Dr. Sougata Mukherjee
BSB 115, Building Sciences Block
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, TN, 600036, India
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, TN, 600036, India
Email ID :sougatam@iitm.ac.in
+91 44 2257 4335
Alternative Email ID :sougatam@civil.iitm.ac.in
Dr. Sougata Mukherjee completed his M.Tech (Research) and PhD from IISc Bangalore. His doctoral research focused on the application of reinforced anchors for transmission tower foundations, aiming to enhance stability of the tower under uplift and lateral forces. Additionally, his research interests include the application of probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering. Following his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at IIT Bombay, where he investigated the stability of reinforced earth (RE) walls subjected to pseudostatic seismic loads through centrifuge experiments and numerical modelling.
Motivated students may contact for PhD and Postdoctoral research.
Motivated students may contact for PhD and Postdoctoral research.
Earned Degrees
M.Tech (res.) & Ph.D.,
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka, India,
BE in Civil Engineering,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,
Research Areas
| Geosynthetics |
| Physical and Numerical Modelling |
| Risk and Reliability in Geotechnics |
| Foundations |
| RE Walls |
| Centrifuge Modelling |
Professional Experiences
| August 2025 – present | : | Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| October 2024 – August 2025 | : | Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| July 2024 – September 2024 | : | Research Associate, IISc Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |