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Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Gautam
Ph.D(NIT Jaipur )

E-mail:
hod.civil@nitm.ac.in

Ph. D

Aakash Kumar Research Scholar

  1.  B.E. in Civil Engineering, 2012-2016, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal
  2.  M.Tech in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017-2019, National Institute of Technology, Silchar

akash.mishra2312@gmail.com p22ce002@nitm.ac.in
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Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time

Research Area

Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Research Plan

Site-specific Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings in NE India

Seminar Conference Attended

  1. Aakash Kumar & Nirmalendu Debnath (2019), “Seismic behavior of typical rail bridge using North-East India specific synthetic ground motions under multi-support excitation.”, ICRDSI-2019, KIIT, Bhubaneshwar, 11-13 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_24
  2. Manas Dimri & Aakash Kumar (2020), “Seismic performance evaluation of step-back RC buildings with and without infill walls”, ICRACEM-2020, IIT Kharagpur, 4-6 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6738-1_41
  3. Aakash Kumar & Manas Dimri (2020), “Performance Assessment of Step-back Dual Systems by UPBD Approach”, ICRACEM-2020, IIT Kharagpur, 4-6 September 2020.
  4. Aakash Kumar and Saranika Das (2021), “Seismic site characterization and ground response analysis for the proposed bridge site at Prayagraj, India”, SDCEE-2021, NIT Kurukshetra, 17-19 December, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56176-4_6
  5. Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2022), “Seismic Risk Mitigation of RC Frame Building in North-East India using Buckling Restrained Braces”, NERC-2022, IIT Guwahati, 20-22 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6395-9_16
  6. Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2022), “Seismic Site Characterization and Ground Response Analysis of Proposed Metro Rail Corridor at Noida, India”, STASDM-2022, IIT Guwahati, 22-24 June 2022.
  7. Sandhya Joshi, and Aakash Kumar (2022), “Seismic Site Characterization and Ground Response Analysis of Railway Line on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor”, 17SEE-2022, IIT Roorkee, 14-17 November 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_3
  8. Aakash Kumar, Bilal Ahmad and Needhi Kotoky (2023), “Parametric Study of RC Jacketing on Seismic Vulnerability of Non-ductile RC Frame Building”, SEC-2023, VNIT Nagpur, 07-09 December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6603-1_12
  9. Aakash Kumar, Alfie Doreen Nongsiej, Reuel Newman Dkhar, Needhi Kotoky, and Chandrasekhar Putcha (2024), “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of RC Frame Buildings Using Rapid Visual Screening in Shillong, North-East India”, NDRAMM-2024, NIT Silchar, 23-24 March 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4009-9_4
  10. • Aakash Kumar and Saranika Das (2024), “Site-Specific Seismic Ground Response Analysis of Railway Bridge Site in Haryana, India”, NDRAMM-2024, NIT Silchar, 23-24 March 2024. (Paper id: 60)
  11.  Aakash Kumar, Needhi Kotoky, and Shivang Shekhar (2024), “Estimating the Return Period and Recurrence Probability of Major Seismic Events in Meghalaya, India”, 8ICRAGEE-2024, IIT Guwahati, 11-14 December 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1352-6_5
  12. Aakash Kumar, Athul Nath MK, and Needhi Kotoky (2025) "Seismic Fragility of Low-Ductility RC Frame Buildings in Hilly Terrains under Varying Soil Conditions", ICCMS 2025, IIT Bhubaneswar, 17-19 December 2025.
  13.  Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2026), “Conditional Spectrum Based Ground Motions Selection Through Regional Seismic Hazards Analysis for the Shillong Region”, ICCDRH-2026, IIT Mandi, 23-25 June 2026.
  14. Aakash Kumar, Athul Nath MK, and Needhi Kotoky (2025) "Region-Specific Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Low-Ductile RC Frame Buildings in Hilly Terrains", 18SEE 2026, IIT Roorkee, 10-12 December 2026.

Paper published

  • AakashKumar, Giridhar Rajesh Bande and R. Satyannarayana(2022), “Correlation between SPT-N and shear wave velocity (VS)and seismic site classification for Amaravati city, India.” Journal ofApplied Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2022.10475
  •  Aakash Kumar and Saranika Das (2023), “Estimation of Seismicity Parameters and Development of Seismotectonic and Isoseismal Maps for Bihar, India.” Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-023-01243-2
  • Aakash Kumar, Needhi Kotoky, and Shivang Shekhar (2024), “Spatial Variation of Seismicity Parameters in Meghalaya, North-East India.” Acta Geophysica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-024-01290-x
  • Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2026), “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Meghalaya, India: Integrating Region-Specific Seismicity with Uncertainties," Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07764-5

Work experience

1. Junior Research Fellow at National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, from December 2020 – January 2022

2. Assistant Professor at DIT University, Dehradun, from January 2020 – December 2020