Brief  Profile : Prof. Manoj Datta

• Dr. Manoj Datta is currently Director of Punjab Engineering College (Deemed University), Chandigarh. 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.
• 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.