Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo serves as the professor, Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi. He is currently serving as the Associate Dean (Infrastructure) and Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo completed graduation in civil engineering from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang in 2001 and subsequently went to earn his M.Tech. and PhD degrees from Indian Institute of Technology in 2003 and 2008 respectively. He joined The University of Texas at Arlington as a postdoctoral researcher and became Assistant Professor at IIT Bhubaneswar. Prof. Sahoo's research interests encompass Performance-based earthquake design, Hybrid simulation and testing, Seismic fragility assessment, Finite element modelling, Passive vibration control, Fiber-reinforced concrete, High-strength materials, Steel-concrete composite structures, Seismic strengthening techniques, and Structural fire engineering.
He was appointed as an Expert member of the Light House Projects under the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, National Consultation on Technical Specifications for Prefab Hospital Structures by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Committee for Action Plan for making buildings in Delhi Seismically Compliant by Govt. of NCT of Delhi. He is an author of a textbook titled Indeterminate Structural Analysis published by PHI, India. He has published more than 250 research articles in the area of earthquake and structural fire engineering and filed five patents on earthquake vibration control devices.
He is a recipient of INAE Young Engineer Award, IEI Young Engineer Award, SERB Young Scientist Award and BRNS Young Scientist Research Award. He has also received Erasmus+ Fellowship, Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship (IIT Delhi) and Outstanding Employee Certification Award (University of Texas at Arlington, USA). He has served as a Guest Editor of the Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ) and Associate Editor of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal. He is serving as an Editorial board member of several journals including International Journal of Steel Structures (IJOSS). He has also served as a member of the Advisory/ Scientific Committee of several international and national conferences.
