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Contents

Message from President

Summary of Ph.D Theses

Conference Reports and Chapter News

A Brief Report on Participation of IGS at 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16ARC), Taipei, Taiwan

Brief report on One-day Mini-Symposium on Geo-mechanics from Micro to Macro

A brief report on 3rd Indo-Korean Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop

A Brief Report on IGC-2019

Glimpses - IGC 2020

IGS Awards Presented during IGC-2019

Brief Report on International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG 2019)

Guidelines for the Formation of Student Chapters of IGS

Guidelines for Professional Forum

Geotechnical Events Calendar

Welcome to New Members

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Message from President

Volume 51No.

04 IGS NEWSOctober-December 2019

Editor: Prof. J.T. Shahu

A Bulletin of the Indian Geotechnical Society

Dear distinguished colleaguesThe period during October to December 2019 was eventful and witnessed many programs organized by many chapters and they communicated the activity reports to IGS. They include Aurangabad, Bhubaneswar, Guntur, Hyderabad, Surat, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam. The highlights are the participation of large contingent of delegates from India in Asian Regional Conference in Taipei during Oct 14 to 18, 2019 and also the successful organization of Indo-Korea Workshop on 18th December 2019 and Indian Geotechnical Conference in Surat during 19 to 21 December 2019.

The First Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics – ISOG 2019 during 5-6 December 2019 at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar in association with IEOT, ONGC, TC209 (Offshore Geotechnics) and the first International Workshop on Future Application of Screw Piles (IWFASP 2019) on December 7, 2019 in association with the University of Dundee, UK were very successful and many delegates from India and abroad participated. Geotechnical Group of IIT Mandi organized a mini-symposium on ISSMGE TC-105 theme, Geo-Mechanics from Micro to Macro and it was very successful. The year 2019 has been very eventful with many TC members organizing programs and it is hoped that many TC members come forward to organization of technical programs in the year 2020.

The 3rd Indo-Korean joint geotechnical engineering workshop was held on December 18, 2019 at hotel Le Meridien, Surat. This workshop took place as a pre-conference event of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), sponsored by Geo-Dynamics, was collaboratively organised by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS) and Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter. Prof. Deepankar Choudhury coordinated the workshop on behalf of IGS. Around 120 delegates participated in the workshop. The theme of this workshop was

“Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation” with a focus on various issues regarding the geotechnical problems encountered during the rapid urbanisation.

The annual conference IGC 2019-GeoINDUS “Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development & UrbaniSation” organized during 19-21 December 2019, by the IGS Surat chapter in association with S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat was very successful and set very high standards on all fronts. On behalf of IGS, I thank Prof. C. Solanki, Shri Hitesh Desai and Prof. S R Gandhi and their team for excellent organization of the event.

It is heartening to see that there have been growth in the number of student chapters of IGS in many areas and IITs/NITs have taken definite steps to engage students in geotechnical activity promotion, The advantages of the student chapters are that they are inspired by one or a few geotechnical faculty in a college/institute to inculcate leadership skills and create interest in the ever expanding scope of geotechnics. It was a revelation and positive contribution when a local chapter organizes activities for the benefit of many student chapters in its domain or when a few student chapters come forward to organize joint programs.

Chapters are the pillars/pile foundations of IGS, and chapters need to conduct professional activities regularly in a year for the benefit of members, have organizational elections regularly to encourage more members to participate in activities, start student chapters at different colleges to inspire youngsters, have young member groups and have many professionals to have discussion groups. One can be imaginative, and service minded to serve the cause of geotechnical engineering and sky is the limit! If chapters are not active, it is the responsibility of members to take initiative and responsibility.

Let us promote better Geotechnics to create better world!

Prof G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Editorial Board Members:Dr. Jaykumar Shukla•Prof. Sarat Kumar Das•Dr. Ravi Sankar Jakka•

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Summary of Ph.D ThESES Title of Thesis: Crack Growth Analysis in Rocks with Pre-existing Flaws

Name of the Student: Dr. G. SivakumarSupervisor: Dr. V.B. MajiDepartment & Institute: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, ChennaiSuMMary: The thesis focuses on the study of crack growth in rocks with pre-existing narrow flaws subjected to uniaxial and biaxial compression. Experimental study was carried with artificially prepared rock specimens having single and double flaws configurations for different flaw angle inclination. For biaxial compression, the study adopts a conventional triaxial setup, which is been modified and configured according to plane stress state loading. Subsequently, finite element analysis was carried out using software, “ABAQUS” for understanding the systematic behaviour of crack growth using cohesive zone model (CZM) with extended finite element method (XFEM). The numerical results on types of cracks and their propagation pattern match to experimental studies.Key words: Rocks; Crack growth; biaxial compression; Extended finite element method.

Title of Thesis: Seismic Response of Tunnel and Tunnel Supports in Jointed Rocks

Name of Student: Dr. Malavika VarmaSupervisor: Dr. V.B. Maji and Prof. A. BoominathanDepartment & Institute: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, ChennaiSuMMary: Thesis focuses on the effect of dynamic stress waves in jointed rocks. Experimental and discrete element modelling is used to understand the stress waves propagation across jointed rock mass for different joint and block characteristics, namely, joint angle, joint roughness, block length, joint position and number of joints. The studies were extended to understand the performance of unsupported jointed rock tunnels in earthquake conditions using DEM analysis A hypothetical study on head race tunnel of Tehri dam (Uttarakhand, India) passing through a jointed rock mass, under the action Uttarkashi and Nepal earthquakes were also analysed to study the performance of rock support systems. The forces and deformations acting on rock bolts and shotcrete when used as support systems were studied individually and as a combination. These studies gave an insight into the change in force concentrations occurring in the rock bolt and shotcrete and for small and high seismic events.Key words: Tunnel; jointed rock; seismic response; Discrete element analysis; rock bolt; shotcrete.

Title of Thesis: Optimum Design of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Dumps: A Reliability based Approach

Name of Student: Dr. Raviteja K.V.N.S.Supervisor: Dr. B. Munwar BashaDepartment & Institute: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSuMMary: The work proposes analytical models to evaluate the anisotropic spatial variability associated with shear strength parameters of MSW slopes under reliability framework. A large global database has been analyzed to study the variability associated with design parameters of solid waste as well as the soil-geomembrane liner interface friction. A robust methodology is established for choosing an appropriate probability density function by optimizing the errors associated with quantiles, percentiles and CDF. The charts provided for the design of geosynthetic anchor trenches and MSW slopes from the spatial and non-spatial analysis offers enough confidence in dealing with the uncertainty and judgment.Key words: Anisotropic Spatial variability; MSW slope design charts; Variability in shear strength; Anchor trenches; Optmizing PDF.

Title of Thesis: Dynamic Behaviour of Batter Piles and Pile Groups

Name of Student: Dr. Bharathi M.Supervisor: Dr. R.N. DubeyDepartment & Institute: Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeSuMMary: Dynamic pile load tests have been conducted in lateral and vertical directions on bored cast in-situ reinforced concrete batter piles and pile groups. The influence of an under-reamed bulb in a batter pile and the effect of lateral loading direction (i.e. along and across batter) on dynamic response of piles and pile groups have also been examined. In addition, 3D finite element analyses have been conducted using Abaqus to understand dynamic behaviour of batter piles and pile groups. The vibrations induced in an adjacent building during dynamic tests on pile groups has also been measured at various floor levels.Key words: Piles; Pile Groups; Batter Piles; Under-ream Bulb; Dynamic Load.

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42ND IGS aNNuaL LECTurE 2020The prestigious

42nd IGS annual Lecture 2020will be delivered by Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT-Guwahati

during IGC-2020, Visakhapatnam(December 17-19, 2020)

Title of Thesis: Reliability Analysis of Geostructures

Name of Student: Dr. Rahul KumarSupervisor: Dr. Pijush Samui & Dr. Sunita KumariDepartment & Institute: Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Patna, BiharSuMMary: This study employs Minimax Probability Machine Regression (MPMR), Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Generalized Regression Neural Network(GRNN), Relevance Vector Machine(RVM), Gaussian Process Regression(GPR), Genetic Programing(GP), Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline(MARS) to overcome the limitations of the FOSM model for determination of reliability index of shallow foundation, slope and retaining wall. ANFIS, GP, MPMR, GRNN, MARS, and GPR have been adopted as regression techniques. ANFIS uses neural network and fuzzy for prediction of output for a given input. This study shows that the adopted models have ability to overcome the limitation of the FOSM for determination of reliability index geotechnical structures.

Key words: Reliability analysis; Foundation system; ANN; RVM; ANFIS; MARS; GPR

Title of Thesis: Estimation of Soil Bearing Pressure at Serviceability Limit State on Clayey Soil Bed by Artificial Intelligence Technique and Probabilistic Method

Name of Student: Parbin SultanaSupervisor: Prof. A. K. DeyDepartment & Institute: Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar, Assam SuMMary: The research work was conducted to estimate the bearing pressure of a spread footing at Serviceability Limit State (SLS). The data collected from experimental investigation and available literature were used to establish an AI (Artificial Intelligence) model and a probabilistic model. Such models prepared from global database contains high degree of uncertainty in prediction. Therefore, local data was incorporated with global database to reduce the level of uncertainty. It was done with Bayesian Inference, Observational Method, and a combination of both. The combination of Bayesian Inference and Observational Method was found to be the most reliable method with a minimum error.

Key words: Clayey soil; serviceability limit analysis; Probabilistic method; Artificial intelligence technique.

Title of Thesis: Studies on Engineering Behaviour of Mumbai Marine Clay Under Vacuum Preloading

Name of Student: Sandeep BhosleSupervisor: Dr. V. B. DeshmukhDepartment & Institute: Department of Structural; Engineering, VJTI, Mumbai / Mumbai UniversitySuMMary: A unique large 3-Dimensional Cell with vacuum pressure application is successfully used for experimental investigation of horizontal coefficient of consolidation and discharge of Mumbai marine clay. The smear effect is analysed from the pre-installed and post installed PVD subjected to the combined vacuum and surcharge load. The time settlement behaviours using finite element approach (for constant and varying ch) and Hansobo’s equation are found good agreement with experimental results. Analytical equation are successfully used for back-calculation of the coefficient of horizontal consolidation. The experimental studies on Mumbai marine clay results in gain in shear strength and findings are validated with literature data.

Key words: Marine clay; 3-D consolidation cell; Prefabricated Vertical Drain; Back calculation; Vacuum and Surcharge load.


CoNfErENCE rEPorTS aND ChaPTEr NEWS

IGS aurangabad ChapterIndian Geotechnical Society’s 46th - Local chapter was formally inaugurated at Aurangabad on 3rd Oct.2019 in Department of Civil Engineering, Marathwada Institute of Technology, Beed by pass road, Aurangabad. The Honorable Secretary of IGS – Dr. J.T.

IGS Guntur ChapterThe IGS-Guntur Chapter in association with Department of Civil Engineering, Malineni Perumallu Educational Society’s Group of Institutions, Pulladigunta, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh conducted a one-day Seminar on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE-2019)” on 10th December 2019.

About 130 participants attended the Seminar which composed of Professional Engineers, Faculty and Students from various engineering colleges in and around Guntur. There were three speakers for the technical session. Dr. V. Bala Kumar, Senior Consultant, Simplex Infrastructures Ltd, Chennai explained “Trends in the design of Piles and Piled Raft.” Er. L. S. Subrahmanyam,

Shahu was the Chief Guest. Dr. Dasaka S. Murthy, Secretary – IGS Mumbai Chapter and Er. Vikas Patil, Chairman- IGS Pune chapter were Guest of honour. Dr. N.G. Patil, Principal, MIT were present. The President of G.S. Mandal’s, MIT group of institutions, Dr. Y.A. Kawade presided over the function.

Dr. Manish S. Dixit, Secretary- IGS Aurangabad Chapter gave the preamble and informed about the objectives and goals of forming the chapter in Aurangabad. Dr. J.T. Shahu discussed the necessity of proper geotechnical investigation prior to any constructions. Dr. Dasaka S. Murthy and Er. Vikas Patil elaborated on the importance of geotechnical studies. Dr. Y.A. Kawade gave the presidential address. Er. S.G. Quadri, Joint Secretary, IGS Aurangabad chapter conducted the proceedings and gave the vote of thanks.

Dignitaries lighting the traditional lamp

Lecture delivered by Prof. J.T. Shahu

Inaugural Ceremony of the Seminar

A group photograph

Preamble of IGS Aurangabad Chapter by Dr. M.S. Dixit

Three day workshop on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Reliability of Structures” from 3rd – 5th Oct. 2019 was jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical society- Aurangabad chapter and Civil Engineering Department of Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad. Engineers from various Government

departments like Irrigation, PWD, Municipal Corporation, consultants, practicing engineers and faculty members of different engineering colleges in Aurangabad participated in the workshop. Total 117 participants were present in the workshop out of

which 85 were students from final year civil engineering of engineering colleges in and around Aurangabad and 32 participants were from Industry. The workshop was very informative. The guests, faculty members and students were very much benefitted by these sessions.


IGS Tirupati ChapterThe Department of Civil Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, A. Rangampet conducted an awareness program on soil pollution and its remedies in the name of “Save the Mother Earth by Avoiding Soil Pollution”, under Indian Geotechnical Society SVEC Student

IGS hyderabad ChapterIndian Geotechnical Society Hyderabad Chapter in association with JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, organized a workshop on ‘GeoPractices 2019’ on 23 Nov 2019 at JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad. On behalf of IGS Hyderabad Chapter, Dr. M. Padmavathi, JNTUH CE Hyderabad, and Dr. B. Umashankar, Associate Professor, IIT Hyderabad, organized the event. Er. I. V. Anirudhan, Geotechnical Consultant, at Geotechnical Solutions, delivered Eighth Madhav lecture on ‘Performance of a 600mm thick Diaphragm Wall under Excavation in Firm Clay Profile’. Dr. D. N. Naresh, Ex GM (PE-Infra), NTPC delivered his talk on Impact of waiting time on vertical capacity of pile. Additionally, four more lectures were delivered by Dr. Arif Ali Baig Moghal,

Chapter at Kuchivaripalli Village, Chandagiri Mandal on 4th October 2019, from 2.30 pm to 5 pm. Chief Guest, Dr. O. Eswara Reddy, Faculty Advisor, IGS SVEC Student Chapter explained about the soil pollution problems, causes and its remedial measures. Further, he emphasized how concrete pavements, chemical fertilizers and cutting of trees

Associate Professor, NIT Warangal; Dr. Akshay Jha, Chief Track Engineer, at South Central Railway Hyderabad; Dr. Sasanka Mouli, Assistant Professor, VNR VJIE&T, and Dr. K. Madhusudan Reddy, Professor, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad. Over 90 delegates attended the conference and made it a grand success. The conference concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. B. Munwar Basha.

in the village will cause the depletion of groundwater and soil health.

Faculty and students from the college interacted with the villagers and explained them to ban chemical fertilizers, single use plastic items, improper drainage disposal and industrial waste and explained about various methods of organic farming through posters and pamphlets.

Release of workshop CD proceedings

Lecture delivered by Dr. V. Balakumar

Dr. O. Eswara Reddy, chief guest explaining about the “Soil pollution - causes, effects and

its remedial measures”

A group photograph

Group photo of faculty and students of SVEC with the villagers of Kuchivaripalli

Executive Engineer, Godavari Urban Development Authority, Kakinada, A.P., discussed on “Pile Foundation in Bridges – An overview of execution and case studies”. Dr. M. Rama Rao, Professor & HoD, Civil Engineering,

RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur explained “Analysis, Design and construction of Reinforced Earth (RE) walls”. The workshop concluded with a prolific discussion by the participants with the resource persons.


IGS Visakhapatnam ChapterTwo day Seminar on “Role of Piles in Soil Retention in Deep Excavations and Deep Foundations” was organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Visakhapatnam Chapter in association with the Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University and Keller India during October 30-31, 2019. The event was organized in commemoration of 136th Birth Anniversary of Greatest Ever Geotechnical Engineer, Karl Terzaghi. Prof. B.V.S. Viswanadham, IIT, Bombay, guest of honour stressed the need for creating awareness on soil retention techniques among the

Department of Civil Engineering, SVEC organized a two day national fest called “Geotechnical Fiesta 2k19” under Indian Geotechnical Society Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (IGS SVEC) Student Chapter during 14th - 15th October 2019.

Dr. O. Eswara Reddy in his welcome address expressed his pleasure in starting the fest which is first of its kind among the IGS Student Chapters at national level. He explained about the events that are conducted during two day fest and encouraged students to actively participate in all the activities.

A total of 230 students from the host institution and other institutions participated in the fest. The fest included Paper Presentation, Poster Presentation, Technical/General Quiz, Geotechnical

certificates and prizes to the winners and the participants of all the events. All the participants expressed their happiness after participating in the events.

civil engineering professionals as large number of high rise constructions are coming up in developing cities/ urban environment. Sri. A. Madan Kumar, Engineering Head, Keller India highlighted the effects of soil type and ground water on design of soil retention system for deep excavations. Prof. T.V.

Praveen, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, presided over the function and explained the importance of the Seminar in light of present urbanization scenario and need for exposing the practicing engineers to various practices of supporting soil in deep excavations. Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, organising secretary of the seminar, besides presenting the details of seminar, highlighted the role of pile foundations in present day constructions.

On 31st October 2019, in the forenoon session, Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy delivered a lecture on “Issues Related to Load capacity evaluation of Bored cast-in-situ Piles. The lecture was followed by the Lecture of Dr. Anil Joseph, Managing Director, M/s Geostructurals, Cochin on “ Challenges in Deep Excavations”. In the afternoon session, Dr. Ravi Kiran Vaidya, Managing Director, M/s Geodynamics, Vadodara delivered a lecture on “NDT methods of testing of Pile Foundation”. Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy delivered a lecture on “Case Study of Soil Retention in Shallow Excavation”.

Brig. Kumanan, Chief Engineer, Military Engineering Services, Visakhapatnam acted as the chief guest of valedictory function and distributed the certificates to the participants of seminar. About 120 Delegates have participated in the event.

Dignitaries during inaugural function of seminar

Delegates of seminar during technical Session of the seminar

Glimpse of inaugural function of the Fest

Challenges-Spontaneous Solutions, Geotechnical Photo Contest, Cricket, Chess, Throw Ball, Tug of War, Treasure Hunt and Solo/Group Dance. The fest concluded with the distribution of


The 16ARC under the banner of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) was held during October 14-18, 2019 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) in Taipei, Taiwan having the theme of “Geotechnique for Sustainable Development and Emerging Market Regions”.

It was organized by the Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society and aimed at covering the topics on modern geotechnical technologies and activities. The inaugural ceremony was addressed by Prof. Chang-Yu Ou, Chairman, Organizing Committee of 16ARC and President of Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society. The presidential address was delivered by Prof. Charles W.W. Ng and the opening remarks by Prof. E. C. Shin, VP (Asia) of ISSMGE highlighted with commendation about the maximum number of technical activities conducted by India under IGS-ISSMGE during the last 4 years among all other Asian member societies. The first keynote lecture was given by Prof. Charles W.W. Ng on “Fundamental framework to design multiple rigid barriers for resisting debris flows”. The series of inspiring lectures on the other days comprised of keynotes given by Prof. Ikuo Towhata on “Construction

A brief report on participation of IGS at 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16ARC), Taipei, Taiwan

engineer should play more major roles in sustainability of urban environment”, Prof. Britta Bienen on “Geotechnical considerations associated with offshore renewable energy installations” and Prof. Jianye Ching on “Role of generic soil database in site-specific decision making”. An interesting mentoring lecture on “Integrated solutions for geotechnical projects” was given by Dr. Za-Chieh Moh. The invited lectures comprised of “Stability analysis of soilbag retaining wall under seismic loading” by Prof. EC Shin, “Long term effects of landslides induced by catastrophic events” by Prof. Meei-Ling Lin, “Geophysics-assisted control and evaluation of ground improvement” by Prof. Chih-Ping Lin on October 15

and “Unsaturated soil mechanics for sustainable urban development” by Prof. Harianto Rahardjo, “Sustainable foundation solutions for industrial structures under earthquake conditions - theory to practice” by Prof. Deepankar Choudhury and “Muscale modelling of plant root-soil interaction” by Prof. Wei Wu on October 16. Prof. Deepankar Choudhury of IIT Bombay gave this prestigious invited lecture at 16ARC and represented IGS in this international event. The other invited speakers for the theme lectures were Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, Prof. Masyhur Irsyam, Prof. Yean Chin Tan and Prof. Suttisak Soralump. Special lectures on “Geotechnical challenges of the construction of a mega underground railway station on reclaimed land” was delivered by Johnny Cheuk while Dieter Stetter from Bauer Technologies Far East Group (Germany) gave a lecture on “The latest development of Bauer Technologies.”

Meeting of all ISSMGE Asian Member Societies, namely Asian Council meeting took place on October 15 during 16ARC. Role of IGS was praised by the Chair and the all Asian member societies for various technical activities related to ISSMGE which took place during last 4 years. Through closed voting by

During 14-18 October 2019– Prepared by Dr. Kaustav Chatterjee, IIT Roorkee

VIPDinnerofInvitedSpeakersin16ARCwithISSMGEPresident,VPandotherofficials

Most of the IGS Indian delegates at 16ARC


members of Asian council, the venue for next 17th Asian Regional Conference (17ARC) in 2023 was elected as Astana city in Kazakhstan.

Another feature of the conference was the ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture. The participants of the YMPG/YGES from each member society were supposed to

IGS President Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu and International Secretary Prof. Deepankar Choudhury are attending the meeting of ISSMGE Asian Council at 16ARC

give oral presentations in the allotted sessions, which were evaluated by a screening committee. The two selected official members of YMPG delivered the ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture at 16ARC.

From India, around 40 delegates, comprising distinguished faculties,

practitioners and research scholars from various institutes and organizations were present. More than 35 technical papers from various institutes and organizations across India were accepted for presentation in the parallel technical sessions. Some of these sessions were also chaired by various researchers from India.

Overall, a wide number of subjects on modern geotechnical technologies and activities were covered in 16ARC to match the theme of the conference. The keynote and invited lectures were interesting and enlightening and at the same time very informative too. The daily events of the conference, parallel technical sessions and exhibitions, were organised very well by the committee. Finally, the organizing committee was very professional and did not cause any inconvenience to the delegates during the 16ARC.

A view of the mini-symposium

A group photograph

A Mini-Symposium on “Geo-mechanics from Micro to Macro” was held on December 12, 2019, in IIT Mandi. The symposium was jointly organised by the Technical Committee (TC105) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and ICCMS-2019 in collaboration with IGS-Bangalore Chapter and ITASCA Consulting Group, Inc. The symposium was chaired jointly by Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee of IIT Mandi and Dr. Arghya Das of IIT Kanpur. A total of 7 invited lectures and 4 contributory papers were delivered. Prof. Amit Prashant of IIT Gandhinagar delivered the inaugural lecture on the topic, “Macro to Micro Insights on Instabilities: Across ‘Length-scales’ in Granular

Brief report on One-day Mini-Symposium on Geo-mechanics from micro to macro

Media.” Prof. Prashant Vangla (IIT Delhi), Prof. Anurag Tripathi (IIT Kanpur), Prof. Arghya Deb (IIT Kharagpur), Prof. Tejas G Murthy (IISc Bangalore), Prof. Arghya Das (IIT Kanpur), and Dr. Jay Aglawe (ITASCA) delivered invited lectures on experimental, numerical and theoretical aspects of micro-mechanics based research. Besides the invited lectures, the contributory talks also covered diverse topics like anisotropy in granular materials, particle shape effects, molecular dynamics, and particle breakage.


The 3rd Indo-Korean joint geotechnical engineering workshop was held on December 18, 2019 at hotel Le Meridien, Surat, India. This workshop, sponsored by Geo-Dynamics, was collaboratively organised by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS) and Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter, which took place as a pre-conference event of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), Surat, held during 19th to 21st December, 2019. Around 120 delegates participated in the workshop. The theme of this workshop was “Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation” with a focus on various issues regarding the geotechnical problems encountered during the rapid urbanisation.

The workshop was divided into three technical sessions. The first technical session was chaired by Prof. Ikuo Towhata, the Former Vice President of ISSMGE (Asia). In this session, six speakers graced the stage. Prof. E. C. Shin talked about the “Social Infrastructures of Songdo Economic Free Zone in Incheon”. Prof. M. R. Madhav enlightened the audience about the “Shaft and Base Resistances of a Rigid Pile from Load Test Results”. Prof. V. S. Raju focused on the case studies on the “Need for Foundation Optimisation in Urban Infrastructure”. Prof. Sang Seom Jeong of Korea talked about the “Strength Recovery in Liquefied Korean Weathered Soil”. Er. Ravikiran Vaidya spoke about the “Recent Trends in Deep Foundation Testing in India”. In the final lecture of the session, Mr. Milind Nene (Sr. Vice President Engineering, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd., India) talked on the “Geotechnical Challenges in Transmission Line Tower Projects”.

The second technical session was chaired by Prof. A. Boominathan, Professor, IIT Madras. The first lecture of the session was delivered by Er. Steve Davies on the topic of “Piled Foundations in Maritime Construction – Global Variations, Trends and Emerging Technologies”. In the second lecture of this session, Prof. G. Madhavi Latha, in her highly engrossing

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speech, talked about the “Geotechnical Challenges in Connecting Jammu and Kashmir by Train”. In the last lecture of the session, Mr. Arvind Srivastava discussed about the “Foundation Design of Nuclear Structure in Alluvial Soil”.

The final session was chaired by Prof. A. Murali Krishna, Associate Professor, IIT Tirupati. Mr. Charles Vemuri Daewoo of Tata Projects Ltd., India, spoke about the “Design and Construction Challenges of RCD Piling for Marine Bridges (MTHL-Pkg2) in India”. Mr. Shekhar Vaishampayan of Subsurface Consultants Pvt. Ltd., discussed about the “Comparative Study of Rock Socketed Pile Capacity Calculations by Various Indian Codes and Its Limitations”.

At the end of the technical sessions, a panel discussion focusing on the major findings of the workshop and future perspectives related to the geotechnical problems and scenarios corresponding to urbanisation, took place. Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Prof. E. C. Shin, Prof. M. R. Madhav, Prof. Sang Seom Jeong, Prof. V. S. Raju, Er. Hitesh Desai and Dr. Jaykumar Shukla graced the stage for the panel discussion.

Panel Discussion. (From Left to Right) Dr. Jaykumar Shukla, Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Prof. V. S. Raju, Prof. E. C. Shin, Prof. M. R. Madhav, Er. Hitesh Desai and Prof. Sang Seom Jeong.

Group Photo at the end of the workshop


Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2019-GeoINDUS on “Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development & UrbaniSation” was organized by the IGS Surat chapter in association with S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat at Hotel Surat Marriott, Parle Point, Surat during 19-21 December 2019. The three day IGC-2019 was a major success with more than 600 delegates including students, donors and exhibitors. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. V. S. Raju, former director, IIT Delhi in the presence of IGS President Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu and Secretary Prof. J. T. Shahu. IGS Executive committee members, delegates and the organizers declared that this conference was dedicated to the founder of IGS Surat Chapter, Prof. M. D. Desai. The inauguration ceremony included the Award Ceremony for conferring the prestigious awards of various categories including lifetime achievement award to Prof. M. N. Viladkar, IIT Roorkee.

Following the inauguration ceremony, Dr. K. S. Rao, Professor, IIT Delhi, delivered the 41st IGS Annual Lecture on the “Characterization, Modelling and Engineering of Rocks and Rock Masses”.

The conference comprised of 8 keynote lectures that were presented by prominent researchers in geotechnical engineering including Dr. Krishna Reddy (Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago), Dr. Ikuo Towhata (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan), Dr. G. N. Gandhi (Former President, IGS), Dr. Anand J. Puppala (Professor, TAMU, USA), Dr. Vikas Thakur (Professor, NTNU, Norway), Dr. Eun Chul Shin (Vice President Asia, ISSMGE), Dr. H. N. Ramesh (Professor, UVCE, Bangalore) and Dr. G. L. Sivakumar Babu (President, IGS & Professor, IISc Bangalore).

The conference also included 2 invited lectures delivered by Dr. Bindumadhava Aery (Technical Director, Aurecon, Australia) and Dr. E. Anna Sellountou (Senior Engineer, Pile Dynamics Inc., USA) and 5 theme lectures by Dr. Muthukumaran (Professor, NIT Trichy), Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy (Andhra University, Visakhapatnam), Mr. Sandip Ghan (L&T), Dr. B. K. Maheshwari (Professor, IIT Roorkee) and Dr. Chandan Ghosh (IIT Jammu).

The entire proceedings of the conference were categorized into 13 sub-themes in 24 sessions. Exhibition stalls for the sponsors and exhibitors were arranged on the way to the Riverside Lawn. The exhibition arena comprised of 30 exhibitors.

The IGS Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) was held at the same venue on 19 December 2019.

A BREIF REPORT ON IGC-2019A special session on ‘Practitioners in Geotechnical Engineering’ was held on 20th December, to emphasize the importance of bridging the gap between practitioners and researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering. The speakers for this session were Valluri Sridhar (DGM, Keller Ground Engineering India Pvt. Ltd), Dr. Saurabh Vyas (Head, Technical Services, Tech. Fab. India), Dr. R. Chitra (CSMRS, New Delhi), Dr. C. R. Parthasarathy (Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.), Dr. Jaykumar Shukla (Principal Engineer, Geodynamics), Dr. Anil Joseph (Managing Director, Geostructurals Pvt. Ltd.) and Er. Snehal Patel (Satt Engg).

An Open Forum with Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) and NABL was held on 21 December 2019 under the chairmanship of Mr. Venu Gopal C, Joint Director, NABL. There was a healthy discussion, and good number of suggestions were received from the delegates which will be communicated to BIS.

A grand cultural event was organized on 20th December 2019 where Swami Gyanvatsal Das Ji, a motivational speaker from BAPS, gave a spiritual talk on “Stress Management in Daily Life” followed by dance performances of local artists exhibiting the folk dances of Gujarat.

A well planned 3-day spouse program was also arranged during the conference for the accompanying guests. Trips were made to Bombay Market, Avadh Utopia Club and Salt March Dandi. A trip was also arranged post IGC to the Statue of Unity, in Kevadiya, Gujarat. The Statue of Unity is the colossal statue of Indian statesman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is the world’s tallest statue with a height of 182 meters facing Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada.

The Valedictory Function on 21st December was a grand event, with a lot of positive feedback regarding the conference. The conference proved to be a successful platform of proper and fruitful interaction between academia and industry, which received a whole-hearted participation. Prof. C. H. Solanki, Er. Hitesh H. Desai and Er. Nehal H. Desai thanked all the participants, honorary chairs, presenters, sponsors and exhibitors for making IGC 2019 a very successful one and setting a high benchmark for such future conferences.

A full hearted support from all the volunteers were appealed by organizers and participants too.

For photo feature on IGC-2019. Please refer page 12-13

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

Now online membership available

Just log on to:www.igs.org.in


Lightning of lamp at IGC-2019 Lightning of lamp at IGC-2019

Inauguration of Souvenir Prayer to the almighty

41st IGS annual lecture Keynote presentation by Prof Krishna R. Reddy

Group photo with Gyanvatsal Swami Ji Cultural event at IGC-2019

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During the inaugural session IGC-2019 Inauguration of USB drive

IGJ awards Best reviewer award IGJ

Keynote presentation by Prof E Chul Shin Delegates at the conference IGC-2019

Cultural event at IGC-2019 Valedictory session IGC-2019

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IGS awards Presented during IGC-2019Honorary Fellowship for outstanding contribution to geotechnical engineering was conferred to Prof. M.N. Viladkar.

IGS-H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee award for “Innovative Instrument Design” was given to Riya Bhowmik, J.T. Shahu and Manoj Datta for titled “A New Inclined Pullout Device for Laboratory Tests on Geosynthetics” for the years 2017-18.

reviewer of the year 2018 (EBM) Award was given to Prof. Sarvesh Chandra in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the Indian Geotechnical Journal.

reviewer of the year 2018 (non EBM) Award was given to Dr. Murali Krishna in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the Indian Geotechnical Journal.

EBM of the year 2018 award was given to Prof. M.N. Viladkar in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the Indian Geotechnical Journal.

IGS-Prof. G.a. Leonards annual award for 2018 for the best Ph.D. Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering titled “Strain-Rate Dependence of Rock Joint Strength and Related Stability of Slopes and Tunnels” by Gaurav Tiwari.

IGS-Shri B.N. Gupta Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Shallow Foundations”: Paper entitled “Numerical Modelling of Bucket Foundations in Dense Sand Supporting Offshore Wind Turbines” by Tanmoy Deb and Baleshwar Singh published in the proceedings of 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul 2017.

IGS-Prof. Dinesh Mohan Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Pile Foundation”: Paper entitled “Soil Structure Interaction Analysis of a Raft Foundation Supporting RC Chimney” by Shilpa Dixit, Phanikanth V.S. and Srinivas K published in the proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, Bangalore, India.

IGS-Dr. B.B. rai - S.N. Gupta Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Earth and Earth Retaining Structures”: Paper entitled “Stability Analysis of River Dyke in Estuarine Environment” by R.P. Dubey, Ambarish Ghosh, Tanumaya Mitra, Bikas Choudhuri, S.N. Ghosh and Supia Khatun published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 3, September 2017 (pp. 349-363).

IGS-Shri r.N. Prasad Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Slope Stability and Landslides”: Paper entitled “Testing and Modeling of Screw Nailed Soil Slopes” by Saurabh Rawat and Ashok Kumar Gupta published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, Issue 1, March 2018 (pp. 52-71).

IGS-Prof. a.V. Shroff Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Grouting Technology and Environment Geotechnology”: Paper entitled “A Review of Technologies for Characterization of Heavy Metal Contaminants” by Pradeep Kurup, Connor Sullivan, Ryan Hannagan, Shiran Yu, Hesameddin Azimi, Seth Robertson, David Ryan, Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Timothy Ponrathnam and Gary Howe published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 4, December 2017 (pp. 421-436).

IGS-HEICO Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Rock Mechanics”: Paper entitled “Probabilistic Analysis of Rock Slopes Against Block Toppling Failure” by Debasree Roy and Priti

Maheshwari published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, Issue 3, September 2018 (pp. 484-497).

IGS-Dr. Shamsher Prakash Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Soil Dynamics”: Paper entitled “Seismic Analysis of Delhi Metro Underground Tunnels” by Manendra Singh, Manohar Narayan Viladkar and Narendra Kumar Samadhiya published in Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 1, March 2017 (pp. 67-83).

IGS-Shri M.S. Jain Biennial award for the Best Paper on “Innovations in Piling and Other Foundation Construction Techniques”: Paper entitled “Quality Assurance for Deep Bored Piles – A Case Study” by Sanjay Gupta, Ravi Sundaram and Sorabh Gupta published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, Issue 2, June 2018 (pp. 360-376).

IGS-Soiltech India Pvt. Ltd., Pune YGE Award for the Best Paper on “Shallow Foundations”: Paper entitled “Seismic Bearing Capacity of Strip Foundation Embedded in c-Ø Soil Slope” by Dhiraj Raj, Yogendra Singh and Sanjay K. Shukla published in the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol.18 (7) 2018, pp.1-16.

IGS-aIMIL - HCV yGE award for the Best Paper on “Geotechnical Investigation and Testing”: Paper entitled “Rainfall-Induced Landslides – Case Study of the Marappalam Landslide, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India” by V. Senthilkumar, S.S. Chandrasekaran and V.B. Maji published in ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics (2018).

IGS-Chennai Chapter yGE award for the Best Paper on “Solutions of Problematic Soils”: Paper entitled “Dispersion and Sedimentation Characteristics of Red Mud” by Shamshad Alam, Bijaya Kumar Das and Sarat Kumar Das published in Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, Vol. 22, Issue 4, Oct. 2018.

IGS-roorkee Chapter yGE award for the Best Paper on “Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering”: Paper entitled “Lower-Bound Finite Element Limit Analysis for Hoek-Brown Materials Using Semidefinite Programming” by Jyant Kumar and Debasis Mohapatra published in Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol.143, Issue 9, 2018

IGS-Kolkata Chapter yGE award for the Best Paper on “Earth Retaining Structures”: Paper entitled “Failure Analysis of a Geomembrane Lined Reservoir Embankment” by Riya Bhowmik J.T. Shahu and Manoj Datta published in Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2018, Vol. 46, Issue 1, pp. 52-65.

IGS-Bangalore Chapter yGE award for the Best Paper on “Environmental Geotechnology”: Paper entitled “Characterization of Water Sorption and Retention Behavior of Partially Saturated GCLs Using Vapor Equilibrium and Filter Paper Methods” by Vishwajeet Khan and S. Rajesh published in Applied Clay Science, Vol. 157 (2018), pp.177-188.

IGS-Kakinada Chapter yGE award for the Best Paper on “Deep Excavations and Underground Structures”: Paper entitled “Laboratory Study on Response of Single Pile Adjacent to Supported Cut” by R.K. Madhumathi and K. Ilamparuthi published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, (2018), Vol. 36 Issue 5, pp. 3111-3133.


IGS-aIMIL Best Local Chapter award for the year 2019 is presented to IGS-Chennai Chapter for best overall performance amongst various IGS Chapters. The award carries a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- and a Memento.IGS-Bangalore Chapter has been given an appreciation award during IGC-2019 for hosted a magnificent IGC-2018.IGS-Baroda Chapter has been given an appreciation award during IGC-2019 for conducted excellent technical activities for the benefit of professionals.

IGS-Trichy Chapter has been given an appreciation award during IGC-2019 for conducted lot of technical activities for the benefit of students and did a lot of work related to Student Chapters. IGS-Thiruvananthapuram Chapter has been given an appreciation award during IGC-2019 for successfully organized an International conference sponsored by ISSMGE’s Technical Committee. IGS-Silchar Chapter has been given an appreciation award during IGC-2019 for hosted a magnificent IYGEC-2019.

OrIGINaL PaPErS Critical appraisal of Codes for Foundation Design and role of reliability-Based approach 467K.M. Nazeeh, G.L. Sivakumar BabuPseudo-Dynamic approach to analyze the Seismic Stability of Reinforced Soil Wall for c–ϕ Soil Backfill 478Ashish Gupta, V. A. SawantLinking Soil Design and Quality Control of Compacted Soils Through an Improvement of the acceptance Zone of the raMCODES Methodology 492Romer D. Oyola-Guzmán, Rómulo Oyola-MoralesNumerical Evaluation of the Amplification Characteristic of randomly Heterogeneous alluvial Deposits 501Reza Jamshidi Chenari, Shirin Aminzadeh Bostani TaleshaniDeformation Characteristics analysis of Supporting Structure Caused by Deep Excavation of Large-Span Subway Parking Lot in Deep Silt Stratum 519Yalin Yu, Ke Wu, Shuaishuai Cui, Qianjin Zhang, Jiahui Zhao. Z. Zhang

Insights into Effects of Seepage on Failure of Breakwater Mound: Experimental and Numerical Investigations 531Mohammed Russedul Islam, Kimitoshi Hayano, Md. A. RahmanMagnetic Effect on the Engineering Properties of remolded Cohesive Soil 543Wang Fengchi, Wen Yizhen, Yu Hui Curtain Grouting, a Tool used for Stopping the Seepage from an Existing Dam 552K. R. Dhawan, Sanjay Burele, Khalil BagwanTermination Criteria of Bored Pile Subjected to axial Loading 566Priyadharshini Maniam Rajan, Premalatha Krishnamurthy

CaSE rEPOrTDesign, Construction and uncertainties of a Deep Excavation adjacent to the High-rise Building 580J. Jasmine Nisha, M. Muttharam, M. Vinoth, C.R.E. Prasad

OrIGINaL PaPErS Improved Transfer Coefficient Method for Stability analysis of a Landslide with Polyline Slip Surface 595Shiguo Xiao

Study and remedy of Kotropi Landslide in Himachal Pradesh, India 603Pankaj Sharma, Saurabh Rawat, Ashok Kumar Gupta

Stability analysis of Colombo–Katunayake Expressway (CKE) using Finite Element and Limit Equilibrium Methods 620M.C.M. Nasvi, S. Krishnya

Suitability of the Typology of Shallow Foundations on Hill-Slopes 635Rana Acharyya, Arindam Dey

reliability-Based Slope Stability analysis of Durgawati Earthen Dam Considering Steady and Transient State Seepage Conditions using MarS and rVM 650Vinay Kumar, Pijush Samui, Navneet Himanshu, Avijit Burman

a Parametric Study on Effects of Basement Excavation and Foundation Loading on underground Metro Tunnel in Soil 667Sumeet Mahajan, Ramanathan Ayothiraman, K.G. Sharma

Experimental Investigation of root Tensile Strength for Slope Stabilization 687P.P. Capilleri, M. Cuomo, E. Motta, M. Todaro

TECHNICaL NOTESreliability-Based Stability assessment of Natural Slopes 698Vikas Pratap Singh

Effect of Slope angle on the Stability of a Slope Under Rainfall Infiltration 708Dooradarshi Chatterjee, A. Murali Krishna

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School of Infrastructure of Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar organized an International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics for the first time in India. It was held at IIT Bhubaneswar during December 5-6, 2019 under the aegis of the technical committee, TC 209 of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE); and Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Bhubaneswar Chapter. The symposium was accompanied by the first International Workshop on Future Application of Screw Piles (IWFASP 2019) on December 7, 2019 in association with the University of Dundee, UK (under the SPARC Program which is an initiative by the Ministry of Human resource (MHRD), India), Deep Foundation Institute (DFI), Indian Chapter; and Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Bhubaneswar Chapter.

Eminent experts, namely Prof. Mark Randoph, Prof. Lee Fook Hou, Dr. Nick Ramsy, Prof. Gopal Madabhushi, Prof. Suby Bhattacharya, Prof. Hyodo, Dr. Shambhu Sharma, and Dr. Parthasarathy delivered keynote lectures. Total 8 technical sessions, namely site characterization, shallow foundations, two sessions on pile foundations, geotechnics for offshore wind farms, offshore anchoring systems, special session on geotechnical reference test sites and geotechnics for gas

Brief Report on International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG 2019)

December 5-6, 2019

hydrates was organized. Each session ensued a very focused and enriched with technical knowhow. A total 110 participants across the world joined the ISOG2019 & IWFASP2019. The symposium and workshop had participation from Australia, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Finland and India. It has received large number of participation from various industries as well as from Govt. Sector apart from The symposium provided an excellent opportunities for practicing engineers, students, academician, and decision makers to meet and deliberate on the state of the art in offshore geotechnics and future application of screw pile.

A group photograph

Release of symposium proceedings

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

IGS News u October-December 2019 17IGS News July-September 2019 13IGS 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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IGC - 2020INDIaN GEoTEChNICaL CoNfErENCE

“Developments in Geotechnical Engineering for Sustainable Tomorrow (DIGEST)”

(17-19 December, 2020)

VENuE:Andhra University Convention CentreAndhra University, Visakhapatnam

OrGaNIZED By :Indian Geotechnical Society Visakhapatnam ChapterDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

INVITaTIONIndian Geotechnical Society Visakhapatnam Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam extends you a warm invitation to the IGC-2020 to be held at Visakhapatnam during 17-19 December, 2020.

CONFErENCE THEMES The main theme of the conference is “Developments in Geotechnical Engineering for Sustainable Tomorrow (DIGEST)”.

CONFErENCE SuB-THEMES • Soil Behaviour and Characterization of Ground • Shallow Foundations• Deep Foundations• Environmental Geotechnology• Transportation Geotechnics• Landslides and Slope Stability• Forensic Geotechnical Engineering• Developments in Ground Improvement• Numerical and Physical Modeling • Geosynthetics and Reinforced Soil Structures• Dynamics of Soils and Foundations• Scour and Erosion• Tunneling and Deep Excavations

KEy DaTES

Abstract Submission March 31, 2020Intimation of Abstract Acceptance May 15, 2020Submission of Full-Length Papers July 31, 2020Intimation of Full-Length Paper Acceptance

September 15, 2020

Submission of Camera-Ready Papers

October 15, 2020

Registration of Accepted Papers October 31, 2020Conference Dates December 17-19, 2020

rEGISTraTION FEES

Delegate Category upto 31st Oct., 2020

after 31st Oct. 2020

IGS Member INR 5500 INR 6500

Non-IGS Member INR 6000 INR 7000

Foreign Delegates

IGS Member US$ 350 US$ 400

Non-IGS Member US$ 400 US$ 450

SAARC Country Delegates INR 6000 INR 7000

Senior Citizens INR 3000 INR 3000

Spouse INR 2000 INR 2000

PG Students/ Research Scholars

INR 1500 INR 2000

OrGaNISING COMMITTEEPatronProf. P.V.G.D. Prasad ReddyVice-Chancellor, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

ChairmenProf. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

Organising Secretaries :Prof. P.V.V. Satyanarayana, Andhra University, VisakhapatnamProf. B.N.D. Narasinga Rao, ANITS, VisakhapatnamProf. Yerramsetty Abbulu, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

PrE-CONFErENCE wOrKSHOP:ISSMGE Technical Committee (TC-213) Workshop on “Scour and Erosion: Causes and Mitigation” will be organized on 16th December, 2020.

FOr MOrE DETaILS CONTaCT uS: Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana reddy Organising Chairman – IGC-2020Mobile : +91 9849100310E-mail: [email protected]: www.igc2020vizag.com

VISAKHAPATNAM CHAPTER ISO 9001-2015 Certified


LIST OF PROFESSIONAL FORUM MEMBERSM/s aimil Ltd., (aM 0002)Naimex House, A-8 Mohan Co-op. Ind. Est.,Mathura Road, New Delhi-100044, Delhi, India,E-mail: [email protected]

M/s Hydraulic & Engg. Inst., (aM 0010)A-13 Naraina Indl. Area, Phase II, New Delhi-110028, Delhi, IndiaE-mail: [email protected]

M/s Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd., (aM 0025)A-100, Sector-63, Noida-201309, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaE-mail: [email protected]

M/s aarvee associates architects (aM 0026)Engrs & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., 8-2-5 Ravula Residency, Srinagar Colony Main Road, Punjagutta, Hyderabad-500082, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaEmail : [email protected]

M/s Techfab India Industries Ltd., (aM 0027)712 Embassy Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra, IndiaE-mail: [email protected]

M/s Geo Dynamics, (aM 0036)49, Atmajyoti Nagar Society, Near Atmajyoti Ashram,Ellora Park, Vadodara-390023, Gujarat, IndiaMob No: 09327226064,E-mail: [email protected]

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).

The details for payment are as follows.Beneficiary Name : Indian Geotechnical Society,IFCS Code : IDIB000N044Account No: S.B. A/c 443208824,Bank Name : Indian Bank, Nehru Place, New DelhiIncome tax Permanent Account Number is: AAATI0175LContact Person:Mr. Sanjay Arora,Executive Secretary, IGS206, Manisha Building, 75-76, Nehru Place, New Delhi-19 (India)Email:[email protected]

M/s Strata Geosystems India Pvt. Ltd (aM 0037)Sabnam House, Plot No. A-15/16, Central Cross Road BMumbai-400093, Maharashtra, IndiaEmail : [email protected]

M/s arun Soil Lab Pvt Ltd (aM 0038)E-11, First Floor, Lekhraj Market-I, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, Pin:226016, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaMob No: 09415025566, E-mail: [email protected]

M/s S.M. Consultants (aM 0034)S.M. Tower, Plot No:130, Mancheswar, Industrial Estate, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar – 751010, Orissa, IndiaMob No: 0943765889Email: [email protected]

M/s Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd (AM 0039)No.671, 6th C Main, 11th Cross,3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru, Pin:560078, Karnataka, IndiaMob No: 09844279055E-mail: [email protected]


GEOTECHNICAL EVENTS CALENDARABROAD

2020February 19-20 Baghdad, Iraq

International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq, 2020 (ICGE-2020).For Details:Email: [email protected]

august 16-19 austin, Texas, uSa

4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics.For Details:www.isfog2020.org

September 7-11Budapest, Hungary

International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization Conference (ISC).For Details:E-mail : [email protected]

November 08-12Sheraton Cairo Hotel & resort, africaInternational Underground Structures Conference (ISSC 2020).For Details:Email: [email protected]

INDIA2020

February 25-27IIT Kharagpur, India

Three Day Workshop on Modern Trends in Railway Track GeoTechnologies (MTRG).For Details: Email : [email protected]

July 13-16IISc, Bangalore, India

7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (7ICRAGEE).For Details: Website : 7icragee.orgEmail : [email protected]

Welcome to New MembersThe Executive Committee of IGS extends hearty welcome to the following members who have been admitted to the Society recently/elevated to Fellowship.LIFE FELLOwSSUJIT KUMAR PAL LF- 0584G. VENKATESAN LF- 0585TANMOY CHATTERJI LF- 0586PAWAN KUMAR MISHRA LF- 0587MADAN KUMAR ANNAM LF- 0588

LIFE MEMBErSYADAVALLI VENKATA RAMESH BABU LM-4523POOJA DEEPAK PAWAR LM-4524DEEPALI RAHUL KULKARNI LM-4525MS. SMITA TUNG LM-4526MS. A. NISHIDA LM-4527MR. GHANSHYAM PATEL LM-4528MR. M. VINOTH LM-4529ER. SINGIREDDI ESWARA RAO LM-4530

MR. SHAILENDRA PANDURANG BANNE LM-4531DR. SANDIP TANAJI MALI LM-4532DR. NALINI ELIZABETH REBELLO LM-4533MS. RAJ PRIYANKA TALABATTULA LM-4534ER. VENKATA LAKSHMI GULLAPALLI LM-4535Dr. K. LINIDEV LM-4536Mr. SYED ALI FARHAD LM-4537Mr. NARESH DIXIT P S LM-4538Mr. SUBRATA MANDAL LM-4539MR. DEVI PRASAD DUTTA LM-4540Dr. RAMA VARA PRASAD CHAVALI LM-4541Mr. DAVINDER SINGH LM-4542Mr. SHARIQUE KHAN LM-4543Ms. SHWETA YOGIRAJ MAHAJAN LM-4544KARRI CHAMBERLIN LM-4545INTHA SRINIVASA REDDY LM-4546

MS. SUSHMA K.M. LM-4547PRASHANTH VANGLA LM-4548Dr. LALIT BORANA LM-4549S. PREETHI LM-4550KOLA ANNA REDDY LM-4551BALWINDER SINGH LM-4552GURINDER SINGH CHEEMA LM-4553KRISHNENDU SIL LM-4554V.P. DINESH LM-4555SURESH KUMAR LM-4556CHINTAPALLI VINEEL LM-4557ANINDYA PAIN LM-4558SANJEEV KUMAR LM-4559NARINDER VERMA LM-4560MOUSUMI MUKHERJEE LM-4561A.C. SHREYAS LM-4562

ISSMGE BULLETINVol 13, Issue 6, December 2019

Table of ContentsNews from Member Society .... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. 1young Member arena ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. 4Major Project ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. 5TC Corner – TC Symposium on “Laterites and Lateritic Soils” .... 20Conference report ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 21• The2ndInternationalGeotechnicalSeminar,Mozambia• The3rdDrVictordeMelloGoaLecture,IndiaISSMGE Foundation reports.. ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 23Obituary – Prof. Petro Kryvosheiev .... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 28Event Diary ... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 29Corporate associates . ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 36Foundation Donors .... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 39

NABL Assessor Training Course on ISO/IEC 17025: 2017

Interested IGS members may attend the above Assessor Training Course to be organized by the NABL.

S. No. Date of Training Program City (Zone)

1. 25 February to 29 February 2020 Pune (West)

2. 17 March to 21 March 2020 Kolkata (East

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