Sudhir K. Jain
Sudhir Kumar Jain | |
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Jain in 2021 | |
| 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University | |
| In office 7 January 2022 – 7 January 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Rakesh Bhatnagar |
| Director at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | |
| In office June 2009 – 3 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Rajat Moona |
| Dean of Resource Planning and Generation at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | |
| In office January 2005 – January 2008 | |
| Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | |
| In office 1984–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1959 Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Residence(s) | Kanpur, India |
| Alma mater | IIT Roorkee California Institute of Technology |
| Profession | Professor Academic Administrator |
| Known for | Earthquake engineering Structural engineering IIT Gandhinagar |
| Awards | |
| Website | Personal website |
Sudhir Kumar Jain (also Sudhir K. Jain; born 4 July 1959) is an Indian academic who served as the 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of seismic design codes, dynamic of buildings, and post-earthquake studies. Beside these, Jain has actively participated in teaching, research activities and development in earthquake engineering focused on developing countries. He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was also elected a member of U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.
He has served as the president of International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) from 2014 to 2018. He also served on the engineering and computer science jury for the Infosys Prize from 2019.