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Faculty Members in CIVIL DEPARTMENT
Here are brief details for IIT Kanpur's Civil Engineering department faculty, listed in alphabetical order of the surnames. Please click on a name to see a detailed profile. You can also use the smart search feature above to find faculty for a topic or area of specialization.
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Abhas Singh
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Room: 306 Faculty Building Email: abhas[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7665 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/abhas-singh https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52379
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Environmental geochemistry of heavy metals and inorganic contaminants
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Investigate physical and chemical processes such as adsorption, precipitation, and reduction-oxidation occurring at mineral-water-microbial interfaces, and relate them to larger scales
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Predict inorganic contaminant fate and transport through surface complexation and flow-through reactor modeling
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Develop tools to target contaminant remediation in natural as well as engineered environments
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Abhishek Chaudhary
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: 310 Faculty Building Email: abhishekc[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 2087 Web: https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/abhishek-chaudhary https://iitk.irins.org/profile/110868
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Evaluating the impact of human consumption activities on different environmental domains (climate change, water use, land use, eutrophication, acidification
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Generating quantitative information to guide transition towards sustainable technology, systems and human behaviors
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Developing methods for biodiversity and ecosystem service impact assessment
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Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA)
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Product environmental footprint (PEF) assessment
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Characterising the sustainability status of global diets and food systems through nutrition, human health and environmental indicators
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Anubha Goel
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Room: 319 Faculty Building Email: anubha[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7027 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/anubha-goel https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52381
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Characterization of emissions from vehicular exhaust
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Indoor and ambient air quality assessment
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Size segregated distribution of particulates and organic pollutants on aerosols
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Health risk assessment
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Environmental modeling, Fate and transport of pollutants
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Solid Waste Management; Agricultural impact on climate change
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Arghya Das
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Room: #304 Faculty Building Email:
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Tel: (91-512) 259 6978 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/arghya-das https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52383
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Constitutive modeling of geomaterials
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Micromechanics of granular materials
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Bifurcation & instability analysis in geomaterials
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Numerical & physical modeling in geotechnical engineering
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B. Nagarajan
Visiting Professor
Contact Information: Room: 331 Faculty Building Email:
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Tel: (91-512) 259 7435 Web:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Satellite Altimetry and Gravimetric Studies
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Earth Rotation and Polar Motion
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Photogrammetric and Remote sensing
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Topographical Surveying and Mapping
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Regional Geoidal Models
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Bharat Lohani
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 113 Western Laboratory Extension Email: blohani[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7413 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/bharat-lohani https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52393 RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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3D laser imaging and LCS measurement
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Technology for motion correction and error analysis in laser scanning
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Propagation modelling using high resolution LiDAR data (flood, sound, GPS signal)
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As built mapping using terrestrial laser scanning of complex structure including heritage structures
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Development of LiDAR simulator-airborne and spaceborne
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GIS for optimized land consolidation
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Bipin Kumar Gupta
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Motwani Building – Room no: MB-608 Email:
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Tel: 0512-259-2143 Web: http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/bipin-kumar-gupta
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines
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Soil-structure interaction analysis and design
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Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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Chinmoy Kolay
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: 201 WS-II Email: ckolay[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 6282 Web: http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/chinmoy-kolay https://iitk.irins.org/profile/110870 RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Behaviour of structures under extreme load events (e.g., earthquake, windstorm, and blast)
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Real-time hybrid (pseudo-dynamic) simulation
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Structural dynamics and control
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Nonlinear structural analysis
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Numerical techniques
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Soil-structure interaction
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Renewable building material
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Chunendra K Sahu
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: WLE 112(A) Email: cksahu[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 2198 Web: http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/chunendra-k-sahu
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Flow and mixing in porous media
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Buoyancy and density driven flows
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Dye-attenuation technique
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Carbon sequestration, groundwater contamination, geothermal energy recovery
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Durgesh C. Rai
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 102 WS-II Email: dcrai[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7717/6042 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/durgesh-c-rai https://iitk.irins.org/profile/12408
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Experimental seismic behavior of structures
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Seismic evaluation and strengthening
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Energy dissipation devices
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Masonry and Steel-RC composite members
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Jagdish Prasad Sahoo
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Room: FB331 Email:
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Tel: 0512-259-2147 (O) Web: http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/jagdish-prasad-sahoo
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Foundation Engineering
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Reinforced earth structures
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stability of tunnels
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underground openings and slopes
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Pavement geotechnics
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Strength behavior of rocks
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Prabin Kumar Ashish
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: WLE 303A Email: pkashish[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 2336 Web: https://iitk.ac.in/new/prabin-kumar-ashish https://sites.google.com/view/prabinashish
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Performance based mechanistic characterization of asphalt binder and mixes
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Semi Flexible Pavement (SFP) based composite materials.
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Non-destructive methods for understanding pavement materials behavior.
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Bonding/debonding between aggregate and asphalt binder.
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Development of sustainable pavement materials.
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Partha Chakroborty
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 303D Western Laboratory Extension Email: partha[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7037 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/partha-chakroborty https://iitk.irins.org/profile/2249
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Traffic flow theory and Traffic Engineering
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Travel Demand
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Transit Systems and Vehicle Routing
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Transport System Evaluation and Management
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Pranamesh Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: Room 4, Block C, Old SAC Building Email:
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Tel: (91-512) 259 2146 Web: https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/pranamesh-chakraborty
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Priyanka Ghosh
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 335 Faculty Building Email: priyog[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7022 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/priyanka-ghosh https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52430
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Bearing capacity of foundations
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Numerical Analysis
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Retaining walls and earth pressure theory
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Pullout resistance of anchors
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Stability of slopes
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Purnendu Bose
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 304 Western Laboratory Extension Email: pbose[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7403 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/purnendu-bose https://iitk.irins.org/profile/2608
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Physico-chemical processes for water and wastewater treatment
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Abiotic remediation of groundwater resources
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Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
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Sachchida Nand Tripathi
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 314 Faculty Building Email: snt[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7845 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/sachchida-nand-tripathi https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52637
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Aerosol Science and Technology
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Low-Cost Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring
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Air pollution source identification in near real-time
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Aerosol-Land Use-Rainfall-Climate coupling
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Large-Scale Chamber Aerosol Experiments for Reactor Safety
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Samit Ray Chaudhuri
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 303 E Western Laboratory Extension Email: samitrc[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7267 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/samit-ray-chaudhuri https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52661
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
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Performance evaluation of structural and nonstructural components and system
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Performance-based design and structural rehabilitation
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Sesismic soil-structure interaction
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Structural health monitoring
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Structural testing
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Saumyen Guha
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 303 F Western Laboratory Extension Email: sguha[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7917 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/saumyen-guha https://iitk.irins.org/profile/2252
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Subsurface Flow and Transport
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Bioremediation of Toxic Organics in Natural Systems
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Fate and Transport of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in the Natural Systems
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Metal uptake in plants
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Natural Isotopes
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Sudib Kumar Mishra
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Room: 305 Faculty Building Email: smishra[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 6731 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/sudib-kumar-mishra https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52975
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Structural Dynamics and Vibration
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Structural Health Monitoring
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Probabilistic Safety Assessment
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Instability in Structures
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Multi-scale Modeling
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Syam Nair
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Room: 307 Faculty Building Email: syamnair[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7957 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/syam-nair https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52989 RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Pavement materials
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Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation
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Recycling of infrastructure materials
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Chemical stabilization of soils/aggregate
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Utilization of industrial by-products
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Tarun Gupta
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 332A Faculty Building Email: tarun[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7128 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/tarun-gupta https://iitk.irins.org/profile/52991
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Development of instruments for aerosol measurement
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Engineering control of particles in ambient and indoor settings
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Physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric pollutants
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formation of secondary organic aerosol
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Personal exposure assessment and health effects of inhaled particles
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Source apportionment of air pollution
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formation and control of engine exhaust emissions, and risk assessment.
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Vinod Tare
Professor
Contact Information: Room: 116 Western Laboratory Email: vinod[AT]iitk.ac.in Tel: (91-512) 259 7792 Web: http://iitk.ac.in/new/vinod-tare https://iitk.irins.org/profile/2415
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Processes for natural resource conservation and regeneration
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Physicochemical, Biological and Ecological processes, Water and wastewater treatment
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Modelling and simulation of environmental systems
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EIA & EA
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