Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019

Dr. Satyajit Patel is Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. His research area includes utilization of industrial solid wastes in civil engineering constructions, geoenvironmental issues, soil stabilization, ground improvement, and geosynthetics for road pavements. He has published 13 journal papers and presented 7 research papers internationally. He has guided more than 29 M.Tech students and 9 students are currently pursuing their PhD under his guidance. He is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India), and Indian Road Congress (IRC). He has received a research grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Dr. Chandresh H. Solanki is Professor (Geotechnical Engineering) at the Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He hasguided 50 postgraduate dissertations and 16 Ph.D. thesis and he is currently supervising 11 PhD research scholars. He has published 165 research papers in the reputed national, international journals and conferences. Dr. Solanki received the "Shri. M.S. Jain Biannual Award" for the Best Paper in IGC 2013, Prof. Dinesh Mohan Award in IGC 2017 and "Distinguished Faculty Award" form The Venus International Faculty Awards-2016. He has organized 20 national level events including STTP, FDP, conferences and seminars and he was the chairman for the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2019) held at Surat, Gujarat. Dr. Solanki has been elected as a member of executive committee of IGS for the terms (2015-2022). His research interests include subsoil characteristics, predictions in geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics, ground improvement and geoenvironmental engineering. He has given 50 expert talks throughout India and abroad. He is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and Institution of Engineers (India). Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. Dr. Reddy has over 28 years of teaching, consulting, and research experience in the fields of civil engineering, geotechnical & geoenvironmental engineering, environmental engineering, and sustainable & resilient engineering. He is the author of 4 books, 246 journal papers, 21 edited books/conference proceedings, 22 book chapters, and 225 full conference papers. He has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the ASCE Wesley W. Horner Award, ASTM Hogentogler Award, UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, the University of Illinois Scholar Award, and the University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Shukla is the Founding Research Group Leader (Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering) at the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. He holds the Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, VIT University, Vellore, Amity University, Noida, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh and VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, India. He graduated in Civil Engineering from BIT Sindri, India, and earned his MTech in Civil (Engineering Geology) Engineering and PhD in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. His primary areas of research interest include geosynthetics and fibres for sustainable developments, ground improvement techniques, utilization of wastes in construction, earth pressure and slope stability, environmental, mining and pavement geotechnics, and soil-structure interaction. He is an author/editor of 15 books, including 7 textbooks, and more than 260 research papers, including 160 refereed journal papers. He has been honoured with several awards, including IGS Award 2018 by the International Geosynthetics Society, USA, in recognition of outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics. He is a fellow of Engineers Australia, Institution of Engineers (India), and Indian Geotechnical Society, and a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, International Geosynthetics Society, and several other professional bodies.