About the Authors
Prof. T. G. Sitharam is currently the Director of Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati (IIT), India and Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. He was a KSIIDC Chair Professor
in the area of Energy and Mechanical Sciences and the founder Chairman of the
Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at
IISc. He was the Chairman of the AICTE South Western Zonal Committee, Bengaluru
and now he is for Eastern zonal committee. He is the President of the Indian Society
for Earthquake Technology (ISET) and the founder President of the International
Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR). He was a Visiting Professor
at Yamaguchi University, Japan; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of
Dolhousie, Halifax, Canada; and ISM Dhanbad, India. Was a Research Scientist
at University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.
Dr. L. Govindraju is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering,
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore University,
Bangalore. He obtained his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Mysore University, India (1986), Master’s in Geotechnical Engineering from National Institute of
Technology Karnataka (NITK), India (1994) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India (2005). He was awarded fellowship from
National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE) instituted by
the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India to pursue
post doctoral research in the area of earthquake engineering at the Department of
Engineering Science, University of Oxford (UK). He is the member of several professional bodies such as IGS, ISTE and ISET. He has published over 150 technical papers
and two books.
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Prof. T. G. Sitharam is currently the Director of Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati (IIT), India and Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. He was a KSIIDC Chair Professor
in the area of Energy and Mechanical Sciences and the founder Chairman of the
Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at
IISc. He was the Chairman of the AICTE South Western Zonal Committee, Bengaluru
and now he is for Eastern zonal committee. He is the President of the Indian Society
for Earthquake Technology (ISET) and the founder President of the International
Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR). He was a Visiting Professor
at Yamaguchi University, Japan; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of
Dolhousie, Halifax, Canada; and ISM Dhanbad, India. Was a Research Scientist
at University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.
Dr. L. Govindraju is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering,
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore University,
Bangalore. He obtained his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Mysore University, India (1986), Master’s in Geotechnical Engineering from National Institute of
Technology Karnataka (NITK), India (1994) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India (2005). He was awarded fellowship from
National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE) instituted by
the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India to pursue
post doctoral research in the area of earthquake engineering at the Department of
Engineering Science, University of Oxford (UK). He is the member of several professional bodies such as IGS, ISTE and ISET. He has published over 150 technical papers
and two books.
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