INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY

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• 1948 : established as Indian National Society for Soil Mechanics
and Foundation Engineering

• 1970 : Name changed to Indian Geotechnical Society. Short, IGS

• 1998 : celebrated its Diamond Jubilee.

• 2023 : will be Platinum Jubilee.

• Affiliation : International Society for Soil Mechanics and

Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

Objectives:
• To promote Study of Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Foundation Engg., Engg.
Geology, Allied Subjects
• To strengthen professional practice through dissemination of technical information
and practical experience.
• To provide common forum for academicians, researchers, designers, construction
engineers, equipment manufacturers and all others.
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 MEMBERSHIP
IGS offers various categories of membership to
• Individuals
• Institutions
• Organizations

Presently, IGS has over 4900 members under various

categories.

21 “Honorary Fellows”.

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 LOCAL CHAPTERS
- spread all over the country, which organise
• Conferences
• Seminars
• Symposia
• Workshops
• Annual General Session.

- Presently, total forty five Local Chapters.

-National Executive Committee meeting of IGS is held at 4 such

centres every year.

- IGS has instituted Annual “The Best Local Chapter Award”.

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 Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference

• To encourage Young Geotechnical Engineers below the age of

35 years.

• Once in every two years, exclusively for Young Geotechnical

Engineers.

• So far, six such Conferences have been organised. Sixth by

IGS-Trichy and Seventh by IGS-Silchar Chapter during 15- -
16th March, 2019.

• Placement opportunities are arranged.

• Best paper awards are given to Young Geotechnical

Engineers on all major Geotechnical Engineering themes
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 ISSMGE SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

IGS has hosted several major ISSMGE sponsored international conferences.

• 13th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at New

Delhi in the year 1994.

• Three Asian Regional Conferences (ARCs) in the years 1960 (New Delhi), 1975
(Bangalore) and 2007 (Kolkata).

• 6th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (AYGEC) - Bangalore - 2008.

• 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (ICEG) -New Delhi - 2010.

• IGS members on several International Technical Committees of ISSMGE.

• Agreement of Co-operation with Geotechnical Societies of USA, Japan and Korea.

Joint Workshops with all these Societies.

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Indian Geotechnical Journal

• Now in its 48th Year. Scopus listed.

• Currently being published by M/s Springer.

Four issues published.

• Six issues will be published from 2019.

• Free online access to all members of society.

IGS NEWS

• IGS Newsletter

• Publishes Articles of common interest.

• Four times in a year

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 AWARDS
• The IGS has instituted several awards for meritorious work.

• Total 36 best paper awards once in every two years

• 21 best paper awards are open to all.

• 15 Best Paper Awards for Young Geotechnical Engineers of less

than 35 years of age exclusively.

• Best doctoral thesis award once every year.

• IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration – National & International

persons of eminence in geotechnical Engg – Six orations so far.

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 AWARDS
• IGS-Kueckelmann Biennual Award for outstanding
contribution – by M/s Afcons - Twenty two Awards so far.

• IGS-Mr. H.C. Verma Diamond Jubilee award for Innovative

Instrument Design instituted by M/s AIMIL.

• IGS-Sardar Resham Singh award for Innovative Original

Research Applications/Procedures to Benefit Infrastructure
Projects in the Field instituted by M/s Heico.

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 IGS Annual Lecture

• To recognise and honour a member who has made

significant contribution to Geotechnical Engineering, IGS
instituted a prestigious Annual lecture in 1978.

• So far, Forty eminent Geotechnical Engineers have delivered

these lectures.

• The 41th IGS Annual lecture will be delivered by Prof. K.S.

Rao from IIT Delhi.

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 Travel Support Grant

• IGS provides partial financial support to the authors to

publish their research papers in prestigious International
Conferences, like ICSMGE and ARC.

• 16th ARC will be held in Taipei, Taiwan. Papers are sent

through IGS.

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 IGS MoU Signed with

• National Accreditation Board for

Testing and Calibration
Laboratories (NABL)

• Defence Infrastructure Planning

and Management Council of India
(DIPM Council of India).

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 IGS presently has
• A vibrant Web Portal.

• Instituted „ONLINE‟ Voting System.

• Launched „ONLINE MEMBERSHIP‟.

• Introduced „Student Membership‟.

• Introduced „Student Chapters‟.

• E-learning resources.

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THANK YOU