Dr. Ritwik Chakraborty.

H.O.D. , Civil Engineering Department
Subjects specialization : Geo-Environmental Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Structures, Geotechnical Engineering, Field Survey Practice-I, Application of CAD in Civil Engineering-I, Design of R.C.C.Structures, Construction and Disaster Management, Rural Engineering.
Email Id : chakrarit@gmail.com / ritwik.c@rediffmail.com
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Qualification : Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from B.E.S.U. , Shibpur
Industrial Experience : 2 years
CAB Engineers Private Limited, S.G. Construction Private Limited and Mackintosh Burn Limited.
Teaching Experience : 30 years
Raiganj Polytechnic, Women’s Polytechnic, Kolkata, A. P. C. Roy Polytechnic, Malda Polytechnic and Ramakrishna Mission Shilpapitha.
Part-time Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technolog (IIEST), Shibpur on the subjects of ‘Advanced Soil Mechanics’ and ‘Environmental Geotehnology’ in Postgraduate Programme.
Special Certification :
(a) Training on ‘Entrepreneurship Development Programme’at STEP, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur;
(b) Training on ‘Solar Electric Conversion Systems’at Institute of Engineering & Rural Technology, Allahabad;
(c )Training on ‘Auto CAD with Autolisp’at CAD Centre, Jadavpur University;
(d) ‘Diploma in Rural Development’under Indira Gandhi National Open University.
(e) ‘Master of Business Administration (HRM)’ under Indira Gandhi National Open University.
(f) Short-term Trainings on ‘Different topics of civil engineering, computer applications and management’ at N.I.T.T.T.R., Kolkata;
(g) TEQUIP Trainings on ‘Different areas of computer applications’ at RCC, IIT, Beliaghata, Kolkata.
Seminars/Workshops attended /organised:
(i) Seminars, Exhibitions, wok-shops at Polytechnic campuses and different Extension Centers  related to Community Polytechnic Scheme in the capacity of Project Officer /Project Engineer;
(ii) Seminars, Exhibitions, work-shops  at R. K. M. Shilpapitha related to Civil Engineering subjects for the development of students in the capacity of Head  of the Civil Engineering Department.
Publication of Papers :
International Journal Paper:
  1. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2011). “Finite difference method for computation of 1D pollutant migration through saturated homogeneous soil media.” Int. J. Geomech., ASCE, 11(1), 12-22.
  2. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2012). “Analysis of 1D contaminant migration through saturated soil media underlying aquifer using FDM.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Mgmt., ASCE, 16(3), 229-242.
  3. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2013). “Three-dimensional analysis of contaminant migration through saturated homogeneous soil media using FDM.” Int. J. Geomech., ASCE, 13(6), 699-712.
  4. Chakraborty, Ritwik, Ghosh, Ambarish, Ghosh, Sudipta and Mukherjee, Somnath. (2015).“Evaluation of contaminant transport parameters for hexavalent chromium migration through saturated soil media.”Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences, 74(7), 5687–5697.
International Conference Proceedings:
  1. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2010). “Finite difference method for computation of 3-D contaminant migration in soils of finite depth.” Proc., 6th Int. Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6 ICEG)-2010, I.I.T. Delhi, 1609-1614, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi, India.
  2. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2011). “Impact of contaminant migration through fractured porous media on ground water system.” Proc., Int. Conference for WATERCON, Gwahati, India.
  3. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2011). “Decontamination of pollutants from the contaminated site using FDM.”Accepted in Proceedings, 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 14th ARC 2011, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
 National Conference Proceedings:
  1. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2009). “Finite difference method for computation of sodium and chloride migration in porous media.” Proc., Indian Geotechnical Conference 2009, Guntur, India, 268-271, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
  2. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish. (2010). “Computation of sodium and chloride migration through layered soil media using FDM.” Proc., Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010, I.I.T. Bombay, Mumbai, IGS, India, 813-816, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., Delhi, India.
  3. Chakraborty, Ritwik and Ghosh, Ambarish (2011). “Design of earthen barriers using finite difference method.” Proc., Indian Geotechnical Conference 2011, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India, 851-854.
  4. Chakraborty, Ritwik, Chakraborty, Srabanti and Ghosh, Ambarish (2013). “Development of design charts of soil liner using finite difference method.” Proc., Indian Geotechnical Conference-2013, IGS. Roorkee Chapter, I.I.T. Roorkee, CSIR-CBRI. Roorkee, India.
  5. Chakraborty, Ritwik, Chakraborty, Srabanti and Ghosh, Ambarish (2013). “Error minimization in 1D analysis of contaminant migration through soil media using FDM.” Proc., Indian Geotechnical Conference-2013, IGS. Roorkee Chapter, I.I.T. Roorkee, CSIR-CBRI. Roorkee, India.
Awards :
  • Gold Medal for securing highest marks among the candidates in Master of Geotechnical Engineering (Civil) Examination;
  • Silver Medal in NPTEL Examination in the course of ‘Natural Hazards’.