Our Advisory Board Members
League of experts making significant contribution in the field of earthquake engineering
League of experts making significant contribution in the field of earthquake engineering
Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Research & Development
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar
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Chief Scientist and Head of Structural Engineering & 3D Concrete Printing Group
CSIR - Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
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Chief Scientist and Head - Bridge Engineering & Structures Division
CSIR - Central Building Research Institute, New Delhi
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Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
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Dogra Chair Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
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Managing Director
(HILTI India Pvt. Ltd.)
Jayant Kumar is the Managing Director of Hilti India – a leading player in the construction industry. He joined Hilti in the year 2008 as the Specification Consultant. Over the years, this transformational and visionary approach made him wear multiple hats of leadership as he was appointed as the Director of Engineering and Sales prior to his current position. He also has rich experience in Market Development. Jayant is a firm believer of Health and Life Safety and thinks that is a critical topic worldwide including India. His overall experience of 14 years at Hilti India has given this organization immense growth and innumerable reasons for recognition. One of them is giving Hilti India a vision to aspire for a safer and better future by collaborating with academia and forming India’s First Frestop Academy and Seismic Academy. In his current role, he is leading Hilti India with more than 1000 highly motivated team members who passionately serve the customers in Construction, Maintenance and Energy industry.
Jayant is associated with the Swiss India Chamber of Commerce (SICC) and serves as the President for North India.
Director General
Solar Energy Society of India
Dr. S M Ali is currently working as the Vice President in Solar Energy Society of India. Prior to this he was working as the Director (Membership) with Institute of Engineers India. Earlier he was working as an Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Associate Dean, Training and Placement, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and Deputy Controller of Examination, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He did his M. Tech from Calcutta University in 2003 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from International University, California, USA in 2006. He completed his DSc in Electrical Engineering, International University, California, USA in 2008. His area of research is in the field of Renewable Energy both Solar & Wind Energy. He had also guided Seven nos. of Ph.D. students in his research area. He has also presented more than 100 papers in different National & International Conferences in the field of Renewable Energy apart from around 95 nos. of paper also published in National and International Journals. He has conducted several nos. of Seminar, Workshops and Short Term Training Programs for the Faculty Members of Engineering College, Polytechnic in collaboration with AICTE, ISTE, MHRD DST, & Ministry of Industries, Govt. of India.
He has been associated with multiple professional societies like National Executive Council Member of ISTE, New Delhi, Director (Membership) Indian Society of Lighting Engineers, Calcutta State Centre, Ex-Honorary Secretary Institution of Engineers India, Orissa State Center, Ex-Vice-Chairman, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Orissa Chapter, Ex-Chairman, ISTE, Orissa Section, Ex-Sectional Committee members of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata. Dr. Ali has contributed significantly for development of technical education. He is a life member of multiple bodies like CSI, IETE, IIIE, AIIMA, ISCA, ISTE, SESI, IET (UK), ISLE.
He has contributed to the development of Green Energy through Installation of 10 KW Grid-connected Solar Plant, IEI Odisha State Centre during the year 2013. He was the Main Architect behind installation of 500 KW roof top grid-connected solar plant at KIIT University in the premises of KISS under the support of Solar Energy Corporation of India during the year 2014.
For Outstanding Contribution in the field of Science and Technology including Research and Maintaining Quality Control of Technical Education, Professor Ali was felicitated with more than Twenty Five National & International Awards like
Managing Director
M/S Tandem Consultants Pvt Ltd
Civil Engineer from BITS, Pilani, India (1983 batch), Er Vinay Gupta has been serving M/S Tandon Consultants Pvt Ltd, India since 1987, lately as Director & CEO. He has been involved in planning & designing of various bridges, flyovers, vehicular underpasses, long span and tall buildings, elevated & underground metro structures, steel structures, 275m tall chimneys and quality control documents. He is an active member of various Codes and Standards Committees of BIS and IRC in India dealing with Earthquake Engineering, Special Structures, Loads & Stresses, Concrete Bridges, Bearings & Expansion Joints, Cable Supported bridges, etc. His contributions mainly include preparation of IRC: SP:65 (Design and Construction of Segmental Bridges), IRC: SP:71 (Design and Construction of Precast Pretensioned Girders for Bridges), IRC:SP:114 (Earthquake Design of Bridges) apart from other documents. etc. He has authored about 100 technical papers in civil engineering journals & conferences and has been lecturing as Guest Faculty at IAHE, CRRI, CIDC, ISDA, DPC, etc. Er Gupta is all India President of IIBE (Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers) and all India President of ICI (Indian Concrete Institute). Engineer Gupta is also Vice President, ACF (Asian Concrete Federation) and Vice President, IAStructE (Indian Association of Structural Engineers).
He has been honored with Awards for the Best Papers titled : “Seismic Design and Construction of Radisson Hotel, New Delhi”, “Launching Systems for Segmental Bridges” and “Precast Concrete Stations for Metro Projects: A Challenge to Designers and Constructors” by IBC.
He has been honored with Awards for the Best Papers titled : “Precast Concrete Stations for Metro Projects: A Challenge to Designers & Constructors” by UKIERI.
He has been honored with Awards like : “Prestressed Concrete Design Award-2013” by IEI (The Institution of Engineers, India), coveted “S B Joshi Memorial Award 2019”.
Managing Director
B&S Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Bhowmick is an eminent Bridge Engineer with exceptional records and achievements. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Engineering, which represents India’s most distinguished engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines. He is also an International Professional Engineer of Institution of Engineers (India). He has 40 years of experience in the field of Bridge and Structural Engineering. He is known to actively participate in disseminating professional knowledge to the young professionals in many forums. He is currently the Chairman, Professional Development & Technical Event Committee of Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE); Vice President of Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI), Vice Chairman of Indian International Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (ING-IABSE). He is also presently the Chairman of editorial board of the quarterly journal of ING-IABSE. He is an active member of several National & International code committees in BIS & IRC. He has written and published more than 75 technical papers.
He is the recipient of Award like : 24th S. B. Joshi Memorial Award for the Year 2018 for “Excellence in Bridge & Structural Engineering”.
Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Research & Development
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar
Dr. Amit Prashant is Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Research and Development at IIT Gandhinagar. At present, he is also the officiating director of IIT Gandhinagar. He is member of the Board of Governors of SVNIT Surat as well as Tapi Riverfront SPV. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree from IIT Roorkee in 1997, and PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2004. He worked at IIT Kanpur as Assistant Professor during 2005-2010 before moving to IIT Gandhinagar. His research interests are in constitutive modelling of soils, earthquake geotechnical engineering and applications of Geosynthetics, which includes experimental investigations and numerical modelling. He has done field projects related to hill slopes, excavations, canals, ash-dyke, bridge foundations, barrage, etc. He has conducted several industry courses in earthquake engineering, FEM and Geotechnical investigations, which have been quite popular.
At present, he is : The Officiating Director of IIT Gandhinagar
Chief Scientist and Head of Structural Engineering & 3D Concrete Printing Group
CSIR - Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
He did Ph.D. (Structural Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The topic of his research was ‘Performance Evaluation of Confined Masonry Buildings under Cyclic Lateral Loads’. His area of interest encompasses precast buildings, structural dynamics, structural health monitoring; experimental investigation of buildings; earthquake resistant design, construction & retrofit; confined masonry, seismic vulnerability/ post-earthquake damage assessment, precast buildings, 3D concrete printing, numerical analysis, historical construction etc. He has published more than 140 papers in International and National Journals/Conferences, more than 150 reports and 12 books on Earthquake Resistant Design & Construction, Guidelines for Confined Masonry, Structural Design & Detailing of Confined Masonry EWS Houses, and Good Construction Practices. He has filed 5 Indian patents and 5 technologies transferred to the industry. So far, he has guided 6 Ph.D.’s (5 in progress), 40 MTech s and 60 B.Tech. students. He developed “Spinners: Tool for design of RC Slabs and Beams for Residential Buildings” and documentary on “Confined Masonry”, which are most widely referred document in construction sector. He did field implementation of Over 40000 confined masonry buildings; 70 schools, 1 library and 132 hospitals in Nepal; strengthening / retrofit of over 300 Institutional, health, educational, industrial buildings and 5 Thermal Power Plants; Over 25 lakhs housing units in precast monolithic construction; 6300 units EWS houses in emerging construction technologies in 6 Light House Projects; 10 Makeshift COVID Hospitals; SHM of Kalwa Bridge and New Parliament Building etc. He has done many collaborative and sponsored industrial projects for industrial and strategic sectors; notable of them include those funded by IGCAR, BARC, NTPC, NDMA, Ministry of External Affairs, MOUHA, Airport Authority of India, IOCL, BPCL, Fertilizer Plants, Ports etc. He was instrumental in post-disaster rehabilitation of Kedarnath and Badrinath dham. Presently, he is Team Leader for “Post-earthquake reconstruction of Education and Health Infrastructure in Nepal” under Govt. of India funded projects; Improving disaster resiliency of Lifeline building in Himalayan region; and many more. He is a Member of Building Committee at several Institutes: Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Team, NDMA, and Bureau of Indian Standard. He is a Member of ISET, ICI, IE(I) and several other professional bodies. He was Secretary of ISET Journal for the year 2013-2017 and visited several countries in connection with R&D Programme like Taiwan, Portugal, Canada, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Building Dynamics Laboratory; Construction Technology Demonstration Park and “Advanced Pseudo-Dynamics Laboratory” at CSIR-CBRI He was pioneer in establishing Building Dynamics Laboratory; Construction Technology Demonstration Park and “Advanced Pseudo-Dynamics Laboratory” at CSIR-CBRI having capability to test full-scale buildings upto four stories under quasi-static condition.
Nodal Officer lead the team of CSIR He was Nodal Officer lead the team of CSIR Mission Mode Project on Mass Housing delivered significant output aligning National Mission “Housing for All” and “Light House Projects on emerging technologies for housing”.
Chief Scientist and Head - Bridge Engineering & Structures Division
CSIR - Central Building Research Institute, New Delhi
Dr. Rajeev Goel did B.E. (Civil Engineering) from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College, Allahabad (presently MNNIT, Prayagraj); M.E.(Structures) from University of Roorkee (presently IIT Roorkee); and Ph.D. from Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. Dr. Goel has more than 35 years of experience in the field of Structural Engineering. His areas of specialization include Structural Analysis & Design; Instrumentation, Performance Monitoring, Health Assessment, Evaluation & Rehabilitation of Civil Engineering Structures; Rating of Bridges; and Development of Computer Software.
Dr. Goel has published more than 120 Research papers in International and National Journals of repute / Conferences and has over 300 Technical and Research reports to his credit. Dr. Goel has received many awards and guided / guiding many Ph.D., Post-graduate and Under-graduate students. Dr. Goel is reviewer of many Journals including ASCE Bridge Engineering and ACI Structures.
Dr. Goel is the Life Fellow of several Professional bodies such as Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers and Indian society of Earthquake Technology.
Dr. Goel has worked in University of Roorkee, Roorkee; Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, Rishikesh; CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Ghaziabad; and Engineering Services Division, CSIR, New Delhi.
Vice-President-North, ICI Dr. Goel has served as honorary Vice-President-North, ICI
Governing Council member of IAStructE, Engineering Council of India Dr. Goel has served as Governing Council member of IAStructE, Engineering Council of India
Chairman, ICI Ghaziabad Dr. Goel has served as Chairman, ICI Ghaziabad.
Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Dr. Rai received a B.E. (Honors) from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (1989), an M.S. from the University of Oklahoma, Norman (1992), and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1996). Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he was a research fellow at the University of Michigan (1996-1997), and on the faculty of the Department of Earthquake Engineering at IIT Roorkee (1997-2001). His research interests are in the design and behavior of structures under earthquake loads, experimental investigations, supplemental damping, seismic rehabilitation, masonry structures and seismic design codes. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences in the area of structural and earthquake engineering. He received the 2021 John B. Scalzi Research Award from The Masonry Society, USA for an outstanding, lifetime contribution to masonry research; the 2000 Shah Family Innovation Prize from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (USA) for innovative approaches to earthquake risk mitigation and retrofit, and public entrepreneurship in code development, continuing education and improved standards to reduce future earthquake risk; and the Young Engineer Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1999), among others. He is also elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2010).
National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at IIT Kanpur. He has been the Coordinator of the National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at IIT Kanpur since 2009.
International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) He has been the Director of the International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) since 2021.
Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, the Official Journal of IAEE. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, the Official Journal of IAEE.
Managing Partner
SD Engineering Consultants
Er. Sangeeta Wij is a Structural Engineer with 40 years’ experience as a Structural Consultant in Construction industry. She is Managing Partner, SD Engineering Consultants, a 26 year old Structural Engineering Consultancy firm. She worked as Dy GM in RITES and as Director (Technical) at AECOM, and has designed upto 54 storied Residential and Commercial Projects, Hospitals and schools etc. for prestigious Clients like DLF WAVE DMRC RITES SEIMENS CPWD etc. She is Fellow and past Vice President (North), Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) and actively involved in improving awareness about role of Structural Engineers in our Built Environment. She is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow IE and a life member of IBC and empaneled with MCD for structural safety Audits. Her firm SDEC has worked with TCIL/ CPWD/ UNDP to train Govt. Engineers in carrying out Structural Safety Audits in our Seismically Vulnerable cities. She has been actively involved in CED-39 Committee of BIS for revision of Seismic Code.
Multiple Industry Awards and Recognitions She has received multiple Industry awards and recognitions and is Passionate about creating Awareness about the need to enhance Structural Safety in Built Environment.
Dogra Chair Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Dr. Matsagar obtained his doctorate (PhD) degree from IIT Bombay in 2005 in the area of earthquake engineering for his PhD Thesis titled "Earthquake Behavior and Impact Response Control of Base-Isolated Buildings" for which he has been honored with the "IIT Bombay Research Paper Award". He performed post-doctoral research in the area of application of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in prestressed concrete bridge structures at the Lawrence Technological University (LTU), Michigan in the USA. Professor Matsagar's current research interests include multi-hazard engineering; multi-hazard protection of structures from earthquake, blast, fire, and wind; structural dynamics and vibration control; finite element methods; fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in prestressed concrete structures; and bridge engineering. Related to these research areas, he has completed number of sponsored research projects with national and international collaboration. He has developed innovative technologies in these areas some of which are copyrighted and patented, and he has been actively engaged in field implementation of these technologies in real-life construction projects in India. He has published more than hundred international journal papers, other hundreds of international conference manuscripts, two books, eight edited proceedings, has two patents and one copyright; thereby, he is enlisted in the world’s top 2% scientists. These research contributions have duly complemented in his teaching, enriching teaching-and-learning experience aptly. He has guided several students at both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) levels in their bachelors and masters’ projects and doctoral research. Besides UG and PG student guidance, he is actively engaged in sponsored research and consultancy projects at national and international levels. He has served as member on the National Building Code (NBC) of India and is currently serving on code-development committees in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Indian Roads Congress (IRC), and International Standards Organization (ISO). He is National Coordinator for Civil Engineering and allied subjects in the Swayam Prabha DTH Channel. Currently, he is serving as a core member of Program Advisory Committee (PAC) - Civil, Infrastructure, and Transportation Engineering of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). Currently, he is serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal and the Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ). He is Associate Editor for the Computational Methods in Structural Engineering Section in Frontiers in Built Environment. Moreover, he is an editorial board member of the Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (BNZSEE), Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) - Structures and Buildings, Advances in Civil Engineering, International of Protective Structures (IJPS), and Journal on Architecture, Structures, and Construction; Guest Editor of journals namely, Institution of Engineers India (Series A), Shock and Vibration, Frontiers in Built Environment, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration, and Active Control, etc.; and served as Responsible Editor of the Earthquake Spectra journal. Professor Matsagar is Founding Director and Fellow of the Council of Vibration Specialists (CVS), he has received several fellowships such as that from Humboldt Foundation, Erasmus, ASEM-DUO India, and he is also an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy for Engineering (F-NAE), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (F-CDRI), Institution of Engineers (India) (F-IEI), and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (F-ISET).
Professor Matsagar is the recipient of numerous National and International Recognitions including : "Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers" ; "Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award"; "Erasmus Mundus Award"; "Erasmus+ Higher Education KA107 Fellowships"; "FEIT Visiting Academic Fellowship"; "DST Young Scientist Award"; "DAAD Research Ambassador and DAAD Awards"; "DAE Young Scientist Award"; "IBC Award for Excellence in Built-Environment"; "IEI Young Engineer Award"; "IIT Delhi Teaching Excellence Award"; "IIT Delhi Outstanding Young Faculty Fellow"; "Young Professional Award".
Member
MEP Engineers Association
More than 25 years of experience in the field of MEP services of Construction field of Industrial, Commercial, and Residential type of Projects. Having experience of SEZ- IT, Malls, Multiplexes, Ultra Highrise Residential, Township projects. Worked with renowned Architects, Consultants, Town Planners etc. Having hands on providing Cost effective Techno Commercial Solutions.
Chairman And Managing Director
Construma Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
BE (Civil), MSE (USA), Ph.D. (UK), DIC, FIE(I), C.Eng(I)
CMD, CONSTRUMA CONSULTANCY PVT LTD
Dr. Harshavardhan Subbarao holds a Ph.D. in Steel Structures from Imperial College, London and an M.S. Eng. from the University of Michigan.
President-Elect of IABSE, Zurich
Member, Executive Committee, IIBE
GC Member, IAStructE & CEAI
Chair, CEAI – Western India
Executive Committee Member, INSDAG
He has been the designer of several landmark, award-winning projects, including:
Signature Cable-Stayed Bridge, Delhi
4.56 km Rail-cum-Road Bridge, Patna
Bridge No. 20 on JURL
Various metros, viaducts, elevated roads, cable-stayed, arch, and extra-dosed bridges, underpasses, etc.
Dr. Subbarao has been involved in over 40 bridge repair, rehabilitation, and retrofitting projects.
He is also a Member of the Bridge Expert Committee of NHAI for failure investigation of bridges and has contributed to the advanced technology of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) for bridge strengthening.
Member of two Special Task Groups of IABSE for Forensic Engineering and the International Bridge Failure Database
Contributor to fib TG 3.5 Bulletin on Forensic Engineering for Concrete Structures Served on the Editorial Board of ICE Journal, U.K., for Forensic Engineering Proceedings
Expert in Life Cycle Costing, with published papers and a medal from IRC Principal contributor and author of IRC Guidelines for Life Cycle Costing Trained at Imperial College, London under BRITE/EURAM on Repair, Rehabilitation, and Retrofitting
Director, Institute of Asset Management (India Chapter) (IAM) Member of BIS Sub-Committee on Asset Management (BIS/MSD12)
President-Elect of IABSE, Zurich Chair of Outstanding Paper Award Committee (OPAC) for Best Ph.D. Thesis Award & Outstanding Technical Paper Award (SEI Journals) Serves on several committees of IRC, BIS, IABSE, fib, and the Highway Research Board of India
Member of BIS Apex Committee CED:7 for Steel Structures & Sections Committee Member of IS:800 Limit State Code Convener of IRC Steel and Composite Bridge Committee
With over 36 years of experience, Dr. Subbarao has authored numerous papers and publications on bridge projects.
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