1st Geotech Asia International Conference 2025, Goa
TAJ CIDADE DE GOA HORIZON, GOA
7–10 October 2025
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
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DAY 01 – 07.10.2025 (TUESDAY)
8:00 AM 5:00 PM REGISTRATION
11:30 AM 5:30 PM EXHIBITION
8:30 AM 8:40 AM PRELUDE
8:40 AM 9:40 AM OPENING CEREMONY
- - Chair: Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Dr. A.P. Singh, Hon. Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society & Org. Secretary, Geotech Asia 2025
9:40 AM 10:10 AM Distinguished Keynote Lecture 1 - Dr. Marc Ballouz, President ISSMGE
Topic: Geotechnical philosophies and challenges in laterally loaded piles
10:10 AM 10:40 AM Distinguished Keynote Lecture 2 - Prof. Lee Fook Hou, Emeritus Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Topic : Recent Developments in Quality Assessment and Control in Deep Mixing and Jet Grouting and their Engineering Implications.
10:40 AM 11:00 AM TEA/ COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM 11:40 AM INAUGURAL CEREMONY & OPENING OF EXHIBITION STALLS
- - Chair: Prof. M.R Madhav, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Prof. R Ayothiraman, IIT Thirupathi
11:40 AM 12:10 PM Keynote Lecture 3 - Prof. T.G Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE
Topic : Designing Against the Odds: The Chenab Bridge and the Evolution of Geotechnical Strategies
12:10 PM 12:30 PM Title Sponsors slot (Sunny Sankla Group, J.kumar)
12:30 PM 1:00 PM Keynote Lecture 4 - Prof. Chungsik Yoo, President FedIGS
Topic : Smart Geotechnology and AI-Driven Geotechnical Design: Progress, Challenges and Future Directions
1:00 PM 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM 4:00 PM Parallel Sessions
Assembleia 1 Assembleia 2 Assembleia 3 South 1 South 2 West 1 West 2 All-Day All-Night
Chair: Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy
Co-chair: Er. Sandip Deshpande 		Chair: Dr. Jaykumar Shukla
Co-chair: Dr. Tarun Naskar 		Chair: Prof. Viswas A Sawant
Co-chair:Dr. Tarun Naskar 		Chair: Dr. Vikas Patil
Co-chair:Prof. Ramakrishna Bag 		Chair: Prof. T Thyagaraj
Co-chair:Prof. Sumeet Kumar Sinha 		Chair: Prof. Anand Katti
Co-chair:Prof. Amarnath Hegde 		Chair: Prof. V.B Maji
Co-chair: Prof. Bappaditya Manna 		Chair: Ms. Aarti Bhargava
Co-chair: Prof. Arif Ali Baig Moghal
Topics:
Foundations and Deep Excavation		 Topics:
Earthquake and Soil Dynamics 		Topics:
Practice, Risk and Education		 Topics:
Geosynthetic Engineering		 Topics:
Slope Stability and Landslides		 Topics:
Ground Improvement and Stabilisation		 Topics:
Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Engineering		 Topics:
Cold, Coastal and Environmental Geotechnical Engineering
Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Sangseom Jeong
Piled Raft Foundation and Soil Structure Interaction 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Subhadeep Banerjee
Towards a Particle Based Approach for Simplified Liquefaction Susceptibility Assessment 		Thematic Lecture:
Dr. Sanjay Rana
Integrating Geophysics into Geotechnical Workflows: Principles, Practices, and Pitfalls 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Castorina Fernanda Silva Vieira
Geosynthetics Tensile Behaviour after Exposure to Non-conventional Fill Materials 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Hari Krishna Padavala
A Study on the Wind Erosion Mitigation of Flyash in Disposal Sites using Surface Geopolymerization 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Seethalakshmi P
Enhancing the Geotechnical Properties of Micaceous Sand using Xanthan Gum Biopolymer: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Stabilisers 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Priti Maheshwari
Probabilistic Analysis of a Wellbore in Rocks 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. G.V Ramana
Geotechnical Romance with Landfills
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4:00 PM 4:30 PM TEA/ COFFEE BREAK
- - Chair: Prof. A.V Shroff, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Prof. D Neelima Satyam, IIT Indore & Technical Committee, Geotech Asia 2025
4:30 PM 5:00 PM Keynote Lecture 5 - Prof. Keh Jian Shou, ISSMGE Vice President Asia
Topic : Advances of Trenchless Technology for Infrastructures
5:00 PM 5:30 PM Keynote Lecture 6 - Prof. Rolf Katzenbach, IK & Technical University of Darmstadt
Topic : The History and the geotechnical Basis of the Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF)
5:30 PM 6:15 PM PANEL DISCUSSION- FedIGS
Geo-disaster Mitigation in the face of Climate Change
Moderator: Andrew McNamara, Secretary General, ISSMGE
Panelists: Prof. Chungsik Yoo, Dr. Marc Ballouz, Prof. Seokwon Jeon, Prof. Vassilis Marinos, Dr. Samuel R Allen
7:00 PM 8:00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION
DAY 02 - 08.10.2025 WEDNESDAY
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8:00 AM5:00 PMREGISTRATION
10:00 AM5:30 PMEXHIBITION
8:45 AM9:00 AMPRELUDE
- - Chair: Prof. K.S. Rao, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Er. Sridhar Valluri, Keller India & Org. Secretary, Geotech Asia 2025
9:00 AM9:20 AM Invited Lecture 1 - Prof. Cazzuffi Daniele Antonio, CESI SpA
Topic : Use of geomembranes in embankment dams and their long-time behavior in service
9:20 AM9:40 AM Invited Lecture 2 - Prof. G. Madhavi Latha, IISc Bangalore
Topic : Micro to macro of sand liquefaction and its mitigation
9:40 AM10:00 AM Invited Lecture 3 - Prof. Feng ZHANG, Visiting Professor, Tongji Univers
Topic: Unified constitutive model and its application to liquefaction/re-liquefaction problems
10:00 AM10:30 AM Keynote Lecture 7 - Prof. Kenichi Soga, UC Berkeley, USA
Topic : Smart Geotechnical Infrastructure – the value of distributed sensing for geotechnical engineering
10:30 AM11:00 AMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
- - Chair: Prof. Mahavir Bidasaria, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Prof. Murali Krishna, IIT Thirupati & NEC Member, Indian Geotechnical Society
11:00 AM11:30 AM Keynote Lecture 8 - Prof. Walter Paniagua, Vice President (North America), Intl. Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Founder and CEO of PILOTEC, Mexico
Topic: Precast Slurry Walls and Plunged concrete columns: an alternative for the top-down system
11:30 AM12:00 PM Corporate Presentation Slot: Diamond - Maccafferi (9 minutes), Platinum - N.A Constructions, Montecarlo, AFCONS (7 minutes each)
12:00 PM12:30 PM Keynote Lecture 9 - Prof. Budhima Indraratna, University of Technology Sydney
Topic : Advanced Geotechnical Solutions for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure using Waste Materials
12:30 PM1:00 PM Keynote Lecture 10 - Prof. Lyesse Laloui, Director, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Topic : Bio-cementation: Advancing Sustainable Soils Stabilization in Geotechnics
1:00 PM2:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM3:30 PM Parallel Sessions
Assembleia 1 Assembleia 2 Assembleia 3 South 1&2 West 1 West 2 All-Day All-Night
Chair: Prof. B Umashanker
Co-chair: Prof. Kshitija Nadgouda 		Chair: Prof. Tiru Kulkarni
Co-chair: Dr. V. Senthilkumar 		Chair: Dr. G Sridevi
Co-chair:Prof. Sougata Mukherjee 		Chair: Prof. Keh Jian Shou, Vice President Asia, ISSMGE
Chair: Er. Saurabh Vyas
Co-chair: Dr. Jigisha Vashi 		Chair: Prof. Sumanta Haldar
Co-chair: Prof. Altaf Usmani 		Chair: Prof. P Hariprasada Reddy
Co-chair: Shabana Saeed Khan
Topics:
Ground Improvement and Stabilisation		 Topics:
Transportation Geotechnics		 Topics:
Cold, Coastal and Environmental Geotechnical Engineering		 Asian Council Meeting Topics:
AI and Computational Geomechanics		 Topics: Practice, Risk and Education Topics: Foundations and Deep Excavation
Thematic Lecture:
Dr. Sunil S. Basarkar
Infrastructure Soil Stabilization and Ground Improvement: Case Studies and Insights 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Sireesh Saride
Performance evaluation of geosynthetic-reinforced pavements under monotonic and repeated loading 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Sreedeep Sekharan
Engineering the unsaturated soil behaviour for agricultural drought preparedness 		Thematic Lecture:
Dr. V. Raghav
Analytical model for evaluating forces during extra-terrestrial regolith drilling for lunar missions 		Thematic Lecture:
Dr. C.R. Parthasarathy
Characterisation of carbonate soils and their Impact on geotechnical designs - Case Studies 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Benson Hsiung
Impacts from Consolidation Caused by Deep Excavation in Clay in Jakarta, Indonesia
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3:30 PM4:00 PMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM5:00 PMPANEL DISCUSSION: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering Across Asia
Featuring Presidents of Asian Geotechnical Societies
Moderator: Prof. Keh Jian Shou, Vice President Asia, ISSMGE
5:00 PM6:00 PMASIAN AWARDS CEREMONY
Chair: Prof. Keh Jian Shou, Vice President Asia, ISSMGEs
7:00 PM8:00 PMCULTURAL PROGRAM
DAY 03 - 09.10.2025 THURSDAY
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8:00 AM5:00 PMREGISTRATION
10:00 AM5:30 PMEXHIBITION
8:45 AM9:00 AMPRELUDE
- - Chair: Er. Srilal Sahabandu, President, SriLankan Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Er. Ravikiran Vaidya, NEC Member, Indian Geotechnical Society & Finance Committee, Geotech Asia 2025
9:00 AM9:20 AM Invited Lecture 4 - Prof. Tomoyoshi Nishimura, Ashikaga University, Japan
Topic : Mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils with experimental technique
9:20 AM9:40 AM Invited Lecture 5 - Prof. Robinson, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Topic : Consolidation under radial drainage-Some insights
9:40 AM10:00 AM Special Invited Lecture: Dr. Sam Allen, President, International Geosynthetic Society (Hosted by Anant Kanoi)
Topic: The IGS and Its Role in Engineering Design Practice
10:00 AM10:30 AM Keynote Lecture 11 - Prof. Anand J Puppula, Texas A&M University, USA
Topic : Sustainability and Resilience Assessments of Geosynthetic Reinforcement and Geothermal Technologies for Supporting Transportation Infrastructure
10:30 AM11:00 AMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
- - Chair: Prof. Netra Prakash Bhandary, Past President, Nepal Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Prof. Chandresh Solanki, NEC Member, Indian Geotechnical Society
11:00 AM11:30 AM Keynote Lecture 12 - Prof. Ikuo Towhata
Topic : Ground Water Effects on Coseismic Slope Instability during the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan
11:30 AM12:00 PM Corporate Presentation Slot: Gold - Keller, Savi Infrastructures, Techfab India, Garware Technical Fibres, Sany, PFEPL (5 minutes each)
12:00 PM12:20 PM Invited Lecture 6 - Prof. Hemanta Hazarika, Kyushu University, Japan
Topic : Lateral Flow-induced Damage in Residential Buildings: Case Study of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan
12:20 PM12:40 PM Invited Lecture 7 - Prof. E C Shin, Professor Emeritus Incheon National University, South Korea, Immediate past VP, ISSMGE for Asia
Topic : Recent Development of ISSMGE Asian Regional Activities
12:40 PM1:00 PM Invited Lecture 8 - Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, President & Professor Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Topic : The Experience of Geotechnical Constructions and Testing of Piling Foundations of Megastructures on Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
1:00 PM2:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
- - Chair: Prof. A. Boominathan, IIT Madras
Co- Chair: Prof. K Muthukumaran, NIT Trichy
2:00 PM2:30 PM Special Keynote Lecture - Prof. Tatsuya Ishikawa, Hokkaido University, Japan
Topic : Slope stability-soil runout integrated analysis considering rainfall infiltration and runoff
2:30 PM3:00 PM Keynote Lecture - Dr. Mandip Subedi, President, Nepal Geotechhnical Society
Topic: A Decade After the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake: Reassessing Nepal’s Readiness for Future Seismic Events
3:00 PM4:00 PMPANEL DISCUSSION: Geotechnical Engineering in a Changing World - from Asian Perspective
Featuring Presidents of Asian Geotechnical Societies
Moderator: Prof. Keh-jian Shou, Vice President Asia, ISSMGE
4:00 PM4:30 PMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
4:30 PM6:30 PM Parallel Sessions
Assembleia 1 Assembleia 2 Assembleia 3 South 1 South 2 West 1 West 2 All-Day All-Night
Chair: Dr. Ratnakar Mahajan
Co-chair: Dr. Sowmya Chawla 		Chair: Dr. Madan Kumar Annam
Co-chair: Dr. Shruti J. Shukla 		Chair: Prof. Harikrishna Padavala
Co-chair: Dr. Ramesh Kannan K 		Chair: Prof. Sireesh Saride
Co-chair: Prof. Syed Khaja Karimullah Hussaini 		Chair: Prof. Reghuram Ammavajjla
Co-chair: Prof.Bipin Kumar Gupta 		Chair: Dr. Hemand S Chore
Co-chair: Prof. Pinom Ering 		Chair: Prof. Hemanta Hazarika
Co-chair: Prof. Babloo Chaudhary 		Chair: Prof. Anand J. Puppala
Co-chair: Prof. Yaolin Yi
Topics:
Ground Improvement and Stabilisation		 Topics:
Practice, Risk and Education		 Topics:
Geosynthetic Engineering		 Topics:
Foundations and Deep Excavation		 Topics:
Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Engineering		 Slope Stability and Landslides AsRTC-1 & AsRTC-3 Committee Meetings TC-307 Workshop
Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Bhaskar Chittoori
Cross-linking biopolymers using salt for frost susceptible silty soils 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Shahab Yasrebi
Evaluating Hybrid SOE Systems for High-Risk Urban Excavations: A Case Study Approach 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Shabana Saeed Khan
Mechanisms of soil deformation control using Geosynthetics: A Comprehensive Review 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Ramanathan Ayothiraman
Influence of Deep Excavation and Foundation Loading on the Response of the Existing Tunnel in Sand 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Meng Chia Weng
Hydro-mechanical Coupling Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Migration in Saline Aquifers 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
Integrating TabNet and SHAP for Interpretable Landslide Susceptibility Modeling in Minnesota
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7:30 PM10:30 PMGRAND GALA DINNER
DAY 04 - 10.10.2025 FRIDAY
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8:00 AM5:00 PMREGISTRATION
10:00 AM5:30 PMEXHIBITION
8:45 AM9:00 AMPRELUDE
- - Chair: Er. Ramesh K Kulkarni, Patron IGS Pune Chapter & Chairman and MD, Soil Tech India Pvt Ltd
Co- Chair: Prof. Purnanand Savoikar, Goa Engineering College & Org. Joint Secretary, Geotech Asia 2025
9:00 AM9:20 AM Invited Lecture 10 - Dr. Chaido (Yuli) Doulala Rigby, Vice Chair of the British Geotechnical Association
Topic : Polymer Geogrid GeoStructures: from concept to perfection through lessons learnt and good practice
9:20 AM9:40 AM Invited Lecture 11 - Dr. Hari Krishna Yandamuri, Regional Managing Director, Asia
Topic : Debunking the myth of Ground Improvement Applications
9:40 AM10:00 AM Invited Lecture 12 - Dr. Ratnakar Mahajan, Technical Head India, South-East Asia and Pacific Senior Technical & Strategy Leader, Maccaferri
Topic : Building Green Infrastructure Using Geosynthetics
10:00 AM10:30 AM Keynote Lecture 15 - Prof. N K Samadhiya, Past President, Indian Geotechnical Society & Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Topic : Rock Mass Characterization and Evaluation of Support for Anthpa Jhakri Head Race Tunnel
10:30 AM11:00 AMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
- - Chair: Prof. S.K Prasad, Vidhyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru &NEC Member, Indian Geotechnical Society
Co- Chair: Prof. Akanksha Tyagi, IIT Roorkee & Technical Committee, Geotech Asia 2025
11:00 AM11:20 AM Special Invited Lecture - Prof. Chian Siau Chen Darren, President, Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS)
Topic : Geophysical Methods in Tunnel Look-Ahead and Deep Soil Mixing
11:20 AM11:40 AM Invited Lecture 14 - Prof. Dimitrios Zekkos, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Topic : A Big Data Approach to Regional Resiliency Against Co-Seismic Landslides
11:40 AM12:00 PM Special Guest Lecture - Dr. Ajay Chourasia, Chief Scientist & Head Structural Engineering and 3D Concrete Printing Group, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee
Topic : From Fragility to Resilience: Multi-hazard Risk Assesment of Indian Himalayan Towns
12:00 PM1:00 PM Panel Discussion of ISSMGE Board Members
1:00 PM2:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM3:30 PM Parallel Sessions
Assembleia 1 Assembleia 2 Assembleia 3 South 1 South 2 West 1 & West 2 All-Day All-Night
Chair: Prof. Sreevalsa Kolathyar
Co-chair: Er. A.V.S Chakravarti 		Chair: Prof. Anitha G Pillai
Co-chair: Dr. Vinay K Pandey 		Chair: Prof. Raghuveer Rao Pallepati
Co-chair: Er. Govind Raj 		Chair: Prof. Dola Roychowdhury
Co-chair: Prof. Anasua GuhaRay 		Chair: Er. Heman Manchanda
Co-chair: Er. Sujan Kulkarni 		Chair: Prof. Sudheesh T K
Co-chair: Er. Ramadas Veluri 		Chair: Prof. Hugo Acosta Martinez
Co-chair: Prof. D. Neelima Satyam
Topics:
Slope Stability and Landslides		 Topics:
Earthquake and Soil Dynamics 		Topics:
AI and Computational Geomechanics		 Topics:
Transportation Geotechnics		 Topics:
Cold, Coastal and Environmental Geotechnical Engineering		 Topics:
Ground Improvement and Stabilisation		 Heritage Time Capsule
Thematic Lecture:
Er. Taro Hiranuma
Geotechnical Challenges Associated with Slope Remediation Works 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Ashim Kanti Dey
Evaluation of Dynamic Parameters of Tropical Peat 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Pijush Samui
Progress & obstacles of Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical Engineering 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Chih Ping Lin
Efficient Modeling of Train-track and Soil Interactions under Train Loading 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Sumanta Haldar
Numerical Simulation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines under Environmental and Seismic Loading 		Thematic Lecture:
Prof. Amarnath Hegde
The Influence of Jute and Polypropylene Geotextiles on Internal Erosion of Clayey Soil
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3:30 PM4:00 PMTEA/ COFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM4:10 PMTitle Sponsors slot (Sunny Sankla Group, J.kumar) 5 mins each
4:10 PM4:30 PMBright Spark Lecture 01: Dr. Chaidul Haque Chaudhuri
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
4:30 PM4:50 PMBright Spark Lecture 02: Mr. Suwan Hettiyahandi
University of Technology Sydney
4:50 PM5:30 PMCLOSING CEREMONY & HANDING OVER TO 2nd GEOTECH ASIA 2029
DAY 05 – 11.10.2025 SATURDAY
9:00 AM5:00 PM Board Meeting of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Venue: Taj Cidade De Goa Horizon, Goa
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