Arpit Jain

Arpit Jain
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD IIT Roorkee 

contact : 06115-233247
ajain01@iitp.ac.in
Research Areas
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Use of geosynthetics, Geocell-based stabilization, High speed railway research in geotechnical structures, Ground Improvement Techniques, Soil dynamics and seismic effects, Problematic stratified soils, Stabilization of expansive soils, Use of waste plastic products in Geotechnical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering

Other Interests
  • Sports, Music, Certified Guitarist

Courses taught at IIT P
  • BTech Courses:

    Soil Mechanics (CE2202)

    Design Studio (CE491)

    Ground Improvement Techniques and Reinforced Earth (CE532)

    Soil Exploration (CE523)

    MTech Courses:

    Advanced Soil Mechanics (CE5105)

    Geotechnical Exploration (CE5104)

    Computational Geomechanics (CE5205)

    Ground Improvement Techniques (CE6210)

Current Sponsored Projects
Sr. No. Title Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Duration Sponsoring Agency Cost Status
1 Development of deep learning AI tools encounter the challenges faced by geophysical investigations in detecting coal mine cavities Dr. Arpit Jain Dr. AK Verma 2 years TEXMIN, IIT ISM Dhanbad 29.91 Lakh Rs Ongoing
Professional Experience
  • Guest Lecturer | BIET Jhansi  July 2017 - July 2018 Post-doctoral research associate | IISc Bangalore           November 2023 – April 2024

Administrative Experience
  • Professor-in-Charge (Technical)

    Faculty Advisor, IGS IIT Patna Students' Chapter) (Dec 2024- till now)

    ACE, Faculty-in-Charge (May 2025- Till Now)

    Departmental Training and Placement Coordinator (Aug 2024- April 2025)

Awards & Honours
  • Received conference grant from the Department of Science and Technology (SERB), Government of India (Under ITS scheme) for Turkey Visit (2022) Given lectures in webinars organized by the IGS-Bhubaneswar chapter and Graphic Era Hill University Times of India, CNBC and Hindustan (leading media Houses) reported my work on waste plastic bottles

Member of Professional bodies
  • Permanent member of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Life Member of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)

Patents
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, " A MICRO AIR PLUVIATOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF RECONSTITUTED SPECIMENS IN TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS", (Patent Published: Indian Patent Application No.202311061533, dated 13/09/2023)
Publications / Journals
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "A study on liquefaction in homogeneous and stratified soils under consolidated undrained cyclic loading: an energy-based approach", in Engineering Geology (IF: 7.4, SCI), 107151, Elsevier 2023
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "Use of polyethylene terephthalate fibres for mitigating the liquefaction-induced failures", in Geotextile and Geomembrane, 51 (1), 245-258 (Q1, IF 5.2,SCI) Elsevier 2022
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, " Liquefaction proneness of stratified sand-silt layers based on cyclic triaxial tests", in Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15 (7), 1826-1845 (Q1, IF 7.3, SCI) Elsevier , 2022
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "Cyclic Behaviour of Stratified Soil under Liquefied States", in Marine Georesource and Geotechnology, 41(7), 721-742 (Q2, IF: 2.605, SCI) Taylor and Francis, 2022
    • Anil Kumar Arpit Jain. J. N. Jha, "Assessment of Swelling and Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil with Addition of WRP", in Geomechanics and Geo Engineering, 17(5), 1618-1633 (Q2, 0.451 SCOPUS) Taylor and Francis, 2021
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "Effect of Specimen Preparation Technique on the Post- Liquefaction Behaviour of Fine Sand Under Cyclic Loading", in Indian Geotechnical Journal, 51, 1026-1037 Springer, (Q2, IF 1.4, SCOPUS)2021
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal, Tshering Cheki, "Liquefaction mitigation measures of fine sand using cement grout under cyclic loading", in ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, 57 (2), 87-101, ISET, 2021(Q4)
    • Arpit Jain, Anil Kumar Choudhary. N. Jha, "Influence of Rice Husk Ash on the Swelling and Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil", in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 38, 2293-2302 Springer, 2020 (Q2, IF:1.9 SCOPUS)
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, " INFLUENCE OF SOIL FABRIC ON DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SAND: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ", in Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction, ISEC 12, CHICAGO, 2023
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "An Energy Dissipation Approach to Investigate the Liquefaction Resistance of Fine Sand Reinforced with Polyethylene Terephthalate Fibers", in Third International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, EGRWSE-2022, Turkey, 370, 11-23, Springer, 2022
    • Satyendra Mittal, Tshering Cheki, Arpit Jain, "Settlement of Saturated Sand Under Horizontal Excitation on Vibration Table for Liquefaction Study", in In book: Soil DynamicsEdition: ISBN: 978-981-334-000-8, 119, 277-288 Springer Singapore, 2021
    • Arpit Jain, Abhijit Chakraborty, Sukanta Das and Satyendra Mittal, "Cyclic Triaxial Test to Measure Strain Dependent Dynamic Properties-A Comprehensive Study", in Indian Geotechnical conference 2019, 138, 707-721, Springer
    • Anil Kumar J. N. Jha, Arpit Jain, Madhumita Mohanty "Influence of Rice Husk Ash On the Swelling and Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil", in Indian Geotechnical conference 2017, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2017
Conferences
    • Jain, A., Mittal, S., Shukla, S.K. (2025). Mitigation of Post-liquefaction-Induced Failures Using Polyethylene Terephthalate Fibres: A Study Based on Cyclic Triaxial Testing. In: Dixit, M.S., Jaiswal, S.S., Shermale, Y., Satyam, N., Maji, V.B. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2024), Volume 10. IGC 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 706. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7791-7_5
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, " INFLUENCE OF SOIL FABRIC ON DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SAND: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ", in Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction, ISEC 12, CHICAGO, 2023
    • Arpit Jain, Satyendra Mittal and Sanjay Kumar Shukla, "An Energy Dissipation Approach to Investigate the Liquefaction Resistance of Fine Sand Reinforced with Polyethylene Terephthalate Fibers", in Third International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, EGRWSE-2022, Turkey, 370, 11-23, Springer, 2022
    • Satyendra Mittal, Tshering Cheki, Arpit Jain, "Settlement of Saturated Sand Under Horizontal Excitation on Vibration Table for Liquefaction Study", in In book: Soil DynamicsEdition: ISBN: 978-981-334-000-8, 119, 277-288 Springer Singapore, 2021
    • Arpit Jain, Abhijit Chakraborty, Sukanta Das and Satyendra Mittal, "Cyclic Triaxial Test to Measure Strain Dependent Dynamic Properties-A Comprehensive Study", in Indian Geotechnical conference 2019, 138, 707-721, Springer
    • Anil Kumar J. N. Jha, Arpit Jain, Madhumita Mohanty "Influence of Rice Husk Ash On the Swelling and Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil", in Indian Geotechnical conference 2017, Indian Geotechnical Society, 2017
Presentations
  • ISEC, USA (2023) : Presented my work on role of soil fabrics on liquefaction based failures at UIC, Chicago EGRWSE, Turkey (2022) : Presented my work based on liquefaction mitigation using waste plastic bottle fibers

Invited Talks
  • 1. Invited talk by IGS Bhubaneshwar Chapter on a title "Liquefaction and Post-liquefaction phenomenon"

    2. Invited talk by Graphic Era hill University 

    3. Invited talk by Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies on a title "New horizons of earthquake-induced liquefaction and related mitigation"

    4. Invited talk during One-Week Short Term Training Programme on “AgriTech Revolution: Harnessing AI & ML for Smart Farming” held from June 30 – July 6, 2025 organised by NIT Silchar