Email : mondal.ce@aliah.ac.in

Address : Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aliah University, New Town Campus, IIA/27 New Town, Kolkata-700160, India (Left Block, 1st Floor)

Room No : Faculty room of Civil Engg

Joined : January, 2016

Dr. Abhijit Mondal obtained B.E. from Jadavpur University M. Tech (Civil Engineering/Transportation Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He pursued his Ph. D. (Civil Engineering/Transportation Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Aliah University, Kolkata, having previously served as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College. Abhijit is an associate member of The Institution of Engineers (India) and a member of the Society of Civil Engineers at Jadavpur University. With more than 11 years of experience in the industry and academic research, he has authored many journal and conference publications. His research mainly focuses on sustainable materials, concrete, soil subgrade , and pavement materials. Interested prospective Ph.D. scholars (Full time/part-time) and faculties are requested to communicate through the mail for research collaboration.

Education

1. Ph. D in Civil Engineering |Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|

2. Master of Technology in Civil Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology; Guwahati|

3. Bachelor of Engineering |Jadavpur University; Kolkata|

Teaching Experience

1. Aliah University (January, 2016-to present)

Transportation engineering-I, Transportation Engineering-II, Pavement Design, Geotechnics in highway engineering, Cost management of engineering projects, Estimation, costing and valuation, Construction Material ,Technology and services, Construction management, Transportation Engineering Laboratory.

2. Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College (September 2014-  January 2016)

Highway and Transportation Engineering, Advance Transportation Engineering-II, Concrete technology, Transportation Engineering Lab, Concrete technology, Surveying.

3. Rajiv Gandhi University Knowledge of Technologies-AP, Nuzvid Campus (July 2012 –September 2014)

Soil mechanics, Surveying, Foundation Engineering, Transportation Engineering Lab.

Industrial Experience

Graduate Engineer Trainee, Shapoorji Pallonji &Co. Ltd (Chennai Region), October 2009-June2010.

Field of Specialization

Transportation Engineering/Civil Engineering

Courses Taught/Teaching

Transportation engineering-I, Transportation Engineering-II, Pavement Design, Geotechnics in highway engineering, Cost management of engineering projects, Estimation, costing and valuation, Construction Material ,Technology and services, Construction management, Transportation Engineering Laboratory.

Highway and Transportation Engineering, Advance Transportation Engineering-II, Concrete technology, Transportation Engineering Lab, Concrete technology, Surveying.

Soil mechanics, Surveying, Foundation Engineering, Transportation Engineering Lab.

Research Area

Recycled Pavement material, Mix design of asphalt mix and sustainable material in Pavement, Concrete technology, Soil sugrade

Experience

• Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Aliah University (Under State Govt. of West Bengal), Kolkata January 2016- till date.
• Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College (Under State Govt. of West Bengal), September 2014- January 2016.
• Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Nuzvid Campus, Rajiv Gandhi University Knowledge of Technologies-AP (Under State Govt. of Andhra Pradesh), July 2012 – September 2014.
• Graduate Engineer Trainee, Shapoorji Pallonji &Co. Ltd (Chennai Region), October 2009-June2010.

Conference Papers Published

1. Abhijit Mondal, G.D. Ransinchung R.N., “Moving towards balanced mix design for cold recycled bituminous mixes: A review” Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020) March 2-4, 2020.

2. Abhijit Mondal, G.D. Ransinchung R.N., “Cold Recycling Technology for Sustainable Road Construction: A Review”, International Conference on " Environmental Degradation: Key Challenge to Sustainable Development" - 22-24 November, 2019, The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad - 500 004

3.  Abhijit Mondal, Mohsin Jamal and Rejoan Hossain Mondal “Warm mix asphalt technology: An energy saving technique in road construction industry” Proceedings on National Conference on advancement in Civil Engineering practice and research, ISBN No. 9789386724687, HIT, Halidia-W.B. 2018 pp 3-5. (Awarded best paper)

4. Kamrul Alam, Abhijit Mondal, Amit Shiuly, “Prediction of CBR Value of Fine-grained Soil of West Bengal region by Linear regression analysis” International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Develeopment Jointly organized by Jadavpur University and The Institution of Engineers, India February 14-15, 2020

Journal Papers Published

1. Mondal, A., Ransinchung R. N., G.D. & Marik, S. Investigation on Ageing Susceptibility of Asphalt Mix Containing Industrial By-Products and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-023-01262-z (SCI/Scopus/UGC care list)  (First and Corresponding author) 

2.       Jamal, M., Mondal, A., Adil, R., Khatun. S., & Tandel, Y. The Intermediate River Bank Protection Technique in Critical Geo-Fluvial Conditions Using Jute Rope Grid, Indian Geotechnical Journal (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00851-z (ESCI/Scopus/ UGC care list) (Corresponding author)                                              

3. Mondal, A., Ransinchung, R.N.G.D. & Choudhary, J. (2023) Sustainable recycling of industrial waste fillers and reclaimed asphalt pavement to produce environmentally feasible warm mix asphalt. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 8, 34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-01006-4 (ESCI/Scopus/ UGC care list) (First author) 

4. Mondal, A., & Ransinchung, G. D. (2022) Evaluating the engineering properties of asphalt mixtures containing RAP aggregates incorporating different wastes as fillers and their effects on the ageing susceptibility. Cleaner Waste Systems, 3, 100037.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100037  (Scopus/ UGC care list) (First and Corresponding author) 

5. Mondal, A., Islam, S.S. & Ransinchung R.N., G.D. (2022) Synergistic Effect of Hydrated Lime and Warm Mix Asphalt Additive on Properties of Recycled Asphalt Mixture Subjected to Laboratory Ageing. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-022-00173-y (ESCI/Scopus/ UGC care list) (First author) 

6. Alam, S. K., Mondal, A., & Shiuly, A. (2020). Prediction of CBR value of fine grained soils of Bengal Basin by genetic expression programming, artificial neural network and krigging method. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 95(2), 190-196. pp.190-196. DOI: 10.1007/s12594-020-1409-0 (SCI/Scopus/ UGC care list) (Second author) 

7. Choudhary, R., Mondal, A., & Kaulgud, H. S. (2012). Use of cold mixes for rural road construction. In International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Technology for Rural Area (EFITRA); Proceedings Published in International Journal of Computer Applications®(IJCA) (pp. 20-24).

(ISBN: 973-93-80867-25-2) (https://www.ijcaonline.org/proceedings/efitra/number3) (Corresponding author)

8. Mondal, A., & Ransinchung, G. D., (2020) Moving towards balanced mix design for recycled bituminous mixes: A review, Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020) Kolkata, Conference proceedings technical volume (ISBN: 978-81-954551-0-2), pp 1697-1708. (First author)

9.  Habib, A., Jamal, M., Mondal, A. (2018) An experimental study on CBR of soil reinforced with plastic waste, International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, Vol. 6, Special Issue 2, 2018. ISSN: 2454-2415, DOI 11.25835/IJIK-228 www.doie.org (Third author)

Awards

1. Received Quality Improvement Programme research fellowship from All India Council for Technical Education, Govt. Of India.

2. Received Best Paper Award in National Conference on advancement in Civil Engineering practice and research, Haldia Institute of Technology, Halidia-W.B. 2018.

3. Recipient of M.H.R.D. M.Tech scholarship for two years (2010-2012).

MASTER Thesis Guidance

List of M. Tech. Thesis (acted as Supervisor/co-supervisor): 

List of M. Tech. Thesis (acted as External examiner): 

InviteLectures

1. “Green Approach to rural road construction” on 17 th July, 2015 at North Bengal Local centre, The Institution of Engineers (India).
2. “Modern trends in Civil Engineering” on 26^th August, 2017, Society of Civil Engineers, Jadavpur University.
3. ‘Three Days Refresher Course’ from 17th-19th April, 2018 organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Siliguri Institute of Technology, West Bengal.
4. Keynote Address on 'Higher Studies and Opportunities After Undergraduate Engineering' on 26, August 2023 organized by the NDLI Club, Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Membership Of Learned Societies

1. Associate Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) (AM1560460)

2. Member of Society of Civil Engineers, Jadavpur University.

3. Indian Road Congress, New Delhi, India (SM-37560)

Orientation/Refresher/QIP CourseAttended/Organized

1. Attended UGC Sponsored Refresher course “Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies” 2^nd January to 21 st January, 2017 organized by Dept of Architecture, Jadavpur University.

2. “Innovative Technologies in Transportation Engineering (ITTE 2015)” 23 rd February-27 th Februray, 2015 organised by Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

3. Participated in a two week ISTE STTP on “Introduction to Structural Engineering” 30 th November, 2015 to 9 th January, 2016 conducted by IIT Kharagpur.

4. Participated in a faculty orientation programme on “Institutional Improvement” 01-04-2015 to 10-04-2015 organized by National Institute of Technical Teacher’s Training and Research, Kolkata.

5. Attended 7 day faculty development programme on “Research Methodology” 12^th July to 20^th July 2016 organised by Aliah University.

6. Attended UGC Sponsored Refresher course “Recent advances in Civil Engineering” 2^nd January to 24^th January, 2018 organized by Dept of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University.

7. Attended UGC Sponsored Orientation course “Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies” 28^th July to 17th August, 2020 organized by Human Resources Development Centre, Mizoram University.

8. Attended MHRD sponsored one-week GIAN course on “Road safety first: Effective approaches, practices to attain vision zero” September 30 – October 04, 2019 organized by Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee.

Consultancy work / Testing

1. Pavement material testing for PWD Jalpaiguri Subdivision.
2. Bituminous mix design for Siliguri Highway Sub-Division.
3. Quality checking of constructed road under Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Development Authority
4. Aggregate and bitumen quality checking  under Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Development Authority
5. Road material testing for Mal Panchayat Samity, P.O Mal, Dt. Jalpaiguri
6. Road material testing for North Bengal Development Department, Hill Cart Road Siligur
7. Material testing for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., Alipurduar

Other Notable Activities

1. Hostel Superintendent of Ladies Hostel of Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College (July 2015-December 2015).

2. Member of a committee constituted to assess constructional defects and repair work of Aliah University, office order memo no. AU/REG/0826/18 dated 14-08-2018.

3. Member for a committee of e-corner/e-lounges & ATM centres of Aliah University, office order memo No. AU/REG/0467/17 dated 17-05-2018.

4. Member for a purchase committee for dept. of Civil Engineering of Aliah University, office order memo No. AU/REG/0530/18 dated 29-05-2018.

5. Member of a canteen committee of Aliah University, office order memo no. AU/REG/41/16-17 dated 09-01-2017.

6. Member of a anti-ragging committee of Aliah University, office order memo no. AU/REG/0341/22 dated 13-07-2022.

7. Member of a common engineering curriculum committee of Aliah University, office order memo no. AU/REG/0011/22 dated 10-01-2022.

8. Member of a NDLI club of Aliah University, office order memo no. AU/REG/0626/21 dated 01-10-2021.