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Saptarshi Kundu

About


Dr. Saptarshi Kundu has graduated in Civil Engineering (B.C.E) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2011 and secured MTech and Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Bombay, India in 2013 and 2020. Post defense, Dr. Kundu worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Civil Engineering before joining IIEST Shibpur. His primary research interests include Geotechnical Physical Modelling and Instrumentation, Computational Geomechanics and coupled hydro-mechanical analysis, Ground Improvement of Geomaterials, and Soil response to dynamic loading. Dr. Kundu was conferred with the IGS-Mr. H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee Award on “Innovative Instrument Design” for the year 2021 by the Indian Geotechnical Society for designing an innovative in-flight actuator for simulating dynamic compaction in a geotechnical centrifuge.

Academic Qualifications


  • Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) 
  • M.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) 
  • B.C.E (Jadavpur University) 

Research Statement


• Geotechnical Physical Modelling and Instrumentation
• Advanced Experimental Geotechnics
• Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
• Computational Geomechanics and coupled hydro-mechanical analysis
• Ground Improvement of Geomaterials
• Ground vibrations induced by high-speed transportation facilities: Analysis and Mitigation
• Research in the area of soil vibrations and soil response to dynamic loading

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Latest Publications


  • 1 Sayantan Banerjee, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Saptarshi Kundu, Geotechnical Characterization of Soil Reinforced with Vetiver Grass, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2023, 2023
  • 2 Srinjoy Gupta, Saptarshi Kundu, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Optimal location of free head pile as reinforcement in slopes using the finite element method, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2023, 2023
  • 3 Tanmoy Bir, Saptarshi Kundu, and Debabrata Mazumder, Development of a Simplistic Model for the Prediction of Reactive Air Pollutants in the Atmosphere, 1, 199-210, Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control , Proceedings of ATIPC 2022, 2023
  • 4 Mujeeb Ul Rehman, Saptarshi Kundu, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Numerical Analysis on the Stability of Upstream Mine Tailings Dam under Seismic Loading, In press, Dynamics of Soil and Modelling of Geotechnical Problems - (ISBN: 978-981-16-5604-0), 2022
  • 5 Aamir Gulzar, Saptarshi Kundu, Ambarish Ghosh, Mitigation of Liquefaction induced Settlements under Shallow Strip Footings using Ground Densification, In press, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2022, 2022
  • 6 Quamar Tabish, Saptarshi Kundu, Ambarish Ghosh, Analysis of Settlement Profiles of Shallow Strip Footings Resting on Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sand, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2022, 2022
  • 7 Saptarshi Kundu, B.V.S. Viswanadham, Centrifuge Studies on Ground Improvement of Sandy Soil with progress of Dynamic Compaction, In print, 10th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 2022
  • 8 Viswanadham, B.V.S., Kundu Saptarshi, Studies on verification of dynamic compaction induced densification of MSW landfills using shear wave velocity profiling, 331-340, .” Proceedings of Geo-Environmental Engineering (GEE2021), 20-21 May 2021, Caen, France,, 2021
  • 9 5) Viswanadham, B.V.S., Mulleneers H., Wammes, J., and Kundu, Saptarshi, Evaluation of the performance of polymer-blended bentonite sand and clay barriers in a geotechnical centrifuge, 268-277, Proceedings of 3rd Asian Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (Asiafuge), 18-19 November 2021, 2021
  • 10 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Design and development of an in-flight actuator for modelling dynamic compaction in a geotechnical centrifuge, 44(4), Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 2021
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    Research Areas


    • Soil response to dynamic loading
    • Ground vibrations induced by high-speed transportation facilities
    • Ground Improvement of Geomaterials
    • Computational Geomechanics and coupled hydro-mechanical analysis
    • Geotechnical Physical Modelling and Instrumentation

    Publications


  • 1 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Design and development of an in-flight actuator for modelling dynamic compaction in a geotechnical centrifuge, 44(4), Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 2021
  • 2 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Centrifuge Modelling and DIC of Dynamic Compaction on sandy soils with shallow water table, In press, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 2021
  • 3 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Numerical modelling of dynamic compaction induced settlement of MSW landfills, 20(8), 04020125-1:12, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 2020
  • 4 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Numerical studies on the effectiveness of dynamic compaction in loose granular deposits using shear wave velocity profiling, 48(2), 305-315, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer, 2018
  • 1 Sayantan Banerjee, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Saptarshi Kundu, Geotechnical Characterization of Soil Reinforced with Vetiver Grass, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2023, 2023
  • 2 Srinjoy Gupta, Saptarshi Kundu, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Optimal location of free head pile as reinforcement in slopes using the finite element method, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2023, 2023
  • 3 Tanmoy Bir, Saptarshi Kundu, and Debabrata Mazumder, Development of a Simplistic Model for the Prediction of Reactive Air Pollutants in the Atmosphere, 1, 199-210, Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control , Proceedings of ATIPC 2022, 2023
  • 4 Mujeeb Ul Rehman, Saptarshi Kundu, Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Numerical Analysis on the Stability of Upstream Mine Tailings Dam under Seismic Loading, In press, Dynamics of Soil and Modelling of Geotechnical Problems - (ISBN: 978-981-16-5604-0), 2022
  • 5 Aamir Gulzar, Saptarshi Kundu, Ambarish Ghosh, Mitigation of Liquefaction induced Settlements under Shallow Strip Footings using Ground Densification, In press, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2022, 2022
  • 6 Quamar Tabish, Saptarshi Kundu, Ambarish Ghosh, Analysis of Settlement Profiles of Shallow Strip Footings Resting on Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sand, In print, Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2022, 2022
  • 7 Saptarshi Kundu, B.V.S. Viswanadham, Centrifuge Studies on Ground Improvement of Sandy Soil with progress of Dynamic Compaction, In print, 10th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 2022
  • 8 Viswanadham, B.V.S., Kundu Saptarshi, Studies on verification of dynamic compaction induced densification of MSW landfills using shear wave velocity profiling, 331-340, .” Proceedings of Geo-Environmental Engineering (GEE2021), 20-21 May 2021, Caen, France,, 2021
  • 9 5) Viswanadham, B.V.S., Mulleneers H., Wammes, J., and Kundu, Saptarshi, Evaluation of the performance of polymer-blended bentonite sand and clay barriers in a geotechnical centrifuge, 268-277, Proceedings of 3rd Asian Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (Asiafuge), 18-19 November 2021, 2021
  • 10 Viswanadham BVS, Kundu Saptarshi and Kumar A, Laboratory Investigation of MSW for use as a Filler material in embankments, 1, 267-275, Geoenvironment-2020: Conference on Geoenvironment and Sustainability, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (sponsored), 17-19 February 2020, IIT Delhi, 2020
  • 11 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Centrifuge model studies on dry granular soils subjected to dynamic compaction induced tamping, Volume 1, 43-48, 4th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (4ECPMG), 6-8 September 2020, Luleå, Sweden, Jan Laue & Tarun Bansal (Eds), Luleå University of Technology (Pubs.), 2020
  • 12 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Influence of tamper shape on dynamic compaction of granular soil, Volume 2, 1205-1209, Proceedings of the 9 th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (9ICPMG 2018), City, University of London, 17-20 July 2018, McNamara, Sam Divall, Richard Goodey, Neil Taylor, Sa, 2018
  • 13 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Studies to evaluate the impact of tamper on the depth of improvement in dynamic compaction, 2(59), 2033-2037, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication (ISSN: 2188-8027), 2016
  • 14 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Numerical modelling of the densification of Municipal Soild Waste landfills using dynamic compaction, Geotechnical Special Publication No 269, 202-211, Geo-Chicago 2016, August 14-18, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, A. De, K.R. Reddy, N. Yesiller, D. Zekkos, and A. Farid (Eds), ASCE (Pubs.), 2016
  • 15 Viswanadham BVS, Guha A, Sudarshan BV, Kundu Saptarshi and Bhattacherjee D, Centrifuge model tests on the measurement of impact energy on bridge pier foundations embedded in sand, Volume 2, 1061-1066, 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (8ICPMG 2014), Perth, Australia, Gaudin & White (Eds), Taylor & Francis Group (Pubs.), 2014
  • 16 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Centrifuge model tests on the performance of soil- nailed shoring system, Volume 2, 1119-1124, 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (8ICPMG 2014), Perth, Australia, Gaudin & White (Eds), Taylor & Francis Group (Pubs.), 2014
  • 17 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Some studies on the deformation behaviour of soil-nailed shoring system, Volume 1, 351-354, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), IIT Delhi, 13-15 December 2012, 2012
  • 1 Viswanadham BVS and Kundu Saptarshi, Studies on modelling of Dynamic Compaction in a Geocentrifuge, Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics-Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering, .TG. Sitharam et al. (Eds.),Springer Singapore (pubs)373-391, , 2021
  • 2 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Influence of geofoam infilled trenches in attenuation of ground vibrations induced during dynamic compaction, In: Ground Improvement Techniques (Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9987-3). Lecture notes in Civil engineering, T.G. Sitharam, C.R. Parthasarathy and Sreevalsa Kolathayar (Eds.), Springer Singapore (pubs.)Volume 118, 63-72, , 2021
  • 3 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Use of dynamic compaction for densifying MSW landfills, In: Transportation, Water and Environmental Geotechnics, N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy Chirla, S. Saride and S. Haldar (Eds.), Springer Singapore (pubs.)Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, 159-169, , 2021
  • 4 Kundu Saptarshi and Viswanadham BVS, Use of dynamic compaction in constructing subgrades over reclaimed fills, Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure (Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6712-0). Lecture notes in Civil engineering, R. Sundaram, J. Shahu, and V. Havanagi (Eds.), Springer, Singapore (pubs.)Volume 29, 595-607, , 2019
  • Patents


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    Responsibilities


    Core Committee member for uploading the thesis from time to time in the Shodhganga portal (Order No. 058/ACAD/2024, issued in partial modification of the Order No. 184/ACAD/2023 dated May 11, 2023)
    August 2023-Present

    Issued in partial modification of the Order (No. 184/ACAD/2023 dated May 11, 2023)

    Coordinator of DASA, ICCR and MEA of the Institute for the Academic Year 2024-2025 (Order No. 050/ACAD/2024)
    Feb 2024-Present
    Member, Advisory committee for the G+5 building, CE Dept.
    July 2023-Present
    Member, Renovation and Face Lifting Committee, CE Dept.
    July 2023-Present
    Member of the committee constituted for the preparation of Annual Report
    Jan 2024-Present
    Member, Committee for uploading documents in National Academic Depository (NAD) for the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) [No. 395/ACAD/2023 ]
    November 2023 - Present

    Projects


    • Scientific study of West Kenda OCP of New Kenda colliery, Kenda Area, ECL as per regulation no. 138(1) and 37(2) c of CMR-2017, proposal for dealing/ sealing of fire in the developed galleries of disused working of R-Vl seam and stabilization of ground in the pot hole/ subsided area, Consultancy
      Ongoing
    • Scientific monitoring of dump and pit slope stability by determining FOS and pore pressure at Basantimata Dahibari Colliery under CV area of BCCL, Consultancy
      Ongoing
    • Preparation of Geotechnical report on Highwall mining at Amalgamated Amlo Dhori, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Widening/ Improvement to 4 (Four) Lane with Paved Shoulder of existing single lane from Srirampur (near Bhairiguri village) to Kachukhana Harichara Paglagaunj Section (PKG -I) of Srirampur to Dhubri Road of newly declared NH-127B of existing KM 0.000 to KM28.050 (Design KM. 0.000 to KM. 27.650), (Design Length= 27.650km) on EPC Bas is in the state of Assam under JICA, Consultancy
      Ongoing
    • Development of Bank Protection Methodologies for Various Vulnerable Reaches of Rivers in West Bengal through Model Studies and Preparation of Design Charts and Guidelines, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Scientific Study for determining the Safe Method of Working, Ultimate Pit Slope and Dump Slope with Monitoring of Slope Stability of Basantimata- Dahibari Colliery Under CV AREA-XII, BCCL., Consultancy
      Completed
    • Analysis of Bridge with Hollow Core Stiffened FRP Deck Under Dynamic Loading Considering Fluid-structure and Soil-structure Interaction, funded by Ansys Software Private Limited Project Details, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Widening to 2 (Two) Lane with Paved shoulder of Imphal to Jiribam section of NH37 from Design Chainage 66.110 km to 101.280 Km (Existing Chainage km 67.496 to Km 103.557) (PKG-4) in the State of Manipur on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) mode,, Consultancy
      Ongoing

    Awards


    • IGS-Mr. H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee Award  on “Innovative Instrument Design” , Year: 2021

    Research Groups


    Rana Dey
    Ph. D.
    ranawb7450@gmail.com

    Citations


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    Created: 23 November 2019