Research Supervision

Supervision of Ph. D. Work

1. Name of Scholar: Prithwish Kumar Das
Title of the Thesis: Effect of Coupled Lateral-Torsional Vibration on Inelastic Seismic Behaviour of R/C Buildings with Uni-directional and Bi-directional Asymmetry.
Other Supervisor: N/A
Duration of Research: January, 2001 – January 2004.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
2. Name of Scholar: Somnath Dutta
Title of the Thesis: Seismic Behaviour of Elevated Water Tanks with shaft and Frame Stagings Including the Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction.
Other Supervisor: Dr. G. Bhattacharya
Department of Civil Engineering,
Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), India
Duration of Research: May, 2001 – January, 2004.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
3. Name of Scholar: Koushik Bhattacharya
Title of the Thesis: Soil-Structure Interaction in Building Frames on Shallow Foundations with Special Reference to Dynamic and Seismic Behaviours.
Other Supervisor: Prof. S. Dasgupta
Department of Civil Engineering,
Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), India
Duration of Research: May, 2001 – January, 2004.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
4. Name of Scholar: Nityananda Nand
Title of the Thesis: Study on Behaviour of Earthen Dams with Special Focus on Seismic Behaviour.
Other Supervisor: Dr. A. Roy Chowdhury
Department of Applied Mechanics,
Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), India
Duration of Research: August, 2002 – November, 2006.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
5. Name of Scholar: Rana Roy
Title of the Thesis: Inelastic Seismic Behaviour of Multistoried Structures incorporating Asymmetry, Soil Flexibility and Degrading Characteristic of R/C Structures
Other Supervisor: N/A
Duration of Research: September, 2004 – April, 2009.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
6. Name of Scholar: Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay
Title of the Thesis: Study on Earthquake and Cyclone Resistance of Non-Engineered Building Elements
Other Supervisor: N/A
Duration of Research: April, 2008 – September, 2013.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
7. Name of Scholar: Sanket Nayak
Title of the Thesis: Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Structures
Other Supervisor: Dr. Dinakar Pasla
School of Infrastructure
I.I.T. Bhubaneswar
Duration of Research: May, 2001 – January, 2004.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
8. Name of Scholar: Rajib Saha
Title of the Thesis: Seismic Response of Soil-Pile Foundation-Structure Interaction
Other Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Haldar
School of Infrastructure
I.I.T. Bhubaneswar
Duration of Research: May, 2010 –.July, 2014
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
9. Name of Scholar: Pranab Kumar Das
Title of the Thesis: Vulnerability assessment of buildings with special focus to irregular buildings.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
10. Name of Scholar: Sumit Kumar
Title of the Thesis: Behaviour of Structures on backfilled open cast mines: A numerical based simulation.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded.
11. Name of Scholar: Lipika Halder
Title of the Thesis: Seismic Vulnerability assessment of buildings in North-Eastern Region
Other Supervisor: Prof. Richi Prasad Sharma
Department of Civil Engineering
N. I. T. Agartala
Duration of Research: May, 2010 –.July, 2014
Status of Research: Degree Awarded
12. Name of Scholar: Biswajeet Choubey
Title of the Thesis: Behaviour of concrete in high temperature
Status of Research: Degree Awarded
13. Name of Scholar: MD Ahsaan Hussain
Title of the Thesis: Inelastic Behaviour of RC member under variable axial load and bidirectional seismic excitation.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded
13. Name of Scholar: Pranoy Debnath
Title of the Thesis: Seismic vulnerability assessment and possible remedies for unreinforced masonry buildings.
Status of Research: Degree Awarded
13. Name of Scholar: Subrat Kumar Sahu
Title of the Thesis: Dynamic behaviour of offshore wind turbine.
Status of Research: Ongoing


Supervision of M.E. Thesis

Sl no. Name Year of Completion Title of Thesis Co-guide (if any)
1. Asim Bhowmick 1997 Torsional Behaviour of Asymmetric Buildings in the Linear Elastic Range N/A
2. Sougata Dasgupta 1997 Effects of Superstructure Rigidity on Differential Settlement of Foundation Dr. G. Bhattacharya, Dept. of Civil Engg., B.E. College (DU), Howrah
3. Animesh Maiti 1998 Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Bending Moments of Columns and Beams of Building Frames Dr. D. Moitra, Dept. of Civil Engg., B. E. College (DU), Howrah
4. Anirban Mandal 1999 Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Axial Force of Column and Settlement of Foundation of Building Frames Dr. D. Moitra, Dept. of Civil Engg., B. E. College (DU), Howrah
5. Tapas Kumar Roy January, 2000 Differential Settlement in Building Frames on Clayey Soil : A Study Based on Winkler’s Foundation N/A
6. Somnath Datta January, 2000 Differential Settlement in Building Frame on Sandy Soil : A Study on its Effect Dr. G. Bhattacharya, Dept. of Civil Engg., B.E. College (DU), Howrah
7. Prithwish Kumar Das 2000 Inelastic Seismic Torsional Behaviour RC Buildings with Asymmetry. Dr. G. Bhattacharya, Dept. of Civil Engg., B.E. College (DU), Howrah
8. Rana Roy 2001 Soil-Structure Interaction of Building Frames with Special Highlight on Its Dynamic Behaviour Dr. Debashis Moitra, Dept. of Civil Engg., B.E. College (DU), Howrah
9. Sanjay Majumder 2001 Seismic Behaviour of Elevated tanks on RC Frame Stagings, with Special Reference to Soil-Structure Interaction Effect N/A
10. Pradip Sarkar 2002 Analysis and behaviour study of a few Indian Dams. N/A
11. Aparna Mandal 2002 Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on dynamic characteristics of Elevated tanks with frame-type Staging. Dr. Debashis Moitra, Dept. of Civil Engg., B.E. College (DU), Howrah.
12. Rajib Chowdhury 2003 A Study on Cyclic Hysteretic Behaviour of R/C Members and Structures N/A
13. Padmanav Dash 2005 Effect of Blast Loading on Buildings Rana Roy, Dept. of Applied Mechanics, BESU, Shibpur
14. Prashanta Kr. Mahato 2005 Design of Shake Table And A Cyclic Load Test Rig N/A
15. Debjani Ghatak 2006 P-Δ Effect on Seismic Behaviour of Overhead Tanks N/A
16. Ahmed Tarique Anwar 2006 Inelastic Response of R/C Structures Under Bi-Axial Ground Motion N/A
17. Subir Das 2006 The Influence of Strength-Dependent Stiffness on Dynamic Characteristics And Seismic Behaviour of Structures N/A
18. Snehasis Sinha 2006 Seismic Behaviour of High Rise Building with Special Emphasis on Vertical Setback of Structure N/A
19. Anusrita Raychaudhuri 2007 A Critical Review of Pushover Analysis: A Tool for Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Buildings N/A
20. Piyali Saha 2007 Seismic Behaviour of Structures with Vertical Irregularities N/A
21. Indranil Datta 2007 Soft Storey – Probable Remedies N/A
22. Lipika Halder 2008 Wind Effects on Multi-Storied Buildings as per Various Codal Provisions N/A
23. Bikash Ch. Tewari 2008 Performance of Different Pushover Analysis Methodologies for MDOF Systems Dr. Suman Dasgupta, Dept. of Civil Engg., BESU, Shibpur
24. Pronoy Roychowdhury 2008 Importance of P-∆ Effect in Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Elevated Tanks N/A
25. Sayantani Bhattacharya 2008 Dynamic Behaviour of Chimney: A Critical Review N/A
26. Saumyasuchi Das 2009 Few Critical Issues Related to Inelastic Seismic Behaviour N/A
27. Sanjib Samaddar 2009 Seismic Effect on Soft Storey Case Study and Strengthening N/A
28. Suman Bala 2009 Study on Behaviour of Non-engineered Structural Element under Seismic and Wind Loading N/A
29. Ranjeet Saw 2017 Effect of differential settlement on seismic response of building structure considering soil structure interaction effect N/A
30. Rohan paul 2017 Spatial variability of Multi-hazard susceptibility across India N/A
31. Jai Prakash Singh 2017 Seismic behaviour of RC building with raft foundation considering soil structure interaction effect N/A
32. Arkaprabha Chattopadhyay 2018 Characterization and Determination of Soil in backfilled opencast mines: Exploration of the possibility of constructing structures with adequate foundation type N/A
33. Md. Ahsaan Hussain 2018 Effect of bidirectional interaction on asymmetric single storey R/C structure under bidirectional ground motion N/A
34. Shankar Kumar 2019 Behavior of RC Structures under Blast and Impact Loading N/A
35. Avijit Dutta 2019 Towards evaluation of the effect of liquefaction on structures N/A
36. Soumendu Saha 2019 Seismic behavior of the buildings with mass irregularity N/A
37. Raj Kamal Arora 2019 Effect of Strength dependent stiffness on seismic design N/A
38. Ravi Jangid 2020 Influence of Strength Dependent Stiffness on Seismic Design N/A
39. Palash Sanjay Bhoyar 2020 Behaviour of Vertically Irregular Structures under Seismic and Blast Induced Ground Motion N/A
40. Shree Prakash Singh 2020 Lateral Torsional Coupling in Elevated Water Tank on Hilly Slope N/A
47. Abhiroop Goswami (17DR000485) Aug 2017- Behavior of RC Structures under Blast and Impact Loading N/A

Supervision of B.Tech

Sl no. Name Year of Completion Title of Thesis Co-guide (if any)
1. Kundan Goswami 2009 Behaviour of Masonry Element under Lateral Loading: Analytical Modeling with Experimental Validation N/A
2. Payel Chatterjee
3. Utpal Mandal
4. Anurag Raj 2012 Bidirectional Interaction on Seismic Behavior of Asymmetric Structures N/A
5. Nimish Shrivastava
6. Vijay Kumar 2012 Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Structures N/A
7. Manish Jindal
8. Shankar Lal Tayal 2012 Non-linear Behavior of Soil on Seismic Response of Soil-Pile Foundation-Structure System Dr. Sumanta Haldar
9. Ranjeet Kumar
10. Yadish Khan 2012 Effect of Blast Loading upon Structures Dr. Sumanta Haldar
11. Madem Harika
12. Rangoli Madhavi 2013 Tsunami Vulnerability of Structures Designed for Seismic Loading N/A
13. M.H.O. Reddy
14. Soubhagya Karmakar 2014 Base Isolation versus Dual Design Philosophy for Seismic:Design of Buildings: Preliminary Case Study N/A
15. D. Revanth
16. B. Akshay,