{"id":14,"date":"2016-08-16T06:18:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T06:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luit.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:11:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Website last updated on 18\/10\/2024<\/h5>\n<h1>Dr Abhishek Kumar<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-rounded alignnone wp-image-334 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/luit.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dr-Abhishek-Civil-295x300.jpg\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dr-Abhishek-Civil-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dr-Abhishek-Civil-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dr-Abhishek-Civil.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Education<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>PhD (2012) Geotechnical Engineering<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisc.ernet.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>M. E. Geotechnical Engineering<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisc.ernet.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore<\/a><\/span> (converted to PhD)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>B. E. (2007) Civil Engineering<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amu.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Professional Experience<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Associate Professor (Jan 2019- present)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,<\/a> India<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Assistant Professor (May 2014- Jan 2019),<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.www.iitg.ac.in\/civil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati<\/a><\/span>, India<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Assistant Engineering Manager (September 2013 to April 2014),<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lntecc.com\/homepage\/GeoStructure\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L &amp; T GeoStructure, HQ, Chennai<\/a><\/span>, India<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Research Associate (August 2012 to August 2013),<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/civil.iisc.ernet.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore<\/a><\/span>, India<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Research Interests<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Seismic Hazard of Urban centres<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Seismic Hazard of Nuclear Power Plants<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ground Motion Simulation<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Liquefaction Assessment<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Site Response Analysis<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Subsoil investigation and Geotechnical Testing<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Soil Dynamics<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Dynamics Testing on Pile<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ground Improvement<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Deep Excavations<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Website last Updated on February 06 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website last updated on 18\/10\/2024 Dr Abhishek Kumar Education PhD (2012) Geotechnical Engineering &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India M. E. Geotechnical Engineering &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (converted to PhD) B. E. (2007) Civil Engineering &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Professional Experience Associate Professor (Jan 2019- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}