Background
Jain, Sudhir Kumar was born on July 4, 1959 in Lalitpur, U.P., India. Son of Narendra Kumar and Magan Mala Jain.
Jain, Sudhir Kumar was born on July 4, 1959 in Lalitpur, U.P., India. Son of Narendra Kumar and Magan Mala Jain.
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University Roorkee, India, 1979. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1983.
Lecturer Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1984—1995, from assistant professor to professor India, since 1985. Visiting scholar, visiting professor University Michigan, 1994. Team leader post-earthquake reconaissance for 8 earthquakes, India, 1988, 91, 93, 97, 99, 2001, 04, 05.
Board directors World Seismic Safety Initiative, 2002^.
Fellow Indian National Academy Engineering. Member American Concrete Institute, Indian Society Earthquake Technology, Indian Concrete Institute, Indian Building Congress, Indian. Institution Bridge Engineers, New Zealand Society Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (United States), International Association for Earthquake Engineering (board directors since 2000).
Married Abhilasha Jain, June 6, 1985. Children: Saumya, Nikhil.