Design of Wind- and Earthquake- Resistant Reinforced Cement Concrete Buildings

Somnath Ghosh is serving as a Professor in the department of Civil Engineering Department at Jadavpur University in West Bengal, India. He was Dean of Engineering faculty and Head of Civil Engineering department at Jadavpur University. Dr. Ghosh did his B.E. in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M.Tech and Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur. He is a member and chattered engineer of the Institute of Structural Engineers (UK). He has done research in USA and Australia. He has delivered invited lecture in UK, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and USA. He has also delivered a huge number of lectures as resource person in different IITs, NITs and Universities. He has served as an expert member on several occasions for many institutes and universities. He has served as member of several high-powered committees in AICTE, UGC, CSIR, UPSC etc. and at Jadavpur university level. He has contributed significantly in the area of Structural Engineering and material. He has also been a structural consultant to a number of key projects at the national level. Based on his research works, Dr. Ghosh has published a number of papers in peer reviewed national and international journals and six monographs. Apart from his research activities, Dr. Ghosh has demonstrated his technical skill by providing advice on industrial problems and these have been implemented successfully. The repair and restoration techniques adopted for the earthquake damaged structures of Kandla SEZ through his expertise deserve special mention. His other noteworthy contribution is the restoration of earthquake damaged assembly building in Sikkim. Besides, his skill in computer-aided structural analysis has been demonstrated through the design of a 52-metre tall Buddha statue atop a hill at Namchi, Sikkim, and a cricket stadium at Guwahati, Assam. His earlier selection as country head of a division in Setrco Nigeria Ltd, a multinational company in Nigeria, speaks volumes about his administrative as well as academic skill and expertise. In this capacity he was responsible for looking after geotechnical and quality control activity of highways, bridges and buildings. Arundeb Gupta is serving as Principal Structural Engineer for Skematic consultant at Kolkata, India. He did his B.E. and Ph.D in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Dr. Gupta has published several papers in peer reviewed national and international journals. He has completed a huge number of key projects at the national level. He is also serving as Guest faculty at Jadavpur University.