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ISSMGE Council Meeting, Paris, France, September, 2013
8 INDIA
Seminars/Workshops (2011):
IGS-Thanjavur Chapter: One day Workshop on Ground
Improvement Techniques (15th Oct.2011).
IGS-Visakhapatnam Chapter: One day Workshop on Soil
Retaining by Reinforcing Techniques (Oct.22, 2011).
Indo-Japanese Workshop: Conducted One day Joint
Workshop in association with Japan Geotech. Society on 14
Dec. 2012.
Annual National Conference by IGS-Kochi Chapter :
Hosted the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011), 15-
17 Dec. 2011. Prof. Askar, V.P. Asia and delegates from
Japan attended.
IGS-Indore Chapter: National Level Paper Presentation
Competition GEOCONCEPT on 14th Oct. 2011.
Seminars/Workshops (2012):
IGS-Ahmadabad Chapter: One day National Seminar on
Engineering for Ground Improvement and Rehabilitation of
Old Structures on 10th March 2012.
IGS-Guntur Chapter: One day Workshop on Green
Infrastructure Projects on 07 th April 2012.
IGS-Hyderabad Chapter : First Young Geotech. Engineers
Conference of the State on 31st March 2012.
IGS-Bhubaneswar Chapter : One day Seminar on
Geotechnical Aspects of Infrastructure Projects on August 22,
2012.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: One day Seminar along with
Opening of Chapter on 06 July 2012.
IGS-Shimla Chapter : One day Seminar on Critical State Soil
Mechanics along with Opening of Chapter on May 30, 2012.
IGS Election 2012 : Conducted Election for New Office
Bearers of IGS for 2013-2014.
IGS-Kakinada Chapter: One day National Seminar on Soil
Problems Related to Indian Terrain and Environment on 30 th
Sept. 2012.
IGS-Kochi Chapter: Lecture in memory of Mr. Praphulla
Kumar on 22 Sept. 2012.
IGS-Visakhapatnam Chapter : One day Workshop on
Significance of Rock Mechanics in Civil Engineering on 01-
02 October 2012.
IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration 2012: A prestigious Oration
by Prof. Kerry Rowe, Queens University, Kingston, Canada
on 05th October 2012.
7th AYGEC, Tokushima, Japan: One Young Geotechnical
Engineer Dr. B.Manna participated.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: One day Workshop on Reinforced
Soil and Geosynthetics Engineering on 16 th Dec. 2012.
Indo-Korean Workshop: Conducted One day Joint
Workshop in Association with IIT-Delhi and Korean
Geotechnical Society on 12th Dec. 2012.
Annual National Conference Indian Geotechnical
Conference, IGC-2012 hosted by IGS-Delhi Chapter in
association with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi from
Dec. 13-15, 2012. Prof. Askar, V.P. Asia and delegates from
Korea attended.
Seminars/Workshops (2013):
IGS-Bhubaneswar Chapter : One day Seminar on Relevance
of Geotechnics in Construction Practices on 27th Jan. 2013.
IGS-Guntur Chapter: One day Workshop on Problems in
Earthquake Prone Areas and Remedies on 23rd Feb. 2013.
IGS-Chennai Chapter: One day Seminar on Embankments:
Design & Construction on 09 March 2013.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: Two day National Conference on
Geotechnical and Environmental Aspects of Wastes and their
Utilization on 15-16 Feb. 2013.
Name of ISSMGE TC Society hosted: TC 302 Forensic
Geotech. Engg. (10-12 January, 2013 at Bangalore)---Chair:
Dr. V.V.S. Rao; Secretary: Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu; Prof.
G.N. Gandhi, President, IGS attended; Prof. Askar
Zhussupbekov, Vice President, Asia attended.
18th ICSMGE 2013, Paris, France (Sept. 02-05, 2013): IGS
has submitted 13 full length papers for the proceedings of this
Conference. A large number of delegates are expected to
attend the Conference.
8.1 Periodical Journal:
The Indian Geotechnical Society publishes a quarterly Journal
“Indian Geotechnical Journal”. The current Volume No. is 43
of which one issue in January has been published. The
Journal publishes papers both from Research and Field
covering the whole spectrum of geotechnical engineering.
The Journal is printed and published by M/s Springer. The
Journal is accessible ONLINE to all IGS Members.
8.2 Quarterly Newsletter:
Indian Geotechnical Society also publishes a quarterly
Newsletter “IGS NEWS” for the benefit of all its members.
The Newsletter carries features and Chapters’ Activities,
Geotechnical Calendar, Special Teachnical Papers on
Tsunami, Earthquake etc. for the benefit of its members. The
Newsletter is featured on website of IGS (see Figure 4).
Figure 4. International Symposium on Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, India, 2013
9 JAPAN
9.1 International Conference, seminars:
• The 2nd International Symposium on Transportation
Geotechnics, IS-Sapporo 2012, 10-12September, 2012, Japan.
243 participants from 30 countries. 140 papers.
• International Symposium on Testing and Design Methods
for Deep Foundations, IS-Kanazawa 2012, 18-20September,
2012. 232participants, 165 are from 11 countries in Asia, 48
from 17 countries in Europe, 12 from 3countries in North and
South America, and 5 from Australasia.108 papers.
• The 7th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference,
7AYGE, 12-14 September 2012, Tokushima, Japan. 65
participants (35 young participants)
9.2 Hosting ATC:
• ATC1(new): Geotechnical Mitigation and Adaptation to
Climate Change-induced Geo-disasters in Asia -Pacific
Regions Chair: Prof. Deness Bergado (Asian Institute of
Technology)
• ATC3: Geotechnology for natural hazards. Chair: Prof.
Ikuo Towhata (The University of Tokyo)
• ATC10: Urban geo-informatics Chair: Dr. Mamoru
Mimura (Kyoto University)
• ATC19: Geo-engineering for conservation of heritage
monuments and historical sites. Chair: Dr. Yoshinori Iwasaki
(Geo-Research Institute)
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