Sudhir Kumar Jain | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4 July 1959 |
| Nationality | |
| 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 | |
| Website | Personal website |
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]
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]
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]