IITKGP

Research Areas

I am interested in the following three broad areas and specific themes of research:
 
Building Science and Services: Building Energy Conservation Practices, Building Life Cycle Assessment, Indoor Environmental Quality (Thermal-Acoustics-Air Quality-Lighting)
 
Construction Technology and Management: Affordable construction practices, low-carbon construction methods, Construction planning and scheduling methods, Construction waste minimization
 
Disaster Management: Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Assessment for Natural Disaster, Earthquake, and Cyclone-Resistant Housing
  • The accessibility of urban neighborhoods when buildings collapse due to an earthquake by Golla A.P.S., Bhattacharya S.P., Gupta S. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 86 - (2020)
  • Seismic-Resistant Investigation of Multi-Storey Building by Response Spectrum Method by Bhattacharya, S.P. and Chakraborty, S.K. International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration 16(1) 17-22 (2011)
  • Assessing the discrete and systemic response of the Built Environment to an earthquake by Singh G. P., Bhattacharya S. P., Gupta S. Sustainable Cities and Society 76 1-18 (2022)
  • Are low-income mass housing envelops energy efficient and comfortable? A multi-objective evaluation in warm-humid climate by Sen R., Bhattacharya S. P., Chattopadhyay S. Energy & Buildings 245 1-24 (2020)
  • Rapid Visual Screening method for vertically irregular buildings based on Seismic Vulnerability Indicator by Ishack S., Bhattacharya S. P., Maity D. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 54 1-15 (2021)
  • Estimation of Storey Shear of a Building with Mass and Stiffness variation due to Seismic Excitation by Bhattacharya, S.P. and Chakraborty, S.K. International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering 1(3) 635-643 (2010)
  • A comparative analysis between CBR based prediction models and MRA models for high-rise construction delay prediction by Sanyal A. P., Bhattacharya S. P. International Journal of Construction Management 24 124-136 (2023)
  • Physio-chemical analysis of pollutants in residential micro-environment through continuous monitoring and settled dust characterization, Indoor and Built Environment by Bedi T. K., Bhattacharya S. P. Indoor and Built Environment 0 01-15 (2024)
  • Evaluation of Seismic Stability for Mud Houses based on Various Existing and Proposed Layouts by Md. Shahrukh S., Majumder Deepnath, Ramanathan Abhishek, Tangudu Sweeya, Bhattacharya S.P. Disaster Advances 7(11) 49-56 (2014)

Principal Investigator

  • Critical Appraisal of PMAY - Urban CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN URBAN PLANNING
  • Pilot Fire Audit at Institute Main Building, IIT Kharagpur CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN URBAN PLANNING
  • Preparation of Master Plan and conservation plan for the Jubilee Library at Baripada, Odisha Sriram Chandra Library

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Centre of Excellence on Energy Aware Urban Infrastructure Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Health Study of Main and Annex Building of Honourable High Court, Kolkata Office of the Executive Engineer, Kolkata West Division
  • Independent Expert for Monitoring the Development Projects at AN Islands

Ph. D. Students

Anmol Sharma

Area of Research: Disaster Management at Hilly Areas

Deepali Ranavainshaw

Area of Research: Embodied Energy Analysis of Residential Building

Krishna Kumar

Area of Research: Analysis of Historic Indian Cities for Sustainable Development

Manoj Kumar V

Area of Research: Urban form and outdoor thermal comfort

Naddunuri Kumar

Area of Research: Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Efficiency

Sanchayan Mitra

Area of Research: Architectural Consideration for Disaster Resilient Housing