Information
- Designation : Professor & Director, NIT Silchar
- Email : dkbaidya@civil.nits.ac.in
- Phone :
Key Notes
- Conference: National - 5
- Journals: 5
- Conferences: 5
- PhD: Guided: 3
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PUBLICATIONS3
DOCTORAL STUDENTS5
PROJECTSIntroduction [Biosketch]
- Prof. Dilip Kumar Baidya joined as Director, National Institute of Technology Silchar in May, 2023. Earlier, he was the Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Chairperson, Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He joined IIT Kharagpur in 1994 and is a Professor of Civil engineering since 2008. He graduated in Civil Engineering in 1987 from Bengal Engineering College Shibpur (presently IIEST) and obtained M.E. and Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore in the year 1989 and 93, respectively. Having over 30 years of experience in teaching and research and guided more than 35 M.Tech. dissertations and 9 Ph.D. theses on Geotechnical Engineering. Held several administrative positions at IIT Kharagpur which includes responsible position like Vice Chairman/Chairman JEE for IIT Kharagpur zone, Prof In-charge Examination etc., Fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society and member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Elected member of Executive committee of IGS for three consecutive terms 2017- 2022.
- Prof. Baidya published more than 125 technical papers in National/international journals and conferences out of which 4 papers received the best paper award. Visited different countries for presenting papers in the international conferences and served 2 years as Faculty members in the University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Besides teaching and research, provided consultancy services to various industrial problems to Kolkata Port, Paradeep Port, NHAI, PWD, Indian railways, Haldia Petrochemicals, RVNL.
Areas of Interest
- Geotechnical Engineering
| Institution | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur (Presently IIEST) | 1987 | B.E |
| IISc Bangalore | 1989 | M.E |
| IISc Bangalore | 1993 | Ph.D |
Pramanik R., Baidya D.K., Dhang N, “Effect of Spatial Variability of Soil Properties on Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing under Fuzzy Uncertainty”, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, 2022
Mallick A., Baidya D.K, “Dynamic Properties of Fly Ash Sand Mixtures”, In Proceedings Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021
Soil Dynamics
Virendra Singh
Ground Improvement
Rupashree Ragini Sahoo
soil dynamics and earthquake engineering
Kuldeep Khichar
Sl.No: 1
Title Of Research Project : " CONSTRUCTION OF ARTERIALE ROAD & BACKUP AREA BEHIND BERTH NO. 2 OF HALDIA DOCK COMPLEX "
Sponsored By:
Status: Completed
Principal Investigator: Principal Investigator
Sl.No: 2
Title Of Research Project : " TESTING OF SUB-GRADE AND GRANULAR SUB-BASE MATERIAL "
Sponsored By:
Status: Completed
Principal Investigator: Principal Investigator
Sl.No: 3
Title Of Research Project : " TESTING OF SUB-GRADE & WATER ETC "
Sponsored By:
Status: Completed
Sl.No: 4
Title Of Research Project : " TECHNICAL ADVICE FOR PILE LOAD TEST AND EVALUATION OF PILE CAPACITY "
Sponsored By:
Status: Completed
Sl.No: 5
Title Of Research Project : " MSE WALL FAILURE INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION AT KISANGANJ "
Sponsored By:
Status: Completed
Research Areas
- Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Machine Foundations
- Pile Foundations
- Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering
- Ground Improvement & Soil/Rock Stabilization
