Geohazards, Structural Dynamics and Disaster Risk Management, Volume 1 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure (ICGESI-2026)

Meghna Sharma is working as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Hamirpur, India, since August 2023. She received the DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow Award-2022. Dr. Sharma worked as the DST INSPIRE Faculty at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Ropar for four months. Earlier than that, she worked as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, from October 2021 to April 2023. She completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Indore in August 2021. At IIT Indore, she carried out thorough research on nature-based solutions for soil stabilization and heavy metal immobilization.

Manendra Singh joined the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, India as Assistant Professor (Grade-II) in 2019 and was promoted as Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in 2023 in the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur.
Dr. Singh obtained Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow, India, in 2011, Master in Soil Dynamics from IIT Roorkee, India, in 2013, and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, India, in 2018. He is actively involved in teaching, research, and consultancy. He is the recipient of IGS-Dr. Shamsher Prakash Biennial Award-2019, IGS-Dr. Shamsher Prakash Biennial Award-2023 for best papers in soil dynamics, and the Springer Best Paper Award-2021.

Neelima Satyam is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Indore, former head of the department and actively serving in national professional bodies and committees. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech from IIT Delhi and a B.Tech from SV University, Tirupati. Before joining IIT Indore, she served as an Assistant Professor at the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, IIIT Hyderabad. Dr. Satyam was a visiting researcher at Kyushu University (2023), the University of Stuttgart (2018), and the University of Tokyo (2013). She is actively involved in teaching, research, and consultancy in Geotechnical Engineering.

Bal Krishna Maheshwari, is presently serving as a Professor & Head, Dept. of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. He is also currently President of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology. Prof. Maheshwari received his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Jodhpur, Master's Degree in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Roorkee and Ph.D. from the Saitama University Japan. After PhD, he worked in Tokyo, Japan, and then as a post-doctoral fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Since Dec. 2004, Dr. Maheshwari is serving as a faculty in IIT Roorkee.