T. G. Sitharam

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]

T. G. Sitharam
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
In office
1 July 2019[1] – 22 November 2022[2]
Preceded byGautam Biswas
Succeeded byProf. P. K. Iyer
Professor at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
In office
28 June 2006[3] – present(on lien)
Chairman at CiSTUP
In office
January 2009[3] – March 2014[3]
Personal details
BornKarnataka
Nationality Indian
Residence(s)Guwahati, India
Alma materIndian Institute of Science Bangalore
University of Waterloo
ProfessionProfessor
Author
Consultant
Known forRock mechanics
Earthquake engineering
WebsiteOfficial website

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)[6]
  • 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. (January 2017). "Physico-chemical and biological characterization of urban municipal landfill leachate". Environmental Pollution. 220 (Pt A): 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.002. PMID 27616651.
  • Sireesh, S.; Sitharam, T.G.; Dash, Sujit Kumar (April 2009). "Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell–sand mattress overlying clay bed with void". Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 27 (2): 89–98. doi:10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005.
  • Sitharam, T.G; Latha, G.Madhavi (June 2002). "Simulation of excavations in jointed rock masses using a practical equivalent continuum approach". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 39 (4): 517–525. doi:10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00024-2.

Books
  • Sitharam, T. G.; Govindaraju, L. (2016). Elasticity for Engineers. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-93-85909-34-4.
  • Samui, Pijush; Das, Sarat; Sitharam, T.G. (2010). Soft Computing: in Geotechnical Engineering. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. p. 112. ISBN 978-3639311259.
  • Sitharam, T. G. (2008). Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics). S. Chand Publishing. ISBN 978-81-219-2457-3.

References
  1. "New IIT Guwahati Director T. G. Sitharam plans extension centres in Northeast". India Today. 6 July 2019.
  2. "IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam gets appointed as new chairman of AICTE". telegraphindia.com. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. "Positions Held". tgsitharam.in.
  4. "IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam gets appointed as new chairman of AICTE". telegraphindia.com. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. "T.G.Sitharam – Research Activities". www.iitg.ac.in.
  6. "Sitharam Named ASCE Fellow | ASCE News". American Society of Civil Engineers. 12 March 2020.
  7. "Editorial Board". Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. "KSCST : State Science and Technology Awards – Recipients". www.kscst.org.in. Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka.
  9. "CITATION -Gopal Ranjan Research Award 2014" (PDF).
  10. "Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development". www.iisc.ac.in. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
  11. Bhagwan, Jai. "Bulletin of Indian Geotechnical Society (Jan – Mar 2015)" (PDF). www.igs.org. Indian Geotechnical Society.
  12. "System and method for fracking of shale rock formation". patents.google.com. US Patent Office. 9 April 2015.
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