 Selection and Mode of Payment  About GIAN Courses Selected candidates will be intimated through Email. They have MHRD, Govt. of India has launched an innovative program to remit the necessary course fee to the Bank as per the details titled ‘Global Initiative of Academic Networks’ (GIAN) in given below. Outstation participants requiring accommodation Higher , in order to garner the best international and boarding facilities have to pay Rs.4000 in addition to the experience. As a part of this, internationally renowned course fee. Academicians and Scientists are invited to augment the Account Name GIAN NITW country’s academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality Account Number 62447453600 reforms and elevate India’s scientific and technological Bank State Bank of India capacity to global excellence. Branch NIT Branch (NIT Campus) Two Week GIAN Course On Branch Code 20149  About the Institute and IFSC SBIN0020149 Geotechnical MICR Code 506004011 National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) (formerly SWIFT Code SBININBB018 known as RECW) is, the first among 31 NITs, established in Earthquake Hazards 1959. Over the years, the Institute has established itself as a *Candidates registering early will be given preference in premier Institution in imparting technical education of a very and Mitigation short listing process. high standard, leading to B.Tech ,M.Sc, MCA, MBA, M.Tech For any queries regarding registration of the course, please Measures and Ph.D. programmes in various specializations of Science, contact the Coordinators: Management and streams. Warangal is known for  Course Coordinators its rich historical and cultural heritage. It is situated at a 29th August - 08th September 2018 distance of 140 km from Hyderabad. Warangal is well Dr. M. Heeralal connected by rail and road. National Institute of Technology, Call for Registration and Participation Associate Professor Warangal campus is 3 km away from railway station Department of Civil Engineering International Faculty National Institute of Technology Warangal and 12 km away from Warangal railway station Warangal – 506 004, State,  About the Civil Engineering Department Prof. Hemanta Hazarika India Phone: 8332969251 E-mail: [email protected] The Department of Civil Engineering offers B.Tech programme in Civil Engineering, 7 M.Tech programmes Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Dr. Rakesh J. Pillai including Geotechnical Engineering and PhD programme. The Assistant Professor Coordinators Department of Civil Engineering Department is a recognized QIP centre since 1978. The National Institute of Technology Warangal Department has well established and well equipped Dr. M. Heeralal Warangal – 506 004, laboratories. The Department has experienced faculty engaged Telangana State, in teaching, research, capacity building activities and industry Dr. Rakesh J. Pillai India Phone: 8332969264 extension services. Faculty members represent several policy E-mail: [email protected] Dr. G. Kalyan Kumar making and professional bodies. The Department has liaison Dr. G. Kalyan Kumar with reputed industries and R&D organizations. Organized by Assistant Professor Geotechnical Engineering Division Department of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering program was introduced in the year National Institute of Technology Warangal 1964. Geotechnical Engineering Division is one of the four Warangal – 506 004, Department of Civil Engineering divisions in the Department of Civil Engineering and presently Telangana State, India Phone: 8332969265 offers M.Tech and PhD programmes. The division has well National Institute of Technology Warangal E-mail: [email protected] qualified, motivated and experienced faculty members. Telangana - 506004

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Protection of cities from earthquake damage as well as protection of the . Part I: Fundamentals of geotechnical earthquake engineering Registration is open to: inhabitants from injury and loss of lives are the responsibilities of . Part II: Dynamic properties of soils (Field and Laboratory i) Field engineer or research scientist working in the fields engineers. It is very important that the civil engineers in seismic countries Investigations) of Civil, Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering. understand the nature of earthquakes, and how to design and build . Part III: Earthquake related hazards and their mitigations ii) Student or faculty from academic institution interested in structures/ infrastructures to resist strong ground shaking taking into the including soil-structure interaction the area of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Seismic account the soil-structure interaction involved. The welfare of a city hazard analysis and construction practices. depends very strongly upon the continued supply of water supply, sewers, Number of participants for the course will be limited to fifty. electric power, gas, transportation, communication network, etc. Every one  How to Register? of those infrastructures mentioned above are connected directly or  International Expert: indirectly to the ground, and thus are vulnerable to earthquakes. The Stage -1: modern day geotechnical engineers and researchers have a huge responsibility to design a city’s infrastructures to make them resilient Web (Portal) Register: Visit GIAN Website at the link: against earthquakes. In order to achieve that, adequate knowledge of http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index and create login earthquakes (origin), nature of earthquakes and ground shaking, seismicity, User ID and Password. Fill up the blank registration form and related hazards from earthquakes and innovative techniques for earthquake Hemanta Hazarika, Professor in the Department do web registration by paying Rs 500/- online through Net hazards mitigation are very important. of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. His Banking / Debit / Credit card. This provides him/her with life time registration to enrol in any number of the GIAN courses This course first focuses on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering covering research interests include soil-structure interaction, stability of aspects of geology, seismology, geotechnical engineering, structural soil- structures during earthquakes and tsunami, ground offered. improvement, application of recycled waste and lightweight engineering, soil-structure interaction and related areas. The course then Stage -2: explains various earthquake geotechnical hazards through numerous case materials in constructions, stability of cut slopes, and landslides studies during the past devastating earthquakes from around the world. and protection against them. Course Registration (Through GAIN Portal): Log in to the Finally, the course describes hazard mitigation techniques and strategies GIAN portal with the user ID and password created. Click on covering the recent state-of-art research and development in many  Institute Expert: ‘Course Registration’ option given at the top of the registration industrialized countries. form. Select the course titled "Geotechnical Earthquake The course contents consist of three parts. Part I focuses on the Hazards and Mitigation Measures” from the list and click on fundamentals of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering including ‘Save’ option. Confirm your registration by Clicking on seismology, ground motion, and site-specific ground motion. Part II Dr. M. Heeralal is an Associate Professor of Civil ‘Confirm Course’. describes various laboratory and field tests to determine the dynamic Engineering at NIT, Warangal. His research interests are properties of soils. Part III focuses on the earthquake related geotechnical Recycled Aggregate in Pavements and Geo Environmental  Registration Fees: hazards such as liquefaction, landslides, slope failures, retaining wall Engineering. Faculty and scientists Rs. 3000 failures etc. This part also describes many well established techniques for mitigation of such hazards and their design aspects. Participants from industry/ Training Rs. 5000 organizations/ consultancy firms This course targets young researchers and practitioners who have interest in the earthquake resistant design of structures including the soil-structure Students and research scholars Rs. 1000 interaction problems. Engineers and researchers will find it helpful in . Dr. Rakesh J. Pillai, is an Assistant Professor of  Without award of grade refining their knowledge on earthquake geotechnical engineering. This Civil Engineering at NIT, Warangal. His research interests are  With award of grade Rs. 1500 course will also help students, researchers and engineers in understanding Soft clay engineering, Cyclic behavior of clays, Constitutive Student participants from abroad USD 100 the principles of earthquake geotechnical engineering, knowing the modelling and Tunneling assumptions and hypothesis in those principles, and applying those in the Other participants from abroad USD 200 selection of adequate hazards prevention techniques. The registration fee includes instructional materials, tutorials, The course will be delivered by an expert who have several years of teaching as well as practical and consulting experiences in Japan, a country laboratory and computer use, free internet facility, working known for its earthquake vulnerabilities and its technological know-how in Dr. Kalyan Kumar is an Assistant Professor of lunch, mid sessions tea and snacks. Outstation participants will this field. The lectures will be delivered based on the expert’s experiences Civil Engineering at NIT, Warangal. His research interests are be provided accommodation and boarding in visitors on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering research in the past twenty-five Soil Dynamics, Seismic hazard, Seismic Microzonation, Block/Hostel in the campus on payment. years in Japan Disaster Management and Subsurface Investigation.