Ajanta Sachan
Ajanta Sachan
Professor, Civil Engineering
- BE: IIT Roorkee, India,1997
- PhD: University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA, 2005
Email: ajanta -AT- iitgn.ac.in
Geotech Lab : https://research.iitgn.ac.in/stl
Office:
5/336B
VOIP:
2256
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Selected Publications
- Teli, S. and Sachan, A. (2024) Effect of bottom ash content on liquefaction resistance and cyclic degradation of pond ash under different dynamic loading conditions, Soil Dynamic and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 178, 108495.
- Agarwal, B. K. and Sachan, A. (2023) Quantification of Desiccation Cracking and Strain Localization in Lime Treated Compacted Expansive Soils using DIA and DIC, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 36, No. 2, 04023541.
- Shrivastava A. and Sachan, A. (2023) Effect of stress-induced anisotropy on shear modulus response of compacted coal ash under small-strain dynamic loading conditions, Soil Dynamic and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 170, 107898.
- Kantesaria, N. and Sachan, A. (2022) Small strain shear modulus and yielding characteristics of compacted high plasticity clay, Géotechnique, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 424–437.
- Kantesaria, N. and Sachan, A. (2021) Cyclic degradation and pore water pressure response of high plasticity compacted clay, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 147, No. 11, 04021113.
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Work Experience
- Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Nov 2024 to Present)
- Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jan 2018 - Nov 2024)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Dec 2010 to Jan 2018)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Jul 2009 to Dec 2010)
- Senior Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2006 to 2009)
- Engineer, WAPCOS India Ltd, New Delhi (1997 to 1999)