T. G. Sitharam

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.Devendra Jalihal
Professor at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
In office
28 June 2006[3] – 31 May 2026
Chairman at CiSTUP
In office
January 2009[3] – March 2014[3]
Personal details
Born (1961-05-17) 17 May 1961
Karnataka
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

T. G. Sitharam ( born 17 May 1961) 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.[2] He is known for his works in the fields of rock mechanics, rock engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering.[4] He is an elected fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India) and American Society of Civil Engineers.[5]

He is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering and several other journals.[6]

Awards and honors

  • S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998)[5]
  • Prof. Gopal Ranjan Research Award (2014)[7]
  • The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014)[8]
  • IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015)[9]

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. Bibcode:2017EPoll.220....1N. 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. Bibcode:2009GtGm...27...89S. 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. Bibcode:2002IJRMM..39..517S. 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. ^ a b "IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam gets appointed as new chairman of AICTE". telegraphindia.com. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Positions Held". tgsitharam.in.
  4. ^ "T.G.Sitharam – Research Activities". www.iitg.ac.in.
  5. ^ a b "Sitharam Named ASCE Fellow | ASCE News". American Society of Civil Engineers. 12 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Editorial Board". Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  7. ^ "CITATION -Gopal Ranjan Research Award 2014" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development". www.iisc.ac.in. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
  9. ^ Bhagwan, Jai. "Bulletin of Indian Geotechnical Society (Jan – Mar 2015)" (PDF). www.igs.org. Indian Geotechnical Society.