Dr. Ashutosh Kumar
I am currently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at IIT Mandi.
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My research encompasses highly relevant areas of civil engineering: (1) Soil-Structure interaction (pile foundation and piled raft foundation) (2) Engineering behaviour of unsaturated soils (3) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (4) Seismic performance of heritage structures (5) Foundation Engineering.
Interested in working with us, please email me over
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Prospective PhD and M.Tech by Research students interested in working with us are encouraged to contact me with their resumes and briefly describe their M.Tech. projects or any other research projects.
Link to:
Google Scholar
Researchgate
Expertise for Industrial consultancy in the area:
1. Foundations
2. Retaining structures
3. Building on slopes
4. Liquefaction and geotechnical earthquake engineering
5. Heritage structures
Job experience:
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Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India (March 2020- Present)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Engineering, Durham University, United Kingdom (April 2018- February 2020)
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Part-time Lecturer, Teesside University, United Kingdom, Overseas teaching (Geotechnical Design, 40 hours course duration) at NCWU, Zhengzhou, China. (November 2019- December 2019)
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Teaching:
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1. Soil Dynamics: CE 560 (PG level)
2. Geotechnical Engineering- I: (CE 302) (UG level)
3. Geotechnical Engineering- II: (CE 402) (UG level)
4. Exploring Engineering- Induction Program
5. Research Methodology: RM 600 (Ethics in Research Module)
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Member of the committee:
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3. Model question paper setter for Civil Engineering discipline of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. (Since 2022).
2. Sub-Committee Member of the Soil and Foundation Engineering Sectional Committee, CED 43 of Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), Manak Bhavan, New Delhi, India, since July 2021 to date.
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1. Subject expert approved by Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission for the conduct of Interview at Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission, Office Resham Garh Colony Jammu for 2021.
News
17. Dr. Ashutosh Kumar visited the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, United Kingdom as an Academic Visitor. (January 3- January 20, 2024)
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16. Dr. Ashutosh Kumar along with Ms. Eedy Sana and Dr. Ellen from IHRR, UK authored an article in The Conversation UK on the devastating rainfall-triggered landslides that took place in Himachal Pradesh in the year 2023. (Article, Article featured in UN DRR PreventionWeb)
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15. Mr. Sonu Kumar was awarded the highly prestigious Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship offered by the government of the United Kingdom. (July 2023)
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14. Ms. Aditi Rana secured PhD position at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. (May 2023)
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13. Mr. Sonu Kumar attended and presented a poster during Geo-Congress 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA. (March 2023)
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12. Mr. Rahul Dogra secured a researcher position at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. (April 2023)
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11. Ms. Aditi Rana visited the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience of Durham University, UK as a Visiting Student. (February 12- 28, 2023)
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10. Dr. Ashutosh Kumar visited the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience of Durham University, UK as an Academic Visitor. (January 3- February 10, 2023)
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9. Mr. Rahul Dogra was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award of IIT Mandi- 2022.
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8. Alumni and Corporate Relations of IIT Bombay recognized the achievement of Dr. Ashutosh Kumar winning IACMAG John Carter Award – 2022 from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA. (https://www.iacmag.net/2022). (Link 1)
7. Ms. Aditi Rana got 2nd prize in a poster competition on the occasion of Engineers Day 2022 organized at IIT Mandi.
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6. The setup developed to study the behaviour of compacted soil in railway embankments got coverage in the National print and electronic media. (Times of India, NDTV, Education Times, Economic Times, India Today, Video clip, Video clip 2)
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5. International workshop on "Landslides Susceptibility and Adaptability in South-East Asia: Theory to Practice", jointly organised by IIT Mandi and Durham University UK from March 29-30 2022. (Report)
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4. Interaction with Member Niti Ayog Dr. V.K. Saraswat to showcase the landslide barrier system getting developed at IIT Mandi foundation day on March 6, 2022. [Photos]
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3. Two Days Short Course Organized on Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics on the analysis of slopes jointly by IIT Mandi- Durham University UK and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 24-25 February 2022. Report.
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2. SEAL project Advertised on British High-Commission Website)
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1. Rahul Dogra (M.Tech. student) was awarded the DAAD Scholarship for the year 2021-2022.
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Examination of External Thesis
1. Ph.D. thesis titled “Dynamic Behaviour of Ballasted Railway Track with Special Reference to Transition Zones” by Piyush Punetha (Roll No. 13035302) of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia in March, 2022.