Sudhir K. Jain Explained

Sudhir Kumar Jain
Birth Date:1959 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
Residence:Varanasi, India
Nationality: Indian
Alma Mater:IIT Roorkee
California Institute of Technology
Known For:Earthquake engineering
Structural engineering
IIT Gandhinagar[1]
Profession:Professor
Academic Administrator
Office:Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
Order:28th
Term Start:7 January 2022
Predecessor:Rakesh Bhatnagar
Office1:Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Term Start1:June 2009[2]
Term End1:3 January 2022
Predecessor1:Position Established
Successor1:Rajat Moona
Office2:Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Term Start2:January 2005
Term End2:January 2008
Office3:Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Term Start3:1984
Term End3:2009[3]
Awards:
Honorific Suffix:Padma Shri
Appointer:Ram Nath Kovind
Honorific Prefix:Dr.

Sudhir Kumar Jain (also Sudhir K. Jain; born 4 July 1959) is the incumbent and 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.[4] He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.[5] [6] He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of seismic design codes, dynamic of buildings, and post-earthquake studies.[7] Beside these, Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in earthquake engineering focused on developing countries.[8] He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.[9] He was also elected a member of U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.[10]

He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.[11] [12] He also served on the engineering and computer science jury for the Infosys Prize from 2019.[13]

Education

Jain earned Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in 1979, and masters, and doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena in 1980 and 1983 respectively.[14]

Awards and honors

Selected bibliography

Books

Articles

See also

Notes and References

  1. url=https://iitgn.ac.in/about/founding-director
  2. Web site: Dr. Sudhir K. Jain . www.iitk.ac.in . Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur . July 2010.
  3. http://sudhirjain.info/
  4. Web site: New BHU VC 2021. 14 November 2021 .
  5. News: Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director Ahmedabad News - Times of India . The Times of India . 26 August 2019 . en.
  6. Web site: 3 January 2022. IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain . IITGN News. 2022-01-08. en-US.
  7. Web site: Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur.
  8. Jain . Sudhir K. . Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities . Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering . Springer Nature . 1337–1436 . en . 10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 . 1 May 2016. 14 . 5 . 2016BuEE...14.1337J . 111742229 .
  9. Web site: Sudhir K. Jain . expert.inae.in . INAE.
  10. News: IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering . Hindustan Times . 10 February 2021 . en.
  11. Web site: IAEE: Officers . www.iaee.or.jp.
  12. Web site: Membership of Professional Societies . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur.
  13. Web site: Infosys Prize - Jury 2020. 2020-12-09. www.infosys-science-foundation.com.
  14. Web site: IIT Gandhinagar Sudhir K. Jain . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20210616221740/https://iitgn.ac.in/faculty/civil/fac-skjain . 16 June 2021 . www.iitgn.ac.in.
  15. Web site: Awards and Honors - Dr. Sudhir K. Jain . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur . 8 July 2020.
  16. News: IIT Gandhinagar director awarded Padma Shri . 8 July 2020 . India Today . 27 January 2020 . en.
  17. Web site: 2022-05-23 . Caltech Names Its Three Newest Distinguished Alumni . 2022-05-24 . California Institute of Technology . en.
  18. Web site: BHU Vice-Chancellor Sudhir K Jain Gets IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award . 2022-08-11 . NDTV.com . en.
  19. Book: Murty. C. V. R. Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report. Margorie. Greene. Jain. Sudhir K.. Prasad. N. Purendra. Mehta. Vipul V.. 2005. National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 978-1-932884-05-0. English. 74355114.
  20. Book: Jain. Sudhir K.. Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism. Murty. C.V.R. Rai. Durgesh C.. 2008. NICEE. 978-8190613019.
  21. Jain. Sudhir K.. 4 April 2016. Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14. 5. 1337–1436. 10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2. 2016BuEE...14.1337J . 111742229.
  22. 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. 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.08.002. 2012SDEE...32...42M .
  23. 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. 10.1193/1.2360907. 53061406.
  24. 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. 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.002. 2005EngGe..80..282S .
  25. 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. 10.12989/sem.2000.9.6.615.