Courses taught/teaching
2009-2010
Structural Analysis II (CE 302) (Tutor)
Introduction to Civil Engineering (CE 200) (Coordinator)

Workshop I (ME 110) (Tutor)

• Earthquake Engineering
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
• Retrofitting of Structures

• Post Doctoral Fellowship from the prestigious Global Center of Excellence for Systematic Urban Regeneration project in the University of Tokyo, Japan, June 2009
• First prize for the essay titled “Civil Engineering Education and Construction Practices: How to Bridge the Gap between the Two” at Technical Essay Contest organized by Indian Chapter of American Concrete Institute, Mumbai, December 2004
• Financial award from IAEE (International Association for Earthquake Engineering) President’s Fund for high quality paper presentation at 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, August 2004
• Best presentation award at the Technical Presentation Contest organized by Society of Civil Engineers, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, March 2002

a) Journals

Dasgupta, K. and Murty, C.V.R., “Improved Geometric Design of Earthquake-Resistant Reinforced Concrete Slender Structural Walls - Part I: Parametric Study”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE (under review).

Dasgupta, K. and Murty, C.V.R., “Improved Geometric Design of Earthquake-Resistant Reinforced Concrete Slender Structural Walls - Part II: Design Implications”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE (under review).

Dasgupta, K. and Murty, C.V.R., “New Configuration of Earthquake–Resistant Reinforced Concrete Squat Structural Walls: Parametric Study and Design Philosophy”, Proceedings of the Institution of the Civil Engineers, Structures and Buildings (under review).

Dasgupta, K., Vijay, G., and Murty, C.V.R., “Effect of RC Structural Wall Area on Seismic Performance of Open Ground Storey RC Frame Buildings”, Engineering Structures (under review).

Dasgupta, K., Goswami, R., and Murty, C.V.R., “Seismic Shear Design of Deep RC Vertical Members: Review of Code Provisions”, The Indian Concrete Journal (under review).

Dasgupta, K., Goswami, R., and Murty, C.V.R., “Seismic Shear Design of Deep RC Vertical Members: Draft Provisions for Indian Codes”, The Indian Concrete Journal (under review).

Kaushik, H.B., Dasgupta, K., Sahoo, D.R., and Kharel, G., “Performance of Structures During the Sikkim Earthquake of 14 February 2006”, Current Science, Vol. 91, No. 4, 25 August 2006, pp. 449-455.

Dasgupta, K. and Murty, C.V.R., “Seismic Design of RC Columns and Wall Sections-Part II: Proposal for Limiting Strain in Steel”, The Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, Thane, April 2005, pp. 22-26.

Dasgupta, K. and Murty, C.V.R., “Seismic Design of RC Columns and Wall Sections-Part I: Consistent Limit State Design Philosophy”, The Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, Thane, March 2005, pp. 33-42.

Dasgupta, K., Murty, C.V.R. and Agrawal, S.K., “Seismic Shear Design of RC Structural Walls-Part I : Review of Code Provisions”, The Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, Thane, November 2003, pp. 1423-1430.

Dasgupta, K., Murty, C.V.R. and Agrawal, S.K., “Seismic Shear Design of RC Structural Walls-Part II: Proposed Improvements in IS 13920:1993 Provisions”, The Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, Thane, November 2003, pp 1459-1468.

b) Conferences, Workshops

Dasgupta, K., and Murty, C.V.R., “Conceptual Improvement in Seismic Design of Slender Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls on Isolated Footings – A Summary”, Proceedings of 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, 12-17 October 2008.

Vijay, G., Dasgupta, K., and Murty, C.V.R., “Effect of RC Structural Wall Area on Seismic Response of Open Ground Storey RC Buildings”, Proceedings of 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Singapore, 5-7 December 2007.

Dasgupta, K., “Seismic Design of Slender Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls”, Directions, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Proceedings of First IITK REACH symposium at Parwanoo, March 2007), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, December 2007.

Kaushik, H.B., Dasgupta, K., Sahoo, D.R., and Kharel, G., “Performance of RC Structures During Sikkim Earthquake of 14 February 2006: A Review”, Proceedings of 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 18-20 December 2006.

Dasgupta, K., Kalsi, K.S., Jain, S., and Murty, C.V.R., “Curvature Ductility of RC Structural Wall Sections”, Proceedings of 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 18-20 December 2006.

Murty, C.V.R., Dash, S.R., and Dasgupta, K., “Open Ground Storey RC Frame Buildings with 230mm Columns unsafe during Earthquakes,” Proceedings of National Seminar on Seismic Detailing of RCC Structures, Madras, India, 26-27 May 2006, pp. 1-30.

Dasgupta, K., and Murty, C.V.R., “Dependence of Ductility and Energy Dissipation on Limiting Strain States in Seismic Design of RC Columns”, Proceedings of 13th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 1-6 August 2004.

Dasgupta, K., and Murty, C.V.R., “Quantitative Seismic Retrofitting of Open Ground Storey RC Frame Buildings”, Proceedings of Workshop on Retrofitting of Structures, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 10-11 October 2003, pp. 186-196.

Mahashabde, A.V.M., Dasgupta, K., and Murty, C.V.R., “Seismic Strengthening of Gravity Load Designed RC Frame Buildings”, Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 12-14 May 2003.

Dasgupta, K., Murty, C.V.R. and Agrawal, S.K., “Investigation of IS Code Provisions on Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls”, Proceedings of 12th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, 16-18 December 2002.

Dayal, U., Kaushik, H.B., Goswami, R. and Dasgupta, K. (2001), “Wharf failure at Navalakhi port due to Bhuj earthquake - a case study”, Proceedings of Workshop on Recent Earthquakes of Chamoli and Bhuj, Vol. 1, 24-26 May, DEQ, University of Roorkee, India, pp. 115-124.

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c) Technical Reports, Newsletters

Dasgupta, K., “Improvement in geometric design of reinforced concrete structural walls to resist earthquake effects”, Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, October 2008.

Kaushik, H.B., Dasgupta, K., Sahoo, D.R., and Kharel, G. (2006), “Reconnaissance report: Sikkim earthquake of 14 February, 2006”, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, sponsored by Tata Steel, India. Report also available at: www.nicee.org/Sikkim.php, www.eeri.org/lfe/india_sikkim.html.

Dasgupta, K., “Investigation of IS Code Provisions on Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls”, Master of Technology Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, October 2002.

d) Technical Articles

Dasgupta, K., “Civil Engineering Education and Construction Practices: How to Bridge the Gap between the Two”, Concrete India, Mumbai, December 2004.  

Murty, C.V.R., and Dasgupta, K., “Seismic Strengthening of Urban RC Multi-Storeyed Buildings: A Technological Challenge”, Civil Engineering and Construction Review, New Delhi, November 2003, pp. 50-59.