Experience
PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1978 to date.
Teaching
Teaching
various undergraduate and graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering;
Mechanics of Solids, Engineering Design, Environmental Design and Aesthetics,
Engineering of Ground, etc.
Research Guidance
Guided
15 Doctoral theses, 32 Master theses, and many Senior Year B.Tech. Projects.
Sponsored Research
Reinforcement of Alluvial Ground;
Behaviour of Offshore Piles in Calcareous Soils;
Granular Pile Reinforced Soil;
Modelling
Flow through Masonry Dams;
Fields of Research
Analysis
of settlement of foundations, application of probabilistic methods to
geotechnical engineering, pile foundations, rock mechanics, reinforced earth,
granular piles, ground improvement methods, modelling and numerical analysis of
geotechnical/ground engineering problems, vertical drain treated ground, etc.
Consultancy
Design
of embankment dam, heavy machine foundations, aqueduct foundations on alluvial
deposits, etc.
Continuing Education
Organised
several Intensive Courses, one National Seminar and one Workshop for engineering
college teachers and practicing engineers.
Curriculum Development
Drafted
a new four B. Tech. program as Member of Senate Undergraduate Review Committee
and the new two year professional program for Civil Engineers as Convenor,
Departmental Review Committee; Developed a new course Ground Engineering based
on various Ground Improvement Techniques.
VISITING SCIENTIST, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2000 May - July.
Research
on Rotation of Tall Structures on In-elastic Ground, Pull-out of Geosynthetic
Reinforcement due to Transverse Pull.
GUEST PROFESSOR- Inst. of Lowland Tech., Saga University, Saga, Japan, 1997 Sept. - Dec.
Research
on Reinforcement - Soil Interactions and Stone Columns & delivered a series
of lectures.
VISITING PROFESSOR - Laboratorium voor Groundmechanica, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 1995 May - July.
Research
on Deep Dynamic Densification of Granular Deposits.
PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING - Inst. of Lowland Tech., Saga University, Saga, Japan, 1992 & 1993.
Taught courses on Disaster Mitigation Engineering, Soft Clay Engineering, Social Aspects of Engineering;
Research on Stone Columns, Vertical Drains, Reinforced Granular Rafts on Piles, Piled Rafts, Consolidation of Lightly O.C. Soils.
Guided 2 Doctoral & 1 Master's theses and 2 Senior Year projects.
Organised
jointly with Prof.s N.Miura and K.Koga an Int. Symp. on Problems of Lowland
Development and edited a book "Lowlands
- Development and Management".
VISITING PROFESSOR - Laboratorium voor Groundmechanica, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 1991 May - July.
Research
on Dilating Stone Columns and Dynamic Soil Improvement Methods.
ASSOCIATE - International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1990 Jan.
Research
on Homogenization of Rock Masses.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1988-93.
-
joint appointment with I.I.T., Kanpur.
VISITING SCIENTIST - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1988 May - July.
Taught
the course 'Groundwater Flow; Research on Near Surface Reinforced Soft Soils,
Application of Electronic Spreadsheets and Expert Systems in Geotechnical
Engineering.
VISITING PROFESSOR -Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1985-87.
Taught courses on Foundation Design, Geotechnical Analysis, Hydraulic Structures, Groundwater Flow; Research on Granular Piles, Reinforced Earth, Pullout Capacity of Piles, etc.
CONSULTANT - M/S Dubon Project Engrg. Co., Mumbai, 1983 May-July.
High
level summer consultancy; worked on design of foundations for liquid storage
tanks, pile foundations, embankments on soft clays, and evaluated different
methods of installation of granular piles.
VISITING SCIENTIST - University of Sydney, 1975 July-Oct.
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW - University of Sydney, Sydney, 1970-1971.
Carried
out research on batter piles subjected to downdrag, piles subject to combined
axial and lateral loads and moment; batter piles and pile groups; buckling of
piles.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - I.I.T., Kanpur, 1969-1978 &
LECTURER - I. I. T., Kanpur, 1967-1969.
Developed and taught courses on Settlement Analysis, Soil-Foundation Interaction, Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering in addition to teaching regular courses.
Guided
4 Doctoral, 15 M. Tech. theses and few B. Tech. Senior year projects.
RESEARCH AREAS: Initially Bent Piles, Application of Mathematical Programming Techniques to Geotechnical Engineering; Non-Darcy Flow through Porous Media.
CONSULTANCY: Stability of coal handling plant, Settlement analysis
of large aqueduct foundations.
CONTINUING EDUCATION: Organised three short term courses for
engineering college teachers and practicing engineers.
SCIENTIFIC OFFICER - Indian Institute of Science, BANGALORE 1965-1967.
BURMAH SHELL FELLOW & SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, CSIR - Indian Institute of Science, BANGALORE 1962-1965.
Worked on doctoral thesis, and on the project on Soil Dynamics/Machine Foundations; taught graduate courses in Geotechnical Engrg., guided six M.E. theses.