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Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, FNASc, FNAE, FASc, F.ASCE, FIE

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Incheon National University, Indian Institute of Science, Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad

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Prof. Deepankar Choudhury is Prof. T. Kant Chair Professor (HAG) and former Head of Civil Engineering department at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. Always 1st class 1st and Gold Medalist in academics, Prof. Choudhury also worked as a faculty at IIT Kanpur, mentored two new IITs at Gandhinagar and Dharwad on deputation from IIT Bombay. Also, as mentor Head of newly started Civil Engg. dept. of IIT Dharwad, he was instrumental to start the department with double charge of Headship both at IIT Bombay and IIT Dharwad in parallel. He was a Visiting Fellow/Faculty at NUS Singapore, UoW Australia, UC Berkeley USA, Kagoshima Univ. Japan, TU Darmstadt Germany and Incheon National Univ. South Korea.
Prof. Choudhury is an elected Fellow (FNASc) of The National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow (FNAE) of Indian National Academy of Engineering and Fellow (FASc) of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru. He is the only working Geotechnical Engineer of India who is Fellow of three prestigious academies (both Science and Engineering Academies) of India. Internationally he is elected Fellow (F.ASCE) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow of Germany, JSPS Fellow of Japan, and TWAS-VS Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, Italy. He is also national Fellow of Institution of Engineers India (FIE), Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FAScT), Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (FISET).
Prof. Choudhury, a recipient of Prof. C. S. Desai Medal of IACMAG, USA in 2017, also received Excellent Regional Contributions Award of IACMAG-2014 and Excellent Paper Award (Junior) of IACMAG-2008 for outstanding ASCE-Journal paper. He received several Young Scientist/Engineer Awards from various academies/societies of India like INSA, NASI, ISCA, INAE, IEI, DST, DAE, ISTE and from abroad like APACM, Shamsher Prakash Research Foundation & recipient of Gopal Ranjan Technology Award of IIT Roorkee. He delivered Prof. Jai Krishna Memorial Lecture of IEI.
Prof. Choudhury is the Chief Editor of Indian Geotechnical Journal (Springer) and an Associate Editor of ASCE-International Journal of Geomechanics of USA. He served as Editorial Board Member (EBM) for Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Soils and Foundations (Elsevier), and currently EBM of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Springer), Geomechanics and Engineering (Techno-Press).
Prof. Choudhury’s research areas are Civil Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Computational Geomechanics, Sustainable Foundation Engineering, CPRF, Soil Dynamics, Disaster Resilient Geostructures. His pioneering research on pseudo-dynamic method of analysis and design of earthquake resistant geotechnical structures and Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) are considered as fundamental engineering and scientific contributions which are highly recognized and appreciated across the globe.
Prof. Choudhury’s Video lectures in YouTube through NPTEL on ‘Soil Dynamics’ and ‘Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering’ are highly popular all over the world. Prof. Choudhury received ‘Prof. S. P. Sukhatme Excellence in Teaching Award-2017’ of IIT Bombay & Best Teacher of Geotech. Engg. Award-2023 from IGS. Prof. Choudhury supervised 36 PhD theses and many of his former PhD students’ theses received Best PhD Thesis Awards. His former PhD students are well placed as faculty of reputed institutes and organizations in Australia, UK, India and at various industries both nationally and internationally. His co-authored text book on ‘Foundation Systems for High-Rise Structures’ is very popular worldwide and Prof. Choudhury authored over 310 technical publications including about 200 peer reviewed journal papers which are highly cited all over the world.
He was Secretary of technical committee TC 207 of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Secretary of TC 212 of ISSMGE, Editorial Board of ISSMGE Bulletin, member of TC 203. He is core committee member of several IS codes under CED-43 of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and was one of the main creators of first ever International design manual on CPRF published by ISSMGE and new code IS:19117 (2025).
He organized two most prestigious national examinations, as National Organising Vice-Chairman of IIT-JEE (Advanced) 2015 (founding member of JoSAA-2015) and as National Organising Chairperson of GATE 2021. Currently he is National nodal coordinator for board-01 of Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) program for PhD admission and member of national nodal committee of PMRF2.0.
As expert member of NBA, NAAC, AICTE at various academic councils and BoS of several IITs, NITs, universities, he contributes in formation of Civil Engg. course curriculum. He executed various prestigious mega industry projects of Foundation, Earthquake Engg. as expert, including ATAL-Setu (MTHL) foundation. He delivered several Plenary, Keynote and Invited Lectures across over 30 countries.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Prof. T. Kant Chair Professor and Head
    2021 - 2024
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Prof. T. Kant Chair Professor (HAG)
    2021 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Institute Chair Professor
    2017 - 2020
  • Incheon National University Visiting Professor
    2017 - 2017
  • Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad Professor (on deputation from IIT Bombay)
    2017 - 2017
  • Technische Universitat Darmstadt Visiting (Guest) Professor
    2014 - 2014
  • Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Adjunct Professor (connected to CSIR-CBRI Roorkee)
    2013 - 2020
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Professor
    2012 - Present
  • Technische Universitat Darmstadt Humboldt Fellow (experienced category)
    2012 - 2012
  • Technische Universitat Darmstadt Humboldt Fellow (experienced category)
    2011 - 2011
  • Technische Universitat Darmstadt Humboldt Fellow (experienced category)
    2010 - 2010
  • Kagoshima University JSPS Fellow
    2009 - 2009
  • Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Associate Professor (on deputation from IIT Bombay)
    2009 - 2009
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Associate Professor
    2007 - 2012
  • University of California Berkeley UC Data Visiting Scholar (BOYSCAST Fellow)
    2006 - 2006
  • University of Wollongong Visiting Fellow
    2005 - 2005
  • National University of Singapore Visiting Scientist
    2004 - 2004
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Assistant Professor
    2003 - 2007
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Lecturer
    2002 - 2003
  • Development Consultants Limited (DCL/DCPL) Graduate Design Engineer
    1997 - 1998

Education

  • Indian Institute of Science Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Prof. G. A. Leonard's Best PhD Thesis Award in entire India from Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi for years 2001 and 2002
    2000 - 2002
  • Indian Institute of Science Master of Engineering (M. E.) - GOLD Medalist, 1st Class 1st Distinction, 1st in Entire Institute among all branches of engineering for M.E. batch 1998-2000
    1998 - 2000
  • Jadavpur University Bachelor of Civil Engineering (B.C.E.) - GOLD Medalist, 1st Class 1st Honours, 2nd in Entire University among all Engineering branches for B.E. batch 1993-1997
    1993 - 1997

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Publications (208)