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Abhishek Kumar

Abhishek Kumar

Associate Professor
PhD (2012) Geotechnical Engineering,Indian 探花视频 of Science, Bangalore, India

0361-258 3329    abhiak[at]iitg.ac.in

Research Area: *Seismic hazards of Urban Centers *Ground Motion Simulations *Liquefaction *Seismic hazard for Nuclear Power Plants *Site response studies for deep basins *Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) and Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) *Subsoil Investigations and Geotechnical Engineering *Soil Dynamics *Dynamic testing鈥檚 on Piles *Ground Improvement, Reinforced earth structures *Deep Excavations


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  • PhD (2012) Geotechnical Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Science, Bangalore, India
  • M. E. Geotechnical Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Science, Bangalore (converted to PhD)
  • B. E. (2007) Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

 

Contact Information

Email: abhiak@iitg.ac.in (preferred)/ abhitoaashu@gmail.com

Office Phone: +91-361-258-3329

Fax: +91-361-258-2440

Experience

  • Associate Professor (Jan 2019- present): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Technology, Guwahati, India
  • Assistant Professor (May 2014- Jan 2019): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Technology, Guwahati, India
  • Assistant Engineering Manager (September 2013 to April 2014): L & T GeoStructure, HQ, Chennai, India
  • Research Associate (August 2012 to August 2013): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian 探花视频 of Science, Bangalore, India

PG Courses

  • CE 643-Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
  • CE 532-Dynamics of Soil and Foundations
  • CE 642- Subsurface exploration and instrumentation
  • CE 668- Applied Seismology

U.G. Courses

  • CE 303- Geotechnical Engineering II
  • CE 101- Engineering Drawing
  • CE313- Geotechnical Engineering Lab II
  • CE215- Geotechnical Engineering Lab I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research

  • Seismic Hazard of Urban centres
  • Seismic Hazard of Nuclear Power Plants
  • Ground Motion Simulation
  • Liquefaction Assessment
  • Site Response Analysis
  • Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW)
  • Subsoil investigation and Geotechnical Testing
  • Soil Dynamics
  • Dynamics Testing on Pile
  • Ground Improvement
  • Deep Excavations

Awards

  • Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (2023-2025)
  • International Travel Support (ITS) by Department of Science and Technology (DST) for presenting research paper in 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE) at Santiago, Chile during 9-13 January, 2017
  • Bharat Gaurav Award for the year 2016 by India International Friendship Society (IIFS)
  • Young Engineers Award 2015 in the area of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2015 Young Engineers Award in Civil Engineering discipline by The Institution of Engineers of India (IEI)
  • 2015 Young Researcher Award by VIF
  • INSPIRE Faculty Award 2014 by the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
  • 探花视频 Grant for attending GeoCongress 2012 at Oakland California, USA
  • Third prize for best paper in Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference organized by IGS Delhi Chapter (2011)
  • MHRD scholarship for carrying out research work during Ph.D.
  • MHRD scholarship for carrying out research work during M.E.
  • All India Rank (AIR) 73 in GATE 2007
  • University Gold Medal for standing First in B.E. Civil Engineering in the year 2007 at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
  • University Gold Medal for standing First in B.E. all branches in the year 2007 at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
  • Build India Scholarship (BIS) for the year 2007 by Larsen and Toubro

 

Other Activities

Position held at the 探花视频 Level

  1. Head,  (October 2020- December 2022)
  2. Faculty Coordinator for Placement, (March 2020-September 2020)
  3. Faculty Coordinator for internship, (October 2019-Feb 2020)
  4. Warden, Hostel Manas (June 2018-July 2019)
  5. Associate Warden, Hostel Dibang (Sept. 2016-May 2018)

Position held at Departmental Level

  1. Laboratory In-Charge, Geotechnical Specialisation  (July 2020-present)
  2. DUPC representative of Geotechnical Specialization (June 2018-July 2020)
  3. Departmental Time Table Coordinator (Dec. 2015-June 2018)
  4. Library Committee representative of Geotechnical Specialization (Aug. 2014-Dec. 2015)

 

As External examiner

  1. PhD Thesis Examiner of Mr Bhanu Pratap Chamoli, Centre for excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee (July 2021).
  2. PhD Thesis Examiner of Mr Pankaj Kumar, Centre for excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee (July 2020).
  3. External examiner for Mtech (Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering discipline) for the session 2019 at NIT Silchar.

As Expert Member

  1. Delivered Theme Lecture titled “Forward and Inverse Ground Response Analysis: An Introduction and Need” during Indian Geotechnical Conference, held between 14 to 16 December 2023 at IIT Roorkee, India.
  2. Speaker delivering lecture titled “” in Faculty Development Program on Emerging Trends in Geotechnical Engineering, Under AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy September 6 – 10, 2021, CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat.
  3. Special Lecture titled “” at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (7ICRAGEE) help between 12 and 15 July 2021 in virtual mode.
  4. Delivered expert lecture titled “Importance and assessment of local site effect in seismic microzonation practice” in online course certificate on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Disasters”, held from 19 to 23 July 2021 at IIT Guwahati.
  5. Delivered expert lecture titled “Seismic microzonation: Importance of site specific observations” in online course certificate on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Disasters”, held from 19 to 23 July 2021 at IIT Guwahati.
  6. Delivered invited lecture in ATAL Faculty Development Program titled “Underground Space Utilization”, held from 18 Jan- 22 Jan 2021 at the Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
  7. Expert lecture titled “Local site effects”Importance and quantification” in TEQIP short term course on “Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering”, held from 17 to 23 Dec. 2020 at IIT Guwahati.
  8. Expert lecture titled “Ground motion simulation for seismic hazard analysis” in TEQIP short term course on “Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering”, held from 17 to 23 Dec. 2020 at IIT Guwahati.
  9. Expert lecture titled “Application of site specific seismic scenarios in various applications” in TEQIP III spnsored virtual Faculty Development Program cum workshop on “Recent Advances in Earthquake and Environmental Engineering” held between 7 and 11 September 2020 at NIT Silchar.
  10. Invited Expert for Third Curriculum Development Workshop,  Department of Civil Engineering, National 探花视频 of Technology Uttarakhand (July 2020).
  11. Session Chair during TC 102 workshop committee held on 26 and 27 April 2019 at the Department of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore.
  12. Invited lecture and session Chair during Indian Conference Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 1-2 March, 2019 at NIT Allahabad.

Journal Publications

  1. Abhishek Kumar, R V S Jenny Laura (2024), , Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01041-1.
  2. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2024), , Construction and Building Materials, 
  3. Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2023), , Indian Geotechnical Journal, .

  4. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023),  Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, .

  5. Abhishek Kamishetty, Indu S. R. G., Abhishek Kumar (2023), Journal of Building Engineering, .

  6. Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2023), , International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 23 (11), .

  7. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), "", Mining, Metallurgy and exploration, 40, 851-869, [2023] , .

  8. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), " ", Sadhana, 48-89, [2023] , .

  9. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), "", Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive waste (ASCE), 

  10. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2022), . Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2022.2160662

  11. Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Abhishek Kumar (2021), , 97, 1508-1513, DOI: 10.1007/s12594-021-1906-9.

  12. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), , Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-021-00571-2.

  13. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar, Rajat Dhanotiya (2021), , Journal of Seismology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-021-10037-w.

  14. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar (2021), : A Critical Review, Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-020-00495-3.

  15. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), , International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001973.

  16. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2020),  Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106425.

  17. Baro O, Abhishek Kumar, Ismail-zadeh A (2020) . Geomatics, Nat Hazards Risk 11(1): 2210-2239, 

  18. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2020), , Annals of Geophysics, DOI: .

  19. Kumar Abhishek, Haldar Suman (2020), , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01434-y.

  20. Safik Khan, Kumar Abhishek (2019), , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-01128-0.

  21. Baro Olympa, Kumar Ashok, Kumar Abhishek (2019), , Geosciences Research, DOI:  .

  22. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Annals of Geophysics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-7922.

  23. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar and Alik Ismail-Zadeh, (2018), , Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 9, (1), 841€“861.

  24. Abhishek Kumar, Niranjan Borah, Sambit Prasanjit Naik, Baro Olympa, (2018), , Indian Geotechncial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-018-0336-0.

  25. Soham Banerjee, Kumar Abhishek (2018), , Natural Hazards, doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3238-7.

  26. Abhishek Kumar, N.H. Harinarayan, Vishal Verma, Saurabh Anand, Uddipana Borah, Mousumi Bania (2018),  Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175 (8), 2721€“2738.

  27. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1696-6.

  28. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar (2018), , 5th Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Austin, Texas, (ASCE special Publication)

  29. Abhishek Kumar, Suman Haldar, Olympa Baro (2018), , India 5th Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Austin, Texas, (ASCE special Publication)

  30. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2017b),  Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 36(3), 1431-1446.

  31. Banerjee Soham and Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Indian Geotechnical Journal, Doi 10.1007/s40098-017-0259-1.

  32. Olympa Baro, Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Journal of Seismology, 21 (5), 1229-1249.

  33. Kumar Abhishek, Joy K. Mondal, (2017), , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 35 (5), 2303-2325.

  34. Kumar Abhishek, Vivek Srinivas (2017),  Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 35 (4), 1383-1407.

  35. Banerjee Soham, Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Geosciences Research Doi: 10.22606/gr.2017.22005.

  36. Kumar Abhishek, N. H. Harinarayan, Olympa Baro, (2017),  Natural Hazards, 87 (1), 13-33.

  37. Harinarayan N. H., Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Proceedings of Geotechnical Frontiers, GSP 281, Orlando, Florida, (ASCE special Publication).

  38. Mondal Joy K, Kumar Abhishek (2017), , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 35 (3), 959-981.

  39. Banerjee Soham, Kumar Abhishek (2016), , Disaster Advances, 9 (6), 10-27.

  40. Kumar Abhishek, Olympa, Baro, Harinarayan N H (2016), , 81 (1), 543-572.

  41. Kumar Abhishek, Harinarayan N H, Olympa Baro (2015), , Disaster Advances, 8 (12), 1-11.

  42. Olympa, Baro, Kumar Abhishek (2015), , Disaster Advances, 8 (7), 34-45.

  43. Anbazhagan P., Smitha C V and Kumar Abhishek (2014), , Engineering Geology, 171, 81-95.

  44. Anbazhagan P., Kumar Abhishek and Sitharam, T. G. (2013), , Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 53, 92-108.

  45. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam, T. G. (2013), . Natural Hazards, 69, 327-350.

  46. Anbazhagan, P., Kumar Abhishek and Sitharam, T.G., (2013), , Pure and Applied Geophysics, 170 (3), 299-318.

  47. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan, P. and Sitharam, T. G., (2013) , International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 4(1), pp 17-41.

  48. Anbazhagan, P., Smitha, C. V., Kumar Abhishek and Chandran Deepu, (2013), , Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 259, pp 41-64.

  49. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2012), , Proceedings Geo-Congress2012, Oakland, California, (ASCE special Publication)

Book Chapters

  1. Niranjan Borah, Joy Kumar Mondal, Kumar Abhishek (2021), Determination of site-specific response spectra for Site Class D and E for Guwahati city, NE India region, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering.

  2. Arunsiva R, Kumar Abhishek (2021), Impact of low frequency ground motions on local site effect of Guwahati, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering.

  3. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2021). Studying and comparing the declustered EQ catalogue obtained from different methods for Guwahati region NE India. In Geohazards (pp. 577-590). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6233-4_41.

  4. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), , Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Stability of slopes and underground excavations, 91-103.

  5. Kumar Abhishek (2021), , Invited paper, Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, page no. 489-497, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-1468-2.

  6. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2021) . In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Geohazards. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 86. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6233-4_35

  7. Kumar A., Baro O. (2019), . In: Adimoolam B., Banerjee S. (eds) Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 15. Springer, Singapore

Conference Publications

  1. Chaudhury, H., Kumar, A., and Bharti, R., (2022). Detection of Liquefaction Phenomenon from the 2017 Tripura Earthquake Using Remote Sensing Data, IGRASS.
  2. Chaudhury, H., Kumar, A., and Bharti, R., (2022). Detection of Liquefaction Phenomenon from the 2015 Nuweiba Earthquake using Remote Sensing Data, 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering.
  3. Niranjan Borah, Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2022), Seismic Hazard Analysis Considering the Effect of the Shape, Size and EQ Distribution of Seismic Sources for Different Locations in Sikkim, NE India.17SEE, IIT Roorkee.
  4. Abhishek Kamisetty, Indu Siva Ranjani Gandhi, Abhishek Kumar (2022), Exploring the suitability of using Foam concrete as pore pressure dissipation measure for slope Stability: A state of art review, International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures 2021, NIT Calicut, Materials Today: Proceedings 65 (2022) 1399–1403.

  5. Niranjan Borah, Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Determination of site-specific response spectra for Site Class D and E for Guwahati city, NE India region, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

  6. Arunsiva R, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Impact of low frequency ground motions on local site effect, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

  7. Vineet Gamajer, Abhishek Kumar (2021), A comprehensive review on rainfall induced slope failures: Mechanism, models and influencing factors, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

  8. Hrik Chaudhary, Abhishek Kumar, Rishikesh Bharti (2021), A review on the evaluation of soil liquefaction potential using geospatial technology, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

  9. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar, (2021), Assessing if foreshocks and aftershocks are dependent events of the mainshock for North-East India, Proceedings of 17 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

  10. Mondal, J.K., Harinarayan, N. H., Kumar Abhishek, (2021) “Correlation between soil amplification and recorded ground motions for typical locations in Uttarakhand”. Proceedings of 17WCEE, Japan.

  11. Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam, Prem S Kumar, (2021), Site-specific empirical correlation between PHA and MMI values for Chamoli, India for the selection of GMPEs, Proceedings of 17 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

  12. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), Effect of embankment raising rate and beach widths on the stability of embankment for the Tailing Pond, Proceedings of the Eighth Idian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Paper No. 130.

  13. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), Stability investigation of embankment of a tailing pond with varying embankment raising rate, Proceedings of Taling and Mine Waste Conference, 2021.

  14. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), A comparative study on the stability analysis of embankment of a Tailing Pond under Trasient and steady-state seepage condition, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

  15. Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Baro Olympa, Abhishek Kumar (2020), , Invited Abstract to EGU General Assembly 2020.

  16. Abhishek Kumar, Prem Kumar, T G Sitharam (2020), , Abstract accepted, 36 International Geological Congress, New Delhi, India.

  17. Harinarayan NH, Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, NIT Surat.

  18. Olympa Baro and Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, NIT Surat.

  19. Suman Haldar, Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Empirical correlations for strain dependent linear 1D ground response analysis for Guwahati, India based on detailed analyses, Proceedings of , 17-20 June, 2019, Roma, Italy.

  20. Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Invited Talk at Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

  21. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Proceedings of Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

  22. Sujata Das, Abhishek Kumar (2019), , Proceedings of Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

  23. Harinarayan NH, Abhishek Kumar (2018), Site Classification of strong motion stations of Uttarakhand, India, based on Standard Spectral Ratio and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio methods, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, IISc Bangalore.

  24. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2018), Studying and comparing the declustered EQ catalogue obtained from different methods for Guwahati region NE India, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, IISc Bangalore.

  25. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar (2017), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

  26. Harinarayan NH, Abhishek Kumar (2017), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

  27. Abhishek Kumar, Harinarayan NH, Olympa Baro, (2017), , Proceedings of 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 9-13 January, Santiago, Chile.

  28. Abhishek Kumar, Olympa Baro, (2016), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 15-17 December, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  29. Abhishek Kumar, Ankit Meena (2016), , Extended abstract, International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, September 23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India.

  30. Soham Banerjee, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  31. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  32. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), , Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  33. Olympa Baro, Ashok Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), , Proceedings of 6th International Geotechnical Symposium, 21-23 January, 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

  34. Abhishek Kumar (2015), , Invited Talk, UKIERI Workshop on Seismic Requalification of Pile Supported Structures (SRPSS), 7-9 January 2015, Guwahati.

  35. Abhishek Kumar, Kumaran M and Vetriselvan, A. V., (2014), , 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, 11-13 December, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

  36. Abhishek Kumar, Kumaran M and Vetriselvan, A. V., (2014),  T02P17, Indian Geotechnical Conference, 18-20 December, JNTU Kakinada, AP, India.

  37. Abhishek Kumar, Olympa Baro, Narayan, L. M., (2014), , Proceedings of Geo-Innovations, October 30-31, Indian 探花视频 of Science, Bangalore, India.

  38. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan, P., (2014), Seismic Micro-zonation, Building Safety and Design Considerations Incorporating the same in L & T GeoStructures, Invited Lecture at Administrative Training 探花视频, Mysore, India.

  39. Sitharam, T.G., Abhishek Kumar and Anbazhagan, P., (2013), , Invited Keynote lecture during Indian Geotechnical Conference organized by IIT Roorkee, India.

  40. Anbazhagan P, Sreenivas M, Abhishek Kumar and Sindhura R.,(2013), Suitable Seismic Hazard Map for Geotechnical Seismic Microzonation, Proceedings of International conference of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,Paper ID 186, Instanbul.

  41. Anbazhagan P., Abhishek Kumar (2012), Indian Seismic Zonation Map – Past, Present and Future, Proceedings of CESAR-II-October 2012,Guest Lecture Extended Abstract.

  42. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2012), Site Specific Ground Response Study of Deep Indo-Gangetic Basin Using Representative Regional Ground Motions, Proceedings Geo-Congress2012, Oakland, California, (ASCE special Publication).

  43. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan P., Sitharam, T.G. (2011), , AES-2011, 探花视频 of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Paper ID S9_C6.

  44. Anbazhagan, P., Abhishek Kumar and T. G. Sitharam (2011), , 311-316, CD Proceeding of Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, New Delhi, India.

  45. Abhishek Kumar , Anbazhagan P., and Sitharam, T. G. (2010), ‘ Paper No. 232, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IIT Bombay, India.

1. Quantification of subsoil response of Birpur, Basopatti and adjoining regions of Madhubani, Bihar adjacent to central Seismic Gap towards minimizing future earthquake induced damages.
Funding Agency : Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
Principal Investigator: Dr Abhishek Kumar
Co-investigator: Dr Pallabi Choudhury
Duration/Starting Year: 2021
Status: Ongoing

2. Propagation path characterization and determination of in-situ slips along different active faults in the Shillong Plateau
Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Principal Investigator: Dr Abhishek Kumar
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 2015
Status: Completed

Conference Attended

1. Other Responsibilities
Dr Abhishek Kumar
Details : Dr Abhishek Kumar
探花视频 : IIT Guwahati
Place : Guwahati
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2023-12-29 to 2023-12-29

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Current Research Scholars

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Hrik Chaudhury (Jointly with Dr Rishikesh Bharti) Identification of potentially liquefiable regions of North East India 2020 -
2 Sudeepta Malakar (Jointly with Dr Anil K Mishra) Slope stability of cover systems 2020 -
3 Abhishek Kamishetty (Jointly with Dr Indu S G Ranjani) Permeability assessment of foam concrete 2018 -
4 Jenny Laura RVS Tentative Topic: Ground Response Analysis 2021 -
5 Aman Alok Yet to be decided 2022 -

Completed B.Tech

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Narayan Lal Meena Subsoil Lithological Details of Guwahati and its Response During Earthquakes -2015
2 Jitendra Singh Meena In-Direct Determination of SPT N-Value -2015
3 Ankit Kumar Earthquake-induced damage to roads -2016
4 Sandeep Development of experimental setup for liquefaction demonstration -2016
5 B Srinivas Vivek Easy to use empirical correlations for Liquefaction and No Liquefaction conditions -2017
6 Vaibhav Narwal Development of GUI for Equivalent linear Ground Response Analysis in Matlab -2020
7 Rajat Dhanotiya Seismic Source zonation of Northeast India on the basis of seismicity parameters -2020
8 Prashant Singh Identification of Potentially liquefiable zones of North East India using Remote Sensing and GIS approach -2020

Completed M.Tech

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Soham Banerjee Medium characterization of selective Indian regions adjacent to the western Himalayas, based on seismic wave attenuation, -2016
2 Joy Kumar Mondal Forward and Inverse equivalent linear ground response analysis: Understanding and Applications, -2016
3 Saurabh Anand Subsurface exploration based on Geotechnical and geophysical tests for seismic site classification and correltion between SPT-N and SWV for Guwahati -2017
4 Safik Khan Identification of Possible Liquefaction Zones across Guwahati and targets for ground improvement ascertaining no further Liquefaction -2018
5 Suman Haldar Determination of Design Response Spectra and Site Coefficients for Guwahati urban Center based on thorough Ground response analyses -2018
6 Avinash Kumar Seismic Hazard Analysis of Lucknow, India using Zoneless Approach -2019
7 Sujata Das Numerical medelling of excavations along the Guwahati-Shillong Road in Guwahati, India using Plaxis 2D -2019
8 Argha Biswas Assessment of In-situ Liquefaction in terms of regional correlations, applicable to NE India, -2020
9 Amit Das (Jointly with Prof S. Sreedeep) Effect of Joint conditions on the development of Fragility Curves for Tunnels, in rocky medium -2020
10 Vineet Gajamer Forensic investigation of a typical landslide in Paglajhoda region of Darjeeling, West Bengal -2021
11 Tharunkumar Development of Landslide hazard zonation map for the part of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh using GIS -2021
12 Arun Siva R. Impact of low frequency content on local site effect -2021
13 Luit Baro Assessment of components of Earthquake Early Warning Systems for North-East India -2022
14 Raj Kamal Development of surface scenario ground motion for Guwahati city -2022

Completed Research Scholars

  Image Name Email Project Title/Area of Research Duration
1 Dr Olympa Baro Estimating regional and local parameters controlling the seismic Hazard scenario of the Shillong Plateau 2014 -2018
2 Harinarayan N H Ground Motion Prediction Equation for parts of North India 2015 -2020
3 Joy Kumar Mondal A frequency domain based inverse ground response analysis framework for the determination of dynamic soil properties 2018 -2023
4 Niranjan Borah Development of Seismic Source Zonation maps, Seismic hazard maps (using multiple approaches) and GMPEs for North East India 2018 -2024
5 Surender Singh (Jointly Guided with Prof T G Sitharam) Exploring the stability of tailing pond embankments and stabilization of tailing materials through alkali activation for various field applications 2019 -2024
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