Profile
Education Qualifications:
- IIT Guwahati, Assam, India: PhD (Civil Engineering), 2011.
- IIT Kharagpur, WB, India: M.Tech (Geotechnical Engineering, 2000.
- Dibrugarh University, Assam, India: B.E (Civil Engineering), 1988.
- Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam: P.U (Sc.), 1984
- SEBA, Assam: HSLC, 1982
RESEARCH INTEREST AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
- Research Interest: Improvement of Soft Clay with Stone column and Geosynthetics, Use of Waste Materials in Plain Cement Concrete, Sustainable Development and Climate Change.
- Consultancies: Materials Characterization for Civil Engineering Construction, Geotechnical Investigation for Power Plant and Oil Collection Stations, Geotechnical Investigations for Residential and Industrial Buildings. (Amount mobilized: INR 15,00000.00)
- Geotechnical Investigations: Oil India Limited, Local Bodies, PWD etc.
- Ph.D. Guided: 3 Number (Since 2021, Continuing)
Professional Experience:
- 01/08/2021 to till date: Director, Institute of Engineering &Technology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Pin: 786004, Assam, India
- 13/11/2018 to 31/07/2021: State Project Administrator – North East State Project Implementation Unit – NE (A unit of MHRD in Technical Education), CET, IIT Guwahati, Pin: 781039, Assam
- 01/11/2012 to 12/11/2017: Director, Institute of Engineering &Technology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Pin: 786004, Assam, India
- April ’05-October 2012: Lecturer (Selection Grade), Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
- April ’00 – March’ 05: Lecturer (Senior Grade), Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
- April ‘95 – March ’00: Lecturer, Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
- Nov ‘91 – April ’95: Quantity Surveyor (Civil), PBS Limited, Guwahati, Assam, India
- June ‘89 – Oct ’91: Site Engineer (Civil) M. L. Dalmiya & Co. Ltd, Kolkata, WB, India.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
- Received Post Matric National Scholarship from 1982-1988 (upto undergraduate level) from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
RESEARCH SPECIALISATION
- Ground Improvement, Use of Geosynthetics (Geotextiles, Geomembranes and Geocell) in Soft Soil Improvement, Impact of Rainfall on Groundwater and Surface Water, Use of Non- Biodegradable Waste in Construction, Landslide Analysis and Slope Stabilisation
TEACHING SPECIALISATION
- Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Concrete Technology, Advance Building Construction and Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE
- 2012-Till date: Administrative, Academic, Research and Consultancy
- 2000- 2002: Assistant Examination Superintendent
- 2003- 2005: Assistant Project Engineer of Community Polytechnic Cell; (A project funded MHRD, Government of India)
- 2003 and 2004: Faculty In-Charge, Gymnasium Section of Student Union 3
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE
- Visitor’s Nominee: NEHU, Shillong, from 2015 to 2018
- Expert Member: AICTE, Town and Country Planning Board, 2016-2019
- Expert Member: Board of Town and Country Planning, AICTE, New Delhi, 2022-till date
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
- Fellow Institutions of Engineers (India)
- Sr. Member Asia Pacific Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Society, Hong Kong.
- Member International Association for Life Cycle for Civil Engineering (Italy)
REVIEWERS:
- Scientific Board of Chemical, Civil, Agricultural and Environmental Engineers.
- Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Series A, Springer Publications
BOOK PUBLISHED:
- Foundations of Bharatiya Knowledge System, Khanna Book Publishing, New Delhi, ISBN: 9789355381972
MEMBER OF TECHNICAL/ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dubai, UAE, 2014
- 16th International Conference on Sustainable Water Resource Management, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
- International Conference on Transportation and Civil Engineering, London, UK, 2015
- International Conference on Waste Management, Ecology and Biological Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015
- International Conference on Disaster management of Civil Engineering, Phuket, Thailand, 2015
- International Conference on Architecture, Structure and Civil Engineering, Antalya, Turkey, 2015
- 17th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Transport and Environment, Paris, France, 2015
- International Conference on Landscape Architecture and Advanced Civil Engineering Technologies, London, UK, 2016
- 18th International Conference on Geological and earth Science, Paris, France, 2016
- 18th International on Energy, Biomass and Waste Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016