ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
PATRON
Prof. Gautam Biswas,
Director, IIT Guwahati
CHAIRMEN
Dr. A Murali Krishna, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Diganta Goswami,
Chairman, IGS Guwahati Chapter (NE)
ORGANIZING SECRETARIES
Dr. Arindam Dey, IIT Guwahati,
Hon. Secretary, IGS Guwahati Chapter (NE)
Dr. Utpal Kumar Baruah,
Assam Engineering Institute
Mr. Sasanka Bora,
Assam Engineering College (AEC)
JOINT-ORGANIZING SECRETARIES
Dr. Ravi K, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Arup Bhattacharjee, JEC, Jorhat
Dr. Malaya Chetia, AEC, Guwahati
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
LOCAL MEMBERS
Prof. Subashisa Dutta,
Head, Civil Dept., IIT Guwahati
Prof. Chandan Mahanta, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Arup K Sarma, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Baleshwar Singh, IIT Guwahati
Prof. UC Kalita, Guwahati
Prof. Bibha Das Saikia, RGIST
Shri KL Das, APCL
Prof. Gokul Sharma, Guwahati
Dr. Atul Bora, Director, ASTE
Mr. Gokul Bayan, NEIST
Mr. JC Gogoi, Guwahati
Mr. Atop Lego, Itanagar
Mr. Harpal Singh, NFR Guwahati
Mr. Rajesh Dutta, ASDMA Guwahati
Mr. Raj Chakravarty, NHAI, Guwahati
Mr. Shantanu Bhattacharyya, PWD Guwahati
Mr. Debajit Das, GMDA, Guwahati
Dr. A. Murali Krishna / Dr. Arindam Dey
Department of Civil Engineering,
IIT Guwahati, Guwahati 781039
Assam, India.
Email: igc2017guwahati@gmail.com
ORGANIZING MEMBERS
IGC 2017
Prof. Binu Sharma, AEC, Guwahati
Prof. AK Dey, NIT Silchar
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017
Dr. S Sreedeep, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Anil K Mishra, IIT Guwahati
Dr. TV Bharat, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Abhishek Kumar, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Ankit Garg, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Sailen Deka, Tezpur University
Dr. Rajib Saha, NIT Agartala
Dr. Abhijit Deka, CIT Kokrajhar
Dr. Ajanta Kalita, NERIST
Dr. Arjun Sil, NIT Silchar
Dr. Sukumar Baishya, NERIST
Mr. B Goswami, SG Foundation, Guwahati
Mr. Bhaskarjyoti Das, AEC, Guwahati Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies
Mrs. Indira G Baruah, AEC, Guwahati
Mr. Dipjyoti Baglari, JIST, Jorhat
Ms. Jumrik Taipodia, NIT Arunachal Pradesh
Mr. Tapas Das, NEIST, Jorhat
Ms. Himadri Baruah, RGIST, Guwahati
Mr. Samarjyoti Kalita, IIT Guwahati
NATIONAL MEMBERS
Prof. TG Sitharam, IISc Bangalore
Prof. G Madhavi Latha, IISc, Bangalore
Prof. Satyendra Mittal, IIT Roorkee
Prof. NK Samadhiya, IIT Roorkee
Prof. Mahendra Singh, IIT Roorkee
Prof. GVR Prasada Raju, JNTU Kakinada
Prof. SV Ramaswamy, Chennai
Prof. HN Ramesh, UVCE, Bangalore
Dr. S Sireesh, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. VM Sharma, AIMIL, Delhi
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017
Shri. MD Nair, Kochi
Dr. Anil Joseph, Geostructurals, Kochi 14 -16 December 2017
Dr. CH Solanki, NIT Surat
Prof. CNV Satyanarayana Reddy, AU, Vizag Venue: IIT Guwahati
Shri. Jai Bhagwan, New Delhi
Dr. Manoj Verman, ISRM, New Delhi
Prof. Chandan Ghosh, NIDM, New Delhi
organized by
Shri Ravikiran Vaidya,GeoDynamics, Vadodara
Shri RK Kulkarni, Pune
Indian Geotechnical Society Guwahati Chapter (NE)
Dr. CR Parthasarathy, Bangalore
in association with
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Website: www.igc2017.in
INVITATION KEY DATES
Abstract submission 15 Apr 2017

Intimation of abstract acceptance 15 May 2017

Submission of full-length paper 15 Jul 2017

Intimation of full-length paper acceptance 14 Aug 2017

Submission of camera ready paper 30 Sep 2017

Conference Dates 14-16 Dec 2017

REGISTRATION FEES
Delegate Category Up to After Foreign
31 Oct 2017 31 Oct 2017 Delegate
CONFERENCE THEME (INR) (INR) (USD)

IGS Member 5000 6000 450

Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies
Non-IGS Member 5500 6500 500
(GeoNEst) SAARC Country Delegate 7500 8000
Sub themes: Student 3000 3500 400
Geotechnical and geophysical investigation
Foundations on difficult soils Senior Citizen 3000 3000 200
Slope stability, landslides and natural disaster mitigation Accompanying Person 2500 2500 200
Earth retaining structures
Geoenvironmental engineering
Behaviour of unsaturated soils
Geohydrology, dam and embankment engineering
Rock mechanics, tunnelling and underground structures
ABOUT THE VENUE: IIT GUWAHATI Ground improvement techniques
Geosynthetics engineering
Soil dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering
Transportation geotechnics
Sustainable geotechnics
Marine geotechnics Sponsors are invited to take part in the mega
Computational geomechanics and geotechnical modelling annual event. For more details, contact the
Uncertainties, risk and reliability in geotechnical engineering conference organizers.
Forensic geotechnical engineering and case studies
Other Topics: Geotechnical Engineering Education and Professional Practice; Retrofitting Strategies
for Geotechnical Structures; Field Instrumentation and Monitoring; and any other relevant topic

Further details about accommodation, transportation,

and connectivity, visit conference website:
www.igc2017.in