Sudhir K. Jain

Dr.
Sudhir Kumar Jain
Padma Shri
Jain in 2021
28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2022
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byRakesh Bhatnagar
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
In office
June 2009[1] – 3 January 2022
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byRajat Moona
Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
In office
January 2005[1] – January 2008
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
In office
1984–2009
Personal details
Born (1959-07-04) 4 July 1959 (age 65)
Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality Indian
Residence(s)Varanasi, India
Alma materIIT Roorkee
California Institute of Technology
ProfessionProfessor
Academic Administrator
Known forEarthquake engineering
Structural engineering
IIT Gandhinagar[2]
Awards
WebsitePersonal 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]

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Sudhir K. Jain". www.iitk.ac.in. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. July 2010.
  2. ^ url=https://iitgn.ac.in/about/founding-director
  3. ^ "New BHU VC 2021". 14 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. No. 26 August 2019.
  5. ^ "IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain". IITGN News. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests". www.iitk.ac.in. IIT Kanpur.
  7. ^ Jain, Sudhir K. (1 May 2016). "Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14 (5). Springer Nature: 1337–1436. Bibcode:2016BuEE...14.1337J. doi:10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2. S2CID 111742229.
  8. ^ "Sudhir K. Jain". expert.inae.in. INAE.
  9. ^ "IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering". Hindustan Times. 10 February 2021.
  10. ^ "IAEE: Officers". www.iaee.or.jp.
  11. ^ "Membership of Professional Societies". www.iitk.ac.in. IIT Kanpur.
  12. ^ "Infosys Prize - Jury 2020". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.