Dr. G. R. Dodagoudar
BSB - 112, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600036
Email ID :goudar@iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4280
Alternative Email ID :goudar@civil.iitm.ac.in
Dr. G. R. Dodagoudar is a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai since 2002. He obtained M.Tech. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai in 1995 and Doctoral degree also from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering in 2001. He has one year of experience in the industry and eighteen years of experience in Research and Teaching. He has guided 17 Ph.D. Students, 7 M.S students and 20 M.Tech students so far and is presently guiding 9 Ph.D. students and one M.S student. He has published 59 papers in international journals and 42 papers in national journals and has presented more than 120 papers in proceedings of conferences. He has written one 'book' and two monographs. He is very active in continuing education programs, and delivers lectures and motivating talks to students, academicians, and working professionals across the country.
Earned Degrees
Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, 2001
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Main Gate Rd, IIT Area, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, Phone: 022 2572 2545
M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering, 1995
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Main Gate Rd, IIT Area, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, Phone: 022 2572 2545
Research Areas
 Geotechnical earthquake engineering |
 Seismic-soil structure interaction |
 Analysis of rain-induced slope instability |
 Seismic microzonation of urban centres |
 Contaminant transport modelling |
 Stochastic soil dynamics |
 Analysis and design of piled-raft foundation systems |
 Performance-based earthquake geotechnics |
 Computational geomechanics |
 Seismic reliability analysis |
 Landslide hazard and risk analysis |
 Fuzzy logic in geotechnics |
 Nonlinear finite element analysis |
Professional Experiences
2014 – Present | : | Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036 |