Director

Contact:

PEC University of Technology

Sector 12 ,Chandigarh,U.T Pin : 160012, India

Email : director[*AT]pec.ac.in

Telephone: +91 172 2746074, 2753051

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Awards:

Director’s Silver Medal at I.I.T. Delhi for being first amongst Civil Engineering Students Graduating in 1977.
Indian Geotechnical Society – ONGC best paper award (1986)
Indian Geotechnical Society – ONGC best paper award (1989)
Indian Getechnical 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 Authored and Edited:

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 90 papers (including 16 in Journals, 25 in International Conferences and 50 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 30 projects