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Rana Acharyya

Dr. Rana Acharyya

Assistant Professor

  • Qualification

    M. Tech. Jadavpur University, Ph.D. IIT Guwahati, Post-Doc IIT Bombay
  • Specialisation

    Geotechnical Engineering
  • Research Interest

    Slope Stability Analysis, Slope Stabilization, Shallow and Deep Foundations, Ground Improvement Techniques, Soil-Structure Interaction
Dr. Rana Acharyya
  • Brief Profile

    Dr. Rana Acharyya has started his journey of technical education from Diploma Engineering in 2008. He has passed BE in Civil Engineering from Nagpur University in 2011. He has completed his ME in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2013. He has earned his PhD from IIT Guwahati in 2019. In PhD, he has worked on the topic, Response of Isolated and Interfering Shallow Footings on Slopes and published 12 Journals, 10 Conference Papers and 1 Book Chapter. He has been at IIT Bombay as Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2019 to 2020. He got twice the Young Geotechnical Engineer Award for the Best Paper on "Shallow Foundations" for the Year 2015 and 2017 from the Indian Geotechnical Society. He is also a Life Member of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

Courses Taught

Slope Stability Analysis,  Slope Stabilization, Shallow and Deep Foundations, Ground Improvement Techniques, Soil-Structure Interaction