Sudhir K. Jain

Sudhir K. Jain (born 1959) is a civil engineer and professor at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He is currently serving his third term as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.[1] He has been carrying out intensive resrearch and development in the fields of Seismic Design Codes, Dynamic of Buildings and Post Earthquake Studies.[5] Beside these, Prof. Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in Earthquake Engineering focused on developing countries.[6] He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.[4] He has also served as the president of International Association of Earthquake engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.[7][8]

Sudhir Kumar Jain
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
In office
2009[1] – present
Preceded byAmit Prashant[2]
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
In office
2009[3] – present
Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
In office
2005[3] – 2008
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Assumed office
1995[3]
Personal details
Born1959[4]
Nationality Indian
ResidenceGandhinagar, India
Alma materUniversity of Roorkee
California Institute of Technology
ProfessionProfessor
Author
Consultant
Known forEarthquake engineering and Structural engineering
WebsiteOfficial website

In January 2020, Dr. Jain was conferred with the Padma Shri award by Government of India.[9]

Education

He earned Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now known as Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) in 1979, and Masters and Doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena in 1980 and 1983 respectively.[10]

Awards and honors
  • Thomson Memorial Gold Medal (1979)[11]
  • Robert A Millikan Fellowship (1982)[11]

Selected bibliography

Books
  • Murty, C. V. R; Margorie, Greene; Jain, Sudhir K.; Prasad, N. Purendra; Mehta, Vipul V. (2005). Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report. National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. ISBN 978-1-932884-05-0.
  • Jain, Sudhir K.; Murty, C.V.R; Rai, Durgesh C. (2008). Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism. NICEE. ISBN 978-8190613019.

Articles
  • Jain, Sudhir K. (4 April 2016). "Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14 (5): 1337–1436. doi:10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2.
  • Mondal, Goutam; Prashant, Amit; Jain, Sudhir K. (January 2012). "Simplified seismic analysis of soil–well–pier system for bridges". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 32 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.08.002.
  • Kaushik, Hemant B.; Rai, Durgesh C.; Jain, Sudhir K. (27 December 2019). "Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced ConcreteFrames: A State-of-the-Art Review". Earthquake Spectra. 22 (4): 961–983. doi:10.1193/1.2360907.
  • Singh, Raghvendra; Roy, Debasis; Jain, Sudhir K. (August 2005). "Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake". Engineering Geology. 80 (3–4): 282–291. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.002.
  • Dutta, Sekhar Chandra; Murty, C.V.R.; Jain, Sudhir K. (25 June 2000). "Seismic torsional vibration in elevated tanks". Structural Engineering and Mechanics. 9 (6): 615–636. doi:10.12989/sem.2000.9.6.615.

References
  1. "Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India (26 August 2019).
  2. Dave, Harita (1 July 2019). "Amit Prashant appointed as IITGn interim Director". Ahmedabad Mirror.
  3. "Dr. Sudhir K. Jain". www.iitk.ac.in. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. July 2010.
  4. "Sudhir K. Jain". expert.inae.in. INAE.
  5. "Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests". www.iitk.ac.in. IIT Kanpur.
  6. Jain, Sudhir K. (1 May 2016). "Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Springer Nature. pp. 1337–1436. doi:10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2.
  7. "IAEE: Officers". www.iaee.or.jp.
  8. "Membership of Professional Societies". www.iitk.ac.in. IIT Kanpur.
  9. "IIT Gandhinagar director awarded Padma Shri". India Today. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. "IIT Gandhinagar | Sudhir K. Jain". www.iitgn.ac.in.
  11. "Awards and Honors - Dr. Sudhir K. Jain". www.iitk.ac.in. IIT Kanpur. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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