Sharadkumar

Sharadkumar Purohit, Author at Institute of Technology
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Sharadkumar Purohit

Sharadkumar Purohit

Educational Qualification

    PhD

Research Area

    Dynamic Response Control of Structures, Reduced & Large Scale Experimental Investigations on Structural Element/Structure, Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures, Smart Materials Application to Civil Structures, Experimental Investigation on Composite Steel-Concrete Sections

Designation

  • Professor

Department

  • Civil Engineering

PhD Scholars Guided

  • 2

General Information

  • 07971652017

  • Heavy Structures Laboratory (HSL), Beside Main Bus, Parking, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Near Tragad Patia, Post Chandlodia, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 382481

Specialisation

    Structural Engineering

About

  • Dr Sharadkumar Purohit is working as Professor in Civil Engineering Department. He received Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar in the year 1994. He earned MTech and PhD degrees with specialisation in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITBombay), Mumbai in the year 2002 and 2010, respectively. He possess professional structural engineer experience of about three years. He has, at his credit, more than 80 research papers published with international journals and international/national conferences. He alongwith his peers has been granted a patent by The Patent Office, Government of India. He has graduated 2 PhD students and 3 students are currently working with him. He has guided more than 50 postgraduate students for the dissertation. Dr Purohit has been awarded with E P Nicolaides Prize and Sir Arthur Cotton Memorial Prize from The Institution of Engineers (India) for the paper publication. He is also awarded with National Award for best MTech Thesis in Civil Engineering for having guided Best MTech Thesis (Ist Prize) by Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He has been serving as a Member of Board of Studies to many academic institutions. He is actively involved in research, consultancy and testing activities related to structural engineering. He has received research grants from external International and National funding agencies like QR Global Challenges Research Funding (GCRF) at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool-UK, ISRO-RESPOND Programme, Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST) and The Institution of Engineers (India) to conduct research projects. His areas of research interest include Dynamic Response Control of Structures, Reduced & Large Scale Experimental Investigations on Structural Element/Structure, Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures, Smart Materials Application to Civil Structures, Experimental Investigation on Steel-Concrete Composite Sections
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