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{{Short description|Indian structural engineer (1931–2019)}}
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| name = A. S. Arya
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| birth_date = 13 June 1931
| birth_place = [[Ambehta]], [[Saharanpur District]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date = 1 Sept 2019
| death_place = Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
| restingplace = New Delhi
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| alma_mater = [[University of Roorkee]] [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]]
| occupation = Structural Engineer
| yearsactive = Since 1961
| known for = Earthquake engineering [[Disaster management]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Khosla National Award ISET Jai Krishna Award [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|FICCI]] Award [[Institution of Engineers (India)|IE (I)]] National Design Award [[United Nations]] Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award Disaster Mitigation Award
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'''Anand Swarup Arya''' (1931-2019) was an Indian [[Structural engineering|structural engineer]], known for his expertise in the soil and foundation engineering and earthquake [[disaster management]].<ref name="NICEE">{{cite web |title=In Memoriam |url=https://www.nicee.org/Prof-Arya-Obituary.pdf |website=National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> He is a former chairman of the [[Bureau of Indian Standards]] (BIS) Committee on Earthquake Engineering and a recipient of the [[United Nations]] Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award of 1997. The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Shri]], the country’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Main(Administrative)Building IIT-Roorkee.JPG|thumb|240px|Administrative Building IIT-Roorkee]]
Arya was born in a small [[Uttar Pradesh]] village of [[Ambehta]] in [[Saharanpur district]] on 13 June 1931 and secured his graduate degree (BE) in civil engineering and master's degree (ME) in Structural engineering (1954) from [[University of Roorkee]] (present-day [[Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee]]). Joining the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in 1959, he secured a doctoral degree in 1961.<ref name="Gems of Structural Engineering">{{cite web | url=http://www.sefindia.org/forum/download.php?id=6066 | title=Gems of Structural Engineering | publisher=SEF India | date=2015 | access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a member of faculty at the University of Roorkee where he served for 36 years till his superannuation 1989.<ref name="Indian Fellow">{{cite web|url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N81-0025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121304/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N81-0025 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Indian Fellow |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |date=2015 |access-date=10 November 2015 }}</ref> During his career, he rose in ranks to become a professor and the head of the department of Earthquake Engineering and finally, the Pro-vice chancellor of the university. After his retirement, he was made the Emeritus Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.<ref name="Indian Fellow" />

== Legacy ==
As the head of the faculty of Earthquake engineering at IIT Roorkee, Arya started many courses in the subject at the institution as well as other institutions in India and founded an interdisciplinary Department of Earthquake Engineering in the IIT.<ref name="Gems of Structural Engineering" /> His contributions are reported in the development of new methods and structural designs suited for small and larger buildings, bridges, reservoirs and atomic power plants. He has conducted training classes in structural designing in India as well as other countries such as Yugoslavia, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Afghanistan and Nepal.<ref name="Indian Fellow" />

Arya is one of the founders of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, along with the renowned engineer, [[Jai Krishna]].<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> He has guided 71 research scholars in their master's and doctoral studies.<ref name="Gems of Structural Engineering" /> He has served as the director of the International Association of Earthquake Engineering during 1977-80 and 1980–84 and has been a consultant to United Nations agencies such as [[UNESCO]], [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme]] (UNCHS) and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) as well as the [[World Bank]].<ref name="Luminaries">{{cite web | url=http://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Heritage+Luminaries.html | title=Luminaries | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Rourkee | date=2015 | access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> He is a former chairman of the ''Committee on CED 39 on Earthquake Engineering Codes'' of the [[Bureau of Indian Standards]] and a sitting member of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA).<ref name="Members">{{cite web | url=http://bsdma.org/AboutUs.aspx?id=6 | title=Members | publisher=Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) | date=2015 | access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> He has been National Seismic Advisor of the [[United Nations Development Program]] (UNDP) sponsored Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Programme and headed the National Seismic Zoning Committee.<ref name="Ahmedabad in seismic zone three, says seismologist">{{cite web | url=http://www.gujaratplus.com/news/archives/arc58.html | title=Ahmedabad in seismic zone three, says seismologist | publisher=Gujarat Plus | date=9 February 2001 | access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> Arya has published three books, ''Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction'',<ref name="Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLNQAAAAYAAJ | title=Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction | publisher=International Association for Earthquake Engineering | author=A. S. Arya | year=1986 | pages=158}}</ref> ''Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design''<ref name="Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design">{{cite book | url=http://www.sterlingbookhouse.com/proddetail.asp?prod=83978 | title=Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design | publisher=Sterling Books | author=A. S. Arya | year=2006 | isbn=9788185240053 | access-date=11 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801074800/http://www.sterlingbookhouse.com/proddetail.asp?prod=83978 | archive-date=1 August 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and ''Earthquake Disaster Reduction: Masonry Building, Design, and Construction''<ref name="Earthquake Disaster Reduction: Masonry Building, Design, and Construction">{{cite book | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8095913?q&versionId=9328603 | title=Earthquake Disaster Reduction: Masonry Building, Design, and Construction | publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, KW Publishers | author=A. S. Arya | year=2007 | isbn=9788187966500}}</ref> on structural design and earthquake-resistant construction techniques. He is also the founder of '''Anand Swaroop Arya Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Roorkee''' school. In this school, he wants the students to gain knowledge of Indian culture and sacraments. He has also co-authored ''Design of Steel Structures'' along with J. L. Ajmani<ref name="Design of Steel Structures">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k_vbAAAAIAAJ | title=Design of Steel Structures | publisher=Nemchand | author=A. S. Arya, J. L. Ajmani | year=1964 | pages=888}}</ref> and ''Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation'' with S. K. Thakkar.<ref name="Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StZxHQAACAAJ | title=Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation | publisher=University of Roorkee | author=A. S. Arya, S. K. Thakkar | year=1972}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
Arya is an elected Fellow of the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] (INAE)<ref name="INAE Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ | title=INAE Fellows | publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineering | date=2015 | access-date=10 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403030936/http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ | archive-date=3 April 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the [[Institution of Engineers (India)]].<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> The [[Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee]] awarded him the annual research award, ''Khosla National Award'', in 1980 and he received the ''Jai Krishna Award'' of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology in 1982.<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> The ''FICCI award'' of the [[Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] reached him in 1986, followed by the ''National Design Award'' of the [[Institution of Engineers (India)]], the next year.<ref name="Luminaries" /> The [[United Nations]] honoured him with the ''Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award'' in 1997.<ref name="OBSERVATORIO SISMOLOGICO DEL SUR-OCCIDENTE (COLOMBIA), ANAND S. ARYA (INDIA) TO RECEIVE 1997 SASAKAWA/DHA DISASTER PREVENTION AWARD">{{cite web | url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1997/19971210.IHA641.html | title=OBSERVATORIO SISMOLOGICO DEL SUR-OCCIDENTE (COLOMBIA), ANAND S. ARYA (INDIA) TO RECEIVE 1997 SASAKAWA/DHA DISASTER PREVENTION AWARD | publisher=United Nations | date=10 December 1997 | access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2002 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the [[Padma Shri]], India’s fourth-highest civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The [[National Institute of Disaster Management (India)|National Institute of Disaster Management]], an autonomous body under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], awarded him the ''Disaster Mitigation Award'' in 2006.<ref name="Indian Fellow" />

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | title=Design of Steel Structures | publisher=Nemchand | author=A. S. Arya, J. L. Ajmani | year=1964 | pages=888}}
* {{cite book | title=Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation | publisher=University of Roorkee | author=A. S. Arya, S. K. Thakkar | year=1972}}
* {{cite book | title=Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-engineered Construction | publisher=International Association for Earthquake Engineering | author=A. S. Arya | year=1986 | pages=158}}
* {{cite book | title=Masonry & Timber Structures Including Earthquake Resistant Design | publisher=Sterling Books | author=A. S. Arya | year=2006 | isbn=9788185240053}}
* {{cite book | title=Earthquake Disaster Reduction : Masonry Building, Design, and Construction | publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, KW Publishers | author=A. S. Arya | year=2007 | isbn=9788187966500}}

== See also ==
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* [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35700858 | title=Libraries Australia AuthoritiesProfile | publisher=National Library of Australia | date=2015 | access-date=10 November 2015}}

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