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Dr. Lalima Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Supporting department
Qualification: M.E (Jadavpur University), Ph.D. (IIT-Dhanbad)
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Subject Faculty for 1st year Courses: Mechanics of Solids & Environmental Studies
- Section Co-ordinator
- Library Co-cordinator
- Tutor Mentor
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Mechanics of Solids (MOS) | II/I |
| Workshop Practice Lab | II/I |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru | Assistant Professor | Teaching & Research | January 2023- till date |
| NIT Kurukshetra | Guest Faculty | Teaching | February 2022 - December 2022 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad | Senior Research Fellow | Research | April 2019 to October 2021 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad | Junior Research Fellow | Research | March 2017 to March 2019 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar (Institute of Eminence) | Assistant Professor | Teaching | November 2014 to December 2016 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Expertise
Ground Improvement Technique; Geosynthetics; Geotechnology for Roads and Railways; Numerical and Physical modeling in Geotechnical Engineering; Granular materials and Image analysis
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Fellowships/ Awards:
1. Young Geotechnical Engineer Award for the category of best paper on “Ground Improvement” for the year 2022 at the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022, organized by IGS-Kochi chapter.
2. Foreign Travel Grant by CSIR, Govt. of India to attend the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018, Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability (GeoChina 2018) 23rd to 25th July, 2018, held at HangZhou, China.
3. Best Presenter Award in the Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2018, IISC Bengaluru, 13th to 15th December, 2018, IISC Bengaluru, held at Bengaluru.
4. DST fellowship, Govt. of India to pursue SERB Sponsored Project-“Coupled three dimensional non-linear finite element analysis of geocell reinforced railway tracks with mine waste”, (YSS/2015/000222) as Junior Research Fellow with the Principal Investigator as Dr. Sowmiya Chawla.
5. Certificate of Appreciation for Academic Excellence in Under-Graduation awarded by B.Tech institution.
6. Tata Steel Millennium Scholarship of Rs.12000/- per annum during the entire B.TECH course of 4 years.
7. Institute of General Studies for Children (IGSC) scholarship of Rs. 500/- in the eighth grade.