Dr. Rajarshi Pramanik

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Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-7908648142
Email: rajarshi@civil.nits.ac.in
Date of Joining: 15-11-2023
Academic/Industrial Experience (in years): 2+0.5 yrs.

 

 

 

                                                      

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC / INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE (Details)

  • Assistant Professor Grade-II, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar: November, 2023 to Till Date.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering: August, 2023 to November, 2023.
  • Executive, Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete India Pvt. Ltd.: September, 2009 to July, 2011.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Research Associate-II, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: January, 2023 to July, 2023.
  • National Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: January, 2021 to January, 2023.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (FULL DETAILS )

  • Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur)
  • M.E. (IIEST, Shibpur)
  • B.E. (Jadavpur University)

AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

  • Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Soft Computing
  • Application of Surrogate Modeling Techniques
  • Numerical Modeling
  • Computational Geomechanics

 

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Rajarshi Pramanik received the Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Degree in Construction Engineering in 2009 from Jadavpur University. After graduation, he worked for about 2 years in Civil Engineering industry. He has done his master’s degree (M.E.) with the specialization in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, in 2014 and stood First (1st) in this department. He has completed his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur in 2020 with the specialization in Geotechnical Engineering. He has been awarded the National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF), sponsored by DST-SERB, Govt. of India, in December, 2020 and worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru from January, 2021 to January, 2023. He also worked there as a Research Associate-II from January, 2023 to July, 2023. He worked as an Assistant Professor for three months in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering before joining the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar as an Assistant Professor Grade-II in November, 2023. His current research area focuses on the reliability assessment of different types of geo-structures using surrogate models.

 PATENT(S)

 

External Funded Project

  

BOOK CHAPTER

  • Mukherjee, S., R. Pramanik, and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2025. “Kriging-based approach for reliability analysis of reinforced anchors for transmission tower foundations.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 9, part of the Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering book series, Springer Nature Singapore, Edited by B. T. Jose, D. K. Sahoo, S. K. Vanapalli, C. H. Solanki, K. Balan, and A. G. Pillai, Vol.-537, 315−329. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6168-5_27.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2020. “Numerical investigation of the bearing capacity factors using the finite element method.” Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling, part of the Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering book series, Springer Nature Singapore, Edited by Gali Madhavi Latha and Raghuveer Rao Pallepati, Vol.-85, 901−916. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_71.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Engineering Graphics and Design (CE 101) (UG)
  • Introduction to Geo Sciences (CE 203) (UG)
  • Geotechnical Engineering Lab (CE 216) (UG)
  • Foundation Engineering Lab (CE 312) (UG)
  • Earth Retaining Structures (CE 5162) (PG)

MEMBER

  • Life member (LM 4312) of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Awarded Second Prize in the Best Paper Presentation competition at the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2022), hosted by the IGC Kochi Chapter and Cochin University of Science and Technology on 15th-17th December 2022.
  • Awarded for the National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) (File No.: PDF/2020/000685) sponsored by DST-SERB, Govt. of India in the Department of Civil Engineering at IISc, Bengaluru in 2020.
  • Awarded the University Medal for ranking First (1st) in order of merit in M.E. (Civil) Examinations, 2014 of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur.
  • Awarded Best Presenter certificate by Springer and IGC-2018 organizing committee for presenting the conference paper in Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2018) at IISc, Bengaluru, India.
  • Awarded MHRD Scholarship, Govt. of India (2012-2014) for M.E. at IIEST, Shibpur.
  • Awarded MHRD Scholarship, Govt. of India (2014-2019) for Ph.D. at IIT Kharagpur. 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

  • Co-Faculty In-Charge of Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
  • Faculty Advisor of 1st Year UG (Civil) Students
  • Member of Under Graduate Research Council (UGRC) Committee

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWED FROM

  • International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, USA.
  • Indian Geotechnical Journal, India.
  • Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica, Poland.

JOURNALS

  • Pramanik, R., G. L. Sivakumar Babu, and A. Bhowmick. 2024. “Local scour in bridge piers: A reliability-based approach.” Indian Geotechnical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01057-7. (Article in press).
  • Mukherjee, S., R. Pramanik, and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2024. “Probabilistic assessment of anchor foundation for transmission tower using multivariate adaptive regression splines.” Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 18 (3): 541−557. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2024.2302132.
  • Pramanik, R., S. Mukherjee, and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2023. “Probabilistic assessment of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls using ANN-based response surface method.” Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 17 (3): 467−489. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2022.2046790.
  • Pramanik, R., and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2023. “Reliability-based load and resistance factors for soil nail walls against facing failures.” International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. 9 (3): 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-023-00447-w.
  • Pramanik, R., S. Mukherjee, and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2022. “Deterministic and probabilistic prediction of maximum wall facing displacement of geosynthetic-reinforced soil segmental walls using multivariate adaptive regression splines.” Transportation Geotechnics. 36: 100816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2022.100816.
  • Pramanik, R., and G. L. Sivakumar Babu. 2022. “Prediction of the maximum tensile load in reinforcement layers of a MSE wall using ANN-based response surface method and probabilistic assessment of internal stability of the wall.” International Journal of Geomechanics. 22 (8): 05022004. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002473.
  • Pramanik, R., and D. K. Baidya. 2022. “Influence of spatial variability of soil elastic modulus on elastic settlement of rectangular footing under fuzzy uncertainty.” Innovative Infrastructure Solutions. 7 (3): 224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00819-7.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2022. “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, Part A: Civil Engineering. 8 (1): 04021076. https://doi.org/10.1061/AJRUA6.0001201.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2021. “Reliability assessment of three-dimensional bearing capacity of shallow foundation using fuzzy set theory.” Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering. 15 (2): 478−489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-021-0698-8.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2020. “Reliability analysis for bearing capacity of surface strip footing using fuzzy finite element method.” Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal. 15 (1): 29−41. https://doi.org/10.1080/17486025.2019.1601268.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2019. “Implementation of fuzzy reliability analysis for elastic settlement of strip footing on sand considering spatial variability.” International Journal of Geomechanics. 19 (12): 04019126. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001514.

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2019. “Fuzzy reliability analysis for elastic settlement of surface footing.” Proc., Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Geo-Congress 2019: Soil Erosion, Underground Engineering, and Risk Assessment, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 313), 183−192. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482155.019.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2019. “Reliability analysis for bearing capacity of strip footing resting on layered soil using fuzzy finite element approach.” Proc., 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference – 7IYGEC 2019, NIT Silchar, Assam, India, 402−407, March 15−16, 2019.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2017. “Reliability analysis for settlement calculation of surface strip footing under different soil conditions using fuzzy sets theory.” Proc., Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies (GeoNEst): Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC- 2017), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Th-10, Paper No. 86, December 14 – 16, 2017.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2017. “Fuzzy reliability analysis for settlement calculation of surface strip footing.” Proc., Conference on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics (CoNMiG-2017), IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 91−100, March 03 – 04, 2017.
  • Pramanik, R., D. K. Baidya, and N. Dhang. 2016. “Reliability assessment of the capacity of single pile subjected to vertical loading.” Proc., DFI-India 2016: 6th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah, India, 367−376, September 09 – 10, 2016.
  • Metya, S., K. Halder, R. Pramanik, and G. Bhattacharya. 2014. “Reliability prediction of slope stability of a zoned dam using spreadsheet based simulation technique.” Proc., Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India (GEOIND): Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2014), JNTU, Kakinada, India, Th-11, Paper No. 01, 2082 – 2089, December 18 – 20, 2014.

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