The President s Message

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The President’s Message

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ear Friends,

Season's greetings. India is growing and will continue to grow. Over last couple of decades, our growth story has made prominent mark globally. However as you know, our country is facing several difficulties today that include economic uncertainty, high inflation, increasing fiscal deficit and inconsistent policies on issues such as FDI. Recently passed food security bill and existing subsidies on various items including diesel may further stretch already overburdened Indian economy. India has largest group of scientists, engineers and other professionals only after US and Russia and with the good monsoon that we had, if intelligent strategic planning is performed and implemented at national and states' level to mop up the services of professionals, we as a nation can do wonders. Some of the areas that need urgent attention are good, long lasting and efficient transport system with emphasis on underground metro for high density traffic areas, environmental pollution control and natural hazards mitigation & control where in we Geotechnical Engineers can provide good input.

Let me now brief you with our IGS activities:

Since January this year, we had two Executive Committee(EC) meetings viz. 194th at IIT Madras and 195th at SVNIT-Surat on the sidelines of National Seminars which were well attended and addressed the current geotechnical problems. As your President, I like to inform you of the important decisions taken by your EC.

1. As all expenses are going up due to inflation and income is dwindling with

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interest rates going down, there is a need to discipline our expenditure. (a) In view of free "Online Access" of Indian Geotechnical Journal(IGJ) to all members, the procurement of 100 nos. of hard copies of journal will be done away preferably from next year which will save over Rs.50,000/- per year. IGS will continue to receive a few free copies from the Publisher thru' the editor-in-chief for IGS HQ library. (b) Currently there is no limit on number of mementos to be given for a Best Paper Award. Depending upon no. of authors, it may be one or as many as 4 or more depending on no. of authors for a paper. It is decided that the memento will be given to First author while all co-authors, if any including the first author will receive Certificates as award. This will solve long faced difficulty by IGS HQ in terms of finance & budgeting and will bring in uniformity in awarding memento. For information, ISSMGE gives awards in the form of Certificates only.

2. Since long, a need was felt by many senior members including past Presidents to do away with traditional hard copies of proceedings of IGCs in this electronic age which would save good amount of money and also labour on the part of IGC organizers. EC has taken unanimous decision in this regard. Starting from IGC-2013 at IITRoorkee, only abstracts of the proceedings will be published in one hard volume while full length texts will be published in the form of soft copy(CD). The soft copy will be placed on IGS main website.

3. The existing "Rules and Selection Procedure" for various IGS Awards were reviewed and modified to bring in more clarity and transparency, to

remove ambiguity if any, to make them more practical, to have representation of elected EC members on selection committee and to compile & put together all related information for the Awards without touching the aims and objectives of the Awards. The same were passed unanimously by EC. Since last news letter, two new IGS Chapters, Vellore Chapter and Coimbatore Chapter were inaugurated on August 23 and 24, 2013 respectively with elaborate arrangements and National Seminars which were well attended and focussed highlighting regional GT problems. Other Chapters that have conducted activities are: Kochi, Guwahati and Kolkata while those that have scheduled their activities in Oct. and Nov. are Hyderabad, Kakinada, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai while more Chapters may come up with their activities before December, 2013. Thus the current year will be full of activities covering major part of the nation.

The ISSMGE Council meeting at Paris was attended by the President-IGS and Dr. G.L.S. Babu as IGS representatives on Sept.01, 2013. Prof. Roger Frank is elected as next ISSMGE President while the venue for 19th ICSMGE-2017 has gone to South Korea. A large group of participants from India, perhaps the largest so far, totaling some 23 went overseas to attend the 18th ICSMGE (Sept.02-06) at Paris.

Our very own annual mega event IGC-2013 is coming up on 22-24 December, 2013 at IITRoorkee hosted by Roorkee Chapter. Roorkee Chapter has hosted IGCs very successfully in the past and 'am sure with your support and participation, the event will be a grand success.

Prof. G. N. Gandhi gngandhi9002@yahoo.co.in

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Local Chapter News

IGS Baroda Chapter

Under the auspices of Indian Geotechnical Society, Baroda Chapter, two days national workshop on the above subject was organized on 29, 30 June 2013 at M.S. University of Baroda. Experts from various IITs, IISc, leading foundation firms and government organizations were invited & delivered lectures on "Geotechnical Failures & Remedial Actions" (Ge'FRA-13) which have highlighted the reasonings of failure of buildings, dams, roads, canals, tunnels, retaining structures alongwith remedial actions. We learn from failures hence it will lead to construction of sound structures for infrastructure developments of the country. Important feature of the seminar was interaction of delegates with experts to lay down the guidelines for safe construction of civil engineering structures.

In the inauguration function Shri R. Jeyaseelan, Chairman (Retd), Central Water Commission, New Delhi was the chief guest and Dr. G.N. Gandhi, President, Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi has presided over the function. Shri Sanjeev K. Agarwal, MD, Grim Tech Project (I) Pvt. Ltd., Surat was the special guest and Shree J.C. Chaudhary, Chief

Engineer and Director, GERI, Vadodara was the guest of honour. Dr. A.V. Shroff welcomed the guests & delegates. About 130 delegates from various government departments, leading foundation engineering firms, teaching faculties from various engineering colleges, officers from SSNNL and Kalpsar project, VMSS participated & attended the workshop.

Shri Manish Bhardwaj (IAS), Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation presided over the valedictory function and Shri S.R. Toley (Retd), Central Water Commission, New Delhi was the chief guest of the valedictory function, Shri P.M. Patel, Director (Civil) SSNNL, Gandhinagar was the guest of honour and Shri D.S. Dube, DGM, GERI, Vadodara was the special guest of valedictory function. At the end, Dr. N.H. Joshi extended vote of thanks.

From Left: Dr D.L. Shah, Er. Fefar, Dr. G.N. Gandhi, Dr. A.V. Shroff, R. Jeyaseelan and Dr. Joshi

Releasing Newspaper & Proceedings Volume of Workshop on Geotechnical Failures (Ge'FRA-13)

IGS Coimbatore Chapter

The IGS-Coimbatore Chapter was inaugurated on August 24, 2013 at the Government College of Technology (GCT) by Dr G.N.Gandhi, President IGS in the presence of Coimbatore District Collector, Dr. M. Karunakaran IAS. The Honorary Secretary of IGS Shri. Jai Bhagwan was present on the occasion. The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Coimbatore Civil Engineers Association and Builders Association of India were represented by

the respective office bearers. The Patron of IGS Coimbatore Chapter and Principal of GCT, Dr. V. Lakshmiprabha presided over the function.

About 200 professionals attended the inauguration, who represented membership of IGS Coimbatore Chapter, practising field engineers, engineers from government departments, faculty from various engineering colleges and engineers from Corporations of Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Salem towns in this region.

In his address, the Collector Dr Karunakaran emphasized the importance of Geotechnical Engineering in today's scenario. High rise buildings,

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IGS Kakinada Chapter

IGS Kakinada Chapter held a brief but elegant function at which the first bulletin

of IGC-2014 to be hosted jointly by the Chapter and the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada was released by the Vice-Chancellor of the

University Prof. G. Tulasi Ram Das. Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor has congratulated the Kakinada Chapter on its successful bidding for the conference. He assured that the University extend all the help necessary for the successful conduct of the conference. He observed that the conference Organizing Committee comprises a band of dedicated volunteers and hoped that they would put in their best efforts to ensure the successful conduct of the conference. Former President of IGS Dr. Mahavir Bidasaria wished the conference a great success and promised his full co-heterogeneous nature of soil, and

challenges encountered by civil engineers need to be addressed by a suitable specialized body. The classification of Coimbatore region under seismic zone III has added to the importance of geotechnical engineering.

Patron, Dr Lakshmiprabha appreciated the efforts taken by the geotechnical fraternity to highlight the problems faced by the field engineers due to lack of exposure and understanding of geotechnical engineering.

While inaugurating the Coimbatore Chapter, Dr Gandhi, highlighted the importance of involvement of practising engineers, government departments and also students in this event. Shri. Jai Bhagwan narrated the activities of IGS. The representatives of other engineering associations expressed their solidarity and support to the activities of IGS. Chairman of Local Chapter Dr. P. D. Arumairaj welcomed the gathering. The inauguration ended with a vote of thanks by the Secretary of the Chapter Dr. S. P. Jayapriya.

The inauguration was followed by an interaction session in which practising engineers, government departments and engineering faculty from engineering institutions participated in the discussions on the future activities of the Chapter. It was agreed that the activities

of the Chapter will be held at different institutions; student chapters will be initiated after forming guidelines; and joint venture projects will be taken up along with other professional bodies. Specifically, it was decided to undertake microzonation for a few wards of

Inauguration of IGS Coimbatore Chapter

A view of the inaugural

Coimbatore and Tirupur Corporations for which Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (I) has come forward to sponsor funds. The IGS Coimbatore Chapter will be the platform to invite experts, plan and carryout the work along with other organisations.

Prior to the inauguration, a technical seminar on "Geotechnical Issues in Coimbatore Region" was inaugurated by Dr. S. L. Narasimhan, Professor of Civil Engineering (Retd). The seminar was chaired by Dr. G. N. Gandhi and Shri. Jai Bhagwan. The technical lectures were delivered by Dr. K. Elangovan, Dr. P.D. Arumairaj, Dr. M. Palanikumar and Er. S. Pichaiya.

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IGS Ludhiana Chapter

IGS Ludhiana Chapter in association with Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) Ludhiana organized one week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on 'Finite

element methods to solve engineering problems' from 22th to 26th July' 2013 at

GNDEC Ludhiana Campus. Dr. M. S.

Saini, Director GNDEC was the Chief

Guest and Dr. Indra Vir Singh, Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee, was the guest of

honour for the inaugural function. The FDP was sponsored under TEQIP-II scheme of Government of India.

The organizers got overwhelming response for the programme where-in more than 30 participants from different parts of the country including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu attended it. Resource persons from outside (IIT's) as well as from within the institute (GNDEC) discussed in detail various advantages

that this method (FEM) offered in different fields of engineering, namely Civil, Mechanical, Electrical etc. They also emphasized its use in various disciplines of applied sciences. Various FEM based software's like Abacus, Adina, MATLAB etc. were introduced to the participants during the course. At the end of the course participants took an examination (MCQ), and the results were very encouraging where most of the participants answered 80% questions correctly.

This was the first Faculty Development Program organised by the Chapter after its inception on 6th July 2012. Dr. H. S.

Rai, Chief Coordinator extended warm

welcome to all guests and delegates. Dr.

J. N. Jha, Chairman IGS Ludhiana Chapter

spoke about the importance and usefulness of such programs for professional growth of individuals. Prof.

Gurdeepak Singh, Joint-Secretary IGS

Ludhiana Chapter anchored the inaugural function and Dr. B. S. Walia, Co-Chairman IGS Ludhiana Chapter proposed the vote of thanks.

IGS Vellore Chapter

Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)-Vellore Chapter was inaugurated on 23-08-2013 at VIT University, Vellore. The School of Mechanical and Building Sciences (SMBS) of VIT University has taken initiative in starting IGS-Vellore Chapter and enrolled life members to the society among faculty of VIT, engineers from BHEL, TWAD, Highways Dept, DRDA, Southern Railway, CMC, builders and contractors of Vellore and faculty of

nearby engineering colleges. IGS-Vellore Chapter, the 37th local chapter, was formally inaugurated at VIT University on 23-08-2013. A one-day national seminar on "Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering" was organized on the occasion.

Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT University has presided over the function. In his presidential address, the Chancellor has highlighted the importance of geotechnical engineering. He observed

that as Govt. of India proposes to invest Rs. 41 lakh crores in infrastructure projects during twelfth five year plan, the country needs competent civil engineers with strong fundamentals in geotechnical engineering. He has quoted the examples of devastation caused by recent floods and rainfall-induced landslides in Uttarakhand, the growth in size of Singapore Island by land reclamation to emphasise the importance of geotechnical engineering. The Chancellor called upon the government to plan for investigation operation. University Registrar Prof. E. V.

Prasad and Registrar Prof. G.V.R. Prasada Raju assured that all the infrastructure facilities available on the campus would be kept at the disposal of the Organizing Committee. Prof. A. Sreerama Rao, Conference Chair, thanked the IGS Executive Committee for awarding the conference to Kakinada and said that no effort would be spared to make the conference a memorable experience.

A sminar was conducted on the occasion in which Dr. Mahavir Bidasaria and Prof. I. Saibaba Reddy, Rector of JNTU Hyderabad delivered talks. In his talk, Dr. Bidasaria gave an account of the deficiencies in the design and construction of the Pagara dam, constructed in 1917 in M.P. He briefed the audience with details of the rehabilitation measures taken by him, which include grouting, pointing and

guniting the foundation and the body of the masonry dam, to remedy the defects. Prof. Saibaba Reddy explained how injudicious design of foundations could lead to foundation and structural failures. He cited a few case studies in support of his observations.

Prof. K. Ramu,Secretary, welcomed the gathering while Dr.R. Dayakar babu, Jt. Secretary proposed a vote of thanks.

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on causes of frequent landslides in hilly regions and adopt suitable remedial measures. He concluded that it is pertinent to start IGS-Vellore Chapter now as more infrastructure projects are coming up in Vellore and happy that VIT Univesity has taken this initiative. Prof. G. N. Gandhi, President, IGS formally inaugurated the chapter. In his inaugural address, Prof. Gandhi highlighted the scope of geotechnical engineering particularly in geoenvironmental engineering. He has highlighted the various initiatives undertaken by IGS to involve young engineers in geotechnical engineering activities. The president invited students to become members in IGS and elaborated on student membership scheme.

Shri. Jai Bhagwan, Hon. Secretary of IGS narrated the objectives and various activities of the IGS. Prof. Boominathan, Chairman, IGS-Chennai Chapter assured the support of IGS-Chennai Chapter to the newly formed Vellore Chapter. Prof. A. Senthil Kumar, Dean, SMBS, VIT University delivered the welcome address. Dr. S. S. Chandrasekaran, Associate Professor, VIT University and secretary of IGS-Vellore Chapter proposed vote of thanks. Executive committee members of IGS, Prof. H. N. Ramesh, Prof. S. K. Prasad and Dr. M. Muttharam, Secretary, IGS-Chennai Chapter expressed their appreciation and wishes to IGS-Vellore Chapter. Prof. B.R. Phanikumar, Chairman,

IGS-Vellore chapter chaired the valedictory function of the seminar. In the seminar on "Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering" the technical lectures were delivered by Prof. G.N. Gandhi, Shri Jai Bhagwan, Prof. A. Boominathan, Prof. H.N. Ramesh and

Prof. S.K. Prasad.

Over 100 participants from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka consist of engineers from central, state government and private organizations, faculty and students of engineering colleges have participated in the seminar.

Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT University delivering the presidential address

Prof. G.N. Gandhi, President, IGS delivering the inaugural address

IGS-STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

The concept of a separate student membership has been approved both by the Executive Committee and AGM recently. Broadly the following shall be the guidelines for Student Membership. This is a great opportunity for the Student fraternity, to avail all advantages offered by IGS but at an easy affordable

subscription:-Criteria : Student : UG/PG/Doctoral Membership : Annual

Subscription : Rs.300/- Admission Fee (Onetime) Rs.500/- Annual Subscription Renewable Calender year basis

Notes: 1. Student Membership does not entitle the Member to contest/vote for IGS Election.

2. Full amount of Annual Subscriptions paid by the Students will be adjusted against the Regular Membership fees when Student Membership is converted to Regular Membership.

For details, contact: www.igs.org.in

Affiliation : Directly under IGS

Privileges : Online Journal, Membership Certificate Concessions in IGS/IGC Conferences Convertible to regular membership upon completion of studies/joining assignment.

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GLIMPSES OF ISSMGE Council Meeting and Confer

GLIMPSES OF ISSMGE Council Meeting and Conference at P

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ence at Paris

aris

(September 2-5, 2013)

ISSMGE Council Meeting_ 1

18th ICSMGE Participants from India

ISSMGE Council Meeting_ 2

IGS representatives at ISSMGE Council Meeting ISSMGE President Prof. J.L. Briaud

New ISSMGE President Prof. Roger Frank and Prof. G.N. Gandhi 18th ICSMGE Plennary Session

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IGC-2014

INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL CONFERENCE

Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India (GEOIND)

December 18-20, 2014

Venue:

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

Organized by:

IGS-Kakinada Chapter and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada Invitation

Indian Geotechnical Society, Kakinada Chapter and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada extend you a hearty invitation to IGC-2014 to be held in Kakinada during 18-20 December 2014.

IGS Kakinada Chapter

Inaugurated in the year 1989, IGS Kakinada Chapter has been one of the most vibrant chapters of the national professional body. The chapter, which has ever 150 members, has organized several conferences, seminars, symposia and work-shops over the years. Two major conferences, Terzaghi-1996 and CONCEPTS-2006 are still green in the memory of the participants. Members of the chapter have contributed significantly to research in the areas of expansive soils and ground improvement.

About JNTU Kakinada

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada has been started in 2008, by trifurcating JNTU Hyderabad. The University has been striving to grow into a world-class university. A Series of reforms have been initiated recently to make learning on 'out come based' experience rather than a teacher -centric and monotonous exercise. Excellence is its watch - word.

Conference Themes

The main theme of the conference is 'Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India'.

The Sub-themes are:

z Innovative Techniques in Field and Laboratory Testing

z Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and natural Disaster Mitigation

z Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics

z Design and Construction Practices for Rural Roads

z Environmental Geotechnics

z Remote Sensing and GIS Applications

z Numerical and Physical Modeling

z Rock Studies in Geotechnical Engineering

Registration Fees C a t e g o r y Up to After 31st Oct. 31st Oct. 2014 (Rs.) 2014 (Rs.) IGS Member 4000 4500 Non-IGS Member 4500 5000 SAARC Country delegates 6000 7000

Other Countries 300 USD 400 USD Senior Citizens 2000 2500 (above 60 years as on 18th December, 2014) Students PG 2000 2000 UG 1500 1500 Accompanying 1500 2000 Persons

All payments should be made through demand draft/at par cheque drawn in favour of IGC-2014, payable at Kakinada.

Sponsorship

The Tariffs for sponsorship are as under:

Category Sponsorship Free Free Souvenir Fee Delegates Advertisement

Diamond*

Platinum Rs.2 Lakhs 6 Full-page Colour Gold Rs.Lakh 4 Full-page Colour Silver Rs.50,000 2 Half-page Colour Bronze Rs.25,000 1 Half-page colour *Contact the Organizing Secretary for more details Besides, sponsorship slots are available for banquet, cultural programme, lunch and dinners. Contact Prof. K. Ramu Phone: +91 9704198555 E-mail: kramujntu@gmail.com Dr. R. Dayakar Babu Phone: +91 9985678426 E-mail: baburd1108@hotmail.com C/o Department of Civil Engineering University College of Engineering Kakinada Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. University Kakinada Kakinada-533003, Andhra Pradesh, India E-mail: igc2014kakinada@gmail.com Website: www.igc2014kakinada.org

z Developments in Design and Construction of Foundations

z Risk Analysis and Reliability

z Embankments, Slope Stability and Earth Dam Engineering

z Green Practices and Sustainable Development of Infrastructure

z Forensic Geotechnical Engineering

z Geotechnical Education and Professional Practice

Proceedings

Proceedings of the Conference in CD will consist of key-note addresses and invited papers. Besides, they contain contributed papers. A CD of the proceedings will be sent to the delegates who register before 31st October 2014, a month ahead of the conference.

Call for Abstracts

Authors interested in contributing papers for the Conference are requested to send extended abstracts not exceeding 300 words by e-mail on the sub-themes mentioned, by furnishing the following information along with them; (i) Sub-theme number

(ii) Tile of the paper

(iii) Names(s), affiliation (s) and e-mail ID(s) of the authors

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts 15 April 2014 Acceptance of abstracts 5 May 2014 Last date for receipt of

full-length paper 15 July 2014 Acceptance of

full-length papers 5 Sept. 2014 Exhibition

A technical exhibition will be arranged near the conference venue. An enclosed space of 3m x 3m with a table, two chairs and power supply will be made available at a tariff of Rs.30,000/ - for domestic exhibitors and US$ 1500 for exhibitors from abroad. Exhibitors will get two free delegates. Manufacturers, Consultants, Contractors, Equipment Suppliers, Service Providers etc. are invited to avail of the opportunity.

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INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL

Vol.43, No.3, July-September 2013

NEWS OF INTEREST

Social Sustainability Evaluation Matrix (SSEM)

Dear Colleague:

A newly developed Social Sustainability Evaluation Matrix (SSEM) to assess social sustainability of contaminated site remediation was presented at Sustainable Remediation Forum conference (SURF23).

You can download the tool and the presentation at: www.uic.edu/ labs/geotech/

Courtesy: Prof. Krishna R. Reddy

ISSMGE CPRF Guideline and IJGCH Vol.3(1) Special Issue of TC 212-Deep Foundations

Respected Colleagues,

It gives me immense pleasure to share the two most recently published ISSMGE documents with you. These are,

(1) ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) Guideline, July 2013.

(2) ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH), Vol.3, Issue 1, Special Issue, August 2013 of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 212 - Deep Foundations.

As I understand many of us and our other society members and colleagues are actively working on CPRF and Deep Foundations, and also will work in future, these two documents, mainly the 1st one on design guideline for CPRF as a codal document may be useful for all of our future works.

Your valuable comments will be highly appreciated.

Courtesy: Prof. Deepankar Choudhury

Excerps from letter from Springer (I) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

New Delhi, 26 August 2013 To,

Mr. K.K. Govindan

206, Manisha, 75-76, Nehru Place New Delhi-110019 (India) Dear Sir,

We are happy to inform you that the journal has done well in its 1st year of our cooperation. It has been well accepted by the international readers. Our marketing efforts and global reach has helped us make this journal available to the relevant readers globally through Springer Link.

– Sd – Rohit Kapoor Director - Finance & Controlling Springer (India) Private Limited

The prestigious

35th IGS

Annual Lecture 2013

shall be delivered by

Dr. Mahavir Bidasaria, Past President of IGS and

Managing Director, Ferro Concrete Construction

(India) Pvt. Ltd., Indore

during IGC-2013, Roorkee (Dec.22-24, 2013).

The topic of his lecture is “Geotechnical

Problems in Dams Case Studies”.

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MEMBERS NEWS

Shri K.K. Thaker

(LM-1914)

Dr. Kandarp K. Thaker has been conferred with the degree of "Doctor of Philosophy" by Nirma University, Ahmedabad on acceptance of his thesis on "Electrokinetic Remediation of Polluted Soils" on 06-04-2013.

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

by Hasmukh P Oza & Gautam P Oza,

Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Anand,

Gujarat, India

Soil mechanics and Foundation Engineering authored by a creative practicing professionals Shri H P Oza, Former Director, Ministry of Transport, New Delhi and Sri G H Oza, Geotechnical Consultant, SMPS Engineers & Architects, Amdavad. There are dimensions in it not seen in normally available & commonly prescribed text books. Intuitive sense of amalgamating both theory & practice is the distinguished, remarkable feature of the book. The entire subject matter is treated in 5 parts: I : General & index properties; II: Derived properties; III: Field Investigations; IV : Design; V: Miscellaneous. Keeping in mind, the infrastructural developments in the country and changing technology, the book has emphasized on Reinforced earth, Tiebacks & anchors, Special shallow & deep foundations& Instrumentation. It is nevertheless written with a design bias and it is intended that this book is reliable companion in professional career. The book fully covers the syllabi of Geotechnical Engineering for Civil Engineering students preparing for the Degree courses & elective/ core courses at Post graduate levels of almost all Indian Universities. The academicians & practicing engineers will sharpen their knowledge with the help of input provided by book on several practical aspects of Civil Engineering including Roads & Runways on difficult soils.

The forward of the book is written by Padmashri DR B V Doshi, an Eminent Educationalist in the area of Environment Planning & Technology.

Prof Dr A V Shroff, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi

BOOK REVIEW

Earth Anchors (second edition) by B M Das

and Sanjay Kumar Shukla by J Ross

Publishing

The publication on Earth Anchors (second edition) by B M Das and Sanjay Kumar Shukla by J Ross Publishing is an excellent contribution in the area of Geotechnical Engineering and addresses the design of different types of earth anchors in various ground conditions. The contribution compiles the existing as well as latest contributions in the area in a succinct manner.

Chapter one covers the general introduction, types of anchors and their applications. Chapter two covers the horizontal plate anchors in sand, various theories, load displacement relationship, uplift capacity etc. Chapter three addresses the horizontal anchors in clay on similar lines. Chapter four presents the contributions in the form of various theories, load displacement relationship, and design in sand followed by evaluation of loads in the case of clay. Chapter five covers work in the area of inclined anchors in sand and clay. Chapters six and seven presents the developments in helical anchors in sand and clay. Chapter eight covers design of anchor piles. Chapter nine covers suction caisson and drag anchors. Chapter ten covers a few topics on geoanchors.

The book is well written and is useful for students at senior level in Bachelor course Civil Engineering and in Masters Course in Geotechnical/infrastructural/structural engineering. It is also useful to professionals in the area of geotechnical engineering and ground improvement and covers theories, design principles and examples which can be used for design.

Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu Editor in Chief, Indian Geotechnical Journal

IGS WEBSITE !

IGS is now accessible on Website !

Please log on: www.igs.org.in

for all information about IGS.

Your valuable suggestions if any are welcome.

IGC-2015

IGC-2015 would be hosted by

IGS-Pune Chapter.

The Venue, Theme, scheduled dates etc. are being

worked out and shall be announced soon.

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Published by : Indian Geotechnical Society (Regn. No. S/18957), 206, Manisha, 75-76, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019,

Email : admin@igs.org.in, igsmain@vsnl.net, Website: www.igs.org.in, Ph. : 26210361, 26211146

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IGS Secretariat will update the above information in the database, and use the same for future correspondence. Please hurry and sent above information at the earliest.

We also request the members to give their ideas if any on the web portal to the email ID: admin@igs.org.in

Jai Bhagwan

Hon. Secretary

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Welcome to New Members

The Executive Committee of IGS extends hearty welcome to the following members who have been admitted to the Society recently/Elevated to Fellowship.

NEWS ABOUT ISSMGE

Affiliated Countries 88 Total Individual Members 20000 Technical Committees 30 Corporate Associates 59

President (2013-2017) Professor Roger Frank Vice-President Asia (2013-2017) Professor Ikuo Towhata Secretary General Professor R.N. Taylor

Advantages being ISSMGE Member:

1. Write MISSMGE after your name.

2. Identification with a distinct Identity Number allotted by ISSMGE and displayed on their Website.

3. Consideration for Submission of papers for International Conferences of ISSMGE, quota of which is allocated to each Member Society.

4. Concessions in Registration fees for all International Conferences sponsored by ISSMGE.

5. Access to ISSMGE Website.

About ISSMGE

The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics and Contractors all over the world that actively participate in geotechnical engineering.

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GEOTECHNICAL CALENDAR

2013

November 13-15 Nagoya, Japan

3rd IC on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment GEOMATE-2013

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Teruo Nakai

Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

Website: www.geomat-e.com

November 26-28 Lausanne, Switzerland

International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy related to geomechanical applications in (i) hydrocarbon exploration and production, (ii) interactions between wastes (nuclear, CO₂ ,…) and earth, (iii) geothermal energy.

For details contact:

EAGE Head Office via eage@eage.org

2014

March 30 - April 2 Philadelphia, PA, USA

29th IC on Solid Waste, Technology & Management. Contact: Ronald L. Mersky Widener University Conference Chair Website: redir.targetx.com/cgi-bin July 2-4 Sydney, Australia

Conference on Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications

Guideline on Website:

www.unsat2014.com/abstract

July 20-22 Hubei, China

GeoHubei IC 2014 on Sustainable Infrastructures Using Innovative Technologies & Material.

Contact:

Dar Hao Chen, Ph.D., P.E.

Website: Geohubei2014.geoconf.org

ABROAD

August 25-27

Seoul, South Korea

8

th

_{IS on Geotechnical Aspects of}

Under-ground Construction in Soft

Ground.

Contact:

Prof. Yong-Joo Lee

E-mail: tc204@is-seoul2014.org

Website: www.is-seoul2014.org

September 9-11

Vienna, Austria

50th Anniversary of

Danube-European Conferences on

Geotechnical Engg.

Contact:

Chairman/Co-Chairman

Austrian Society of Soil Mechanics

and Geotechnical Engineering

Vienna University of Technology,

Institute of Geotechnics

Karlsplatz 13, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

E-mail: decge2014@tuwien.ac.at

Website: www.decge2014.at

2015

September 2015 Edinburgh, UK

XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engg.

For Details E-mail: mwinter@tri.co.uk Website: www.tri.co.uk

INDIA

2014

December 18-20 Kakinada, India

Indian Geotechnical Conference 2014 on Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India (GEOIND). Contact: Prof. K. Ramu Phone: +91 9704198555 E-mail: kramujntu@gmail.com Dr. R. Dayakar Babu Phone: +91 9985678426 E-mail: baburd1108@hotmail.com C/o Department of Civil Engineering University College of Engineering Kakinada

Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University Kakinada

Kakinada-533003, Andhra Pradesh, India E-mail: igc2014kakinada@gmail.com Website: www.igc2014kakinada.org

2013

December 22-24 Roorkee, India

Indian Geotechnical Conference 2013 on Geotechnical Advances and Novel Geomechanical Applications (GANGA).

Contact:

Dr. N.K. Samadhiya Dr. Mahendra Singh

Organizing Secretaries, IGC 2013 Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee-247667 Uttarakhand, India (M) 09412073058, 09412070268 01332-285467, 285651, 285052, 285006 Fax: 01332-275568

Email: igc2013roorkee@gmail.com

18TH ICSMGE 2013 PARIS

Participants from India

z Balakumar, Venkatraman

z Bandyopadhyay, Kaushik

z Basak, Badri Narayan

z Bhalla, Arushi z Bidasaria, Mahavir z Biswas, Sanjit z Chandra, Sarvesh z Choudhury, Deepankar z Dave, Trudeep z Gandhi, Gautam z Madhav, Madhira

z Madhavi Latha, Gali

z Manna, Bappaditya z Murali Krishna, A. z Murthy, Tejas z Patra, Chittaranjan z Rao, K.S. z Samadhiya, N.K. z Sengupta, Pradip z Sivakumar Babu, G.L. z Sivapullaiah, P.V. z Srivastava, Amit z Suganya Kuppusamy

The President s Message