Proceedings of the 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference

Parametric Influence on the Behavior of Skirted Foundation.- Dynamic Analysis of Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls in Liquefiable Soil Using FLAC2D.- Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Over Rectangular Tunnel in Soft Clay.- Combined Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Loads on the Behavior of Pile Foundations in Layered Soils.- Behavior of Laterally Loaded Piles using Finite Difference Method.- Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Placed on Reinforced Cohesionless Soil Slope using Conic Programming.- Optimizing the Bearing Capacity of Pile Foundation in Clay.- Numerical Analysis of Soft Soil Reinforced with Geogrid Encased Stone Column.- Behaviour of Multi-Layer-Geocell Reinforced Soil Embankment.- Parametric Effect on Granular Columns: A Brief Review.

Dr. Ashim Kanti Dey is currently a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam. He obtained his B.E. from REC Silchar under Gauhati  University, M.C.E. from Jadavpur University and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His research interests include soil characterization, ground improvement techniques, geo-environmental engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering. He has published 25 papers in respected national and international journals and more than 60 papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Dey is a recipient of Gold Medal in Bachelor of Engineering. He has received IGS- Geotechnical Biennial Award for the Best Paper on " Innovations in Field Exploration" in 2000 , IGS-Shri M.S. Jain Biennial Award 2015 for the best paper on "Innovations in Piling and Other Foundation Construction Techniques" in 2015,  IRC - Maharashtra PWD Award 2015 for the best paper on "Construction"in 2015.

Dr. Jagat Jyoti Mandal is at the Department of Civil Engineering of National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata, as a faculty member since 2008. After graduating with Honours in Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he obtained his M.Tech in Civil Engineering (with Specialization in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering) and Ph.D in Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has taught various subjects of Civil Engineering at Graduate and Post-Graduate level at various institutes for the past 30 years. He has published more than 20 articles in international and national journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include numerical geo-technique, soil and structural dynamics and their applications in earthquake engineering, ground improvement techniques. He has conducted short-term training programmes on various topics including Geotechnical Investigation and Testing, Analysis and Design of Foundations, Ground Improvement