{"id":55,"date":"2016-08-20T03:29:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T03:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luit.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:17:09","slug":"team-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/abhiak\/team-members","title":{"rendered":"Team Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Scholars<\/h1>\n

\"\"Abid (Joined in July 2024) jointly with Dr Indu S R G<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Yet to be decided<\/p>\n

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\"\"Prajnadeep Karna (Joined in December 2023)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Yet to be decided<\/p>\n

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\"\"Aman Alok (Joined in December 2022)\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Yet to be decided<\/p>\n

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\"\"Abhileen Chatterjee (Joined in December 2022) Jointly with Dr. Ribhu Chopra<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Assessment of ground motion scenario in the Central Himalayan Seismic Gap<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Jenny Laura RVS (Joined in December 2021)\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Local site effect assessment of North Bihar, India<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Sudeepta Malakar (Joined in July 2020) jointly with Dr Anil K. Mishra<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative topic: Yet to be decided<\/p>\n

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\"\"Hrik Chaudhury (Joined in July 2020) jointly with Dr Rishikesh Bharti\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Thesis title: Development of geospatial frameworks to assess subsoil stiffness and liquefaction potential (submitted on 27\/01\/2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Dr. Surender Singh (Jan 2019-Jul 2024) jointly with Prof T. G. Sitharam<\/span><\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Exploring the stability of tailing pond embankments and stabilization of tailing materials through alkali activation for various field applications (Successfully defended in July 2024<\/em>) (Current Position: Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at IIT Bombay)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Abhishek Kamishetty (July 2018-September 2024) jointly with Dr Indu S. G. Ranjani as Main Supervisor<\/span><\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Studies on the influence of admixtures on the permeation and mechanical characteristics of Foam Concrete for use in light weight interlocking blocks<\/strong> (Successfully defended in September 2024) (Current Position: Assistant Professor (Adhoc), VNIT Nagpur).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Niranjan Borah<\/a> (July 2018-April 2024)<\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Development of Seismic Source Zonation maps, Seismic hazard maps (using multiple approaches) and GMPEs for North East India <\/strong>(Successfully defended in April 2024) (Current Position: Assistant Professor, Barak Valley Engineering College, Assam)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Joy Kumar Mondal<\/a> (Jan 2018-June 2023)<\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Development of Methodologies to Quantify Inputs of Local Site Effect Assessment During Earthquakes (Successfully defended in July 2023<\/em>) (Current Position: Assistant Professor, Netaji Subhash University of Technology, Delhi since September 2025<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Harinarayan N H <\/a>(Jan 2015-July 2020)<\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Ground Motion Prediction Equation for parts of North India (Successfully defended in July 2020<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Olympa Baro <\/a><\/span>(August 2014-September 2018)\"\"<\/h3>\n

Thesis Title: Estimating regional and local parameters controlling the seismic Hazard scenario of the Shillong Plateau (Successfully defended in September 2018<\/em>) (Currently Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar since July 2019)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

M.Tech Students<\/h1>\n

\"\"Misbahul Khan\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative Project Title: Stability analysis of Typical tailing pond<\/strong> (Joined in July, 2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Dasari Nithin\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tentative Project Title: Extrapolation of soil stiffness to deeper medium <\/strong>(joined in July 2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Arun Siva R\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Impact of low frequency content on local site effect<\/strong>\u00a0(successfully completed in June, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Tharunkumar K.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Development of Landslide hazard zonation map for the part of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh using GIS (successfully completed in June, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Vineet Gajamer\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Forensic investigation of a typical landslide in Paglajhoda region of Darjeeling, West Bengal (successfully completed in June, 2021), Currently PhD student at IIT Bombay<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Amit Das (Jointly with Prof S. Sreedeep)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Effect of Joint conditions on the development of Fragility Curves for Tunnels, in rocky medijm (successfully completed in June, 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Argha Biswas<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Assessment of In-situ Liquefaction in terms of regional correlations, applicable to NE India, (successfully completed in June, 2020), (Currently PhD student at Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Sujata Das<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Numerical medelling of excavations along the Guwahati-Shillong Road in Guwahati, India using Plaxis 2D (successfully completed in June, 2019)
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\"\"Avinash Kumar<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Seismic Hazard Analysis of Lucknow, India using Zoneless Approach (successfully completed in June, 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Suman Haldar<\/a><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Determination of Design Response Spectra and Site Coefficients for Guwahati urban Center based on thorough Ground response analyses, (successfully completed in June 2018)
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\"\"Safik Khan<\/a><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Identification of Possible Liquefaction Zones across Guwahati and targets for ground improvement ascertaining no further Liquefaction (successfully completed in July 2018)
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\"\"Saurabh Anand<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Subsurface exploration based on Geotechnical and geophysical tests for seismic site classification and correltion between SPT-N and SWV for Guwahati, (successfully completed in June 2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Joy Kumar Mondal<\/a><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Forward and Inverse equivalent linear ground response analysis: Understanding and Applications, (successfully completed in June 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Soham Banerjee<\/a><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Medium characterization of selective Indian regions adjacent to the western Himalayas, based on seismic wave attenuation, (successfully completed in July 2016), (Presently at University of Vermont<\/a>, USA for PhD)
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B. Tech Students<\/h1>\n

\"\"Prashant Singh<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Identification of Potentially liquefiable zones of North East India using Remote Sensing and GIS approach (successfully completed in June 2020)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Rajat Dhanotiya<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Seismic Source zonation of Northeast India on the basis of seismicity parameters (successfully completed in June 2020)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Vaibhav Narwal<\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Title:Development of GUI for Equivalent linear Ground Response Analysis in Matlab (successfully completed in <\/strong>June 2020<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"B Srinivas Vivek<\/a><\/h3>\n

Project Title: Easy to use empirical correlations for Liquefaction and No Liquefaction conditions (successfully completed in May 2017) (Presently at University of Hong Kong<\/a> for MS)
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\"blank-photo\"Sandeep<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Development of experimental setup for liquefaction demonstration<\/a> (successfully completed in May 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"blank-photo\"Ankit Kumar<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Earthquake induced damage to roads, (successfully completed in May 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Jitendra Singh Meena<\/h3>\n

Project Title: In-Direct Determination of SPT N-Value, (successfully completed in May 2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Narayan Lal Meena<\/h3>\n

Project Title: Subsoil Lithological Details of Guwahati and its Response During Earthquakes, (Successfully completed in May 2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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