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Santu Kar

Santu Kar

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


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Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India

Education
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Construction Technology and Management) - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India [2021]
  • M.Tech., Construction Technology and Management - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India [2013]
  • B.E., Civil Engineering - Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India [2009]

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati, India [From 6th October 2021]
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India [July 2021 to October 2021]
  • Delivered lectures and conducted hands-on sessions on project management using MS Project and Primavera P6 in different training programs for RVNL, SPCL, CRPF, and Eruditus executive education program, IIT Jodhpur, CLW, NICMAR, and TEQIP-III program [From 2018]
  • Early-Doc. Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India [April 2021 to July 2021]
  • Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, HP, India [April 2015 to July 2017]
  • Assistant Manager, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction, Chennai, India [July 2009-March 2015] - Worked in three mega construction projects in India

Administrative Experience

  • Training and Placement Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering
  • Associate Warden, Barak Hostel

Courses Taught 

Year: 2024

UG Courses

  • CE 308: Construction Technology and Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 4.3/5)

PG Courses

  • CE 620: Advanced Quantitative Techniques in Construction Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 5/5)

Year: 2023

UG Courses

  • CE 308: Construction Technology and Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 4.25/5)
  • CE 101: Engineering Drawing (tutorial)

PG Courses

  • CE 542: Project Management in Construction (Instructor; Feeback Received 5/5)
  • CE 543: Construction Methods and Equipment Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 5/5)
  • CE 544: Project Management Laboratory

Year: 2022

UG Courses

  • CE 308: Construction Technology and Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 4.4/5)
  • CE 101: Engineering Drawing (tutorial)

PG Courses

  • CE 543: Construction Methods and Equipment Management (Instructor; Feeback Received 4.77/5)
  • CE 544: Project Management Laboratory

Year: 2021

UG Courses

  • CE 416: Construction Planning and Management

Year: 2015-2017

  • 10M11CE111: Construction Techniques (UG Elective and PG Core)
  • 10M11CE113: Construction Planning and Control (UG Elective and PG Core)
  • 10M11CE211: Construction Contracts and Laws (UG Elective and PG Core)
  • 10M11CE214: Construction Financial Management (PG Core)
  • 10M13CE432: Construction Methods Improvement (PG Core)
  • 10M11CE213: Construction Cost Analysis (PG Core)
  • 11B17CE271: Engineering Graphics and CAD Lab (UG)
  • 10B17CE573: Computer-aided Planning and Costing (UG)

Research

  • Construction Project Management
  • Material Management
  • ICT and Automation in Construction
  • Decision Support System
  • Advanced Statistical Techniques and Optimization
  • Building Information Modelling
  • Sustainable Construction
  • Risk Management
  • Green Building

Awards

  • Early-Doc Fellowship, IIT Delhi, India [2021]
  • Editor’s Best Paper in ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management [2021]
  • MoUD Award, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), IIT Delhi, India [2018 & 2019]
  • Member of the panel for preparing the Draft of IS 15883 (Part 7) on Procurement Management by Bureau of Indian Standards [2019]
  • Build India Scholarship Award, Larsen & Toubro Construction, Chennai, India [2011]

Book Chapter

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]

Journal Publications

1. 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] , Forthcoming

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Kar, S., Deb, S. K., Bhattacharjee, B. , "Roller compacted concrete used in pavement", The Indian Concrete Journal , vol.95 (7) ,pp.14-22, [2021]

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

Conference Publications

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. A Building Information Modelling Integrated Decision Support System for Automated and Optimized Material Management in Construction
Funding Agency : IIT Guwahati
Principal Investigator: Dr. Santu Kar
Co-investigator: -
Duration/Starting Year: 2022
Status: New

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Current Research Scholars

  Image Name Email 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 -

Completed M.Tech

  Image Name Email 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