Arghya Das

Dr. Arghya Das is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), where he has been serving since 2014. He previously held the position of Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur from July 2014 to November 2020 before being promoted to Associate Professor in December 2020. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he completed his Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Northwestern University, USA, and served as a Research Associate at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Dr. Das earned his educational qualifications from prestigious institutions: PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia (2013), M.Tech from IIT Bombay, India (2009), and B.E. from Jadavpur University, India (2006).

His research focuses on advanced aspects of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, with particular emphasis on constitutive modeling of geomaterials, micromechanics of granular materials, and flow through porous media. His work integrates numerical and physical modeling approaches to address complex geotechnical challenges including bifurcation and instability analysis in geomaterials. Dr. Das teaches several advanced courses including Constitutive Modeling of Frictional Materials, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Mechanics, Computational Methods in Engineering, and Soil Mechanics.

Dr. Das's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on discrete element modeling (DEM) applications in geomechanics, particle crushing behavior, and constitutive modeling of soils. His recent work (2020-2022) has particularly emphasized unsaturated soil mechanics, chemomechanical effects on granular materials, and advanced computational approaches to soil behavior. These publications appear in high-impact journals such as Acta Geotechnica, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, and International Journal of Geomechanics.

• PK Kelkar Fellowship - IIT Kanpur (2022-2025)
• FEIT University of Melbourne Visiting Researcher Fellowship (2022-2023)
• YGE Award for Best Paper on Computational Geomechanics, Indian Geotechnical Society (2018)
• SERB - Early Career Research Award (2016-2019)

Dr. Das has successfully secured multiple research grants including projects funded by ONGC, CSIR, and SERB focusing on micro-poro-mechanical modeling, experimental assessment of Indian crushable sands, and permeability evolution in deep-reservoir rocks. He serves as a corresponding member of the International Technical Committee TC-105 on 'Geo-Mechanics from Micro to Macro' of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and is a member of the Indian Geotechnical Society.