Volume 51 IGS NEWS

Contents

Message from President

Conference Reports and Chapter News

Brief Report on 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC-19

IGS-Task Force Committees 2019-20

Guidelines for the formation of Student Chapters of IGS

Members’ News

Guidelines for ProfessionalForum

Geotechnical Events Calendar

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Message from President

Volume 51No.

01 IGS NEWSJanuary-March 2019

Editor: Prof. J.T. Shahu

A Bulletin of the Indian Geotechnical Society

Dear distinguished colleaguesThe period during January to March 2019 has been very eventful, many chapters conducted technical programs and communicated the reports to IGS. They include Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Indore, Pune and Tirupati. These programs have been of high quality and relevance, conducted on important themes in Geotechnical engineering for the benefit of professionals, academicians and students.It is a pleasure to inform you that members of various Technical Committees nominated from IGS to ISSMGE TCs have started a number of technical programs in the country. The first one is a Workshop on Ground Property Characterization from In-Situ Tests by the members of TC102 (Ground property characterization from In situ tests) and is being held during 26-27 April 2019 in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. It is expected that the codes pertaining to various in situ tests will be examined and evaluated. It is hoped that presentations and discussions among experts who are attending the workshop may provide useful inputs to practice in India. Second one is the International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed Corridors during 25th and 26th July 2019 in Thiruvananthapuram in association with TC 202 on Transportation Geotechnics. Hopefully, the pre-conference workshop and Conference will be useful to researchers and infrastructure companies. The third one 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 TC301 (Preservation of Historic Sites). The fourth one and first of its kind, First Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics – ISOG 2019 is being organized during 5-6 December 2019 at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar in association with IEOT, ONGC, TC209 (offshore Geotechnics) and IGS. All the above programs have participation of experts and delegates from India and abroad.

The recent Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, held in Silchar, during 15-16 March 2019, aimed at assessing and improving the quality of geotechnical engineers (under 35 years) was successful. It was also noted by some of the members that these members of IGS need grooming and support. While we have student chapters for students in undergraduate programme (some times with inclusion of PG students), we do not have a mechanism in IGS to address the critical need of helping the young members who complete the Masters program to take up a job or research. Hence, it is proposed to have Young Member Group (YMG) of these members of IGS in different chapters. Similar initiative exists at ISSMGE level. These members need to be life members of IGS and take active part in the local chapter programs. One member of the group can be invitee in local chapter EC meetings. The whole process helps in improvement of gradation of IGS membership wherein all members participate and serve the needs of the Society.

Let us promote better Geotechnics to create better world!

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CONFERENCE REPORTS AND CHAPTER NEWS

IGS Ahmedabad ChapterSymposium of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) was held in Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar from 5 - 7 March, 2019. The three days forum amalgamated innovative ideas and experiences from experts in research as well as practice, primarily, in the domains Earthquake Engineering, Ground Improvement and Constitutive Modelling. The symposium was chaired by Prof. Amit Prashant and co-chaired by Prof. Ajanta Sachan.About 180 delegates attended the three-day symposium from all over India and a few presenters/speakers also joined from Chongqing University, China, Kyoto University, Japan, University of Arizona, University of Oklahoma, and University of San Diego, USA. A total of 117 technical presentations were conducted in four parallel sessions. The inaugural lecture in the IACMAG Symposium 2019 was delivered by Shri Kamlesh Kumar, former Additional Director General and Advisor to Minister in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) on “Need of new technologies to meet growing infrastructure demand in India”. The symposium had 8 keynote lectures. Dr. Ahmed Elgamal, Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) delivered an interesting talk on Computational Modeling of Ground-Structure Systems and Liquefaction Scenarios: Recent Developments. Prof. Achintya Haldar, University of Arizona enlightened us with “Novel Geomechanics Concept

for Earthquake Excitations Applied in Time domain”. Prof. Musharraf Zaman, University of Oklahoma (OU) talked about “Fatigue and Low-Temperature Cracking Performance of Asphalt Mixes containing Rap and Ras”. Prof. Yang Xiao from Chongqing University, China presented “DSC-based model for growth of Calcite Biocemented Sand. Prof. G.V. Rao, IIT Gandhinagar presented his experience on “Search for Solutions to Foundations on Black Cotton Soils of India”. Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu, IISc Banglore discussed about “Reliability Based Robust Design in Geotechnical Engineering”. Prof. K. Rajagopal, IIT Madras talked about “Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforced Pile Supported Embankments”. Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, IIT Bombay presented “Mechanics of Barrette and Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Systems for Super Tall Towers - Theory and Practice”. Prof. Mousumi Mukherjee, IIT Mandi discussed “Instabilities and Rate-

Group Photo of the Participants of the IACMAG Symposium 2019

Technical Session of the IACMAG Symposium 2019

Dependency in Mechanical Behavior of Sand”. Dr. Ajanta Sachan IIT Gandhinagar talked about her studies on “Evaluation of Liquefaction Earthquake Hazard of Kutch Region”.

International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) invited applications for research award from currently pursuing masters and doctoral students referred to as “IACMAG-2019 Masters research award” and “IACMAG-2019 Doctoral research award”, respectively. A number of applications were received and finally a total of 15 applications for doctoral level and 10 for masters level were shortlisted for technical presentations. A total of 7 doctoral and 3 Masters students received the award. This session encouraged senior level graduate students to share their research with wider audience and gain opinions from different perspectives.

Pre-symposium workshop on “Behaviour of Civil Engineering Materials” was also organized on 4th March 2019 (Monday) which focused on the essence of material models commonly used in analysis and design of structures. The workshop aimed at improving understanding on the choice and use of appropriate models in predicting the behaviour of geomaterials under different boundary conditions. Also, a hands-on session was conducted wherein a real-time problem was solved using FEM simulating the system using appropriate constitutive models.

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“IACMAG-2019 Masters Research Award” and “IACMAG-2019 Doctoral Research Award”

International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) - 2019 in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) – Ahmedabad Chapter had planned to award “IACMAG-2019 Masters Research Award” and “IACMAG-2019 Doctoral (Ph.D.) Research Award” to masters and doctoral students. This event was coordinated by IGS Ahmedabad Chapter and was open for currently enrolled students in any institution in India or abroad. Last date for submitting extended abstracts related to thesis work was 10th February, 2019. After a rigorous review process total 15 Doctoral and 10 M.Tech. participants were shortlisted for 10 minutes presentation during a special session at IACMAG 2019 symposium (on 7th March, 2019). The details of recipients of “IACMAG-2019 Masters Research Award” and “IACMAG-2019 Doctoral Research Award” are listed herewith.

IACMAG-2019 Masters Research Award

Judge Panel:

1. Dr. Arghya Das – (IIT Kanpur)

2. Prof. A. K. Gupta – (Delhi Technological University)

Name of Recipient Dissertation Title Affiliation

Charmy Joshi Model Study on Behaviour of Narrow Reinforced Earth Wall Using arching theory

L. D. College of Engineering

Rasikh Nazir Effect of Strain Rate and Stress History on Strain Localization Patterns of Laterite Soil under Different Boundary Conditions

IIT Gandhinagar

Soumyajyoti Ghosh Uplift capacity of buried pipeline in sandy soil IIT Bombay

Doctoral Research Award

Judge Panel:

1. Prof. K. Rajagopal – (IIT Madras)

2. Prof. Ahmed Elgamal (UC SanDiego, USA)

Name of Recipient Thesis Title Affiliation

Daniel Habtamu Zelleke Development of A Novel Semi-Active Algorithm for Response Control of Structures

IIT Delhi

Dhanya J. Seismic Wave Amplification in the Indo-Gangetic Basin for possible large earthquakes

IIT Madras

Debayan Bhattacharya Instabilities in Granular Media with Flexible Boundaries

IIT Gandhinagar

Raghvendra Pratap Singh Behavior of Railway Track Foundation System and Related Issues

IIT Bombay

Majid Hussain Experimental Study on Undrained Monotonic and Cyclic behavior of Kutch soils

IIT Gandhinagar

Yusuke Miyazaki Fundamental study on seismic behavior of hinge types of precast arch culverts in culvert longitudinal direction

Kyoto University

Prajakta R. Jadhav Deformation Based Seismic Design of Cantilever Retaining Walls

IIT Gandhinagar

IACMAG 2019 organizers and IGS – Ahmedabad Chapter congratulates all the award recipients.


IGS Allahabad ChapterAn Indian conference on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering (ICGGE-2019) organized on 1-2 March 2019 with grand inaugural function on 1st March 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj. This conference was organized by Civil Engineering Department & Indian Geotechnical Society Allahabad Chapter, Prayagraj. Around 150 delegates from different parts of the country attended and presented their research paper and shared their research ideas regarding the geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering on various themes. This conference was inaugurated by chief guest Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu from IISc Bangalore & President, Indian Geotechnical Society. Prof. Rajeev Tripathi, Director MNNIT

IGS Bangalore ChapterIGS Bangalore Chapter organized 27th Prof. B.K. Ramiah Memorial lecture in the remembrance of yeoman services of the founding father of the Bangalore University, Prof. B.K. Ramiah. Prof. S.K. Prasad, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, delivered the lecture on “Seismic Performance of Foundations”. This lecture was organized at the Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru on Friday, the 29th March 2019. This event was chaired by Prof. H.N. Ramesh

Chairman, IGS Bengaluru Chapter while Prof. Ananth Ramaswamy, Chairman,

Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore was the chief guest.

Rehabilitation of Waste Dump. Invited Lecture were delivered on first day by by Prof. K.S. Rao from IITD, Prof. N.K. Samadhiya from IITR, Dr. T.V. Bharat from IITG and on second day Prof. P.V. Sivapulliaiah, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Gitam University/Ex Professor IISc Bangalore, Dr. Abhishek Kumar from IITG and Dr. P. Bala Ramudu from IIT BHU delivered Invited Lecture.

In valedictory function of conference chief guest Prof. K.S. Rao from IITD addressed the gathering. Chairman Prof. R.D. Gupta, Organizing Secretary Dr. Kumar Venkatesh & Dr. V.P. Singh emphasized that this conference is the heart of Civil Engineering as Geotechnical & Geo-environmental engineering plays a vital role in Infrastructure Development. Mind-boggling sessions were held which will add new dimensions in research and technology of Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering.

Allahabad & Patron of the conference addressed the gathering during inaugural function. This conference was chaired by Prof. R.D. Gupta, Head Civil Engg. Department and organized by Dr. Kumar Venkatesh, Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. V.P Singh. Faculty, Research Scholar/Students from various colleges, engineers and people from various government and non-government organizations from all over India had attended the conference which helped the participants to learn about geotechnical and geo-environmental issues. This conference was sponsored by TEQIP-III, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj.

Keynote Lecture of the conference delivered by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu on Role of Municipal Waste Characterization in Landfills and

Chief Guest Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu & Director Prof. Rajeev Tripathi Lighting the Lamp during Inaugural Function of Conference ICGGE-2019

Release of Conference Proceedings by Chief Guest Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Director Prof. Rajeev Tripathi, Head Prof. R.D. Gupta, Organizing Secretary Dr. Kumar Venkatesh &

Dr. V.P. Singh during Inaugural Function of Conference ICGGE-2019

27th Prof. B.K. Ramiah Memorial Lecture by Prof. S.K. Prasad


IGS Coimbatore ChapterThe IGS-Coimbatore student Chapter at SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore was inaugurated on 07th February 2019. This is the 19th students chapter at the Institute inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. P.D. Arumairaj, Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society Coimbatore Chapter, Professor and HOD, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences. The inauguration took place in the presence of Dr. A. Velumani, HOD, Civil Department, Dr. R. Kuberan, Executive Committee member and Mrs. R. Priya and G. Ramasamy, Faculty Supervisors, IGS Student Chapter of SNSCE. On this occasion, the HOD stressed on the importance of these student chapters and Dr. Kuberan outlined the growth of

IGS in India and in Coimbatore region. This was followed by an expert lecture

IGS Guntur ChapterThe IGS-Guntur Chapter conducted One-day Seminar on “Case studies in Geotechnical Engineering Practices (CGEP-2019)” in association with MPES, Guntur on 07th January, 2019. Dr. P. Nageswar Rao, Director, MPES, briefed the importance of geotechnical

Inauguration of IGS Malineni Student Chapter

Dr.P.D.ArumairajandDr.R.KuberanpresentingtheStudentChaptercertificatetotheHeadofthe Department, SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore

Final Round of Quiz Competition

DistributionofCertificates

Dr. M. Rama Rao Felicitated by Prof. A. Subrahmanyam, H.O.D, Civil Engineering Department, M.P.E.S.

engineering to the young civil engineers and thanked the IGS for their kind co-operation in organizing the seminar in association with Malineni Perumallu Engineering College. Er. Kirankumar Rumandla, Manager – Technical Team, Tencate Geosythetics Asia, Hyderabad, discussed on “Geosynthetics Overview and Case studies”. Dr. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam discussed on “Failure of Structures due to lack of soil investigations”. 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”.

Er. K.S.R. Kutumba Rao, Treasurer, IGS-Guntur chapter and Prof. M. Rama Rao, Secretary of IGS-Guntur Chapter has inaugurated the IGS-Malineni Student Chapter and gave suggestions to the executive committee of student chapter regarding the importance of IGS and its organizing techniques.

IGS Coimbatore Chapter conducted IGS QFiesta – 2019, an Inter college quiz competition on 26/02/19 among IGS student chapters in association with Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi. This programme was organized for the second time by IGS-CBE chapter to encourage the involvement of the IGS student chapters in the technical activities of IGS Coimbatore chapter. The quiz was conducted by Dr. R. Kuberan. Former Professor, IIT Delhi and Executive Committee member of IGS-CBE chapter. Totally 16 teams have participated in the competition, with two students in each group. The competition consisted of a preliminary round and a final round and

on “The Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering” by Dr. P.D. Arumairaj.

the prize-winning teams are:

1. Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology

2. SVS College of Engineering

3. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

4. Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

The winners were awarded Rs.5000, Rs.3000 and Rs.2000 respectively for the first, second, and third places. The fourth team was given a consolation prize. The prize money was sponsored by Mr. Nandakumar, Managing Director, VKP Geotech, Coimbatore.


IGS Hyderabad ChapterIndian Geotechnical Society Hyderabad Chapter in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad organized a national conference on ‘GeoApps 2019’ on 30th March 2019 at IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy. On behalf of IGS Hyderabad Chapter, Dr. B. Munwar Basha and Dr. V. Padmavathi, organized the event. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. E. Saibaba Reddy, Principal JNTUCEH, Chairman of IGS Hyderabad Chapter; Prof. M.R. Madhav, Chairman of the GeoApps 2019; Dr. T. Shashidhar, Head of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Hyderabad, and Dr. B. Munwar Basha,

Participants, Delegates, Speakers and Organizers of the Conference at IIT Hyderabad Campus

A Group Photo during Inaugural Ceremony of Indian Geotechnical Society IIT Indore Student Chapter

Organizing Secretary of the conference. As part of Conference, the M.Tech and Ph.D students from IIT Hyderabad, JNTU Hyderabad, VNRVJ IE&T, NIT Warangal, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, and Govt. College of Technology Coimbatore were presented their

research work. Cash prizes and certificates were given for the best presenters of each session and overall Best Presenter of the sessions. Over 90 delegates attended the conference and made it a grand success. The conference concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. B. Munwar Basha.

IGS Indore ChapterThe Inaugural Ceremony of Indian Geotechnical Society IIT Indore Student Chapter held on 5th January 2019. It commenced with the lighting of lamp by a group of dignitaries: Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain (Dean Academic, IIT Indore), The Honorable Chief Guest Mr. Nitin Agarwal (Director Path India Ltd.), The Guest of Honour Dr. Azad Jain, (CEO Azad Jain & Associates), Mr. V.K. Agarwal (Chairman, IGS Indore), Mr. D.S. Parihar (Director DS Parihar & Associates ) and Mr. Anupam Bidasaria (Managing Director, Ferro Concrete Construction Private Ltd.), Dr. Neelima Satyam (Faculty mentor of IGS IITI Students chapter).

Dr. Neelima Satyam welcomed all the dignitaries and addressed all the dignitaries, faculty members, sponsors and students. Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain described about the recent growth of IIT Indore. IIT Indore debuts with a rank of

351-400 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, 2nd amongst Indian Institutes. Dr. Azad Jain briefed about “Geotechnical Challenges in Infrastructure Projects” and shared details of various project carried out by him. He motivated the students to get actively involved in the research and projects. In his address, Mr. Nitin Agarwal described about “Use of Appropriate Sub Soil Property for Column Design”. He wished for the success & growth of the student chapter and inspired the

students for academically rewarding stay at IIT Indore. Mr. Anupam Bidasaria, gave his expert talk on “Restoration and Renovation of K.R. Sagar Dam”. He included the various technical aspects involved in the project. Mr. D.S. Parihar gave his expert lecture on “Geotechnical challenges: View from Professional Consultants Window”. The event ended with mementos presentation and vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Shalay Gupta (President, IGS, IIT Indore Student Chapter).

Dr. A N Patel, Senior Geotechnical Professional Addressing the Gathering

One day awareness workshop on “NABL Accreditation” was organized by NABL New Delhi in association with IGS Indore chapter at IIT Indore on 28th Jan 2018. The objective of the workshop was to raise awareness and provide a forum for interaction between the academician, NABL laboratories officials and other stakeholders on the new scheme launched by NABL. Dr. A.N. Patel, Senior Geotechnical Professional address the gathering and shared recent trends of geotechnical engineering. The challenges

of pre-examination process, updates on online portal, methodology of app-based assessment and the experience of conducting and facing online assessment were shared with the participants by Mr. Nitin Garg Joint Director NABL. Dr. Neelima Satyam, Associate professor IIT Indore delivered the technical talk on “Geotechnical site investigation and challenges”. The workshop ended with the open forum discussion and then feedback of participants were taken.


IGS Kochi ChapterIGS Kochi Chapter in association with Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, organized a technical talk on “Innovative Shallow and Deep Foundation System” by Prof. Eun Chul Shin, Vice President of ISSMGE for Asia on 15th February, 2019 at 9.30 a.m. Dr. Glory Joseph, Head of Civil Engineering Department welcomed the gathering. Dr. Radhakrishna Panicker, Principal, School of Engineering presided over the function. Sri. M.D. Nair, Chairman, IGS Kochi Chapter gave an account of IGS activities and its association with School of Engineering to the audience. Dr. Benny Mathews Abraham, Vice Chairman, IGS Kochi Chapter introduced the speaker to the audience. Professor Shin gave a brief introduction of ISSMGE and its activities to the benefit of the audience. He then gave an impressive lecture on Honeycell Block Concrete foundation. The honeycell block foundation can be effectively used for reinforcement of shallow foundation in weak soil. Dr. Babu T. Jose, Patron of IGS Kochi Chapter honoured Prof. Shin with a memento.After the lecture, an audio-visual presentation of modern and innovative drilling systems in soils and rocks was

given by engineers of Sungwon Heavy Machinery Co, from Republic of Korea.

Dr. Anil Joseph, Hon. Secretary, IGS Kochi Chapter proposed the vote of thanks.

Group Photo of Two Day National Seminar

A Group Photo

A View of the Technical Talk

Two day National Seminar on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering” was organized by the Discipline of Civil Engineering, IIT Indore in association with IGS Indore chapter during

29th–30th March 2019. Professional engineers, faculty member, research scholar and master’s students form several places were participated in the seminar.

The national seminar was inaugurated by Prof. K.S. Rao Professor (IIT Delhi) and past president (IGS). Prof. N.K. Jain Dean Academics (IIT Indore). Prof. K.S. Rao, (IIT Delhi) delivered keynote on “Construction of Chenab bridge and technical challenges involved” and “Physical and Numerical Modeling of Tunnels under Impact and Blast Loads”. Prof. D.N. Singh (IIT Bombay) delivered expert talk on “Bio-Geo Interface” and Dr. Neelima Satyam (IIT Indore) delivered talk on “Landslide predication and Monitoring” and “Pile Raft Foundation”. In day 2, expert talks were given by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Prof. S.K. Prasad (SJCE Mysore University) and Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker (PDPU Gandhinagar).


IGS Kolkata ChapterIGS Kolkata Chapter organized a workshop titled ‘Geotechnical Engineering for Sustainable Development’ on 14th March, 2019 at the Seminar Room-II of Civil Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The workshop started at 2.00 PM with a welcome address by Prof. R.B. Sahu, Chairman, Kolkata Chapter of IGS followed by an inaugural address by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, Indian Geotechnical Society. The workshop was chaired by Er. Amitabha Ghosal, Chief Advisor, STUP

Consultant, Kolkata. He delivered a brief introductory address and also introduced the speakers.

The lecture session began with the lecture on “Sustainability Issues in Landfills and Highways” by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, Indian Geotechnical Society. The next lecture on ‘Reinforced Soil Wall - A Practical Perspective’ was delivered by Er. Samiran Sen, Managing Director, End to End Consulting Services Pvt.Ltd. Another interesting lecture on “Application of Site Specific Spectrum and Spectrum Compatible Time History in Design of Tall Railway Bridges in

North East India” was presented by Er. Sumantra Sengupta, Chief Manager (Design), STUP Consultant Pvt. Ltd. The lecture session ended with another quite informative and interesting lecture on “Geotechnical Analysis & Protection of Old Heritage Buildings During Tunneling in Kolkata” delivered by Er. Biswanath Dewanji, Chief Engineer, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. The difficulties and challenges encountered by KMRCL while tunneling below some of the Old Heritage Buildings in Kolkata city were highlighted in the said lecture.A Group Photograph

Prof. J.N. Mandal – Bharatratna Vishweshwaraiya 4th IGS Pune Annual Oration

Group Photo with the Participents of the Workshop

Lecture Delivered by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, IGS

IGS Pune ChapterPune chapter has organized two major activities during the term January to March 2019.

One day workshop on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering”. Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University College of Engineering, Pune Department of Civil Engineering has started the IGS – Student Chapter on 15th September 2018 under IGS – Pune Local Chapter. This workshop was the first activity under this student chapter.The workshop started with the inauguration. The coordinator of this workshop Mrs. Deepali Kulkarni introduced the guest. The Chief Guest was Prof. G.L.S. Babu, President IGS, Professor, IISc Banglore and Guest of Honour was Prof. J.N. Mandal, Emeritus Professor, IIT Mumbai. Prof. Priya Hirave introduced the chief Guest and Guest of honour. Er. Vikas Patil felicitated Chief Guest, and Convener of the workshop Dr. Vidula Sohoni felicitated Guest of Honour and Er. Vikas Patil.

Prof. Vidula Sohoni gave brief introduction

about the institute, department and the workshop. Er. Vikas Patil mentioned the IGS – Pune Local Chapter activities and importance of Student chapter.The Chief Guest Prof. G.L.S. Babu explained the importance about the course Geotechnical Engineering and the Student’s Professional activities and mentioned to open such platforms for students to gain more knowledge. The inaugural function concluded with the vote of thanks given by Prof. Priya Hirave.


IGS Tirupati ChapterThe Department of Civil Engineering of Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College has organized a Guest Lecture on “Licensing for Civil Engineers - Essentiality” under Indian Geotechnical Society Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (IGS SVEC) Student Chapter on 28th February, 2019 from 2:15 p.m to

3:45 p.m. The objective of the program is to bring eminent engineers on to the campus to share their knowledge and experience with the students in the field of civil engineering.

Mr. T. Venkatesh Babu, Former President – TAPE Tirupati; Chairman, TAPE Chittoor; Vice President – CREDAI Andhra Pradesh; Consultant - eM

Consultancy; Mg Partner – Surabhi Homes Developers was the resource person. A total of 225 students and 18 faculty members from the host institution participated in the program.

Dr. O. Eswara Reddy, Professor and BOS Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College; Faculty Advisor, IGS SVEC Student Chapter; Convener of the Event, Dr. D. Sreenivasulu, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering; Mrs. G. Gnana Prasanna, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering; Coordinator, IGS SVEC Student Chapter; Coordinator of the Event graced the occasion.

On the whole, the event was proved successful in enriching students with the latest developments in civil engineering within and beyond curriculum. In addition, a good interaction took place between the speaker and participants. Civil Engineering Department had an opportunity to explore the possibilities of collaboration with the speaker with respect to internships and consultancy.

Two Days Technical Event GEOFEST - 2019Indian Geotechnical Society Student Chapter at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, affiliated to Indian Geotechnical Society Pune Local Chapter, has successfully organised a two days Technical Event – “GEOFEST 2019” on 25th and 26th March 2019 at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Nigdi, Pune. The inaugural function was followed by a technical session, delivered by Mr. Tiru Kulkarni, President – Geosynthetic Div. Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. Subsequently, various student activities took place: Geocreato: Model Making competition, providing stage for creativity and presentation skills of participants. Quizotech : Quiz competition, intricately designed to test one’s knowledge, speed, and accuracy in regards to geotechnical field. Pick and Speak : An Extempore competiton, to test one’s knowledge in regards to Geotechnical Field and speaking skills.

Placard : Poster making completion, and platform for students to showcase their creativity and presentation skills. TechnicoTrackers : A technical tresure hunt. Then, a technical session was delivered by Mr. Ravikiran Desai, MD – Terock Infrastucture services, who shared his experience from his participation in Civil Engineering projects. Valedictory function was conducted with Mr. Ravikiran Desai, MD – TerockInfrastucture services, as the guest. Event summary was given by Mr. S.P. Gaikwad, Organizing Secretary

– Geofest 2019. Student from different colleges shared their experience about Geofest 2019 followed by Prize Distribution for winner’s and runner’s up. The function ended with a Vote of Thanks by Mr. Pushkar Patil, Student Convener – Geofest 2019, thanking IGS Pune Local Chapter, Principal, HoD, Teaching staff, Nonteaching staff, Management, Technical resource experts, sponsors and all student coordinators and volunteers who worked for this event to make this event a grand success.

Events during GEOFEST 2019

Felicitation to the Guest Speaker


ISSMGE BULLETINVol 13, Issue 1, February 2019

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Group Photo with Participants

Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Senior Professor, IISc Bangalore Addressing the Gathering

IGS Vellore ChapterThe School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore, in association with Indian Geotechnical Society Vellore Chapter, and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology organized a one day Workshop titled “Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Mitigation: Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” on 22nd March, 2019. The event was attended by over 100 participants from various institutes in South India.

Prof. S.S. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of IGS Vellore chapter welcomed the guests and delegates. Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Professor, IISc and Director (Designate) IIT Guwahati, the Chief Guest of the day stressed the need for engineering preparedness for earthquake disaster

mitigation. Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, Former Director DRDL DRDO and Former VC Defense Institute of Advance Technology, explained the scope of flexible materials in building construction and he related the technology in flight making to infrastructure building. Dr. Sathyanarayanan, Registrar VIT highlighted the short term memory

of people in context of earthquake preparedness and mentioned that it is very important to have such workshops regularly to raise awareness. Dr. M. Muthukumar, Secretary IGS Vellore chapter, proposed vote of thanks.

Prof T.G. Sitharam delivered a talk on Engineered Preparedness for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation. He explained the evolution of earthquake hazard zonation in the country and future directions. Dr. Sreevalsa delivered a talk on Earthquake Hazard Assessment & Disaster Geotechnics. Prof. G.P. Ganapathy, Director, Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, VIT, talked on Geo-spatial application in earthquake damage scenario analysis. Dr. S.S. Chandrasekaran delivered a lecture on Static and Dynamic response of laterally loaded piles. Dr. M. Muthukumar presented Ground Improvement Techniques for Liquefaction mitigation. It was followed by an interactive session and distribution of certificates to the participants. Delegates expressed interest to have such important workshops regularly in different cities of India. The delegates included students, faculty and industry professionals with background in civil engineering, geology, geography and disaster mitigation. The future scope and role of engineers in disaster mitigation was deliberated during interactions.


7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC-19 was successfully organized at NIT Silchar by Indian Geotechnical Society Silchar Chapter in collaboration with Civil Engineering Department, NIT Silchar on 15th and 16th March 2019. The programme was inaugurated by Professor Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Director, NIT Silchar. Mr. A.K. Gupta, Asset Manager, ONGC Cachar Forward Base was the Chief Guest; Professor G.L. Sivakumar Babu, President, IGS and Dr. B.K. Bansal, Advisor, MoES, GOI were the Guests of Honour. Prof. Ashim Kanti Dey, Organising Chairman of the conference delivered the welcome speech and gave a brief outline of the conference and the activities of Indian Geotechnical Society Silchar Chapter. In his inaugural speech, Prof Bandyopadhyay stressed upon the need of dissemination of knowledge on recent developments in geotechnical engineering among young engineers. Professor Babu highlighted the achievement of Indian Geotechnical Society in different fields of geotechnical engineering. Dr. B.K Bansal gave instances of application of geotechnical engineering in different activities under Department of Earth Sciences. He suggested that more and extensive research activities are to be carried out on behavior of soils during seismic wave propagation. Mr. Gupta spoke about the technical aspects of drill sites and involvement of geotechnical engineers in achievement of different goals of ONGC. All the dignitaries on the dias inaugurated the student chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society Silchar Chapter and wished its colourful onward journey. Mr. Subhranil Saha was elected as the President and Mr. Ashesh Choudhury and Mr. Biprashish Paul Choudhury were nominated as General Secretaries of the student chapter. Dr. Debjit Bhowmik, Organizing Secretary, gave vote of thanks.

Soon after the inaugural session, the conference started with key note speeches. There were altogether ten key note speeches distributed over the two days. Eminent personalities like Mr. A.K. Gupta, Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Dr. B.K. Bansal, Prof. D.K. Baidya, Dr. Neelima Satyam, Dr. J.J. Mandal, Dr. Bappaditya Manna, Dr. A. Murali Krishna, Mr. Gautam Chandra Sarkar, Additional Chief Engineer, Assam PWD and Dr. Vinode Singhi, Managing Director, Gautam Construction, Silchar were invited to deliver the key note speeches.

Ten subthemes covering different aspects of Geotechnical Engineering were included in the conference. 150 number of abstracts were submitted for inclusion in the conference proceeding and 120 abstracts were selected for submission as full length papers. Finally 105 papers were submitted for oral presentation. Altogether 72 persons registered for attending the conference and 55 participants were physically present. Eight technical sessions were arranged covering all the submitted technical papers. All the participants took active role in presenting their papers. One cultural night was arranged in the evening on the first day and local folk dances namely Bihu, Bodo, Dimachcha, Manipuri and Dhamail were performed by the professional dancers. A dance drama, namely, “Mahishashur Mardini” was also performed by a professional group.

The conference was ended with a valedictory function in which Prof. A.K. Barbhuiya, Registrar, NIT Silchar was the Chief Guest and Prof. J.T. Shahu, Hony Secretary, IGS was the Guest of Honour. The best paper award for each of the eight technical sessions was presented in the valedictory function. Participation certificates were presented to all the participants. The conference was finally ended with a high tea.

Brief Report on 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC-19

(15th - 16th March 2019)

Lighting of Lamp

Mr. A.K. Gupta, the Chief Guest Delivering his Speech


Committee Members : SC 1 IGS Website and Information

Prof. Priti Maheshwari (Convener)

Prof. A. Murali Krishna

Dr. Jaykumar Shukla

Dr. Ravi Sankar Jakka

Prof. Neelima Satyam

Committee Members: SC 2 Membership Services

Prof. Priti Maheshwari (Convener)

Prof. D K Baidya (Convener)

Prof. M. Rama Rao

Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy

Prof. C.H. Solanki

Prof. H.N. Ramesh

Prof. G. Sridevi

Committee Members: SC 3 Professional Forum

Dr. Jaykumar Shukla (Convener)

Shri Ravikiran Vaidya

Dr. Anil Joseph

Dr. C.R. Parthasarathy

Shri Ravi Sundaram

Committee Members: SC 4 Finance

Shri Ravikiran Vaidya (Convener)

Prof. J T Shahu

Shri M.D. Nair

Dr. Anil Joseph

Committee Members: SC 5 International Cooperation

Prof. Neelima Satyam (Convener)

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury

Prof. Priti Maheshwari

Prof. A Murali Krishna

IGS-TASK FORCE COMMITTEES 2019-2020Committee Members:

SC 6 Chapter ActivitiesProf. N.K. Samadhiya (Convener)Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana ReddyProf. H.N. RameshProf. Sarat Kumar DasProf. Jagadanand JhaProf. Sujit Kumar PalProf. D.L. Shah

Committee Members: SC 7 Student Chapter Activities and Continuing Education

Prof. C.H. Solanki (Convener)Prof. K. Ramu Prof. Neelima SatyamProf. Sireesh SarideProf. E. Saibaba ReddyProf. H.N. RameshProf. Vandana TareProf. P.D. Arumairaj

Committee Members: SC 8 Guidance Documents

Prof. Mahendra Singh (Convener)Prof. Sarvesh ChandraProf. D.L. ShahProf. A. BoominathanProf. S.V. RamaswamyShri I.V. Anirudhan

Committee Members: SC 9 Journal/News letter

Journal: Prof. G. Madhavi LathaProf. Deepankar Choudhury

Newsletter:

Prof. J.T. ShahuDr. Jaykumar Shukla (Convener)Prof. Sarat Kumar DasDr. Ravi Sankar Jakka

Committee Members: SC 10 Codes and Practice

Prof. Sarvesh Chandra (Convener)Shri Ravi SundaramProf. D.L. ShahProf. E. Saibaba ReddyDr. C.R. ParthasarathyProf. A. BoominathanDr. Pradeep Kumar Prof. N.K. Samadhiya (MOU)


ANNOUNCEMENT

IGS-MR. H.C. VERMA DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARD

A biennial award namely IGS-Mr. H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee Award for Innovative Instrument Design is instituted by M/s AIMIL LTD., New Delhi a pioneering Instrument Organisation, in memory of their late Founder and Chairman Mr. H.C. Verma. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/- a memento and certificate.

The nature of this award is different from other IGS Awards since this is intended to be neither a best paper published/thesis presented model nor is it based on the achievements of individuals over a period of time.

Those wishing to be nominated for this award will have to submit details of their instrument design to the IGS Secretariat for the due selection process. Nominations for the year 2019 are invited and interested persons may

submit their entries to IGS Secretariat latest by June 30, 2019.

GUIDELINES:The entries should include:

Detailed description of the instrument.• Its need, utility and detailed design.• Fabrication and calibration procedures• Procedure for its use, limitations• Results obtained and their validation• Schematic sections/diagrams/photographs• Papers/ reports/ documents related to the instrument• Names and Address of 3 Referees who are familiar • with the work.

Title : IGS-Mr. H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee Award for Innovative Instrument Design

Frequency: Biennial

Award: Rs. 25,000/- Cash, Memento and Citation to be awarded in 2019

ANNOUNCEMENT

IGS-SARDAR RESHAM SINGH MEMORIAL AWARD 2019A biennial award namely IGS-Sardar Resham Singh Memorial Award for Innovative Original Research Applications/Procedures to Benefit Infrastructure Projects in the field has been instituted by M/s HEICO LTD., New Delhi a pioneering Instrument Organisation, in memory of their late Founder and Chairman Sardar Resham Singh. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- a memento and citation.

Those wishing to be nominated for this award shall submit their original Innovative Research/Applications/ Procedures duly referenced by two eminent Referees on the subject. The applicant must be a member of Indian

Geotechnical Society. Nominations for the year 2019 are invited and interested persons may submit their entries to IGS Secretariat latest by June 30, 2019.

GUIDELINES:The entries should include:

Original Innovative Research/ Applications/• ProceduresBenefits to Infrastructure Projects• Reduction in ill effects of natural disasters• Any other related advantage.•

ü Indian Geotechnical Journal will be published in 6 issues from 2019. February-April-June-August-October-December.

ü Cover page of the Indian Geotechnical Journal has changed.

IMPORTANT NEWS


Editorial Message from the Editor-in-Chief Gali Madhavi Latha 1

ARTICLE OF PROFESSIONAL INTERESTNovel Techniques to Simulate and Monitor Contaminant–Geomaterial Interactions 2-36DevendraNarainSingh

ORIGINAL PAPERS Bearing Capacity Factors for Isolated Surface Strip Footing Resting on Multi-layered Reinforced Soil Bed 37-49NripojyotiBiswas,PriyankaGhosh

Effect of Soil Layering on Coupled Dynamic Response and Active Length of Piles Embedded in Layered Soil Using Cone Model 50-57AmarSankarPal,DilipKumarBaidya

Prediction of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Clean Sandy Soils Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques 58-69AyadSalihSabbar,AminChegenizadeh,HamidNikraz

Seepage and Stability Analysis of Durgawati Earthen Dam: A Case Study 70-89N.Himanshu,A.Burman

Lateral Response of Contiguous Pile Wall Subjected to Staged Excavation: Physical and Numerical Investigations 90-99JiteshT.Chavda,ChandreshH.Solanki, AtulK.Desai

Load Displacement Behaviour of Granular Anchor Pile (GAP) and Group Piles Under Oblique Pullout Loads 100-107JaswantSingh,AnupamMital,V.K.Arora

Earthquake-Induced Landslide Hazard Assessment of Chamoli District, Uttarakhand Using Relative Frequency Ratio Method 108-123Sangeeta,B.K.Maheshwari

TECHNICAL NOTESDevelopment of Large Direct Shear Test Apparatus for Passive Bolt Reinforced Mass 124-131LokPriyaSrivastava,MahendraSingh, JattinderSingh

A Calculation Method for the Distribution of Lateral Force Acting on Stabilizing Piles Considering Soil Arching Effect 132-139XianLi,ShaoweiWeiPages

INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNALVolume 49, Issue 1, February 2019

CONTENTS

41ST IGS ANNUAL LECTURE 2019The prestigious

41st IGS Annual Lecture 2019will be delivered by Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT-Delhi

during IGC-2019, Surat(December 19-21, 2019)

The topic of his lecture is “Characterization, Modeling and Engineering of Rocks and Rock Masses”.

CALL FOR ENTRIESIGS-PROF. G.A. LEONARDS’ BEST PH.D. THESIS PRIZE

IGS-Prof. G.A. Leonards’ prize for the best Ph.D. Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering is open to all Indian Universities/Institutions. Nominations for the prize to be awarded during IGC-2019 at Surat are invited. Ph.D. thesis awarded by the Universities/Institutions during the year 2018 alongwith a certificate from the University/Institution regarding the award may be sent to the IGS Secretariat latest by July 31, 2019.

IGS News u January-March 2019 17IGS News October-December 2018 21IGS News April-June 2018 15

GUIDELINES FOR THE FORMATION OF STUDENT CHAPTERS OF IGSNeed for formation of student chaptersThe 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 – I1. 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:

• 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 colleges4. 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 – II1. 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 students1. Contributes to developing leadership skills and public

relationship skills 2. Creates interest in the subject, motivation and passion in

engineering professional work3. Creates opportunities for internships and jobs4. Improves chances of admission in Masters program abroad

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GeoIndus - IGC 2019 Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019

19-21 December 2019

INVITATION Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter and S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat extends you a warm invitation to the IGC – 2019 to be held at Surat during 19 – 21 December 2019.

CONFERENCE THEMES The main theme of the conference is “GeoINDUS: Geotechnics for INfrastructure Development & UrbaniSation”.

SUB-THEMES 1. Characterization of soils, rocks and synthesized materials 2. Shallow and deep foundations 3. Ground improvement 4. Geoenvironmental engineering 5. Behavior of unsaturated soils 6. Soil dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering 7. Stability of earth and earth retaining structures 8. Rock engineering, tunnelling, and underground constructions 9. Analytical and numerical modeling in geomechanics 10. Geohazards: Analysis, mitigation, and management 11. Forensic investigations and case histories 12. Uncertainties, risk, and reliability in geotechnical engineering 13. Deep Excavations and Geotechnical Field instrumentation 14. Pavement Geotechnics 15. Coastal Erosion and protection 16. Geosynthetics Applications

Other topics: Offshore & marine geotechnics; remote sensing and GIS; geotechnical education, Codes & standards; Retrofitting Strategies for geotechnical structures; Field instrumentation and monitoring; and any other relevant topic.

SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT (INR) or EQUIVALENT

FREE DELEGATE

Platinum 10,00,000/- 7 Diamond 7,50,000/- 6 Gold 5,00,000/- 5 Silver 3,00,000/- 4 Bronze 2,00,000/- 3 Support 50,000/- 2 Well wisher 25,000/- 1

FOR EXHIBITION: Kindly contact Conference Chairman

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Patron Prof. S. R. Gandhi, Director, SVNIT Surat Chairman Prof. C. H. Solanki, SVNIT Surat (+91 9925207068) Shri Hitesh H. Desai, Chairman, IGS Surat Chapter (+91 9824134064) KEY DATES

Abstract Submission starts 15 January 2019

Abstract Submission deadline 5 April 2019

Intimation of abstract acceptance 15 May2019

Submission of a Full-length paper 8 July 2019

Intimation of Full-length paper

acceptance

19 August 2019

Submission of camera-ready paper 30 September 2019

Registration of accepted papers 21 October 2019

Conference Dates 19 – 21 Dec 2019

REGISTRATION FEES

Delegate Category Up to 30 Sept 2019

(INR)

After 3o Sept 2019

(INR)

Foreign Delegates

(USD) IGS Member 5500 6500 350 Non-IGS Member 6500 7500 400 SAARC Country Delegates

6500 7500 -

Student 3000 3500 250 Senior Citizen 3000 3500 250 Accompanying Person

2500 2500 250

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: Pre conference INDO-KOREA workshop will be conducted on 18th December 2019.

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT US Prof. C. H. Solanki / Shri Hitesh H. Desai,

Email: [email protected], Website: www.igc2019.com


INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERSTo motivate and encourage Young Geotechnical Engineers to get involved and participate in Geotechnical research and field work, biennial Best Paper Awards especially for YGE have been 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, 2019. The following seven (7) odd-year Awards will be given during IGC-2019 at Surat.1. IGS-Soiltech India Pvt Ltd, Pune YGE Award for Best Paper

on Shallow Foundations.2. IGS-AIMIL-HCV YGE Award for Best Paper on Geotechnical

Investigation and Testing.3. IGS-Bangalore Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on

Environmental Geotechnology.4. IGS-Roorkee Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on Rock

Mechanics and Rock Engineering.5. IGS-Chennai Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on

Solutions of Problematic Soils.6. IGS-Kakinada Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on Deep

Excavations and Underground Structures.7. IGS-Kolkata Chapter YGE Award for Best Paper on Earth

Retaining Structures.

RULES AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE1. The Awards will be awarded to YGEs during IGS Annual

General Session conducted at the time of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2019 (IGC-2019).

2. 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.

3. 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, 2018.

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-2019 at Silchar)

(ii) Indian Geotechnical Journal (IGJ) of the last two years (2017 & 2018).

(iii) Proceedings of the last two IGCs (IGC 2017 & 2018). (iv) Proceedings of ISSMGE sponsored Conferences such

as ICSMGE, ARCs, iYGEC and Seminar/Workshop/Symposium organized by ISSMGE-TCs during last four years (2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018).

(v) Proceedings of National Conference/Seminar/Workshop conducted in India by any institute/organizations in last two years (2017 & 2018)

(vi) Any paper identified by IGS Secretariat by suitable means published in last two years (2017 & 2018).

6. Nominations (submission of papers on behalf of author/s) from the following are also invited.

(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 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, 2019.

Format for Submission of Paper for YGE Best Paper AwardName of YGE author : .................................................................................................................................................................................

Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) : ................................................................. Age as on 01-01-2018 ................................................................

Proof of age (copy of Driving license/ School leaving cert./ Adhaar 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

Young Geotechnical Engineer (YGE) Best Paper Awards-2019


MEMBERS’ NEWSShahrokh P. Bagli(LF - 0096)

Shahrokh P. Bagli, Chief Technology Officer, Strata Geosystems (India) Pvt Ltd has been awarded the Appreciation Award for its contribution to the activities

of Indian Chapter of IGS on 07 March 2019 at IIT Gandhi Nagar during the Special Session of Indian Chapter of IGS.

Vasant G. Havanagi(LM - 3294)

Vasant G. Havanagi, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute has been awarded

with “CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2019” under the category “Scientist” for his outstanding research contribution in the field of Highway and Geotechnical Engineering on 7th March 2019 by the Board of Governors of Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) at Delhi.

Pijush Samui(LM - 3028)

Pijush Samui has been selected as an adjunct professor at TDTU University (Vietnam). Please see the following link: https://science.tdtu.edu.vn/en/resource/Experts.

The homepage of the Society has been updated and a new online membership platform has been created to

facilitate joining of new members.

Justlogonto:www.igs.org.in

Now Online Membership Available

IGC-2020 would be hosted by

IGS-Vishakhapatnam ChapterThe Venue, Theme, scheduled dates etc. are being

worked out and shall be announced soon.

IGC-2020

B.R. Madhusudhan(LM - 4240)

B.R. Madhusudhan has been honoured with “Best Presenter Award” at IGC-2018 held on December 13-15, 2018 at Bengaluru by the Springer for presenting

the paper entitled “Effect of specimen size on the dynamic properties of river sand and rubber tire shreds from cyclic triaxial and cyclic simple shear tests”.

Arvind Kumar Mishra(LF - 0577)

Arvind Kumar Mishar has been awarded with “EPC World Award” on 7th February 2019 at Hotel

Ashok, New Delhi for “Outstanding Contribution in Power Generation” pertaining to 720 MW Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan.

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

affiliations3. 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 activities5. 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 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.

TIPS for Effective Performance of Local Chapters


2019November 10-14Cairo, Egypt3rd GeoMEast2019 International Congress and Exhibition [Sustainable Civil Infrastructures] ForDetails–Email : [email protected]

November 28-29Hanoi, Vietnam

The 4th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sutainable Infrastructure Development.ForDetails–Website : https://geotechn.vn, Email: [email protected]

2020September 7-11

Budapest, Hungary6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization.ForDetails–Email: www.isc6.org

GEOTECHNICAL EVENTS CALENDARABROAD

2019April 26-27

IISc Bangalore, KarnatakaTC-102 two days workshop on “Ground Properties Characterization using In Situ Testing” under the aegis of Technical Committee (TC-102).

ForDetails–http://civil.iisc.ac.in/~anbazhagan/tc102ww/Home_page.html

September 16-18IIT-Madras, India

TC-301 International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Heritage (ISGHS2019)

ForDetails–Email : [email protected] 5-6

IIT Bhubaneswar, IndiaFirst Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics-ISOG 2019 under the aegis of Technical Committee (TC-209).

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PARTICIPATION OF PROFESSIONALS IN INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETYIndian Geotechnical Society has been in the forefront of advancing geotechnical engineering practice in the country. It is essential that many professional organizations such as soil investigation agencies, consultants and designers, contractors, manufacturers of various products such as testing equipment, geosynthetics, ground improvement contractors, geo-environmental companies involved in testing of soils for contaminants, dewatering contractors, etc join the Indian Geotechnical Society as associates with the objectives of delivering quality geotechnical services in India and abroad. The following are the criteria for admission and the membership benefits.1. Experience of at least 5 years in geotechnical services/products.2. Willingness and commitment to participate in IGS activities. Must

participate in IGS activities at least once in three years in the form of attendance at IGS seminars / conferences / stalls and events.

3. Should have minimum 3 qualified personnel with a minimum of 5 years individual relevant experience. Employees or owners must have written at least three technical papers in conferences.

4. Must not have been black listed by any major government body from projects in the past three years. If disqualified, then company cannot become a corporate member for 2 years post disqualification or maybe cannot contest elections for 2 years.

5. Can become member of the IGS by paying either Rs. 9,000/- per year or Rs. 40,000/- for a block of 5 years (to be added) or Rs. 75,000/- for a block period of 10 years.

Benefits1. Concessional rate in sponsorship in IGS activities (10 percent).2. Free copy of the journal and Newsletter and access to IGS library and

website3. Mentioning of company name and address in IGS Newsletter.4. Support of the IGS professional forum.5. Help in identification of potential well trained staff and interns.6. Participation in Professional activities of the Forum and Society.

Participation in Elections as an Associate member and have a say in the decision making.

7. Select papers will be given priority in publication and presentation of technical papers in IGS conferences and events. (Subject to review and scrutiny by experts).

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