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Ph.D. (Structural Engineering) –IIT Bombay
M.E. (Structural Engineering) –IISc Bangalore
Dr. Avinash Kumar, Ex-IRSE, is a passionate and seasoned structural engineer with over 20 years of experience in railway infrastructure, bridge design, and structural rehabilitation. During his career with Indian Railways, he held key leadership positions, including Deputy Chief Engineer (Design & Construction) on Western Railway, overseeing major bridge projects. As a Professor at IRICEN, Pune, he has mentored engineers and contributed to research, policy development, and technical innovations in bridge engineering.
Dr. Avinash Kumar’s expertise is in bridge design, strengthening and retrofitting, structural health monitoring, and rail–structure interaction analysis. He is well conversant with both National and International design codes such as IS, IRS, IRC, Eurocode, ACI, AASHTO,ACI-440, fib, TR-55, and CSA. He securedAIR 3rd in the UPSC Engineering Services Examination and AIR 7th in GATE. An accomplished author, he has published numerous papers and book chapters. He combines academic excellence with practical leadership, driving safer, more efficient, and sustainable solutions in bridge engineering.