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The President’s MessageD ear Fellows/
Members,
Season's greetings!One more IGC has
gone by leaving nostalgia about thesame. But it was not just an ordinaryIGC but an extra ordinary one at thatin the whole annals of IGS as vouch -safed by many eminent members whoattended. IGS- Kochi Chapter left anindelible mark may be unlikely to besurpassed by any other chapter formany years to come. Kudos to ProfBabu T. Jose and his able team whichhas strived very hard and earned it.Delhi should pull up their socks now!
Preceding the IGC-11, we had agrand Indo-Japanese workshopon "Advances in EarthquakeGeotechnical Engineering" ablyorganized. More than 120 delegateswere registered for the day longactivity. This too was memorable oneand the plans are afoot to publish theproceedings of this workshop as aspecial publication by Springer. It is amatter of satisfaction, that thecollaboration between IGS and JGSis on a strong footing and heading formutual growth.
I am happy to share the news thatunder the recent MOU between IGSand Korean Geotechnical Society, weare planning to have a one day
January - March, 2012Editor : Prof. Chandan GhoshVol. 44 No. 1
34th IGS ANNUAL LECTURE 2012The prestigious
34th IGS Annual Lecture 2012shall be delivered by
Professor B.R. Srinivasa Murthy,Professor Emeritus, IISc, Bangalore
during IGC-2012, New Delhi(Dec.13-15, 2012).
workshop on "Urban GeotechnicalEngineering" during IGC-12 at Delhi.A team of experts led by the Presidentof KGS will be contributing in this.Watch for the details!
In my earlier message I mentionedabout the possible new avatar of ourjournal (IGJ).The Springer will publishand circulate the journal hence forth.I hope our members and subscriberswould welcome the new look journalboth in content and outlook. I amdelighted to inform that all membersof the Society will access the journalelectronically now.
Brisk job is going on revamping ourweb portal with face page for eachmember and features like twitter andBlog to be eventually introduced. Irepeat online voting by all ourmembers is my priority as we aim fora paper-less Society. You will see the
election schedule soon on our websitegiving details. E- Library is anotherpriority area and all IGS publicationsshall be made available under thisumbrella.
A long cherished Student Membershiphas been introduced from this yearonwards with affordable fees with allmembership amenities. I hope ourstudent community would welcomethe same whole heartedly.
The IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Orationwill be delivered by Prof. Kerry Roweon 5th Oct'12 in Delhi. IGC-2012 andTerzaghi Oration, both prestigiousevents in IGS calendar are beingorganized by our IGS Delhi Chapter.I appeal to all Fellows/Members to join,support and make these events agrand success.
Prof. K.S.Rao
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A BRIEF REPORT ON THE INDIAN GEOTECHNICALCONFERENCE, IGC-2011 (Geochallenges)
The Golden Jubilee conference of theIndian Geotechnical Society, IndianGeotechnical Conference,IGC-2011(Geochallanges) was held at GokulamConvention Centre, Kochi, Kerala during15-17 December, 2011. The conferencewas organized jointly by the Kochi LocalChapter of Indian Geotechnical Societyand Cochin University of Science andTechnology (CUSAT), Kochi, Kerala. Thisis the first time in the history of IGS, anIGC was conducted in Kerala, that too,by one of the youngest Chapters of theSociety formed barely two years back.
The inaugural ceremony of the 53rdAnnual General Session and theconference was held in the morning ofDecember 15, at the Terzhaghi Hall of theGokulam Convention Centre withtraditional welcome to all delegates. Theconference was inaugurated by ViceAdmiral K.N.Sushil, Flag OfficerCommanding-in-Chief of the SouthernNaval Command, Kochi who spoke on thecomplex nature of the Kochi soil andexpressed his appreciation on theselection of the main theme of theconference "Soft Clay Engineering' as themost appropriate to the challenges facedby the geotechnical engineers in coastalbelt of Kerala. The Guest of Honour,Mr.A.P.M.Mohammed Hanish,IAS,Managing Director of the Roads andBridges Development Corporation ofKerala Ltd. also pointed to the need fordeliberations and solutions of complexgeotechnical problems faced in the statewhile releasing the souvenir of the IndianGeotechnical Conference-2011. Prof. K.S.Rao, the President of IGS delivered hispresidential address highlightingdevelopments of the Society level andalso the specific area which requiresconcerted research needs to meet thefuture Challenges. The Proceedings andCD containing the Technical papers werereleased by Prof.A. Sridharan. IGS Awardswere presented to the winners.Felicitations were offered by Mr.Cherian
Varkey, National President of the BuildersAssociation of India and Mr.ArvindVerma, CMD of AIMIL Ltd., the leadingGeotechnical Instrumentation company.
The Technical exhibition was inauguratedby Prof.Askar Zussupbekov, VicePresident of the International Society ofSoil Mechanics and GeotechnicalEngineering. All facets of CivilEngineering discipline was on display atthe exhibition with good representationfrom the natural geotextile sector.
The 33rd IGS Annual Lecture wasdelivered by Prof.Manoj Datta,immediately after the inaugural session.A record number of 681 delegatesregistered in IGC -2011.
The conference proceedings in twovolumes contain invited papers and 254contributory papers selected by arigorous review process in 4 stages from381 abstracts received, covering thevarious themes such as Soft clayengineering, Developments ingeotechnical laboratory testing, Fieldinvestigations in difficult sub-soilconditions, Foundations in problematicsoils, Rehabilitation of foundations of oldstructures, Earthquake engineering,Innovations in ground improvement,Geosynthetics with natural and syntheticfibers, Deep excavations, Earth retainingstructures, Landslides and Slope stability,Environmental Geotechnics, Remotesensing and GIS applications, Numericaland physical modeling, Rock engineering,tunneling and undergroundconstructions and Case studies ingeotechnical engineering. The mostsignificant and note-worthy aspect of thisConference is that all the 254 contributedpapers have been reviewed by a panel of65 experts from India and abroad underthe chairmanship of Prof.A.Sridharan.
IGC 2011 had invited speakers fromJapan, Korea, Iran, Khazagstan, UK,United States and Austrialia. All the 14invited papers were presented in 5
plenary sessions held in the Terzaghi Hall.The 254 published contributory paperswere presented in 14 parallel sessionsheld in three different halls-viztheTerzaghi Hall, the Rankine Hall and theCasagrande Hall,
The first day of the conference,witnessed the signing of the technicalcollaboration agreement between theIndian Geotechnical Society and theKorean Geotechnical society, signaling anew era of international co-operation inR&D, similar to the agreement already inforce with the Japanese GeotechnicalSociety who had brought a good numberof delegation to IGC-2011. BothPresidents Prof. K.S. Rao and Prof. Y.S.Jang exchanged the signed MOUsushering a new beginning.
The Annual General body meeting of IGSwas held in the evening. The programmeon the first day ended with a BanquetDinner and a musical evening of gazalsheld at the picturesque Bolgatty PalaceHotel, in the middle of the Kochibackwaters. A separate companion'sprogrammes were also organized all days.
A fine cultural programme representingthe fine arts of Kerala was organised onthe evening of the second day of theconference.
The three day conference concluded witha valedictory function in the evening of17th December 2011 presided over by thePresident, IGS. The Chairman Prof. BabuT. Jose and his entire team wascongratulated by the Society with floralbouquet by IGS.
On behalf of the Organising committee, Ithank each and everyone for their wholehearted support and cooperation formaking the Indian GeotechnicalConference -2011, a grand success.
Dr. Benny Mathews Abraham,Organising Secretary, IGC - 2011
andProf. K.S. Rao, President, IGS
For photo feature on IGC-2011, please refer page 10-11
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Brief Report on Indo - Japan Workshop inEarthquake Geotechnical Engineering
held at Hotel Central Park, Kochi on 14th Dec 2011The first Indo - Japan Workshop onGeotechnical Engineering organizedjointly by the two of Asia's oldestgeotechnical societies, JapaneseGeotechnical Society (JGS) and IndianGeotechnical Society (IGS) was theoutcome of several decades of interactionthat culminated into official MOU signingceremony between the two societies inHong Kong on 23rd May 2011 during the14th Asian Regional Conference. TheMOU was signed by Prof. K. S. Rao,President of IGS and Prof. OsamuKusakabe, President of JGS in thepresence of other senior members of thetwo societies. India and Japan havealways enjoyed excellent relationship andinteraction in every field and this newventure will reinforce the activities in thefield of geotechnical engineering in thetwo countries.
As the first activity of MOU between thetwo societies, it was proposed to hold ajoint workshop in 2011 and IGS tookinitiative to host the First Indo JapanWorkshop just before the nationalconference IGC 2011 at Kochi. Japan isaffected by frequent earthquakes. Lastyear 11th March's 9.0 Mw superearthquake was a nightmare. India has hadits share of bad luck due to earthquakes,18th September's 6.9 Mw Sikkimearthquake was the most recent to hitIndia. Hence, appropriately, theme for thisworkshop was "Earthquake GeotechnicalEngineering".
The workshop began with a formalinauguration. Prof. K. S. Rao, Prof. M. R.Madhav, Prof. Babu T. Jose, Prof OsamuKusakabe and Prof. Ikuo Towhata wereon the dais. While Prof. Rao and Prof.Kusakabe spoke about their respectivesocieties, their aims and future vision,Prof. Madhav explained about theimportance and usefulness of this Indo -Japan tie-up. Prof. Towhata emphasizedon the relevance of EarthquakeGeotechnical Engineering. Prof. Babu TJose, Chairman of IGC 2011 spoke about
the Indian Geotechnical Conference thatwas starting the next day and welcomedevery one to join for the grand show.The following were the speakers and theirrespective topics in the order ofpresentation.
3. Microzonation and LiquefactionHazard Assessment with discussionson microzonation of Indian Megacities, Liquefaction hazard analysisand site response for Delhi,Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai andVijayawada.
Sl No Speaker Topic of Presentation
1 Dr. Osamu Kusakabe Lessons learned from the 2011 Great East JapanEarthquakes
2 Dr. K S Rao Seismic Microzonation of Indian Mega Cities
3 Dr. Ikuo Towhata Validation and strategy of early warning instrumentfor mitigation of precipitation-induced slope failure
4 Dr. M. R. Madhav Seismic Risk Mitigation of Loose Saturated Sandswith Granular Inclusions
5 Dr. Yoichi Watabe Seismic performance of caisson quay wall withlightweight backfill
6 Dr. A. Boominathan Lateral Dynamic Response and Effect of Weakzone on the stiffness of Full Scale Single Piles
7 Dr. Hemanta Hazarika Damage to waterfront structures in northernTohoku area due to the March 11, 2011 tsunami
8 Dr. Deepankar Choudhury Seismic liquefaction hazard and site response fordesign of piles in Mumbai
9 Er. Hiroyasu Ishii Effectiveness of Liquefaction Countermeasures inthe 2011 M=9 Gigantic Earthquake, and anInnovative Soil Improvement Method
10 Dr. B. K. Maheshwari Geotechnical aspects of recent Sikkim Earthquakeof September 18, 2011
11 Er. Yoshitake Oka Earthquake resistant technology applying steelproducts based on a study of the damage of The2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake
12 Dr. Neelima Satyam D Liquefaction Hazard Assessment using SPT andVS for Two cities in India
13 Dr. S. K. Prasad Sliding Displacement of Quay Wall duringearthquake for Performance Based Design
Each speaker had about 20 minutes forpresentation. The summary ofpresentations is as follows.1. Live experience of two of the recent
earthquakes 2011 Great East JapanEarthquake and Sikkim Earthquake ofSeptember 18, 2011.
2. Performance of geotechnicalstructures such as Quay Walls, PileFoundation, earth slopes duringearthquake.
4. Earthquake resistant design andtechnology with discussions on steeltechnology and algorithm for slidingdisplacement of quay wall.
5. Ground modification methods withdiscussion on innovative method tocounter liquefaction hazard, use oflight weight backfill to enhance seismicperformance of retaining walls.
Panel Discussion was given equalimportance. The following were the
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Topics for panel discussion.1. Microzonation and its relevance2. Codal provisions and design
requirements3. Performance Based design4. Performance of Geotechnical
structures such as foundations,embankments, retaining walls, slopes& tunnels.
5. Disaster management6. Cooperation between JGS and IGSMembers conducting the discussionincluded Prof. Hemanta Hazarika(Moderator), Prof. Ikuo Towhata, Prof.Osamu Kusakabe, Dr. Yoichi Watabe andEr. Hiroyasu Ishii from Japan and Prof.Chandan Ghosh (Moderator), Er. SureshS., Prof. K. S. Rao and Prof. M. R. Madhavfrom India.The following are some remarks from thetechnical presentations and paneldiscussion.1. Microzonation was considered
important, especially for Indian cities.Analysis of Site effect and groundbehavior is one aspect, but, preciseevaluation of ground properties withdepth is the other challenge.Available methods such as SPT,CPT, SASW and MASW etc. shouldbe utilized judiciously for thispurpose.
2. Design procedures need constantrevision according to seismicactivities in the region. For instance,
the super earthquake of March 11,2011 in Japan has enhanced thetarget of design acceleration. InIndia, work on evolving targetacceleration for design purpose indifferent regions needs a morerational and rigorous approach.
3. Performance Based Design shouldbe given more importance. Forgeotechnical structures, it is morerational to design based ondeformation rather than strengthbased approach.
4. Disaster management is the mostimportant aspect in earthquakeengineering. Both the countriessuffer from different disasters andmethodologies to reduce damagingeffects from disaster need to beevolved. These methodologies cannot be unique and may varyaccording to geographic location,economic and social standing,policy of government amongothers.
5. Cooperation between JGS and IGShas started in a positive manner. Weneed to proceed with more jointseminars, sharing of resources,exchange of researchers etc. forwhich more precise planning will beevolved.
6. Performance of geotechnicalstructures such as foundations,retaining walls, earth slopes etc.during 2011 Great East Japan
Earthquake and Sikkim Earthquakeof September 18, 2011 werediscussed and it was inferred thatavailable design aids and codalprovisions need improvement toincorporate new findings and newobservations.
The workshop was sponsored by AIMIL,HEICO, FERROCO and XPLORER.The financial assistance from them ishighly appreciated.The venue for the workshop was CentralPark in Kochi, Kerala. The auditorium andinfrastructure for the workshop wasexcellent. The workshop attracted a largenumber of participants from academia,research organizations, industry andgovernmental organizations. After theinaugurations, there were three technicalsessions. In the first two sessions,technical presentations were madealternatively from Japan and India by theinvited speakers and the last session wasdevoted for panel discussion.Prof. S. K. Prasad, Er. Suresh S. and Prof.Hemanta Hazarika were the coordinatorsof the workshop. The workshop wasappreciated by all the delegates whoparticipated in it especially for time andfinancial management and technicalcontent.The following pictures provide theglimpse of workshop.
Dr. S. K. Prasad & Er. SureshOrganising Secretary
Dignitaries on dais during the inauguration
A glimpse of lunch time
Lighting the lamp to symbolize the start of workshop
Invited speakers and coordinators of the workshop
A view of delegates during one of the sessions
Members of panel discussion during deliberations
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Local Chapter NewsIGS Baroda ChapterNational Seminar on Recent advancesin Geotechniques (RAG-11) forInfrastructure Development" under theauspices of IGS-Baroda Chapter , oneday National seminar on the abovesubject was organized recently at I GPatel seminar hall, M S Univ., Baroda.Experts from various IITs IISc, leadingfoundation firms, were invited todeliver lectures on environmentalgeotechniques, forensic geotechniques,advances in pile foundations, reinforced
earth, & Geosynthetics, which will beused for buildings, dams, & roadconstruction as well as other infrastructure developments of the country.Important feature of the seminar waspenalist session arranged for penaldiscussion on geotechnical aspects ofKalpsar project which is to beconstructed in the sea of Cambay gulfof Gujarat.
The seminar was inaugurated by shriN V Patel , chairman , VUDA and waspresided by DR K S Rao, National
President of Indian GeotechnicalSociety& Sri N B Desai, formersecretary, Narmada was Guest ofhonor.
IGS Thanjavur ChapterA one-day workshop on "GroundImprovement Techniques" was
conducted jointly by IGS- ChennaiChapter and Thanjavur Chapter, atSASTRA university on 15 th October2011. It was a great amalgam ofknowledge imparting lectures onvarious upcoming topics ofGeotechnical Engineering by eminentspeakers who included teachingprofessionals and industrialists. Theworkshop was inaugurated byEr.S.Asokan, Superintending Engineer,PWD, Thanjavur. The meeting waspresided by Dr.S.Seshadri, Dean,School of Civil engineering, SASTRAUniversity. Dr.K.Saravana Raja Mohan,Coordinator,IGS Thanjavur chapterwas the convener of the workshop.
Lectures were delivered by S.V.Ramaswamy, Shri R. Radhakrishnan,Prof.A.Boominathan, Dr. R.G.Robinson, Dr. V.K. Stalin, Shri MadhanKumar, Dr. K. Ilamparuthi andDr.S.Jayalekshmi,
The one-day workshop gave a goodopportunity for the students andworking professionals to interact withexperts in the field and to enrich theirknowledge about the relevanthappenings in the field.It was acombined effort of all the staffmembers and the organizing committeeMembers of the IGS Thanjavur andChennai Chapters which made theworkshop a huge success.
L to R: Dr. K. Premalatha, Secretary, IGS ChennaiChapter, Dr. S. Seshadri, Dean/SASTRA University,Er. S. Asokan, Superintending Engineer, CauveryDivision, Thanjavur, Dr. K. Saravana Raja Mohan,Co-ordinator, IGS Thanjavur Chapter,Er.I.V.Anirudhan, Chairman, IGS Chennai Chapter.
IGS Visakhapatnam ChapterA Workshop on "Soil Retaining byReinforcing Techniques" was organizedby the IGS-Visakhapatnam Chapter inassociation with Department of CivilEngineering, Andhra University onOctober 22, 2011. The workshop wasorganized in commemoration of 128thBirthday of Father of Soil Mechanics"Karl Von Terzaghi". The workshopwas inaugurated by Prof. M.R. Madhav,Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy andHon. Secretary, IGS-VisakhapatnamChapter Coordinated the workshop.
During Inaugural address Prof.M.R.Madhav stressed the need fortaking steps to avoid failure of retainingwalls of buildings constructed in hillyareas. Prof. G.S.N. Raju, Principal,A.U. College of Engineering highlighted
the significance of the workshop. Prof.B.S.N. Raju, Head, Department of civilengineering, explained importance ofthe work shop in light of recent failuresof retaining walls in Visakhapatnam. SriK. Rama Chandra Rao, patron, IGSVisakhapatnam chapter and chiefengineer Visakhapatnam port trustpresided over the function.
Lectures were delibered by Prof. M.R.Madhav, Prof. G.L. Siva Kumar Babu,C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, Prof.G.V.R. Prasada Raju and Prof. D.L.Narasimha RaoGarlanding of Karl Terzaghi during inaugural Function
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Dear Fellows/Members,As you are aware IGS Election 2012 is shortly to take place to elect new office bearers for the term 2013-2014.As already approved by the Executive Committee and passed by the AGM during IGC-2011 at Kochi, Kerala, thiselection shall be online electronic voting and electronic voting offered to only to those members who have specificallyopted for the same. Those members who desire Electronic Voting, may please send their option to IGS Secretariatas and when called for. All others would be given ballot paper in the normal course. The following is IGS Electionschedule 2013-14.
1. Notification of Election and Call for Nominations : Monday, 06 Aug.2012
2. Last date for Receipt of Nomination Papers : Wednesday, 05 Sept. 2012 (4:00 P.M.)
3. Scrutiny of Nominations : Wednesday, 05 Sept.2012 (4:00 P.M.)
4. Intimation to the Candidates : Monday, 10 Sept. 2012
5. Withdrawal of Candidature : Friday, 21 Sept. 2012
6. Printing of Bio-data of Contesting Candidate : IGS Website/AlongwithBallot Papers for non-Electronic Voters
7. Despatch of Ballot Papers by Post : Tuesday, 16 October 2012
8. Last Date of Receipt Back of Ballot Papers : Thursday, 15 November 2012 (5:00 P.M.)
9. Voting Date/Time for Electronic Voting : To be fixed by Returning Officer
10. Counting of Votes : Friday, 16 November 2012
11. Announcement of Results : 16/17 November 2012IGS Website
IGS ELECTION, 2013-2014
IGS KUECKELMANN BIENNUALAWARD 2010-2011
The IGS Kueckelmann Award is presented once intwo years to honour an eminent geotechnical engineerfor the outstanding cumulative contribution made togeotechnical engineering in India. All Indian nationalsare eligible for this award. The award comprisesRs.30,000/- plus Rs.5000/- to cover expenses and aplaque. The award for the period 2010-2011 will bepresented at the IGS Annual General Session at IIT-Delhi in December 2012. Nominations for the awardare invited on the prescribed form to be supplied ondemand from the IGS Secretariat/can be downloadedfrom IGS Website. The completed nomination formin quadruplicate should reach IGS Secretariat not laterthan 31st May 2012.
CALL FOR NOMINATION
IGS-Prof. Dinesh MohanAward 2010-2011
The award is presented once in two years to aneminent geotechnical engineer for excellence ingeotechnical practice in India. All Indian Nationalsare eligible for the award. The award carries a cashprize of Rs.5000/- and a plaque.
Nominations for the award for above years areinvited. Nominations for the award should be on theprescribed form available on web. The completednomination form in quadruplicate should reach IGSSecretariat not later than 30th June 2012.
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Indian Geotechnical Society announce with deep regret the passing away of Prof. Jagdish Narain on05, January 2012, its Past President (1979-81). Prof. Jagdish Narain has been during past severalyears leading a spriritualistic life at Puttaparthy, the abode of revered Saint late Sri Satya Sai Baba.
In his chequered career, Dr. Jagdish Narain had exceptional achievement to his credit as a research scholar,University Professor & Administrator and Consultant to national and international firms, and for valuable researchcontribution in Geotechnical Engineering, winning the prestigious Norman Gold Medal of ASCE. He did his B.E.from Roorkee University and MSCE & Ph.D in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. He was Fellow of ASCE,IGS and Institution of Engineers. He was Professor and Dean at Roorkee University (1962-69) and later ViceChancellor and Director, Water Resources Centre. He worked with TAMS, a New York based consulting firm, andwas consultant to Marmagao Maritime Ltd., Goa and actively assisted AICTE and UGC in several committees.
Indian Geotechnical Society conveys its deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and pray God to rest his Soul ineternal peace.
O B I T U A R Y
CALL FOR PAPERS
18 ICSMGE 2013 (September 2-5, 2013)Paris - France
Against quota allocated to IGS by ISSMGE, Members of IGS & ISSMGE can send abstracts of their papers onany of the Conference Themes through IGS ONLY by April 7, 2012. For instructions how to prepare abstracts areavailable on Conference Website:
www.issmge2013.org
It is important for sending papers to above Conference and all ISSMGE Sponsored Conferences, memberships ofboth IGS and ISSMGE by Author/Co-authors are mandatory. Abstracts/Papers cannot be accepted withoutthese memberships. Papers cannot be sent directly to the Conference and routed through IGS only.
KEY DATES:
Until APRIL 15, 2012 Selection of abstracts by the Member Societies
APRIL 2012 Submission of selected abstracts to the Organising Committee by the MemberSocieties
JUNE 2012 Notification of abstract acceptance
JANUARY 2013 Final submission of papers by the Member Societies to the OrganizingCommittee
MARCH 2013 Final paper acceptance
Conference Theme : "Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics".
Sub-Theme: Please refer website www.issmge2013.org
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IGC-2012INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL CONFERENCE
Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
13 - 15 December, 2012
Venue:Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi, India
Organized by:Indian Geotechnical Society, IGS Delhi Chapter and
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
IGS Delhi ChapterIGS Delhi Chapter was established in 1982from the savings of GEOCON-78. TheChapter celebrated its Silver Jubilee in theyear 2007. Delhi has hosted the AnnualConferences of the Society in 1978, 1986 and1998. All three of them were very wellattended and highly appreciated by thedelegates for the excellent arrangements andthe good quality of technical ambience. Thepleasant duty of organizing the IGC-2012 hasbeen entrusted with the IGS Delhi Chapter inassociation with the Indian Institute ofTechnology Delhi at IIT Delhi.
Indian Institute of Technology DelhiThe institute was established as College ofEngineering and Technology, New Delhi onAugust 21, 1961. Parliament of India amendedthe Institutes of Technology Act, and upgradedthe institute as Indian Institute of TechnologyDelhi. The IIT Delhi main building wasformally opened by the then President ofIndia, Dr. Zakir Hussain, on March 2, 1968.IIT Delhi is loated in Hauz Khas, in SouthDelhi. The campus of 320 acres is surroundedby the beautiful Hauz Khas area andmonuments such as the Qutub Minar andLotus Temple. The campus is also close toother educational institutions such as theJawaharlal Nehru University, AIIMS andIndian Statistical Institute. The Institute isabout 19 km from the Delhi Main RailwayStation, 14 km from the New Delhi RailwayStation, 21 km from the Inter-State BusTerminal and 10 km from New Delhi Airport.The nearest metro station is Hauz Khas, whichis just about 1 km from IIT Delhi campus.
IGC-2012: Advances in GeotechnicalEngineeringThe IGC-2012 will be held from December13 to 15, 2012 (Thursday to Saturday) in IITDelhi campus. Post-conference technical visitin Delhi as well as outstation visits will bearranged on December 16 (Sunday) andDecember 17 (Monday).
The theme of the Conference is "Advances inGeotechnical Engineering". The conference
Registration Fees
Upto 31st After 31st
Oct.2012 Oct. 2012IGS Members* Rs.4000/- Rs.4500/-Non-IGS Members* Rs.4500/- Rs.5000/-SAARC Countries Rs.6000/- Rs.7000/-Other Countries US$ 300 US$ 400Senior Citizens Rs.2000/- Rs.2500/-(above 60 years ageas on Oct.31, 2012)Students Rs.2000/- Rs.2500/-Spouse, Accom- Rs.2000/- Rs.2500/-panying Persons
All payments should be made by demand draft or atpar cheque in favour of "Indian Geotechnical SocietyDelhi Chapter" payable in New Delhi.
SponsorshipCategory Sponsorship Free Free
Fee Delegates Advertisement
Platinum Rs.200,000 6 Full page: Colour
Gold Rs.100,000 4 Full page: Colour
Silver Rs. 50,000 3 Half page: B&W
Bronze Rs. 25,000 1 Half page: B&W
ExhibitionA technical exhibition will be arranged closeto the Conference venue ensuring, maximumfootfall. Geotechnical and environmental con-sultants, manufacturers and suppliers of labo-ratory and field instruments, equipment, anddata acquisition systems, research organiza-tions, contractors, and software vendors areinvited to display their products in the exhibi-tion. An enclosed space of 3 m x 3 m with atable, two chairs and power connection will beavailable at a tariff of Rs. 40,000/- for domes-tic exhibitors and US$ 1,500 for firms fromabroad. Exhibitors would get two free delegates.
ContactDr. R. AyothiramanJoint Organizing SecretaryIGC-2012 SecretariatCivil Engineering DepartmentIndian Institute of Technology DelhiHauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India.Phone: 9868182877Email: [email protected] site: www.igsdelhichapter.com
will focus on the advances in geotechnicalengineering taking place to meet the challengesfaced in infrastructure development.
Sub-themes are:1. Advances in Geotechnical
Characterization2. Developments in Dealing with Difficult
Ground Conditions and GeotechnicalStructures
3. New Techniques in Instrumentation andMonitoring
4. Trends in Tunnelling and UndergroundStructures
5. Innovative Design and Construction ofFoundations
6. New Developments in ComputationalGeomechanics
7. Advances in Environmental Geotechnics8. Special Techniques of Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering and DynamicFoundations
9. Practices of Risk Assessment andDisaster Reduction
10. Experiences of Forensic Investigationand Rehabilitation
11. New Concepts in Professional Practicesand Geotechnical Education
Conference ProceedingsProceedings of the Conference will includekeynote addresses by experts and presentationof papers by authors.
Call for PapersThe official language of the Conference isEnglish. Abstracts shall be sent [email protected]
Dates of RemembersSubmission of abstract : March31, 2012
Acceptance of abstract : April 30, 2012
Submission of full paper : June 30, 2012
Acceptance of full paper : August 31, 2012
Conference : December 13-15,2012
IGS Delhi Chapter IIT Delhi
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G L I M P S E S —
IGC-2011 Organising Committee Inaugural Function
Lighting of Lamp Address by the Chief Guest
Inauguration of Exhibition IGS Annual Lecture
Cultural Function Cultural Function
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Welcome Address by Prof. Babu T. Jose Lighting of Lamp
Address by the Guest of Honour Presentation of Proceedings to Arvind Verma
A View of Audience A View of Audience
Cultural Function Valedictory Function
I G C - 2 0 1 1
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INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNALVol. 42, No. 1, January 2012
CONTENTSPAPERSGeotechnology for Environmental Control at Waste Disposal Sitesby Manoj DattaSubsidence Due to Groundwater Leakage into Tunnelsby Vikas ThakurInfluence of Rock Socketing on the Lateral Response of Single Pileby S. Karthigeyan and K. Rajagopal
Being published by M/s Springer (India) Private Limited.
The prestigious IGS-Ferroco TerzaghiOration (IFTO Oration) the third in theseries is scheduled on 05th October2012 (Dr. Karl Terzaghi B'day Week)in New Delhi, being organized by IGS-Delhi Chapter.
The Oration shall be by the eminent Professor Dr.Kerry Rowe of Kingston University, Canada, anauthority in Geotechnical Engineering on the topic"Design and Construction of Barrier Systems toMinimize Environmental Impacts Due to MSWLeachate and Gas"
The earlier two orations were delivered by no less thanProf. Harry G. Poulos and Prof. M.R. Madhav,respectively.
3rd IGS-FERROCO TERZAGHIORATION
IGS WEBSITE !IGS is now accessible on Website !
Please log on: www.igs.org.inFor all information about IGS.
Your valuable suggestions if any are welcome.
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IGS-Prof. A.V. Shroff BiennialPrize for the Best Paper on "GroutingTechnology/ EnvironmentalGeotechnical Engineering" titled:" E L E C T R O - O S M O T I CCONSOLIDATION STUDIES ONPEAT OF NORTH SARAWAK" byDr. SHENBAGA R. KANIRAJAND Dr. H.L. HUONG published inthe Proceedings of IGC-2009(pp.455-458).
IGS-Dr. Shamsher PrakashBiennial Prize for the Best Paperon "Soil Dynamics" titled:"DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PILESUNDER ROCKING MOTION" byDr. INDRAJIT CHOWDHURY ANDProf. SHAMBHU P. DASGUPTApublished in the Indian GeotechnicalJournal, Vol.39, No.4, October 2009(pp.360-386).
IGS-Prof. Leonards Biennial Prizefor the best Ph.D. Thesis in
Best Paper Awards Presented During IGC-2011Geotechnical Engineering titled:"CENTRIFUGE MODEL STUDIESON THE PERFORMANCE OFGEOGRID REINFORCED SOILBARRIERS OF LANDFILL COVERS"by Dr. S. RAJESH
IGS - Dr. B.B. Rai - S.N. GuptaBiennial Prize for the best paper on"Earth and Earth-Retaining Structures"titled: "APPRAISAL OF SOILNAILING DESIGN" by Prof. G.L.SIVAKUMAR BABU AND Shri VIKASPRATAP SINGH published in theIndian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.39,No.1, January 2009 (pp.81-95).
IGS - Shri R.N. Prasad BiennialPrize for the best paper on "SlopeStability and Land Slides" titled: "SLOPESTABILITY MODELLING FOREMBANKMNETS USING PARTICLESWARM OPTIMIZATION" by Dr. M.JANGA REDDY AND Shri S. ADARSHpublished in the Indian Geotechnical
Journal, Vol.34, No.4, October 2010(pp.243-252).
IGS - Shri M.S. Jain Biennial Prizefor the best paper on "Innovations inPiling and other FoundationConstruction Techniques" titled:"ULTIMATE PULLOUT CAPACITYOF GRANULAR PILE ANCHORS INHOMOGENOUS GROUND" by ShriB. VIDYARANYA, Prof. M.R.MADHAV AND Dr. M. KUMARpublished in the Indian GeotechnicalJournal, Vol.40, No.3, July 2010(pp.159-166).
IGS-HEICO Biennial Prize for theBest Paper on "Rock Mechanics" titled:"OPTIMIZING THE USE OF INSITU ROCK IN UNDERGROUNDPOWERHOUSES" by Shri V.V.BADAREENARAYANA AND ShriR. VENUGOPALA RAO publishedin the Proceedings of IGC-2009(pp.217-220).
The concept of a separate student membership has beenapproved both by the Executive Committee and AGMrecently. Broadly the following shall be the guidelines forStudent Membership. This is a great opportunity for theStudent fraternity, to avail all advantages offered by IGSbut at an easy affordable subscription:-
Criteria : Student : UG/PG/DoctoralMembership : AnnualSubscription : Rs.300/- Admission Fee (Onetime)
Rs.500/- Annual Subscription (Proposed)Renewable Calender year basis
Affiliation : Directly under IGSPrivileges : Online Journal, Membership Certificate
Concessions in IGS/IGC ConferencesConvertible to regular membership uponcompletion of studies/joining assignment.
However, Student Membership do not entitle to contest/vote for IGS Election in its duration.
For details, contact: www.igs.org.in Apply online.
IGS-STUDENT MEMBERSHIP MEMBERS NEWS
Dr. T. Ramamurthy(HF - 0004)
Professor T. Ramamurthy delivered a Key Note lectureduring the 12th International Congress of RockMechanics of the International Society for RockMechanics on "How to select rock mass parameters foranalysis and design", held at Beijing,China in the 3rd weekof Oct.2011.It was well received and the Organizers tookthe approval for wider publicity and circulation of thepresentation made. It was by far the best presentation ofthe Congress as per delegates attending the Conference.
Our hearty congratulations to Prof. Ramamurthy.
IGC-2013IGC-2013 shall be hosted by IGS-Roorkee Chapter.The dates, venue, theme and other details are beingworked out and shall be announced soon.
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Important Announcements
The 33rd IGS Chapter is scheduled to be inauguratedat Shimla during May, 30, 2012 thanks to the untiringefforts by Prof. S.K. Jain and his team from JaypeeInstt. of Info. Technology, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.Our hearty congratulations!
A New IGS CHAPTER
IGS-Mumbai Chapter has been given an appreciationaward during IGC-2011 for hosting a very memorableand successful IGC-2010. The Award was receivedjointly by the Chairman Prof. Anand Katti and HonSecretary Dr. R.A. Hedge. Our hearty congratulations!
AWARD FOR BEST IGC
A final proposal to revise existing Fellowship/Membership subscriptions upward has been approvedthe Executive Committee/AGM of the Society. Therevised rates would become effective from 01 April2012 onwards.
Please refer IGS website for full details.
REVISION OF FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION
M/s HEICO, a premier Instrumentation Company hasinstituted an Award in memory of their Founder SardarResham Singh. This is a biannual award titled "IGS-Sardar Resham Singh Award". The award is for thecontribution by a person for the ultimate benefit of theSociety adopting innovative original researchapplications/procedures to benefit infrastructureprojects in the field or those related to reducing ill effectsof natural disasters by creating safe structure or suchallied field projects.
The Award carries a cash prize of Rs.50,000/- a plaque& citation. The contestant should be a member of IndianGeotechnical Society. The award is operative from thisyear.
NEW IGS AWARD
Similar to Indo-ASCE-Geo Institute, Indo-Japan jointco-operation agreements, an agreement with KoreanGeotechnical Society (KGS) was also inked duringIGC-2011 at Kochi. An Indo-Japanese Workshop on"Advances in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering"was successfully hosted prior to IGC-2011. Similarmajor Workshop on "Urban Geotechnical Engineering",is slated to be conducted with KGS also during IGC-2012 at New Delhi. These IGS initiatives no doubt opensup great vista to International developments ingeotechnical engineering field.
JOINT CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTWITH KOREA
The 7th AYGEC 2012 Japan has been scheduled from14-17th Sept. 2012 at Nagase, Yokosuka, Japan.
The following Young Geotechnical Engineers havebeen selected to attend this Conference from IGS.
Dr. Preeti Maheswari, Asstt. Professor, IIT RoorkeeDr. Bappaditya Manna, Asstt. Professor, IIT Delhi
Our hearty congratulations!
7TH AYGEC 2012, JAPAN
Indian Geotechnical Society takes immense pleasureto announce the award of Honorary Fellowship ofthe Society, to the following eminent members duringIGC-2011.
HONOURED
Prof. V.S. Chandrasekharan(HF-0017)
Prof. Swami Saran(HF-0018)
Dr. V.M. Sharma(HF-0019)
Our hearty congratulations.
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GEOTECHNICAL CALENDAR
2012March 25-29
San Fransisco (Oakland) CaliforniaIC on GeoCongress 2012: State of theArt and Practice in GeotechnicalEngineeringContact:Dr. Dipanjan BasuAsst. ProfessorDept. of Civil & Env. EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut, USAE-mail: [email protected]: http://content.geoinstitute.org/GeoCongress2012.html
May 28-30Taormina, Italy
Second IC on Performance-Based Designin Earthquake Geotechnical Engineeringunder ISSMGE TC203Contact:Michele MaugeriChairman of ConferenceE-mail: [email protected]
May 30 - June 01Brussels, Belgium
IS on "Recent Research, Advances &Execution Aspects of GroundImprovement Works" IS-GI Brussels 2012under ISSMGE's TC-211.Contact:Conference SecretariatChairman/Secretary TC-211Belgian Building Res. InstituteCarine Godard, Av.P. Holoffe, 21B-1342 Limelette, BelgiumE-mail: [email protected]: www.bbri.be/go/IS-GI-2012
June 06-09Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
12th International EnvironmentalSpeciality Conference at CSCE 2012. Fordetails see website www.csce2012.caContact:Selma GuigardPh.D. P.Eng. MCSCECo-Chair ESC, University of AlbertaE-mail: [email protected]
ABROADJune 27-29
Los Angeles, CA, USAX!th IC on Environmental Geotechnology,Energy and Global SustainableDevelopmentFor Details Contact:Prof. Krishna R. ReddyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago842 West Taylor StreetChicago, Illinois 60607, USAE-mail: [email protected]
September 18-21Porte de Galinhas, Pernambuco - Brazil4th International Conference onGeotechnical and Geophysical SiteCharacterization (ISC-4) TC 102Contact:Roberto Q. CoutinhoChairman, Geotechnical GroupDept. of Civil EngineeringFederal University of PernambucoBrazil (UFPE)Secretary: Factos Eventos -E-mail: [email protected]: www.isc-4.com
October 30-November 2Wollongong, Australia
IC on Ground Improvement and GroundControl: Transport InfrastructureDevelopment and Natural HazardsMitigation.Contact:Dr. Jayan S. VinodFaculty of EngineeringUniversity of WollongongWollongong City, NSW 2522, AustraliaE-mail: [email protected]: www.icgiwollongong.com
December 10-14Bangkok, Thailand
5th ARC on "Geosynthetics forSustainable Adaptation to ClimateChange", GA2012Contact:GA2012 Secretariat, IGS-ThailandC/o Asian Centre for Soil Inprovementand GeosyntheticsAsian Institute of Technology
INDIA2012
December 13-15New Delhi, India
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2012(Advances in Geotechnical Engineering)Contact:Dr. R. AyothiramanJoint Organizing SecretaryIGC-2012, SecretariatCivil Engineering DepartmentIndian Institute of Technology DelhiHauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India.Phone: 9868182877Email: [email protected]: www.igsdelhichapter.com
P.O. Box 4, Klong LuangPathumthani 12120, ThailandE-mail: [email protected]
2013January 10-12
Bengaluru, IndiaFourth International Seminar on ForensicGeotechnical EngineeringContact:Prof. G L Sivakumar BabuOrganizing Secretary, ISFGE,Department of Civil Engineering,Indian Institute of Science,Bengaluru - 560 012. INDIA.Email: [email protected]: +91-80 2293 3124 / 2360Fax: +91-80 2360 0404
December 19-21Roorkee, India
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2013Geotech. Advances and Novel Geomech.Applications (GANGA)Contact:Dr. N.K. SamadhiyaDr. Mahendra SinghOrganising SecretariesIGC-2013, SecretariatCivil Engineering DepartmentIndian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee - 247 667, India.Phone: +91-9412070268Email: [email protected]@gmail.com
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We also request the members to give their ideas if any on the election reforms to the email ID: [email protected] byApril 30, 2012.
Prof. Chandan GhoshHon. Secretary
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