IIT Ropar Civil Engineering

Hi I am interested in having the details for the setting up of the Civil Engineering Department at IIT Ropar?

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Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Ropar. This office will offer B.Tech program in Civil Engineering beginning from 2016-17 Academic Year.

The B.Tech. program separated from covering the central courses, might assimilate every single customary part of structural designing including materials, structures, water assets, condition, soil mechanics/establishment, transportation and geomatics in a comprehensive mode staying away from superfluous compartmentalization. Bigger accentuation should be set upon the building sciences with a target of delivering "considering" engineers equipped for handling even unconventional designing difficulties. What's more, concentrate might be on related present day improvements like new materials, remote sensors, displaying and reproduction; and the present issue of environmental change. At first the admission into the program should be limited to 25.

Before long Ph.D. in Civil Engineering will likewise be begun at IIT Ropar. The Ph.D. program should envelop the whole range of structural designing and other interfacing disciplines. Be that as it may, bigger accentuation should be put upon the issues of the locale (Punjab and Haryana) like surges, water-logging, tremors, street mishaps, tumor plague, lessening water assets, debasing condition/water quality.

Faculty Civil Engineering Department

Dr. Amar Nath Roy Chowdhury
PhD (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Research Interests: Multiscale Structural Mechanics, Thin-Walled Structures, Structural Stability, Composite Structures.

Prof. Deepak Kashyap (Head of the Department)
PhD (IIT Roorkee)
Research Interests: Water Resources, Groundwater, Modeling and Simulation

Dr. Naveen James
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Dynamic behaviour of soils, Liquefaction, Seismic Hazard Assessment & Microzonation, Site characterization, Site response studies, Landslide Hazard Assessment, GIS applications in hazard studies

Dr. Putul Haldar
PhD ( IIT Roorkee)
Research Interests: Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Evaluation of Structures, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Structures, Performance-Based Design of Structures Nonlinear Modeling and Analysis of Structures, Structural Engineering and Dynamics

Dr. Reet Kamal Tiwari (Visiting Faculty)
PhD ( IIT Roorkee)
Research Interests: Geomatics Engineering

Dr. Sagar Rohidas Chavan
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Rainfall-runoff modeling, Regionalization of hydrological extremes, Regional frequency analysis of extreme rainfall and floods, Prediction in ungauged basins,Multi-fractal analysis of rainfall and flood, Climate change impacts on hydrological processes, Dam safety analysis and inundation studies

Dr. Vijay Anand L
PhD (Auburn University, USA)
Research Interests: Geochemical Processes Occurring at Mineral-Water Interface, Contaminant Transport Processes: Experiments and Modeling, Eco-friendly Technologies for Contaminant Remediation, Actinide Chemistry.

Lab Staff

Name of Staff : Mr. Vipin Kumar
Designation : Junior Lab Assistant (Contract)
Email : jlacivil1@iitrpr.ac.in
Qualification : B.Tech (Civil Engineering)
Area of Interest : Concrete Lab, Geotechnical Engg. Lab, Environment Engg. Lab , Hydraulics Engg. Lab and Projects Work.

Name of Staff : Mr. Arpit Gupta
Designation : Junior Lab Assistant (contract)
Email : jlacivil2@iitrpr.ac.in
Qualification : Diploma in Civil Engineering (Specialization in Environment & Pollution Control)
Area of Interest : Water And Waste Water Analysis ab ,Building Material & Concrete Lab , Fluid Mechanics Lab , Transportation Engg.Lab , Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engg. Lab and Projects Work.

Contact Details

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar,
Nangal Road,
Rupnagar,
Punjab,
INDIA 140001

Tel: +91-1881-227078
Fax: +91-1881-223395