AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

• Soil stabilization and Ground improvement techniques,
• Geotechnical Engineering,
• Shallow and Deep Foundations, 
• Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundation.
• Transportation Geotechnique,
• Application of ANN and Soft Computing Technique in Geotechnical Engineering

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Born in Sibsagar District of Assam, Completed BE from Jorhat Engineering College under Dibrugarh University, ME from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati under Gauhati University. PhD from NIT Silchar. Worked as Part time Faculty in Civil Engineering Department of Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat before joining NIT Silchar in August 2005 as Lecturer. Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Indian Road Congress (IRC), Institute of Engineers (India) and Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) USA.

 PATENT(S)

EDITORSHIP

BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Marak, B. K. and Borthakur, N. (2021). “Behaviour of square footing on cement modified fibre reinforced sand layer underlain by soft clayey soil”. Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 3(1). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_1
2. Biswas, S. and Borthakur, N. (2022). “An Experimental Study on Development of the Bearing Capacity of Soft Clay Soil Using Stone Column with Bamboo Sheet Plate”. Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, In book: Ground Improvement Techniques (pp.89-101) DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-6727-6_9
3. Sunny, V. and Borthakur, N. (2024) A Study on Recycled Plastic Pins as Micropile in Stabilization of Cohesive Slope; Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 4, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 479, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1753-8_7
4. Vardhan, K.S.J. and Borthakur, N. (2024) Prediction of Bearing Capacity of a Footing Resting on Geo-Synthetic-Reinforced Soil Wall Using Artificial Neural Network; Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 7, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 491, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2700-1_17

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

1. Engineering Graphics & Design
2. Environmental Science & Engineering
3. Surveying & Geomatics
4. Geotechnical Engineering
5. Foundation Engineering
6. Civil Engineering Estimation
7. Foundation Engineering Laboratory
8. Advanced Soil Mechanics
9. Geotechnical Exploration & in-situ soil testing

MEMBER

1. Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (LM-3508)
2. Life member of Indian Road Congress (LM-39971)
3. Life member of Institute of Engineers (M-150265-9)
4. Deep Foundation Institute of India (27069)
5. International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Recognized as one “Daughters of Indian Soil” by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) as a mark of completion of its 75^th years in 2023.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

• DPPC Member
•  Mentor of 2019-2023 batch B. Tech students
• Served as Warden of Girls Hostel-2 and GH-1B of NIT Silchar
• Served as  Member of I.C.C. of NIT Silchar
• Served as  Faculty In-charge of CE departmental library and Member of central library. 

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWED FROM

1. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

JOURNALS

1. Achu, V. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Effect of water table on ground response analysis”. International Journal of Research in Science and Technology, 2(1), 68-72. ISSN 2394 – 9554
2. Saha, A. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Lateral load carrying capacity of micropile”. International Journal of Research in Science and Technology, 2(1), 44-49. ISSN 2394 – 9554
3. Bhagowati B. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Effect of lime and fly ash on engineering properties of expansive soils”. International Journal of Research in Science and Technology, 2(1), 38-43. ISSN 2394 – 9554
4. Srivastava, P. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Comparative study of load – settlement behaviour of micropile – raft foundation in cohesive soil”. International Journal of Research in Science and Technology, 2(1), 25-30. ISSN 2394 – 9554
5. Sadhukhan, S. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Experimental study on uplift capacity of micropile”. International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research, 55, ISSN 2394-7780.
6. Borthakur, N. and Dey, A. K. (2018). “Experimental investigation on load carrying capacity of micropiles in soft clay.” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 43(4), 1969-1981. DOI 10.1007/s13369-017-2894-3
7. Borthakur, N. and Dey, A. K. (2020). “Evaluation of Group Capacity of Micropile in Soft Clayey Soil from Experimental Analysis Using SVM-Based Prediction Model.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 20(3), Paper No: 04020008. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE) GM.1943-5622.0001606.
8. Borthakur, N., and Das, M. (2021). “Modelling the capacity of micropiled-raft foundation rested on soft clayey soil using an artificial neural network approach.” International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2021.1959138
9. Borthakur, N. and Das, M. (2024). Predicting Micropile Group Capacity in Soft Cohesive Soil by Artificial Neural Network. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01058-6
10. Mukherjee, A., and Borthakur, N. (2024). Settlement prediction of micropile supported raft using machine learning: modelling and performance evaluation. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 10(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-024-00531-2

 CONFERENCES

1. Saikia, B. D. and Borthakur, N. (2003). “Behaviour of reinforced soil using shredded tyre” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure Development, Roorkee, India
2. Borthakur, N. and Singh, M. S. (2014). “Stabilization of Peat soil using locally available admixture” Proc. of the Intl. Conf. on Advances in Civil and Structural Engineering – CSE 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN: 978-1-63248-006-4. Paper ID CSE-14-198. doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-006-4-101
3. Bhagowati B. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Impact of cyclic wetting-drying cycle on swelling behaviour of lime and fly ash stabilized expansive soil” Proceedings of the 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4. Sadhukhan S. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Behavior of single micropile and micropile groups subjected to uplift loading” Proceedings of the 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
5. Saha A. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Lateral load carrying capacity of vertical micropile” Proceedings of the 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
6. Achu V. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Effect of water table in soil amplification” Proceedings of the 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
7. Srivastava, P.  and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Comparative Study of load Settlement Behaviour of Micropile –Raft Foundation in Cohesive Soil”, International conference on Latest trends and Practices in Management, Technology and Social Sciences, Manali, 28^th April 2015.
8. Sadhukhan, S. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Experimental Study on Uplift Capacity of Micropile”, International conference on Latest trends and Practices in Management, Technology and Social Sciences, Manali, 28^th April 2015.
9. Bhagowati B. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Effect of Lime and Fly ash on Engineering properties of Expansive Soils”, International conference on Latest trends and Practices in Management, Technology and Social Sciences, Manali, 28^th April 2015.
10. Saha, A. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Lateral load carrying capacity of micropile”, International conference on Latest trends and Practices in Management, Technology and Social Sciences, Manali, 28^th April 2015.
11. Achu, V. and Borthakur, N. (2015). “Effect of water table on ground response analysis”, International conference on Latest trends and Practices in Management, Technology and Social Sciences, Manali, 28^th April 2015
12. Pandey A. K. and Borthakur, N. (2016). “Dynamic response analysis of micropile group” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
13. Prasad, D.; Borthakur, N. and Das, S. (2017). “Effect of Rice Husk Ash and Cement Mixtures on Engineering Properties of Cohesive Soil.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Workshop on Sustanable Geotechnics, IGS Kanpur Chapter, IIT Kanpur, India.
14. Marak, B. K. and Borthakur, N. (2021). “Behaviour of square footing on cement modified fibre reinforced sand layer underlain by soft clayey soil”. Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 3(1). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_1
15. Biswas, S. and Borthakur, N. (2021). “An Experimental Study on Development of the Bearing Capacity of Soft Clay Soil Using Stone Column with Bamboo Sheet Plate.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, NIT Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
16. Jaya Vardhan, K. S. and Borthakur, N. (2022). “Prediction of Bearing Capacity of a Footing Resting on Geo-synthetic Reinforced Soil Wall using Artificial Neural Network.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochi, India.
17. Sunny, V. and Borthakur, N. (2022). ” A Study on Recycled Plastic Pins as Micropile in Stabilization of Cohesive Slope.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochi, India.
18. Panda, A. and Borthakur, N. (2023). ” An Experimental Study on Lateral Load Carrying Capacity of Batter Micropile Groups in Soft Clayey Soil.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, India.
19. Bhaskar, D., Mukherjee, A. and Borthakur, N. (2024). “Experimental Study on Micro-Piled Raft Foundation Rested on Stone Column Improved Soft Soil.” Proceedings of the DFI-India 2024:13th Annual Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, Goa, India.
20. Sonowal, G., Mukherjee, A. and Borthakur, N. (2024) “A study on enhancement of capacity of an existing shallow foundation rested on soft clayey soil using perimeter micropile group.” Proceedings of the DFI-India 2024:13th Annual Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, Goa, India.
21. Rajak, S. and Borthakur, N. (2024) “Behaviour of Shallow Footing Rested on Fly Ash-Lime-Clay Stabilized Layer over Deep Seated Cohesive Soil Bed.” Proceedings of the GeoMandu 2024: the second of the biennial international conference series of Nepal Geotechnical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal.
22. Bala Raju, S., Dutta, S. and Borthakur, N. (2024) “An Experimental Study on Enhancement of Bearing Capacity of Soft Soil using Stone Column with Composite Material of Jute-Geotextile and Cane-Geogrid.” Proceedings of the GeoMandu 2024: the second of the biennial international conference series of Nepal Geotechnical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal.
23. Rajak, S. and Borthakur, N. (2024) “Load-Settlement Study of Shallow Foundation on Clay + Fly-ash + Lime Stabilized Layer underlain by Clayey Soil” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Aurangabad, India.
24. Kumar, N. and Borthakur, N. (2024) “A Study on Lateral Dynamic Load Behaviour of Pile Group using Block Vibration Apparatus.” Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Aurangabad, India.

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