Kolkata Chapter of IGS is proud to host the National Seminar on Geotechnics – Recent Advancement in Research and Practice (Geo – RAPP 2023) on 4th and 5th August, 2023 at Dr. H. L. Roy Building, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Webinar on “DRAINAGE OF VARIOUS GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURES
Speaker: Dr. Ratnakar R. Mahajan is Regional Technical Manager – India, South-East Asia and Pacific, Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Noida.
Webinar on “Intelligent Transportation Systems”
Speaker: Dr. KVR Ravi Shankar, Assistant Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Warangal
Webinar on Pile soil interaction studies subjected to lateral loads”
Speaker: Dr. S.A.Vishwas, Professor , Department of Civil Engineering IIT Roorkee.
Webinar on “Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) mix design”
Speaker: Mr.M.Thirumala Venkatesh, Research Scholar, IIT M
Webinar on “Geotechnical Instrumentation of Hydroelectric Projectss”
Speaker: Shri.S.L.Gupta, Ex- Director, Central soil & Materials Research Station, New Delhi
Industrial Visit to Tunnel at Chittinagar, Vijayawada
Speakers:
1) Sri E. Rakesh Reddy, MD, EE Engineering Construction Services, HYB.
2) Dr. Sanjay Rana, MD, PARSAN Overseas Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
Lecture Title: Navigating Challenging Ground Conditions in Coastal Andhra Pradesh
Speaker: Dr. NRK Murthy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, VRSEC.
The lecture was delivered by Prof. Ioannis Anastasopoulous, Head & Professor of Civil Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The lecture was delivered by Prof. Sivapalan Gajan, Dept. of Civil Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) – Polytechnic Institute, USA
The aim of this webinar was to develop an understanding in the field of Bio- Geotechnics. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Neelima Satyam, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee
This webinar consists of seven lectures. The lecture series covered the different areas of geotechnical engineering.
The event is comprised of two lectures. The first lecture was by Prof. Lee Fook Hou, and the second lecture was by Prof. J. T. Shahu.
Guest lectures by various eminent professors and scientists from around the world
A guest lecture was delivered by Prof. Vikas Thakur, Professor and Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU Norway, Trondheim on April 07, 2022. Prof. Thakur presented the efforts of NTNU toward achieving the sustainable development goals.
A one-day National seminar was organized on ‘Importance of geological investigations and sub-surface explorations in tunnel constructions’ in association with BIS-HQ, New Delhi under the aegis of CED 48 & WRD 05 on Monday 25th October 2021.
Memorial lecture in the honour of Late Prof. Gopal Ranjan and Prof. Bhawani Singh is organized every year in the month of March and June every year starting from 2021.
Two days’ online mini-symposium was organised for the under-graduate, post-graduate students, research scholars and young scientists across the nation. Out of more than 75 abstracts, nearly 40 abstracts were accepted and presented during the event.