- Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi

IGS News
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Vol. 46 No. 1
Editor : Mr. Jai Bhagwan
January-March, 2014
The President’s Message
D
ear Fellows/
Members,
Season's greetings.
Currently the largest democracy of the
world is going through the process of
electing the new government. Various
parties are raising various issues as
their election planning and strategy.
However, the prominent issues that
require urgent attention are those of
corruption, unaccounted money
stationed overseas, cleansing of
inefficient and money hungry polity and
bureaucracy, and utilizing nation's
natural and other resources for the
benefit of common people of the
nation. Surely, our country is facing
long pending very serious issues and
common people feels that there are no
solutions available at least in near future.
However, if we citizens of the nation
follow what was once said by the
world's one of the most popular
political leader, "Ask Not What Your
Country Can Do For You, Ask What
You Can Do For Your Country"; the
solutions cannot be too far. The
"enemy" of the nation is not far away
from us, it is within us; let us get rid of
it together.
India is a young country with large
percentage of population below the age
of 35 years. These young people are
the future of our nation and by the same
token, the young engineers are the
future of our IGS. As was mentioned
earlier, to encourage them to get
involved and participate in Geotechnical
research and field work, we have
instituted a total of 15 biannual Best
Paper Awards specifically for Young
Geotechnical Engineers(YGE) and
eight(8) of these awards will be given
during IGC-2014 at Kakinada. Rules and
paper submission procedure is detailed
in this Newsletter. I request all YGE to
participate and submit papers.
To encourage students to become IGS
members, the Organizers of IGC-2014
at Kakinada have decided to offer
Rs.500/- discount in the registration
fees for IGS student members. I
request you to ask students to become
IGS members at the earliest and take
advantage of this offer.
Friends, see this Newsletter for the
extended dates, become members of
ISSMGE and submit abstracts for
ARC-2015 at Japan, also send your
application of IGS membership cards.
I am very happy to announce that IGS
long pending request to Karnataka
Geotechnical Centre(KGC) to change
its name to fall in line with the names
of other chapters has now been
successful and it is now called IGSBangalore Chapter. Thanks to all EC
members of KGC. Since last
Newsletter, 37th IGS Chapter at Trichi
has been inaugurated on February 14,
2014 followed by two days of
magnificent National Workshop.
Seminar/Workshops have also been
conducted by Kolkata, Bangalore,
Baroda, Guntur and Pune Chapters.
Election for office bearers for the term
2015-16 is due this year. The election
and all related activities will practically
be online, the schedule of which is
announced. This is one step forward
in the direction of making our IGS
paperless. The login ID is provided to
all the members. Members who have
communicated their email address to
IGS HQ have already be provided their
password also. For others, the
password is being mailed by post. This
will provide opportunity to all the
members to participate in the election
and cast their vote online regardless
whether they have email ID or not. I
however, request all such members to
create and provide their email ID so
that updates on election and all other
future IGS activities can be
communicated to them quickly and
efficiently.
Our very own annual mega event IGC2014 is coming up on 18-20 December,
2014 at JNTUKakinada organized by
Kakinada Chapter. Kakinada Chapter
has organized and hosted several events
very successfully in the past and 'am
sure with your support and
participation, the event will be a grand
success.
Prof. G. N. Gandhi
gngandhi9002@yahoo.co.in
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IGC-2014
INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL CONFERENCE
Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India (GEOIND)
December 18-20, 2014
KAKINADA CHAPTER
Venue:
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Kakinada
Invitation
Indian Geotechnical Society, Kakinada Chapter
and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Kakinada extend you a hearty invitation to
IGC-2014 to be held in Kakinada during 18-20
December 2014.
Organized by:
IGS-Kakinada Chapter and Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University, Kakinada
Developments in Design and Construction
of Foundations
Risk Analysis and Reliability
Embankments, Slope Stability and Earth
Dam Engineering
Green Practices and Sustainable
Development of Infrastructure
Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Education and Professional
Practice
IGS Kakinada Chapter
Inaugurated in the year 1989, IGS Kakinada
Chapter has been one of the most vibrant
chapters of the national professional body. The
chapter, which has ever 150 members, has
organized several conferences, seminars,
symposia and work-shops over the years. Two
major conferences, Terzaghi-1996 and
CONCEPTS-2006 are still green in the memory
of the participants. Members of the chapter
have contributed significantly to research in
the areas of expansive soils and ground
improvement.
About JNTU Kakinada
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Kakinada has been started in 2008, by
trifurcating JNTU Hyderabad. The University
has been striving to grow into a world-class
university. A Series of reforms have been
initiated recently to make learning on 'out come
- based' experience rather than a teacher centric and monotonous exercise. Excellence
is its watch - word.
Conference Themes
The main theme of the conference is
'Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of
India'.
The Sub-themes are:
Innovative Techniques in Field and
Laboratory Testing
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and
natural Disaster Mitigation
Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics
Design and Construction Practices for Rural
Roads
Environmental Geotechnics
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
Numerical and Physical Modeling
Rock Studies in Geotechnical Engineering
Proceedings
Proceedings of the Conference in CD will
consist of key-note addresses and invited papers.
Besides, they contain contributed papers. A CD
of the proceedings will be sent to the delegates
who register before 31st October 2014, a month
ahead of the conference.
Call for Abstracts
Registration Fees
Category
Up to
After
31st Oct. 31st Oct.
2014 (Rs.) 2014 (Rs.)
IGS Member
Non-IGS Member
SAARC Country
delegates
Other Countries
Senior Citizens
4500
5000
6000
300 USD
2000
7000
400 USD
2500
(above 60 years as on
18th December, 2014)
IGS Student PG
Members
UG
Other
PG
Students
UG
Accompanying
Persons
2000
1500
2500
2000
1500
2000
All payments should be made through demand
draft/at par cheque drawn in favour of IGC2014, payable at Kakinada.
Authors interested in contributing papers for
the Conference are requested to send extended
abstracts not exceeding 300 words by e-mail on
the sub-themes mentioned, by furnishing the
following information along with them;
Sponsorship
(i)
Diamond*
Sub-theme number
4000
4500
The Tariffs for sponsorship are as under:
Category
Sponsorship
Free
Fee
Delegates
Free Souvenir
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(ii) Tile of the paper
Platinum
Rs.2 Lakhs
6
Full-page Colour
(iii) Names(s), affiliation (s) and e-mail ID(s)
of the authors
Gold
Rs.Lakh
4
Full-page Colour
Silver
Rs.50,000
2
Half-page Colour
Important Dates
Bronze
Rs.25,000
1
Half-page colour
Submission of abstracts
15 April 2014
Acceptance of abstracts
5 May 2014
Last date for receipt of
full-length paper
15 July 2014
Acceptance of fulllength papers
5 Sept. 2014
Exhibition
A technical exhibition will be arranged near the
conference venue. An enclosed space of 3m x
3m with a table, two chairs and power supply
will be made available at a tariff of Rs.30,000/
- for domestic exhibitors and US$ 1500 for
exhibitors from abroad. Exhibitors will get two
free delegates. Manufacturers, Consultants,
Contractors, Equipment Suppliers, Service
Providers etc. are invited to avail of the
opportunity.
*Contact the Organizing Secretary for more details
Besides, sponsorship slots are available for
banquet, cultural programme, lunch and
dinners.
Contact
Prof. K. Ramu
Phone: +91 9704198555
E-mail: kramujntu@gmail.com
Dr. R. Dayakar Babu
Phone: +91 9985678426
E-mail: baburd1108@hotmail.com
C/o Department of Civil Engineering
University College of Engineering Kakinada
Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. University Kakinada
Kakinada-533003, Andhra Pradesh, India
E-mail: igc2014kakinada@gmail.com
Website: www.igc2014kakinada.org
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Local Chapter News
IGS Baroda Chapter
A One Day National Seminar on Soil
Dynamics and Machine Foundations was
arranged by IGS Baroda Chapter along
with Charotar University of Science and
Technology (CHARUSAT) and
sponsored by GUJCOST, Gandhinagar at
Changa near Anand on 8th February, 2014.
The seminar was inaugarated by
Dr.Deepankar Chaudhury, Professor, IITBombay. The guest of honour of the
function was Dr.B.G.Patel, Vice-Chancellor
of CHARUSAT University and
Mr.C.A.Patel, Secretary, Charotar Health
and Research Foundation. Dr.Niraj Shah,
Principal of C.S.Patel Institute of
Technology had introduced and welcome
the dignitaries and delegates of the
seminar, while Dr.A.V.Shroff, Past
National President of Indian Geotechnical
Society had briefed about the seminar.
There were three technical sessions on
Soil Dynamics, Vibration isolation
IGS Guntur Chapter
The IGS-Guntur Chapter in association
with Dept.of Civil Engineering, RVR & JC
College of Engineering, Guntur conducted
a one-day National Seminar on "Problems
associated with Geotechnics of Expansive
Soils(PAGES)" on 25th January,2014 at
Dr.B.G.Patel, delivering inaugural address. On the dais from right Dr.Amit Ganatra, Mr.C.A.Patel,
Dr.A.V.Shroff, Dr.Deepankar Chaudhury and Dr.Niraj Shah
technicques and Design principles of
machine foundations. In First session
Dr.Deepankar Chaudhury explained
basics of Soil Dynamics covering field,
laboratory and model tests, liquefaction
and computation of liquefaction
potential. During technical session-2 Dr.
Amit Prashant, Professor, IITGandhinagar, delivered lecture on
vibration isolation technics. In Third
session, Dr. A.V.Shroff presented the
details on various methods of
determination of natural frequency of
foundation-soil system for design of
reciprocating type machines. The seminar
was ended with vote of thanks by Karan
Mistry, Coordinator of the Seminar. About
200 delegates from various academic
institutions, industrial organizations and
private organizations had participated.
RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur.
There was overwhelming response to this
Seminar and about 500 participants
attended the workshop which composed
professional engineers, Engineers from
various departments like Panchayat Raj,
Rural Water Suppy, R&B and Irrigation,
faculty and students from various
engineering colleges. Prof. A.Sridharan,
Former Dy. Director and Professor, IISc,
Bangalore was Chief guest for the
Seminar.
Releasing CD of Proceedings
There were six speakers for the technical
session. Prof. A.Sridharan discussed on
Identification, classification and
measurement of swelling potential &
swelling pressure of expansive soils.
Prof.K.S.Subba Rao, Formerly Professor,
IISc, Bangalore explained foundation
practices in expansive soils. Solutions to
problems posed by expansive soils
discussed by Prof. Anand R.Katti,
Principal and Prof., Datta Meghe College
of Engg., Navi Mumbai. Prof.
P.V.Sivapullaiah,IISc,Bangalore explained
stabilization of expansive soils. Prof.
A.Srirama Rao,Formerly Principal and
Prof., JNTU, Kakinada discussed on
Innovative Construction Techniques in
Expansive Clays. Case studies in
construction on expansive clays were
discussed by Dr.PSR Narasimha Raju,
Technical Director,Civil - Aid
Technoclinic, Bangalore.
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IGS Pune Chapter
Lecture Delivered by Dr. V.K. Raina
IGS Pune Chapter conducted One Day
Workshop at Bharati Vidyapeeth
Pune.The workshop was attended by
about 40students and about 10 faculty
members and 6 industry representatives.
Dr. J.N. Mandal from IIT Mumbai and Amit
Dapade Ph D Research Student, IIT
Mumbai delivered the lectures on "Use
of
GEO
SYNTHETICS
IN
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING."
Raina talked about FIDIC Contracts and
on the 8th, next day, he explained in
detailed how to calculate SBC from the
field tests. The Seminar was attended by
about 45 students from various colleges
and by about 15 Faculty members. The
seminar was, first time live telecasted and
about 7 colleges from various cities such
as Jalgaon, Nasik, Dhule and Amravati
etc were connected and out station
students and Faculties were benefited.
A View of the Workshop
DESIGN" was conducted as part of IGSTrichy Chapter inauguration on 14-15
February 2014. Prof. V. S. Raju shared his
experiences
on
geotechnical
investigation and the need for quality in
foundation designs. Prof. G. N. Gandhi
delivered an informative talk on
"Earthquake Resistant Design" and
shared some of the related case studies
and geotechnical aspects on the topic.
Dr. T. G. Sitharam, Professor IISc
Bangalore discussed on the local site
effects due to liquefaction of soils and
the complications associated with the
same under earthquake. Dr. Partha
Sarathy, founder Director of Sarathy
Geotech & Engg. Services Pvt. Ltd.,
Bangalore shared his field experiences &
the challenges he had encountered in
various offshore projects related to
IGS Pune Chapter conducted one day
workshop on "FEM IN GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING" at College of Engineering
Pune, on 27-10-2013, to celebrate the "
KARL TERZAGHI DAY". The work shop
was attended by about 40 delegates.
A View of the Workshop
IGS Pune Chapter conducted Two Day
Workshop at College of Engineering Pune
on 7th and 8th February 2014. On 7th Dr.
IGS Trichy Chapter
Inauguration of IGS Trichy Chapter
Indian Geotechnical Society - Trichy
Chapter was inaugurated on 14th Feb
2014 at National Institute of Technology
Trichirapalli (NIT Trichy). The function
was presided over by Dr.Srinivasan
Sundarrajan Director NIT Trichy and was
grandly inaugurated by Prof G. N. Gandhi,
President IGS New Delhi and Dr. V. S. Raju,
Former Director, IIT Delhi. Both of them
have stressed on the point "SAFETY and
ECONOMICAL Practices in geotechnical
construction" in the inaugural address.
Prof. G. N. Gandhi talked about the Indian
Geotechnical Society and about the
international conferences held and the
journals published. He mentioned that IGS
Trichy is 37th local chapter across the
country. The Chairman of the IGS - Trichy
Chapter Dr.K.Muthukkumaran, Associate
Professor NIT Trichy addressed and
welcomed the dignitaries and the
secretary Dr.G.Venkatesan, Assistant
Professor Anna University, Trichy
delivered the Vote of Thanks.
A two day National Workshop on
"CHALLENGES IN GEOTECHNICAL
INVESTIGATION AND FOUNDATION
Inauguration of IGS Trichy Chapter
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geotechnical engineering. Dr. B. S. V.
Viswanatham, Professor at IIT Bombay
presented talk on centrifuge based
physical modelling in geotechnical
engineering. Sessions by Dr. K.
Ilamparuthi, Professor, Anna University,
Chennai on piled raft, their applications
and related issues were also very
informative. The talks by Mr. Y. H. Hari
Krishna and Mr. V. Ramadas from Keller
Ground Engineering India Pvt. Ltd dealt
on the various ground improvement
techniques. Prof. S. V. Ramaswamy,
Former Professor, Anna University
Chennai, highlighted the solutions for
expansive soils. Prof. K. Rajagopal from
IIT Madras and Dr. S. Jayalekshmi, NIT
Trichy highlighted the role of
geosynthetics in civil infrastructure
projects. Mr. Govindarajan from L&T
Geostructure presented the current
practices in pile foundation construction.
Dr. V. Balakumar, Simples Infrastructures
Limited and Prof. K. Premalatha Anna
A View of the Inaugural
University Chennai talked about the pile
foundation design aspects. The workshop
was ended by a session from Dr. K.
Muthukkumaran, NIT, Trichy on
challenges in geotechnical investigation.
Over 300 participants from various state
IGS Vellore Chapter
IGS-Vellore Chapter in association with
School of Mechanical and Building
Sciences, VIT University and ASCE-VIT
chapter has organized a workshop on
"Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering"
at VIT University on 14-03-2014. The
workshop, which was organized for
students, evoked very good response.
Ninety students from various engineering
colleges all over the country participated.
Students from far off places like Gujarat
Dr SS Chandrasekaran delivering a lecture
and Assam also attended. The workshop
was held at Kamarajar Auditorium,
and central government engineers
including ISRO, Railways, CPWD, PWD,
Highways, TNSCB, TNHB, Reliance etc.
and engineers from various organizations
participated in the Inaugural function and
the Workshop.
Technology Tower, VIT University
between 2 pm to 6 pm on 14-03-2014.
Dr. G. R. Dodagoudar, IITMadras has
delivered a keynote lecture on
"Geotechnical and structural aspects of
earthquake engineering". Dr. S. S.
Chandrasekaran, VIT University
presented a lecture on "Dynamic soil
properties and local site effects". Dr.
Pijush Samui, VIT University has
delivered a lecture on "Utilization of
artificial intelligence for prediction of
liquefaction susceptibility of soil".
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
15 ARC OF ISSMGE, FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN
9-13 NOVEMBER 2015
The 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (15ARC) will be held under the
auspices of the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS) in the
City of Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan on 9th - 13th of November
2015. The subtitle of this conference is "New Innovations and
Sustainability" which indicates not only new technologies and
methods in Geotechnical Engineering but also the sustainability
of a better human life are the main topics of interest at this
conference.
Prospective authors should submit the abstract in English up
to 300 words related to the theme topics. The work in the
proposed paper must be original and not have been submitted
elsewhere. Please check the website www.15arc.org for more
details.
Abstract submission to IGS Hq by - 30th May 2014
Note: Only members of ISSMGE can submit the abstract. All
the authors should enroll for membership of ISSMGE
before submitting the abstract. For details please log
on to our wesite: www.igs.org.in
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Young Geotechnical Engineer (YGE) Best Paper Awards-2014
INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
(iii) Proceedings of the last two IGCs (IGC 2012 and 2013).
To motivate and encourage Young Geotechnical Engineers
to get involved and participate in Geotechnical research and
field work, biannual Best Paper Awards especially for YGE
are recently instituted for best papers in various areas of
Geotechnical Engineering. All interested YGE are requested
to participate and submit their papers on or before 31st
July, 2014. The following eight (8) even-year Awards will be
given during IGC-2014 at Kakinada.
(iv) Proceedings of ISSMGE sponsored Conferences
such as ICSMGE, ARCs, iYGEC and Seminar/
Workshop/Symposium organized by ISSMGE-TCs
during last four years (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).
1.
IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on Deep
Foundations.
2.
IGS-FERROCO YGE Award for Best Paper on Dam
Engineering and Allied Areas.
3.
IGS-Ahmedabad Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper
published during immediate past Indian YGE Conference
(No paper submission needed for this award).
4.
IGS-Baroda Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on
Ground Improvement.
5.
IGS-Delhi Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on
Computational Geomechanics.
6.
IGS-Dr. M.D. Desai Memorial YGE Award for Best Paper
on Geosynthetics and Natural Fibres.
7.
IGS-Guwahati Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.
8.
IGS-HEICO YGE Award for Best Paper on Slope Stability
and Landslides.
(v) Proceedings of National Conference/Seminar/
Workshop conducted in India by any institute/
organizations in last two years (2012, 2103)
(vi) Any paper identified by IGS Secretariat by suitable
means published in last two years (2012, 2103).
6.
(i) IGS Executive Committee members
(ii) Chairmen/Secretaries of IGS Local Chapters.
(iii) Heads of Civil Engineering Departments of IITs, IISc
and any technical institute in India.
7.
While submitting the papers, the Date of Birth and proof
thereof of YGE author/s of the paper must be provided.
The author/s shall provide all related information
including the source and date of publication. It shall
also mention the name of the Award for which the paper
is submitted. The contact details such as full address,
mobile number, email ID etc. shall also be provided.
8.
The author can submit more than one paper for an Award.
Also the same paper can be submitted for more than one
Award if content of the paper is related to the areas of
more than one Award. However, only one Award shall
not be given to the same paper and/or the same author
for the given year.
9.
Last date for submission/nomination of papers is 31st
July, 2014.
RULES AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
1.
2.
3.
The Awards will be awarded to YGEs during IGS Annual
General Session conducted at the time of Indian
Geotechnical Conference-2014(IGC-2014).
The Award carries a Memento and Certificate. In case
of more than one YGE author, the Award shall be given
to YGE listed first on the paper.
For the purpose of the Awards, YGE is defined as an
Engineer of Indian origin who is of the age of thirty five
(35) years or less as on 1st January, 2013.
4.
The paper may have more than one author and author/
s above the age as defined for YGE however, at least
one of the authors shall be YGE.
5.
Papers published in following Proceedings/Journals
shall be eligible for the Awards.
(i) Proceedings of immediate past IGS IYGE
Conference.(IYGEC-2013 at IIT-Madras)
(ii) Indian Geotechnical Journal (IJG) of the last two
years (2012 and 2013).
Nominations (submission of papers on behalf of author/
s) from the following are also invited.
Format for Submission of Paper for
YGE Best Paper Award
Name of YGE author :
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) :
Age as on 01-01-2013:
Proof of age (copy of driving license/school leaving cert./Adhar
card/PAN card etc.:
Mobile No.:
E-mail:
Postal Address:
Name of Award for which paper is submitted:
Title of Paper:
Source and Date of publication:
Date and Signature of author/person submitting the paper:
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IGS ELECTION-2014 SCHEDULE
Sr. No.
Item
Date
1
Notification of Election, Call for Nominations and Nomination form:
on IGS Website
Friday, 01 Aug., 2014
2
Last date for Receipt of Nomination Papers along with candidate's
Bio-data at e-mail: admin@igs.org.in through candidate's e-mail ID.
(The nomination form must have e-mail ID and mobile number of
the candidate.)
Monday, 25 Aug. 2014
4.00 pm
3
Scrutiny of Nominations
Tuesday, 26 Aug. 2014
4
Intimation to the Candidates of accepted nominations :
by e-mails to candidates
Thursday, 28 Aug. 2014
5
Withdrawal of Candidature: by e-mail at admin@igs.org.in
(IGS Secretariat will verify by phone call to the candidate, the
authenticity of the withdrawal)
Monday, 08 Sept. 2014
4.00 pm
6
(a) Uploading Bio-data of Contesting Candidates on IGS Website
(b) Printing of Bio-data of Contesting Candidates for non-electronic
voters, if any
Thursday, 25 Sept. 2014
7
(a) Uploading Ballot Papers on IGS Website
(b) Dispatch of Ballot Papers along with Bio-data of Contesting
Candidates for non-electronic voters, if any
Thursday, 25 Sept. 2014
8
Electronic voting/postal voting starts
Thursday, 25 Sept. 2014
9
(a) Electronic voting ends
(b) Last date of receipt of Postal Ballot Papers for non-electronic
voters, if any.
Monday, 27 Oct. 2014
4.00 pm
10
Counting of votes
Tuesday, 28 Oct. 2014
11
Announcement of Results
28/29 Oct. 2014 on
IGS Website/Oct-Dec 2014
issue of IGS News
Note :
Soft copy/e-copy of IGS Membership Directory-2014 will be prepared and placed on IGS Website. Hard copy will be done away. On
request by Contesting Candidates, IGS Secretariat will provide soft copy/e-copy of the list of members with their e-mail ID and mobile
numbers as on records.
36TH IGS ANNUAL LECTURE 2014
The prestigious
36th IGS
Annual Lecture 2014
will be delivered by
Prof. P.V. Sivapullaiah, IISc, Bangalore during
IGC-2014, Kakinada (December 18-20, 2014).
The topic of his lecture is
“Surprising Soil Behaviour - Is it Really?”
MEMBERS NEWS
Dr. Udayashankar D. Hakari
(LM-3191)
Sri Udayashankar D. Hakari,
Asst.Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, S.D.M. Engineering College,
Dharwad has been awarded Ph.D. degree
in the Faculty of Science and Technology of Karnatak
University, Dharwad for his thesis entitled "Geological
and Geotechnical Investigations and Characterisation
of Black cotton soils of Hubballi- Dharwad Municipal
Corporation Area, Karnataka with Civil Engineering
Perspective - A Vision 2025".
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Welcome to New Members
The Executive Committee of IGS extends hearty welcome to the following members who have been admitted to the Society
recently/Elevated to Fellowship.
LIFE FELLOWS
VISHWAJEET PRATAP SINGH
LM-3711
G. MONICA
SM 0068
DEEPANKAR CHOUCHURY
K. JAGANNADHA RAO
LM-3712
A. JYOTHIMAI
SM 0069
BALENDRA SINGH
LM-3713
V.S. MADHURI
SM 0070
GEETHANJALI KOPPOLU
LM-3714
CH. SHARANI
SM 0071
R. RATNA PRASAD
LM-3715
K.B.V. SIVA KAVYA
SM 0072
HARPAL SINGH
LM-3716
B. ESWARA RAO
SM 0073
M.D. PATEL
LM-3717
K.S. VARAPRASAD
SM 0074
B.R. PARATE
LM-3718
M. RAMESH NAIK
SM 0075
PANKAJ DEWANGAN
LM-3719
K. KRISHNA CHAND
SM 0076
NAWAL KISHORE
LM-3720
B.S. SARAT
SM 0077
RITESH D. LOKHANDE
LM-3721
M. TULASI KUMAR
SM 0078
PRABIN SULTANA
LM-3722
D.S.V.S. RAM SAGAR
SM 0079
SAPNA DEVENDRA
LM-3723
K.L.S.P. SHANTHI
SM 0080
H. MANJUNATHA
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GEOTECHNICAL CALENDAR
ABROAD
2014
May 28-30
Vancouver, British Columbia
IC on Bettering Environmental Stewardship
& Technology.
For details:
Contact: www.civil.ubc.ca
June 04-06
Rome, Italy
1st IC on "Geotechnical and Structural
Monitoring".
For details:
www.geotechnicalmonitoring.com
June 10-12
Oslo, Norway
3rd IS on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics
under TC 209 of ISSMGE
Contact:
Philippe Jeanjean, Ph.D, P.E.
Chairman, TC-209, ISSMGE
E-mail: Philippe.Jeanjean@bp.com
June 16-18
Saint Petersburg, Russia
ISSMGE TC-207 International Conference
on Soil Structure Interaction and Retaining
Structures.
Contact:
Vladimir Ulitsky, TC207 Chair
Website: www.tc207ssi.org
June 30
Athens, Greece
2nd Eastern European Tunnelling Conference
(EETC 2014).
For details:
Contact: www.eetc2014athens.org
July 2-4
Sydney, Australia
Conference on Unsaturated Soils: Research
& Applications
Guideline on Website:
www.unsat2014.com/abstract
July 20-22
Hubei, China
GeoHubei IC 2014 on Sustainable
Infrastructures Using Innovative Technologies
& Material.
Contact:
Dar Hao Chen, Ph.D., P.E.
Website: Geohubei2014.geoconf.org
August 25-27
Seoul, South Korea
8th IS on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground.
November 15-18
Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
Sixth International Symposium on
Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials.
Contact:
Prof. Yong-Joo Lee
E-mail: tc204@is-seoul2014.org
Website: www.is-seoul2014.org
Contact:
Contact: www.saig.org.ar/isdcg2015
September 7-10
Malaga, Spain
13th Symposium on Electrokinetic
Remediation (EREM 2014).
Contact:
Website: www.erem2014.uma.es/
September 9-11
Vienna, Austria
50th Anniversary of Danube-European
Conferences on Geotechnical Engg.
Contact:
Website: www.igb.tuwien.ac.at
E-mail: dietmar.adam@tuwien.ac.at
2015
August 10-11
Colombo, Sri Lanka
IC in Geotechnical Engineering - ICGE - 2015
organised by the Sri Lankan Geotechnical
Society (SLGS).
For Details
President: E-mail: sas@uom.lk
Hony.Secy: E-mail: gm@ceebsl.com
September 2015
Edinburgh, UK
XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engg.
For Details
E-mail: mwinter@tri.co.uk
Website: www.tri.co.uk
November 9-13
Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (15
ARC) on New Innovations and Sustainability.
Contact:
Dr. Yoichi Watabe
Secretary of the Japanese Geotechnical
Society
Port and Airport Research Institute
3-1-1, Nagase, Yokosuka, 239-0826, JAPAN
Tel: +81-46-844-5053
E-mail: watabe@ipc.pari.go.jp
Website: www.15arc.org
2016
August 14-18
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Geo-Chicago 2016: Geoenvironment &
Sustainability Speciality Conference.
For Details
Website: www.asce.org/geo/conferences
INDIA
2014
June 6-7
Vadodara, India
Two Days National Workshop on
Geotechnical Considerations for Power
Equipment Foundations (G-PEF,14).
Contact:
Dr. A.V. Shroff
E-mail: dravshroff@yahoo.co.in
August 08-09
New Delhi, India
Golden Jubilee Conference "Geotechnology
2030: Future Vision Conference". The theme
of the Conference is "Challenges and Future
Developments in Geotechnics".
For Details:
Dr. Tanusree Chakraborty
Email: geotechnology2030@gmail.com
October 11-12
Allahabad, India
National Conference on Geo-Environmental
Issues and Sustainable Urban Development
(GEN-2014).
For Details:
Website: www.gen2014mnnit.in
E-mail: gen2014mnnit@gmail.com
2015
January 21-23
Chennai, India
Sixth Inernational Geotechnical Symposium
on Disaster Mitigation in Special
Geoenvironmental Conditions.
For Details:
E-mail: 6igs.chennai2015@gmail.com
Website: www.igschennai.in/6igschennai2015
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