Sudhir Kumar Jain | |
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28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University | |
Assumed office 7 January 2022 | |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Rakesh Bhatnagar |
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | |
In office 2009 [1] –3 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Rajat Moona |
Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | |
In office 2005 [1] –January 2008 | |
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | |
In office 1995 [1] –2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lalitpur,Uttar Pradesh | 4 July 1959
Nationality | Indian |
Residence(s) | Varanasi,India |
Alma mater | IIT Roorkee California Institute of Technology |
Profession | Professor Academic Administrator |
Known for | Earthquake engineering Structural engineering IIT Gandhinagar [2] |
Awards | |
Website | Personal website |
Sudhir Kumar Jain (also Sudhir K. Jain;born 4 July 1959) is the incumbent and 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. [3] He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. [4] [5] He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of seismic design codes,dynamic of buildings,and post-earthquake studies. [6] Beside these,Jain has actively participated in teaching,research activities and development in earthquake engineering focused on developing countries. [7] He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering. [8] He was also elected a member of U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries. [9]
He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018. [10] [11] He also served on the engineering and computer science jury for the Infosys Prize from 2019. [12]
Jain earned Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in 1979,and masters,and doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology,Pasadena in 1980 and 1983 respectively. [13]
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