Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 14 -16 December 2017 Venue: IIT Guwahati Indian Geotechnical Society Guwahati Chapter (NE) organized by in association with Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati 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 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Binu Sharma, AEC, Guwahati Prof. AK Dey, NIT Silchar 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 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 PATRON CHAIRMEN ORGANIZING SECRETARIES Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati Dr. A Murali Krishna, IIT Guwahati Dr. Diganta Goswami, Chairman, IGS Guwahati Chapter (NE) 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 ORGANIZING MEMBERS IGC 2017 Dr. Ravi K, IIT Guwahati Dr. Arup Bhattacharjee, JEC, Jorhat Dr. Malaya Chetia, AEC, Guwahati LOCAL MEMBERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 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 Shri. MD Nair, Kochi Dr. Anil Joseph, Geostructurals, Kochi Dr. CH Solanki, NIT Surat Prof. CNV Satyanarayana Reddy, AU, Vizag Shri. Jai Bhagwan, New Delhi Dr. Manoj Verman, ISRM, New Delhi Prof. Chandan Ghosh, NIDM, New Delhi Shri Ravikiran Vaidya,GeoDynamics, Vadodara Shri RK Kulkarni, Pune Dr. CR Parthasarathy, Bangalore Geotechnics for atural and ngineered ustainable echnologies N E S T Dr. A. Murali Krishna / Dr. Arindam Dey Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati – 781039 Assam, India. Email: [email protected] Website: www.igc2017.in Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017