Sudip Basack, Ph.D., F.ASCE, an international engineering educator and researcher at various universities and institutions in India and overseas, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Basack has more than 22 years of experience, including at Bengal Engineering and Science University (currently Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur), Kaziranga University, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, and University of Wollongong, and has also headed engineering institutions. He is a renowned expert in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. After his education, he was elected as fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Indian Geotechnical Society. To date he has published more than 150 technical papers in reputable journals and conferences, including ASCE journals.
He is the recipient of several academic and research awards at national and international levels, including a patent grant. Basack has supervised more than 12 research students at postgraduate levels and successfully implemented several sponsored university research projects. Several industrial consignments have been completed with his active participation on engineering consultancy assignments. He has successfully organized several conferences and seminars at national and international levels as patron or chairman. He has undertaken academic visits in many countries, among them the United States, UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and China. The Imperial College London; Oxford University; University of Stuttgart; University of Technology, Sydney; and National University of Singapore are some of the leading institutions where he undertook short-term study visits.
Basack, with a total citation of more than 2300 and an H-index of 29 (source: Google Scholar), has active research collaboration with numerous researchers in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, China, etc. Recently, his name has been included in top 2% scientist list of Stanford University consecutively in the years of 2024 and 2025. His current research area and interests include pile foundation, soft ground improvement, surface water and groundwater hydraulics and hydrology, construction management, solid mechanics, renewable energy, etc. Developing multipurpose laboratory test apparatus for investigating cyclically loaded piles, design and construction of instrumented field trial at coastal soft clay site, and installation of rooftop wind turbine are some of the major research projects he has successfully implemented.
Basack completed a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Bengal Engineering College, University of Calcutta in 1994, and master’s degree in civil engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 1996. He then commenced a research career funded by the All-India Council for Technical Education and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, and was awarded a doctoral degree in geotechnical engineering by Jadavpur University in 2000. In 2010 he completed postdoctoral research study funded by the Australian Government at the renowned Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, University of Wollongong.
