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词条 A. S. Arya
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Legacy

  3. Awards and honours

  4. Bibliography

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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| birth_date = 13 June 1931
| birth_place = Ambehta, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| occupation = Structural Engineer
| yearsactive = Since 1961
| known for = Earthquake engineering
Disaster management
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| awards = Padma Shri
Khosla National Award
ISET Jai Krishna Award
FICCI Award
IE (I) National Design Award
United Nations Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award
Disaster Mitigation Award
}}Anand Swarup Arya is an Indian structural engineer, known for his expertise in the soil and foundation engineering and earthquake disaster management.[1] He is a former chairman of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Committee on Earthquake Engineering and a recipient of the United Nations Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award of 1997. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2002.[2]

Biography

Arya was born in a small Uttar Pradesh village of Ambehta in Saharanpur district on 13 June 1931 and secured his graduate degree (BE) in civil engineering and master's degree (ME) in Structural engineering (1954) from University of Roorkee (present day Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee). Joining the University of Illinois in 1959, he secured a doctoral degree in 1961.[3] He started his career as a member of faculty at the University of Roorkee where he served for 36 years till his superannuation 1989.[4] During his career, he rose in ranks to become a professor and the head of the department of Earthquake Engineering and finally, the Pro-vice chancellor of the university. After his retirement, he was made the Emeritus Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.[4]

Legacy

As the head of the faculty of Earthquake engineering at IIT Roorkee, Arya started many courses in the subject at the institution as well as other institutions in India and founded an interdisciplinary Department of Earthquake Engineering in the IIT.[3] His contributions are reported in the development of new methods and structural designs suited for small and larger buildings, bridges, reservoirs and atomic power plants. He has conducted training classes in structural designing in India as well as other countries such as Yugoslavia, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Afghanistan and Nepal.[4]

Arya is one of the founders of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, along with the renowned engineer, Jai Krishna.[4] He has guided 71 research scholars in their master's and doctoral studies.[3] He has served as the director of the International Association of Earthquake Engineering during 1977-80 and 1980–84 and has been a consultant to United Nations agencies such as UNESCO, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNCHS) and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) as well as the World Bank.[5] He is a former chairman of the Committee on CED 39 on Earthquake Engineering Codes of the Bureau of Indian Standards and a sitting member of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA).[6] He has been National Seismic Advisor of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) sponsored Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Programme and headed the National Seismic Zoning Committee.[7] Arya has published three books, Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction,[8] Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design[9] and Earthquake Disaster Reduction : Masonry Building, Design, and Construction[10] on structural design and earthquake resistant construction techniques. He has also co-authored Design of Steel Structures along with J. L. Ajmani[11] and Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation with S. K. Thakkar.[12]

Awards and honours

Arya is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)[13] and the Institution of Engineers (India).[4] The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee awarded him the annual research award, Khosla National Award, in 1980 and he received the Jai Krishna Award of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology in 1982.[4] The FICCI award of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry reached him in 1986, followed by the National Design Award of the Institution of Engineers (India), the next year.[5] The United Nations honoured him with the Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award in 1997.[14] The Government of India included him in the 2002 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri.[2] The National Institute of Disaster Management, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Home Affairs, awarded him the Disaster Mitigation Award in 2006.[4]

Bibliography

  • {{cite book | title=Design of Steel Structures | publisher=Nemchand | author=A. S. Arya, J. L. Ajmani | year=1964 | pages=888}}
  • {{cite book | title=Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation | publisher=University of Roorkee | author=A. S. Arya, S. K. Thakkar | year=1972}}
  • {{cite book | title=Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction | publisher=International Association for Earthquake Engineering | author=A. S. Arya | year=1986 | pages=158}}
  • {{cite book | title=Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design | publisher=Sterling Books | author=A. S. Arya | year=2006 | isbn=9788185240053}}
  • {{cite book | title=Earthquake Disaster Reduction : Masonry Building, Design, and Construction | publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, KW Publishers | author=A. S. Arya | year=2007 | isbn=9788187966500}}

See also

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  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Anand-Arya/80571093 | title=Prof. Anand Swaroop Arya | publisher=Zoom Info | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.sefindia.org/forum/download.php?id=6066 | title=Gems of Structural Engineering | publisher=SEF India | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N81-0025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121304/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N81-0025 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Indian Fellow |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |date=2015 |accessdate=10 November 2015 }}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Heritage+Luminaries.html | title=Luminaries | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Rourkee | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web | url=http://bsdma.org/AboutUs.aspx?id=6 | title=Members | publisher=Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.gujaratplus.com/news/archives/arc58.html | title=Ahmedabad in seismic zone three, says seismologist | publisher=Gujarat Plus | date=9 February 2001 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
8. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.ae/books/about/Guidelines_for_earthquake_resistant_non.html?id=pLNQAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y | title=Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction | publisher=International Association for Earthquake Engineering | author=A. S. Arya | year=1986 | pages=158}}
9. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.sterlingbookhouse.com/proddetail.asp?prod=83978 | title=Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design | publisher=Sterling Books | author=A. S. Arya | year=2006 | isbn=9788185240053 | access-date=11 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801074800/http://www.sterlingbookhouse.com/proddetail.asp?prod=83978 | archive-date=1 August 2017 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }}
10. ^{{cite book | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8095913?q&versionId=9328603 | title=Earthquake Disaster Reduction : Masonry Building, Design, and Construction | publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, KW Publishers | author=A. S. Arya | year=2007 | isbn=9788187966500}}
11. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.ae/books/about/Design_of_Steel_Structures.html?id=k_vbAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y | title=Design of Steel Structures | publisher=Nemchand | author=A. S. Arya, J. L. Ajmani | year=1964 | pages=888}}
12. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.ae/books/about/Response_of_Arches_Under_Earthquake_Exci.html?id=StZxHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y | title=Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation | publisher=University of Roorkee | author=A. S. Arya, S. K. Thakkar | year=1972}}
13. ^{{cite web | url=http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ | title=INAE Fellows | publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineering | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403030936/http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ | archive-date=3 April 2015 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }}
14. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1997/19971210.IHA641.html | title=OBSERVATORIO SISMOLOGICO DEL SUR-OCCIDENTE (COLOMBIA), ANAND S. ARYA (INDIA) TO RECEIVE 1997 SASAKAWA/DHA DISASTER PREVENTION AWARD | publisher=United Nations | date=10 December 1997 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}

External links

  • {{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35700858 | title=Libraries Australia AuthoritiesProfile | publisher=National Library of Australia | date=2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}
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