Advances in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Volume 2 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure (ICGESI-2026)

Dr. Vimal Kumar is Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in Civil Engineering at NIT Hamirpur. He has been teaching since 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in structural engineering from IIT Roorkee (2019), M.Tech. from MNIT Jaipur and B.Tech. from RTU Kota. He is actively involved in teaching and research.

Dr. Manendra Singh, Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in Civil Engineering at NIT Hamirpur since 2019, holds a B.Tech. from AKTU Lucknow with M.Tech. (soil dynamics) and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. Recipient of the IGS-Dr. Shamsher Prakash Biennial Award (2019, 2023) and Springer Best Paper Award (2021).

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury is Chair Professor (HAG) and former Head of Civil Engineering at IIT Bombay, a global authority in geotechnical earthquake engineering. He has over 22 years of teaching, research, and professional experience. He has supervised 36+ Ph.D. theses, authored 320+ publications and a textbook, and is the only geotechnical engineer elected to all three Indian national science academies (FASc, FNAE, FNASc), F.ASCE and a J.C. Bose, Humboldt, JSPS and TWAS-VS Fellow.

Prof. N. K. Samadhiya joined IIT Roorkee in 1990 and became Professor in 2007. He has over 35 years of teaching, research and professionsl experience. With a Ph.D. from the University of Roorkee, he has guided 16 Ph.D. theses and 85 M.Tech. dissertations. He chairs the IGS Roorkee chapter and received the IGS-Prof. Leonard Biennial Prize.