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Vice-chancellor of BHU
Sudhir Kumar Jain ( also Sudhir K. Jain ; born 4 July 1959) is the
incumbent and 28th
Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University .
[3] He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the founding director of the
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar .
[4]
[5] He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of
seismic design codes , dynamic of buildings, and post-earthquake studies.
[6] Beside these, Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in
earthquake engineering focused on developing countries.
[7] He is an elected fellow of
Indian National Academy of Engineering .
[8] He was also elected a member of U.S.
National Academy of Engineering (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.
[9]
He has served as the president of
International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.
[10]
[11] He also served on the engineering and computer science jury for the
Infosys Prize from 2019.
[12]
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.
[13]
Awards and honors
Selected bibliography
Books
Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report
[18]
Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism
[19]
Articles
Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities
[20]
Simplified seismic analysis of soil–well–pier system for bridges
[21]
Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames: A State-of-the-Art Review
[22]
Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake
[23]
Seismic torsional vibration in elevated tanks
[24]
S.K. Jain(left) receiving
Padma Shri from
President
Kovind
See also
References
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"Dr. Sudhir K. Jain" . www.iitk.ac.in . Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. July 2010.
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https://iitgn.ac.in/about/founding-director
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"New BHU VC 2021" .
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"Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director | Ahmedabad News - Times of India" . The Times of India . No. 26 August 2019.
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"IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain" . IITGN News. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022 .
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"Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests" . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur.
^ Jain, Sudhir K. (1 May 2016).
"Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities" . Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering . 14 (5). Springer Nature: 1337–1436.
doi :
10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 .
S2CID
111742229 .
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"Sudhir K. Jain" . expert.inae.in . INAE.
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"IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering" . Hindustan Times . 10 February 2021.
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"IAEE: Officers" . www.iaee.or.jp .
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"Membership of Professional Societies" . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur.
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"Infosys Prize - Jury 2020" . www.infosys-science-foundation.com . Retrieved 9 December 2020 .
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"IIT Gandhinagar | Sudhir K. Jain" . www.iitgn.ac.in . Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. {{
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"Awards and Honors - Dr. Sudhir K. Jain" . www.iitk.ac.in . IIT Kanpur. Retrieved 8 July 2020 .
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"IIT Gandhinagar director awarded Padma Shri" . India Today . 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020 .
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"Caltech Names Its Three Newest Distinguished Alumni" . California Institute of Technology . 23 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022 .
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"BHU Vice-Chancellor Sudhir K Jain Gets IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award" . NDTV.com . Retrieved 11 August 2022 .
^ Murty, C. V. R; Margorie, Greene; Jain, Sudhir K.; Prasad, N. Purendra; Mehta, Vipul V. (2005).
Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report . National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
ISBN
978-1-932884-05-0 .
OCLC
74355114 .
^ Jain, Sudhir K.; Murty, C.V.R; Rai, Durgesh C. (2008). Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism . NICEE.
ISBN
978-8190613019 .
^ Jain, Sudhir K. (4 April 2016). "Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering . 14 (5): 1337–1436.
doi :
10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 .
S2CID
111742229 .
^ 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.
doi :
10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.08.002 .
^ 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.
doi :
10.1193/1.2360907 .
S2CID
53061406 .
^ 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.
doi :
10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.002 .
^ 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.
doi :
10.12989/sem.2000.9.6.615 .
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