EGCON-2018: National Conference on Prospects and Retrospect in Engineering Geology, Geophysics and
Instrumentation, 3-5 December, 2018
Hyderabad
Organised by
Indian Society of Engineering Geology
In association with
Geological Survey of India
Venue: M.S. Krishnan Auditorium& Conference Hall-1,
GSI Training Institute, GSI Complex, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Day #1: 03.12.2018 (Monday)
Inaugural Session
Venue: Auditorium
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08.00 am onwards Registration
09.00 am 09.05 am Welcoming guests on to the dais Shri Akhouri Bishwapriya
09.05 am 09.07 am Opening Prayers Mrs. Siniraj
09.07 am 09.10 am Lighting of the lamp Dignitaries.
09.10 am 09.15 am Welcome address Shri M. Raju, Chairman, Organising Committee
09.15 am 09.20 am Address Dr. Saibal Ghosh, Secretary, ISEG.
09.20 am 09.25 am Address by Chief Guest Dr. Dinesh Gupta, DG, GSI.
09.25 am 09.30 am Release of Abstracts cum Souvenir Dr. Dinesh Gupta, DG, GSI.
09.30 am 09.35 am Declaration of Local Chapter of ISEG. Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.
09.35 am 09.40 am Presidential address Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.
09.40 am 10.00 am Felicitation of veterans Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.
10.00 am 10.05 am Response from veterans A few veterans.
10.05 am 10.10 am Vote of thanks Shri B. Ajaya Kumar, Secretary, Organising Committee.
10.10 am 10.30 am High Tea
Technical Session-1: Keynote Addresses
Venue: Auditorium
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10.30 am 10.50 am Engineering Geology and Role of Geophysics: GSI Perspective Dr. Dinesh Gupta
10.50 am 11.10 am Powerhouse Slope Stability of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project: A Case Study Prof. K. S. Rao
11.10 am 11.30 am Prospects / Retrospect about mega civil engineering infra-structure projects (with
engineering geology, geophysics and instrumentation)
mainly for South India
Dr. C. D. Thatte
11.30 am 11.50 am Hydropower Development in India at Crossroads Today Shri R. N. Mishra
11.50 am 12.10pm Challenges in urban geology while developing Jaipur and Ajmer as smart cities in
dry land environment of India
Dr. Sudesh Kumar Wadhawan
12.10pm 12.30 pm Challenges in Testing, Instrumentation and Monitoring of River Valley Projects Dr. V. M. Sharma
12.30 pm 12.50 pm Challenges in Geosciences and for Geosciences Dr. Ranjit Rath
Lunch Break 12.50 pm to 02.30 pm.
Technical Session-2: Theme: Challenges in classical and advance
geotechnical investigations of River Valley Projects
Technical Session-3: Theme: Challenges in Natural Hazards, especially
Landslides
Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1
02.30 pm 02.40 pm Construction of Plastic
Concrete Cut Off Wall by
Drill-Blast Method in
Kishanganga HE Project
Sunil J. Ganvir
Sailendra Singh
Bariha
S.L. Kapil
02.30 pm 02.40 pm Landslides: a major problem
in road communication and
multipurpose river valley
projects in North West
Himalayas
I.B. Chhibber
02.40 pm 02.50 pm Challenges in Development of
River Valley and Hydel
Projects in Karst Terrains -
Broad Issues
Yamuna Singh
02.40 pm 02.50 pm Detailed Site Specific
Landslide Investigations of
the 8th Mile Landslide on
Gangtok-Nathula Road, East
District, Sikkim
Shyam Sundar Singh
Lopamudra Bhol
Prakash Kumar
Shrivastava
Awadhesh Kumar
Setbandhu Mandal
02.50 pm 03.00 pm Importance of Geological
Considerations in Site
Selection of Engineering
Structures for Water Resource
Rashtrapal H.
Chavhan,
Milind V Dhakate,
02.50 pm 03.00 pm Geological Aspect of Infra
Projects in Hilly Terrain: A
Case Study of Kullu Tikoli
Arunanjay Kumar
Singh
A. P. Singh
Tarun Singh
Projects of Central India –
Case Studies
D. Chakraborty,
Vishal V. Sakhare
03.00 pm 03.10 pm Geological Investigations for
Sun Kosi Storage cum
Diversion scheme, Nepal.
Bhupendra Singh,
K. Lakshmanan
03.00 pm 03.10 pm Consequences of Rock fall
Hazard in the Imja Glacial
Lake, Nepal
Durga Khatiwada
Ranjan Kumar Dahal
03.10 pm 03.20 pm Geotechnical evaluation of
Surgani –Sundla Hydro
Electric Project for utilizing
the Desilted water obtained
from Baira-Siul Hydro-
Electric Project, District
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh,
India
Ravi Shankar
Chaubey
D. P. Dangwal,
Venu Gopal
Krishna B
Sanjiv Kumar
03.10 pm 03.20 pm Estimation of Rainfall
Thresholds for Shallow
Landslides using limited
data: Case study of
Darjeeling Himalayas
Abhirup Dikshit
Neelima Satyam
03.20 pm 03.30 pm Geotechnical Investigations of
Rock Mass Characterization
of Part of Tunnel, Package-9,
Kaleshwaram Project (Dr. B.
R. Ambedkar Pranahita
Chevella Sujala Sravanthi Lift
Irrigation Scheme), Rajanna
Siricilla District, Telangana
State
B. Ajaya Kumar
GJS Prasad
03.20 pm 03.30 pm Preliminary geological
evaluation of Wazri landslide
on Yamunotri Highway (NH-
94), Uttarkashi District,
Uttarakhand
Dharmendra Kumar
Prathvi Singh
Saurabh Kumar
03.30 pm 03.40 pm Construction Stage
Geotechnical Assessment On
The Foundations Of Earth
Dam (Single Bund),
Gurramgumpu Balancing
Reservoir, Phase-II, Package-
03/06, Galeru Nagari Sujala
Sravanthi Project, Kadapa
District, A.P.
B. P. Rawat
G.J.S. Prasad
03.30 pm 03.40 pm Landslides in Western
Maharashtra - Evaluation,
Prevention and Challenges
P. K Gajbhiye
03.40 pm 03.50 pm Cut-off wall (COW): A safe
Construction Practice in Dam
Foundations- Case Studies
P. K. Gupta 03.40 pm 03.50 pm Bi-Variate Statistical
Approach in Landslide
Hazard Zonation: Central
Laxmi Versain
Rajeshwar Singh
Banshtu
D. D. Pandey
Himalayas of Himachal
Pradesh, India
03.50 pm 04.00 pm Construction of Diversion
Tunnel - A case study of
Vishnugad Pipalkoti HEP
(4 x 111MW), Uttarakhand
R.K Vishnoi
Gajendra Singh
K.C Uniyal
K. Manikandan
P. Vishwakarma
03.50 pm 04.00 pm Preliminary Slope Stability
Assessment of the June’
2013disaster affected Areas
of Rudraprayag And
Pithoragarh Districts
Uttarakhand State, India
Santosh Kumar
Tripathi
04.00 pm 04.20 pm Tea Break 04.00 pm 04.20 pm Tea Break
Technical Session-4: Theme: Challenges in progressive excavation of
tunnels and underground caverns
Technical Session-5: Theme: Challenges in Natural Hazards, especially
Earthquakes
Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1
04.20 pm 04.30 pm Geotechnical Investigations
for Tunnel, Tipparam-Chityal
Link Canal, Package-15,
Kaleshwaram Project (Dr. B.
R. Ambedkar Pranitha
Chevella Sujala Sravanthi
scheme), Medak and Nalgonda
Districts, Telangana State
G.J.S. Prasad
B.K. Bhandaru
04.20
pm
04.30 pm Macro seismic
Investigation in Coastal
Districts of Andhra
Pradesh, India aftermath
the Nepal (Gorkha)
Earthquake of 25th
April’ 2015
B. Lakshminarayanan
K.K. Singh
B.K.Bhandaru
04.30 pm 04.40 pm Surge Shaft Excavation in
Adverse Geological
Conditions: Excavation
Methodology, Support
System, Insitu Treatment and
Monitoring of Rock mass
Adopted for Excavation of
13.5m Diameter and 152 m
Deep Surge Shaft of
Mangdechhu Hydroelectric
Project: Bhutan
Mishra, A. K.
Chaudhary, R.K.
Punetha, P.
Ahmed, I.
04.30
pm
04.40 pm Evaluation and
visualization of seismic
hazard using continuous
seismic monitoring above
old mined out area
V.R. Balasubramaniam
K. Goverdhan
P. D. Jennifer
04.40 pm 04.50 pm Reassessment of cavern
stability
Chandan Kumar
Atul Nanda
Gopi Kannan L.
04.40
pm
04.50 pm Seismic Hazard
Assessment based on
induced seismicity in
underground mines: a
Praveena Das Jennifer
P. Porchelvan
06.00 pm 07.00 pm AGM of ISEG
07.00 pm 08.30 pm Cultural Programme. Venue: Auditorium.
08.30 pm 10.00 pm Presidential Dinner (All delegates are invited)
Pavan
Chakravarthy C.
Ranjit Rath
comparative review of
approach to hazard
quantification
04.50 pm 05.00 pm Numerical Study of the Cross-
Sectional Shape of Shallow
Tunnels Subjected to Impact
and Blast Loading
Rohan Dhamne
Swapnil Mishra
Ankesh Kumar
K. S. Rao
04.50
pm
05.00 pm Seismic response of
tunnels in jointed rock
mass
Ambika Srivastav
Neelema Satyam
05.00 pm 05.10 pm TBM Borability as a Function
of Rock Mineralogy and
Geotechnical Properties in
SLBC Tunnel of AMR
Project, Telengana, India.
D. Ramakrishna 05.00
pm
05.10 pm Evaluation of the Post-
earthquake Damages to
Houses of Tarakeswar-
19, Kathmandu, Nepal
Kumud Raj Kafle
Shova Adhikari
05.10 pm 05.20 pm Excavation of Silt Flushing
Tunnel (SFT) in Difficult
Geological Conditions-A Case
Study
G.C.Pargaien
Ved Prakesh
N.S.Thakur
05.10
pm
05.20 pm Reservoir Triggered
Seismicity Scenario with
Special Emphasis to the
Himalayas & Suggested
Assessment Plan
Pallavi Khanna
S.L. Kapil
05.20 pm 05.30 pm Geological and Geotechnical
Challenges Faced During
Construction of Rohtang
Highway Tunnel – A Case
Study
Mridupam Pathak
Sandeep Kumar
Saini
05.20
pm
05.30 pm Seismic Hazard Micro
zonation of Chennai
Metropolis
V. Rama Murthy
R. Balaji
R. Srinivasan
Day #2: 04.12.2018 (Tuesday)
Technical Session-6: Theme: Keynote Addresses
Venue: Auditorium
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09.00 am 09.20 am Earthquake-induced Landslides in the Nepal Himalaya – Few Understanding
and Research Progresses
Dr. Ranjan K. Dahal
09.20 am 09.40 am Recommendations for Selection of construction Methods on The Basis of
Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR)
R C Bhandari
09.40 am 10.00 am Presenting Engineering Geology as an Esoteric Subject Shri Imran Sayeed
10.00 am 10.20 am Resolution of Critical Problems Faced During Construction of Hydro Projects
through Advanced Geophysical Techniques
Shri. S. L. Kapil
10.20 am 10.40 am Geotechnical Evaluation of Proposed Powerhouse Cutslope of Goriganga-IIIA
H.E. Project, Uttarakhand
Arindom Chakraborty
RC Sharma,
D.C. Tripathi*
Narendra Kumar
10.40 am 11.00 am Experiences of Using Tunneling Quality Index for the Construction of Large
Underground Caverns of Lift Irrigations Projects
Dr. A.K. Naithani
11.00 am 11.20 am Tea Break
11.20 am 11.40 am Geo-environmental slope failure management system Dr. Kishor Kumar
11.40 am 12.00
noon
Deployment of an experimental People-centric Landslide Early Warning
System at Giddapahar village, Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal
Dr. Pankaj Jaiswal
12.00 noon 12.20 pm Hydroelectric Caverns Stability Evaluation and Rock Bolts Failure
Investigation using Induced Seismicity
Sivakumar Cherukuri
12.20 pm 12.40 pm Managing geological situations in hydropower projects In Himalayas Dr. Gopal Dhawan
12.40 pm 01.00 pm Optimisation of Geological Explorations for Formulation of Bankable DPR
for Water Resources Projects
Dr. Y. P. Sharda
01.00 pm 02.00 pm Lunch Break
Technical Session-7: Theme: Challenges in slope stability measures Technical Session-8: Theme: Challenges in Testing, Instrumentation and
Monitoring of Rocks, Soils and various components of River Valley Projects
Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1
02.00 pm 02.10 pm Stability of Cut Slopes on Either
Abutment Of Koteshwar Dam,
Uttarakhand
Harish
Bahuguna
02.00 pm 02.10 pm Current aspects and Future
roles of Geotechnical
Instrumentation in monitoring
the performance of
Underground Structures
Ganesh
Muralidharan
Narendra Kumar
Tomar
02.10 pm 02.20 pm Kinematic Analysis to Assess the
Stability of Slopes in Opencast
Coalmines
D.N. Sharma 02.10 pm 02.20 pm Geotechnical instrumentation
for tunnel & cavern projects.
Narendra Tomar
02.20 pm 02.30 pm Challenges in Rock Slope Stability
Analysis – A Case Study
Sharique
Khan,
Akhil Raj,
Lalit Pathak,
Aman Khullar
02.20 pm 02.30 pm Assessment of
Micromechanics Based
Elastoplastic Damage Model
for Kota Sandstone
Aditya Singh
Alok Kumar
Arindom
Chakraborty
K. Seshagiri Rao
02.30 pm 02.40 pm Stability assessment of high cut-
slopes in soft rocks- a case study,
Dubai
Mohammad K
Shatnawi
Mohd J.
Ahmed
K.
Mohammed
Musthafa
Kurian Jacob
Kashif
Nadeem
02.40 pm 02.50 pm Back Analysis along the slopes of
Bandarkot village in Uttarkashi
district of Uttarakhand
Sebabrata Das
Prathvi Singh
Bhupender
Singh
Bhupendra
Singh
Technical Session-9: Theme: Challenges in Urban Geology, Medical Geology
and Geoenvironment issues vis-à-vis Urbanisation and Developing Smart
Cities
02.50 pm 03.00 pm Localized Stability Assessments for
a Powerhouse Back Cut-slope
A.P. Singh
Ankit Singh
T. Singh
K.S. Rao
Venue: Conference Hall 1
03.00 pm 03.10 pm Characteristics of Degree of
Compaction and Stiffness of Two
Different Embankment Slopes: A
Case Study
Suman
Manandhar
Noriyuki
Yasufuku
Ranjan
Kumar
Dahal
Mitsuru
Taniyama
02.30 pm 02.40 pm Medical Geology For
Societal Development and
Indian Perspective
Harish Mistry
03.10 pm 03.20 pm Stability Analysis for the Back
Slopes of Powerhouse of Bhasmey
Hydroelectric Project, Sikkim,
India
Hemlata
Gupta,
Ashok Kr.
Singh
02.40 pm 02.50 pm Urbanisation and Smart City
Developments vis-a-vis
Challenges in Urban
Geology, Medical Geology
and Geo-environmental
Issues
Debasish
Bhattacharya
Mausam Yadav
03.20 pm 03.30 pm Rock falls in `a’ā flows of Deccan
Trap Basalts: Case studies from
Western Maharashtra, India
Rahul A.
Joshi
Lalitkumar
K.
Kshirsagar
Pradeep B.
Jadhav
02.50 pm 03.00 pm Geo-environmental
Challenges: A Case
Study of Dharamshala,
Himachal Pradesh
Atul Kumar Rai
Amar Prem
Chaurasia
03.30 pm 03.40 pm Slope stability problem of the
hillock portion of Kanupur
Irrigation Project, Keonjhar
district, Odisha
Debaprasad
Sahoo
Dwaipayan
Bhattacharya
Shayam
Kumar
Jaydip
Mukherjee
03.00 pm 03.10 pm River Setback for
Settlement Planning in
Melamchi Municipality of
Sindhupal Chowk District,
Nepal
Chandani
Bhandari
Ranjan K. Dahal
Anita Shrestha
Manita Timilsina
Technical Session-10: Theme: Challenges in safe construction practices
Venue: Conference Hall 1
03.10 pm 03.20 pm Various Factors Affecting
Stability of Soil Nailing: State
of Art
Archita Goyal
A.K. Shrivastava
03.20 pm 03.30 pm Problem of consideration of
tunnel in a deep cutting reach
of Rengali Right Bank Canal,
Dhenkanal District, Odisha
Jaydip Mukherjee
03.30 pm 03.40 pm Effect of Different
Overburden Depth on the
Stresses Developing in a
Tunnel Lining
Parvesh Kumar
A.K. Shrivastava
03.40 pm 04.00 pm Tea Break 03.40 pm 04.00 pm Tea Break
Technical Session-11: Theme: Challenges in Geophysical Investigation Techniques for Engineering Project for Deep Probing
Venue: Auditorium
04.00 pm 04.10 pm Geophysical survey for addressing geo-environmental problem due to
unplanned rapid urbanization.
P. C. Jha & H S Venkatesh
04.10 pm 04.20 pm Near Surface Geophysics And Far Reaching Applications- A Recent Success
Story From Chennampalli Fort Area, Kurnool District, A.P.
J V Rama Rao
B. Ravi Kumar
04.20 pm 04.30 pm Deep probing through Ground Penetrating Radar – Case study from Antarctica. Ashit Kumar Swain
04.30 pm 04.40 pm Seismic Exploration to predict geological risk along tunnel through inaccessible
mountains by Tunnel Seismic Prediction
Kripal Choudhary
Thomas Dickmann
J. Hecht-Mendez
04.40 pm 04.50 pm Geophysical Studies for Bedrock Configuration and Competence of the Bed
Rock Along Dam Axis, Song Dam, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand
H.P. Mishra, Amar Singh,
Mehadi Hasan, P. Sharma
R.P. Rai
04.50 pm
05.00 pm Applications of Geophysics in addressing the Societal Issues for Geo-scientific
point of view
Dr. Dinesh Gupta
D. V. Ramamurthy
05.00 pm 05.10 pm Audio Magnetotelluric (AMT): A suitable technique to investigate deeper
geological structures for large civil engineering, nuclear and hydroelectric projects
Rajib Kumar Sinharay
Concluding Session:
Venue: Auditorium
From To
05.30 pm 06.00 pm Panel Discussion & Wrap-up Session
06.00 pm 06.30 pm High Tea
Day:3 Date 05.12.2018 (Wednesday)
Field Visit to Srisailam: AMRP-SLBC TBM Tunnel Project
From To
06.00 am 10.00 am Journey by bus to reach Srisailam. (Breakfast enroute)
10.00 am 01.00 pm Visit to TBM driven tunnel project (Courtesy M/s Jaypee Associates)
01.00 pm 02.00 pm Lunch Break
02.00 pm 04.00 pm Visit to Srisailam Dam
04.00 pm 05.00 pm Visit to Srisailam Temple
05.00 pm 09.00 pm Journey back to Hyderabad.
Poster Presentations (3-4 December 2018)
EGCON-2018, Hyderabad
Day #1: 03.12.2018 (Monday)
Sl No Title Authors
1. On Some Geotechnical Investigation Aspects Encountered During Its Construction Stage Of Central
Spillway of Dindi Balancing Reservoir Project under Alimineti Madhava Reddy –Srisailam Left Bank
Canal Scheme, Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool Districts, Telangana, India
Ajaya Kumar
T. Nagaraj
2. Feasibility Stage Geotechnical Investigation of Tunnel and Pump House Complex, Package-14 Forming
a Component of Kaleshwaram Project, Siddipet District, Telangana
B. Ajaya Kumar
T. Nagaraj
3. Feasibility stage Geotechnical Investigation along proposed tunnel alignment between Ch. 58.550 and
64.148km of Package- 18, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi, Medak District,
Telangana
H.C. Khanduri
B. P. Rawat
4. Geotechnical Investigations on Parts of Tunnel between Ramappa Tank and Dharmasagar Tank, J.
Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme, Phase-III, Warangal District, Telangana State
G.J.S. Prasad
B. Ajaya Kumar
Shailendra Kumar Singh
M. Sridhar
K. Premchand
5. Geotechnical appraisal of a Muti-storied Parking Plaza in Mangan, North Sikkim, Sikkim Jaydip Mukherjee
6. Foundation Related Problems to Alternate Sequence of Soft and Hard Formations at Non-Overflow Dam,
Kakarla Saddle under Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India
T. Nagaraj
Dr. K.R.K. Prasad
7. Geotechnical Document on the Weir Foundations and its Appurtenant Structures, Kosini Balancing
Reservoir Under Komaram Bhim Project, Adilabad District, Telangana
T. Nagaraj
B. K. Bhandaru
8. 40 Km Slide On National Highway 31A, Darjeeling District, West Bengal- A Case Study Jaydip Mukherjee,
K.V. Chandran
9. Macro scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in Toposheet nos. 53A/12 (part), 53A/16 &
53E/04 parts of Shimla, Solan and Bilaspur districts, Himachal Pradesh.
A. Ramesh Kumar
Athira S G
Manoj Kumar
Atul Kohli
10. Geological assessment of Naitwar Bazaar Landslide, Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand Vinay, Sebabrata Das
Brij Mohan Gairola
G. S. Pundir
Day #2: 04.12.2018 (Tuesday)
Sl No Title Authors
11. Macro Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping In Parts Of Solan, Shimla And Sirmur
Districts, Himachal Pradesh
Vinay Nabiyal
Kundan Digamber Rangari
Manoj Kumar
12. Terrain-Based Landslide Susceptibility Model by Multiclass Index Overlay Method in Parts of Shimla
and Sirmour Districts, Himachal Pradesh
Jina Mandal
K. Lakshmanan
Manoj Kumar
13. Soil Mechanics: Consistency Test Data for Subsurface Investigation & liquefaction. A Case Study of
Pondicherry Seismic Microzonation.
S. P. Dhanvijay
B.Ajaya Kumar
14. Challenges in Hazard Mitigation of Landslides and Earthquakes Debasish Bhattacharya
Sushmita Sinha
15. Geotechnical investigations on foundations of spillway, Polavaram irrigation project, West Godavari
district, Andhra Pradesh.
B. Ajaya Kumar
G.J.S. Prasad
16. Construction stage geotechnical appraisal on the off-line Gottimukkala earth dam project, Dindi lift
irrigation scheme, Nalgonda district, Telangana, India.
T. Nagaraj
B. Ajaya Kumar
Shailendra Kumar Singh
17. Applications and future of ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a near-surface geophysical technique: A
review
Rajib Kumar Sinharay
18. Soil mechanics: Consistency Test Data for subsurface investigation & liquefaction: A case study of
Pondicherry Seismic Microzonation.
S. P. Dhanvijay
B.Ajaya Kumar
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