Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Hriday Mani Kalita
Ph.D(IIT Guwahati )

E-mail:
hod.civil@nitm.ac.in

Faculty

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Dr. Rubi Chakraborty Assistant professor

PhD, IIT Guwahati

rubi@nitm.ac.in
8486222619
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/264263

Research Interest

Stability and Stabilization of Slopes, Seismic behaviour of Retaining Structures, Probabilistic geotechnical site characterization, Probabilistic study of geotechnical structures, Landslide Susceptibility Mapping

Education Qualification

PhD, IIT Guwahati

Students Supervised/ Supervising

B.Tech

1. Maybryan Wahlang and Richard Puwein (2023- 2024), Topic: Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility Map For East Khasi Hills District Of Meghalaya By Using The Frequency Ratio Method.

2. Himanshu Kashyap, Yoobiangmi Suiam, Sojib Datta and Damemanbha Lyngdoh Lyngkhoi (2024- ongoing)

PhD
1. Masud Hussain (2024- ongoing)

Profiles

  1. Vidwan-ID : 264263
  2. Orcid Id: 0000-0002-5665-9977
  3. Google Scholar Id: v6N0Ue0AAAAJ
  4. Scopus Id: 57205502815

Outreach Activities:

1. Scientific committee member of 8th International Conference On Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (8ICRAGEE) (December 11-14, 2024)

2. Reviewer for 8th International Conference On Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (8ICRAGEE) (December 11-14, 2024)

3. Invited talk on "Ground Truth: Unveiling Probabilities for Enhanced Slope Stability Assessment" in International Congress And Expo On Infrastructure And Construction (Barcelona Spain, March 18-20, 2024).

4. Reviewer for National Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (NCSGE - 2022) held during 11-12 November 2022 organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.


Workshop/ Short Term Course/ Faculty Development Program Conducted:

1. Convener of One Week Short Term Course On Automated Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Numerical Control (CNC)  at National Institute of Technology Meghalaya in association with NIELIT, Shillong (June 03-07, 2024)

Publications

Journals:

1. Probabilistic slope stability analysis: state-of-the-art review and future prospects, Chakraborty R, Dey A, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2022, 7, 177. DOI: 10.1007/s41062-022-00784-1.

2. Probabilistic assessment of seismic response of toe-excavated hillslopes retained using anchored sheet-pile-wall, Chakraborty R, Dey A, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022, 13, 5. DOI: 10.1007/s41062-022-00784-1. 

3. Hillslope instability induced by toe excavation: A comparative study of LEM-based deterministic and probabilistic approaches, Chakraborty R, Dey A, S?dhan?, 2021, 46, 210. DOI: 10.1007/s41062-022-00784-1.

4. Random finite element and limit equilibrium methods based probabilistic stability analyses of a cut slope, Chakraborty R, Dey A, Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-022-00617-z

5. Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Response of Toe-Excavated Partially Saturated Hillslopes. Chakraborty R, Dey A, Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2024. DOI:10.1007/s40098-023-00840-2


Conferences:

 

Book Chapters:

 

1.   Influence of Toe Cutting on Seismic Response of a Typical Hill Slope in North East India, Chakraborty R., Dey A., In: Sitharam, T.G., Kolathayar, Sreevalsa, Sharma, Mukat Lal (Eds.) Seismic Hazard and Risk. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9976-7

2.   Effect of Toe Cutting on Hillslope Stability. In: I.V. A., Maji V. (eds) Geotechnical Applications, Chakraborty, R., Dey, A., Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 13. Springer, Singapore, 2019, pp 191-198.

3.   A Comparison of 1D and 2D Spatial Variability in Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis, Chakraborty, R., Dey, A., In: Sundaram R., Shahu J., Havanagi V. (eds) Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2019, vol 28. Springer, Singapore

4.   Stochastic Modeling of the Spatial Variability of Soil, Chakraborty R., Dey A., In: Shehata H., Desai C. (eds) Advances in Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. GeoMEast 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham.

Subjects Taught/ Teaching (UG Course)

UG Courses

1. Geotechnical Engineering I

2. Geotechnical Engineering II

3. Engineering Geology

4. Ground Improvement Techniques

5. Surveying

6. Engineering Drawing

7. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

8. Transportation Engineering I

9. Disaster Management

10. Estimation, Costing and Valuation

11. Fluid Mechanics

12. Term Paper

13. Geotechnical Engineering Lab I

14. Geotechnical Engineering Lab II

15. Surveying Lab

PG Courses

1. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Reviewer:

1. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions

2. Arabian Journal of Geosciences

3. Scientific Reports

4. Geoenvironmental Disasters

5. Discover Civil Engineering

6. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering

7. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources


Awards and Recognitions

1.      2nd position in 12th in Tripura Board of Secondary Education (2009)

2.      2nd position in B.Tech in Civil Engineering Department of NIT Agartala

3.      MHRD sponsorship under NIT-IIT Trainee Teacher Scheme (2014) during M.Tech and PhD

Administrative/ Other Responsibilities:

1. Faculty-In-Charge of Green Campus, NIT Meghalaya Sohra (2024-till date). 

2. Faculty in Charge of NITM - SPIC MACAY Heritage Club (March, 2024 - till date)

Workshops/ Short Term Course attended

1. A One Week Online Faculty Development Programme On GEO-INFORMATICS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT (18th – 22nd June, 2024).

2. Workshop on Space Technology in Disaster Risk Management Jointly organized by NESAC (DOS), NRSC (ISRO)& NIDM (MHA) May27-28, 2024.

3. One Week Online Course on “Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques for Geological Applications” March 11-15, 2024, Organised by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation,  Department of Space, Govt. of India Dehradun.

4. Geospatial Analysis using Google Earth Engine, Feb 19-23, 2024, Organised by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation,  Department of Space, Govt. of India Dehradun.

5. NNRMS Sponsored course on Fundamental of Remote Sensing & GIS using Open Source Software and Python Programming, Date: 22nd Jan-2nd Feb, 2024, North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Department of Space, Government of India Umiam, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya - 793103.

6. Geodata Processing using Python, January 15-19, 2024, Organised by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation,  Department of Space, Govt. of India Dehradun.

7.   Workshop on: Earthquakes and other Ground Movements: Hazard Assessment, Mitigation and Management, June 16-17, 2023, at the Lemon Tree Premier Hotel, New Town, Kolkata, organized by the ISMAA- Kolkata Chapter.

8.  Indo-Chile Workshop on Recent Advancements in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, organized by SRKR Engineering College, India, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and University of Chile, Chile; 07 Sept - 09 Sept, 2021

9. Outcome Based Engineering Education and Accreditation (OBEEA 2020), sponsored by TEQIP-III, organized by NIT Meghalaya during 21st-23rd September, 2020.

10.  Indo-Canadian Workshop on Interactive Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Theory to Practice, 24 Sep - 2 Oct, 2020

11.  SEISMIC HAZARD & RISK ASSESSMENT -Special attention to North East India on 12th & 13th September, 2020 by, Department of CIVIL Engineering, TCEA

12.  Quantification of Seismic Hazard and Mitigation of Induced Effects in NER, 8-9 November 2019, organized by: Department of Civil Engineering, Organized by: Knowledge Incubation for TEQIP Centre for Educational Technology

13.  3rd Indo-Japan workshop on Geotechnics for natural disaster mitigation and management, 13 December 2017, IIT Guwahati

14.  CET TEQIP Short Term Course on “Impact and Blast Resistant Design of Structures”, 23-27 March, 2015, IIT Guwahati

15.  Two-Week ISTE STTP on “Introduction to structural Engineering”, IIT Kharagpur, and NIT Meghalaya.


Memberships:

Professional Experience:

21 July, 2014 – 12 Nov 2023 Trainee Teacher (Faculty), NIT Meghalaya

13 Nov 2023-Present Day Assistant Professor (Grade II), NIT Meghalaya

Education

PhD (2022), IIT Guwahati

M.Tech (2016), IIT Guwahati

B.Tech (2013), NIT Agartala