Dr. Lalit Borana

Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Lalit Borana [ Hindi: ललित बोराना ] is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Indore, INDIA. Prior to this he has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Construction and Environment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU), Hong Kong SAR.

Dr. Borana has spent a large part of the last 16 years working on variety of infrastructure and research projects. The Major projects that he has been involved in includes Third Runway System for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), The Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facility (HKBCF), Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge Link road, Ho Man Tin MTR (rail) project in Hong Kong , Surat-Hazira port road and Ganga Expressway in India. Since last few years Dr. Borana is working predominantly on soft soils, problematic soil and reclamation projects. He has continued his career development by getting involved with a variety of geotechnical projects in Hong Kong, India, Mainland China and Other Overseas Countries.

Research Interests

  • Geomechanics
  • Soft soils and creep
  • Ground improvement techniques
  • Environmental geotechnology
  • Waste material utilization for infrastructure development
  • Fiber optic sensors in geotechnical engineering & condition monitoring
Education

  • Post doc - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  • Ph.D - Geotechnical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  • M.Tech - Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
  • B.E - Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum,India.
Professional Experience

  • Nov 2022-Till Date: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
  • Oct 2017-Nov 2022: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
  • Dec 2016-Jul 2017: Post Doc Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • May 2015-Dec 2016: Geotechnical Engineer , Onlygeotechnics Limited
  • Jan 2013-May 2015: Research Associate / Research Assistant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Aug 2008-Dec 2009: Assistant Engineer, Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt Ltd., New Delhi
Professional Memberships

  • ISSMGE - IGS (2022 to 2025)
  • Indian Geotechnical Society (LM-4549)- Lifetime Member
  • Member of the Institutions of Engineers India (M-1685591)- Lifetime Member
Achievements
05/2022
Outstanding Reviewer for 2021" by the Journal of performance of Constructed Facilities , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
06/2021-09/2022
Lead Guest Editor for Special issue on Frontiers for Sustainable and Green Approaches in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in the journal of Frontiers in Built Environment.
12/2021
Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature.
06/2021
"Quantification of C&D waste and its future application in Indian Scenario”. Ecosystem restoration for resilience and Sustainability: Living with nature, IIT Indore and NIDM Ministry Of Home Affairs, GOI.
03/2021
Editor’s Choice 2020 paper- International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature.
08/2020
Granted Young Civil and Environmental Engineer Award 2020, Hong Kong (Aug 2020 at PolyU, HK).
07/2019
Visiting Fellow at Wuhan University of technology.
06/2019
Visiting Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
2017-2019
Guest Editor for International Journal of Distributed sensor network, Sage Publishers, UK.
03/2018
Best Reviewer Award, Computer and Geotechnics, Elsevier, Netherlands.
12/2016 -07/2017
Post Doctoral Fellowship award State China Key 973 Project at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
05/2015-12/2017
Technical Advisor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
01/2010-12/2014
PhD Research Fellowship, UGC, Hong Kong.