Dr. Partha Das

Dr. Partha Das

Assistant Professor

Qualification

PhD (IIT Guwahati)

Phone

+919652667307

partha.das@nsut.ac.in

Biosketch:

Dr. Partha Das is working as an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department at NSUT WEST CAMPUS, Jaffarpur, New Delhi. Dr. Das completed his B.E. (Civil Engineering) from Gauhati University in 2012, M.Tech with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2014, and Ph.D. in Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering from IIT Guwahati in 2021. He has published various research articles in reputed Journals (SCI, SCIE, SCOPUS), International/National conferences and Book Chapters. Dr. Das is an A.V. Shroff Biennial Paper awardee conferred by the Indian Geotechnical Society for his research work. Dr. Das received various Best Paper and Best Presenter Awards granted by University of Illinois-Chicago and Springer-Nature for presenting his research work at multiple platforms in India and USA. Dr. Das received a full travel grant from the Government of Peoples Republic of China for an exchange programme to China. Dr. Das is the reviewer of various peer-reviewed Journals, viz., Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer; Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, ASCE; Innovative Infrastructure Solution, Springer; etc. Before joining NSUT, Dr. Das worked as a faculty member at NIT Tiruchirappalli and introduced the post-graduate course “Unsaturated Soil Mechanics” for the first time in the institute.

Area of Interest:: Diffusion of contaminants through compacted clay barriers. Volume change behavior of highly plastic clays Soil stabilization using waste materials Slope stability analysis Unsaturated Soil Mechanics Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical Engineering Heritage Geotechnics

Selected Journal Publications:

Partha Das, Deepak Patwa, and Bharat TV (2022). Numerical Simulation Complemented by Measured Soil Water Characteristics for Rainfall-Induced Landslide Prediction: A Case Study of Shillong Landslide (NE India), Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 81, 194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-022-02682-3.

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2021). Kaolin as a protective layer for solid waste landfills, Scientific Reports. 11, 10354. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89787-z. Publisher: Nature.

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2021). Assessment of Clay Mineral Attenuation Capacity for Human Viral Pathogens, Journal of hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste, 26 (1), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000643. Publisher: ASCE

Partha Das and Bharat Tadikonda Venkata (2020). Bentonite Clay: A Potential Natural Sanitizer for Preventing Neurological Disorders, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 11:20, 3188-3190; DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00609. Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2020). Reconstruction of a wetting-induced shallow landslide in Shillong, India. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers- Forensic Engineering, 173(2), 48-53. Publisher: ICE

Tadikonda Venkata Bharat, Partha Das and Venkatesh Buragadda (2019) Specific ion effects on surrogate compatibility indices of bentonite for hydraulic barrier applications, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 13:4, 360- 368, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2017.1358411. Publisher: Taylor and Francis.

Das P., Bharat T.V. (2021) Effect of Inorganic Salt Solutions on the Hydraulic Conductivity and Diffusion Characteristics of Compacted Clay. In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Problematic Soils and Geoenvironmental Concerns. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 88. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15- 6237-2_1

Selected Book Chapters

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2019). Experimental Analysis of Salt Diffusion in Compacted Clays by Through-Diffusion and Half Cell Technique. In book: Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Chapter: 8, Part II, Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0899-4_22, pp: 179-186

Bharat T.V., Das P., Srivastava A. (2019) Insights into Contaminant Transport Modeling Through Compacted Bentonites. In: Latha G. M. (eds) Frontiers in Geotechnical Engineering. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5871-5_6, pp:101-120

Selected International Conferences

Partha Das, Manparvesh SR and Bharat TV (2016). Salt diffusion in compacted plastic clay: Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation. International conference on soil and Environment, ICSE, IISC Bangalore

Partha Das, Bharat TV (2016). Laboratory Experimental Techniques for Determination of Diffusion Coefficients for Landfill Liner Facilities - A Review. 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development Opportunities and Challenges, CESDOC, AEC Guwahati

Partha Das, Bharat TV (2019). Effect of Mixed Salts on the Long-term Behavior of Compacted Bentonite Clay. Second International Conference of Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2019) University of Illinois, Chicago. Received Best Presenter Award Conferred by UIC, USA.

Akhila V, Partha Das, TV Bharat (2019). Stability Analysis of Possible Embankment Construction for Placement of Granite Capstone on Brihadeeshwara Temple, Tanjavur. International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Heritage Structures ISGHS Chennai 2019, IIT Chennai

Himanshu Yadav, Partha Das and T.V. Bharat (2021). Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Compacted Granular Bentonite. ICGEA 2021: 23RD International Conference on Geoenvironmental Enginering and Applications, International Research Conference, Boston, USA.

Selected National Conferences

Partha Das, Rakesh J Pillai (2014). Influence of tyre-chips on the strength and deformation characteristics of silty and clayey sands. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2014, Kakinada, IGC Proceedings, pp: 779-789.

Lupamudra Sharma, Partha Das and Binu Sharma (2014). Slope stability analysis of a hillock with a 64-lakh litre water capacity tank- a case study. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2014, Kakinada, IGC Proceedings, pp: 2148-2153.

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2016). Experimental Analysis of Salt Diffusion in Compacted Clays by Through Diffusion and Half-cell Technique. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2016, IIT Madras, Theme 4, Paper Id: 350. Received Best Paper Award.

Partha Das and Bharat TV (2018). Effect of inorganic salt solutions on the hydraulic conductivity and diffusion characteristics of clays. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2018, IISC Bangalore, Theme-05, Th-05-22. Received Best Presenter Award.

Honors and Awards

Received Anundoram Borooah Award for excellent academic performance in Class X Board Exam (HSLC) conferred by Government of Assam, India in the year 2006.

Received SBI Talent Award for securing top position in Class XII Board Exam (HS) in Lumding College conferred by State Bank of India in the year 2008.

Passed BE from Gauhati University with First Class Honours and MTech from NIT Warangal with First Division Distinction.

Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Civil Engineering, 2011 and 2012 organized by Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt. of India.

Received A.V. Shroff Biennial Best Paper Award in the “Grouting Tech/Environment Tech” Category conferred by IGS for the work entitled “Experimental Analysis of Salt Diffusion in Compacted Clays by Through Diffusion and Half-cell Technique” in the year 2017.

Received Best Presenter Award (100 Euros) for the work entitled “Effect of Inorganic salt solutions on the hydraulic conductivity and diffusion characteristics of compacted clay” conferred by IGS and Springer-Nature in the year 2018.

Selected by the Government of the Peoples Republic of China and Government of India as the only PhD Research Scholar to represent IIT Guwahati in an Exchange Programme to China in the year 2018.

Received Best Presenter Award (100 USD) at University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) for the work entitled “Effect of Mixed salts on the long-term behavior of compacted Bentonite clay” conferred by Springer-Nature in the year 2019.

Received full time MHRD Fellowship for pursuing MTech from NIT Warangal and PhD from IIT Guwahati.

Nominated for the Best Thesis Award for the PhD research Work by both Foreign and Indian examiners.

Work Experience

Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi

Worked as a faculty member in Civil Engineering Department at NIT Tiruchirappalli from August 2021 to December 2021.

Worked as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department at Royal Group of Institutions, Guwahati from 22nd July 2014 – 24th December 2014

Worked as a Teaching Assistant and Independent Tutor in NIT Warangal and IIT Guwahati for various labs and Theory courses