Sudhir K. Jain

Sudhir Kumar Jain (also Sudhir K. Jain; born 4 July 1959) is an Indian academic who served as the 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]

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Jain Padma Shri
Jain in 2021
28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
In office 7 January 2022 – 7 January 2025
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Rakesh Bhatnagar
Succeeded by	Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
In office June 2009[1] – 3 January 2022
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Rajat 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 66) Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Residence(s)	Kanpur, India
Alma mater	IIT Roorkee California Institute of Technology
Profession	Professor Academic Administrator
Known for	Earthquake engineering Structural engineering IIT Gandhinagar[2]
Awards	Padma Shri
Website	Personal website

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]

Education

Jain earned Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in 1979,^[13] and masters, and doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena in 1980 and 1983 respectively.^[14][15]

Awards and honors

• Thomson Memorial Gold Medal (1979)^[16]
• Robert A Millikan Fellowship (1982)^[16]
• IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award (2018)^[17]
• Padma Shri for Science & Engineering (2020)^[18][19]
• California Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award (2022)^[20][21]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report^[22]
• Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism^[23]

Articles

• Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities ^[24]
• Simplified seismic analysis of soil–well–pier system for bridges^[25]
• Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames: A State-of-the-Art Review^[26]
• Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake^[27]
• Seismic torsional vibration in elevated tanks^[28]

S.K. Jain(left) receiving Padma Shri from President Kovind

See also

• Banaras Hindu University
• IIT Gandhinagar
• IIT Kanpur
• Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University