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Prof. Dipendu Bhunia

Professor & Head of Department, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Concrete Technology, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Performance Based Seismic Design, Sustainable Construction Materials
Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

PROJECT

External:

  • Received and completed research & consultancy project entitled "Design Optimization of Composite Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Pressure Vessel”, Siemens Energy IN Ltd, Vadodara, PIs: Prof Subhasis Pradhan, Prof Rajesh Kumar, Prof Dipendu Bhunia, Prof S N Patel from Civil Engg and Prof Gaurav Watts, Prof Aneesh A. M. from Mechanical Engg, Pilani, Rs 22,89,200/-, March 2025 –February 2026.
  • Completed entitled "Waste Management of Generated Sludge from Indian Steel and Steel Related Plants: A Sustainable Business Model" under Ministry of Steel, Government of India, as Co-Principal Investigator, Prof. Srikanta Routroy as Principal Investigator and Prof. Anupam Singhal as Co-Principal Investigator, Rs. 38,04,600/-, 20.11. 2018 – 31.03.2022.
  • Completed project entitled "Effect of Partial replacement of cement with marble slurry on concrete", DST-SERB, 01.08.2014-31.03.2018, 28.38 lakhs, PI: Dr. Anshuman, Co-PI: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia
  • Completed the project entitled "Investigation of the Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete" received from from DST, New Delhi Rupees 34 Lakhs, as a Principal Investigator and Prof. S.B.Singh (Co-principal Investigator), 30.07.2012 to 28.02.2016.

Internal:

  • Ongoing project entitled "Exploring the Application of an Organic Mechanoluminescent Compound in Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring”, BITS-LaTrobe Collaborative Research Program (ASCRIN), PI from BITS Pilani: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, PI from LaTrobe: Dr. Vipul Patel, 01.08.2025 to till date.
  • Ongoing project entitled "Investigating the potential of using construction and demolition wastes as a raw material for the development of sustainable binder”, BITS-RMIT Collaborative Research Program, PI from BITS Pilani: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, PI from RMIT: Prof. Guomin (Kevin) Zhang, 26.07.2024 to till date.
  • Completed graduate Capstone project entitled "AI-Based Urban Building Risk and Energy Efficiency Assessment System”, CUSP Capstone Programme, New York University USA & BITS Pilani India, PI: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Co-PI: Dr Mukund Lahoti from BITS Pilani & Dr Rishabh Chauhan from NYU, 01.08.2025 – 31.05.2026.
  • Completed undergraduate project entitled "Structural Health Monitoring Based on Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE) active mechanoluminescence Organic Material”, SPARKLE Programme, BITS Pilani, PI: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, 2024 – 2026, Rs 2,00,000/-.
  • Completed the project entitled "Investigation into the Behavior of Coupling Beam" under the category of Research Initiation Grant of Rupees 2 Lakhs received from BITS, Pilani as a Principal Investigator and Prof. S.B.Singh (Co-principal Investigator) on 14.12.2011 to 15.12.2013.

Consultancy:

More than/equal to 10 Lakhs:

  • Completed the project entitled "NDT Test Plot No. 164, Sector 80, Noida" under M/s IPSA Reality, Ghaziabad of Rupees 10 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Dr. S.B.Singh & Dr Manoj Kumar, 28.10.2025 to 09.02.2026.

Less than 10 Lakhs/more than equal to 5 Lakhs:

  • Completed the project entitled "NDT Testing (Building)" under ATS Realty Private Limited, Noida of Rupees 7.07 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Dr. Rajesh Kumar, & Dr. Subhasis Pradhan, 24.04.2025 to 05.08.2025.

Less than 5 Lakhs/more than equal to 1 lakh:

  • Completed the project entitled "NDT Testing (Building)" under M/s Divine Strategic Redressal LLP, Ghaziabad of Rupees 4.015 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, & Dr. Md. Rushdi Ibne Islam, 01.08.2025 to 24.09.2025.
  • Completed the project entitled "Safety Checking Overhead Water Tank" under The Executive Engineer PHED, Jhunjhunu of Rupees 2.36 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Dr. Anshuman & Dr G. Muthukumar, 26.03.2026 to 07.05.2026.
  • Completed the project entitled "Drawing Checking" under Shree Hari Infraprojects Pvt. Jaipur of Rupees 1.40 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Dr. Rajiv Gupta, Dr. Anshuman & Dr Rajesh Kumar, 12.12.2024 to 25.02.2025.

Less than 1 lakh:

  • Completed the project entitled "Safety Checking RCC Over Head Water tank & Material Test" under M/s Rena Watertech Pvt. Ltd., Hansasar of Rupees 0.70 Lakhs, Principal Investigator/Coordinator: HoD (Dr. Dipendu Bhunia), Investigator’s name: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, & Dr. Md. Rushdi Ibne Islam, 19.11.2025 to 09.02.2026.