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Conferences / Seminars organized – Local, National, International

  1. During 12 – 14 December, 2022 at IIT Bombay on topic “Railway Transportation Geotechnics: Theory to Practice” as CEP 3-days short term certificate course from IIT Bombay, India. (https://portal.iitb.ac.in/ceqipapp/courseDetails.jsp?c_id=4923)

  2. Convener and Main organizer 3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation’ on 18th December, 2019 at Hotel Le Meridien, Surat, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS).

  3. Convener and Main organizer 2nd Korea-India Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Challenges for Megacities’ on 21st September, 2017 at COEX Convention Centre, Seoul, South Korea, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS).

  4. Organizing Secretary of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on ‘Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues’ on September 23-24, 2016 at Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre, Powai, Mumbai 400087, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Mumbai Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). 

  5. Convener and Main organizer of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Joint Workshop of TC 207 and TC 212 on ‘Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction and Deep Foundations’ on December 16, 2015 at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Pune, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Pune Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

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Brochure of CEP 3-days short term certificate course on topic “Railway Transportation Geotechnics: Theory to Practice”

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3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation’ on 18th December, 2019 at Hotel Le Meridien, Surat, India

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Joint Workshop of TC 207 and TC 212 on ‘Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction and Deep Foundations’ on December 16, 2015 at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Pune, India, jointly organized by  IGS Pune Chapter and ISSMGE

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Organizer / Organizing Committee Member of Major Conferences / Projects

  1. Convener, 3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation’ on 18th December, 2019 at Hotel Le Meridien, Surat, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS). Website, Schedule.

  2. Session Chair cum Organizer for ASCE Geo-Congress 2019 for session EE01 on ‘Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics: Soil-Structure Interaction’ during the Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (Geo-Congress 2019), March 24-27, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, organized by Geo-Institute of American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. (see www.geocongress.org) 

  3. Convener of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Workshop of TC 207 on ‘Recent Advances in Soil-Structure Interactions and Retaining Walls’ on December 12, 2018 at J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Bangalore Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). 

  4. Convener, 2nd Korea-India Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on ‘Geotechnical Challenges for Megacities’ on 21st September, 2017 at COEX Convention Centre, Seoul, South Korea, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS). 

  5. Organizing Secretary of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on ‘Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues’ on September 23-24, 2016 at Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre, Powai, Mumbai 400087, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Mumbai Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). 

  6. International Scientific Committee Member of 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-III), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 16-19, 2017 organized by ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 203 - Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Website: http://www.pbdiiivancouver.com/committee_members.php

  7. Moderator and Session Coordinator/Chair of Session A08-Geohazards: Earthquake during Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, USA, August 14-18, 2016 organized by Geo-Institute (GI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. Website: http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ASCE/GeoChicago2016/Itinerary/ConferenceMatrixEventDetail.asp?id=19

  8. Convener of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Joint Workshop of TC 207 and TC 212 on ‘Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction and Deep Foundations’ on December 16, 2015 at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Pune, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Pune Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Final Bulletin, List of Participants.

  9. National Advisory Committee Member for Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2015 ‘GIFT’) on Geotechnics for Infrastructure and Foundation Techniques, during December 17-19, 2015, at Pune, India, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society(IGS) Pune Chapter and IGS, New Delhi, India. (http://www.igc2015pune.in)

  10. Scientific Committee Member for 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (6ICEGE – 2015) during November 2-4, 2015, at Christchurch, New Zealand, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), New Zealand Geotechnical Society and UC Quake Centre. (http://www.6icege.com)

  11. International Advisory Committee Member for International Conference on Soft Ground Engineering (ICSGE2015) during December 3-4, 2015, at Singapore, organized by National University of Singapore and Geotechnical Society of Singapore.

  12. Advisory Committee Member for The 3rd International Conference on the Flat Dilatometer (DMT’15) during June 14-16, 2015, at Rome, Italy, jointly organized by Technical Committee TC-102 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) in cooperation with L'Aquila University, Italy. (www.dmt15.com)

  13. Technical Committee Member, Reviewer for Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, (DFI India 2014) during September 19 – 20, 2014, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), IIT Delhi and IGS Delhi Chapter. (http://www.dfi.org/india/) Also Keynote Speaker for 2nd technical session on 19th September, 2014.

  14. International Advisory Committee Member for International Symposium on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE – 2013) during December 5 – 6, 2013, Singapore, jointly organized by Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS), and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). (http://www.isafe2013.sg)

  15. Session Organizing Member as Secretary of ISSMGE TC 212 – Deep Foundations for Theme 4.2 ‘Foundations and Retaining Structures’ of The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18ICSMGE – 2013) during September 2 – 6, 2013, Paris, France, organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). (http://www.issmge2013.org)

  16. International Advisory Committee Member for The International Conference on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories (PILE 2013), jointly organized by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Parahyangan Catholic University and Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanic (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, China under the auspices of Indonesian Geotechnical Society (HATTI) and International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE), June 2-4, 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. (http://pile2013.com)

  17. Technical Committee Member, Reviewer for The 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations, (IS Kanazawa – 2012) during September 18 – 20, 2012, Kanazawa, Japan, jointly organized by Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and Kanazawa University. (http://is-kanazawa2012.jp)

  18. International Scientific Committee Member, Second International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering during May 28 – 30, 2012, Taormina, Italy, jointly organized by International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC 203, European Technical Committee ERTC-12 on Application of Eurocode 8 and Italian Geotechnical Society.

  19. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Member, 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing (Grout2012) during February 15 – 18, 2012, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, jointly organized by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), USA. (www.grout2012.org)

  20. Joint Organizing Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Conference – 2010, GEOtrendz (IGC-2010) during December 16 – 18, 2010, jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Mumbai Chapter and IIT Bombay, India.

  21. Organizing Committee Member, 3rd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS09) during December 1 – 5, 2009, jointly organized by Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM) and IIT Bombay, India. Also acted as a Chairman of a session during ICCMS09.

  22. Advisory and Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009) during October 25 – 27, 2009, organized by Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India.

  23. Organizing Committee Member, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2008) during December 17 – 19, 2008, organized by jointly IGS Bangalore Chapter and IISc Bangalore, India.

  24. Coordinator of Session No. 11, Technical Committee Member and Reviewer for The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12IACMAG), October 1 - 6, 2008, Goa, India organized by IACMAG, USA. Also acted as a Co-Chairman of a session during 12IACMAG.

  25. During 21 – 25 April, 2008 at Govt. Polytechnic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Engineering Mechanics” for Engineering Academicians as CEP short term course from IIT Bombay as an activity for the Golden Jubilee Extension Centre of IIT Bombay at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)

  26. During 25 – 29 February, 2008 at L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” for Civil Engineering Academicians and Practitioners as CEP short term course from IIT Bombay as an activity for the Golden Jubilee Extension Centre of IIT Bombay at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)

  27. During June 30 – July 6, 2008 at IIT Bombay under Directorate of Technical Education Gujarat, on topic “Mechanics of Solids” for Gujarat College Teachers as CDEEP-CEP short term course from IIT Bombay, India. (http://dte.gswan.gov.in/)

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