Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 2 1
INDIAPhone: +91 (512) 259 72 7 Fax: +91 (512) 259 7794 Email: cvrm@iitk.ac.in
C.V.R.Murty is Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His specialization is structural earthquake engineering. His research interest is in the area of nonlinear behaviour of steel & reinforced concrete buildings and reinforced concrete bridges.
Murty has undertaken post-earthquake surveys to document valuable lessons after all the significant Indian earthquakes in the last 14 years. He was Team-Leader for a unique EERI Reconstruction Reconnaissance Survey undertaken after the massive reconstruction operations after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake.
He has contributed to significant revisions of the Indian seismic codes for buildings and bridges. He has conducted very successful continuing education programs on seismic design in India, Nepal and Bhutan. He has participated in two successful technical collaborations with CBRI Roorkee (India) and Tribhuvan University (Nepal).
Murty is the author of the very popular IITK-BMTPC Earthquake Tips, a public education series on learning earthquake resistant design and construction, published regularly in leading national newspapers and journals. The book has received the best construction technique award from the Indian Concrete Institute in 2005.
Murty is a Principal Author of the “National Disaster Management Policy and Guidelines – Earthquakes”, a policy document (under finalization) by the National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India. This is the primary policy document identifying comprehensive action plan items to be undertaken towards seismic safety in India.
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