ATION DR. K.S. , CHAIRMAN, DFI OF D S N IN U S Dr. K.S. Rama Krishna is chairman of DFI of T O India and a member of the DFI Board of I F T

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As head of foundation engineering at Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) between 2005 and 2013, he provided technical expertise to several projects and companies within L&T. He was instrumental in identifying and implementing the latest foundation technologies, equipment and in building techniques in the special foundations industry. He retired from L&T as chief engineer –technologies in 2013.

Prior to working at L&T, he held senior management positions in specialist foundation companies in Singapore, including Soilcrete Pvt Ltd (1991 to 1994) and Econ International Limited (1994-2001). In these roles he was responsible for business and execution of projects in soil improvement, geotextiles, deep foundations and marine structures. He moved back to India as director of Econ India from 1997 to2001.

Before going abroad in 1990, he was with Engineers India Ltd as a geotechnical design engineer at for 10 years, and was responsible for design and construction of geotechnical and foundation engineering works for projects in hydrocarbon and non-ferrous metallurgy industries, and offshore oil and gas platforms, and for establishing feasibility of underground storage of hydrocarbons in rock caverns.

In 2017, Dr. Rama Krishna was named one of four winners of the DFI President's Award, and was recognized for his efforts in creating DFI of India, organizing annual conferences and quarterly workshops, introducing CFA technology to India, and creating a permanent DFI of India office.

Dr. Rama Krishna has a number of technical publications. He has delivered lectures on special foundation and ground improvement topics at various forums in India and abroad.

He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Government College of Engineering, , , India and master's and doctoral degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.