INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATIDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
ACADEMIC

Career, service
and engagement.

Academic formation, institute responsibilities, international assignments, professional affiliations and awards documented in the academic dossier.

FACULTY DESIGNATION

Academic appointments.

1995–1997

Lecturer

Department of Civil Engineering, Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam.

1997–2008

Lecturer / Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar.

2008–2011

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

2011–2015

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

2015–2022

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

2022–present

Professor (HAG)

Professor in the Higher Administrative Grade, IIT Guwahati.

INSTITUTE RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative experience.

April 2024–present

Head, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati

Administrative responsibility for the department.

2025–present

Member, Board of Governors, IIT Guwahati

Institute-level governance responsibility.

03-09-2021 to present

Dean (RGF), IIT Guwahati

Sep 2021–present · Institute-level administrative responsibility.

Sep 2017 – Aug 2018

Chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2018

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017

Vice Chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2017

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

Dec 2014 – Jun 2016

Associate Dean (Infrastructure Planning and Management)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

Dec 2012 – Dec 2014

Associate Dean (Infrastructure Works)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

Dec 2011 – Dec 2013

Secretary, Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

Sep 2005 – May 2008

Warden, Hostel No. 1

National Institute of Technology Silchar, India.

28-09-2020 to 01-10-2021

Associate Dean (AAER), IIT Guwahati

Looking at activities related to alumni and external relations.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Professional engagement.

Fellow · Institution of Engineers (India)Fellow · Indian Society for HydraulicsMember · American Society for Civil EngineersLife Member · ISTE
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

Academic visits and fellowships.

  • Received Fellowship under Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for academic visit to Department of Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Aug 2017)
  • Received Erasmus Mundus fellowship for research visit to Ecole Central de Nantes, France (May-June 2014, May-June 2015, May-June 2016)
  • Received NFP fellowship for attending short programme at UNSCO IHE: Institute for water education, Delft, The Netherlands (July 2013)
  • Visiting Faculty, Department of Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (September 2010).
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 2007 to July 2007).
  • Visiting Research Scholar Department of Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 2006 to June 2006).
  • Visiting Research Scholar Department of Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 2002 to September 2002).
  • Received QIP fellowship for pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur (July 2000 to July 2003)
  • Received an Institute Merit scholarship from Regional Engineering College Silchar during the B.E. program from 1990 to 1992
RESEARCH COLLABORATION

International academic engagement.

Research visits and academic assignments have included Dalhousie University in Canada, École Centrale de Nantes in France, Curtin University Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Brunei.