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	'''Sudhir Kumar Jain''', referred to as '''Sudhir K. Jain''' (born 1959) is the [[Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=New BHU VC 2021\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/iit-gandhinagar-director-sudhir-jain-appointed-banaras-hindu-university-vice-chancellor-7622369/\|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the Founding Director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]].<ref name="b">{{cite news \|title=Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sudhir-jain-gets-third-term-as-iit-gandhinagar-director/articleshow/70839346.cms \|work=The Times of India \|issue=26 August 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Jan 3\|last2=News\|first2=2022 {{!}} Institute\|title=IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain {{!}} IITGN News\|url=https://news.iitgn.ac.in/2022/01/03/iitgn-bids-adieu-to-its-founding-director-prof-sudhir-jain/\|access-date=2022-01-08\|language=en-US}}</ref> He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of Seismic Design Codes, Dynamic of Buildings, and Post Earthquake Studies.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/research_interest.htm \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> Beside these, Prof. Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in Earthquake Engineering focused on developing countries.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Jain \|first1=Sudhir K. \|title=Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities \|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 \|journal=Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering \|publisher=Springer Nature \|pages=1337–1436 \|language=en \|doi=10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 \|date=1 May 2016\|volume=14 \|issue=5 \|s2cid=111742229 }}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="c">{{cite web \|title=Sudhir K. Jain \|url=http://expert.inae.in/index.php/sudhir-k-jain \|website=expert.inae.in \|publisher=INAE}}</ref> He was also elected a member of U.S. [[National Academy of Engineering]] (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/iit-gandhinagar-director-elected-member-of-us-national-academy-of-engineering-101612965198499.html \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=10 February 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>		'''Sudhir Kumar Jain''',referred to as '''Sudhir K. Jain''' (born 1959) is the [[Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=New BHU VC 2021\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/iit-gandhinagar-director-sudhir-jain-appointed-banaras-hindu-university-vice-chancellor-7622369/\|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the Founding Director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]].<ref name="b">{{cite news \|title=Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sudhir-jain-gets-third-term-as-iit-gandhinagar-director/articleshow/70839346.cms \|work=The Times of India \|issue=26 August 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Jan 3\|last2=News\|first2=2022 {{!}} Institute\|title=IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain {{!}} IITGN News\|url=https://news.iitgn.ac.in/2022/01/03/iitgn-bids-adieu-to-its-founding-director-prof-sudhir-jain/\|access-date=2022-01-08\|language=en-US}}</ref> He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of Seismic Design Codes, Dynamic of Buildings, and Post Earthquake Studies.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/research_interest.htm \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> Beside these, Prof. Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in Earthquake Engineering focused on developing countries.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Jain \|first1=Sudhir K. \|title=Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities \|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 \|journal=Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering \|publisher=Springer Nature \|pages=1337–1436 \|language=en \|doi=10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 \|date=1 May 2016\|volume=14 \|issue=5 \|s2cid=111742229 }}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="c">{{cite web \|title=Sudhir K. Jain \|url=http://expert.inae.in/index.php/sudhir-k-jain \|website=expert.inae.in \|publisher=INAE}}</ref> He was also elected a member of U.S. [[National Academy of Engineering]] (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/iit-gandhinagar-director-elected-member-of-us-national-academy-of-engineering-101612965198499.html \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=10 February 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>

	He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web \|title=IAEE: Officers \|url=http://www.iaee.or.jp/organization/officers.html \|website=www.iaee.or.jp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Membership of Professional Societies \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/membership.htm \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> He also served on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] from 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Infosys Prize - Jury 2020\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/jury/jury-2020.asp#Engineering-and-Computer-Science\|access-date=2020-12-09\|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com}}</ref>		He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web \|title=IAEE: Officers \|url=http://www.iaee.or.jp/organization/officers.html \|website=www.iaee.or.jp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Membership of Professional Societies \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/membership.htm \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> He also served on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] from 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Infosys Prize - Jury 2020\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/jury/jury-2020.asp#Engineering-and-Computer-Science\|access-date=2020-12-09\|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com}}</ref>

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{{short description|Vice-chancellor of BHU}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sudhir Kumar Jain
| image = Sudhir K Jain Cropped Padma Shree Award.png
| caption = Prof. Jain(left) receiving [[Padma Shri]] from the [[President of India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}<ref name="c"/>
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Varanasi]], India
| nationality = [[File:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Roorkee]]<br>[[California Institute of Technology]]
| website = {{url|https://sudhirjain.info/|Personal website}}
| known_for = [[Earthquake engineering]] <br> [[Structural engineering]] <br> [[IIT Gandhinagar]]<ref> url=https://iitgn.ac.in/about/founding-director </ref>
| profession = Professor<br>Academic Administrator
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 07 January 2022
| predecessor1 = [[Rakesh Bhatnagar]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Professor]] at [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]]
| term_start2 = 2009<ref name="a">{{cite web |title=Dr. Sudhir K. Jain |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/work_experience.htm |website=www.iitk.ac.in |publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |date=July 2010}}</ref>
| term_end2 = 03 January 2022
| office3 = Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
| term_start3 = 2005<ref name="a"/>
| term_end3 = 2008
| office4 = [[Professor]] at [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
| term_start4 = 1995<ref name="a"/>
| office = Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
| order = 28th
| term_end4 = 2005
| awards =
| honorific_suffix = Padma Shri
}}
'''Sudhir Kumar Jain''', referred to as '''Sudhir K. Jain''' (born 1959) is the [[Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New BHU VC 2021|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/iit-gandhinagar-director-sudhir-jain-appointed-banaras-hindu-university-vice-chancellor-7622369/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the Founding Director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]].<ref name="b">{{cite news |title=Sudhir Jain gets third term as IIT-Gandhinagar director {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sudhir-jain-gets-third-term-as-iit-gandhinagar-director/articleshow/70839346.cms |work=The Times of India |issue=26 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jan 3|last2=News|first2=2022 {{!}} Institute|title=IITGN bids adieu to its founding director Prof Sudhir Jain {{!}} IITGN News|url=https://news.iitgn.ac.in/2022/01/03/iitgn-bids-adieu-to-its-founding-director-prof-sudhir-jain/|access-date=2022-01-08|language=en-US}}</ref> He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of Seismic Design Codes, Dynamic of Buildings, and Post Earthquake Studies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Sudhir K. Jain - Research and Professional Interests |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/research_interest.htm |website=www.iitk.ac.in |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> Beside these, Prof. Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in Earthquake Engineering focused on developing countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jain |first1=Sudhir K. |title=Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 |journal=Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering |publisher=Springer Nature |pages=1337–1436 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2 |date=1 May 2016|volume=14 |issue=5 |s2cid=111742229 }}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="c">{{cite web |title=Sudhir K. Jain |url=http://expert.inae.in/index.php/sudhir-k-jain |website=expert.inae.in |publisher=INAE}}</ref> He was also elected a member of U.S. [[National Academy of Engineering]] (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=IIT Gandhinagar director elected member of US National Academy of Engineering |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/iit-gandhinagar-director-elected-member-of-us-national-academy-of-engineering-101612965198499.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=IAEE: Officers |url=http://www.iaee.or.jp/organization/officers.html |website=www.iaee.or.jp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Membership of Professional Societies |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/membership.htm |website=www.iitk.ac.in |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> He also served on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] from 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Jury 2020|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/jury/jury-2020.asp#Engineering-and-Computer-Science|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com}}</ref>

==Education==
Prof. Jain earned [[Bachelor of Civil Engineering]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]] in 1979, and Masters, and Doctoral degrees from the [[California Institute of Technology]], [[Pasadena]] in 1980 and 1983 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=IIT Gandhinagar {{!}} Sudhir K. Jain |url=https://www.iitgn.ac.in/faculty/civil/fac-skjain |website=www.iitgn.ac.in}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*Thomson Memorial Gold Medal (1979)<ref name="d">{{cite web |title=Awards and Honors - Dr. Sudhir K. Jain |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/skj/honours_awards.htm |website=www.iitk.ac.in |publisher=IIT Kanpur |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref>
*Robert A Millikan Fellowship (1982)<ref name="d"/>
*[[Padma Shri]] for Science & Engineering (08 November 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=IIT Gandhinagar director awarded Padma Shri |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-gandhinagar-director-awarded-padma-shri-1640639-2020-01-27 |accessdate=8 July 2020 |work=India Today |date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==
===Books===
*Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murty|first1=C. V. R|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/earthquake-rebuilding-in-gujarat-india-an-eeri-recovery-reconnaissance-report/oclc/74355114|title=Earthquake rebuilding in Gujarat, India: an EERI recovery reconnaissance report|last2=Margorie|first2=Greene|last3=Jain|first3=Sudhir K.|last4=Prasad|first4=N. Purendra|last5=Mehta|first5=Vipul V.|date=2005|publisher=National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|isbn=978-1-932884-05-0|language=English|oclc=74355114}}</ref>
*Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jain|first1=Sudhir K.|title=Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism|last2=Murty|first2=C.V.R|last3=Rai|first3=Durgesh C.|date=2008|publisher=NICEE|isbn=978-8190613019}}</ref>

===Articles===
*Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jain|first1=Sudhir K.|date=4 April 2016|title=Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities|journal=Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering|volume=14|issue=5|pages=1337–1436|doi=10.1007/s10518-016-9870-2|s2cid=111742229}}</ref>
*Simplified seismic analysis of soil–well–pier system for bridges<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mondal|first1=Goutam|last2=Prashant|first2=Amit|last3=Jain|first3=Sudhir K.|date=January 2012|title=Simplified seismic analysis of soil–well–pier system for bridges|journal=Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering|volume=32|issue=1|pages=42–55|doi=10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.08.002}}</ref>
*Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames: A State-of-the-Art Review<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kaushik|first1=Hemant B.|last2=Rai|first2=Durgesh C.|last3=Jain|first3=Sudhir K.|date=27 December 2019|title=Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced ConcreteFrames: A State-of-the-Art Review|journal=Earthquake Spectra|volume=22|issue=4|pages=961–983|doi=10.1193/1.2360907|s2cid=53061406}}</ref>
*Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Singh|first1=Raghvendra|last2=Roy|first2=Debasis|last3=Jain|first3=Sudhir K.|date=August 2005|title=Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake|journal=Engineering Geology|volume=80|issue=3–4|pages=282–291|doi=10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.002}}</ref>
*Seismic torsional vibration in elevated tanks<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dutta|first1=Sekhar Chandra|last2=Murty|first2=C.V.R.|last3=Jain|first3=Sudhir K.|date=25 June 2000|title=Seismic torsional vibration in elevated tanks|journal=Structural Engineering and Mechanics|volume=9|issue=6|pages=615–636|doi=10.12989/sem.2000.9.6.615}}</ref>

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