Sarada Kanta Sarma | |
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Born | India |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | British, Indian |
Alma mater | Imperial College London Indian Institute of Technology |
Known for | Sarma method of Slope stability analysis (static & seismic) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Engineering Seismology, Soil Mechanics |
Institutions | Imperial College London |
Thesis | Response characteristics and stability of earth dams during strong earthquakes (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Ambraseys |
Sarada Kanta Sarma is a geotechnical engineer, emeritus reader of engineering seismology and senior research investigator at Imperial College London. He has developed a method of seismic slope stability analysis which is named after him, the Sarma method.[1]