Dr. Aaditya Pratap Sanyal

Assistant Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Architecture, Planning and Design IIT (BHU)
Phone No(s): 9432489823
Email: apsanyal.apd@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Construction Management, High-rise Design and Construction, Energy Efficient Design, Daylighting, Shading, Building Services, Climatology

Dr. Aaditya Pratap Sanyal is an architect with specialization in Construction Management.  He completed his PhD from the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur. He has published several papers in the both national and internal international journals. He joined the Department of Architecture, Planning and Design, IIT-BHU in February 2020. As an academician he has worked with renowned institutions like the National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Pune (NICMAR, Pune) and Aayojan School of Architecture. He also worked in the industry with various reputed organisations like Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and AWA Lighting Designers Pvt. Ltd. amongst others. As an architect, he has also designed and overseen the execution of several residential and commercial projects. Currently, he is also serving as the Joint Head of the APD Department at IIT-BHU.

His research interests include Construction Management, High-rise Design and Construction, Construction Delay Analysis, Machine Learning, Energy Efficient Design, Daylighting, Shading, Building Services, and Climatology.

Teaching Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Planning and Design, IIT-BHU – February 2020 to present.
  • Assistant Professor, NICMAR, Pune – August 2018 to February 2020.
  • Lecturer, Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur – July 2009 to November 2010.

Course Development:

  • To be updated soon

Courses Taught (IIT BHU):

  • Architectural Design Studio - V
  • Architectural Design Studio - III
  • Architectural Design Studio - II
  • Acoustics and Lighting
  • Climate and Architecture 
  • Introduction to Building Materials and Construction - I

Courses Taught (NICMAR University Pune, Aug 2018 to Feb 2020)

  • Repair, Retrofitting and Maintenance of Structures (NICMAR Pune)
  • Advances in Construction Material (NICMAR Pune)
  • Integrated Building Management Systems (NICMAR Pune)
  • Technology and Management of High-Rise and Special Buildings (NICMAR Pune)
  • Green Cons. Management and Certification (NICMAR Pune)
  • Basic Software Applications (NICMAR Pune)

Courses Taught (Aayojan School of Architecture Jaipur, July 2009 to Nov 2010)

  • Building Construction
  • Accoustics and Illumination
  • Architectural Design
  • Designer, AWA Lighting Designers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi – May 2012 to May 2013.
  • Senior Architect, EDRC, Larsen and Toubro, Chennai – February 2011 to March 2012
  • Asst. Manager (Green Buildings), LEAD Consultancy and Engineering Services (India) Private Limited (LCES), Bangalore – December 2010 to January 2011

Areas of Research

  • Energy Efficient Building Design,
  • Sustainable Building Design.
  • Daylighting,
  • Shading,
  • Innovative Building Materials
  • Climatology
  • Construction Management,
  • High-rise Design and Construction,
  • Construction Delay Analysis,
  • Machine Learning techniques in Construction Management

PhD Guided

  • Suman Maurya (July 2023 - ongoing)
  • Indra Kumar SIngh (July 2023 - ongoing)
  • Devesh Tripathi (July 2024 - ongoing)

PG Thesis Guidance

  • To be updated soon

Journals:

  1. Harendra Kumar Yadav, Siddhita Yadav; Mohan Narayan Gupta; Anurag Bhattacharjee; A. P. Sanyal and Jahar Sarkar, “Enhancing Wind Energy Forecasting in India: A Site-Specific Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models and Weibull Statistics using Long-Term Data”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments – Submitted for review on June 6, 2025.
  2. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya (2023), “A comparative analysis between CBR based prediction models and MRA models for high-rise construction delay prediction”, International Journal of Construction Management, 24:2, 124-136, DOI:10.1080/15623599.2023.2211461
  3. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “A study of the causes of schedule overrun in Indian high-rise construction using relative importance index,” GSTF J. Eng. Technol. (JET); vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 01-11, May 2018; DOI: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE18.466; http://dl6.globalstf.org/index.php/jet/article/view/1960
  4. A. P. Sanyal, S. P. Bhattacharya, & Sutapa Das, “Cost and schedule overrun in infrastructure projects: the Indian Scenario”, Abacus, vol. 09, no. 01, pp. 32-38, 2014.
  5. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “Lean production theory and its application in the construction industry,” AISECT University Journal, vol III, issue V, 2014.

Book Chapter:

  1.  V. Siwach, V. Bhardwaj, A. Sharma and A. P. Sanyal, "Energy Retrofitting Using Daylighting: A Literature Review", in Issues in Contract Management and Energy Management, First Impression 2020, M. G. Korgaonkar, Ed. Pune: Research and Publication Department, NICMAR, pp. 77-88, 2020.
  2. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “A study of the Delay Causes in High-rise Construction in Indian Metropolitan Cities”, in Urban Planning and Infrastructure Management, 1st ed., M. G. Korgaonkar, Ed. Pune: Research and Publication Department, NICMAR, pp. 220-237, 2018.

Conference:

  1. Indra Kumar Singh and A. P. Sanyal,A study of the various materials used in shading systems for reducing heat gain in buildings”, 3rd International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS) – organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, Tirupati, July 2024.
  2. Devesh Tripathi and A. P. Sanyal,Amphibious Materials for Flood-Resistant Infrastructure: A Sustainable Solution”, 3rd International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS) – organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, Tirupati, July 2024.
  3. Gulshan Verma, A. P. Harsha and A. P. Sanyal,Comparative studies of mechanical properties and wear resistance of Rubber floorings from different sources”, 3rd International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS) – organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, Tirupati, July 2024.
  4. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “A Model to Predict the Construction Schedule of High-rise Building Projects Using Minimal Information”, 2nd International Conference on Construction Project Management and Construction Engineering (iCCPMCE-2024) – organized by School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, 2024.
  5. A. P. Sanyal, I. K. Singh and H. K. Yadav, “Assessment of the thermal performance of existing educational building upon retrofitting with various shading systems”, International Conference on Decarbonising the Building Industry (DBI 2024) – Organised by University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2024.
  6. Suman Maurya and A. P. Sanyal, “Enhancing Resilience of Critical Infrastructure in Eastern Uttar Pradesh to Extreme Heat Events: A Nature-Based Solutions Approach”, 8th International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project Management (ICCRIP 2024) – Organised by NICMAR University, Pune, 2023.
  7. Justus Reymond. D, Kunal Kaushik Panda, Sudarsan. J. S, Abhijat Arun Abhyankarand A. P. Sanyal, “Biocrude generation from plastic waste using pyrolysis process”, Global Cleaner Production Conference (GCPC 2023) – Organised by the Journal of Cleaner of Productions at Shanghai, China, 2023
  8. Amit Kumar Jaglan, R. Ghosh and A. P. Sanyal, “A comprehensive study of food loss and waste generation in relation to food supply chain during CoVID-19”, Global Cleaner Production Conference (GCPC 2023) – Organised by the Journal of Cleaner of Productions at Shanghai, China, 2023
  9. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis to Identify Leading Causes of Construction Delay in Residential Real Estate Projects of India”, 7th International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project Management (ICCRIP 2023) – Organised by NICMAR University, Pune, 2023  Scopus indexed.
  10. A. P. Sanyal, S. Mohanty and A. Sarkar, “Application of recycled aggregates generated from waste materials towards improvement in acoustical and thermal conductivity of concrete,” Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 –https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.04.079
  11. A. P. Sanyal, I. K. Singh and R. Ghosh, “A study of the relation between room aspect ratio and the WWR on various daylight metrics” Proceedings of 9th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference (ZEMCH 2022)*, Bangalore, India, pp. 659-668, November 2022 – Scopus indexed
  12. Indra Kumar Singh and A. P. Sanyal,Sustainable mitigation measures to counter challenges in urban areas”. Proceedings of 9th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference (ZEMCH 2022), Bangalore, India, pp. 98-104, November 2022Scopus indexed
  13. R. Padmapriya, J.S. Sudarsan, N.Sunmathi and A.P.Sanyal, “Study on steel fibre reinforced fly ash (class-f) based alkali activated geo-polymer”, International Conference on Health Energy and Materials 2022 (ICHEM’22) at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science Chennai.
  14. A. P. Sanyal and S. P. Bhattacharya, “Forecasting Delay in Repetitive Activities of Residential High-Rise Construction using CBR with Feature Counting weights”, PMI India Research and Academic Conference 2019 (PMIRAC 2019), Kozhikode, pp. 548-570, 2019*. – Organised by Project Management Institute, India Chapter
  15. A. P. Sanyal, & S. P. Bhattacharya, “Predicting Construction Delay at Conceptual Stages of Residential High-Rise Projects”, 6th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2018), Singapore, pp. 202-211, 2018* – Scopus indexed.
  16. A. P. Sanyal, & S. P. Bhattacharya, “A study of the Delay Causes in High-rise Construction in Indian Metropolitan Cities”, 2nd International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project Management (ICCRIP 2017) – Organised by NICMAR, Pune, 2017.
  17. A. P. Sanyal, & S. P. Bhattacharya, “A study of the Causes of Schedule overrun in Indian High-rise construction using Relative Importance Index”, 5th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2017), Singapore, pp. 231-238, 2017*. – DOI: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE17.24.

*published in conference proceedings.

  1. Member of Institute Infrastructure Planning Committee (IIPC) at IIT(BHU), Varanasi.

Period: January 2025 to till date.

Duties Handled: Matters related institute infrastructure planning, execution and monitoring.

  1. Member of Core Committee for review of course structures of UG/PG Programme at IIT(BHU), Varanasi.

Period: September 2024 to till date.

Duties Handled: Review of the course structures of UG/PG programme, Departmental Electives and Minor courses.

  1. Nominated as Designers/Experts in the Project Assessment Panel (PAP) to the Manufacturing MSME Sector for IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: January 2021 to present

Duties Handled: Providing expert opinion and recommendations to projects received for evaluation.

  1. Nominated as member to the Institute Senate for the Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: March 2021 to March 2023

Duties Handled: Representing Department and proposing requirements to the institute chair.

  1. Joint Head, Department of Architecture, Planning and Design, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: July 2020 to December 2021.

Duties Handled: Overall Administration of the department.

  1. In-charge of matters related registration with the Council of Architecture (COA) for the Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: February 2020 to March 2022

Duties Handled: Providing support for COA recognition of the department.

  1. Convener for DUGC (Department Undergraduate Committee), Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: September 2020 to August 2022

Duties Handled: Handling departmental UG level courses and student issues.

  1. Departmental Library Convener, Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: September 2020 to March 2024

Duties Handled: Procuring and upgrading departmental library.

  1. Member-Secretary to Departmental Purchase Committee (DPC), Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: October 2020 to March 2022

Duties Handled: Handling purchase of departmental annual fixed asset purchase.

  1. Member of the Teaching and Learning Cell of the Institute Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: December 2020 to November 2022

Duties Handled: Handling requirements for online teaching for the department.

  1. Co-ordinator, Alumni Affairs for the Department of APD, IIT(BHU), Varanasi

Period: December 2020 to November 2021

Duties Handled:

  1. Reviewed the syllabi of various courses at Postgraduate level, NICMAR, Pune

Period: December 2020 to present

Duties Handled: Review and updating of PG level courses related to high-rises and green buildings.

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Conference:

  1. Member of International Scientific Committee for International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Research, (ICACCR 2025) from 4th to Friday 7th November 2025 at the Florida Campus, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
  2. Member of Scientific Committee for the conference Healthy Buildings 2025 from 18-21 August 2025 at the Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad
  3. Member of Technical Committee for 8th International Conference in Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Project Management (ICCRIP) from 23-24 August 2024 at NICMAR University Pune.
  4. Member of Technical Committee for 7th International Conference in Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Project Management (ICCRIP) from 23-24 August 2023 at NICMAR University Pune.
  5. Reviewer at the International Symposium on Architecture for All: Call of the Future from 23-25 February 2024 at Anant University, Ahmedabad.
  6. Member of the Advisory Committee for International Conference on ‘Rethinking Built Environment’ (INCoRBE) from 6-8 March 2024 at Mizoram University, Aizawl.

Invited Lectures:

  1. Expert lecture on “Career opportunities after grading from Architecture” at National Institute of Technology Patna on on May 14, 2025.  

Industry:

  1. Chairman, Tender evaluation committee for design execution, supply and commissioning of Signages, VSCL, Varanasi, India – 2023
  2. Member technical committee for condition and functionality of Heritage signages at ghats in Varanasi, VSCL, Varanasi, India – 2023.
  3. Member, Technical committee to oversee redevelopment of Dr. Sampoorand Sigra Stadium Project, Varanasi, India – 2022 onwards.
  4. Member, Expert committee for evaluation of concepts and design of Dr. Sampoorand Sigra Stadium Project, Varanasi – October 2020.
  5. External member of the jury for evaluation of first semester Masters in Building Engineering and Management (BEM), SPA New Delhi – 2022.