- Manoj Datta
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Professor Manoj Datta is the present Director of Punjab Engineering College and is only the second director after PEC acquired a Deemed University status. He has held the office of Dean (Alumni & International Programmes) at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2004–2007) and retains his lien as Professor of Civil Engineering at the same institute.[1]
Prof. Datta obtained his B.Tech (Civil Engg.) from IIT Delhi in 1977, with a Director’s Silver Medal for standing first amongst the graduating students. He obtained his Doctorate Degree from the same institute. He has taught at IIT Delhi since 1980.
His areas of specialization include geotechnical engineering, foundation engineering, ground engineering, earth dams, landfill engineering and geoenvironmental engineering.
He has edited three books in the areas of landfills, solid waste management and ash ponds. He has co-authored a text book for undergraduate students titled “Geotechnical Engineering” with Prof. S.K Gulhati.
He has published over 90 papers in journals and conferences.
He has been the Principal Investigator for 5 sponsored projects. Currently he is the India team co-leader for the project “Protection of Environment in Asia” funded by the European Commission in which institutions from Netherlands, Germany and China are also partners.
He has been associated with the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as Ministry of Urban Development in framing of guidelines and design manuals for Municipal Solid Waste landfills and Hazardous Waste landfills.
He has visited Stanford University, Harvard University and MIT in the US, Imperial College, Cambridge University and Cardiff University in UK, Tianjin University in China, IHE and TU Delft in Netherlands and Waterloo and McGill Universities in Canada.
Prof. Datta has received five best-paper awards of the Indian Geotechnical Society. He was also awarded the Indian Geotechnical Society (Delhi Chapter) Leadership Award in July 2008.
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Awards
- Director’s Silver Medal at I.I.T. Delhi for being first amongst Civil Engineering Students Graduating in 1977.[2]
- Indian Geotechnical Society – ONGC best paper award (1986)
- Indian Geotechnical Society – ONGC best paper award (1989)
- Indian Geotechnical Society – AIMIL best paper award (1990)
- Indian Geotechnical Society – ONGC best paper award (1993)
- Indian Geotechnical Society – Prof. Dinesh Mohan best paper award (1996)
- Indian Geotechnical Society (Delhi chapter) - Leadership Award (2008)
Books
- Raju, V.S., Datta, M., Seshadri, V., and Agarwal, V.K. (1996) (Eds.), “Ash Ponds and Ash Disposal Systems”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi,424 pages.
- Datta, M. (1997) (Ed.), “Waste Disposal in Engineered Landfills”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi, 231 pages.
- Datta, M., Parida, B.P., Guha, B.K. and Sreekrishnan, T., (1999) (Eds.), “Industrial Solid Waste Management and Landfilling Practice”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi, 204 pages.
- Gulhati, S.K. and Datta, M (2005), Geotechnical Engineering, Tata Mcgraw Hill, Delhi, 738 pages
Publications
Published over 101 papers (including 21 in Journals, 33 in International Conferences and 47 in National Conferences and Seminars)
Sponsored Research Projects
Project Incharge (Principal Investigator) of 5 sponsored research projects – four national projects funded by ONGC, DST, Ministry of Water Resources, Flyash Mission and one international project funded by European Commission (Asia Link Programme)
Consulting Projects
Involved in over 100 consulting projects ; consultant incharge in over 40 projects
References
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