Projects
Projects
Sponsored Research Projects
o Education proposal for Infrastructure development, 639.10 Lakhs, National Technical Textile Mission, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, 2024-2027
o Enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building Capacities of North Eastern States of India (Co-PI), Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2024-2027
o Riverbank protection and stabilization of the slopes of the embankment in the Buridehing, Beki, and Jiadhal rivers against soil erosion due to rainwater cut, pluvial and fluvial flood of higher order induced by climatic change and mitigation of riverbank erosion by adopting nature based solutions, Co-PI, 127.6 Lakhs, Water Resources Department, Government of Assam, 2024-2026
o Attenuation Ability of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Liners for Viral Pathogens, 42 Lakhs, DST-CRG, SERB, Govt. of India, 2022-2025
o Development of Jute Clay Liners (JCL) for Waste Containment Applications, 22.3 Lakhs, National Jute Board, Govt. of India, 2023-2025
o Towards Reinstatement of Ancient Soil Classification System, 17.3 Lakhs, Indian Knowledge Systems Division, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, 2023-2025
o Tracing Astronomical Orientations of Ancient Temples, 16.5 Lakhs, Indian Knowledge Systems Division, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, 2023-2024
o Construction and Application of Ancient Indian Astronomical Yantras: Documentation & Training, 12.5 Lakhs, Indian Knowledge Systems Division, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, 2023-2024
o Infiltration and drainage studies for designing efficient retention reservoirs in low per capita water available regions, 35 Lakhs, DST-INSPIRE, Govt. of India, 2013-2018
Ph.D Students:
| # | Name of the student | Status | Topic/Thesis Title |
| 1 | Dr. Yagom Gapak | Degree Awarded (2018) | Wetting Hydraulic Functions and Infiltration Characteristics of Bentonites: Influence of Plasticity and Compaction Density |
| 2 | Dr. Chinumani Choudhury | Degree Awarded (2019) | Effective Stress Development During The Hydro-Mechanical Loading in Kaolin and Bentonite Clays |
| 3 | Dr. Partha Das | Degree Awarded (2021) | Influence of Ionic Characteristics of Inorganic salts and Chemo-mechanical Loading on Attenuation and Self-sealing Ability of Compacted Bentonites |
| 4 | Dr. Dhanesh Sing Das | Degree Awarded (2022) | Behavior of Kaolin and Bentonite Clays under Different Hydraulic, Chemical, and Mechanical Loadings |
| 5 | Dr. Ankti Srivastava | Degree Awarded (2023) | Chemo-Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Clays |
| 6 | Dr. Himanshu Yadav | Degree Awarded (2024) | Countermeasures Against Rainfall-Induced Landslides |
| 7 | Dr. Akhila V | Degree Awarded (2024) | Containment of pathogen contamination by clay minerals |
| 8 | Mr. Vishnu G | On-going | Centrifuge Modeling of large-strain consolidation behavior of clays |
| 9 | Mr. Sharad Dhadich | On-going | Prediction and remediation of Rainfall-induced Landslides |
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M.Tech Students:
| # | Name of the student | Status | Co-Supervisor |
| 1 | Mr. Venkatesh | Completed (2014) | Nil |
| 2 | Mr. Dhanesh Singh Das | On going | Nil |
| 3 | Mr. Amrit Kumar | On going | Nil |
| 4 | Mr. Rishikesh Pandey | On going | Nil |