ABOUT ME

Personal Profile

I began my professional journey in 2008. I firmly believe that teaching and learning are inseparable entities. Being exposed to various positions over a decade in my professional career, I am still in the process of improving my understanding of the fundamental concepts in science and engineering. While in the process of learning, I would like to dispense my acquired knowledge to the student community.

I always show a positive attitude and sincerity towards my jobs with flexibility to work with pleasure at any time. Explore my portfolio, and feel free to get in touch with any queries.

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SANTHOSHKUMAR G

Assistant Professor

"We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it" - Dallin H. Oaks

This site is a brief documentation of the ongoing journey in my professional career. If you’d like to learn more about me, browse through the site. If you see something you like, or you want to discuss what I can do for you, feel free to drop me a line.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Nov 2022 - Present

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

IIT BHUBANESWAR

I recently joined the School of Infrastructure (SIF), IIT Bhubaneswar. SIF offers a PG program in geotechnical engineering. I am looking forward to working with PG students and research scholars.

March 2021 - Nov 2022

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

AMRITA VVP UNIVERSITY

Amrita university welcomed me again for continuing my academic career in teaching and research. I handled UG and PG courses in the Department of Civil Engineering. I was also the Coordinator of the PhD program during my tenure.

July 2020 - March 2021

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW

IIT KANPUR

Soon after completing PhD, I joined with my advisor to explore more in the field of computational geomechanics. I have also started exploring the field application by performing several challenging consultancy activities.

June 2012 - December 2014

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

AMRITA VVP UNIVERSITY

Amirta University offered me a chance to kick-start my career in academics and research. It is always a great pleasure when we share our thoughts to young minds. I was handling UG courses and laboratories in the Department of Civil Engineering.

April 2010 - June 2010

PROJECT ASSOCIATE

IIT MADRAS

This short experience at IIT Madras before I entered into my Master's Degree at IIT Kanpur gave me a glimpse of the nature of consultancy jobs. I performed some preliminary design of intake wells and working sketches for offshore projects, GAMBIT models for the diffuser units in the Department of Offshore Engineering.

September 2008 - June 2009

ENGINEER

GAMMON INDIA LIMITED

My first ever core field job after completing my B.E. I was proud to be a part in various construction activities like Slab works at JSW Steel ltd (Bellary, Karnataka), Surveying, piling and building works in NTPC power plant site (Chennai, Tamilnadu)

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Learning and Living

PHD,
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

December 2014 - July 2020

Completed my doctoral research in the field of geomechanics and soil dynamics.
Scored a CPI of 10 in my course work
Published 8 research articles from my PhD work.
Reviewed several scientific articles and two NPTEL courses.
Received ISSMGE Foundation awards 2019 (Financial Support for attending 16ARC)

M.TECH
INDIAN INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

July 2010 - June 2012

Scored a CPI of 8.0.
Received GATE scholarship from MHRD for two years
Published a paper from my Dissertation at the national conference.

B.E.
GOVT. COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE

August 2004 - May 2008

Scored 78.95% in the program
Received Tamilnadu Govt. Merit Scholarship for 4 years
Presented papers in 3 technical symposia outside the institute

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PROFICIENCIES

SOFT SKILLS

MATLAB, PLAXIS-2D,3D and ABAQUS

LANGUAGES

Tamil, English and Hindi

RESEARCH INTEREST

Theoretical soil mechanics, Geomechanics, Soil dynamics, Experimental geotechnics, Transportation geotechnics

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Research Articles

Nandi, S., G. Santhoshkumar, and Ghosh, P. (2022). “Assesment of seismic stability of finite slope in c-ϕ soils - a plasticity approach”, Geomechanics and Engineering (Techno Press), Vol. 31, No. 5, 439 – 452.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2021) “Plasticity based estimation of active earth pressure exerted by layered cohesionless backfill”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol. 21, No. 11, 06021028.
Manna, D., G. Santhoshkumar, and Ghosh, P. (2021). “Upper-bound limit load of rigid pavements resting on reinforced soil embankments - kinematic approach”, Transportation Geotechnics (Elsevier), Vol. 30, 100611.
Nandi, S., G. Santhoshkumar, and Ghosh, P. (2021). “Development of limiting soil slope profile under seismic condition using slip line theory”, Acta Geotechnica (Springer), Published Online. DOI: 10.1007/s11440-021-01251-4.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2021) “Passive resistance of retaining walls supporting layered cohesionless backfill - a plasticity approach”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 147, No. 8, 06021008.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2021) “Closed-form solution for seismic earth pressure on bilinear retaining wall using method of characteristics”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 25, No. 6, pp 1171-1190.
Nandi, S., G. Santhoshkumar, and Ghosh, P. (2021). “Determination of critical slope face in c-ϕ soil under seismic condition using method of stress characteristics”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol. 21, No. 4, 04021031.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2020) “Seismic stability analysis of a hunchbacked retaining wall under passive state using method of stress characteristics”, Acta Geotechnica (Springer). Vol. 15, No. 6, pp 2969–2982.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2020) “Seismic stability of a broken-back retaining wall using adaptive collapse mechanism”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol. 20, No. 9, 04020154.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2020) “Ultimate bearing capacity of skirted foundation on cohesionless soil using slip line theory”, Computers and Geotechnics (Elsevier), Vol. 123, 103573.
Srinivasan, V., Ghosh, P. and Santhoshkumar, G. (2020). “Experimental and numerical analysis of interacting circular plate anchors embedded in homogeneous and layered cohesionless soil”, International Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer), Vol. 18, No. 2, pp 231-244.
G. Santhoshkumar, Ghosh, P. and Murakami, A. (2019) “Seismic active resistance of a tilted cantilever retaining wall considering adaptive failure mechanism”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol. 19, No. 8, 04019086.
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. (2018) “Seismic passive earth pressure on an inclined cantilever retaining wall using method of stress characteristics - a new approach”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (Elsevier), Vol. 107, pp 77-82.
Ghosh, P. and Santhoshkumar, G. (2016) “Vertical uplift capacity of two nearby horizontal strip anchors using method of stress characteristics”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol. 16, No. 1, 04015015.

Conference Proceedings

Surapreddi, S., G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. “Analysis and design of foundation system for the horizontal solar axis tracker”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 16–18, 2021, NIT Tiruchirappalli. (Best Paper)
Manna, D., G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. “Ultimate bearing capacity of strip footing on reinforced embankment using upper bound limit analysis”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17–19, 2020, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. (Third Prize – Best presentation)
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. “Seismic passive resistance of cantilever retaining wall with an efficient adaptive failure mechanism”, 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16th ARC), October 14–18, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan. (Scopus Indexed) (Funded by ISSMGE).
G. Santhoshkumar and Ghosh, P. “Vertical pullout capacity of two interfering ground anchors in cohesionless soil medium”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 13–15, 2012, IIT Delhi, pp.704-707.