A. S. Arya

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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.{{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}} He started his career as a member of faculty at the University of Roorkee where he served for 36 years till his superannuation 1989.{{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 }} 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.

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. 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.

Arya is one of the founders of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, along with the renowned engineer, Jai Krishna. He has guided 71 research scholars in their master's and doctoral studies. 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.{{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}} 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).{{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}} 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.{{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}} Arya has published three books, 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}} 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 }} and 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}} 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{{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}} and Response of Arches Under Earthquake Excitation with S. K. Thakkar.{{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}}

Arya is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE){{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 }} and the Institution of Engineers (India). 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. 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. The United Nations honoured him with the Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award in 1997.{{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}} The Government of India included him in the 2002 Republic Day honours list for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award. The National Institute of Disaster Management, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Home Affairs, awarded him the Disaster Mitigation Award in 2006.

• {{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}}

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