Education

Doctor of Philosophy(August 2009 - May 2014)

Division of Structures and Mechanics; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

CGPA: 4/5

Thesis Title: Dynamic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Varying Rates of Concentrated and Impact Loadings

Bachelor of Engineering(2003-2007)

Civil Engineering; Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, West Bengal, India (Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India)

Marks: 78.5% (1st class Honors, Rank 3/93)

Higher Secondary Examination(2003)

Kharagpur Atulmoni Polytechnic High School, West Bengal, India

Marks: 84.3%

Secondary Examination(2001)

Kharagpur Atulmoni Polytechnic High School, West Bengal, India

Marks: 86.4%

Citations (Google Scholar): Click here

Total Number of Citations	873
h-index	12
i-10 index	14

Awards/Honours/Scholarships

Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing from Defence Science Journal, DRDO in May 2024

Promising Young Structural Engineer Award 2020 from Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE)

Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice (July 2020 – Till date)

Guest Editor for Special Issue on “Structures under Blast and Impact Loading” in ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction Journal

Guest Editor for the November 2021 issue of the Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ)

Technical Committee Member: Blast, Shock and Impact of ASCE

Associate Member: ACI Committee 370, Blast and Impact Load Effects

Technical Committee Member: IEC Impact and Explosion of RILEM

Working Group Member: TG 2.12-Protective Concrete Structures against Hazards of International Federation for Structural Concrete

Grant for presenting paper in 5th International Conference (19-21 May 2015) on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS 2015), Singapore from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

Grant for attending workshop (23-26 February 2015) on Geomaterial, Modeling Technique and Simulation using LS-DYNA, Singapore from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (June 2014 – September 2016) from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

Grant for research visit (17 October- 15 November 2011) to National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Grant for presenting paper in 9th International Conference on Shock & Impact Loads on Structures (16-18 November 2011) in Fukuoka, Japan from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Research Scholarship (2009-2013) for Doctoral Study from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Rank certificate (ranked 3rd in the Graduating class of 93 students, 2007) from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India.

Scholarship in undergraduate study (2004-2006) from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India.

Merit Certificates in Secondary and Higher Secondary Examination (2001 and 2003), West Bengal, India.

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