Dr. Amarnath Hegde
Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering
&
Dean (Infrastructure, Planning & Support)
Address : Room No-325, Academic Block-1 (Engineering),
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad,
Chikkamalligawad, Dharwad, Karnataka, PIN-580011, India
Email: ahegde@iitdh.ac.in ; amarnathhegde@gmail.com
Research Profiles : Click on the below symbols for more details
Research Interests
Geotechnical Engineering
Geosynthetics and Ground Improvements
Soil Dynamics and Vibration Isolation
Stability of Earth Retaining Structures
Computational Geotechnics
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad (June, 2023-Till date)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Oct, 2015-June, 2023)
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (Dec, 2014 – Oct, 2015)
Visiting Scholar, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy (Feb-March, 2014)
Visiting Scholar, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona Tech, Spain (March- April 2013)
Geotechnical Engineer, Keller Ground Engineering India, Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai (July, 2009 - July, 2011)
Visiting Scholar, National University of Singapore (Aug. – Dec. 2008)
Education
Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (2015)
M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2009)
B.E in Civil Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubli (earlier known as BVBCET) (2006)
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (M.ASCE),10672143
Member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (M.ISSMGE),IND17LM-3843
Member of International Geosynthetic Society (M.IgS),10425
Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (MIGS), LM3843
Life member of International Commission on Large Dams, India (0011/INCOLD/IND/LM/2024)
Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (MISET), LM1759
Member of The Institution of Engineers,India (MIE),M-1582334
Member of Indian Science Congress Association (M.ISCA),L32048
Awards & Honors
Prof. Satish Dhawan Young Engineers State Award in Engineering Sciences by Karnataka State Council for Science &Technology (KSCST), Government of Karnataka (2024)
Rising Star in Geotechnical Engineering Award for the year 2023-2024 by Geotechncial section of Frontiers in Built Environment Journal (2024)
Exceptional reviewer of the year-2023, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer (2024)
Featured in the list of top 2% scientists of the world in single year category published by Stanford University, Elsevier BV (consecutively four years 2021-2024)
Exceptional reviewer of the year-2021, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer (2022)
Reviewer of the year 2019 (non EBM), Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer (2020)
Bharat Vikas Award, Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar (2018)
Young Faculty Award, Venus International Foundation, Chennai (2018)
IEI Young Engineers Award in Civil Engineering Discipline by Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata (2017)
ISSMGE Foundation Travel Grant Award,UK (2017)
Best Teacher Award for PG course in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,IIT Patna (2016)
IGS-Prof. Leonard’s award for best Ph.D thesis in geotechnical Engineering by Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi (2015)
Best Paper Award by IIT Bombay during Young Geotechnical Engineers' Symposium on Finite Element Methods (2015)
Marie Curie Fellowship by European Union to carry out research at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy (2014).
Best Paper Award by IGS-Ahmedabad Chapter, Indian Geotechnical Society (2014)
ISSMGE Foundation Travel Grant Award, UK (2014)
Marie Curie Fellowship by European Union to carry out research at Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences UPC, BarcelonaTech, Spain(2013).
Student Exchange Research Scholarship by National University of Singapore to carryout M.Tech dissertation at National University of Singapore (2008)
Administrative Responsibilities
IIT Dharwad (currently holding)
Dean (Infrastructure, Planning& Support) - May 2024 onward
Member, Finance Committee, BoG nominee (September 2024 Onward)
Member, Building and Works Committee (September 2024 Onward)
Member, Academic Senate - August, 2023 onward
IIT Dharwad (held in past)
Officiating Dean (Infrastructure, Planning& Support) - January 2024 - May 2024
Associate Dean (Infrastructure, Planning& Support)- August 2023 - January 2024
Chairman, Space Allocation Committee -(2024)
IIT Patna
Professor In-charge, Campus Amenities (2022-2023)
President, Institute Innovation Council, IIT Patna ( 2019- 2021)
Professor In-charge, Training and Placement Cell (2017 - 2019)
Member, Library Advisory Committee ( 2019- 2021)
Member, Institute Transport Committe ( 2019 - 2021)
Member, Training and Placement Cell ( 2016 - 2020)
In-charge, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (2019 - 2021)
Secretary, Department Academic Program Committee, DAPC ( 2020- 2022)
Faculty advisor, M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering-2022 Batch (2022 -2023)
Faculty advisor, B.Tech-2016, CEE Batch (2016 - 2020)
Member, Department Academic Program Committee, DAPC ( 2016 - 2023)
Member, Department Purchase Committee, DPC (2018 - 2020)
Department placement coordinator (J 2016 - 2020)
Member, Institute Convocation committee 2016
Countries Visited
Australia, Austria, Bhutan, China, France, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, USA, Vatican City
