Local Site Effects and Ground Failures

Ground Response Analysis with Deep Bedrock Depth in Indo-Gangetic Plains.- Soil Amplification Study for Kolkata Region.- Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Subsurface Shear Wave Velocity Investigation using Ground Vibration Data.- Nonlinear Soil Amplification Models for a Moderately Active Seismic Zone in India.- Prediction of Future Surface PGA in the States of Indo-Gangetic Basin Considering Site Specific Studies.- Synthetic Ground Motion Simulation for Varanasi City.- Dynamic Study of Existing Structure Influenced by Adjacent Deep Excavation.- 1D and 2D Dynamic Site Response of Landfill Site through Numerical Analysis.- A Study on Characteristics of Soil Profile of Guwahati City against Different Ground Motions: 1D Non Linear Ground Response Analysis.- One Dimensional Ground Response Analysis to Arrive at Surface Peak Ground Acceleration- A Case Study of Golaghat District in Assam.

Prof. T.G. Sitharam is currently the Director of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He is also a KSIIDC Chair Professor in the area of Energy and Mechanical Sciences and Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc). He was the founder Chairman of the Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at IISc, and is presently the Chairman of the AICTE South Western Zonal Committee, Regional office at Bengaluru and President of the Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET). Prof Sitharam is the founder President of the International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR). He has been a  Visiting Professor at Yamaguchi University, Japan; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of Dolhousie, Halifax, Canada;  and ISM Dhanbad, Jharkhand, and was a Research Scientist  at the Center for Earth Sciences and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin,Texas, USA until 1994.
Prof. Ravi Jakka is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He is also currently serving as Secretary, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology(ISET). He has graduated in Civil Engineering from Andhra University Engineering College in the year 2001. He has obtained masters and doctorate degrees from IIT Delhi in the years 2003 and 2007 respectively. His areas of interest are Dynamic Site Characterization, Soil Liquefaction, Seismic Slope Stability of Dams, Landslides, Foundations & Seismic Hazard Assessment. He has published over 100 articles in reputed international journals and conferences. He has supervised over 35 Masters Dissertations and 6 Ph.D. thesis, while he is currently guiding 10 PhD Thesis. He has received prestigious DAAD and National Doctoral fellowships. He has obtained University Gold Medal from Andhra University. He also received 'Young Geotechnical Engineer