T. G. Sitharam Explained
T. G. Sitharam is a civil engineer, professor at IISc Bangalore (on lien), former director at IIT Guwahati.Currently, he is serving as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education,(AICTE) from 1 December 2022 onwards.[4] He is known for his works in the fields of rock mechanics, rock engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering.[5] He is an elected fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India) and American Society of Civil Engineers.[6]
He is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering and several other journals.[7]
Awards and honors
- S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998)
- Sir C.V. Raman State Award for Young Scientists, Government of Karnataka (2002)[8]
- Prof. Gopal Ranjan Research Award (2014)[9]
- The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014)[10]
- IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015)[11]
Selected patents
- System and method for fracking of shale rock formation[12]
Selected articles
- Naveen . B.P. . Mahapatra . Durga Madhab . Sitharam . T.G. . Sivapullaiah . P.V. . Ramachandra . T.V. . Physico-chemical and biological characterization of urban municipal landfill leachate . Environmental Pollution . January 2017 . 220 . Pt A . 1–12 . 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.002. 27616651 .
- Sireesh . S. . Sitharam . T.G. . Dash . Sujit Kumar . Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell–sand mattress overlying clay bed with void . Geotextiles and Geomembranes . April 2009 . 27 . 2 . 89–98 . 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005.
- Sitharam . T.G . Latha . G.Madhavi . Simulation of excavations in jointed rock masses using a practical equivalent continuum approach . International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences . June 2002 . 39 . 4 . 517–525 . 10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00024-2.
Books
- Book: Sitharam . T. G. . Govindaraju . L. . Elasticity for Engineers . 2016 . I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Limited . 978-93-85909-34-4 . en.
- Book: Samui . Pijush . Das . Sarat . Sitharam . T.G. . Soft Computing: in Geotechnical Engineering . 2010 . VDM Verlag Dr. Müller . 978-3639311259 . 112 .
- Book: Sitharam . T. G. . Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics) . 2008 . S. Chand Publishing . 978-81-219-2457-3 . en.
Notes and References
- News: New IIT Guwahati Director T. G. Sitharam plans extension centres in Northeast . India Today . 6 July 2019 . en.
- News: IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam gets appointed as new chairman of AICTE . 22 November 2022 . telegraphindia.com . 22 November 2022.
- Web site: Positions Held . tgsitharam.in.
- News: IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam gets appointed as new chairman of AICTE . 22 November 2022 . telegraphindia.com . 22 November 2022.
- Web site: T.G.Sitharam – Research Activities . www.iitg.ac.in.
- News: Sitharam Named ASCE Fellow ASCE News . American Society of Civil Engineers . 12 March 2020.
- Web site: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering . Editorial Board . Springer. 26 November 2022 . en.
- Web site: KSCST : State Science and Technology Awards – Recipients . www.kscst.org.in . Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka.
- Web site: CITATION -Gopal Ranjan Research Award 2014 .
- Web site: Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development . www.iisc.ac.in . Indian Institute of Science Bangalore . en.
- Web site: Bhagwan . Jai . Bulletin of Indian Geotechnical Society (Jan – Mar 2015) . www.igs.org . Indian Geotechnical Society.
- Web site: System and method for fracking of shale rock formation . patents.google.com . US Patent Office . en . 9 April 2015.
