young Scientist

The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India.

 

Certificate

Young Scientist Research Award

 

2004

Research in Technology by Young Scientist

BRNS-DAE, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India.

 

-

 

Visiting Scientist

 

2004

Research in Civil Geotechnical Engineering for Centrifuge Modeling

Invited by Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), SINGAPORE.

 

-

 

Prof. G. A. Leonard’s Award

 

2003

Best Ph.D. thesis in India among all institutes for the year 2001 and 2002

Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India.

Certificate

Photo, Award given by President, IGS, Prof. A. V. Shroff

Senate Commendation

 

2001

Highest CGPA 7.9/8.0 among all branches of Engg. in M.E. for batch 1998-2000

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.

Photo, Award given by Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Director, IISc

Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Gold Medal

 

2001

1st Rank in M.E. in Civil Engg. for batch 1998-2000

Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.

Medal

Photo, Award given by Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Director, IISc

 

Bronze Medal

 

1997

Highest marks both in Design of Concrete Structures and Design of Steel Structures in B.E.

 

Department of Civil Engg., Jadavpur University, India.

 

Medal

Bronze Medal

1997

2nd Rank in whole University in B.E. for batch 1993-1997

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Medal

Silver Medal

1997

Highest marks in Civil Engg. in all semesters of B.E.

Department of Civil Engg., Jadavpur University, India

Medal

Prof. S. Neogi Gold Medal

1997

Highest aggregate in Civil Engg. in B.E. for batch 1993-1997

Department of Civil Engg., Jadavpur University, India.

 

Medal

University Gold Medal

1997

1st Rank in B.E. (Civil) for batch

1993-1997

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

 

Medal

All India 7th Rank in GATE-97

1997

All India GATE rank in Civil Engineering

Government of India.

-

Washington Chapter Annual Scholarship

1996

Merit and academic activities as a 4th year student of Civil Engineering of Jadavpur University

Alumni Association, N.C.E. Bengal and Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Certificate

National Merit Scholarship

1991-1997

30th and 74th Rank in whole West Bengal State in (10+2) and 10th Standard Examinations respectively

Government of India.

-


 Teaching courses at IIT Bombay:

Course No.

Course Title

Level

Type

During

CE 684

Advanced Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

P.G.

Elective

Spring 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013

CE 647

Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations

P.G.

Elective

Autumn 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

CE 633

Soil-Structure Interaction

P.G.

Elective

Autumn 2003, 2004

CE 640

Foundation Engineering

P.G.

Elective

Spring 2004

CE 643

Experimental Geotechnics

P.G.

Core

Autumn 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

CE 102

 

Engineering Mechanics

 

U.G.

 

Core

Spring 2004 (tutor),

Spring 2005 (Coordinator, Instructor and tutor), Spring 2006 (Instructor), Spring 2007 (Coordinator, Instructor and tutor), Spring 2009 (Instructor at IIT Gandhinagar)

CE 303

Soil Mechanics I

U.G.

Core/Minor

Spring 2012, 2013

CE 319

Soil Mechanics Laboratory I

U.G.

Core

Autumn 2012

CE 314

Soil Mechanics Laboratory II

U.G.

Core

Spring 2013

CE 442

Machine Foundations

U.G.

Elective

Autumn 2007, 2008, 2010

 

CE 402

Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

 

U.G.

Elective

 

Spring 2008, 2011

CE 407

Foundation Engineering

U.G.

Elective

Autumn 2011, 2012

 

 

Teaching courses at TU Darmstadt, Germany:

Course No.

Course Title

Level

During

GTE 09

Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations

P.G.

Summer 2010, 2011, 2012

 

 


 Administrative works at IIT Bombay:

1.      Member and Secretary, Department Post Graduate Committee (DPGC) from January 2011 to till date.

2.      Member, Department Under Graduate Committee (DUGC) from January 2006 to December 2008.

3.      Faculty Advisor of M.Tech. (Jr.) Geotechnical Group in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 batches.

4.      Faculty Advisor of B.Tech. batch of 2008 – 2012.

5.      Co-opted Member of Senate (nominated by Chairman Senate and approved by Chairman BOG) for years 2009, 2010.

6.      Member, Department Review Committee since February 2008-2009.

7.      Member, Department Disciplinary Committee since September 2008-2010.

8. Member, Course Curriculum Committee of Civil Engineering department of IIT-B since Sept. 2012-till date.

9.      B.Tech. Project Coordinator in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

10.      Chairman, Examiner etc. for various PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech thesis, dissertations, reports at various stages.

11.   GATE, JEE and JMET duties as Center Representative at different centers of IIT-B.

12. Tabulator for JEE at IIT-B.

13. Reviewer of Answers of GATE at IIT-B.

14. Mentor and Instructor at new IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India during Jan – April, 2009 on deputation from IIT Bombay.

 


 

 Publications :


  a) In Refereed International Journals

 

1.      Deepankar Choudhury and Amey D. Katdare (2013); "New approach to determine seismic passive resistance on retaining wall considering seismic waves", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, (accepted, in press for publication for August 2013 issue, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000285).

2.      Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2013); "Seismic uplift capacity of shallow horizontal strip anchor under oblique load using pseudo-dynamic approach", Soils and Foundations, (ISSN: 0038-0806, Impact Factor: 0.309/2011) Elsevier, Japan (tentatively accepted MS No. SANDF-D-12-00012R1, under re-review with minor revisions).

3.      Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2013); "Estimation of seismic uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors using pseudo-dynamic approach", KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, (ISSN: 1226-7988, Impact Factor: 0.377/2011) Springer, Korea (accepted, in press for publication).

4.       V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and G. R. Reddy (2013); "Behaviour of single pile in liquefied deposits during earthquakes", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, (in press, available online since May 19, 2012, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000224).

5.       Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2013); "Computations of seismic passive resistance and uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors in sand", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 569-580, doi:10.1007/s10706-012-9609-z

6.        Deepankar Choudhury, Jaykumar Shukla, Amey Katdare, Vilas Patankar and Padma Tiruvengala (2013); "Slope stability and settlement analysis for dry bulk terminal at Mozambique: A case study", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 18, Bundle E, pp. 859-874.

7.       Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Seismic internal stability analysis of waterfront reinforced-soil wall using pseudo-static approach", Ocean Engineering (ISSN: 0029-8018, Impact Factor: 1.178/2011) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 52, pp. 83-90.

8.       J. Shukla and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Estimation of seismic ground motions using deterministic approach for major cities of Gujarat", Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, (ISSN: 1561-8633, Impact Factor: 1.983/2011) EGU, Germany, Vol. 12, pp. 2019-2037.

9.       G. S. Kame, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Pullout capacity of vertical plate anchors in cohesion-less soil", Geomechanics and Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 2005-307X) Techno Press, Korea, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 105-120.

10.       Purnanand Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Translational seismic failure analysis of MSW landfills using pseudo-dynamic approach", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 136-146. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000127

11.     Jaykumar Shukla and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Seismic hazard and site-specific ground motion for typical ports of Gujarat", Natural Hazards, (ISSN: 0921-030X, Impact Factor: 1.529/2011) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 541-565.

12.         G. S. Kame, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Pullout capacity of a vertical plate anchor embedded in cohesion-less soil", Earth Science Research, (ISSN: 1927-0542) Canadian Center of Science and Education, Canada, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 27-56. DOI:10.5539/esr.v1n1p.

13.     V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and G. R. Reddy (2011); "Equivalent-linear seismic ground response analysis of some typical sites in Mumbai", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1109-1126. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-011-9443-8

14.         V. B. Deshmukh, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhary (2011); "Uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors in cohesionless soil", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 977-988. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-011-9430-0

15.         Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Geospatial contour mapping of shear wave velocity for Mumbai city", Natural Hazards, (ISSN: 0921-030X, IF: 1.398/2010) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 317-327. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9758-z

16.         G. S. Kame, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Passive earth pressure on a vertical retaining wall with horizontal cohesionless backfill", Soils and Rocks, (ISSN: 1980-9743) Associacao Brasileira de Mecanica dos Solos, Brazil, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 237-248.

17.         Syed Mohd. Ahmad, Deepankar Choudhury, Ivo Bellezza, Diego d’Alberto and Roberta Fentini (2011); "Discussion: Seismic design factor for sliding of waterfront retaining wall", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1353-2618, IF: 0.333/2010) ICE, London, U.K., Vol. 164, No. GE5, pp. 343-345. DOI: 10.1680/geng.10.00034

18.       Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2011); "Pseudo-static uplift capacity of inclined strip anchor in cohesionless soil", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 16, Bundle N, pp. 1185-1200.

19.       Deepankar Choudhury and Purnanand Savoikar (2011); "Seismic stability analysis of expanded MSW landfills using pseudo-static limit equilibrium method”, Waste Management & Research, (ISSN: 0734-242X, IF: 1.308/2009) Sage Publications Ltd., London, U.K., Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 135-145.

20.       Deepankar Choudhury and Purnanand Savoikar (2011); "Seismic yield accelerations of MSW landfills by pseudo-dynamic approach", Natural Hazards, (ISSN: 0921-030X, IF: 1.398/2010) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 275-297.

21.       Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Integrity of sub-structural systems during earthquake: Indian and International perspectives", Structural Longevity, (ISSN: 1944-611X) Tech Science Press, USA, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.155-170.

22.        G. S. Kame, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Active thrust on a vertical retaining wall with cohesionless backfill", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 15, Bundle Q, pp. 1848-1863.

23.       Purnanand Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Effect of cohesion and fill amplification on seismic stability of MSW landfills using limit equilibrium method", Waste Management & Research, (ISSN: 0734-242X, IF: 1.308/2009) Sage Publications Ltd., London, U.K., Vol. 28, No. 12, pp. 1096-1113.

24.        Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2010); "Pseudo-static design factors for stability of waterfront retaining wall during earthquake", Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, (ISSN: 1793-4311, IF: 0.457/2009) World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 387-400.

25.        V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and G. Rami Reddy (2010); "Behavior of fixed head single pile in cohesionless soil under lateral loads", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 15, Bundle M, pp. 1243-1262.

26.        V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and G. Rami Reddy (2010); "Response of single pile under lateral loads in cohesionless soil", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 15, Bundle H, pp. 813-830.

27.       Purnanand Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Computation of pseudo-static yield accelerations of landfills", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1938-6362) J. Ross Publishing Co., USA, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 305-317.

28.        V. B. Deshmukh, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Computations of uplift capacity of pile anchors in cohesionless soil", Acta Geotechnica, (ISSN: 1861-1125, IF: 1.660/2010) Springer, The Netherlands, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 87-94.

29.        Sumedh Y. Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "GIS-based soil liquefaction susceptibility map of Mumbai city for earthquake events", Journal of Applied Geophysics, (ISSN: 0926-9851, IF: 1.333/2009) Elsevier, U. K., Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 216-225. (Print Media Coverage in National News Paper ‘Hindustan Times’ on August 9, 2010: Page 1, Page 2) (Listed as TOP 25 Hottest Articles in Science Direct during January – March 2010)

30.        Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Seismic rotational stability of waterfront retaining wall using pseudodynamic method", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 45-52. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2010)10:1(45)

31.        V. B. Deshmukh, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Analysis of rectangular and square anchors in cohesionless soil", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1963-6362) J. Ross Publishing Co., USA, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 79-87.

32. Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2009); "Seismic design factor for sliding of waterfront retaining wall", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1353-2618, IF: 0.192/2008) ICE, London, U.K., Vol. 162, No. GE5: pp. 269-276.

33. Deepankar Choudhury and Purnanand Savoikar (2009); "Equivalent-linear seismic analyses of MSW landfills using DEEPSOIL", Engineering Geology, (ISSN: 0013-7952, IF: 1.197/2008) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 107, No. 3-4: pp. 98-108.

34. Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2009); "Investigation of the behavior of tailings earthen dam under seismic conditions”, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (ISSN: 1941-7020) Science Publications, USA, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 559-564.

35. G. V. Narasimha Reddy, D. Choudhury, M. R. Madhav and E. Saibaba Reddy (2009); "Pseudo-dynamic analysis of reinforced soil wall subjected to oblique displacement", Geosynthetics International, (ISSN: 1072-6349, IF: 1.157/2007) London, U.K., Vol. 16, No. 2: pp. 61-70.

36. Deepankar Choudhury and Purnanand Savoikar (2009); "Simplified method to characterize municipal solid waste properties under seismic conditions", Waste Management, (ISSN 0956-053X, IF: 2.208/2008) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 924-933.

37. Pijush Samui, Gautam Bhattacharya and Deepankar Choudhury (2009); "Prediction of ultimate capacity of laterally loaded piles in clay: A relevance vector machine approach", Advances in Soft Computing, (ISSN 1615-3871) also in ‘Applications of Soft Computing’ (ISBN: 978-3-540-88078-3) edited by E. Avineri et al., Springer, Berlin, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 127-136.

38. D. Choudhury and S. M. Ahmad (2009); "External stability of waterfront reinforced soil structures under seismic conditions using a pseudo-static approach ", Geosynthetics International, (ISSN: 1072-6349, IF: 1.157/2007) London, U.K., Vol. 16, No. 1: pp. 1-10.

39. Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-dynamic earthquake forces and tsunami", Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, (ISSN: 1793-4311, IF: 0.158/2008) World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Vol. 2, No. 2: pp. 107-131.

40. Sanjay Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Seismic design of retaining wall considering wall-soil inertia for active case", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1938-6362) J. Ross Publishing Co., USA, Vol. 2, No. 4: pp. 319-328.

41. Deepankar Choudhury, Rajeev Kumar Bharti, Siddharth Chauhan and Buddhima Indraratna (2008); "Response of multilayer foundation system beneath railway track under cyclic loading", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, (ISSN 1090-0241, IF: 0.849/2008) USA, Vol. 134, No. 10: pp. 1558-1563. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:10(1558)

42. Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2008); Reply to discussion on "Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-static earthquake forces" by Ivo Bellezza and Roberta Fentini, Ocean Engineering, (ISSN: 0029-8018, IF: 0.857/2008) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 35, Nos. 14-15, pp. 1567-1568.

43. Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Pseudo-dynamic approach of seismic design for waterfront reinforced soil wall", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, (ISSN 0266-1144, IF: 3.050/2007) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 26, No. 4: pp. 291-301.

44. Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2008); "Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-dynamic earthquake forces", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, (ISSN: 0733-950X, IF: 0.864/2007) USA, Vol. 134, No. 4: pp. 252-260. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2008)134:4(252)

45. Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay S. Nimbalkar (2008); "Seismic rotational displacement of gravity walls by pseudo-dynamic method", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, Vol. 8, No. 3: pp. 169-175. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2008)8:3(169) (This paper is the MOST POPULAR GEOTECHNICAL PAPER as mentioned in ASCE Geotechnical Book News, August 2008 issue, ASCE Publications, Reston, VA, USA.)

46. Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Effects of body waves and soil amplification on seismic earth pressures", Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, (ISSN: 1793-4311, IF: 0.158/2008) World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Vol. 2, No. 1: pp. 33-52.

47. Asuri Sridharan and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Computation of hydraulic conductivity of montmorillonitic clays by diffuse double layer theory", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1938-6362) J. Ross Publishing Co., USA, Vol. 2, No. 1: pp. 1-10.

48. Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2007); "Generalized solution for seismic uplift capacity of strip anchors using pseudo-static approach", Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, (ISSN: 1793-4311) World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 4: pp. 311-328.

49. Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2007); "Design of waterfront retaining wall for the passive case under earthquake and tsunami", Applied Ocean Research, (ISSN: 0141-1187, IF: 0.551/2006) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2, pp. 37-44.

50. Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2007); "Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-static earthquake forces", Ocean Engineering, (ISSN: 0029-8018, IF: 0.663/2007) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 34, Nos. 14-15, pp. 1947-1954.

51. Deepankar Choudhury, Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and J. N. Mandal (2007); "External stability of reinforced soil walls under seismic conditions", Geosynthetics International, (ISSN: 1072-6349, IF: 1.157/2007) London, U.K., Vol. 14, No. 4: pp. 211-218.

52. Sanjay Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2007); "Sliding stability and seismic design of retaining wall by pseudo-dynamic method for passive case", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (ISSN: 0267-7261, IF: 0.760/2006) Elsevier, U. K., Vol. 27, No. 6: pp. 497-505.

53.         Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay Nimbalkar (2007); "Seismic rotational displacement of gravity walls by pseudo-dynamic method: passive case", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (ISSN: 0267-7261, IF: 0.760/2006) Elsevier, U. K., Vol. 27, No. 3: pp. 242-249.

54.          S. S. Nimbalkar, D. Choudhury and J. N. Mandal (2006); Response to discussion on "Seismic stability of reinforced soil-wall by pseudo-dynamic method", Geosynthetics International, (ISSN: 1072-6349, IF: 0.89/2004) London, U.K., Vol. 13, No. 6: pp. 277-278.

55.       Deepankar Choudhury and Santiram Chatterjee (2006); "Displacement - based seismic active earth pressure on rigid retaining walls", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (ISSN: 1089-3032), USA, Vol. 11, Bundle C, paper No. 0660.

56.         Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay S. Nimbalkar (2006); "Pseudo-dynamic approach of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 24, No.5: pp.1103-1113.

57.         D. Choudhury and S. Nimbalkar (2006); Reply to discussion on "Seismic passive resistance by pseudo-dynamic method", Geotechnique, (ISSN: 0016-8505, IF: 1.203/2005) London, Vol. 56, No.7: pp. 517-520.

58.         S. S. Nimbalkar, D. Choudhury and J. N. Mandal (2006); "Seismic stability of reinforced soil-wall by pseudo-dynamic method", Geosynthetics International, (ISSN: 1072-6349, IF: 0.89/2004) London, U.K., Vol. 13, No. 3: pp. 111-119.

59.       Deepankar Choudhury, Shailesh Singh and Shubhra Goel (2006); "New approach for analysis of cantilever sheet pile with line load", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN: 0008-3674, IF: 0.697/2005) Ottawa, Vol. 43: pp. 540-549.

60.      Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2006); "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings embedded in slope", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641) USA, Vol. 6, No. 3: pp. 176-184. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2006)6:3(176) (This paper has been awarded the EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD TO JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS – 2008 by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), USA, visit www.iacmag.org). (Certificate)

61.     Deepankar Choudhury and Shailesh Singh (2006); "New approach for estimation of static and seismic active earth pressure", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 24, No.1: pp.117-127.  

62.     D. Choudhury and S. Nimbalkar (2005); "Seismic passive resistance by pseudo-dynamic method", Geotechnique, (ISSN: 0016-8505, IF: 1.203/2005) London, Vol. 55, No.9: pp. 699-702.

63.      Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2005); "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Springer, Netherlands, 23(4): 403-418.

64.      Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2005); "Seismic uplift capacity of inclined strip anchors", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN 0008-3674, IF: 0.697/2005) Ottawa, Vol. 42, No. 1: pp. 263-271.

65.      K. S. Subba Rao and Deepankar Choudhury (2005); "Seismic passive earth pressures in soils", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, (ISSN 1090-0241, IF: 0.673/2005) USA, Vol. 131, No. 1: pp. 131-135. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:1(131)

66.       K. S. Subba Rao, S. Nayak and D. Choudhury (2004); "Determination of displacement-related passive earth pressure", Geotechnical Engineering Journal, (ISSN: 0046-5828) Journal of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, AIT, Thailand, Vol. 35, No. 2: pp. 79-85.

67.       Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2004); "Seismic uplift capacity of strip anchors in soil", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, (ISSN: 0960-3182) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, Vol. 22, No. 1: pp. 59-72.

68.      A. Sridharan and D. Choudhury (2003); Closure to discussion on "Swelling pressure of sodium montmorillonites", Geotechnique, (ISSN: 0016-8505, IF:0.844/2002) London, Vol. 53, No. 4: pp. 449.

69.      Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2002); "Seismic passive resistance in soils for negative wall friction", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN 0008-3674, IF: 0.396/2002) Ottawa, Vol. 39, No. 4: pp. 971-981.

70.          A. Sridharan and D. Choudhury (2002); "Swelling pressure of sodium montmorillonites", Geotechnique, (ISSN: 0016-8505, IF:0.844/2002) London, Vol. 52, No. 6: pp. 459-462.

 

b) In Geotechnical Special Publications of ASCE, USA

 

71.         Ritika Sangroya and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); “Stability analysis of soil slope subjected to blast induced vibrations using FLAC3D”, In Geo-Congress 2013: Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments III, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 231, ASCE, Edited by C. L. Meehan, D. Pradel, M. A. Pando and J. F. Labuz (ISBN 978-0-7844-1278-7), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 472-481, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/9780784412787.049

72.         Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2012); “Pseudo-static uplift capacity of obliquely loaded horizontal strip anchor in cohesionless soil”, In Geo-Congress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225, ASCE, Edited by R. D. Hryciw, A. A. Zekkos and N. Yesiller (ISBN 978-0-7844-1212-1), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 185-194, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/9780784412121.020

73.         Jaykumar Shukla and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); “Estimation of probabilistic seismic hazard and site specific ground motions for two ports in Gujarat”, In Geo-Congress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225, ASCE, Edited by R. D. Hryciw, A. A. Zekkos and N. Yesiller (ISBN 978-0-7844-1212-1), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 1650-1659, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/9780784412121.170

74.         Dhananjai Verma, Deepankar Choudhury, P. G. Ranjith and T. N. Singh (2012); “Scale effect on strength and failure modes of open pit cut slope of Wardha Valley coalfield in India”, In Geo-Congress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225, ASCE, Edited by R. D. Hryciw, A. A. Zekkos and N. Yesiller (ISBN 978-0-7844-1212-1), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 576-585, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/9780784412121.060

75.         Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); “GIS-GPS based map of soil index properties for Mumbai”, In Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 211, ASCE, Edited by J. Han and D. A. Alzamora (ISBN 978-0-7844-1165-0), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 2366-2375, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/41165(397)242

76.         Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Seismic behaviour of tailings dam using FLAC3D", In Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 211, ASCE, Edited by J. Han and D. A. Alzamora (ISBN 978-0-7844-1165-0), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 3138-3147, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/41165(397)321

77.         Sunil Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2011); "Pseudo-static uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors", In Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 211, ASCE, Edited by J. Han and D. A. Alzamora (ISBN 978-0-7844-1165-0), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 1821-1831, in CD ROM. doi:10.1061/41165(397)186

78.         Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Effect of amplification on seismic stability of tailings dam", In GeoShanghai 2010: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 201, ASCE, Edited by M. Huang, X. Yu and Y. Huang (ISBN 978-0-7844-1102-5), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 340-346. doi:10.1061/41102(375)42

79.         V. B. Deshmukh, D. M. Dewaikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Uplift capacity of pile anchors in cohesionless soil", In GeoShanghai 2010: Deep Foundations and Geotechnical In Situ Testing, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 205, ASCE, Edited by R. Y. Liang, F. Zhang and K. Yang (ISBN 978-0-7844-1106-3), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 267-276. doi:10.1061/41106(379)34

80.         Deepankar Choudhury and Purnanand Savoikar (2010); "Seismic translational failure analysis of MSW landfills using pseudo-static approach", In GeoFlorida 2010: Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 199, ASCE, Edited by Dante Fratta, Anand J. Puppala and Balasingam Muhunthan (ISBN 978-0-7844-1095-0), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 2830-2839, in CD-ROM. doi:10.1061/41095(365)288

81.         Deepankar Choudhury and Deepa Modi (2008); “Displacement – based seismic stability analyses of reinforced and unreinforced slopes using planar failure surfaces”, In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV 2008, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, ASCE, Edited by David Zeng, Majid T. Manzari and Dennis R. Hiltunen (ISBN 10 # 0784409757) USA, pp. 1-10, paper No. 185 in CD-ROM. doi:10.1061/40975(318)189

82.         Deepankar Choudhury, R. F. Shen and C. F. Leung (2008); “Centrifuge model study of pile group due to adjacent excavation”, In GEOCONGRESS 2008: Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of GeoSystems, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 179, ASCE, Edited by Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Krishna R. Reddy & Milind V. Khire (ISBN 978-0-7844-0972-5) USA, pp. 141-148. doi:10.1061/40972(311)18

83.         Deepankar Choudhury, Somdatta Basu and Jonathan D. Bray (2007); "Behaviour of slopes under static and seismic conditions by limit equilibrium method", In Geo-Denver-2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics, In Embankments, Dams and Slopes: Lessons from the New Orleans Levee Failures and Other Current Issues, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 161, ASCE, Edited by Francisco Silva-Tulla and Peter G. Nicholson, USA, pp. 1-10. doi:10.1061/40905(224)6

84.         D. Choudhury, R. F. Shen, C. F. Leung and Y. K. Chow (2006); "Centrifuge model study on pile responses due to adjacent excavation", In Foundation Analysis and Design: Innovative Methods, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 153, ASCE, USA, pp. 145-151.

 

c) In Refereed National Journals

 

85. Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); "Pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic stability analysis of tailings dam under seismic conditions", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section A: Physical Sciences, (ISSN: 0369-8203, IF: 0.14/2008), Springer, India, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 63-71. doi: 10.1007/s40010-013-0069-5

86.  V. S. Phanikanth and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); "Effect of lateral loads on a single pile", Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, (ISSN: 0020-336X), Springer, India (accepted, in press for publication).

87.  V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and K. Srinivas (2013); "Response of flexible piles under lateral loads", Indian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN: 0971-9555), Springer, India, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 76-82, doi: 10.1007/s40098-012-0030-6.

88.  Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2012); "Effects of pullout direction and anchor inclination on computation of pseudo-static uplift capacity for strip anchors in sand", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, Impact Factor: 0.692/2011) India, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 9-16.

89.  Amey Katdare and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Effect of Rayleigh wave on seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, Impact Factor: 0.692/2011) India, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 1154-1159.

90.  Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Seismic stability and liquefaction analysis of tailings dam", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, Impact Factor: 0.692/2011) India, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 15-25.

91. Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury and Kapilesh Bhargava (2012); "Response of foundations subjected to blast loadings: State of the art review", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, Impact Factor: 0.692/2011) India, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 54-63.

92. Priyanka Ghosh and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Seismic bearing capacity factors for shallow strip footings by pseudo-dynamic approach", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, IF: 0.407/2010) India, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 34-42.

93. Deepankar Choudhury and Jaykumar Shukla (2011); "Probability of occurrence and study of earthquake recurrence models for Gujarat state in India", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, IF: 0.407/2010) India, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 47-59.

94.        Deepankar Choudhury and Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske (2010); "Geospatial technology for study of response system – phase of earthquake disaster management of Mumbai city", Disaster Advances, (ISSN: 0974-262X, IF: 0.138/2009) India, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 23-29.

95. Deepankar Choudhury, V. S. PhaniKanth and G. R. Reddy (2009); "Recent advances in analysis and design of pile foundations in liquefiable soils during earthquake: a review", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India (Section A – Physical Sciences), (ISSN: 0369-8203, IF: 0.14/2008), India, Vol. 79, Pt. II, pp. 141-152.

96. D. Choudhury (2008); "Response of soil slopes under earthquake conditions using 2-DOF dynamic model", Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), (ISSN: 0020-336X) Civil Engineering Division, India, Vol. 88, February 2008, pp. 41-47. (This paper has been awarded The Dr. Jai Krishna Prize – 2008 by The Institute of Engineers, India).

97. Deepankar Choudhury and Santiram Chatterjee (2006); "Dynamic active earth pressure on retaining structures", Sadhana, Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, (ISSN: 0256-2499, IF: 0.395/2005) India, Vol. 31, No. 6: pp. 721-730.

98. Deepankar Choudhury, Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and J. N. Mandal (2006); "Comparison of pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods for seismic earth pressure on retaining wall", The Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, (ISSN: 0971-9707) India, Vol. 10, No. 4: pp. 263-271.

99. Deepankar Choudhury, T. G. Sitharam and K. S. Subba Rao (2004); "Seismic design of earth retaining structures and foundations", Current Science, (ISSN: 0011-3891, IF: 0.694/2003) India, Vol. 87, No. 10: pp. 1417-1425.

 

d) Editorial In Refereed Journals

 

100. Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Need for researches on disasters – advances and mitigations”, Journal ‘Disaster Advances’, (ISSN: 0974-262X) India, Vol. 1, No.1: pp. 3. (http://www.managein.org/disas/main_disas.htm).

 

e) In International Conference/Workshop/Seminar Proceedings

101.      Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury, Kapilesh Bhargava and Sekhar Basu (2013); “Response of shallow foundation in rocks subjected to underground blast loading using FLAC3D”, Transactions SMiRT – 22, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA, Div.-IX (accepted, in press for publication).

102.    Deepankar Choudhury, Kaustav Chatterjee, V. S. Phanikanth and Ashutosh Kumar (2013); “Behaviour of piles in liquefied soil under seismic conditions”, Proceedings of the International Conference on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories (PILE 2013), jointly organized by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Parahyangan Catholic University and Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanic (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, China under the auspices of Indonesian Geotechnical Society (HATTI) and International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE), June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. (http://pile2013.com) (This is a Keynote Lecture to be given by 1st Author)

103.    V. Dilli Rao, Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); “Analysis of single pile in liquefied soil during earthquake using FLAC3D”, Proceedings of the International Conference on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories (PILE 2013), June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. (accepted, in press)

104.      Deepankar Choudhury and Rolf Katzenbach (2013); “Role of combined pile-raft foundation and energy pile in climate change – piles through dynamically liquefied soil”, International Humboldt Kolleg on Management of Water, Energy and Bio-resources in Changing Climate Regime: Emerging Issues and Environmental Challenges (IHK-2013), February 8 - 9, 2013, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, In Book of Abstracts, pp. 4-5 (abstract published) (Invited Lecture as Humboldt Fellow).

105.    Rolf Katzenbach, Steffen Leppla, Alexandra Weidle and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); “Legal aspects regarding management of soil risk”, Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (4ISFGE), organized by ISSMGE TC 302, January 10-12, 2013, IISc Bengaluru, India (This is a Keynote Lecture given by 1st Author). (Chaired Technical Session VI of 4ISFGE 2013 on January 11, 2013). (Photo of All 3-Geotechnical Humboldt Fellows from India, viz., Prof. A. Sridharan, Prof. G.L.S.Babu and Prof. D. Choudhury with Prof. R.Katzenbach and his colleagues) (Photo during Session Chairing – 1, 2)

106.    Deepankar Choudhury and Amey D. Katdare (2012); “Seismic behaviour of earth retaining structures and design issues”, Proceedings of International Workshop on Seismic Requalification of Geotechnical Structures (SRGS), jointly organized by UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IIT Guwahati and IIT Delhi, India, December 17, 2012, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India (http://www.iitg.ernet.in/amurali/UKIERI2012.htm) (This is an Invited Lecture given by 1st Author).

107.   Deepankar Choudhury and Amey Katdare (2012); “Modern design techniques for reinforced soil-walls to mitigate seismic and tsunami hazards”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control, Eds. B. Indraratna, C. Rujikiatkamjorn and J. S. Vinod (ISBN: 978-981-07-3560-9): doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-3560-9_03-0031, October 30 – November 2, 2012, Wollongong, Australia (ICGI – 2012), Vol. II, pp. 823-832, also in CD. (This is an Invited Lecture given by 1st Author). (Also Chaired a Session of ICGI Wollongong 2012 on November 1, 2012 with Prof. Anand Puppala of USA) (Photo during Session Chairing)

108.   Sunil M. Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2012); “Applications and design techniques for ground anchors to mitigate seismic hazards”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control, Eds. B. Indraratna, C. Rujikiatkamjorn and J. S. Vinod (ISBN: 978-981-07-3560-9): doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-3560-9_08-0803, October 30 – November 2, 2012, Wollongong, Australia (ICGI – 2012), Vol. II, pp. 1487-1492, also in CD. (Chaired a Session of ICGI Wollongong 2012 on November 1, 2012 with Prof. Anand Puppala of USA) (Photo during Session Chairing)

109.      Rolf Katzenbach, Ramm Hendrik and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); “Combined pile-raft foundations – A sustainable foundation concept”, The 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations, IS-Kanazawa 2012, organized by JGS, TC212 and TC205 of ISSMGE, September 18 – 20, 2012, Kanazawa, Japan, Ed. T. Matsumoto, ISBN: 978-4-89010-597-7, Kanazawa, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 25-34, also in CD. (This is an Invited Keynote Lecture given by 1st Author). (Also Chaired Session 7B of IS-Kanazawa 2012 on September 20, 2012) (Photo during Session Chairing)

110.      Rolf Katzenbach, Frithjof Clauss, Solenne Rochee and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); “A critical comparison of estimations of liquefaction potential using recent methods”, 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, organized by TC203 of ISSMGE, May 28 – 30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, Paper No. 6.08 in CD, pp. 753-764. (Also Co-Chaired Session 4 of II PBD Taormina 2012 with Prof. Steven L. Kramer, USA on May 28, 2012) (Photo with Prof. Steven L. Kramer)

111.      Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); “Liquefaction potential analysis and dynamic displacement of tailings dam using FLAC3D”, 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, organized by TC203 of ISSMGE, May 28 – 30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, Paper No. 7.02 in CD, pp. 852-861. (Also Co-Chaired Session 4 of II PBD Taormina 2012 with Prof. Steven L. Kramer, USA on May 28, 2012) (Photo with Prof. Steven L. Kramer)

112.      Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury and Kapilesh Bhargava (2012); “Recent development in modeling, analysis and design of foundation systems subjected to blast loading considering uncertainties”, International Symposium on Engineering Uncertainty: Safety Assessment and Management (ISEUSAM – 2012), January 4 – 6, 2012, B.E. College, Shibpur, India, Paper ID CNP-038 in CD.

113.      Deepankar Choudhury (2011); “Seismic liquefaction hazard and site response for design of piles in Mumbai”, First Indo – Japan Workshop in Geotechnical Engineering: Theme Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, December 14, 2011, Hotel Park Central, Kochi, India, (This is an Invited Lecture).

114.      Ranjan Kumar, Kapilesh Bhargava and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); “Review of design of machine foundations in nuclear industry”, Transactions SMiRT 21, November 6 – 11, 2011, New Delhi, India, Div.-V: Paper ID# 336, pp. 1-8, in CD.

115.      Deepankar Choudhury and Rolf Katzenbach (2011); “Energy piles – modern geotechnics for sustainable development”, International Humboldt Kolleg on Adaptive Management of Ecosystems: The Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change, October 19 - 21, 2011, ISEC, Bangalore, India, Vol. 1, pp. 10 (Abstract No. 10 published for Invited Lecture as Humboldt Fellow).

116.      Deepankar Choudhury (2011); “Recent advances in earthquake resistant design of earthen structures”, Humboldt Kolleg and International Conference on Recent Advancements in Earth Resources Research – The Road to the Future (EARTH-FUTURE), September 7 - 9, 2011, Salem, India, In Book of Abstracts, pp. 130 (abstract published) (Invited Lecture as Humboldt Fellow).

117.      Jaykumar Shukla and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); “Studies on liquefaction for foundation systems of pellet plant at Paradeep”, The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (14ARC-2011), May 23 – 27, 2011, Hong Kong, China (Final Paper ID 139 published), in CD.

118.      V. S. Phanikanth, D. Choudhury and G. R. Reddy (2011); “Response of single pile in cohesive soil under lateral load”, The 13th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (13IACMAG), May 9 – 11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia (Full length paper ID 1073 published), in CD.

119.      Purnanand P. Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); “Equivalent linear seismic analyses of MSW landfills using FLAC3D”, Proc. of the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG), November 8 – 12, 2010, New Delhi, India, Environmental Geotechnics for Sustainable Development [ISBN (13): 978-0-07-0716-0, ISBN (10): 0-07-070716-2], Eds. M. Datta, R. K. Srivastava, G. V. Ramana and J. T. Shahu, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, India, Vol. 2, pp. 1325-1330 and in CD Rom.

120.      S. Y. Mhaske and D. Choudhury (2010); “Use of GIS-GPS for disaster management of liquefied zones during earthquake, Proc. of Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference 2010 (BGC-2010): Natural Hazards and Countermeasures in Geotechnical Engineering, November 4 – 5, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (ISBN 978-984-33-2180-0), pp. 340-345.

121.      Sunil Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2010); “Estimation of seismic vertical uplift capacity for horizontal plate anchors using Kötter’s equation”, International Conference of Disaster Prevention Technology and Management (DPTM-2010), October 23 – 25, 2010, Chongqing, P. R. China (abstract published in special issue of Journal ‘Disaster Advances’ (ISSN: 0974-262X), Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 610).

122.      Rolf Katzenbach, Frithjof Clauss, Hendrik Ramm, Thomas Wasberseck and Deepankar Choudhury (2009); “Combined pile-raft foundations and energy piles – Recent trends in research and practice”, International Conference on Deep Foundations – CPRF and Energy Piles, May 15, 2009, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Darmstadt Geotechnics No. 18 [ISBN-10: 3-931396-91-6, ISBN-13: 978-3-931396-91-6, ISSN: 1436-6517],Ed. Rolf Katzenbach and Compiled by Deepankar Choudhury and Hendrik Ramm, pp. 3-20.

123.      Gaytree Dandekar and Deepankar Choudhury (2009); “Numerical modeling of shallow footing using FLAC3D”, Proc. of 3rd International Congress on Computational Mechanics & Simulation (ICCMS-09), December 1-5, 2009, IIT Bombay, India, pp. 165-166.

124.      Sunil Rangari, Deepankar Choudhury and D. M. Dewaikar (2009); “Recent advances in computational geomechanics for seismic uplift capacity of ground anchors”, Proc. of 3rd International Congress on Computational Mechanics & Simulation (ICCMS-09), December 1-5, 2009, IIT Bombay, India, pp. 169-170.

125.      Ryosuke Kitamura, Erwin Tabinas Calo, Deepankar Choudhury, Kazunari Sako and Mitsuhide Yamada (2009); “Slope stability analysis under unsaturated condition”, Proceedings of 3rd Japan-Malaysia Symposium on Geohazards and Geoenvironmental Engineering – Geotechnical & Ecological Environmental Management for Global Sustainability-2009, October 27-28, 2009, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 83-89.

126.      Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay Nimbalkar (2009); “Seismic stability of tailings dam by using pseudo-dynamic method”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17ICSMGE), Edited by M. Hamza et al., IOS press, October 5 – 9, 2009, Alexandria, Egypt, pp. 1542-1545. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-1542

127.      Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Earthquake resistant design of geotechnical structures: Recent developments”, Proc. of the 6th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (6AYGEC) – 2008, Edited by T. G. Sitharam, December 20 - 21, 2008, IISc Bangalore, India, Vol. 1, pp. 280-290.     (Photo-1, Photo-2 with Prof. K.S.Subba Rao)

128.      Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Application of GIS-GPS for studies on liquefaction induced soil movements during earthquake: An overview”, First World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM-2008), October 21 - 24, 2008, Hyderabad, India, Vol.1, pp. 52-63 and in CD.      (Certificate of appreciation for 1st Author from VJTI)

129.      Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Latest design approaches for waterfront retaining structures subjected to earthquake and tsunami”, First World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM-2008), October 21 - 24, 2008, Hyderabad, India, Vol.1, pp. 70-72 and in CD.

130.      Mayukh Mukhopadhyay, Deepankar Choudhury, V. S. Phanikanth and G. R. Reddy (2008); “Pushover analysis of piles in stratified soil”, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12 - 17, 2008, Beijing, China, in CD paper number 04-01-0060.

131.      Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Computation of point of application of seismic passive resistance by pseudo-dynamic method”, The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12IACMAG), October 1 - 6, 2008, Goa, India, in CD paper number K06, pp. 2636-2643.

132. Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Recent advances in seismic design of waterfront retaining structures”, Proceedings of Indo-Japan Theme Meeting & Workshop (IJTM-2008) on Disaster Risk Reduction – Earthquakes, Landslides & Tsunami, August 28-29, 2008, CPRI Bangalore, India, Edited by K. Venkatramana, G. R. Reddy and R. Ramesh Babu, Vol. 1, pp. VII-1, 1-8. (Invited paper)

133.      Purnanand P. Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); “Post closure performance of MSW landfills under static and seismic conditions: An overview”, Proc. of The International Geotechnical Conference ‘Development of Urban Areas And Geotechnical Engineering’, June 16 - 19, 2008, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Edited by Prof. V. M. Ulitsky, (ISBN: 978-5-9900771-4-0), Published by NPO “Georeconstruction-Fundamentalproject”, Russia, Vol. 1, pp. 319-324.

134. Deepankar Choudhury (2007); “Analysis of waterfront retaining structures during earthquake and tsunami”, 13th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (13ARC-2007), December 10-14, 2007, Kolkata, India, Vol. 1, Part II, pp. 955-958, (paper no. 226 in CD).

135. Pijush Samui, Gautam Bhattacharya and Deepankar Choudhury (2007); “Prediction of ultimate capacity of laterally loaded piles in clay: a relevance vector machine approach”, 12th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC12-2007), October 16-26, 2007, in CD and pp. 137-146.

136. Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay Nimbalkar (2007); “Determination of point of application of seismic active thrust on retaining wall”, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (4ICEGE-2007), June 25-28, 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece, paper No. 1249 in CD.

137.       Santiram Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2007); “Computation of displacement - based seismic active earth pressure for translation mode of wall movement”, Proc. of the International Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges (CENeM - 2007), 150 year Anniversary Conference at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, India, 11-14 January, 2007, Vol. 1, pp. 506-511 and also in CD.

138.       Deepankar Choudhury, Sanjany Nimbalkar and J. N. Mandal (2006); "Influence of soil-wall interface friction on pseudo-dynamic earth pressure", 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 8NCEE-2006, 18-22 April 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA, paper No. 636 in CD.

139. Deepankar Choudhury (2005); "Seismic analysis of single end bearing pile", First International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMR 2005), 12-13 December, 2005, Singapore, pp. 275-280 and in CD.

140.       Deepankar Choudhury and Kishore Kumar Chauhan (2004); "Displacement - based earth pressure on retaining wall supporting reinforced backfill", International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2004), 8-10 December, 2004, IIT Bombay, India, in CD.

141.       Deepankar Choudhury (2004); "Seismic passive resistance at soil-wall interface", 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13WCEE), 1-6 August, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, in CD.

142.       Deepankar Choudhury (2004); "Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures - An overview", 2nd Indo-German Workshop on Seismic Safety, Risk Management and Disaster Mitigation, 15-16 February, 2004, IIT Madras, India, in CD.

143.        D. Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2003); "Error analysis for seismic uplift capacity of strip anchors in soil", Proc. 12th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (12ARC), GeoASIA 2003, August 4 - 8, 2003, Singapore, Vol. 1, pp.279-282 and in CD.

144.        Deepankar Choudhury (2003); "Seismic design of retaining structures", 12th Panamerican Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 39th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Soil and Rock America 2003, June 22 - 25, 2003, M.I.T., USA, Vol. 2, pp. 2271-2276 and in CD.

145.       Deepankar Choudhury, K. S. Subba Rao and Sanghamitro Ghosh (2002); "Passive earth pressures distribution under seismic condition", 15th International conference of Engineering Mechanics Division (EM2002), ASCE, June 2-5, 2002, Columbia University, NY, USA, in CD.

146.      Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2002); "Displacement - Related Active Earth Pressure", International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE-2002), January 3 - 5, 2002, IIT Kharagpur, India, Vol.2., pp. 1038-1046.

 

f) In National Conference/Symposium/Seminar Proceedings

 

147. Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury and Kapilesh Bhargava (2012); "Review of experimental investigations for behaviour of foundations subjected to blast loads", Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention (SEC – 2012) 8th Biennial Conference organized by SVNIT, Surat, India, December 19 – 21, 2012, SVNIT, Surat, India (http://www.sec2012.com). (Chaired a Technical Session 3A on Theme “Geotechnical Engineering” on 20.12.2012 during 2:00 – 3:45 PM)

148. V. Dilli Rao, Ankit Sarin and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "A critical study of seismic ground response analysis for typical sites of Mumbai city", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2012, December 13 – 15, 2012, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, Vol. II, pp. 943-946, Paper No. H-807 in CD. (http://www.igc2012delhi.org) (Chaired a Technical Session D4 on Theme H “Special Techniques of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Dynamic Foundations” on 15.12.2012 during 12:00 – 13:30 hrs.) (Photo during Session Chairing)

149. Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "A critical review of seismic hazard analyses of north-eastern India", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2012, December 13 – 15, 2012, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, Vol. II, pp. 939-942, Paper No. H-806 in CD. (http://www.igc2012delhi.org) (Chaired a Technical Session D4 on Theme H “Special Techniques of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Dynamic Foundations” on 15.12.2012 during 12:00 – 13:30 hrs.) (Photo during Session Chairing)

150. Nisha P. Naik and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "An overview of the studies on probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for peninsular India", Proceedings of the ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium, October 20 – 21, 2012, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

151. Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); "Seismic stability analyses of soil slopes using analytical and numerical approaches", Proceedings of the ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium, October 20 – 21, 2012, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

152. Ritika, Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Effect of blast load on seismic slope stability using FLAC", Proceedings of the Golden Jubilee Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2011, GeoChallenges, December 15 – 17, 2011, Kochi, Kerala, India, in CD paper number K-099, Vol. II, pp. 639-642.

153. K. Sangeetha, Ritika and D. Choudhury (2011); "Static and seismic slope stability analyses using FLAC2D", Abstract Volume of National Conference on ‘Landslide Hazard – Consequences and Challenges’, Eds. A. Ghosh, S. Sarkar and D. P. Kanungo, February 10-12, 2011, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, India, pp. 65-66 (abstract published).

154. Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Seismic slope stability analysis of tailings earthen dam using TALREN4", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2010 (GEOtrendz), (ISBN 023 0332072), December 16 – 18, 2010, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, Vol. 1, pp. 187-190 and in CD.

155. Amey D. Katdare and D. Choudhury (2010); "A critical study on seismic design of retaining structures", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2010 (GEOtrendz), (ISBN 023 0332072), December 16 – 18, 2010, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, Vol. 1, pp. 203-206 and in CD.

156. Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Review of pseudo-dynamic design approach for waterfront retaining structures subjected to earthquake and tsunami", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2009), February 18-20, 2010, Guntur, A.P., India, Vol. II, pp. 968-974. (Theme Lecture, Invited Paper)

157. Sumedh Y. Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "Application of GIS-GPS for mapping soil index properties", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2009), February 18-20, 2010, Guntur, A.P., India, Vol. I, pp. 35-39.

158. Purnanand P. Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Seismic behaviour of MSW landfills resting on various types of foundation materials using DEEP SOIL", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2008), December 17-19, 2008, IISc Bangalore, India, Vol. 2, pp. 432-435 and in CD.

159. Purnanand P. Savoikar and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Earthquake hazards on municipal solid waste landfills: an overview", Proceedings of Symposium on Engineering of Ground & Environmental Geotechnics (SEG2-2008), February 29 - March 1, 2008, JNTU Kukatpallay, Hyderabad, India, pp. 250-255 and in CD.

160. Arghya Das, Deepankar Choudhury, Abhishake Rawat and Debarghya Chakraborty (2008); "Seismic slope stability analysis using MSD model for different modes of movements", Diamond Jubilee Conference on Landslide Management - Present Scenario & Future Directions, February 10 - 12, 2008, CBRI, Roorkee, India, pp. 35 (abstract published) (This paper received Best Paper Award in the Conference) (Certificate).

161. Deepa Modi, Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2007); "Simplified analysis of seismic slope stability by using pseudo-static approach", Proc. of National Conference on Foundations and Retaining Structures (NCFRS-2007), May 23-24, 2007, IIT Roorkee, India, Vol. 1, pp. 114-117.

162. Rajeev Kumar Bharti, Deepankar Choudhury and Siddharth Chauhan (2006); "Behaviour of subgrade under cyclic load below railway track", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2006, December 14-16, 2006, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Vol. 2, pp. 731-732.

163. Deepankar Choudhury (2006); "Methods for evaluation and mitigation of earthquake-induced landslides", First India Disaster Management Congress, November 29-30, 2006 at New Delhi, India (abstract published).

164. Deepankar Choudhury (2006); "Modern techniques for earthquake resistant design of earth retaining structures", First India Disaster Management Congress, November 29-30, 2006 at New Delhi, India (abstract published).

165. Syed Mohd Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2006); "Behaviour of waterfront retaining structures under earthquake and tsunami: An overview", Seminar on Impact of Earthquake and Tsunami on Architecture, Structural Design and Coastal Protection Works, March 3-4, 2006, Port Blair, Andaman, India, Vol.1, pp. 165-175.

166. Deepankar Choudhury, Sanjay S. Nimbalkar and J. N. Mandal (2005); "Comparative study between pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods of retaining wall design under earthquake  condition", 42nd Indian Geophysical Union, IGU-2005, December 7-9, 2005, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India.

167. S. Chatterjee and D. Choudhury (2005); "Displacement - based seismic earth pressure on walls rotating about top", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2005, December 17-19, 2005, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, Vol. 1, pp. 381-384.

168.      S. Basu and D. Choudhury (2005); "Seismic slope stability analysis by method of vertical slices", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2005, December 17-19, 2005, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, Vol.1, pp. 377-380.

169.        Deepankar Choudhury and Sanjay S. Nimbalkar (2004); "Seismic active earth pressure by pseudo-dynamic method", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2004, December 17-19, 2004, N.I.T. Warangal, India, Vol.1, pp.199-202.

170.        Deepankar Choudhury (2003); "Design of retaining wall under seismic conditions", Workshop on Current Practices and Future Trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, 23-24 December 2003, IISc., Bangalore, India.

171.        Deepankar Choudhury and Shailesh Singh (2003); "Static and seismic active earth pressure - A new methodology", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2003, December 18 - 20, 2003, IIT Roorkee, India.

172.        Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2003); "Estimation of seismic passive earth pressure on retaining wall for negative wall friction", Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, SAGE 2003March 7-9, 2003, IIT Kanpur, India.

173.        Deepankar Choudhury, K. S. Subba Rao and G. V. Nagendra Prasad (2002); "Error analysis for bearing capacity of foundations", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2002December 20 - 22, 2002, M.N.N.I.T. Allahabad, India, Vol.1, pp. 336-339.

174.        K. S. Subba Rao, Deepankar Choudhury and Sanghamitro Ghosh (2001); "Seismic Passive Earth Pressure Distribution", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2001, December 14 - 16, 2001, Indore, India, Vol.1, pp. 311-314.

175.        A. Sridharan and Deepankar Choudhury (2000); "Shear Strength of fine grained soil and concept of cohesion", Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2000December 13 - 15, 2000, IIT Bombay, India, Vol.1, pp. 93-94.

 

g) In Book/Edited Book/Chapters in Book

1. Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury and Kapilesh Bhargava (2013); “Recent development in modeling, analysis and design of foundation systems subjected to blast loading considering uncertainties”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Uncertainty: Safety Assessment and Management (ISEUSAM – 2012), Edited by, Subrata Chakraborty and Gautam Bhattacharya, published by Springer, (ISBN 978-81-322-0756-6, 978-81-322-0757-3), pp. 927-938. doi: 10.1007/978-81-322-0757-3_63

2.  Deepankar Choudhury (2009); “Bearing capacity of shallow foundations under static and seismic conditions”, In Edited Book entitled ‘Linear and Non-linear Numerical Analysis of Foundations’ Edited by, John W. Bull, published by Spon Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis, (ISBN10: 0-415-42050-4 (hbk), 0-203-88777-8 (ebk); ISBN13: 978-0-415-42050-1 (hbk), 978-0-203-88777-6 (ebk)), London and New York, 2009, Chapter 10, pp. 353-372.

3.  Deepankar Choudhury (2007); “Computations of seismic earth pressures for design of earth retaining structures”, In Edited Book entitled ‘Design of Foundations in Seismic Areas: Principles and Applications’ Edited by, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, NICEE Publications, (ISBN 81-904190-1-3), Kanpur, India, March 2007, Chapter 5, pp. 209-225.

4.     Proceedings of the International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2004) Edited by J. N. Mandal and D. Choudhury, Quest Publications, (ISBN 81-87099-32-1), Mumbai, India, December 2004.

 


 

Continuing Education Programme (CEP) Conducted:

  1. During 25 - 29 February, 2008 at L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” for Civil Engineering Academicians and Practitioners as CEP short term course from IIT Bombay as an activity for the Golden Jubilee Extension Centre of IIT Bombay at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)
  2. During 21 - 25 April, 2008 at Govt. Polytechnic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Engineering Mechanics” for Engineering Academicians as CEP short term course from IIT Bombay as an activity for the Golden Jubilee Extension Centre of IIT Bombay at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)
  3. During June 30 – July 6, 2008 at IIT Bombay under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Mechanics of Solids” for Gujarat College Teachers as CDEEP-CEP short term course from IIT Bombay, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)

 


 

Invited Lectures Delivered :

  1. On 14th May, 2013, at Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, on the topic “Advances in Seismic Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures”, jointly organized by Karnataka Geotechnical Centre (KGC) and Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
  2. On 9th March, 2013, at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India during One Day Seminar on ‘Embankments: Design and Construction’, on the topic “Some Studies on Static and Seismic Stability of Embankments”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Chennai Chapter and IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
  3. On 9th February, 2013, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India during International Humboldt Kolleg (IHK-2013), on the topic “Role of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation and Energy Pile in Climate Change – Piles through Dynamically Liquefied Soil”, organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg].
  4. On 5th January, 2013, at Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, on the topic “Advances in Seismic Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Kolkata Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. (Photo with selected members, after Lecture)
  5. On 20th December, 2012, at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India during 8th Biennial Structural Engineering Convention (SEC – 2012), on the topic “Advanced Design Issues of Various Geotechnical Structures Under Earthquake Conditions”, organized by Applied Mechanics Department of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. (This is a Keynote Lecture) (Photo-1, Photo-2, Photo-3)
  6. On 17th December, 2012, at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India during UKIERI International Workshop on Seismic Requalification of Geotechnical Structures (SRGS), on the topic “Seismic Behaviour of Earth Retaining Structures and Design Issues”, jointly organized by UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IIT Guwahati and IIT Delhi, India.
  7. On 31st October, 2012, at University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia during International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control : Transport Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation (ICGI – 2012), on the topic “Modern Design Techniques for Reinforced Soil-Walls to Mitigate Seismic and Tsunami Hazards”, jointly organized by Centre for Geomechanics & Railway Engineering, and SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, ISSMGE TC 211, TC 214, TC 202, TC 303.
  8. On 8th September, 2012, at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, India during ‘Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2012’, as panel member for session 11 (Physical Sciences) on the topic “Research and Developments at IIT Bombay : Advances in Earthquake Engineering”, organized by The Indus Foundation, USA and India.
  9. On 16th March, 2012, at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India during Review week of Gujarat Technological University (GTU), on the topic “Need of study for seismic liquefaction and ground response for design of foundations”, organized by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), India
  10. On 3rd March, 2012, at IIT Kanpur, India during Symposium on ‘Recent Development in Geotechnical Engineering’, on the topic “Recent development in geotechnical earthquake engineering research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
  11. On 24th February, 2012, at Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India, on the topic “Earthquake disasters and mitigations – Indian and International Scenario”, organized by Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India.
  12. On 14th December, 2011, at Hotel Park Central, Kochi, Kerala, India during First Indo – Japan Workshop in Geotechnical Engineering, Theme: Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, on the topic “Seismic liquefaction hazard and site response for design of piles in Mumbai”, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India and Japan Geotechnical Society (JGS), Tokyo, Japan. Photo-1, Photo-2
  13. On 21st October, 2011, at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India during International Humboldt Kolleg, on the topic “Energy Piles – Modern Geotechnics for Sustainable Development”, organized by Institute for Social and Economic Change (I.S.E.C.), Bangalore, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg]
  14. On 8th September, 2011, at GRT Grand Salem, India during Humboldt Kolleg and International Conference (Earth-Future), on the topic “Recent Advances in Earthquake Resistant Design of Earthen Structures”, organized by Periyar University, Salem, India and supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [It is an Invited Lecture as a Humboldt Fellow at the above Humboldt Kolleg]
  15. On 12th July, 2011, at Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany on the topic “Recent Researches on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Div. of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg., Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Str., D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
  16. On 26th May, 2011, at International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway on the topic “Recent Trends of Research on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by ICG, NGI, Ulleval Stadion, NO-0806, Oslo, Norway.
  17. On 18th March, 2011, at Oklahoma Transportation Center, Oklahoma, USA, on the topic "Seismic Behaviour of Piles in Liquefied Soils for Infrastructural Applications", organized by The Oklahoma Transportation Center (OkTC), Tinker Business & Industrial Park, 2601 Liberty Parkway, Suite 110, Oklahoma 73110, USA.  Appreciation Certificate
  18. On 12th February, 2011, at Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India, on the topic "Recent Advances in Seismic Slope Stability Analysis", organized by CSIR – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India. [It is a Keynote Lecture during the National Conference on ‘Landslide Hazard, Consequences and Challenges’, 10-12 February, 2011, CBRI Roorkee, India]
  19. On 23rd October, 2010, at Chongqing, China, on the topic "Applications of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research for Disaster Mitigation and Management", organized jointly by Journal of Disaster Advances and Chongqing University, China. [It is a Plenary Lecture during the 1st International Conference on Disaster Prevention Technology and Management (DPTM-2010), 23-25 October, 2010, Chongqing, China]
  20. On 26th July, 2010, at Monash University, Australia, on the topic "Recent Researches on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
  21. On 23rd July, 2010, at University of Wollongong, Australia, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Researches at IIT Bombay", organized by School of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
  22. On 5th March, 2010, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, TU Berlin, Germany, on the topic "Earthquake Resistant Design of Geotechnical Structures: Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University (TU) Berlin, 13355 Berlin, Germany.
  23. On 4th February, 2010, at Institute for Computer Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany, on the topic "State-of-the-art Research on Behaviour of MSW Landfill under Static and Seismic Loading Conditions”, jointly organized by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany and University of Bayreuth, Germany.
  24. On 12th November, 2009, at Marathwada Institute of Technology (MIT) Aurangabad, India, on the topics "Theory of Vibrations” and “Seismic Design Principles for Geotechnical Structures as per Design Codes, organized by MIT Aurangabad, India and sponsored by National Disaster Management Division of Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India during National Programme for Capacity Building of Architects in Earthquake Risk Management (NPCBAERM) during November 9 – 14, 2009.
  25. On 17th September, 2009, at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India, on the topic "Integrity of Sub-Structural Systems during Earthquake: Indian and International Perspectives”, organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India during Fourth National Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (NatFOE – 4) during September 16-17, 2009.
  26. On 3rd July, 2009, at Institute of Lowland Technology (ILT), Saga University, Japan, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Institute of Lowland Technology (ILT), Saga University, Honjo-1, Saga 840-8502, Japan. Photo with Prof. Hayashi and his colleagues and students
  27. On 2nd July, 2009, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, on the topic "Behaviour and Design of Reinforced Soil-Wall under Seismic Loading: Recent Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. Photo with Prof. Yusufuku and his colleagues and students
  28. On 1st July, 2009, at Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research Findings at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan. Photo with Prof. Hyodo and his colleagues and students and Prof. Kitamura
  29. On 29th June, 2009, at Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan, on the topic "Earthquake Resistant Design of Geotechnical Structures: Research at IIT Bombay”, organized by Urban Infrastructure Earthquake Disaster Research Group of DPRI, Kyoto University, Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. Photo with Prof. Takahashi and his students and Mr. Tanaka
  30. On 26th June, 2009, at Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Japan, on the topic "Recent Research on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering at IIT Bombay”, organized by Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8530, Japan.
  31. On 25th June, 2009, at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research Findings at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.  Photo with Prof. Kusakabe and his colleagues and students
  32. On 22nd May, 2009, at Dept. of Ocean Civil Engineering, Kagoshima University (KU), Japan, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Recent Research and Developments at IIT Bombay”, organized by Department of Ocean Civil Engineering, Kagoshima University (KU), Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan. Photo with Prof. Kitamura and his colleagues and students
  33. On 2nd January, 2009, at SVNIT, on the topic "Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications", an invited lecture during AICTE sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE), organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.
  34. On 1st December, 2008, at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research and Developments at IIT Bombay”, jointly organized by TU9, Germany and IIT Madras India in connection with the TU9-IITM Indo-German Workshop on ‘Earthquake Engineering for Sustainable Structures’ during November 30 to December 2, 2008.
  35. On 8th November, 2008, at Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, on the topic "Recent Developments in Analysis of Waterfront Retaining Structures subjected to Earthquake and Tsunami”, organized by Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India in connection with the receipt of Shamsher Prakash (SP) Research Award – 2008.
  36. On 14th October, 2008, at Young Researchers Forum,14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, on the topic "Analytical Solutions for Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures Subjected to Earthquake and Tsunami”, organized by 14WCEE, Beijing, China. (Only Lecture to Represent India and it’s Earthquake Research in the World Forum). (Photo-1) (Photo-2) (Photo-3)
  37. On 29th August, 2008, at Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, India, on the topic "Recent Advances in Seismic Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures”, organized by NITK Surathkal, BARC Mumbai and CPRI Bangalore, India.
  38. On 14th March, 2008, at Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA, on the topic "Seismic design of retaining structures - Recent developments”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  39. On 15th February, 2008, at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune (MIT, Pune), on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications", an invited keynote lecture during a state level silver jubilee conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE-2008) during 15-16 February, 2008, organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, MAEER’s MIT, Pune, India, on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of the institute.
  40. On 18th December, 2007, at College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), on the topic "Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and its Applications", an invited lecture during Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Earthquake Resistant Design of RC Buildings, organized by Department of Applied Mechanics, College of Engineering, Pune, India.
  41. On 3rd April, 2007, at Centaur Hotel, New Delhi, on the topic "Need for revisions in IS codes for earthquake resistant design of geotechnical structures", an invited lecture during the National Workshop on Science and Technology in Disaster Management “ Earthquake, Landslide and Tsunami, organized by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), New Delhi, India.
  42. On 3rd March, 2007, at Jawharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad, on the topic "Recent developments in earthquake resistant design of retaining walls", a keynote lecture during First Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (FIYGEC 2007), organized by JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, IGS Hyderabad Chapter, IGS Kakinada Chapter, India.
  43. On 9th December, 2006, at Indian National Academy of Science building, on the topic "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering", organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.
  44. On 22nd and 23rd November, 2006, at Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on the topics "Dynamic Soil Properties: Evaluations and Uses" and "Seismic Design of Retaining Structures under Passive Earth Pressure Condition”, organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Bhavnagar Chapter, Gujarat, India.
  45. On 2nd October, 2006, at 4275 Boelter Hall, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, on the topic "Seismic design of retaining structures under passive earth pressure condition”, organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Photo with Prof. Jonathan Stewart and Prof. Scott
  46. On 8th September, 2006, at Indian National Academy of Engineering, on the topic "Design of retaining structures under earthquake conditions", organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India.
  47. On 10th May, 2006, at 406 Davis Hall, University of California, Berkeley, USA, on the topic "Computation of seismic passive earth pressures on retaining structures", organized by GeoEngineering Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. (a)Photo with Prof. Jonathan D Bray and Prof. Nicholas Sitar (b) Photo with Prof. Raymond B Seed (c) Photo with Prof. Michael Riemer
  48. On 28th February, 2006, at The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, on the topic "Design and construction of earthquake resistant foundations for rural areas", organized by ISCA on the occasion of National Science Day at Kolkata, India.
  49. On 29th December, 2005, at Jawharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad, on the topic "Design of retaining structures under earthquake conditions", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, J.N.T.U. Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India. Photo with Prof. M. R.Madhav
  50. On 7th December, 2005, at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, on the topic "Comparative study between pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods of retaining wall design under earthquake condition", organized by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) during 42nd Annual Convention of IGU, Hyderabad, India.
  51. On 1st June, 2005, at University of Sydney, Australia, on the topic "Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures and foundations", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Photo with Prof. H. Poulos, Prof. J. Carter and Prof. J. Small
  52. On 25th May, 2005, at University of Wollongong, Australia, on the topic "Some studies on retaining structures and foundations under seismic conditions", organized by School of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Photo with Prof. Buddhima Indraratna
  53. On 14th April, 2005, at Indian National Science Academy, on the topic "Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures and foundations", organized by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India.
  54. On 5th January, 2005, at 92nd Indian Science Congress held at Ahmedabad during January 3 - 7, 2005, on the topic "Characterization of swelling soil for foundation design", organized by The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India.
  55. On 14th July, 2004, at National University of Singapore (NUS), on the topic "Geotechnical structures under seismic conditions", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, NUS, Singapore. Photo with Prof. C. F. Leung and Prof. Fwa
  56. On 15th February, 2004, at IIT Madras, India, on the topic "Earthquake resistant design of retaining structures - An overview", organized by IIT Madras, SERC Chennai, University of Karlsruhe, Germany and NPEEE.
  57. On 24th December, 2003, at IISc Bangalore, India, on the topic "Design of retaining wall under seismic conditions", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
  58. On 3rd March, 2003, at IIT Bombay, on the topic "Passive earth pressures and associated problems under seismic conditions", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, India.
  59. On 28th Nov, 2002, at IIT Kanpur, on the topic "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings", for a short term course for QIP candidates organized by Prof. M.R.Madhav, IIT Kanpur, India.
  60. On 27th July, 2002, at Jadavpur University, Calcutta on the topic "Seismic passive earth pressures", organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Calcutta chapter.
  61. On 2nd April, 2002, at IIT Kanpur, on the topic "Passive earth pressures and associated problems under seismic conditions", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.

 

Sponsored Research Projects:

 

Project sponsored by

Duration

Role

SERC Fast Track project for Young Scientist, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi

2009 – 2012

As PI

Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi

2007 – 2008

As PI

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Govt. of India

2006 – 2009

As PI

BRNS-DAE Young Scientist Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India

2004 – 2007

As PI

IIT Bombay (Seed Grant), India

2003 – 2006

As PI

 

 

Other Sponsored Projects (As PI):

 

Ø  NPTEL Phase I, Web Course development on “Foundation Engineering” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2004 – 2006. (See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ for details)

 

Ø  NPTEL Phase II, Video Course development on “Soil Dynamics” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2010 – 2012. (See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ for details) (freely available on you tube)

 

Ø  NPTEL Phase II, Video Course development on “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during 2012 – 2013. (See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ for details)

 

Ø  IITB-Monash Research Academy sponsored research project leads to PhD on topic “Investigation of influence of scale effects on strength and failure modes of deep open cut slopes (project code IMURA0112)”, industry sponsored/funded by BHP Billiton (BHPB), Australia through IITB-Monash Research Academy during 2010 – 2013.

 

 


 

Major Consultancy Projects:

 

Project offered by

Duration

Role

Samsung C & T, Seoul, Korea

Sept. – Dec. 2011 (Completed)

As PI

Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd. (EBTL), Essar Engineering and Service Div., Mumbai, India

Nov. 2011 – March 2012 (Completed)

As PI

Lodha Group of Companies, Mumbai, India

Feb. 2013 – April 2013 (Completed)

As PI

Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd., Lucknow, India

May 2013 – till date

As PI

 

 

 

NCC Ltd. Hyderabad, India

2011 – till date

As Co-PI

Frischmann Prabhu (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India

2011 – till date

As Co-PI

B.A.R.C., Mumbai, Govt. of India

2006 – till date

As Co-PI

 

 


 

Fellow/Membership/Committee Affiliations of Professional Organizations:

  1. Fellow of International Congress of Disaster Management (F ICDM), INDIA. (Certificate)
  2. Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (M ASCE), Reston, VA 20191, USA. (Certificate)
  3. Member of Technical Committee on ‘Unsaturated Soils’ of Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (GI-ASCE), USA.  (List) (Website)
  4. Member of Technical Committee on ‘Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics’ of Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (GI-ASCE), USA.
  5. Member of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (M ISSMGE), IND090038, U.K.
  6. Secretary of Technical Committee on Deep Foundations (TC-212) of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (ISSMGE), U.K.
  7. Member of Technical Committee on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (TC-203) of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers (ISSMGE), U.K.
  8. E-Affiliate Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (M EERI), EERI ID #13789, CA, USA.
  9. Member of The National Academy of Sciences, India (M.N.A.Sc.), INDIA. (Certificate) (Website)
  10. Member of The Institution of Engineers, India (MIE), M-135979-1, INDIA. (Certificate)
  11. Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (M IGS), LM 1889, INDIA. (Certificate)
  12. National Executive Committee (EC) Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, INDIA during 2013-2014. (see www.igs.org.in)
  13. Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Mumbai Chapter (IGSMC), M-1139, Mumbai, INDIA.
  14. Life Member of The Indian Society for Technical Education (M ISTE), LM 58223, INDIA. (Certificate) (Card)
  15. Member of Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (M GEER), Berkeley, CA, USA.
  16. Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (M ISCA), Reg. L-10741, Card. 10578, INDIA.
  17. Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (M ISET), LM 1202, INDIA. (Certificate)
  18. Life Member of Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (M IndACM), INDIA.
  19. Life Member of Society of Civil Engineers, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, INDIA.

 

Editorial Board Member of Journals / Bulletin:

 

(i) Journal ‘Disaster Advances’ (ISSN: 0974-262X) (Quarterly Journal), published from India. (www.managein.org/disas/main_disas.htm)

 

(ii) Indian Geotechnical Journal (ISSN: 0046-8983) (Quarterly Journal), published by Springer in association with Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi, India. (www.editorialmanager.com/igtj/)

 

(iii) International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) (ISSN: 1947-8488) (Semi-Annually Journal), IGI publishing. (www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?ID=33375)

 

(iv) Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE) (ISSN: 1089-3032) USA. (www.ejge.com/EdBoard.htm)

 

(v) Journal of Civil Engineering and Science (JCES) (ISSN: 2227-4634) USA. (www.ij-ces.org/editorialBoard.aspx)

 

(vi) Journal Dataset Papers in Geosciences (ISSN: 2314-5323) USA. (www.datasets.com/34613726/)

 

(vii) ISRN Civil Engineering Journal (ISSN: 2090-5114) USA. (www.isrn.com/34613726/)

 

(viii) The Scientific World Journal, Civil Engineering, published by Hindwai Publishing Company.

 

(ix) Editorial Board Member of ‘ISSMGE Bulletin’ (Quarterly Newsletter), published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), London, U.K. (from 2009 – till date)  (Announcement)  (www.issmge.org)

 

(x) ‘Managing/Handling Editor’ for June 2009 issue (Volume 3, Issue 2), December 2010 issue (Volume 4, Issue 4), February 2012 issue (Volume 6, Issue 1) and June 2012 issue (Volume 6, Issue 3) of ‘ISSMGE Bulletin’, published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), London, U.K. (Bulletin issue 1) (Bulletin issue 2) (Bulletin issue 3)

 

(xi) ‘Guest Editor’ for a Special Issue on “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering – Recent Developments” published in Volume 2, Issue 3 (pp. 515 – 572) of ‘American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (AJEAS)’ (ISSN: 1941-7020), Science Publications, USA. (www.scipub.us)

(SEE NEWSLETTER)

 

(xii) ‘Guest Editor’ for a Special Issue hosted by ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 212 – Deep Foundations for September 2013 issue of ‘International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH)’ (ISSN: 1790-2045), published by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), UK. (http://casehistories.geoengineer.org)

 

 

Reviewer of Journals:

  1. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, published by NRC, Canada.
  2. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, published by Elsevier, UK.
  3. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, published by ASCE, USA.
  4. International Journal of Geomechanics, published by ASCE, USA.
  5. Geotechnical Engineering, Proc. of Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), published by Thomas Telford, ICE, London, UK.
  6. Ground Improvement, published by Thomas Telford, ICE, London, UK.
  7. Geotechnique Letters, published by Thomas Telford, ICE, London, UK.
  8. Computers and Geotechnics, published by Elsevier, UK.
  9. Journal of Applied Geophysics, published by Elsevier, UK.
  10. Engineering Structures, published by Elsevier, UK.
  11. Ocean Engineering, published by Elsevier, UK.
  12. Engineering Geology, published by Elsevier, UK.
  13. Waste Management, published by Elsevier, UK.
  14.  Waste Management & Research, published by Sage Publications, USA.
  15. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, published by John Wiley, USA.
  16. Soils and Foundations, published by Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), Japan.
  17. Landslides, published by Springer, Netherlands.
  18. FUEL, published by Elsevier, UK.
  19. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, published by Elsevier, UK.
  20. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, published by Springer, The Netherlands.
  21. Environmental Earth Sciences, published by Springer, Germany.
  22. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, published by TC2 of ISSMGE, from Japan.
  23. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, published by Blackwell Publishing, USA.
  24. Geosynthetics International, published by Institute of Civil Engineers, London, UK.
  25. Scientia Iranica, Transaction A on Civil Engineering, published by International Journal of Science and Society, Iran.
  26. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), published by Worldwide Web of Geotechnical Engineers, USA.
  27. Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, published by ASTM, USA.
  28. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, published by Springer, The Netherlands.
  29. Journal of Earth System Sciences, published by Springer, India.
  30. Sadhana, Journal of Engineering Sciences, published by Springer, India.
  31. Current Science, India.
  32. Journal of Institute of Engineers, India.
  33. Indian Geotechnical Journal, published by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), India.
  34. ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, published by Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, India.
  35. Indian Journal of Engineering & Material Sciences, published by NISCAIR, India.
  36. Bridge and Structural Engineer, published quarterly by Indian National Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, India.

 

Organizing Committee Member / Chair / Reviewer of Major Conferences / Projects:

    1. International Advisory Committee Member for International Symposium on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE – 2013) during December 5 – 6, 2013, Singapore, jointly organized by Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS), and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). (http://www.isafe2013.sg)
    2. Session Organizing Member as Secretary of ISSMGE TC 212 – Deep Foundations for Theme 4.2 ‘Foundations and Retaining Structures’ of The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18ICSMGE – 2013) during September 2 – 6, 2013, Paris, France, organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). (http://www.issmge2013.org)
    3. International Advisory Committee Member for The International Conference on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories (PILE 2013), jointly organized by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Parahyangan Catholic University and Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanic (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, China under the auspices of Indonesian Geotechnical Society (HATTI) and International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE), June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. (http://pile2013.com)
    4. Technical Committee Member, Reviewer for The 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations, (IS Kanazawa – 2012) during September 18 – 20, 2012, Kanazawa, Japan, jointly organized by Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and Kanazawa University. (http://is-kanazawa2012.jp)
    5. International Scientific Committee Member, Second International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering during May 28 – 30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC 203, European Technical Committee ERTC-12 on Application of Eurocode 8 and Italian Geotechnical Society.
    6. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Member, 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing (Grout2012) during February 15 – 18, 2012, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), USA. (www.grout2012.org)
    7. Joint Organizing Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Conference – 2010, GEOtrendz (IGC-2010) during December 16 – 18, 2010, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay, India.
    8. Organizing Committee Member, 3rd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS09) during December 1 – 5, 2009, jointly organized by Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM) and IIT Bombay, India. Also acted as a Chairman of a session during ICCMS09.
    9. Advisory and Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering  (ACSGE-2009) during October 25 – 27, 2009, organized by Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
    10. Organizing Committee Member, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2008) during December 17 – 19, 2008, organized by jointly IGS Bangalore Chapter and IISc Bangalore, India.
    11. Coordinator of Session No. 11, Technical Committee Member and Reviewer for The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12IACMAG), October 1 - 6, 2008, Goa, India organized by IACMAG, USA. Also acted as a Co-Chairman of a session during 12IACMAG.
    12. Reviewer for 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 14th ISSMGE Pan American Conference (2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference), October 2 - 6, 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada organized jointly by ISSMGE and Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canada.
    13. Reviewer for 13th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (13IACMAG 2011), May 9-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia organized by IACMAG, USA.
    14. Reviewer for GeoCongress – 2013, Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, March 3 – 6, 2013, San Diego, CA, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    15. Reviewer for GeoCongress – 2012, Annual Conference of Geo-Institute, ASCE, March 25 – 29, 2012, Oakland, CA, USA organized by GI-ASCE
    16. Reviewer for GeoRisk – 2011, Conference of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, June 26 - 28, 2011, Atlanta, GA, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    17. Reviewer for GeoFrontiers – 2011, Annual Conference of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, March 13 - 16, 2011, Dallas, Texas, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    18. Reviewer for Sponsored Research Project Proposals of 2010-2011, 2011-2012 for SERC Division of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
    19. Reviewer for INSPIRE Student Award Program 2012 of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
    20. Reviewer for Sponsored Research Project Proposals of 2012 for The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Lisbon, Portugal.
    21. Reviewer for GeoFlorida-2010, Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, February 20 - 24, 2010, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    22. Reviewer for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV (GEESD-2008), May 18 - 22, 2008, Sacramento, California, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    23. Reviewer for The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment, Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE (GeoCongress-2008), March 9 - 12, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA organized by GI-ASCE.
    24. Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2004) during December 8 – 10, 2004, organized by IIT Bombay, India.
    25. Reviewer for 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13WCEE), 1-6 August, 2004, Vancouver, Canada organized by IAEE.
    26. Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2012) during December 13 – 15, 2012, organized by jointly IGS Delhi Chapter and IIT Delhi, India.
    27. Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011) during December 15 – 17, 2011, organized by IGS Kochi Chapter, India.
    28. Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2010) during December 16 – 18, 2010, organized by jointly IGS Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay, India.
    29. Reviewer for NPTEL Phase-II web courses on “Ground Improvement” and “Advanced Geotechnical Engineering” developed by IIT Kanpur, India.

 

Examination of External Ph.D./M.tech. Thesis:

 

  1. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Modelling of Influence of Matric Suction Induced by Native Vegetation on Sub-Soil Improvement” by Behzad Fatahi (Roll No. 2573544) of School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia in August, 2007.
  2. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Geotechnical Site Characterization and Liquefaction Evaluation using Intelligent Models” by Pijush Samui of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in March, 2008.
  3. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Static and Seismic Analyses of Reinforced Soil Walls considering Kinematics of Failure” by G. Venkata Narasimha Reddy of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kukatpallay, Hyderabad, India in October, 2008.
  4. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Optimum Design of Retaining Structures under Static and Seismic Loading: A Reliability Based Approach” by B. Munwar Basha of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in February, 2009.
  5. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Studies on Behaviour of Plain and Reinforced Stone Columns in Soft and Layered Soils” by M. R. Dheerendra Babu of Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka, India in July, 2011.
  6. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Seismic Hazard Analysis and Microzontaion Studies for Surat City and Surrounding Region” by Tejaskumar P. Thaker of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India in August, 2012.
  7. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of pile configuration on dynamic response of pile groups” by Ladhane Kiran Baburao of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India in September, 2012.
  8. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Determining Seismic Response of Mid-rise Building Frames Considering Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction” by Seyed Hamid Reza Tabatabaiefar (Roll No. 10893105) of Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Broadway, NSW, Australia in December, 2012.
  9. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of Particle Shape On The Mechanical Behaviour of Granular Media: Discrete Element Simulations” by Ms. Anitha Kumari S D of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in December, 2012.
  10. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Effect of Fines Content on the Cyclic Response of Sandy Soil” by Maheshkumar G (USN: 1SI05PCM01) of Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, Karnataka, India in January, 2013.
  11. Ph.D. thesis of Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in February, 2013.

 

  1. M.Tech. dissertation by Suchibrata Dalal (Roll No. 062040102) of Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India in July, 2008.
  2. M.Tech. dissertation by Paresh Mestri (Roll No. 062040312) of Department of Structural Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India in July, 2008.
  3. M.S. (Research) thesis by Akhila Manne (Roll No. 201114555) of IIIT Hyderabad, India in February, 2013.

 

 


 

Miscellaneous Honorary Works:

  1. Expert Member, of the Board of Research and Studies for North Maharashtra University (NMU), Jalgaon, India, nominated by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of NMU for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
  2. Model Question paper setter for the selection of Assistant Engineer at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Govt. of India for 2006.
  3. Model Question paper setter for the selection of Executive Trainee Engineer at Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL), Govt. of India for 2008.
  4. Nominated Expert Member of the Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee (DUPC) of Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), India, since January 2009.
  5. Model Question paper setter for Civil Engineering Discipline for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), Govt. of Maharashtra, May 2012.
  6. Syllabus setter for Civil Engineering Discipline and Expert Member for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Govt. of India, since August 2012.
  7. Mentor for INSPIRE Award Program for students, instituted by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
  8. Selection Committee Member for INSPIRE Student Award Program of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, since September 2012.
  9. Academic Expert Member, of the Subject Board of UG and PG Courses of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India, since October 2012.
  10. Expert Member, of the Board of Courses and Studies (BOCS) for 4-year B.Tech. course of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, nominated by the Director of ISM for March 12, 2013 to March 11, 2016.

 


 

Supervision of Students:

 

a)     For Ph.D.:

 

Sl No

Name of the student/research scholar

Title of Thesis

Year Started

Year Completed

Joint-guide(s) if any

External Examiners

Current Affiliation

 

1

 

Dr. Sanjay S Nimbalkar

(Roll No. 03404802)

Seismic analyses of retaining walls by pseudo-dynamic method

 

July, 2003

 

Nov., 2006 (Degree awarded in May, 2007)

 

Prof. J. N. Mandal

 

*Prof. A. Sridharan (IISc), Prof. Richard Bathurst (Canada)

 

Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

 

2

 

Dr. Syed Mohd Ahmad

(Roll No. 05404002)

Seismic analyses and design of waterfront retaining structures using pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic approaches

 

 

July, 2005

 

Dec., 2008 (Degree awarded on March 14, 2009)

 

 

NONE

 

Prof. Shamsher Prakash (USA), *Prof. D.K.Paul (IITR), Prof. K. Rajagopal (IITM)

 

Lecturer, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engg., University of Manchester, U.K.

 

3

 

Dr. Purnanand Savoikar

(Roll No. 06404701)

 

Seismic behaviour of municipal solid waste landfills

 

July, 2006

Sept., 2009 (Degree awarded on December 7, 2009)

 

Prof. J. N. Mandal

 

*Prof. D. K. Baidya (IITKGP), Prof. A. Sridharan (IISc), Prof. C.S.Desai (USA)

 

Head, Civil Engg. Dept., Govt. Poly., Bicholim, Goa, India.

 

4

 

Dr. Vivek B. Deshmukh

(Roll No. 06404808)

Some studies on uplift capacity of pile anchors and horizontal plate anchors

 

Jan, 2007

 

July, 2010 (Degree awarded on Oct 8, 2010)

 

Prof. D. M. Dewaikar

 

*Prof. Jyant Kumar (IISc), Prof. Mathew Coop(HongKong),

Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Mech., VJTI, Matunga, Mumbai, India.

 

5

 

Dr. Vedula Srinivasa Phanikanth

(Roll No. 06404704)

Ground response analysis and behaviour of single pile in liquefied soils during earthquake

 

Jan, 2007

 

Jan, 2011 (Degree awarded on April 5, 2011)

 

Dr. G. R. Reddy (B.A.R.C.)

 

*Prof. N. K. Samadhiya (IITR), Prof. R. Katzenbach (Germany), Prof. S. K. Dash (IITG)

Scientist – G, Arch. and Civil Engg. Div., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.

 

6

 

Dr. Raghunandan M.E.

(Roll No. 07404002)

Effect on cyclic response and liquefaction resistance due to desaturation of sand

 

July, 2007

 

March, 2011 (Degree awarded on July 18, 2011)

 

Dr. A. Juneja

 

*Prof. R. G. Robinson (IITM), Prof. J. H. Atkinson (UK), Prof. Mahendra Singh (IITR)

Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engg., Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia.

 

7

 

Dr. Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske

(Roll No. 07404801)

GIS-GPS based geotechnical studies for seismic liquefaction hazards in Mumbai city

 

July, 2007

 

May, 2011 (Degree awarded on Sept. 30, 2011)

 

NONE

 

*Prof. A. Boominathan (IITM), Prof. Krishna Reddy (USA), Prof. G. Madhavi Latha (IISc)

Head and Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg., VJTI, Matunga, Mumbai, India.

 

8

 

Dr. Kame Ganesh Shamrao

(Roll No. 08404803)

 

Analysis of a continuous vertical plate anchor embedded in cohesion-less soil

 

Jan, 2009

 

January, 2012 (Degree awarded on June 21, 2012)

 

Prof. D. M. Dewaikar

 

*Prof. M. N. Viladkar (IITR), Prof. S. R. Gandhi (IITM)

Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg., Saraswati College of Engg, Kharghar, Mumbai, India.

 

9

 

Dr. Jaykumar Chandrakant Shukla (Roll No. 08404703)

Seismic hazard estimation and ground response analysis for Gujarat region

 

July, 2008

 

August 21, 2012 (Degree awarded on Jan 28, 2013)

 

Prof. D.L. Shah (external)

 

*Prof. K. S. Rao (IITD), Prof. N. R. Patra (IITK), Prof. M. Zaman (USA)

 

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, L&T Sargent & Lundy, Surat, India.

10

 

Dr. Sunil Mahadeorao Rangari

(Roll No. 08404802)

Seismic uplift capacities of horizontal and inclined strip anchors in cohesionless soil

 

Jan, 2009

 

Feb. 22, 2013 (Degree awarded on May 16, 2013)

 

Prof. D. M. Dewaikar

 

*Prof. K.S. Subba Rao (IISc), Prof. S.P. Mukherjee (JU), Prof. I. Towhata (Japan)

 

-

11

Mr. Amey Deepak Katdare

(Roll No. 09404004)

Seismic analysis of retaining structures considering seismic waves

 

July, 2009

 

On-going

 

NONE

 

-

 

-

12

Mr. Ranjan Kumar

(Roll No. 09404701)

Behaviour of machine foundations under blast loads

 

July, 2009

 

On-going

Dr. Kapilesh Bhargava

(B.A.R.C.)

 

-

 

-

13

Mrs. Sarika V. Suryawanshi (Roll No. 09304401)

Seismic ground response analysis for Mumbai

 

Jan, 2011

 

On-going

 

NONE

 

-

 

-

14

Mrs. Nisha Amonkar (Naik) (Roll No. 10404807)

Seismic hazard analysis for Goa

 

July, 2011

 

On-going

 

NONE

 

-

 

-

15

Mrs. P. Shylamoni (Roll No. 114047003)

 

Yet to be decided

 

Jan, 2012

 

On-going

Prof. S. Ghosh, Dr. A. K. Ghosh (B.A.R.C.), Dr. P.C. Basu(AERB)

 

-

 

-

16

Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee

(Roll No. 10304019)

 

Yet to be decided

 

Jan, 2012

 

On-going

 

NONE

 

-

 

-

17

Mrs. Reshma Raskar Phule (Roll No. 124043001)

 

Yet to be decided

 

July, 2012

 

On-going

 

NONE

 

-

 

-

     

      (Note: * came for oral viva voce (defence) examination)

 

 

b)     For M. Tech.:

 

Sl No

Name of the student/research scholar

Title of Dissertation

Year Started

Year Completed

Co-guide(s) if any

1

Somdatta Basu

(Roll No. 04304026)

Static and seismic slope stability analyses

Jan, 2005

April, 2006

NONE

2

Santiram Chatterjee

(Roll No. 04304801)

Displacement - based seismic earth pressure on retaining walls

Jan, 2005

April, 2006

NONE

3

Deepa Modi

(Roll No. 05304002)

Stability of reinforced and unreinforced soil slopes under seismic conditions

Jan, 2006

July, 2007

NONE

4

Rajeev Kumar Bharti

(Roll No. 05304023)

Behaviour of subgrade soil under cyclic load below railway track

Jan, 2006

July, 2007

NONE

5

Mayukh Mukhopadhayay

(Roll No. 06304007)

Pushover analysis for laterally loaded piles under static & seismic conditions

Jan, 2007

June, 2008

NONE

6

Manoranjan Tripathy

(Roll No. 06304009)

Behaviour of shallow foundations subjected to blast loads

Jan, 2007

June, 2008

NONE

7

Debarghya Chakraborty

(Roll No. 07304001)

Behaviour of tailings earthen dam under seismic conditions

Jan, 2008

May, 2009

NONE

8

Gaytree Vijay Dandekar

(Roll No. 08304007)

Response of shallow foundations to underground and above ground blast loads

Jan, 2009

July, 2010

NONE

9

K Sangeetha

(Roll No. 09304005)

Modeling and analysis of retaining structures using FLAC

Jan, 2010

July, 2011

NONE

10

Ritika Sangroya (Roll No. 10304021)

Comparative studies on soil slope stability under blast and seismic loadings using FLAC2D

Jan, 2011

May, 2012

NONE

11

Ankit Sarin

(Roll No. 113040010)

Yet to be decided

Jan, 2012

On-going

NONE

12

V. Dilli Rao

(Roll No. 113040012)

Yet to be decided

Jan, 2012

On-going

NONE

 

 

c)     For B. Tech.:

 

Sl No

Name of the student

Title of Project Report

Year Started

Year Completed

Co-guide(s) if any

1

Kishore K. Chauhan

Displacement - based static and seismic earth pressures

July, 2003

May, 2004

NONE

2

Persainjit Singh

(Roll No. 02004010)

Behaviour of waterfront retaining structures under
earthquake and tsunami forces

July, 2005

April, 2006

NONE

3

 

Vikram Reddy

Characterization of swelling soil for design of foundations

July, 2005

April, 2006

NONE

4

Siddharth Chauhan

(Roll No. 03004004)

Behaviour of subgrade below railway track under cyclic loading

July, 2006

April, 2007

NONE

5

Rahul Sharma

(Roll No. 03004011)

Behavior of waterfront retaining wall under combined effect of earthquake and tsunami forces

July, 2006

April, 2007

NONE

6

Karan Ganjoo

(Roll No. 04004029)

Design of earthen dam under seismic conditions

July, 2007

May, 2008

NONE

7

Kamal Wadhwani

(Roll No. 04004035)

Studies on behavior of subgrade below runway under different cyclic loads

July, 2007

May, 2008

NONE

8

P Sankara Rao (Roll No. 05004041)

Computation of static earth pressure behind retaining wall using Plaxis

July, 2008

August, 2009

NONE

 


  

News:

  

1. Television Interview in a LIVE show after Sikkim Earthquake, India as covered by News Channel TV9 – Maharashtra, India on September 19, 2011. Video 1, Video 2

 

2. Research News with my PhD student Mr. Sumedh Mhaske on Disaster Management for Mumbai city is covered by print media in National News Paper ‘Hindustan Times’ on August 9, 2010. Page 1, Page 2

 

3. Received Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers for 2009 (senior Humboldt Fellow), given Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.

 

4. Received IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award for the year 2007, given by IIT Bombay, India in 2009.

 

5. Received INSA-JSPS Bilateral Exchange Fellowship for 2009-2010, for research visit to Kagoshima University, Japan during May – July, 2009 as JSPS Fellow.

 

6. Received Shamsher Prakash (SP) Research Award – 2008: IIT Roorkee, for outstanding research contribution in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering given by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India through S.P. Research Foundation, USA, on 8th Annual Convocation on November 8, 2008.  (Award given by Shri Jaiprakash Gaur, BOG Chairman of IIT Roorkee, Photo-1, Photo-2, Photo-3)

 

7. Received EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD FOR JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS (under 40 years category) – 2008 by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), USA. (www.iacmag.org) 

 

8.  Selected as Regular Member of Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (GEER), Berkeley, CA, USA since October, 2007. Also the first individual to get selected in this group as a member from India.

 

9.   Invited and attended the special session Interface between Nobel Laureates, World Food Prize Awardees, Nation Builders, Eminent Scientists and Young Scientist Awardees of 93rd Indian Science Congress at Hyderabad, on January 3, 2006.

   

10.   Cited in MARQUIS WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD, USA, 23rd Edition, 2006.

 

11.   News on ISCA Young Scientist Award appeared in rediff.com on February 3, 2005. Click here for the news.

 

12.  Same News appeared in ‘THE HINDU’ An Indian Daily Newspaper, on February 3, 2005. Click here for the news.

 

13.   Same news appeared in ‘Indian Express An Indian Daily Newspaper, in Mumbai News on February 8, 2005. Click here for the news in web. (See & Read News).

 

14.  Same news appeared in ‘Asian Age’ An Indian Daily Newspaper, in Mumbai Age, on February 6, 2005; in ‘PLANET POWAI’ A local Newspaper, on February 6, 2005; in ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA’ An Indian Daily Newspaper, in Mulund Plus, on February 13, 2005 (See & Read News).

 

15. Organized successfully, as Organising Secretary of International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering, (ICGGE-2004) during 8 - 10 December, 2004 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. (Some selected Photos of the event).

 

16. NPTEL member and Instructor for Web-based Course on “Foundation Engineering” for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) in Phase-I and for Video Course on “Soil Dynamics” in Phase-II, a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India initiative. See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ for details.

 


 

 

Personal:

  

My Family Members:

 

I am a Bengali from Calcutta (now Kolkata). My Calcutta home address is at Nutan Pally, Middle Road, P.O. Sonarpur, Kolkata - 700 150. My family members are,

 

Mother - Mrs. Dipali Choudhury.

Father - Mr. Bhabatosh Choudhury.

Wife - Mrs. Nilanjana Choudhury, Singer, Grade B, Category Rabindra sangeet, All India Radio, Calcutta, India.

Son - Master Abhroneel Choudhury (Yaman). Click here to see Yaman

Daughter - Miss Diyanjana Choudhury. Newly Arrived on Nov. 7, 2007.


 

 

Places Visited:

 

International:

 

GERMANY

 

1.   Darmstadt/Frankfurt, Germany during January 6, 2010 to June 27, 2010; Route: Kuwait Airways KU, Mumbai-Kuwait-Frankfurt; Germany.

2.   Cologne (Köln), Germany on January 20, 2010 and on February 15, 2010; Route: ICE from Frankfurt.

3.   Bayreuth, Germany during February 3, 2010 to February 5, 2010; Route: ICE from Frankfurt via Nurmberg.

4.   Mainz, Germany on February 15, 2010; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

5.   Berlin, Germany during March 4 - 6, 2010 and June 21 - 23, 2010; Route: ICE from Frankfurt via Leipzig.

6.   Rüdesheim, Germany on April 4, 2010; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

7.   Frankfurt, Germany on April 10, 2010; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

8.   Heidelberg, Germany on May 5, 2010; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

9.   Speyer, Germany on June 13, 2010; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

10. Darmstadt/Frankfurt, Germany during May 5, 2011 to July 26, 2011; Route: Air India, Mumbai-Delhi-Frankfurt; Germany.

11. Stuttgart, Germany on June 28, 2011; Route: IC from Darmstadt.

12. Kaiserslautern, Germany on July 12 to July 13, 2011; Route: ICE from Darmstadt.

13. Darmstadt/Frankfurt, Germany during May 5, 2012 to July 26, 2012; Route: Air India, Mumbai-Delhi-Frankfurt; Germany.

14. Munich, Germany on May 30 – 31, 2012; Route: Air Malta (code share with Lufthansa) from Catenia, Italy.

15. Rostock, Germany on May 31 – June 3, 2012; Route: IC from Darmstadt via Hamburg, Germany.

16. Nuremberg, Germany on June 9, 2012; Route: ICE from Darmstadt, Germany.

17. Mainz, Germany on June 30 and July 21, 2012; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

18. Manheim, Germany on July 21, 2012; Route: RB from Darmstadt.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

1.    Zurich, Switzerland on March 20, 2010 from Germany; Route: ICE from Darmstadt; Germany.

2.    Schaffhausen, Switzerland on March 20, 2010; Route: ICE from Darmstadt; Germany.

3.    Luzern, Switzerland during March 20 to March 22, 2010.

4.    Interlaken, Switzerland during March 22 to March 25, 2010.

5.    Bern, Switzerland on March 24, 2010.

6.    Zurich, Switzerland on May 19-21, 2012 from Germany; Route: ICE from Darmstadt; Germany.

 

LIECHTENSTEIN

 

1.    Vaduz, Liechtenstein on May 20, 2012 from Zurich, Switzerland.

 

AUSTRIA

 

1.    Salzburg, Austria on April 16 to April 17, 2010 from Germany; Route: ICE from Darmstadt; Germany.

2.    Innsbruck, Austria on April 17 to April 19, 2010; Route: OBB from Salzburg; Austria.

3.    Vienna, Austria on July 16 to July 17, 2011; Route: OBB from Frankfurt; Germany.

 

NETHERLANDS

 

1.    Delft, Netherland on May 13 to May 16, 2010 from Germany; Route: ICE from Mainz; Germany.

2.    Keukenhof, Netherland on May 13, 2010; Route: From Delft.

3.    Madurodam, Netherland on May 14, 2010; Route: From Delft.

4.    Amsterdam, Netherland on May 15, 2010; Route: From Delft.

 

FRANCE

 

1.    Paris, France on May 20 to May 23, 2010 from Germany; Route: ICE and TGV from Frankfurt; Germany.

 

NORWAY

 

  1. Oslo, Norway on May 25 to May 28, 2011 from Germany; Route: Ryan Air from Frankfurt Hahn; Germany.

 

DENMARK

 

  1. Copenhagen, Denmark on May 29 to May 30, 2011 from Oslo; Route: DFDS Cruise over North Sea from Oslo; Norway.

 

ITALY

 

  1. Pisa, Italy on June 8 to June 9, 2011 from Germany; Route: Ryan Air from Frankfurt Hahn; Germany.
  2. Florence, Italy on June 9 to June 11, 2011 from Pisa; Route: Train Italia from Pisa; Italy.
  3. Seiano, Italy on June 11 to June 14, 2011 from Florence via Naples; Route: Train Italia from Florence; Italy.
  4. Isle of Capri, Sorrento, Italy on June 12, 2011; Route: From Seiano.
  5. Mount Visuvious, Pompei, Italy on June 13, 2011; Route: From Seiano.
  6. Rome, Italy on June 14, 2011 to June 17, 2011 from Seiano via Naples; Route: Train Italia from Seiano; Italy.
  7. Catenia, Sicily, Italy on May 27, 2012; Route: Lufthansa from Frankfurt, Germany via Munich, Germany.
  8. Taormina, Sicily, Italy on May 27-30, 2012; Route: From Catenia.
  9. Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy on May 27, 2012; Route: From Taormina.

 

SPAIN

 

  1. Valencia, Spain on June 13 to June 15, 2012 from Germany; Route: Ryan Air from Frankfurt Hahn; Germany.
  2. Tarragona, Spain on June 15 to June 17, 2012 from Valencia; Route: Train Renfe from Valencia; Spain.
  3. Barcelona, Spain on June 16, 2012; Route: From Tarragona.

 

CZECH-REPUBLIC

 

  1. Prague (Praha), Czech Republic on June 9 - 11, 2012 from Germany; Route: ICE and DB Bus from Darmstadt & Nuremberg; Germany.

 

 

JAPAN

 

1.   Kagoshima, Japan during May 11, 2009 to July 26, 2009; Route: Thai Airways TG, Mumbai-Bankok-Fukuoka; Japan Airlines JAC, Fukuoka-Kagoshima.

2.   Yamaguchi, Japan during July 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009. Route: By Car from Kagoshima.

3.   Kyushu, Japan during July 2, 2009 to July 2, 2009. Route: By Car from Yamaguchi.

4.   Saga, Japan during July 2, 2009 to July 3, 2009. Route: By Car from Kyushu.

5.   Kyoto, Japan during June 27, 2009 to June 29, 2009. Route: Shinkansen Bullet Train (Nozomi), Tokyo-Kyoto; Japan Airlines JAC, Osaka-Kagoshima.

6.   Tokyo, Japan during June 25, 2009 to June 27, 2009. Route: Japan Airlines JAL, Kagoshima-Tokyo.

7. Tokyo, Japan during September 16, 2012 to September 17, 2012. Route: Singapore Airlines, Mumbai-Singapore-Tokyo.

8. Kanazawa, Japan during September 17, 2012 to September 20, 2012. Route: Japan Airlines JAL, Tokyo-Kanazawa; All Nippon Airlines ANA, Kanazawa-Tokyo.

 

USA

 

1.    San Francisco/Berkeley, California, USA during April 19, 2006 to October 13, 2006. Route: Lufthansa Airlines, Mumbai-Frankfort-San Francisco.

2.    Los Angeles, California, USA during September 30 to October 2, 2006. Route: American Airlines, San Francisco-Los Angeles.

3.    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA during September 1 to September 3, 2006. Route: By Car from San Francisco.

4.    Chicago, USA during February 18, 2007 to February 19, 2007. Route: Air India, Mumbai-London-Chicago.

5.   Denver, Colorado, USA during February 19, 2007 to February 21, 2007. Route: United Airlines: Chicago-Denver.

6.   Boulder, Colorado, USA during February 21, 2007 to February 22, 2007. Route: By Bus from Denver.

7.   New Orleans, USA during March 9, 2008 to March 13, 2008. Route: Etihad Airlines, Mumbai-Abu Dhabi-New York; Delta: New York-New Orleans.

8.   New York, USA during March 13, 2008 to March 15, 2008. Route: Jet Blue Airlines: New Orleans-New York.

9. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA during February 21, 2010 to February 25, 2010. Route: Air India, Frankfurt-Newark; Continental: Newark-West Palm Beach.

10. Dallas, Texas, USA during March 12, 2011 to March 17, 2011. Route: Air India, Mumbai-Delhi-Chicago; American Airlines: Chicago-Dallas.

11. Norman, Oklahoma, USA during March 17, 2011 to March 19, 2011. Route: American Airlines: Dallas-Oklahoma.

12. San Francisco/Oakland, California, USA during March 24, 2012 to March 27, 2012. Route: Lufthansa Airlines, Mumbai-Frankfort-San Francisco-Munich-Delhi.

 

UAE

 

1. Dubai, UAE during January 31, 2010 to February 2, 2010. Route: Lufthansa, Frankfurt-Dubai.

 

CHINA

 

1. Beijing, China during October 11, 2008 to October 18, 2008. Route: Air India: Mumbai-New Delhi-Hong Kong; Air China: Hong Kong-Beijing.

2. Chongqing, China during October 22, 2010 to October 25, 2010. Route: China Eastern Airlines: Kolkata-Kunming-Chongqing; Air China International: Chongqing-Hong Kong; Jet Airways: Hong Kong-Mumbai.

 

RUSSIA

 

1. Saint Petersberg, Russia during June 15, 2008 to June 23, 2008. Route: Aerofloat Airlines, Mumbai-Moscow-Saint Petersberg.

2.  Moscow, Russia during June 23, 2008 to June 25, 2008. Route: Aerofloat Airlines, Saint Petersberg-Moscow.

 

AUSTRALIA

 

1. Sydney/Wollongong, Australia during May 9, 2005 to June 10, 2005. Route: Qantas Airlines, Mumbai-Sydney.

2. Sydney, Australia during July 22, 2010 to July 24, 2010. Route: Qantas Airlines, Mumbai-Singapore-Sydney.

3. Melbourne, Australia during July 24, 2010 to July 27, 2010. Route: Qantas Airlines, Sydney-Melbourne.

4. Sydney/Wollongong, Australia during October 29, 2012 to November 3, 2012. Route: Malaysia Airlines, Mumbai-Kualalampur-Sydney.

5. Canberra/Wollongong, Australia on November 3, 2012. Route: By car from Wollongong.

 

SINGAPORE

 

1. Singapore, during May 26, 2004 to July 25, 2004. Route: Air India, Mumbai-Chennai-Singapore.

2. Singapore, during September 21, 2012. Route: Singapore Airlines, Tokyo-Singapore.

 

 

BANGLADESH

 

1. Dhaka, Bangladesh during November 3, 2010 to November 6, 2010. Route: Jet Airways, Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai.

 

 

 


 

 

Non-Academic Interests:

 

Drama:

 

Acted in many Bengali Drama at Bangalore, Kanpur, Mumbai. Some of them are:

 

1.   Boro Pishima written by Badal Sarkar - Feb.1998 at IISc Bangalore.

2.   Shiber Oshaddhi written by Manoj Mitra - Feb. 1999 at IISc Bangalore.

3.   Goraye Golod written by Rabindranath Tagore - June 1999 at IISc Bangalore.

4.   Ballabhpurer Rupkatha written by Badal Sarkar - Oct. 2000 at North Bangalore. See Photo1, See Photo2

5.   Bancharamer Bagan written by Manoj Mitra - Feb. 2001 at IISc Bangalore. See Photo1, See Photo2

6.   Parash Pathar written by Shyamapada Das - Feb. 2002 at IISc Bangalore. See Photo

7.   Mahabidya written by Manoj Mitra - June 2002 at IISc Bangalore.

8.   Bhushandir Math written by Parashuram - Oct. 2002 at North Bangalore.

9.   Chikitsha Sankot written by Parashuram - April 2003 at IIT Kanpur and October 2003 at IIT Bombay.

 

 

T.V. Mega-Serial:

 

Translated Bengali T.V. Mega Serial ‘Shantiniketan’ (Channel ETV Bangla, Directed by Bishnu Pal Choudhury) to English for re-telecasting as Kannada T.V. Mega Serial ‘Sanjay Mallige’ (Channel ETV Kannada, Directed by Srinivas Prabhu) during June 2001 - January 2002.

 

Song:

 

Participated as a singer in the following public functions and TV programme:

 

1. February 13, 2005 Saraswati-Puja Evening Cultural Programme at IIT Bombay.

2. January 26, 2004 Saraswati-Puja Evening Cultural Programme at IIT Bombay.

3. October 3, 2003, ‘˜Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai’ Programme Telecast in STAR PLUS TV Channel.

4.   April 2003, ‘Pyar Ki Kashti Mein...’ Faculty Club Cultural Prog. at IIT Kanpur. See News in ?Dainik Jagaran?, Hindi News paper from Lucknow, India.

5.   Feb. 2001, Saraswati-Puja Evening Cultural Prog. By North Bangalore Puja Association at Bangalore.

6.   Oct. 2000, Durga-Puja ‘Saptami’ Evening Cultural Prog. By North Bangalore Puja Association at Bangalore.

 

Travel and Trekking:

 

Visited several tourist and non-tourist spots with group of friends, some of the places are:

 

1.   Ooty and Coonor during May 1999 from Bangalore.

2.   Shivsamudram, Talkat, Somnathpura during Aug. 1999 from Bangalore.

3.   Coorg during Aug. 2000 from Bangalore.

4.   Kodaikanal during Sept. 2000 from Bangalore.

5.   Aurangabad, Ellora, Daulatabad, Matheran during Dec. 2000 from Pune and Mumbai.

6.   Hampi during Jan. 2001 from Bangalore.

7.   Gokarna, Murudeshwar, Karwar during March 2001 from Bangalore.

8.   Goa during July 2001 from Bangalore.

9.   Indore, Ujjain, Mahakaleswar Temple etc. from Indore during Dec. 2001.

10.   Kudremukh during April 2002 from Bangalore.

11.   Allahabad, Sangam, Lucknow etc. from Kanpur in Dec. 2002.

12.    Nainital from Kanpur in June 2003.

13.   Nasik, Kumbh-Mela, August 2003, Trimbakeshwar Temple, Panchabati, Tapoban, Ramkund etc. from Mumbai.

 


THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. (Last updated on May 16, 2013)

 Back to IIT Bombay Homepage