Prof. Ashim Kanti Dey obtained his Bachelor’s degree from REC Silchar ( now NIT Silchar) with a Gold medal from Gauhati University. After six years of his service in WBSEB he joined M. C. E programme in Jadavpur University and obtained first rank in Geotechnical Engineering. He then joined REC Silchar as a Lecturer in 1992 and pursued Ph.D. from IIT Madras through QIP.
Presently Prof. Dey is working as a Professor (HAG) at NIT Silchar. He guided eight Ph.D. students and supervised 58 M.Tech students so far. He has around 100 publications in National and International Journals and conferences.

Dr. Benson Hsiung got his PhD from University of Bristol in the UK and then moved to London to work for several large-scale infrastructure projects in both the UK and Taiwan. He went back to Taiwan in August 2003 to join the university. His main research activities are deep excavations and soft ground tunneling. Simultaneously, he is also involved in some underground & offshore wind projects as technical consultant or advisor. Dr. Hsiung is a well-qualified British chartered civil engineer. He is the chair of AsRTC6 as well as member of TC204 and TC305 of ISSMGE, currently working for the Department of Civil Engineering of National Chung-Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan.

Castorina Silva Vieira is Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, Director of the Construction Materials Laboratory and Executive Vice-President of the Board of the "Institute for Sustainable Construction - ICS". She was Vice-President of the Portuguese Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) (2021-2024) and Deputy Secretary of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (2020-2024). Member of the Technical Committees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: TC218 and TC307. Associate Editor of Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Advisory Board Member of Environmental Geotechnics and Editorial Board Member of Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Sustainability, Advances in Civil Engineering and Frontiers in Built Environment.

Dr CR Parthasarathy holds BE and ME from Bangalore University, PhD from IISc (1998-2002) with nearly 30 years of Geotechnical experience in Site Characterization, Deep Foundation testing and Consulting in India and abroad for large scale projects. He has achieved EXPERT Level in the PDI/PDCA Proficiency Test on dynamic measurement and analysis, USA.

He is the life fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Elected National Executive Member of IGS for three consecutive terms, Past Chairman of IGS-Bengaluru Chapter and currently the Executive Committee Member of DFI India.  He is elected NEC member of IGS for the year 2025-27

Pijush Samui is a Professor in Civil Engineering at NIT Patna. His research expertise includes soil liquefaction and lateral spreading, reliability and risk analysis, artificial intelligence, disaster mitigation, and site characterisation. Dr. Samui has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including IIT Roorkee Shamsher Prakash Research Award, IGS – Sardar Resham Singh Memorial Award, IACMAG Excellent Regional Contributions Award. He is a fellow of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET). He is guest professor at University of Science and Technology, Beijing. He is also Title of Docent at Tamper University. He was Adjunct Professor at Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam)(2018-21).

Dr. Priti Maheshwari is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. She works extensively in the areas of ground improvement, soil-structure interaction, ground engineering: modeling and analysis, concrete gravity dams, machine foundations under blast loadings, risk analysis, landslides and slope stabilization, transportation geotechnics, and rock mechanics and rock engineering. She is an editorial board member of International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Indian Geotechnical Journal.

Prof. Ayothiraman is currently working as Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Tirupati since December 2024 and is currently working as. Prior to joining IIT Tirupati, he worked as faculty at IIT Delhi for 16 years and IIT Guwahati for 4 years. He completed his B.E. (Civil Engineering; 1998) from PSNACET and M.E. (Soil Mech. & Foundation Engg; 2000; Gold Medal) from CEG. He obtained his Ph.D. (Soil Dynamics; 2005) from IIT Madras. He has published about 135 papers in journals and conferences. He is serving as member of BIS for revising codes related to soils and foundations, machine foundations and rock mechanics. He had completed about 100 sponsored research and consultancy projects of value about INR 25 Crores

Dr. Sanjay Rana is a geophysicist (holding the title of PE- professional engineer, conferred by Engineering Council of India) working in the field of engineering, mining, environmental and ground water geophysics for last 35 years. Dr Rana graduated in 1990 from University of Roorkee, now IIT Roorkee, in M Tech (Applied Geophysics), as Gold Medalist. Since 1995 he has been working tirelessly towards growth of geophysical industry in the country, exploring new & unique application areas in various fields like Utility Mapping, Leakage Detection, Hydropower, Dam Safety, Oil & Gas, Mining, Infrastructure, Roads & Highways etc.

Sangseom Jeong is a professor of Yonsei University, a former president of Korean Geotechnical Society, a vice chair of TC212 (Deep foundations) and a chair of Asian TC-18 (Mega foundations) in ISSMGE.The main field of expertise is mega foundation of long span bridges and high-rise buildings, deep excavation, landslides. He has co-edited 32 geotechnical engineering textbooks and authored about 115 papers in major reputable SCI & SCIE listed international journals.

Dr. Sireesh Saride is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Chairperson, Greenko School of Sustainability at the IIT Hyderabad. He leads a Centre of Excellence on ‘Transportation Research and Innovation Hub” funded by NHAI. His research interests include pavement geotechnics, geosynthetics, recycled materials, and ground improvement. He graduated from JNTUCE, Kakinada, and obtained Ph.D. from IISc, Bengaluru. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a member of ASCE, ICE, TRB, International Geosynthetics Society, a life member of IRC, and a fellow of IGS. He has published 260 articles in referred journals and conferences.

Dr. S. Sreedeep is currently a Professor in the Geotechnical Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees from IIT Bombay and B.Tech. degree from Calicut University. His research interests include behavioural studies of unsaturated porous media, climate change impact on soils, hazardous waste management, utilization of industrial and agro waste, and bio-geotechnology. He has published more than 150 journal papers. He was a recipient of the Shamsher Prakash Research Award for Geotechnical Engineering in 2014. He is a member of ASCE, ASTM, IACMAG, IGS and TC 106 of ISSMGE.

Professor Subhadeep Banerjee is a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras. With a PhD from the National University of Singapore, he specializes in seismic soil-foundation interactions, cyclic behavior of geomaterials, and modeling of transient problems. At IIT Madras, he leads three research groups exploring cyclic characterization of soils, constitutive modeling under seismic loads, and dynamics applications to complex soil-structure problems. His work contributes significantly to advancing geotechnical engineering practices and understanding soil behavior under various dynamic conditions.

Dr. Sumanta Haldar is Professor of Civil Engineering and presently Head of the School of Infrastructure at IIT Bhubaneswar. He earned his Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore and specializes in geotechnical engineering, with core expertise in offshore geotechnics, soil-structure interaction, dynamics of soil and foundation and reliability-based design. With over 15 years of academic and research experience, he blends theoretical modelling with computational and experimental methods. A recipient of the Prof. Leonards Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, he has published widely in reputed journals. Dr. Haldar leads several sponsored research projects and significantly contributes to infrastructure development, promoting sustainable and resilient solutions for energy and civil engineering applications.

Dr. Sunil S. Basarkar has Industry experience of more than 20 years and 16 years association with Academia in the field of foundations and Geotechnical engineering. As a field professional actively involved in geotechnical and foundation initiatives including ground improvement and strengthening works for mega infrastructural projects. He has spearheaded introduction of CFA piling technology in India. He is member of ISSMGE and Fellow of several professional organization like the Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Geotechnical Society and serves as Editor Board member of DFI Journal (USA).