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BEST THESIS AWARDS

Dr. Vivek B. Deshmukh 

  • Received Prof. G.A. Leonard’s Best PhD Thesis Award in India from IGS, New Delhi in 2013.

Dr. Kaustav Chatterjee 

  • Received Best PhD Thesis Award in IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India for years 2015-2017 in 2017. Certificate, Photo

  • Received IACMAG John Carter Award – 2017 from International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA. Certificate

  • Received Prof. G.A. Leonard’s Best PhD Thesis Award in India from IGS, New Delhi in 2017. Certificate-2017

Dr. Giridhar Rajesh Bande 

  • Received Best PhD Thesis Award in IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India for years 2017-2019 in 2019. CertificatePhoto

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar

  • Received Best PhD Thesis Award in IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India for years 2016-2018 in 2018. CertificatePhoto

  • Received IACMAG John Carter Award – 2022 from International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA.

Dr. Shubhrajit Maitra

  • Received Best PhD Thesis Award (Naik and Rastogi Excellence in PhD Thesis Award) in IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India for years 2019-2021 in 2021. Certificate

Dr. V. Dilli Rao

  • Received Best PhD Thesis Award (Naik and Rastogi Excellenece in PhD Thesis Award) in IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India for years 2021-2023 in 2023.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

  • Arghya Das, Deepankar Choudhury, Abhishake Rawat and Debarghya Chakraborty (2008); “Seismic slope stability analysis using MSD model for different modes of movements”, Diamond Jubilee Conference on Landslide Management – Present Scenario & Future Directions, February 10 – 12, 2008, CBRI, Roorkee, India, pp. 35 (abstract published) (This paper received Best Paper Award in the Conference) Certificate

  • Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2012); “Liquefaction potential analysis and dynamic displacement of tailings dam using FLAC3D”, 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, organized by TC203 of ISSMGE, May 28-30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, Paper No. 7.02 in CD, pp. 852-861. (This paper received IGS-FERROCO YGE Best Paper Biennial Award – 2014 as the best paper on ‘Dam Engineering and Allied Areas’, given by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India).

  • V. Dilli Rao, Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); “Analysis of single pile in liquefied soil during earthquake using FLAC3D”, Proceedings of the International Conference on “State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories” PILE – 2013, Editors Paulus P. Rahardjo, Deepankar Choudhury and Budijanto Widjaja, June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia, Vol. 1, pp. F5-1 to F5-7. (This paper received IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Best Paper Biennial Award – 2014 as the best paper on ‘Deep Foundations’, given by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India).

  • V. S. Phanikanth, Deepankar Choudhury and K. Srinivas (2013); "Response of flexible piles under lateral loads", Indian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN: 0971-9555), Springer, India, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 76-82, doi: 10.1007/s40098-012-0030-6. (This paper has been awarded IGS-Prof. Dinesh Mohan Biannial Prize for the Best Paper on “Pile Foundation” for the years 2013-2014, by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India). CertificateMemento

 

  • B. G. Rajesh and Deepankar Choudhury (2015); "Sliding and overturning stability of seawalls subjected to non-breaking waves", Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, (ISSN: 2188-8027), Japan, In section 6. Foundations - Lateral loading, The 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Japan, Vol. 2, No. 35, pp. 1285-1290, doi: http://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.IND-21. (This paper received IGS-FERROCO YGE Award – 2016 for Best the Paper on ‘Dam Engineering and Allied Areas’, given by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India). Certificate

 

  • Anindya Pain, Deepankar Choudhury and Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya (2016); "Seismic uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors using modified pseudo-dynamic approach", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, (ISSN: 1532-3641, Impact Factor: 2.136/2016) USA, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 04015025_1-12, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000471. (For this paper, first author received IACMAG Excellent Paper Award for Junior Researchers (below 45 years old) – 2017 from International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA). Certificate

  •  Kaustav Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2018); "Influence of seismic motions on behaviour of piles in liquefied soils", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, (ISSN 1096-9853, Impact Factor: 2.342/2016) John Wiley & Sons Ltd., USA, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 516-541, doi: 10.1002/nag.2753. (This paper received IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Award – 2020 for Best the Paper on ‘Deep Foundation’, given by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India). Certificate

  •  Pradnya Singbal, Santiram Chatterjee and Deepankar Choudhury (2020); "Assessment of seismic liquefaction of soil site at Mundra port, India, using CPT and DMT field tests", Indian Geotechnical Journal, (ISSN: 0971-9555), Springer, India, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 577-586, doi: 10.1007/s40098-019-00395-1. (This paper has been awarded IGS-Prof. Shamsher Prakash Biennial Award – 2021 for the Best Paper on “Soil Dynamics” for the years 2019-2020, by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India). Certificate

  •  Chaidul Haque Chaudhuri and Deepankar Choudhury (2020); "Buried pipeline subjected to seismic landslide: A simplified analytical solution", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (ISSN: 0267-7261, Impact Factor: 3.718/2020) Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 134, pp. 106155_1-6, doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106155. (This Paper Received the IGS-HEICO YGE Best Paper Biennial Award – 2022 for the best paper on "Slope Stability and Landslides" for the years 2021-2022, by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India.  CertificatePhoto

  • Chaidul Haque Chaudhuri and Deepankar Choudhury (2022); "Buried pipeline subjected to static pipe bursting underneath: a closed-form analytical solution", Geotechnique, (ISSN: 0016-8505, Impact Factor: 5.8/2022) ICE, London, U.K., Vol. 72, No. 11, pp. 974-983, doi: 10.1680/jgeot.20.P.167. (This paper received IGS-Kakinada Chapter YGE Award – 2023 for Best the Paper on ‘Deep Excavations and Underground Structures’, given by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India). (Certificate), (Photo)

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