RESEARCH INTEREST:
1. Geo-environmental engineering.
2. Behavioural study of expansive soil.
3. Seepage modelling through landfill.
4. Beneficial use of waste material for waste containment facility.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Ph.D (2015), Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
M.E. (2010), Civil Engineering, Gauhati University
B.E. (2008), Civil Engineering, Gauhati University
PhD Thesis Title: A study on the hydraulic and contaminant retention behaviour of bentonite-Fly ash mix.
M.E.: 3 D finite element analysis of pile group under lateral load
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, CIT Kokrajhar (November 2014- till date)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
Indian Geotechnical Society (LM-4521), ISSMGE
REVIEWER ASSIGNMENTS:
1. KSCE (Korean Society of Civil Engineers) Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer
2. Journal of Waste Management and Research, SAGE
3. Reviewer for 2nd Pan American Conference for Unsaturated Soils, Dallas, TX, USA, 2017
EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING STATE OF ART INSTRUMENTS:
WP4 dew point potentiometer, Tensiometer, Laboratory Geotechnical Centrifuge.
SOFTWARE AWARENESS:
Geoslope, Soil Vision 4.10
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS:
1. Engineering Merit Scholarship of Directorate of Technical Education, Assam (During BE, 2004-2008)
2. Engineering Merit Scholarship of Directorate of Technical Education, Assam (During ME, 2008-2010)
3. Full time institute scholarship, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati (During Ph. D, 2010- 2014).
4. Organising member of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 held at IIT Guwahati.
5. Organising member of a 5 day workshop on Arc-Gis Application in Engineering and Ground Referencing at CIT Kokrajhar in 2018.
6. Received International Travel Support from DST SERB for presenting paper at Geomeast 2018 International Congress and Exhibition, 24th-28th November, 2018, Cairo, Egypt.
7. Organising member of a 6 day workshop on Building Planning Design and Analysis at CIT Kokrajhar in 2019.
PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOP/QIP/SHORT TERM COURSES:
1. UKIERI workshop on “Seismic Requalification of Pile Supported Structures” held at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India during January 2015.
2. Quality Improvement Programme in “Challenges and Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering Research and Practices” held at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India during March, 2015.
3. TEQIP Short Term Course on “Rock Engineering for Infrastructure Development” conducted by Centre for Educational Technology IIT Guwahati during April 2016.
4. Short Term Training Programme through ICT Mode on “Problem Based Learning” organized by NITTR Kolkata during June 2018.
5. Participated in one week faculty development programme on “Deep learning and Applications” jointly organised Electronics and ICT academics held from December 9 to 13, 2019 through National Knowledge Network under the scheme of financial assistance for setting up of electronics and ICT academies by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India from 23rd to 27th December 2019.
6. Participated in one week AICTE recognized short term course on Learning Management System through ICT conducted by Educational Television Centre from 5th to 9th March 2019.
7. Participated in one week faculty development programme on “AI and Machine Learning” organised by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY), Govt. of India from 23rd to 27th December 2019.