Dr. Sourav Das

Teaching Experience:

• Barak Valley Engineering College, Assam from Aug 2023 to May 2025.
• National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Aizawl from Aug 2021 to Aug 2023.

Industrial Experience:

• Bridge and Roof Co. (India) Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise) from Nov 2010 to June 2012.

Publications:

• Sourav Das & Satyabrata Choudhury. Influence of effective stiffness on the performance of RC frame buildings designed using displacement-based method and evaluation of column effective stiffness using ANN. Engineering Structures, 197 (2019), 109354. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109354.
• Sourav Das & Satyabrata Choudhury. Evaluation of effective stiffness of RC column sections by support vector regression approach. Neural Computing & Applications (2020), 32, 6997–7007. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04190-0.
• S. Das, I. Mansouri, S. Choudhury, A.H. Gandomi, J.W. Hu. A Prediction Model for the Calculation of Effective Stiffness Ratios of Reinforced Concrete Columns. Materials (2021), 14, 1792. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071792.
• S. C. Sapkota, P. Saha, S. Das, L. V. P. Meesaraganda. Prediction of the Compressive Strength of Normal Concrete using Ensemble Machine Learning Approach. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (2024), 25, 583-596.
• S. C. Sapkota, S. Das, P. Saha. Optimized Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Effective Stiffness of Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Column Sections. Structures (2024), 62, 106155.
• P. Saha, S. C. Sapkota, S. Das, N. Kwatra. Prediction of Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete using Ensemble Soft Learning Techniques. Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41939-024-00423-5.
• E. A. Mazumder, S. C. Sapkota, S. Das, P. Saha, P. Samui. A Generalised Interpretable Approach to Predict the Hardened Properties of Self-Compacting Geopolymer Concrete Using Machine Learning Techniques. Computers and Concrete, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2024) 279-296.
• P. Saha, S. C. Sapkota, S. Das. Prediction of Strength and Failure Modes in Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints using Ensemble Machine Learning Techniques. Structural Engineering International (2024), DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2024.2403593.
• M. Adamu, S. C. Sapkota, S. Das, P. Saha, Y. E. Ibrahim. An explainable boosting-based ensemble machine learning model for predicting the properties of date palm fiber reinforced concrete. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 44 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2025.101949.
• A. Ray, G C. Atul, S. C. Sapkota, P. Saha, S. Das, R. Rai, M. Khandelwal. Stability analysis and prediction of Bimslope failures using numerical modelling and hybrid meta‑heuristic models. Natural Hazards (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07164-9.
• A. Saha, SC Sapkota, P Saha, P Debnath, S Hazari, S Das, P Samui. Prediction of bearing capacity of geogrid-reinforced sand over stone columns in soft clay. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Ground Improvement, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgrim.24.00032.

GATE 2013 (AIR 1079)