Department of Ocean Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Dr. Bithin Ghorai

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay – Mumbai, India, 2021

M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras – Chennai, India, 2014

B.E., Jadavpur University – Kolkata, India, 2012

Phone

+91- 44- [22]-57 [48]-15

Email

bghorai[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

  • Marine Geotechnics, Foundation Systems for Offshore Renewables
  • Bottom Trawl Geotechnics
  • Large Deformation Modelling
  • Seabed Ploughing
  • Soil-Structure Interaction

  • DEC 2023 – CURRENT, Assistant Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.
  • SEPT 2023 – DEC 2023, Assistant Professor - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
  • AUG 2021 – NOV 2022, Postdoc Researcher - Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) - Delft, The Netherlands.
  • DEC 2020 – MAR 2021, Research Associate - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • JUNE 2014 – JULY 2015, Executive Engineer - Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., Mumbai, India.

Ph.D.

  • Vishalatchi Ramasamy (Supervisor) - Ongoing
  • Rohan Deb (Co-Supervisor) - Ongoing

M.Tech

  • Karra Koushik, Graduated in 2025
  • Mubashir Ali FirDaus E A, Graduated in 2025

  1. Predicting the penetration depth and towing resistance of beam trawl fishing gears in sand

    Author: Ghorai B., Tiano J., Molenaar P., Soetaert K., and Keetels G.

    Journal: Marine Georesources & Geotechnology

    Volume: 43(5)

    Page: 770-783

    Year: 2024

  2. Generalized predictive framework for lateral break-out resistance of submarine pipelines considering nonlinear seabed geometry and consolidation

    Author: Ghorai B., Chatterjee S., and Gourvenec S.

    Journal: Applied Ocean Research

    Volume: 117

    Page: 102932

    Year: 2021

  3. Effect of keying-induced soil remolding on the ultimate pull-out capacity and embedment loss of strip anchors in clay

    Author: Ghorai B., and Chatterjee S.

    Journal: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

    Volume: 147(10)

    Page: 04021109

    Year: 2021

  4. Estimation of installation resistance and subsequent short-term capacities of offshore skirted foundations in clay

    Author: Ghorai, B., and Chatterjee, S

    Journal: International Journal of Geomechanics

    Volume: 20(8)

    Page: 04020133

    Year: 2020

  5. Effect of near-surface crustal layers on undrained vertical penetration response of subsea pipelines

    Author: Ghorai, B., and Chatterjee, S.

    Journal: International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

    Volume: 28(2)

    Page: 218-224

    Year: 2018