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Phone Number
+91-361- 258 2450
Email Address
civiloff@iitg.ac.in
Assistant Professor Ph.D.
0361-258 3227 skar[at]iitg.ac.in
Research Area: *Construction Project Management *Material Management *ICT and Automation in Construction *Decision Support System *Advanced Statistical Techniques and Optimization in Construction Management *Building Information Modelling *Sustainable Construction *Risk Management *Green Building *Construction Productivity
Room No. 203, M Block
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
Administrative Experience
Courses Taught
From 2021 onwards
UG Courses
PG Courses
Year: 2015-2017
1. Jha, K. N., Sinha, A. K., Vishwanathan, S., Kar, S., Johari, S. , "Building a Body of Knowledge in Project Management in Developing Countries", Project Management in Developing countries – A case of Indian Construction industry , World Scientific Ltd. [2022]
2. Jha, K. N., Kar, S. , "Applications of Mathematics and Optimization in Construction Project Management", Optimization for project resource management , Springer (978-3-030-81122-8) ,pp.185-211 [2021]
1. Narayan, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N., "Enterprises' Perspective in Managing Risks in Developing Renewable Power Projects: Case of Solar Power Projects", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction [2025] , 10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-1242
2. Guha, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N., "A Framework to Assess Leadership Quality of Construction Leaders", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management [2025] , Forthcoming
3. Narayan, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Developing risk mitigation model in renewable power projects: A PLS-SEM approach", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction [2025] , Forthcoming
4. Guha, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N., "Exploring leadership styles and their effect on the safety and quality performance in construction projects", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management [2025] , Forthcoming
5. Narayan, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "In-depth Analysis of Risks and their Impacts on Solar Power Project Development: Public and Private Contractors' Perspective", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction [2024] , 10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-1174
6. Arora J., Kar, S., Jha, K. N., "Assessment of the significance of identified attributes affecting the rebar fixing productivity using multiple regression", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.149 (6) [2023] , 10.1061/JCEMD4/COENG-12861
7. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Examining the effect of material management practices on material availability and waste reduction in construction projects", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.149 (8) [2023] , 10.1061/JCEMD4/COENG-13589
8. Narayan, P., Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Disputes and their impacts on renewable energy development: international and domestic interventions", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction , vol.16 (2) ,pp.05023010 [2023] , 10.1061/JLADAH/LADR-1128
9. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Investigation into lead time of construction materials and influencing factors", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.147 (3) ,pp.04020177 [2021] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001998
10. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Exploring the critical barriers to and enablers of sustainable material management practices in the construction industry", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.147 (9) ,pp.04021102 [2021] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002125
11. Kar, S., Kothari, C., Jha, K. N. , "Developing an optimum material procurement schedule by integrating construction program and budget using NSGA-II", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.147 (4) ,pp.04021017 [2021] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002028
12. Kar, S., Deb, S. K., Bhattacharjee, B. , "Roller compacted concrete used in pavement", The Indian Concrete Journal , vol.95 (7) ,pp.14-22, [2021]
13. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Examining the effect of material management issues on the schedule and cost performance of construction projects based on a structural equation model: Survey of Indian experiences", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , vol.146 (9) ,pp.05020011 [2020] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001906
14. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Assessing criticality of construction materials for prioritizing their procurement using ANP-TOPSIS", International Journal of Construction Management [2020] , https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2020.1742637
15. Kar, S., Shiv, A., Panwar, A., Jha, K. N., Singh, A. 2020, "River water project disputes and their implications", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction , vol.12 (4) ,pp.05020012 [2020] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000423
16. Viswanathan, S. K., Panwar, A., Kar, S., Lavingiya, R., Jha, K. N. , "Causal Modelling of Disputes in Construction Projects", ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction , vol.12 (4) ,pp.04520035 [2020] , https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000432
1. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Exploring the current material management practices and their influences on material availability in construction projects of developing countries", In Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts , ASCE ,pp.963-972, [2020]
2. Kar, S., Jha, K. N. , "Assessment of criticality of materials in a construction project", In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ARCOM Conference , Association of Researchers in Construction Management ,pp.679-688, [2019]
| 1. Enhancing Construction Safety, Sustainability, and Project Performance Using Cutting-Edge Technologies
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| 2. A Building Information Modelling Integrated Decision Support System for Automated and Optimized Material Management in Construction
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| Image | Name | Project Title/Area of Research | Duration | ||
| 1 | Rahul Kumar Gupta | Assessment of quality in construction | 2024 - | ||
| 2 | Parmarth Saini | Identifying Dynamic Hazardous Zones & Visualizing Safety Plans by Integrating Construction Schedule and BIM Model | 2024 - |
| Image | Name | Project Title/Area of Research | Duration | ||
| 1 | Padam Narayan | Development of a risk management model to assess the performance of power projects in India | 2019 - | ||
| 2 | Padam Narayan | Risk Management | 2019 - | ||
| 3 | Padam Narayan | Risk Management in power projects in India | 2019 - | ||
| 4 | Padam Narayan | Development of a predictive risk management model to assess the performance of power projects in India | 2019 - | ||
| 5 | Sharmistha Masih | Developing Sustainability Framework for Optimizing Multi-modal Activities in Construction | 2022 - | ||
| 6 | Jay Deep Kalita | Integrating BIM with AR/VR to Improve Construction Project Performance | 2023 - | ||
| 7 | Siddhartha Kashyap | Disaster Management in the North East Region | 2024 - |
| Image | Name | Project Title/Area of Research | Duration | ||
| 1 | Mishra, A. R. | Exploring the concepts of smart cities: An empirical study of smart city Indore | 2015 -2017 | ||
| 2 | Dadhich, A. | Risk management in highway projects | 2015 -2017 | ||
| 3 | Jangta, N. | Modeling and comparison of energy efficient green building with conventional building for different climatic zones | 2015 -2017 | ||
| 4 | Ahmad I. | Scheduling and cost estimation of underground work in hydroelectric project | 2015 -2017 | ||
| 5 | Prashar, R. | Smart solution to design Shimla as smart city | 2015 -2017 | ||
| 6 | Sharma, S. | Risk management in hydro-electric projects | 2014 -2016 | ||
| 7 | Thakur, R. | Delay analysis in construction projects | 2014 -2016 | ||
| 8 | Bebhuti | Success or failure analysis of hydropower projects | 2014 -2016 | ||
| 9 | Jaiswal Sarang Sanjay | Building Information Modelling Integrated Decision Support System for Optimizing Labor Acquisition in Construction using NSGA II | 2022 - | ||
| 10 | TUSHAR MAURYA | Integrating time, cost and safety in construction planning: a scenario-driven activity mode analysis | 2022 -2024 |