Dr. P.C. Ashwin Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He obtained B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from G.E.C., Thrissur, Kerala, in the year 2006. He obtained M. Tech. in Structural Engineering from IIT Madras in the year 2010 and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from IIT Delhi in the year 2017.

Dr. Ashwin Kumar has about 06 years of research experience working in areas of seismic response and design of steel and reinforced concrete structures, supplemental damping and energy dissipating devices, seismic rehabilitation and retrofitting of steel and concrete structures, large-scale testing and simulation study of structural systems and non-destructive assessment of structures.

He has published many research articles in reputed international journals and has presented his research at reputed national and international conferences. Under Dr. Ashwin Kumar’s guidance, 8 Ph.D. thesis are in progress. He has completed 2 sponsored research projects, and 4 more are in progress. He is also involved in many consultancy projects from different government and public sectors.

Since November 2021, he is serving as the Associate Dean of Infrastructure (Projects), IIT Roorkee. He was the Organizing Secretary for the prestigious 17 th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering held during November 14-17, 2022 at IIT Roorkee. He has worked as Senior Design Engineer for 1 year at EDR Pvt. Ltd., and as Design Engineer for 2 years at WSP Global Inc., and as Guest Lecturer for 1 year at GEC Thrissur, Kerala.

He is an affiliate Member of ASCE. He is a Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET). Since April 2023, he is serving as a Secretary of ISET.