Rating of Engineering Colleges in Kerala 2009
Brief Resume of Prof A.Sridharan
Prof. A Sridharan has a distinguished career at the Indian Institute of Science for more than four decades, contributing significantly in all the areas of activity viz., research, teaching, consultancy and administration. Presently he is the Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. He took his BE in Civil Engineering from SV University in 1959 , ME from IISc in 1960 and PhD from Purdue in 1968 and DSc from IISc in 1997.
Prof Sridharan is one of the most distinguished civil engineers of the country with specialisation in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the top three academies (FASc, FNA & FNAE) and also Honorary Fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society for which he was also the President (1996-1998).
As part of his research activity, his contributions to the fundamental understanding of the engineering behavior of clays have been well acknowledged internationally. He has published 350 papers out of which 160 are in reputed international journals. He has guided 34 candidates for their PhDs and a number of them for their MSc(Engg) and ME degrees. Prof Sridharan has presented several invited and key note lectures in International Conferences and seminars. He has handled a number of sponsored projects including a major project on Characterisation of Fly Ash from DST-TIFAC.
Prof Sridharan has been an active consultant in his specialisation having handled more than 240 projects including projects abroad (The Indian Consulting Civil Engineering Association has honoured him with ACCE Gourav Award as best Consultant in 2002).
Prof Sridharan has been bestowed (recipient) with a number of important awards of the country which a Civil Engineer can expect. In view of his significant contributions to research and Technical education Purdue University, Indiana, USA, presented him the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus award in 1995. The Indian Institute of Science has conferred on him the Distinguished Alumni award in 2002.The numerous awards he recived include P C Mahalanobis award 2006, S R Mehra Memorial Award, IGS - Kuckalmann Award 1994, The Homi J. Bhabha Award 1993,Diamond Jubilee award 1993,Khusla National award 1990 to name a few.
At the Indian Institute of Science apart from his contributions to research, teaching and consultancy, Prof Sridharan has substantially contributed to the administration of the Institute, as Chairman of Civil Engineering Department (1984-1987), as Chairman of Division of Mechanical Sciences (1987-1994), as Deputy Director (1994-1997) and as Advisor (1997-2000).
Prof Sridharan has been very active as a member of a number of State and Central Government Technical Committees including the Hon. Chairman of the South Western Region of AICTE.