Invited Lectures

• Delivered plenary lecture on ‘Earthquake Resistant Design’ organised by DTE, Govt. of Odisha, in May 2021.


• Delivered one invited lecture on ‘Simple guidelines for improving seismic performance through practical examples of past damages’ in the seminar ‘The Arithmetic of Earthquake Engineering, TAEE-2020’ in August 2020.


• Delivered plenary lecture on ‘Seismic Vulnerability of India: A Few major Challenges’ at NIT Rourkela in December, 2013.


• iDelivered two invited lectures on ‘Occurrence of Earthquake and Philosophy of Seismic Design’ at NIT Durgapur in December, 2013.


• Delivered two invited lectures at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, under prestigious Occasional Lecturer Fund administered by Council for International Exchange of Scholar, US Department of State in May, 2011.


• Delivered lecture on ‘World Concrete Day’ on ‘Simple Guidelines for Improving Seismic resistance of Structures’ on 18th September, 2010.


• Delivered two invited lectures on ‘Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction’ and on ‘Inelastic Seismic Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures’ at Centre for Hazard Research and Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, on 18th November, 2008; and 20th November, 2008.


• Delivered invited lecture on Earthquake Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Technologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, on 24th November, 2008.


• Invited to deliver keynote lecture and to chair a technical session in the First National Seminar on Role of IT in Fire and Disaster Management, 23-24 February 2002, IES, IPS Academy, Indore, India.


• Delivered a lecture to a delegation from Bangladesh on Natural Disaster Mitigation in a lecture series organised by Indian Institute of Training and Development (IITD) at Thakurpukur, Kolkata, India.


• Delivered lecture on earthquake resistant design of structures in a Workshop arranged by Disaster Mitigation Unit of West Bengal Voluntary Health Association, India.


• Invited as a panellist in a panel discussion on 'Should we go for blended cement and tor steel' organized by the 'Institution of Engineers (India)' at Kolkata, India.


• Delivered lectures on Seismic Analysis of Building Frames as per IS: 1893 – 2002 in a Workshop arranged by UNDP at Asansol, India.


• Delivered an invited lecture on Role of Mechanics in the field of Earthquake Engineering in a Workshop arranged by Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.


• Delivered a number of invited lectures on Simple Guidelines for Disaster resistant Structures in a lecture series organized by UNDP at Dhanbad, India, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and by many other professional organizations.


• Delivered an invited lecture on 'Philosophy of Earthquake Resistant Design' in seminar 'Dynamics & Earthquake Resistant Structures' organised by the 'Institution of Engineers (India)' at Agartala, India.


• Delivered a number of lectures in short term courses organized by Administrative Training Institute, Kolkata.


• Delivered invited lecture in the conference on “Earthquake Risk Management in Housing Construction,” organized by National Building and Construction Company, New Delhi on 27th August.

Dooradarshan Program

The applicant participated in two programs on ‘Bhabna Bhumikampa Niye’ organized by DD7 at the time of Tsunami caused by Sumatra Earthquake, in January, 2005.
Reporting Published in Different Newspapers on the research work done by the applicant especially on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation.

1. Reporting in The Telegraph (metro), Thursday 8th November 2001, entitled "Buildings Old and High under Seismic Shadow".


2. Reporting in Hindustan Times, Kolkata, Wednesday 2nd January, 2002, entitled "Cracked Dams Cause Floods, Points Study".


3. Reporting in Sangbad Pratidin, Tuesday 8th January 2002, entitled "B. E. College-er Safalya: Bhu-kampa, Jhar-rodhi Nirman Prajukti".


4. Reporting in Ganashakti, Thursday 3rd January 2002, entitled "Prakitik Durjoger Mokabilaay Egiye Esechhe B. E. College".


5. Reporting in Bartaman, 11th May 2002, entitled "Adhikangso Bandher Naksaay Truti, Fale Prati Bachhar Bhange Ba Fatal Dhare: Gabeshak Dal".


6. Reporting in The Times of India Kolkata, Wednesday 20th November 2002, entitled “Disaster Mitigation”.


7. Reporting in Hindustan Tmes, Monday 20th. November 2006, entitled “Living at Risk: Quake – Resistant Buildings Hard to Find”.


8. Reporting in The Telegraph, Saturday 2nd. December 2006, entitled “Shibpur Campus Tips to Tame Tremors”.


9. Reporting in The Telegraph, Monday 7th August, 2017 entitled “10 questions-TOUGH NUT”

Short-Term Courses Successfully Organized

• “Sustainable Infrastructure” held in Department of Civil Engineering Department ISM Dhanbad in March, 2016.


• “Workshop on Computer & Software in Civil Engineering”, held in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIEST Shibpur during 9-11 August, 1996.


• “Computer Application in Structural Analysis” Jointly organized by B. E. College (D.U.) and Institution of Engineers (Calcutta).


• “Safety of Structures under Seismic Hazards”, held in School of Community Science and Technology, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, during 12-13 April, 2006.


• “Training under National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management”, - Ist Phase held in the Department of Civil Engineering during 4 - 8. December, 2006, funded by Department of Disaster Mitigation, Government of West Bengal.


• “Training under National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management”, - IInd Phase held in the Department of Civil Engineering during 24 - 28. March, 2008 funded by Department of Disaster Mitigation, Government of West Bengal.

Important Short-Term Courses Successfully Completed

• Short course on “Seismic Design of Concrete Gravity Dams” organized by National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering, IIT, Kanpur at IIT, Kanpur during March 3-6, 2009.


• Workshop on “Repairs and Rehabilitation of Structures” jointly organized by Dr. Fixit Institute and Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur at Kolkata on October 19, 2005.


• Six-week course on the “Training of Faculty Members of State Resource Institutes” under the National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management (NPCBEERM), A Ministry of Home Affairs (Disaster Management), Government of India initiative offered by IIT, Kharagpur during March 7 to April 15, 2005.


• “Workshop and Hands-On Computer Training on STAAD.Pro 2005” organized by Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in collaboration with Research Engineers Ltd. at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in January, 2005.

Some of Recent Important Technical Visits Undertaken

Following reconnaissance based technical visits were undertaken:

1. Visit to Centre for Hazard Research and Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, for establishing Collaborative research link with School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering, and Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, particularly in the aspect of seismic amplification in soft soil and wind engineering.


2. Visit to the structural laboratories of the Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Technologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, for experiencing the facility of carrying experimental research in the field of earthquake engineering


3. To assess and document the impact of the Cyclone Sidr of 15th November, 2007 on the non-engineered structures at —
   (a) The Sagar Islands, West Bengal, India, on 1st and 2nd December 2007 sponsored by the Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, and,
   (b) The Khulna and Barishal sub-divisions of Bangladesh, on 19th to 24th February, 2008 sponsored by the Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur.


4. To assess and document the effect of the Sikkim Earthquake of 14th February, 2006 on structures of East & South Sikkim and Darjeeling, on 26th March to 1st April 2006 under the aegis of the School of Community Science & Technology, Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur.