Final Schedule

6 August 2026 – Pre-conference Workshops & Committee Meet
Time Session / Activity Details
07:30–08:30 Registration
Co-ordinator: Rohit Vyas
08:30–09:30 Opening Ceremony & Inaugural Addresses
(Terzaghi Hall)
09:30–10:30 2nd Dunnicliff Honour Lecture
Chair: Dr. Andrew Ridley
Co-Chair: Dr. Paul Burton
Speaker: Dr. (-Ing) Giorgio Pezzetti
Session Title: The Art of Understanding — Genius and Ingenuity in Geo-Monitoring
………from the past to the future
10:30–10:35 Corporate Presentation - 1 Encardio Rite
10:35–10:50 Coffee Break & Exhibition Inauguration
10:50–13:30 Workshop 1: Monitoring and Management of Geotechnical Assets
(Terzaghi Hall)
Co-ordinator: Dr. Minu Treesa Abraham (NGI, Norway)
Speakers:
Dr. Tiago Gaspar (Imperial College London)
Mr. Jose Antonio Berrio (Encardio Rite)
Mr. Ashish Gharpure (Genstru Consultants)
Prof. Narendra Kumar Samadhiya (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Dr. Sunshine V. Tan (AGES, Philippines)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marwan Alzaylaie (Dubai Development Authority)
Prof. Kaushik Bandyopadhyay (Jadavpur University)
Q&A Session
13:30–14:30 Lunch & Networking
(Dining Area – India Oye)
14:30–16:30 Workshop 2: Geotechnical Instrumentation
(Terzaghi Hall)
Co-ordinator: Dr. Kunal Gupta
Resource Person: Shaurya Rastogi (Campbell India)
Hands-on Session on Data Acquisition, Field Calibration, and Monitoring Integration.
16:30-16:35 Corporate Presentation - 2 KMV Projects Ltd
16:35–16:45 Coffee Break
16:45–17:30 TC220 Committee Meeting
Co-ordinator: Dr. Priyansh Singh
Board Room
7 August 2026 – Tunnels, InSAR, and Monitoring
Time Session / Activity Details
09:00–09:30 Tea & Coffee
09:30–10:30 Keynote 1
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu
Co-Chair: Dr. A.P. Singh
Speaker: Prof. Ikuo Towhata
Values of Slope Monitoring in Early Warning of Rainfall-Induced Landslides and Beyond
10:30–10:35 Corporate Presentation - 3 Garware Technical Fibres
10:35–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–13:00 Workshop 3: From Instrumentation Data to Back-Analysis: Integrating Field Monitoring with Rocscience Modelling for Tunnels, Slopes and Excavations
(Terzaghi Hall)
Coordinator: Dr. Manoj Verman
Resource Person: Dr. Manoj Verman (Rocscience)
Interpretation of Field Monitoring Data, Back Analysis, Model Calibration, and Engineering Decisions.
10:45–13:00 Workshop 4: Monitoring in Biogeotechnics
(Casagrande Hall)
Co-ordinator: Dr. Ankit Garg
Workshop on Field Monitoring in Biogeotechnics
13:00–14:00 Lunch & Networking
(Dining Area – India Oye)
14:00–15:00 Keynote 2
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. KS Rao
Co-Chair: Dr. CH Solanki
Speaker: Arushi Bhalla
Structural Health Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure
15:00–15:05 Corporate Presentation - 4 Campbell Scientific
15:05–15:15 Coffee Break
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 1
(Casagrande Hall)
Chair: Prof. Ashish Juneja
Co-Chair: Dr. Amit Sharma
Session Theme: Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges & Civil Structures
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 2
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. Deepankar Choudhury
Co-Chair: Dr. Priyansh Singh
Session Theme: Tunneling, Underground Excavation & Metro Infrastructure Monitoring
17:15–18:00 Coffee & Open Discussion
(Dining Area – India Oye)
18:00–19:45 Cultural Program Terzaghi Hall
8 August 2026 – Slopes, Dams, and Retaining Structures
Time Session / Activity Details
09:00–09:30 Tea & Coffee
09:30–10:30 Keynote 3
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. N.K. Samadhiya
Co-Chair: Dr. Altaf Usmani
Speaker: Per Sparrevik
On and Offshore Field Monitoring
10:30–10:35 Corporate Presentation - 5 HEICO
10:35–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–12:45 Technical Session 3
(Casagrande Hall)
Chair: Mr. Rahul Gupta
Co-Chair: Er. Chiranjib Sarkar
Session Theme: Landslide Monitoring, Early Warning & Risk Assessment
10:45–12:45 Technical Session 4
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Dr. Ravi Vaidya
Co-Chair: Prof. CH Sudharani
Session Theme: Dam Safety, Embankment, Tailings & Mine Geotechnical Monitoring
12:45–13:00 Discussion and Wrap-up
13:00–14:00 Lunch & Networking
(Dining Area – India Oye)
14:00–15:00 Keynote 4
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Dr. Josep Raventos
Co-Chair: Prof. Murali Krishna
Speaker: Prof. Jamie Standing
Field Monitoring of Tunnels
15:00–15:05 Corporate Presentation - 6 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India)
15:05–15:15 Coffee Break
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 5
(Casagrande Hall)
Chair: Dr. Minimol Korulla
Co-Chair: Dr. Anitha G Pillai
Session Theme: Geotechnical Field Testing, Piles, Foundations & Pavement Engineering
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 6
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. H.N. Ramesh
Co-Chair: Dr. Vikas Patil
Session Theme: Slope Stability Analysis, Rock Mechanics & Geohazard Mitigation
15:15–17:15 Startup Innovation Showcase
Session Coordinator: Dr. Jaykumar Shukla
17:15–18:00 Coffee & Open Discussion
19:30–onwards Gala Dinner
9 August 2026 – Infrastructure, AI, and Fiber Optics
Time Session / Activity Details
09:00–09:30 Coffee
09:30–10:30 Keynote 5
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. S.K. Prasad
Co-Chair: Dr. Jaykumar Shukla
Speaker: Prof. Paolo Mazzanti
InSAR and Photomonitoring for Geohazard Monitoring: Present Trends and Future Perspectives
10:30–10:35 Corporate Presentation - 7 Cem India
10:35–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–12:45 Technical Session 7
(Casagrande Hall)
Chair: Dr. Kasi Viswanadha
Co-Chair: Prof. Ankit Garg
Session Theme: Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing & Advanced Geotechnical Instrumentation
10:45–12:45 Technical Session 8
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. VB Maji
Co-Chair: Mr. Ritvick Bhalla
Session Theme: Remote Sensing, InSAR, GIS & Environmental Geohazard Monitoring
12:45–13:00 Discussion and Wrap-up
13:00–14:00 Lunch & Networking
(Dining Area – India Oye)
14:00–15:00 Keynote 6
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Dr. Purnanand Pundalik Savoikar
Co-Chair: Dr. Amit Sharma
Speaker: Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov
The Experience with the Field Vibromonitoring Method for Driving Piles in an Existing Buildings of Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
14:00–15:30 Half-yearly Editorial Board Meeting of IGTJ
(Board Room)
EiC: Prof. Deepankar Choudhary
15:00–15:05 Corporate Presentation - 8 Dilip Buildcon Ltd
15:05–15:15 Coffee Break
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 9
(Casagrande Hall)
Chair: Prof. L.K. Tripathy
Co-Chair: Dr. Hemant Chore
Session Theme: Smart Sensing, IoT, AI & Data-Driven Geotechnical Monitoring
15:15–17:15 Technical Session 10
(Terzaghi Hall)
Chair: Prof. GV Ramana
Co-Chair: Dr. Sowmiya Chawla
Session Theme: Ground Improvement, Soil Stabilization & Sustainable Geomaterials
17:15–18:15 Closing Reception Terzaghi Hall
10 August 2026 – Field Visit and Closing Ceremony
Time Session / Activity Details
09:00–15:00 Technical Visit
Pick-up Point: Outside Radisson Blu Hotel Main Entry Gate (8:45 AM)
Site visit to monitoring test sites / dam & slope instrumentation installations in the Central India region.
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