IGS NEWS
Volume 50
No.
04
October-December 2018
Contents
Message from President Dear distinguished colleagues
Towards Best Practices in
Geotechnical Engineering
IGS signs MoU with DIPM
Conference Reports and
Chapter News
Report on Sixth IGS-
Ferroco Terzaghi Oration
2018
Report on ISSMGE
TC-207 Workshop
Guidelines for Professional
Forum
A Brief Report on
IGC-2018
Glimpses – IGC-2018
IGS Awards Presented
during IGC-2018
Guidelines for the
Formation of Student
Chapters of IGS
Members News
Geotechnical Events
Calendar
Welcome to New Members
A Bulletin of the Indian Geotechnical Society
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
Message from President
During the period October to December 2018,
many chapters conducted technical programs and
communicated the reports to IGS. They include
Agartala, Baroda, Bangalore, Kochi, Kolkata,
Indore, Goa, Indore, Ludhiana, Tirupati, Guntur
and Visakhapatnam. Finally the mega event of
IGS, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018 was
conducted in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Thus, many chapters through out the year, have
conducted technical programs of high quality and
relevance on important themes in Geotechnical
engineering for the benefit of professionals,
academicians and students.
National Accreditation Board for Testing and
Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and IGS have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
and it is agreed that a number of workshops need
to be conducted to create awareness about quality
in geotechnical investigations in the country. The
first workshop was conducted by Bangalore Chapter
and many chapters have agreed to host similar
workshops in different places. The current process
of accreditation is by a few disconnected individual
tests and this practice does not give sufficient
information for geotechnical design and analysis.
However, laboratories claim recognition based on
limited tests. IGS members need to highlight that a
few standard tests (in situ and laboratory) are required
to make proper assessment of soil response to loading
and in some special cases, a few additional tests are
also required to provide a better understanding of
response in expansive soils, liquefiable soils, organic
deposits, waste like materials such as municipal
solid wastes, sludges etc. The strength parameters
need to be based on effective stresses and this is
not done in most of the situations as direct shear
tests are used for evaluation. As a result, some of
the test results report high cohesion and low friction
angle for normally consolidated soils which is in
complete disagreement with concepts of critical
state soil mechanics! This leads to overestimation of
Editor : Prof. J.T. Shahu
safety factors as most of the factor of safety equations
demonstrate the overriding influence of cohesion
term. It is hoped that the proposed workshops in
association with NABL lead to better approaches for
design and analysis in geotechnical practice.
The Indian Geotechnical Conference held in
Bangalore was very successful and the technical
content, quality of lectures and the organization of the
programs including the pre-conference workshop by
the ISSMGE Technical Committee on Soil Structure
Interaction and Retaining Walls (TC-207) were
excellent. IGS places on record the sincere thanks
and appreciations to the organizing Team of Prof. P V
Sivapullaiah, Prof. Madhavi Latha, Prof. H N Ramesh,
Dr. Parthasarathy, Prof. K.V. Vijayendra and others
for the excellent work. The conference also became
a fertile ground for announcement and initiation
of many technical programs by various Technical
Committees of ISSMGE representing IGS. Foremost
is the International Symposium of Geotechnical
Aspects of Heritage (ISGHS2019) scheduled to be
held at IIT Madras during 16-18 September 2019
by IGS-Chennai Chapter and National Centre for
Safety of Heritage Structure (NCSHS-IITM) with
the support of ISSMGE (TC301). Let us support
the conference, understand the latest trends and also
pay rich tributes to ancient traditions in geotechnics
which gave us the legacy of ancient heritage.
I thank Prof. J T Shahu, members of the Executive
Committee of IGS and members of different Sub
Committees (SCs) during the term 2017-18, IGS
office and many other experts for the contributions,
cooperation and guidance in the mission of IGS.
On behalf of IGS, I welcome the new EC team,
sub-committee members and other experts who can
contribute to geotechnical engineering through IGS.
Wish you all a very and prosperous New Year 2019.
Let us promote better Geotechnics to create better
world!
Prof G L Sivakumar Babu
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 TOWARDS BEST PRACTICES IN
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN AUSTRALIA
Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
Email: s.shukla@ecu.edu.au; sanjaykshukla1@gmail.com
Mobile: +61 404453485
National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), • Purpose of the test
Australia is Australia’s leading autonomous body assessing • Test methods
the competence of organisations, implementing standards
across the broad range of social and commercial fields, • Applicable standard/specification
including mining and construction materials, health and • Test results
pathology. The assessment by NATA increases confidence
NATA can also tailor its services to meet the needs of
and trust in services, mitigates the risk and improves the
particular organisations. Indeed, NATA has a strong record
tendering process. Since 1947, NATA is responsible for
of developing specialist accreditation programs for particular
the accreditation of laboratories, inspection of bodies, and
industry or professional needs. NATA has also extended its
calibration services. It also provides reference materials and
scope for accreditation to the following:
details of testing scheme providers throughout the Australia.
Currently, NATA’s mutual recognition arrangements cover • Testing and Calibration (ISO/IEC 17025)
more than 60 organisations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, • Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020)
Africa and the Americas. The list is expanding as the value
of accreditation to international trade is recognised and • Proficiency testing scheme providers (ISO/IEC 17043)
NATA looks to the future and Australia’s place in the global • Reference material procedures (ISO 17034)
market. • OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice
In the field of geotechnical and civil construction materials • Research and Development
testing, NATA has provided its application document in ISO/
IEC 17025 which recommends to follow the guidelines at Considerable information on geotechnical related information
each accredited site, including that for sampling and field can be obtained from the website (https://www.nata.com.
testing. Any of the following test plans need to be endorsed by au/) by searching using geotechnical keywords.
the NATA for the compliance with international standards.

GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES IN CANADA

Sai K. Vanapalli, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor, Génie Civil | Civil Engineering, Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
161 Louis-Pasteur St. | Room A015 (CBY) Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
E-mail: vanapall@eng.uottawa.ca; (Tél.) 613-562-5800 x. 6638; (Fax) 613-562-5173

In Canada, all geotechnical testing is undertaken by only
certified or approved labs, who hire trained technicians.
And, these labs go thru an accreditation process once in
four years. The technicians working in the labs are qualified
individuals (at least undergraduate degree or Master’s degree
in Civil Engineering) even only college degree is a minimum
qualifications. In some cases they receive additional training
in university or research labs such that they are more familiar
with ASTM or other regulatory protocols. Some testing is also
undertaken by University labs; however, they are typically
busy. In many cases, university help with some specialized
tests. More specialized test results have to be certified by
a Professional Engineer, who is licensed. When licensed
engineer signs the test results report, they are accountable.
Also, these technicians have professional licenses (or
memberships from professional organizations) to conduct
these tests. They are members of professional organizations
and they have to renew their membership on a regular basis.
Their membership is renewed only if they get their mandatory
hours of training or education on an annual basis (it is about
20 to 40 hours training, annually). These technicians go to
conferences or workshops or webinars on a regular basis and
provide evidence that they are familiar with the state-of-the-
art practice of laboratory tests / field tests.

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 IGS signs MoU with DIPM

DIPM (Defence Infrastructure Planning & Management)
Council of India is a registered non-profit educational, literary,
Scientific Society working in the field of Infrastructure
Technology, Innovations, Sustainable Development, Project
Management, Contract Management, Project Delivery,
Skilling India etc. in general and Defence sector in particular,
in Government/Public/Private sectors. It is an association
of engineering officers of GoI working in different areas
such as railways, defence etc. IGS and DIPM have signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16th November
2018 at IIT Delhi to work together and create a common
platform to share knowledge and help their members learn
from Industry experts. Some key features of this MoU are
given below:
 DIPM Council of India & IGS shall exchange information
on the latest developments in their respective areas that
are of common interest, and jointly work in conducting
programs to benefit the members of the infrastructure
Industry.
 DIPM Council of India will give due publicity to IGC
by posting one promotional page on their website. IGS
will reciprocate by promoting DIPM Council of India
exhibition and conference.
 IGS & DIPM Council of India will consider sending
Speakers with domain expertise to one another’s
Conferences/Seminars to facilitate cross-flow of
knowledge.
 DIPM Council of India will authorize IGS to promote
DIPM Council of India learning programs by offering
these courses to IGS members at concessional rates.
 IGS will welcome DIPM Members to attend IGS
organised Education & Training Programs.
 IGS and DIPM Council of India will make their
publications available to the members of the two
organizations at concessional prices.
 DIPM Council of India would support the development
of joint articles on the issues that concern DIPM and
Indian Geotechnical Society.
 DIPM Council of India & IGS will both encourage
Members of their Society to apply for the membership
of the other Society.

41ST IGS ANNUAL LECTURE 2019

The prestigious
41st IGS Annual Lecture 2019
will be delivered by Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT-Delhi
during IGC-2019, Surat
(December 19-21, 2019)

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 CONFERENCE REPORTS AND CHAPTER NEWS
IGS Agartala Chapter
Newly formed IGS Agartala Chapter
organized a two-day National Conference
during 2-3 Nov., 2018 on Geo-hazards
and Future Developments of Civil
Engineering and a formal inauguration
of IGS Agartala Local Chapter also held
on 2-11-2018. The Hon’ble Minister
for Education (Higher & School), Law
etc. Dept., Govt. of Tripura, Mr. Ratan
Lal Nath graced the occasion as Chief
Guest. The Hon’ble Director of NIT
Agartala Prof. H. K. Shama addressed
the gathering. A lecture programme also
was organized in a Hotel at Agartala
City with high level field engineers/
academicians of State & Central Govt.
and other organisations. In the Inaugural
programme on 02-11-2018 morning
in the Auditorium of NIT Agartala,
more than 325 (approx.) participants
attended. The programme was very
much successful in presence of Prof.
D. Choudhury of IIT Bombay, Prof.
IGS Baroda Chapter
IGS Baroda chapter organised a two day
national seminar on SoftwareApplications
in G eotechnical Engineering during 6,7
October,2018. The event is inaugurated
by Prof Dr Arun Prata, Dean Faculty
of Technology & Engineering, M S
University of Baroda & presided by Prof
Sarad Joshi, ex- Pro-ice Chancellor, M
S University. Prof A V Shroff welcomed
the dignitaries, experts , & delegates. Er
H P Pandya introduced the dignitaries
while Prof DL Shah explained the
technical contents of the seminar.
A view of the Seminar
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A view of the Conference
D. K. Baidya of IIT Kharagpur, Prof.
A. Ghosh of IIEST Shibpur & Dr. R.
A Group Photo
A view of the Seminar
Various Software companies Viz. Plaxis,
GEO-5,Geo Studio, RPMS, ITASCA,
FLAC, Bentley, STDD PRO, Optum
Mahajan and many more. Prof. Sujit
Kumar Pal, Chairman of IGS Agartala
Local Chapter presented the inaugural
speech and Dr. Rajib Saha, Secretary of
IGS Agartala Local Chapter presented
the vote of thanks. In the programme,
03 key note speeches, 01 special speech
and 22 technical papers all together 26
papers published & 25 papers presented
in three different technical sessions of
two days Conference.
G2 & ALP have delivered lectures on
numerous applications of software in
geo technology and exhibited the same
by taking part in Exhibition which was
inaugurated by PVC Prof Joshi. Various
experts from IITs, consultants and
academicians from various Universities
presented various case studies utilising
these softwares. About 150 delegates
attended the seminar and participated in
the discussion during seven technical
sessions. At the end of first day, banquet
was arranged on the eve of grand seminar
followed by melodious orchestra musical
evening program.
In concluding session, Prof Shroff
introduced the dignitaries while Prof D
L Shah summarised the proceedings of
the seminar held during the two days.
Dr R C Chobe, GMD-HR, Gujarat
energy Training Institute (GETRI),
Govt, of Gujarat gave convocation
address & distributed the certificates to
the delegates. Mr Santwani extended
with vote of thanks to dignitaries,
experts, representatives of the soft ware
companies, sponsor & delegates.
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IGS Goa Chapter
Goa Engineering College (GEC) in
collaboration with Indian Geotechnical
society (IGS), Goa chapter recently
organized its annual flagship event, Dr.
Victor de Mello Goa lecture which was
second in the series and delivered by his
own son Dr. Luiz Guilherme de Mello
from Sao Paolo, Brazil on 15th October.
He delivered the lecture on “Some case
studies with lessons to learn from Dam
Engineering” which was the topic always
at heart of Dr. Victor de Mello, who was
Goa-born geotechnical engineer and
internationally recognized authority in
dams, the only Indian who delivered
the prestigious Rankine lecture in UK
in 1977. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.
Luiz de Mello, Professor at Escola
Politécnica Universidade de São Paulo
and Director Vecttor Projects, Brazil,
recalled his and his father’s memories of
Panaji Goa. He presented the detailed
and in-depth case studies of two major
dams in Amazon basin of Brazil. Earlier,
he inaugurated the Lecture series in
the presence of Prof. Sivakumar Babu,
President of Indian Geotechnical
Society and Prof Deepankar Choudhury,
Institute chair Professor at IIT Bombay
and Executive Committee member IGS.
Prin. V N Shet, Prof. K G Guptha, Prof.
Purnanand Savoikar and Prof Nisha
Naik were also present on the dais. Mrs.
Symposium on Women in Geotechnics – awardees with chief guests
IGS Guntur Chapter
The IGS-Guntur Chapter in association
with Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha
Engineering College, Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh conducted a Three-day
Faculty Development Program (FDP) on
“Forensics in Geotechnical Engineering”
from 15th to 17th November, 2018 Under
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Cecilia de Mello- wife of Luiz de Mello
and Mr. Savio de Mello and Mr. Manuel
Pereira, Victor’s close relatives were
also present.
GEC toppers Ms. Mandira Mhablu
Faldesai was presented with IGS Gold
Medal for topping in M. E. foundation
Engineering Exams of Goa University
at the hands of Luiz de Mello and Prof
Babu, while Ms. Manasi Sunil Raut
was presented with IGS cash award of
Rs. 3000/- for topping in Geotechnical
Engineering subjects at third year B E.
Civil Engineering of Goa University at
the hands of Prof. Choudhury and Prof.
V N Shet. Prof. Savoikar welcomed the
delegates and laid down the purpose of
the lecture series. Prof. Guptha, Prof.
Shet, Prof Babu and Prof. Choudhury
also presented their views. Prof. Savoikar
presented the life sketch and notable
contributions of Dr. Victor de Mello.
Prof Smita Aldonkar compered the
entire day’s event while Prof Shwetha
Prasanna proposed vote of thanks.
This lecture was followed by invited
theme lectures on reliability analysis
on filtration criteria and stability issues
of tailing dam and canal sections in
India during earthquakes by Prof. G. L.
Sivakumar Babu, and Prof. Deepankar
Choudhury. The event was sponsored
by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board,
Maccaferri, Alcon Industries and Indian
Geotechnical Society.
A view of the Program
Dr. Luiz de Mello inaugurating the event
The outstanding and illustrious women
in the field of Geotechnical Engineering
were honoured in the special symposium
on “Women in Geotechnics” which was
perhaps first of its kind in the country,
to honour women who have phenomenal
achievements in this field. Prof. Gali
Madhavi Latha, Prof. IISC Bengaluru,
Dr. R. Chitra, Joint Director, Central
Soils and Materials Research Station,
New Delhi, Dr. Neelima Satyam,
Prof. IIT Indore and Ms. Minimol
Korulla, Vice President, Maccaferri
Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd. were
felicitated at the hands of Prof. Babu and
Prof Choudhury. Prof. Madhavi Latha
presented talk on the foundations for
Chenab bridge which she had designed
while Dr. Chitra presented talk on
embankment dams and she shared her
research and consultancy assignments.
Ms. Minimol presented the case studies
on the flexible retaining structures she
had designed including the prestigious
Sikkim airport retaining structure. Prof
Neelima presented her research talk
on pile soil structure interaction. Prof.
Nisha summarized the proceedings while
Prof Sumitra compered the valedictory
session and proposed vote of thanks.
This technical mega event was attended
by over 120 engineers and students
from Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Faculty and staff of civil engineering
department contributed in the making
this event a memorable one.
AICTE MARGADARSHAN. There was
overwhelming response to this FDP and
about 62 participants attended the FDP
from various engineering colleges in and
around Vijayawada and Guntur.
Prof. A. V. Ratna Prasad, Principal
mentioned that these FDP’s would
provide a platform to the young
faculties on which they could expand
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the horizons of their knowledge. Prof.
Ch. Srinivas, Head of the Department,
Civil Engineering and convener of this
program explained that this FDP would
helpful for academicians to get an
over view in how to conduct forensic
investigations and analyze the causes of
failure in geotechnical structures.
On First day of FDP there were three
speakers for the technical session. Prof.
P. V. Sivapullaiah, Former Professor,
IISc Bangalore and present Pro Vice-
Chancellor, GITAM University,
Bangalore discussed on “Uncharacteristic
Behavior of Soils, Failures and Remedial
Measures”. Mr. A. Madan Kumar,
Head of Engineering, Keller India,
Chennai, discussed on “Significance
of Forensic Soil Investigation in Civil
Engineering Industry”. Er. T. Rambabu,
Superintending Director at UR Ground
Engineering, Hyderabad, discussed on
The IGS-Guntur Chapter conducted
“Annual General Meeting (AGM)”
along with a technical lecture on 30th
December, 2018. Total 26 members of
IGS Guntur chapter attended the AGM.
There are three speakers for the technical
session. Dr. G. Sridevi, Professor,
BVRIT- Medak Dist., EC member
of IGS national body, discussed on
“Recycled Asphalt Pavement design”.
Er.Y.Narasimha Rao, EE, O/o PR (PIU)
APDRP, Visakhapatnam” discussed
on “Automation of Engineering Work
Flow”. Prof. M. Rama Rao, Head of
Department, RVR and JC College of
Engineering, EC member of IGS national
body and Secretary of IGS-Guntur
chapter discussed on “A Few Case
Studies in Geotechnical Engineering
Practice”.
After the technical session in AGM, Prof.
M. Rama Rao, Secretary of IGS-Guntur
IGS Indore Chapter
Indore Geotechnical Society, Indore
Chapter in association with Civil
Engineering & Applied Mechanics
Department, SGSITS, Indore organised
its very popular biannual activity namely
National Seminar on Geotechnical
Problems – Case Studies (NSGPC-18)
on 13th October 2018. This activity
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A view of the Program
“Forensic, Remediation of Foundation
and Slopes”.
On Second day of FDP, Prof. G. V.
Rao, Former Professor at IIT Delhi
and present visiting Professor at IIT
Gandhinagar, discussed about “Distress
in Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil
Retaining Walls, Forensics and Remedial
Measures”. Er. L. Subramanyam Deputy
Executive Engineer and In-charge of
SE of R&B, Govt. of AP, Kakinada,
discussed on “Piles/Piers for Bridges at
Critical Locations and their Forensics”
Dr. M. Rama Rao (Secretary IGS – Guntur Chapter) responding on views shared by member
(IGS – Guntur Chapter)
Chapter, EC member of IGS national
body briefed the programs conducted by
the chapter in the year 2018 and discussed
on programs planned in the year 2019.
Er. Brahmaiya, Chairman of IGS-Guntur
chapter, mentioned how IGS-Guntur
chapter helped the field engineers in
solving the various field geotechnical
problems in and around Guntur. Er.
A view of the Inaugural function
followed by Prof. Ch. Hanumantha Rao,
Professor at PVP Siddhartha Institute of
Technology, Vijayawada, A.P on “Soil
Liquefaction and Forensics”.
Third day of FDP started with
inauguration function of VRSEC IGS
Student Chapter and one speaker for the
technical session. The Prof. M. Rama
Rao, Head of Department, RVR and JC
College of Engineering and EC member
of IGS national body, gave inaugural
lecture on Forensic Case Studies in
Geotechnical Engineering. Dr. P.
Harikrishna, Associate Professor at NIT
Warangal, discussed on “Geotechnical
Forensic Aspects of Kakatiya Monuments
at Warangal”.
The FDP concluded with a prolific
discussion by the participants with the
resource persons followed by valedictory
certificate distribution and feedback from
participants.
K.S.R. Kutumba Rao, Treasurer, IGS-
Guntur chapter, discussed about the
accounts of the chapter.
The AGM, concluded with a prolific
discussion by the members of IGS-
Guntur chapter regarding various
improvements to be done in IGS-Guntur
chapter including chapter website and
upcoming events.
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NSGPC-18 was partly sponsored by
TEQIP Phase III, SGSITS, Indore.
The event started with the inaugural
programme of the seminar and the
Silver Jubilee Celebration of IGS Indore
Chapter. Dr. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, the
President, IGS was the Chief Guest while
Dr. R. K. Shrivastava, Director, SGSITS,
Indore presided over the function. The
welcome address was delivered by Er.
V. K. Agrawal, President, IGS, Indore
Chapter. Dr. Vijay Rode, Head, CE-
AMD narrated about the department
while Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Tare informed
about the activity of IGS Indore. In this
event, Gold medals were also presented
to the six meritorious students of the
Department in different categories. The
two technical sessions were conducted,
each comprising of three expert lectures
from reputed institutions like IIT and
field experts.
The invited speakers for the event were-
IGS Kochi Chapter
A Symposium on “Landslides: Analysis,
Mitigation and Case Studies “ was
jointly organized by Division of Civil
Engineering, School of Engineering,
Cochin University of Science and
Technology and Indian Geotechnical
Society Kochi Chapter in association
with Maccaferri Environmental
Solutions at School of Engineering
campus on 1st December, 2018. The
objective of the symposium was to
improve the awareness on the landslides
in the context of severe rainfall and flood
happened in Kerala during 2018 and to
bring forward innovative approaches
to make the slopes safe. As the state of
Kerala is having large hilly areas which
are prone to landslides causing risk to life
and properties in the habituated places,
it is the need of the hour to analyse the
existing slopes, prepare map of land
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Release of Seminar proceedings
• Dr. D. N. Singh, Professor, Civil
Engineering, IIT Bombay
• Dr. Sivakumar Babu, Professor,
Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore
• Dr. N. K. Samadhiya, Professor,
Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee
• Dr. J. T. Shahu, Professor, Civil
Engineering, IIT Delhi
• Dr. Manoj Verman, President Indian
Society of Rock Mechanics
risk hazards and implement effective
strategies to eliminate the risk. For this
purpose eminent speakers with wide
industrial and research expertise were
invited to deliver lectures on different
aspects of landslides and to explain the
state of the art methods available for
landslide mitigation.
Dr. Glory Joseph, Head Civil Engineering
Division welcomed the gathering and
the organizing Secretary, Dr. K. S. Beena
briefed about the relevance and objectives
of the symposium to the audience. Dr
M.R. Radhakrishna Panicker, Principal,
School of Engineering, CUSAT
presided over the inaugural ceremony.
The symposium was inaugurated by
Dr.Purnachandra Rao, Director, ESSO-
National Centre for Earth Science
Studies. Dr. Babu. T. Jose, Patron IGS-
Kochi Chapter, Sri. M.D.Nair, Chairman
IGS-Kochi Chapter, and Mrs. Minimol
• Er. Anupam Bidasaria, Director,
Ferro Concrete Construction (I) Pvt.
Ltd. Indore
The informative lectures by the invited
speakers from different parts of the
country were highly appreciated by
the audience. The Vote of thanks was
proposed by Dr. H. K. Mahiyar, Co
Chairman, IGS, Indore. Ms. Sonal
Garg, Assistant Professor, CE – AMD,
SGSITS, Indore.
Korulla, Vice President Maccaferri
Environmental solutions offered
felicitations to the symposium. Dr. Anil
Joseph, Honourary secretary, IGS Kochi
Chapter delivered the vote of thanks.
The symposium was scheduled into
two sessions. The forenoon session was
chaired by Dr. Babu. T. Jose, Patron
IGS, Kochi Chapter and co-chaired by
Dr. G. Madhu, Professor, Division of
Chemical Engineering, CUSAT. This
session included expert talks by Sri.
Sudhir Mathur, Dr.S.Sreekumar and
Dr.Chandan Ghosh. Sri Sudhir Mathur
shared his valuable experience about
different case studies on vertical slopes
and detailed about the use of geotextile
in landslide mitigation. Dr. S.Sreekumar
explained about the land slide prone areas
in Kerala and stressed the importance of
anthropogenic causes for soil failures.
Dr.Chandan Ghosh presented the topic
“Erosion and landslide control measures
by Bioengineering”. The bio-remediation
method for landslide mitigation using
vetriver grass was explained in detail.
The afternoon session was chaired by
Er. P. Jayakumar IRSE, Additional
Divisional Railway Manager and was
co-chaired by Dr. Jimmy Thomas, the
Geotechnical Consultant. It consisted of
expert talks by Dr.Manoj Verman, Mrs
MInimol Korulla and Dr.Anil Joseph. Dr
Manoj Verman explained the important
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aspects of rock mechanics in the
context of tunnelling. He also discussed
about stress driven and gravity driven
instabilities in slopes. Mrs. Minimol
Korulla emphasised the advantages of
using flexible, free-draining structures
and related technologies in landslide
prone areas which will make the solution
sustainable and cost effective. Dr.Anil
Joseph presented a case study about
the geotechnical challenges faced in
IGS Kolkata Chapter
A half-day lecture meeting followed by
an interactive session was held on 8th
December 2018 at the Seminar Room-
II (First Floor) of the Civil Engineering
Department, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata–700032. The speakers were
Dr. Indrajit Chowdhury, Head, Civil
Engineering Department, Future
Institute of Technology, Kolkata and
Dr. Rajib Sarkar, Asst. Professor, Civil
Engineering Department, IIT (ISM),
IGS Ludhiana Chapter
Indian Geotechnical Society, Ludhiana
chapter in association of Department
of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev
Engineering College, Ludhiana organized
a two day National Conference on
Sustainable Waste Management through
Design from November 2-3, 2018. Prof.
G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, Indian
Geotechnical Society was the chief guest
and Er M I S Saini Consultant from the
New Delhi was the guest of honor during
the inauguration. Leadership Award,
instituted by Indian Geotechnical
Society, Ludhiana chapter, was given
to Er Daljeet Singh Sidhu, SDO PWD
(Pb) and Prof. Harjinder Singh and Prof
B S Walia, faculty of Civil Engineering
Department, Guru Nanak Dev
Engineering College, Ludhiana for their
contribution to the geotechnical practice
Release of Conference proceedings
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construction of a resort project at Coorg
in Karnataka
In the concluding session, the organizing
secretary Dr.K.S.Beena wrapped up the
deliberations in the sessions, followed by
a detailed discussion to suggest the way
forward in prevention and mitigation of
landslides.
The symposium was well attended
by delegates from various academic
Dhanbad.
Dr. Chowdhury delivered lecture on
‘Static and Dynamic Response of
Concrete Gravity Dams’. He discussed
a simplified model; which may be
solved using any spreadsheet program
like MS-Excel, that is easier to handle
and yet arrive at an acceptable result
which is comparable to the existing
EFM solutions. Dr. Sarkar discussed
on a Topic on ‘Seismic Response of
Concrete Gravity Dam considering
Lighting the Lamp by Chief Guest Dr. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, Professor, IISc, Bangalore
in the region. Dr R Calay, eminent
academician from Norway, graced the
occasion as special guest. Chief Guest,
Distinguished guests, Guest of honor
and Special guest lighted the lamp and
released the conference proceeding. The
Springer Nature published the conference
proceedings. Dr. Sehajpal Singh,
Principal GNDEC Ludhiana honored
all the dignitaries sitting on the dais.
institutions, Government departments
and Construction industry. A total
number of 231 delegates attended the
symposium which included Government
agencies like Irrigation, PWD, Soil
Conservation, LSGD, KSEB, KITCO,
CIAL, KMRL, BAI, APS, Cochin
Shipyard etc. and a large number from
Academia and Students from various
engineering institutions. The symposium
came to an end at 5.30 pm.
Dam-Reservoir-Foundation Interaction:
Case Study of Koyna Dam’. To show
the combined effect of interaction of
the three systems namely dam, reservoir
& foundation the case of Koyna Dam
was discussed. The lecture session was
attended by many practicing engineers
from different industries, academicians
and members of Kolkata Chapter of
Indian Geotechnical Society. A very
lively interactive session followed the
lecture session between the speakers and
audience.
Chairman of the conference Dr. K S Gill
extended a warm welcome and briefed
the audience about the conference and
other associated activities. 204 delegates
registered for the conference. A total of 8
invited papers were presented during the
plenary session and 58 authors presented
their research work during the three
parallel technical sessions spread over
two days; about 150 research papers have
been received from various researchers
from India and abroad and out of these,
70 papers had been recommended by a
panel of reviewers for the presentation
during the conference and publication
in the conference proceeding. Prof.
Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Professor
from Jadavpur University, Kolkata
was the chief guest during the
valedictory function held on November
3, 2018.
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IGS Tirupati Chapter
The Department of Civil Engineering of
Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College
organized the inaugural of Indian
Geotechnical Society Sree Vidyanikethan
Engineering College (IGS SVEC)
Student Chapter and an Expert Lecture
“Best Practices in Civil Engineering”
for Civil Engineering students on 22nd
December, 2018 from 11:00 a.m to 1:30
p.m. The resource persons were eminent
personalities from the Academia. Dr.
G. L. Sivakumar Babu, Professor,
Geotechnical Engineering Division,
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore; President,
Group Photograph
IGS Visakhapatnam Chapter
Two days workshop on “Good
Construction Practices” was organized
by the Indian Geotechnical Society
Visakhapatnam Chapter in association
with Department of Civil Engineering,
College of Engineering, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam and Indian
Concrete Institute Visakhapatnam
chapter during October 1-2, 2018. The
event was organised in commemoration
of 135th Birth Anniversary of Greatest
Ever Geotechnical Engineer, Karl
Terzaghi. Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana
Reddy, Department of Civil Engineering,
A.U and Chairman, IGS Visakhapatnam
Chapter acted as the coordinator of the
workshop and Prof. P.V.V. Satyanarayana,
Honorary Secretary, IGS Visakhapatnam
Chapter acted as co-coordinator of the
workshop.
The workshop was inaugurated on 1st
October 2018 by Prof. G. Nageswara
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Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi
was the Chief Guest and Guest Speaker.
Dr. K. Nagendra Prasad, Professor of
Civil Engineering; Vice-Principal, SVU
College of Engineering, Tirupati; and
Chairman, IGS Tirupati Chapter, Dr.
Neelima Satyam, Associate Professor,
Geotechnical Engineering Division,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Indore,
Indore and Dr. B. Janaki Ramaiah,
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Tirupati, Tirupati were
Guests of Honour.
The Principal Dr. P.C. Krishnamachary
presided over the function. Mr. B.
Rao, Hon’ Vice Chancellor, Andhra
University. During the inaugural address,
Prof. Nageswara Rao highlighted the
significance of the seminar emphasized
the importance of civil engineers role
in making sustainable constructions by
adopting good practices in construction.
Prof. G.L. Siva Kumar Babu, IISc.,
Prof. G. Nageswara Rao, Hon’ Vice Chancellor, Andhra University delivering inaugural address
during the workshop
IGS News
Lighting the Lamp by Chief Guest Dr. G. L.
Sivakumar Babu, Professor, IISc, Bangalore
Ravisekhar, Director (Finance and
Administration), Dr. I. Sudarsan Kumar,
Director (Quality and Development),
Dr. B. Mohan, Director, SVIM; Dr. O.
Eswara Reddy, Faculty Advisor, IGS
SVEC Student Chapter, Professor and
BOS Chairman, Department of Civil
Engineering; Dr. M. V. Subba Reddy,
Assistant Professor and Head, Dept. of
Civil Engineering graced the occasion.
A total of 245 students and 20 faculty
members from the host institution
participated in the inaugural ceremony
and the subsequent Expert Lecture. Dr. O.
Eswara Reddy, Convener, Mrs. G. Gnana
Prasanna, Coordinator, Other members of
faculty and IGS SVEC Student Chapter
officers of Civil Engineering Department
were the organizers of this program.
Bangalore and President of Indian
Geotechnical Society, New Delhi was
the guest of honour. During his address
he announced that IGS Visakhapatnam
Chapter has been selected to host
the prestigious Indian Geotechnical
Conference in 2020. Speaking on the
occasion, Prof. P.S. Avadhani, Principal,
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A.U. College of Engineering called upon
the civil engineers to be good and do good
things for quality constructions. Prof.
G.V.R. Srinivasa Rao, Head, Department
of Civil Engineering, presided over the
function and explained the importance
of the work shop in light of present
urbanization scenario and need for such
works to expose the practicing engineers
to good practices in execution of projects.
Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy,
Coordinator of the workshop presented
the details of workshop and stressed the
need for quality soil investigation and
construction of new structures without Garlanding of Karl Terzaghi Photo to Mark his Birth Anniversary during
affecting the stability of neighbouring Valedictory function of workshop
structures. Gandhinagar and Former Professor, IIT, and Deep Excavation Technology”.
During the first day of the workshop, Delhi delivered lectures on the topics of
Birthdays of Father of Soil Mechanics,
Prof. G.L. Siva Kumar Babu delivered “Geosynthetics – Overview” and “ Good
Karl Terzaghi and Father of Nation, Sri
lectures on “Good Geotechnical Practices construction practices in Reinforced
Mahatma Gandhi were celebrated during
in Civil Engineering Projects” and “Soil Earth Retaining Walls”. Sri. L.P. Padhy,
the valedictory function. Prof. D.S.R.
Retention in Excavations”. Sri A. Chief Gen. Manager, NHAI, New Delhi
Murty, Chairman, Indian Concrete
Madan kumar, Technical Manger, M/s Delivered lecture on “Geotechnical
Institute Visakhapatnam Chapter
Kellar Ground Engg. Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Significance in Highway Projects”. Prof.
presided over the valedictory function
delivered lecture on “Good Practices in C.B. Kameswara Rao, NIT, Warangal
and Prof. G.V. Rao acted as chief guest of
Pile Foundations”. Prof. D.S.R. Murty, delivered lectures on “Good Concrete
the function. About 120 Delegates from
Andhra University delivered a lecture Practices” and “ Introduction of Hybrid
different engineering departments namely
on “Good practices in Detailing of Fibre Reinforced Concrete”. Prof.
GVMC, VUDA, Visakhapatnam Port
structures”. Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana K. Srinivasa Rao, Andhra University
Trust, DRDO, HPCL, R&B, Panchayat
Reddy, Andhra University delivered a delivered a lecture on “Concretes
Raj, APHMHIDC, AP Police Housing
lecture on “Good Construction practices for Fire Resistant Structures”. Sri. J.
corporation, Irrigation Department,
in Urban Environment”. Srinivasa Raju, CEO, M/S Geomardy,
IVRCL, Indian Railways, researchers,
Visakhapatnam has delivered a lecture
On the 2nd day of workshop, Prof. Engineering college teachers and PG
on “State of Art Ground Improvement
G.V. Rao, Professor Emeritus, IIT students participated in the event.

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 REPORT ON SIXTH IGS-FERROCO TERZAGHI
ORATION 2018
Indore Geotechnical Society, Indore Chapter in association Geotechnical Society, Dr. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President
with Civil Engineering & Applied Mechanics Department, and Dr. J. T. Shahu, Honorary Secretary felicitated Dr. T.
SGSITS, Indore organised a very important activity namely Ramamurthy with Citation and a cash award of Rs. One
IGS-Ferroco Oration lecture (IFTO) on 13th October Lakh. Dr. T. Ramamurthy showing his philanthropic
2018. attitude and donated the cash prize money to IGS Indore
Chapter. Dr. Neelima Satyam, IIT Indore threw a light on
The sixth IFTO lecture was addressed by eminent speaker,
the profile of the speaker of the event. The Vote of thanks
Dr. T. Ramamurthy, the Ex Professor, IIT Delhi. The topic
was proposed by Dr. H. K. Mahiyar, Co Chairman, IGS,
of lecture was “Realistic Parameters Adoption to Solve
Indore. The event was very well conducted by Dr. Vandana
Rock Engineering Problems”. The excellent lecture was
Tare, Honrary Secretary of IGS Indore Chapter.
highly appreciated by the participants. On behalf of Indian

A view of Sixth IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration, 2018 A view of Sixth IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration, 2018

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 REPORT ON ISSMGE TC-207 Workshop
ISSMGE TC-207 Workshop on “Recent Advances in
Retaining Walls and Soil-Structure Interaction” was organized
jointly by ISSMGE, Indian Geotechnical Society and IGS
Bangalore Chapter as a pre-conference workshop of IGC-
2018 in the B K Ramiah Hall of National Science Complex
of Indian Institute of Science on 12th December 2018. About
100 delegates participated in this workshop. The workshop
was inaugurated by the ISSMGE Vice-President (Asia), Prof.
E.C. Shin, President of IGS, Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu,
Honorary Secretary of IGS, Prof. J. T. Shahu, Secretary of
ISSMGE TC-207, Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Chairman
of IGC-2018, Prof. P. V. Sivapullaiah and Vice-chair IGC-
2018 and member of ISSMGE TC—207, Prof. G. Madhavi
Latha. Prof. E.C. Shin presented an Introductory overview
of ISSMGE activities and the significance of TC-207 team.
There were 8 lectures delivered in three technical sessions
of the workshop. Speakers were ISSMGE TC-207 members
Prof. Hemanta Hazarika (Kyushu University, Japan), Prof.
N. K. Samadhiya (IIT Roorkee, India), Dr. V. Balakumar
Inaugural Session
ISSMGE TC-207 Members in the workshop
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(Simplex Infrastructure Ltd., India), Dr. Anindya Pain (CBRI
Roorkee, India) and invited speakers Prof. M. R. Madhav
(Former ISSMGE Vice-President Asia, Hyderabad), Prof. S.
P. Gopal Madabhushi (University of Cambridge, UK), Prof.
Gokhan Baykal (Bogazici University, Turkey) and Prof. Ayse
Edincliler (Bogazici University,Turkey). Various aspects
of soil-structure interaction and recent innovations and
developments in retaining wall technologies were discussed
through well documented laboratory model studies and field
case studies. The delegates of the workshop were from a
cross section of academicians, researchers, industrialists
and students from different public and private institutes and
organizations. The workshop saw interesting deliberations
on points to be considered while defending research proposal
Interesting deliberations on many issues related to soil-
structure interaction and guidelines for choosing the right
approach and technique while designing earth structures.
The workshop received highly positive feedback from the
delegates
Lecture by Prof. Hemanta Hazarika
Workshop Delegates
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 A BREIF REPORT ON IGC-2018
IGC-2018 was held at the National Science Complex of Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore during 13-15 December 2018.
The conference was a grand event with about 700 participants.
The conference was inaugurated on 13th December in the
presence of the President of IGS Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu
and the Chief Guest, Prof. E C Shin. The IGS annual lecture
titled “Novel Techniques to Simulate and Monitor Contaminant-
Geomaterial Interactions” was delivered by Prof. D. N. Singh
of IIT Bombay. The conference had 13 keynote lectures that
were presented by Prof. David J. Frost (Georgia Institute of
Technology, USA), Dr. V. R. Raju (Keller, UK), Prof. Gopal S.
Madabhushi (University of Cambridge, UK), Prof. Buddhima
Indraratna (University of Wollongong, Australia), Prof. B.
V. S. Viswanadham (IIT Bombay), Prof. E. C. Shin (Incheon
National University, South Korea), Prof. Anand J. Puppala
(University of Texas at Arlington, USA), Prof. K. S. Rao (IIT
Delhi), Prof. Vikas Thakur (NUST, Norway), Prof. Deepankar
Choudhury (IIT Bombay), Prof. R. G. Robinson (IIT Madras),
Mr. Ravi Sundaram (Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd., Noida)
and Prof. S. K. Prasad (SJCE, Mysore). Theme lectures on
12 different themes of the conference were presented by Prof.
A. Murali Krishna (IIT Guwahati), Prof. Snehasis Tripathy
(Cardiff University, UK), Mr. Mantrala Srinivas (AFCONS,
Mumbai), Prof. S. Sireesh (IIT Hyderabad), Prof. Arif Ali
Baig Moghal (NIT Warangal), Prof. Vinod J. S. (University
of Wollongong, Australia), Prof. Tanusree Chakraborty (IIT
Delhi), Mr. Ranganath N. (EI Technologies, Bengaluru), Mr.
Anirudhan I.V. (Geotechnical Solutions, Chennai), Prof. S.
Sreedeep (IIT Guwahati), Prof. T. V. Bharat (IIT Guwahati) and
Prof. Dasaka S. Murty (IIT Bombay). A Springer book volume
titled “Frontiers in Geotechnical Engineering” comprising of the
keynote and theme lectures of the conference, edited by Prof.
G. Madhavi Latha was released during the inaugural session.
About 800 abstracts were submitted to the conference, out
of which 313 full-length papers were accepted for inclusion
into the proceedings of the conference. These papers under
12 different themes of the conference were presented during
the conference in 19 Oral presentation sessions and 10 digital
display sessions. For the first time, IGC had digital displays
replacing printed posters, enabling presenters to have several
slides of content and to embed videos and animations to have
more interactive discussions. On 12th December, ISSMGE TC-
207 workshop on “Recent Advances in Retaining Walls and
Soil Structure Interaction” was organized as a pre-conference
event. Editorial Board Meeting of Indian Geotechnical Journal
was held on 13th afternoon. The Annual General Body Meeting
of IGS was held on the evening of 13th December. One of the
major attractions of IGC-2018 was the “Women in Geotechnical
Engineering Session” held on 14th afternoon. In this session,
10 eminent women geotechnical engineers of India have given
tech talks. The speakers were Prof. Shobha K. Bhatia (Syracuse
University, USA), Dr. Sridevi Jade (C-MMACS, Bangalore),
Ms. Minimol Korulla (Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi), Prof. Priti Maheshwari (IIT Roorkee), Prof.
Prishati Raychowdhury (IIT Kanpur), Ms. Swati Meherishi
(Springer, New Delhi), Prof. Neelima Satyam (IIT Indore),
Dr. Aruna Kumari Garaga (WorleyParsons, Hyderabad), Dr.
Paramita Bhattacharya (IIT Kharagpur) and Dr. Divya P. V. (IIT
Palakkad). The objective of this session was to inspire many
young girls to take up geotechnical engineering profession. The
session was a big hit with its hall-full of audience and energetic
speeches.
A well-planned 3-day spouse programme kept the accompanying
guests busy and entertained. A grand cultural event followed
by conference dinner was arranged on the evening of 14th
December. Best presenter prizes sponsored by Springer
were given to 20 student presenters. Closing session on 15th
was a cheerful event, with lot of positive feedback about the
conference.
For photo feature on IGC-2018. Please refer page 16-17

Monograph on Malpa Landslide Disasters

A monograph on Malpa landslide disasters of 18 August 1998 and 14 August 2017 was released by Professor B.L Deekshantulu
on 14 December 2018 at the Annual Convention of the Indian National Science Academy of Engineering . It is the product of
a Medium Term Research Study coordinated by Dr R.K. Bhandari as the Chairman of the INAE Forum on Disaster Mitigation
and reflects on lessons learned based on intensive scientific study of the published and unpublished literature, interactive
discussion between the domain experts, interviews with the first responders, survivors and eye-witnesses, and a national level
roundtable meeting.
Jointly published by INAE and CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources(NISCAIR), it
was formerly presented for dissemination at the inaugural of the 18th Indian Science Communication Congress, dedicated to
discuss 200 Years of Science Journalism in India. This event was organised on 20 December 2018 by CSIR-NISCAIR, jointly
with the Academic Partners, Indian Science Writers’ Association, Society for Information Science and the Indian Science
Communication Society.
The monograph, inter alia, includes an analysis of Malpa landslide by Professor Mahendra Singh, Convener of the Disaster
Management Committee of the Indian Geotechnical Society. It is modestly priced ; a copy of which can be obtained from
Director, CSIR-NISCAIR, New Delhi.

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Inauguration of IGC-2018 Release of Conference Proceedings

Presidential Address by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, IGS IGS Introduction by Prof. J.T. Shahu, Hon. Secretary, IGS

IGS Annual Lecture delivered by Prof. D N Singh Plenary Session in progress

IGS Annual General Body Meeting Cultural Program

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Address by Prof. E.C. Shin, ISSMGE Vice-President (Asia) Welcome Speech by Prof. P.V. Sivapulliah, Chairman, IGC-2018

Presentation of Award by President Presentation of Award by Chairman, IGC-2018

Women in Geotechnical Engineering Session Digital Display Session

Valedictory Session Organizing Team of IGC-2018

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 IGS Awards Presented during IGC-2018
IGS-Kueckelmann Biennial Award for outstanding contribution
to Geotechnical Engineering in India was given to Prof. Prof. M.N.
Viladkar for the years 2016-2017.
IGS-Dinesh Mohan Biennial Award for “Excellence in
Geotechnical Practice” was given to Mr. Ravi Sundaram for the
years 2016-2017.
Reviewer of the year 2017 (EBM) Award was given to Madhira
R Madhav in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the
Indian Geotechnical Journal.
Reviewer of the year 2017 (non EBM) Award was given to
Sanjay Nimbalkar in recognition to his outstanding contribution to
the Indian Geotechnical Journal.
EBM of the Year 2017 Award was given to R.G. Robinson
in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the Indian
Geotechnical Journal.
IGS-Prof. G.A. Leonards Annual Award for 2017 for the best
Ph.D. Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering titled “Shear Behaviour
of Sand-Geosynthetic Interfaces Based on Size and Morphology
of Sand Particles and Surface Roughness of Geosynthetics” by
Prashanth Vangla.
IGS-AIMIL Biennial Award for the Best Paper Published in the
Indian Geotechnical Journal has been awarded to the paper entitled
“Field-Scale Phytoremediation of Mixed Contaminants in Upland
Area of Big Marsh Site, Chicago, USA” by Krishna R. Reddy,
Gema Amaya-Santos and Daniel E. Cooper published in Indian
Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 4, December 2017 (pp. 453-
468).
IGS-AIMIL Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Instrumentation”: Paper entitled, “Soil Suction Measurement
of Unsaturated Soils with a Sensor Using Fixed-Matrix Porous
Ceramic Discs” by Snehasis Tripathy, Sahar Al-Khyat, Peter
John Cleall, Wiebke Baille and Tom Schanz published in Indian
Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 3, September 2016 (pp. 252-260)
IGS-AFCONS Biennial Award for the Best Paper on “Case
Histories”: Paper entitled, “Challenges in Tunnelling Through a
Low Cover Zone of a Railway Project - A Case Study” by Venkata
S Dronamraju, Sachin K Tripathi and Ram Kumar published in the
Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, Guwahati.
IGS-ONGC Biennial Award for the Best Paper on “Marine
Geotechnical Engineering”: Paper entitled, “Torsional Shear and
Resonant Column Tests on Cement Treated Marine Clay” by
P. Subramaniam and Subhadeep Banerjee published in Indian
Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 2, April 2016 (pp. 183-191)
IGS-Prof. C.S. Desai Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Constitutive Modeling for Geologic Materials” : Paper entitled,
“Dynamic Soil – Pile Interaction Using the DSC Constitutive
Model” by Mohamad Jawad K. Essa and Chandrakant S. Desai
published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 2, June
2017 (pp. 137-149)
IGS-Shri A.G. Dastidar Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Ground Improvement” : Paper entitled, “Back Analyses of PVD
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Performance in Mumbai Port” by M. Ashok Kumar, N. Kumar
Pitchumani and Aminul Islam published in the Proceedings of
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2016, Chennai
IGS-Z-Tech Biennial Award for the Best Paper on “Geosynthetics
and Allied Construction Products” : Paper entitled, “Factors
Influencing the Distribution of Peak Tension in Geosynthetic
Reinforced Soil Slopes” by G. Tiwari and N.K Samadhiya
published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 1, January
2016 (pp. 34-44)
IGS-Warangal Chapter Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Solutions to the Problems of Expansive Soils” : Paper entitled,
“Use of Green Binders in Improving Properties of Problematic
Expansive Soil” by K. Ramu and R. Dayakar Babu published in
the Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017,
Guwahati,
IGS-Chennai Chapter Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Deep Foundation/Retaining Structures” : Paper titled, “Application
of Advanced Procedures to Model Tests on the Subsoil Behavior
Under Vertical Loading of Group Pile in Sand” by S. Aoyama,
W. Mao, S. Goto and I. Towhata published in Indian Geotechnical
Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 1, January 2016 (pp. 64-76)
IGS-Geotech Biennial Award for the Best Paper on “Innovations
in Field Exploration” : Paper titled “Trial Pile Bores during
Geotechnical Investigation – A Cost Effective Solution for Large
Diameter Bored Piles Embedded in River Bed Material: Case
Study” by Mohit Jhalani, Jitendra Kumar and D. N. Naresh
published in the Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference
2017, Guwahati.
IGS-P.J. Rao-Y.R. Phull Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Geotechnical Professional Practice” : Paper titled “Challenges &
Learnings in Execution of Plug Construction of Dt-1 in Tandem
with Final Reservoir Impounding in Koldam Hep” by Prashant
Narayan Gaur and Vinod Kumar Mauriya published in the
Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, Guwahati.
IGS-Smt. Indra Joshi Biennial Award for the Best Paper on
“Environmental Geotechnology” : Paper titled “Influence of
Geomembrane Stiffness on the Integrity of Landfill Covers:
Centrifuge Modeling” by P.V. Divya, B.V.S. Viswanadham &
J.P. Gourc published in the Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical
Conference 2016, Chennai
IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Deep
Foundation”: Paper titled “Impact of Ground Response Analysis
on Seismic Behavior and Design of Piles in Kolkata City” by
Kaustav Chatterjee published in the Indian Geotechnical Journal,
Vol.48, Issue 3, September 2018 (pp.459-473).
IGS-FERROCO YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Dam
Engineering and Allied Areas”: Paper titled “Capacity Augmentation
of Red Mud Pond Using Industrial Wastes” by Parvathi G.S. and
Amitava Ghosh published in the Proceedings of International
Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in
Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues,
September 2016, Mumbai.
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IGS-Delhi Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper on
“Computational Geomechanics”: Paper titled “A Constructive
Modelling Framework Predicting Critical State in Sand Undergoing
Crushing and Dilation” by A Tengattini, Arghya Das and I. Einav
published in Geotechnique 2016, 66, No. 9, (pp.695-710).
IGS-Guwahati Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Soil
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering”: Paper titled “Near-field
Effects on Site Characterization using MASW Technique,” by
Narayan Roy and Ravi S. Jakka published in the journal of Soil
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 97 (2017) (pp.289-303).
IGS-M.D. Desai Memorial YGE Award for the Best Paper on
“Geosynthetics and Natural Fibers” : Paper titled “Performance of
Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Piles in Soft Clays: Model Tests
and Numerical Analysis” by Murtaza Hasan and N.K. Samadhiya
published in Computer and Geotechnics 87 (2017) (pp.178-187).
IGS-Ahmedabad Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper
Published during immediate past Indian YGE Conference: Paper
titled “A Laboratory Study on Inclined Pullout Capacity of Helical
Anchors in Sand Medium” by Mahesh Sharma, Manojit Samanta,
Shantanu Sarkar and Ajay Dwivedi published in the proceedings
of 6IYGEC, 2017.
IGS-HEICO YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Slope Stability
and Landslides”: Paper titled “System Reliability Analysis
INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
Volume 48, Issue 4, December 2018
CONTENTS
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Realistic Parameters Adoption to Solve Rock
Engineering Problems 595-614
T. Ramamurthy
In-Situ Stress Measurement in Raniganj Coalfield
and Its Applications in Mine Stability Analysis 615-625
Niraj Kumar, Ajoy Kumar Singh, Ranjan Kumar, Crystalline Rocks 700-712
Amalendu Sinha
A Study on Crack Initiation and Propagation in
Rock with Pre-existing Flaw Under Uniaxial
Compression 626-639
G. Sivakumar, V. B. Maji
The Behavior of Bushehr Carbonates Sand in the
Persian Gulf Under Different Intermediate
Principal Stresses 640-649
Hamed Farshbaf Aghajani, Hossein Salehzadeh
Influence of Joint Orientation on the Behavior of
Dam Resting on Jointed Rock Mass Under
Static Condition 650-662
Saurabh Kumar, Prasun Halder, Bappaditya Manna,
K. G. Sharma
Continuum and Discontinuum Analysis of
Rock Caverns 663-676
A. Usmani, S. Pal, A. Nanda
Research into the Effect of Different Tunnel
Excavation Methods on Rail Track Settlement 677-685
Wu Kui, Zheng Qinwen, Shao Zhushan, Zhang Zhenlong
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of Soil Slopes with General Slip Surfaces using Multivariate
Adaptive Regression Splines” by Subhadeep Metya, Tanmoy
Mukhopadhyay, Sondipon Adhikari and Gautam Bhattacharya
published in Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 87, pages 212-
228.
IGS-Baroda Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Ground
Improvement”: Paper titled “Properties of Soil after Surcharge
or Vacuum Preloading” by G. Sridhar, R.G. Robinson and K.
Rajagopal published in the proceedings of the Institution of Civil
Engineers – Ground Improvement, 169 (3), 217-230.
IGS-AIMIL Best Local Chapter Award for the year 2018 is
presented to IGS-Delhi Chapter for best overall performance
amongst various IGS Chapters. The award carries a cash prize of
Rs.10,000/- and a Memento.
IGS-Guwahati Chapter has been given an Appreciation Award
during IGC-2018 for hosting a magnificent IGC-2017.
IGS-Baroda Chapter has been given an Appreciation Award
during IGC-2018 for conducting excellent technical activities for
the benefit of professionals.
IGS-Coimbatore Chapter has been given an Appreciation Award
during IGC-2018 for conducting lot of technical activities for
the benefit of students and did a lot of work related to Student
Chapters.
Rockfall Analysis and Optimized Design of
Rockfall Barrier Along a Strategic Road near
Solang Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India 686-699
A. K. Verma, Sahil Sardana, T. N. Singh, Nikhil Kumar
Effect of Microstructure Deficiency on Quasi-static
and Dynamic Compressive Strength of
H. Ahmadian, H. Hashemolhosseini, A. Baghbanan
Modified Analytical Technique for Block Toppling
Failure of Rock Slopes with Counter-Tilted Failure
Surface 713-727
Victor Mwango Bowa, Yuanyou Xia
Arching Parametric Study on Earth Dams by
Numerical Modeling: A Case Study on Darian Dam 728-745
Masoud Esmaeilzadeh, Mahdy Talkhablou,
Kamal Ganjalipour
RES-Based Model in Evaluation of Surface
Settlement Caused by EPB Shield Tunneling 746-752
Hadi Fattahi, Nima Babanouri
Local and Global Granular Mechanical
Characteristics of Grain–Structure Interactions 753-767
Z. K. Jahanger, J. Sujatha, S. J. Antony
TECHNICAL NOTES
Seismic Site Classification and Liquefaction
Hazard Assessment of Jaipur City, India 768-779
Pradipta Chakrabortty, Uttam Kumar, Vishal Puri
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GUIDELINES FOR THE FORMATION OF STUDENT CHAPTERS OF IGS
Need for formation of student chapters
The scope of Geotechnical Engineering expanded significantly in
the last 30 years whereas the coverage of geotechnical engineering
in the curriculum is limited to two/three subjects and a maximum
of two electives in some institutions and colleges. The syllabus
is restricted and as a result, many students are not exposed to the
wide coverage of current trends and exciting professional/teaching/
research opportunities in geotechnical engineering. There is a need
to motivate students to give exposure to careers and opportunities
in this area and also develop leadership skills among students
which will help them in their career. Student chapters provide an
opportunityfor Bachelor Degree students of 2nd, 3rdand 4th year
in Civil Engineering and Master’s Degree students of Geotechnical
Engineering program. Activities such as seminars/workshops/
lecturesconducted by student chapters under the guidance of faculty
coordinators from the Institutions/colleges and the members of local
chapters will significantly help the student community.
A student chapter may be established at any university/institute with
the following qualifications:
• University/Institution has a Bachelors’ in Civil Engineering/
Master’s program in Geotechnical Engineering/Soil Mechanics
or equivalent.
• University/Institution has one full-time faculty member who
isIGS Fellow/ Member/Associate Member and who agrees to
serve as a faculty advisor.
• The chapter will have a minimum membership of 12 students
and if the college has Master’s program in Geotechnical
Engineering or equivalent of Civil Engineering or related
engineering or technology, these students can also join in the
chapter and advice and motivate the young members from
undergraduate program.
When to submit an application for Student Chapter?
Stage – I
1. The student group shall approach IGS member(s) of the institute
with a proposal and obtain his/their consent to mentor them;
2. Obtain endorsement of the proposal by the Head of Civil
Engineering department and the endorsement of the proposal by
the IGS local chapter in whose jurisdiction the institute islocated;
3. Student members may join and form a student chapterby paying
a nominal amount of INR 250 towards annualmembership to
the student chapter. These funds shall be maintained by them
for useas a corpus to organize technical events. The college
can also support the student chapter financially.The leadership
committee formedwithin the students will organize technical
events such as guest lectures/seminars/workshops/field visits
etc. for the students to undertake and learn from.
The followingofficers are to be appointed with the help of IGS
member(faculty):
• A student chapter President
• A student chapter Vice-president
• A student chapter secretary
• A student chapter treasurer
These officers need to be nominated/elected from the group
members.Attached is a description of the Student officer
functions.The activities that Student Chapter can do are as
follows:
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• Creation and maintenance of homepage of student
chapter
• Host lectures of engineers/professionals in civil/
geotechnical engineering
• Invite professional organizations for lectures and also
explore possibilities for internships
• Use online materials from ISSMGE/IGS and other
related sources for discussion/presentation/knowledge
enhancement
• Organise debates/lectures/quiz programs among students
• Participation in programs such as Swatch Bharath/Save
planet etc.
• Develop oral and written communication skills bypreparing
presentations/ articles for Magazines/Newsletter
• Organise/participate in annual programs such as GEOFEST
along with student chapters of other colleges
4. The leadership committee shall organize technical events in
the institute with the help of faculty mentor(s) for one year by
using the corpus fund/college support, which shall be managed
by the faculty mentor and the Student Chapter leadership;
5. Shall participate as volunteers and student delegates invarious
technical events organised by the local IGS chapter;
6. Completion of one year of successful operation under the
effective guidance of the IGS members/chapter in whose
jurisdiction the institution is located;
7. The database of students will be maintained by IGS local chapter
and student members will be givenCertificates of participation/
awards by the local chapterof IGS.
Stage – II
1. On Completion of one year of successful operation under
the effective guidance of the IGS members/chapter a formal
application shall be submitted along with the details of all the
events organised in one year;
2. The application for the student chapter shall be formallyendorsed
by the head of the institution and IGS local chapterto establish
an IGS Student Chapter and attain the official recognition of
the Committee on Student Activities of IGS NationalExecutive
Committee.
3. Once the Chapter is officially recognized, it will be listed
inthe IGS homepage and the chapter is expected to continueits
activities and promote geotechnical engineering.
4. The student chapter needs to submit annual progress reportto
maintain the student chapter status;
5. A student chapter will lose its status and become dormant, if
the annual reports are not submitted.
Benefits for students
1. Contributes to developing leadership skills and public
relationship skills
2. Creates interest in the subject, motivation and passion in
engineering professional work
3. Creates opportunities for internships and jobs
4. Improves chances of admission in Masters program abroad
and the work done as student member can be indicated in the
Statement of Purpose (SoP)
Clarifications if any can be obtained from IGS office by email
(admin@igs.org.in).
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 New IGS Executive Committee Members (Term 2019-20)
President
Congratulations
to the New
IGS Executive Committee
(2019-20) Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu
(Declared elected unopposed)

Executive Committee Members

Prof. D.K. Baidya Prof. A. Boominathan Dr. Ravi Sankar Jakka Dr. Anil Joseph Dr. Priti Maheshwari Dr. C.R. Parthasarathy

Dr. S.V. Ramaswamy Prof. H.N. Ramesh Prof. Kondala Ramu Prof. M. Rama Rao Dr. E. Saibaba Reddy Prof. N.K. Samadhiya

Dr. D. Neelima Satyam Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Prof. D.L. Shah Dr. J.C. Shukla Prof. Mahendra Singh Prof. Chandresh H. Solanki
Reddy

Dr. G. Sridevi Mr. Ravi Sundaram Shri Ravikiran Vaidya Prof. Sarvesh Chandra Prof. Sarat Kumar Das
(Co-opted) (Co-opted)
ASSOCIATE MEMBER INSTITUTION MEMBERS

M/s AIMIL Ltd., New Delhi Director, CBRI, Roorkee Director, IIT-Delhi, New Delhi
(Declared elected unopposed) (Declared elected unopposed) (Declared elected unopposed)

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INVITATION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter and S. V. National Institute of Patron
Technology, Surat extends you a warm invitation to the IGC – 2019 to be Prof. S. R. Gandhi, Director, SVNIT Surat
held at Surat during 19 – 21 December 2019. Chairman
Prof. C. H. Solanki, SVNIT Surat (+91 9925207068)
CONFERENCE THEMES
Shri Hitesh H. Desai, Chairman, IGS Surat Chapter (+91 9824134064)
The main theme of the conference is “GeoINDUS: Geotechnics for
INfrastructure Development & UrbaniSation”.
KEY DATES
SUB-THEMES Abstract Submission starts 15 January 2019
1. Characterization of soils, rocks and synthesized materials
2. Shallow and deep foundations Abstract Submission deadline 5 April 2019
3. Ground improvement Intimation of abstract acceptance 15 May2019
4. Geoenvironmental engineering Submission of a Full-length paper 8 July 2019
5. Behavior of unsaturated soils
Intimation of Full-length paper 19 August 2019
6. Soil dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering
7. Stability of earth and earth retaining structures acceptance
8. Rock engineering, tunnelling, and underground constructions Submission of camera-ready paper 30 September 2019
9. Analytical and numerical modeling in geomechanics
Registration of accepted papers 21 October 2019
10. Geohazards: Analysis, mitigation, and management
11. Forensic investigations and case histories Conference Dates 19 – 21 Dec 2019
12. Uncertainties, risk, and reliability in geotechnical engineering
13. Deep Excavations and Geotechnical Field instrumentation REGISTRATION FEES
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15. Coastal Erosion and protection
30 Sept 2019 3o Sept 2019 Delegates
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INVITATION IMPORTANT DATES

Indian Getechnical Society, Silchar Chapter and National Date for abstract submission : 15-11-2018
Institute of Technology, Silchar extend a hearty invitation to Intimation of accepted abstracts : 15-12-2018
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the Young Geotechnical Engineers of age below 35 years in Full length paper submission : 15-01-2019
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held at NIT Silchar on 15-16th March, 2019 Date of conference : 15 & 16 -03-2019
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 IGS SILCHAR CHAPTER REGISTRATION FEE

The Silchar chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society IGS Non Industry
nd th
 (IGS) started its journey as 42 chapter of IGS on 14 Member IGS
May, 2017 with an aim to spread the recent advancement Author/co-author/ Rs 500 Rs 750 Rs 1000
 on geotechnical engineering among academicians, research student below 35
scholars and construction engineers in the North Eastern years old
 part of the country. The office of the chapter is housed at Other delegates Rs 1000 Rs 1250 Rs 2500
NIT Silchar. The chapter has organized two National (above 35 years age)
 Conferences, one Regional Geotechnical Students meet and 
one workshop with field engineers since its inception
 NIT SILCHAR SPONSORSHIP
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Chennai on 29 December 2018. The award was presented
by His Excellency Shri Banwarilal Purohit - Governor
of Tamil Nadu and received by Dr CR Parthasarathy –
Managing Director of SGES.
Mohit Jhalani
(LM - 4125)
Mohit Jhalani was awarded with “IGS
Delhi Chapter Young Geotechnical
Engineer Award 2018” for the year
2017-2018 during Award Presentation
Ceremony at CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)
on 20th September, 2018.
TIPS for Effective Performance of Local Chapters
Local chapters are the vital links between IGS main body and
members. Effective functioning of the local chapters makes Indian
Geotechncal Society very vibrant and improve the quality of
professional services and education in the country. The local chapters
are the media which connect professionals and students and energise
the whole system. Towards these objectives the following tasks need
to be fulfilled by the local chapters.
1. Creation and maintenance of the homepage of the chapter.
2. Maintenance of local chapter directory updated with
affiliations
3. Categorization of members (professionals, academia, students
etc to help in understanding the interests of specific groups)
4. Facilitate creation and handholding of student chapters in
organising the activities
5. Give representation to students and young members (two
members each) and seek their help in maintenance of homepage,
conference organization etc. Student members will not have
IGS News u October-December 2018
Gopal Ranjan Technology Award
2018
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE
Gopal Ranjan Technology Award of Rs. 1,00,000/- will be
given to a deserving person on the basis of his/her ‘Creative
Work’ in the fields of Soil Characteristics/ Foundation
Engineering/ Ground Improvement/ Soil Structure
Interaction/ Engineering Geology/ Underground Structures/
Rock Mechanics /Subsurface including marine structure in
India. The award shall be given to an Indian National or
an alumni of IIT Roorkee (or its predecessor University of
Roorkee) of any nationality.
For details visit at https://alumni.iitr.ac.in/research/gopal
IGC-2020
IGC-2020 would be hosted by
IGS-Vishakhapatnam Chapter
The Venue, Theme, scheduled dates etc. are being
worked out and shall be announced soon.
Now Online Membership Available
The homepage of the Society has been updated and a
new online membership platform has been created to
facilitate joining of new members.
Just log on to:
www.igs.org.in
voting members until they complete the graduation and become
members of IGS
6. Facilitate affiliate members of local chapters to life members of
IGS within two years of their joining local chapter as affiliate
member.
7. Organization of general body meeting, technical programs such
as workshops, seminars, expert lectures, field visits, use of
ISSMGE webinars and other related technical matters, giving
certificates to student chapter members in different colleges
under their jurisdiction, newsletter etc.
8. Submission of activity report for newsletter, accounts
information as well as activities information by November 15th
every year for discussion in chapters meeting during annual
conference of IGS.
It is hoped that the local chapters adopt the above to serve geotechnical
engineering profession better.
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 GEOTECHNICAL EVENTS CALENDAR
ABROAD INDIA
2019 2019
November 10-14 March 1-2
Cairo, Egypt MNNIT, Allahabad
3rd GeoMEast2019 International Congress and Exhibition [Sustainable Two-days Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geo-environmental
Civil Infrastructures] Engineering (ICGGE-2019)
For Details For Details
Email : info@geomeast.org Website : www.icgge2019.in
Email : icgge2019mnnit@gmail.com
November 28-29
Hanoi, Vietnam September 16-18
The 4th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sutainable IIT-Madras, India
Infrastructure Development. International Symposium on “Geotechnical Aspects of Heritage
For Details Structures (ISGHS)”
Website : https://geotechn.vn For Details
Email: phung.long@gmail.com E-mail: isghs19chennai@gmail.com

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 MEMBERS PIYUSH SARANGI LM-4400 MAHEBOOBSAB B NADAV LM-4433

MOHANAMURUAN D LM-4367
SUBHRA DAS LM-4368
NABANITA DATTA LM-4369
RAI BAHADUR REANG LM-4370
PLABAN DEB LM-4371
VKSS SRIKANTH MAHANKALI LM-4372
YOGESH BAFNA LM-4373
BANDELA SRIKANTH LM-4374
ABHIPARNA DASGUPTA LM-4375
ASHUTOSH VERMA LM-4376
SANTOSH KUMAR G. LM-4377
VINOTH KUMAR M. LM-4378
SREEVALSA KOLATHAYAR LM-4381
DIPTESH CHANDA LM-4382
JHUMA MITRA LM-4383
ANUP KUMAR MANDAL LM-4384
GODAS SRIKAR LM-4385
ANOOP BHARDWAJ LM-4386
SHUBHRAJIT MAITRA LM-4387
FIROZ RAZA KHAN LM-4388
BITASTA GHOSH LM-4389
ANIRUDDHA BHADURI LM-4390
C. SANDHIYA LM-4391
SHABARISH V. PATEL LM-4392
RAJAT KUMAR S. VAIDYA LM-4393
M.S. NAGAKUMAR LM-4394
CHANGALPATTU NAGA
BHARATH LM-4395
JAYALAKSHMI DHEIVEEKAN LM-4396
ROHIT RALLI LM-4397
M.R. APARNA LM-4398
MILIND PATIL LM-4399
M. THARUN KUMAR LM-4401
RAJA RAJAN LM-4402
SUCHIT KUMAR PATEL LM-4403
V. DILLI RAO LM-4404
CHAIDUL HAQUE CHAUDHURI LM-4405
PRANJIT PATARI LM-4406
UDAY VEER GAUTAM LM-4407
THADIBOINA DHARMA TEJA LM-4408
NILESH SANTOSH BHOI LM-4409
DEVESH SINGH LM-4410
GAYATHRI M. S. LM-4411
MOHD. HIRAN MIA LM-4412
BIPUL SEN LM-4413
NITYANAND SINGH MAURYA LM-4414
SWARUPA BHOWMIK LM-4415
TULASI KUMAR MUGGU LM-4416
HARSH RAI LM-4417
TANAYA DEB LM-4418
SUMAN HAZARI LM-4419
RATANDEEP MODAK LM-4420
RAHUL KUMAR LM-4421
AMRENDRA KUMAR LM-4422
ALKA MURARI SHAH LM-4423
HIRAL THAKAR LM-4424
SNEHASHISH BASU LM-4425
SRIJITA DEY LM-4426
SHANKAR SABAVATH LM-4427
ARGHYA DAS LM-4428
AVIJIT BURMAN LM-4429
M. NAGALAKSHMI LM-4430
ANURADHA PANDEY LM-4431
S.H. VAMSI KRISHNA LM-4432
BODAPATI MAJJI GOWRI LM-4434
NAGIDI
SIVAPOORNACHANDRA RAO LM-4435
PRIYANKA KUCHIBHATLA LM-4436
PROTIP KUMAR DAS LM-4437
ARVIND KUMAR TIWARI LM-4438
AJINKYA B. MAGAR LM-4439
P. PARDHA SARADHI LM-4440
K. LAKSHMIPRASANNA LM-4441
M. MEREENA LM-4442
K. LAKSHMANUNU LM-4443
K. VASUDEVA LM-4444
S. ANANTH RAJU LM-4445
K. CHANDRANNA LM-4446
S. SRIDHAR LM-4447
SHAIK JAHARA LM-4448
K. RAJASEKHAR LM-4449
GAURUKU SUDHEER KUMAR LM-4450
VENUGOPAL G LM-4451
YASH PANDEY LM-4452
SUGHOSH P. LM-4453
NAGA MOHAN JONNALAGADDA LM-4454
S. JUDGES SUJATHA LM-4455
R. NISHANTHAN LM-4456
AMIT PRASHANT LM-4457
GYAN VIKASH LM-4458
AJANTA SACHAN LM-4459
N. SARANYA LM-4460
SHARATH CHANDRA LM-4461
ANIL KUMAR SHARMA LM-4462
PARAMITA BHATTACHARYA LM-4463
RAMKRISHNAN RAMABHADRAN LM-4464

IGS News u October-December 2018 31

GDS Resilient Modulus
Testing System (RMTS)

The GDS Resilient Modulus Testing System

(RMTS) enables the resilient modulus and
permanent deformation of unbound
base/sub-base pavement materials to be
determined. The system, based around the
GDS ELDYN, uses an axially-stiff load frame
with a beam mounted electro-mechanical
actuator to apply dynamic cyclic axial loads,
with a GDS triaxial cell used to confine the
test specimen. A number of options are also
available for measuring axial deformations,
ranging from localised LVDTs to external
linear potentiometers.

Aimil/Ad/Civil/18-19/07/09

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Editor : Prof. J.T. Shahu, Hon. Secretary, IGS & Professor, Civil Engg. Dept., IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Assoc. Editor : Mr. Sanjay Arora, Exec. Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society, 206, Manisha, 75-76, Nehru Place, New Delhi-19
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