PG Courses

• CE 643-Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
• CE 532-Dynamics of Soil and Foundations
• CE 642- Subsurface exploration and instrumentation
• CE 668- Applied Seismology

U.G. Courses

• CE 303- Geotechnical Engineering II
• CE 101- Engineering Drawing
• CE313- Geotechnical Engineering Lab II
• CE215- Geotechnical Engineering Lab I

Online Video Lectures (NPTEL Course 1): Subsurface Exploration: Introduction and Techniques Involved

• Lecture 1: Introduction
• Lecture 2: Phases and Classification of subsurface investigation
• Lecture 3: Test Pits and Borings
• Lecture 4: Ground water table and rock drilling
• Lecture 5: Standard Penetration Test
• Lecture 6: Cone Penetration Test
• Lecture 7: Dilatometer Test
• Lecture 8: Pressuremeter Test
• Lecture 9: Seismic Reflection Method
• Lecture 10: Seismic Refraction Method
• Lecture 11: Electrical Resistivity Method
• Lecture 12: Magnetic Survey
• Lecture 13: Surface Wave Method
• Lecture 14: Gravity Survey
• Lecture 15: Introduction to Offshore Investigation
• Lecture 16: Geophysical Investigation in Offshore Environment
• Lecture 17: Sampling ad Geotechnical investigation in Offshore environment
• Lecture 18: Important Terminologies in Offshore Environment
• Lecture 19: High strain dynamic Testing in Pile Driving
• Lecture 20: Low strain dynamic Testings in Pile
• Lecture 21: Conclusion

Online Video Lectures (NPTEL Course 2): Applied Seismology for Engineers

• Lecture 1: PLate Tectonics and Continental Drift Theory
• Lecture 2: Fault Plane Solution (Part 1)
• Lecture 3: Fault PLane Solution (Part 2)
• Lecture 4: Fault PLane Solution (Stereonets)
• Lecture 5: Seismic Gaps
• Lecture 6: Analogy of active faults and inactive faults
• Lecture 7: Seismic Waves and their use in locating EQ epicentre
• Lecture 8: EQ intensity, magnitude and wave attenuation
• Lecture 9: Seismic Source characterization and seismic activity
• Lecture 10: Earthquake catalogue preparation and seismic activity
• Lecture 11: Ground Motion simulation models and GMPEs
• Lecture 12: Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis (DSHA)
• Lecture 13: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA)
• Lecture 14: One Dimensional equation of motion: P wave
• Lecture 15: One Dimensional Equation of motion: S wave
• Lecture 16: Solution of 1D equation of motion S wave
• Lecture 17: Local Site Effect (LSE) and Ground Response Analysis (Part 1)
• Lecture 18: LSE and Ground Response Analysis (Part 2)
• Lecture 19: Ground Response Analysis (Part 3)
• Lecture 20: Ground Response Analysis (Part 4)
• Lecture 21: State Criteria for Liquefaction (Part 1)
• Lecture 22: State Criteria for Liquefaction (Part 2)
• Lecture 23: Initiation of Liquefaction
• Lecture 24: Assessment of Liqufaction Potential 
• Lecture 25: Paleoliquefaction
• Lecture 26: Seismic Microzonation
• Lecture 27: Landslides: Introduction and classification
• Lecture 28: Seismic Vulnerability and risk (Part 1)
• Lecture 29: Seismic Vulnerability and Risk (Part 2)
• Lecture 30: Seismic Vulerability and Risk (Part 3)

• Seismic Hazard of Urban centres
• Seismic Hazard of Nuclear Power Plants
• Ground Motion Simulation
• Liquefaction Assessment
• Site Response Analysis
• Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW)
• Subsoil investigation and Geotechnical Testing
• Soil Dynamics
• Dynamics Testing on Pile
• Ground Improvement
• Deep Excavations

• Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (2023-2025)
• International Travel Support (ITS) by Department of Science and Technology (DST) for presenting research paper in 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE) at Santiago, Chile during 9-13 January, 2017
• Bharat Gaurav Award for the year 2016 by India International Friendship Society (IIFS)
• Young Engineers Award 2015 in the area of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
• 2015 Young Engineers Award in Civil Engineering discipline by The Institution of Engineers of India (IEI)
• 2015 Young Researcher Award by VIF
• INSPIRE Faculty Award 2014 by the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Institute Grant for attending GeoCongress 2012 at Oakland California, USA
• Third prize for best paper in Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference organized by IGS Delhi Chapter (2011)
• MHRD scholarship for carrying out research work during Ph.D.
• MHRD scholarship for carrying out research work during M.E.
• All India Rank (AIR) 73 in GATE 2007
• University Gold Medal for standing First in B.E. Civil Engineering in the year 2007 at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
• University Gold Medal for standing First in B.E. all branches in the year 2007 at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
• Build India Scholarship (BIS) for the year 2007 by Larsen and Toubro

Other Activities

Position held at the Institute Level

1. Head, Centre for Career Development (October 2020- December 2022)
2. Faculty Coordinator for Placement, Centre for Career Development (March 2020-September 2020)
3. Faculty Coordinator for internship, Centre for Career Development (October 2019-Feb 2020)
4. Warden, Hostel Manas (June 2018-July 2019)
5. Associate Warden, Hostel Dibang (Sept. 2016-May 2018)

Position held at Departmental Level

1. Laboratory In-Charge, Geotechnical Specialisation  (July 2020-present)
2. DUPC representative of Geotechnical Specialization (June 2018-July 2020)
3. Departmental Time Table Coordinator (Dec. 2015-June 2018)
4. Library Committee representative of Geotechnical Specialization (Aug. 2014-Dec. 2015)

As External examiner

1. PhD Thesis Examiner of Mr Bhanu Pratap Chamoli, Centre for excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee (July 2021).
2. PhD Thesis Examiner of Mr Pankaj Kumar, Centre for excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee (July 2020).
3. External examiner for Mtech (Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering discipline) for the session 2019 at NIT Silchar.

As Expert Member

1. Delivered Theme Lecture titled “Forward and Inverse Ground Response Analysis: An Introduction and Need” during Indian Geotechnical Conference, held between 14 to 16 December 2023 at IIT Roorkee, India.
2. Speaker delivering lecture titled “Seismic Hazard: Components and Effects” in Faculty Development Program on Emerging Trends in Geotechnical Engineering, Under AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy September 6 – 10, 2021, CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat.
3. Special Lecture titled “Importance of Site-Specific Observations at Various Stages of Seismic Microzonation Practices” at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (7ICRAGEE) help between 12 and 15 July 2021 in virtual mode.
4. Delivered expert lecture titled “Importance and assessment of local site effect in seismic microzonation practice” in online course certificate on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Disasters”, held from 19 to 23 July 2021 at IIT Guwahati.
5. Delivered expert lecture titled “Seismic microzonation: Importance of site specific observations” in online course certificate on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Disasters”, held from 19 to 23 July 2021 at IIT Guwahati.
6. Delivered invited lecture in ATAL Faculty Development Program titled “Underground Space Utilization”, held from 18 Jan- 22 Jan 2021 at the Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
7. Expert lecture titled “Local site effects”Importance and quantification” in TEQIP short term course on “Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering”, held from 17 to 23 Dec. 2020 at IIT Guwahati.
8. Expert lecture titled “Ground motion simulation for seismic hazard analysis” in TEQIP short term course on “Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering”, held from 17 to 23 Dec. 2020 at IIT Guwahati.
9. Expert lecture titled “Application of site specific seismic scenarios in various applications” in TEQIP III spnsored virtual Faculty Development Program cum workshop on “Recent Advances in Earthquake and Environmental Engineering” held between 7 and 11 September 2020 at NIT Silchar.
10. Invited Expert for Third Curriculum Development Workshop,  Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand (July 2020).
11. Session Chair during TC 102 workshop committee held on 26 and 27 April 2019 at the Department of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore.
12. Invited lecture and session Chair during Indian Conference Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 1-2 March, 2019 at NIT Allahabad.

Journal Publications

1. Abhishek Kumar, R V S Jenny Laura (2024), Forward and Inverse Ground Response Analysis: An introduction and Need, Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-01041-1.
2. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2024), Experimental study on strength, durability, hydraulic and toxicity characteristics of soil treated with mine tailings based geopolymers for sustainable road subgrade application, Construction and Building Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.134894.
3. Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2023), New Frequency Domain Framework of inverse ground response analysis for the determination of dynamic soil properties of multilayered system, Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40098-023-00791-8.

4. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), Investigating the strength and durability properties of alkali activated red mud for tailings pond embankment material, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2023.100500.

5. Abhishek Kamishetty, Indu S. R. G., Abhishek Kumar (2023), Combined effect of fly ash and fiber on spreadability, strength and water permeability of foam concrete, Journal of Building Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107607.

6. Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2023), A New Frequency Domain Framework of Inverse Ground Response Analysis for the determination of dynamic soil properties in a two layered system, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 23 (11), https://doi.org/10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-852.

7. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), "Stability Assessment of a Tailings Pond Considering the Effect of Staged Construction and Embankment Raising Rate: a Numerical Study", Mining, Metallurgy and exploration, 40, 851-869, [2023] , https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s42461-023-00772-8?.

8. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), "Stability investigation of embankment of a tailing pond for its dry closure: An Indian case study ", Sadhana, 48-89, [2023] , https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s12046-023-02157-5?.

9. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam (2023), "Mechanical, microstructural and durability properties of soil stabilized with Alkali-Activated Jarofix for Road applications", Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive waste (ASCE), https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/JHTRBP.HZENG-1236?

10. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2022), Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of the North-East India towards identification of contributing seismic sources. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2022.2160662

11. Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Deterministic, Probabilistic and Data enhanced models of Seismic hazard assessment with some applications to Central Asian Regions, Journal Geological Society of India, 97, 1508-1513, DOI: 10.1007/s12594-021-1906-9.

12. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), A Systematic Review on Inverse GRA Methodologies Developed for the Determination of Dynamic Soil Properties Using Downhole Seismic Array Records, Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-021-00571-2.

13. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar, Rajat Dhanotiya (2021), Seismic source zonation for NE India on the basis of past EQs and spatial distribution of seismicity parameters, Journal of Seismology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-021-10037-w.

14. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Methodologies Available for the Determination of Seismic Active Thrust Acting on Retaining Walls: A Critical Review, Indian Geotechnical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-020-00495-3.

15. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), New Frequency Domain–Based Inverse Ground Response Analysis Framework for the Determination of Dynamic Soil Properties, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001973.

16. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2020), Ground motion prediction equation for north India, applicable for different site classes, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106425.

17. Baro O, Abhishek Kumar, Ismail-zadeh A (2020) Seismic hazard assessment of the Shillong Plateau using a Probabilistic approach. Geomatics, Nat Hazards Risk 11(1): 2210-2239, https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1494043

18. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2020), Determination of path attenuation and site characteristics of the North-west Himalayan region and adjoining regions within the Indian Territory using generalized inversion method, Annals of Geophysics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8225.

19. Kumar Abhishek, Haldar Suman (2020), Design Response Spectra and Site Coefficients for Various Seismic Site Classes of Guwahati, India, Based on Extensive Ground Response Analyses, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01434-y.

20. Safik Khan, Kumar Abhishek (2019), Identification of Possible Liquefaction Zones Across Guwahati and Targets for Future Ground Improvement Ascertaining no Further Liquefaction of Such Zones, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-01128-0.

21. Baro Olympa, Kumar Ashok, Kumar Abhishek (2019), Suitability of Widely Followed Earthquake Early Warning Systems to Seismically Active Regions of India, by Considering Destructive Intensity as a Parameter, Geosciences Research, DOI: 10.22606/gr.2019.41001 .

22. Harinarayan N H, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Estimation of source and site characteristics in the North-West Himalaya and its adjoining area using generalized inversion method, Annals of Geophysics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-7922.

23. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar and Alik Ismail-Zadeh, (2018), Seismic hazard assessment of the Shillong Plateau, India, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 9, (1), 841€“861.

24. Abhishek Kumar, Niranjan Borah, Sambit Prasanjit Naik, Baro Olympa, (2018), Detailed review on methodologies available to find preinstrumental missing earthquakes of the present catalogue with the relevance to seismicity assessment of the Northeast India, Indian Geotechncial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-018-0336-0.

25. Soham Banerjee, Kumar Abhishek (2018), Determination of seismic wave attenuation in Delhi, India, towards quantification of regional seismic hazard, Natural Hazards, doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3238-7.

26. Abhishek Kumar, N.H. Harinarayan, Vishal Verma, Saurabh Anand, Uddipana Borah, Mousumi Bania (2018), Seismic Site Classification and Empirical Correlation Between Standard Penetration Test N Value and Shear Wave Velocity for Guwahati Based on Thorough Subsoil Investigation Data, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175 (8), 2721€“2738.

27. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2017), Determination of NEHRP site class of seismic recording stations in the Northwest Himalayas and its adjoining area using HVSR method, Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1696-6.

28. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar (2018), Effect of the Size of Shillong Plateau on Relative Weightage of Selected Attenuation Relations for Seismic Hazard Analysis, 5th Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Austin, Texas, (ASCE special Publication)

29. Abhishek Kumar, Suman Haldar, Olympa Baro (2018), Approximation of Equivalent Linear Ground Response Analysis at Low Strain by Strain Dependent Linear Ground Response Analysis for Typical Site at Delhi, India 5th Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Austin, Texas, (ASCE special Publication)

30. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2017b), Establishing Seismic site class for 8 recording stations in Tarai region of Uttarakhand based on HVSR, GINV and site specific response analyses, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 36(3), 1431-1446.

31. Banerjee Soham and Kumar Abhishek (2017), Determination of S and Coda Wave Attenuation in Selected Regions of Lower and Northern Assam Within North Eastern India, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Doi 10.1007/s40098-017-0259-1.

32. Olympa Baro, Kumar Abhishek (2017), Seismic Source Characterization for the Shillong Plateau in Northeast India, Journal of Seismology, 21 (5), 1229-1249.

33. Kumar Abhishek, Joy K. Mondal, (2017), Newly developed Matlab based code for Equivalent linear site response analysis, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 35 (5), 2303-2325.

34. Kumar Abhishek, Vivek Srinivas (2017), Easy to use empirical correlations for liquefaction and no liquefaction conditions, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 35 (4), 1383-1407.

35. Banerjee Soham, Kumar Abhishek (2017), Determination of Seismic Wave Attenuation for the Garhwal Himalayas, India, Geosciences Research Doi: 10.22606/gr.2017.22005.

36. Kumar Abhishek, N. H. Harinarayan, Olympa Baro, (2017), Nonlinear soil response to ground motions during different earthquakes in Nepal, to arrive at surface response spectra, Natural Hazards, 87 (1), 13-33.

37. Harinarayan N. H., Kumar Abhishek (2017), Site Classification of the Strong Motion Stations of Uttarakhand, India based on the Model Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio, Proceedings of Geotechnical Frontiers, GSP 281, Orlando, Florida, (ASCE special Publication).

38. Mondal Joy K, Kumar Abhishek (2017), Impact of Higher Frequency Content of Input Motion Upon Equivalent Linear Site Response Analysis for the Study Area of Delhi, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 35 (3), 959-981.

39. Banerjee Soham, Kumar Abhishek (2016), Determination of Seismic Wave attenuation: A review, Disaster Advances, 9 (6), 10-27.

40. Kumar Abhishek, Olympa, Baro, Harinarayan N H (2016), Obtaining the surface PGA from site response analyses based on globally recorded ground motions and matching with the codal values, Natural Hazards, 81 (1), 543-572.

41. Kumar Abhishek, Harinarayan N H, Olympa Baro (2015), High Amplification factor for Low Amplitude Ground Motion: Assessment for Delhi, Disaster Advances, 8 (12), 1-11.

42. Olympa, Baro, Kumar Abhishek (2015), A review on the tectonic setting and the seismic activity of the Shillong plateau in the light of past studies, Disaster Advances, 8 (7), 34-45.

43. Anbazhagan P., Smitha C V and Kumar Abhishek (2014), Representative Seismic Hazard Map of Coimbatore, India, Engineering Geology, 171, 81-95.

44. Anbazhagan P., Kumar Abhishek and Sitharam, T. G. (2013), Ground Motion Predictive Equation Based on recorded and Simulated Ground Motion Database, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 53, 92-108.

45. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam, T. G. (2013), Seismic Hazard Analysis of Lucknow considering Seismic gaps. Natural Hazards, 69, 327-350.

46. Anbazhagan, P., Kumar Abhishek and Sitharam, T.G., (2013), Seismic Site Classification and Empirical Correlation between Standard Penetration Test N value and Shear wave velocity for Deep Soil Sites in Indo-Gangetic Basin, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 170 (3), 299-318.

47. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan, P. and Sitharam, T. G., (2013) Liquefaction Hazard Mapping of Lucknow- A Part Of Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB), International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 4(1), pp 17-41.

48. Anbazhagan, P., Smitha, C. V., Kumar Abhishek and Chandran Deepu, (2013), Estimation of design basis earthquakes using specific Mmax for NPP site at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 259, pp 41-64.

49. Kumar Abhishek, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2012), Site Specific Ground Response Study of Deep Indo-Gangetic Basin Using Representative Regional Ground Motions, Proceedings Geo-Congress2012, Oakland, California, (ASCE special Publication)

Book Chapters

1. Niranjan Borah, Joy Kumar Mondal, Kumar Abhishek (2021), Determination of site-specific response spectra for Site Class D and E for Guwahati city, NE India region, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering.

2. Arunsiva R, Kumar Abhishek (2021), Impact of low frequency ground motions on local site effect of Guwahati, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering.

3. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2021). Studying and comparing the declustered EQ catalogue obtained from different methods for Guwahati region NE India. In Geohazards (pp. 577-590). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6233-4_41.

4. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), Stability analysis of Tailing Dam using Finite Element approach and conventional limit equilibirium approach, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Stability of slopes and underground excavations, 91-103.

5. Kumar Abhishek (2021), Importance of Site-Specific Observations at Various Stages of Seismic Microzonation Practices, Invited paper, Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, page no. 489-497, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-1468-2.

6. Harinarayan N.H., Kumar Abhishek (2021) Site Classification of Strong Motion Stations of Uttarakhand, India, Based on Standard Spectral Ratio, and Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio Methods. In: Latha Gali M., Raghuveer Rao P. (eds) Geohazards. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 86. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6233-4_35

7. Kumar A., Baro O. (2019), Indirect Estimation of Local Soil Response in Light of Past as well as Recent Earthquakes in the Shillong Plateau. In: Adimoolam B., Banerjee S. (eds) Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 15. Springer, Singapore

Conference Publications

1. Chaudhury, H., Kumar, A., and Bharti, R., (2022). Detection of Liquefaction Phenomenon from the 2017 Tripura Earthquake Using Remote Sensing Data, IGRASS.
2. Chaudhury, H., Kumar, A., and Bharti, R., (2022). Detection of Liquefaction Phenomenon from the 2015 Nuweiba Earthquake using Remote Sensing Data, 17^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering.
3. Niranjan Borah, Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2022), Seismic Hazard Analysis Considering the Effect of the Shape, Size and EQ Distribution of Seismic Sources for Different Locations in Sikkim, NE India.17SEE, IIT Roorkee.
4. Abhishek Kamisetty, Indu Siva Ranjani Gandhi, Abhishek Kumar (2022), Exploring the suitability of using Foam concrete as pore pressure dissipation measure for slope Stability: A state of art review, International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures 2021, NIT Calicut, Materials Today: Proceedings 65 (2022) 1399–1403.

5. Niranjan Borah, Joy K. Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Determination of site-specific response spectra for Site Class D and E for Guwahati city, NE India region, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

6. Arunsiva R, Abhishek Kumar (2021), Impact of low frequency ground motions on local site effect, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

7. Vineet Gamajer, Abhishek Kumar (2021), A comprehensive review on rainfall induced slope failures: Mechanism, models and influencing factors, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

8. Hrik Chaudhary, Abhishek Kumar, Rishikesh Bharti (2021), A review on the evaluation of soil liquefaction potential using geospatial technology, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

9. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar, (2021), Assessing if foreshocks and aftershocks are dependent events of the mainshock for North-East India, Proceedings of 17 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

10. Mondal, J.K., Harinarayan, N. H., Kumar Abhishek, (2021) “Correlation between soil amplification and recorded ground motions for typical locations in Uttarakhand”. Proceedings of 17WCEE, Japan.

11. Abhishek Kumar, T G Sitharam, Prem S Kumar, (2021), Site-specific empirical correlation between PHA and MMI values for Chamoli, India for the selection of GMPEs, Proceedings of 17 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

12. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), Effect of embankment raising rate and beach widths on the stability of embankment for the Tailing Pond, Proceedings of the Eighth Idian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Paper No. 130.

13. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), Stability investigation of embankment of a tailing pond with varying embankment raising rate, Proceedings of Taling and Mine Waste Conference, 2021.

14. Surender Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Sitharam T. G. (2021), A comparative study on the stability analysis of embankment of a Tailing Pond under Trasient and steady-state seepage condition, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, MIT Tiruchirapalli.

15. Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Baro Olympa, Abhishek Kumar (2020), Deterministic versus probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the Shillong Plateau, Invited Abstract to EGU General Assembly 2020.

16. Abhishek Kumar, Prem Kumar, T G Sitharam (2020), Potential applications of InSAR for continuous and systematic monitoring of the Ridgecrest seismic activity, Abstract accepted, 36 International Geological Congress, New Delhi, India.

17. Harinarayan NH, Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Establishing seismic site class for 4 recording stations in Uttarakhand based on Generalized Inversion and 1-D Equivalent linear site specific response analysis, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, NIT Surat.

18. Olympa Baro and Abhishek Kumar (2019), A Review on the Seismic Vulnerability of Oil and Gas Pipelines in Guwahati City, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, NIT Surat.

19. Suman Haldar, Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Empirical correlations for strain dependent linear 1D ground response analysis for Guwahati, India based on detailed analyses, Proceedings of 7th International Conference of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (7ICEGE), 17-20 June, 2019, Roma, Italy.

20. Abhishek Kumar (2019), Importance of local soil from seismic aspect, Invited Talk at Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

21. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Finding liquefaction features by using satellite data for North-East India region, Proceedings of Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

22. Sujata Das, Abhishek Kumar (2019), Numerical modeling of a typical excavation in Guwahati considering on in-situ field data in Plaxis 2D, Proceedings of Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, NIT Allahabad.

23. Harinarayan NH, Abhishek Kumar (2018), Site Classification of strong motion stations of Uttarakhand, India, based on Standard Spectral Ratio and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio methods, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, IISc Bangalore.

24. Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar (2018), Studying and comparing the declustered EQ catalogue obtained from different methods for Guwahati region NE India, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, IISc Bangalore.

25. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar (2017), Estimation of probable financial loss occur due to future earthquakes in the Shillong Plateau, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

26. Harinarayan NH, Abhishek Kumar (2017), Site Classification of the Strong Motion Stations of Uttarakhand, India, based on Generalized Inversion and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio Methods, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

27. Abhishek Kumar, Harinarayan NH, Olympa Baro, (2017), Effects of earthquake motion and overburden thickness on strain behavior of clay and sandy soils, Proceedings of 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 9-13 January, Santiago, Chile.

28. Abhishek Kumar, Olympa Baro, (2016), In-direct estimation of local soil response in the light of past as well as recent earthquakes in the Shillong plateau, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 15-17 December, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

29. Abhishek Kumar, Ankit Meena (2016), Characterization of Earthquake induced road damages in and around Indian subcontinent, Extended abstract, International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, September 23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India.

30. Soham Banerjee, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), Attenuation of P and S waves for Chamba region, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

31. Olympa Baro, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), An insight into the Shillong plateau seismicity: A review, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

32. Joy Kumar Mondal, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), Impact of frequency content of input motion upon local soil effect, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, 17-19 December, COEP Pune, Maharashtra, India.

33. Olympa Baro, Ashok Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, (2015), A new approach towards earthquake early warning in India, Proceedings of 6th International Geotechnical Symposium, 21-23 January, 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

34. Abhishek Kumar (2015), Site response analyses of shallow basins based on global records and data filtering to arrive at the Codal recommendations, Invited Talk, UKIERI Workshop on Seismic Requalification of Pile Supported Structures (SRPSS), 7-9 January 2015, Guwahati.

35. Abhishek Kumar, Kumaran M and Vetriselvan, A. V., (2014), Site specific response based on global data, liquefaction potential assessment and determination of target values for ground improvement for shallow region in India, 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, 11-13 December, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

36. Abhishek Kumar, Kumaran M and Vetriselvan, A. V., (2014), Global data based site response analysis and output filtering for liquefaction assessment of shallow regions in India T02P17, Indian Geotechnical Conference, 18-20 December, JNTU Kakinada, AP, India.

37. Abhishek Kumar, Olympa Baro, Narayan, L. M., (2014), Estimation of surface PGA and determination of target value for no liquefaction at Guwahati city, Proceedings of Geo-Innovations, October 30-31, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

38. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan, P., (2014), Seismic Micro-zonation, Building Safety and Design Considerations Incorporating the same in L & T GeoStructures, Invited Lecture at Administrative Training Institute, Mysore, India.

39. Sitharam, T.G., Abhishek Kumar and Anbazhagan, P., (2013), Comprehensive Seismic Microzonation of Lucknow city With detailed Geotechnical and Deep Site Response Studies, Invited Keynote lecture during Indian Geotechnical Conference organized by IIT Roorkee, India.

40. Anbazhagan P, Sreenivas M, Abhishek Kumar and Sindhura R.,(2013), Suitable Seismic Hazard Map for Geotechnical Seismic Microzonation, Proceedings of International conference of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,Paper ID 186, Instanbul.

41. Anbazhagan P., Abhishek Kumar (2012), Indian Seismic Zonation Map – Past, Present and Future, Proceedings of CESAR-II-October 2012,Guest Lecture Extended Abstract.

42. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2012), Site Specific Ground Response Study of Deep Indo-Gangetic Basin Using Representative Regional Ground Motions, Proceedings Geo-Congress2012, Oakland, California, (ASCE special Publication).

43. Abhishek Kumar, Anbazhagan P., Sitharam, T.G. (2011), Evaluation of site classification for soils in Lucknow urban centre And Correlation between SPT-N value and Vs, AES-2011, Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Paper ID S9_C6.

44. Anbazhagan, P., Abhishek Kumar and T. G. Sitharam (2011), Amplification factor from intensity map and site response analysis for the soil sites during 1999 Chamoli earthquake, 311-316, CD Proceeding of Third Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, New Delhi, India.

45. Abhishek Kumar , Anbazhagan P., and Sitharam, T. G. (2010), Shear Wave Velocity Profiling for Lucknow Urban centre using Seismic Refraction Survey‘ Paper No. 232, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IIT Bombay, India.