Professor Anand Swarup Arya, an Earthquake Engineer for the poor and the non-engineered
Peeyush Sekhsaria
Professor Anand Swarup Arya, Padma Shri (2002), United Nations Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award (1997) was a rare professor, academic administrator, scholar and mentor. His passing away after a singular life of service to the engineering and architecture community of India and the world perhaps did not get the attention it deserved. These two tributes by two of his students, both highly reputed Structural Engineers will hopefully help convey Professor Arya’s life and work to the larger architecture and construction community.