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Sumeet Kumar Sinha

Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Env Eng | IIT Delhi

Sumeet Kumar Sinha obtained his BTech (Civil Engg) from IIT Delhi, PhD from University of California Davis, and postdoc from University of California, Berkeley. He has been honoured with numerous prestigious awards, including the ASCE Norman Medal 2025, recognizing his exceptional contributions to civil engineering. His research interests include understanding the complete response of geosystems...

Postdoctoral Fellows

Soham Banerjee

Postdoc in Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Tunnels, Liquefaction, Numerical modeling, Analytical solutions

Doctoral Students

Himanshu Saurav

PhD Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Soil anchors, pullout capacity, soil–pile interaction, numerical modeling, slope stability

Merillin Laishram

PhD Civil Engg | IIT Delhi

Potential for Shallow Geothermal Energy in India

Sourabh Nandwal

PhD Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Development of Multi-Scale Framework for Penetration and Large Deformation Geotechnical Problems

Vishwakarma Vishal Santosh

PhD Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Development and Application of Brillouin-Based Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Systems for Strain Transfer Analysis and Infrastructural Health Monitoring in Civil Engineering Infrastructure

Master’s Student

Avikalp Yadav

M. Tech Civil Engg | IIT Delhi

Study on the Influence of Clay Mixing Ratios on the Geotechnical and Workability Properties of Pottery Clay

Ishfaq Hamid

M. Tech Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Comparative Performance and Cost Evaluation of Stone Column Supported and Pile Supported Raft Foundations in Liquefaction Prone Loose Sandy Soils

Rajkumar Rathod

M.Tech Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Numerical Analysis of Stress Distribution Around the Tunnels

Rummana Tabassum

MTech in Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Study on the effect of kaolinite clay on engineering properties of sand using laboratory testing and numerical modeling.

B.Tech and Research Interns

Apporva Saraf

B. Tech Elec Eng | IIT Delhi

Digital Signal Processing, Hardware Implementation (RISC-V, FPGA, ESP-32)

Ayon Dandapath

B. Tech Comp. Sci. Engg. | Manav Rachna University

Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, CNN, LSTM, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Multimodal AI.

Devesh Kaushal

B. Tech Comp. Sci. Engg. | I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Drone-based Remote Sensing, Terrain Risk Mapping, Disaster Mitigation, Geospatial Analytics, AI for Physical Systems, Interdisciplinary Engineering Research.

Geetansh Bansal

B. Tech Math and Comp | IIT Delhi

Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Niharika

B. Tech Comp Sci Engg | IIT Delhi

Computer Vision

Rakshit Modi

B.Tech Com. Sci. Engg. | IIT Delhi

Machine Learning for Visual Understanding, Reinforcement Learning, and End-to-End AI System Design

Tejashvi Kumawat

B. Tech Civil Eng | IIT Delhi

Optimization, High Fidelity Modeling, Web App Development