T. G. Sitharam

T. G. Sitharam is a civil engineer, professor at IISc Bangalore(on lien) and director at IIT Guwahati. He is known for his pioneering works in the fields of Rock mechanics, Rock engineering and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.[3] He is an elected fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India) and American Society of Civil Engineers.[4]

T. G. Sitharam
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
In office
July 01, 2019[1] – present
Preceded byGautam Biswas
Professor at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
In office
28 June 2006[2] – present(on lien)
Chairman at CiSTUP
In office
January 2009[2] – March 2014[2]
Personal details
BornKarnataka
Nationality Indian
ResidenceGuwahati, India
Alma materIndian Institute of Science Bangalore
University of Waterloo
ProfessionProfessor
Author
Consultant
Known forRock mechanics
Earthquake engineering
WebsiteOfficial website

He is currently serving as the Editor-in-chief of Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering.[5]

Awards and honors
  • S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998)[4]
  • Sir C.V. Raman State Award for Young Scientists, Government of Karnataka (2002)[6]
  • Prof. Gopal Ranjan Research Award (2014)[7]
  • The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014)[8]
  • IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015)[9]

Selected bibliography

Selected patents
  • System and method for fracking of shale rock formation[10]
  • A System and method for fracking of shale rock using shock wave Date of filing in India: 15.10.2013; Patent Application no. PCT/IN2015/000166. (Filed in US)
  • In-Vehicle Road Signs and Live Traffic Lights Using Direction Sensitive Short Range Wireless Communication, -RFID-IPA09120001 (Title: Direction Sensitive Wireless Communication Application No. 4873/CHE/2012; Date of filing: 23 November 2012; Applicant: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Our Ref: IPA09120001) Applicants: Aritra Paul, T G Sitharam, Venkatesh.
  • A System And Method For Increasing Yield of A Depleted Borewell By Using Shock Applicants: KPJ Reddy, T G Sitharam and Vivek,P. Patent Application no: IP -1371-IN-10960-PPA-2014:
  • Smart water network to store river flood water in sea-based reservoirs and a method of interlinking these reservoirs (Sarovar MalaTM), Thallak Gundurao Sitharam, India patent no. TEMP/E-1/44294/2016-CHE, 2016.

Books
  • Sitharam, T. G.; Govindaraju, L. (2016). Elasticity for Engineers. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-93-85909-34-4.
  • Samui, Pijush; Das, Sarat; Sitharam, T.G. (2010). Soft Computing: in Geotechnical Engineering. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. p. 112. ISBN 978-3639311259.
  • Sitharam, T. G. (2008). Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics). S. Chand Publishing. ISBN 978-81-219-2457-3.

Selected articles
  • Naveen, B.P.; Mahapatra, Durga Madhab; Sitharam, T.G.; Sivapullaiah, P.V.; Ramachandra, T.V. (January 2017). "Physico-chemical and biological characterization of urban municipal landfill leachate". Environmental Pollution. 220: 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.002.
  • Sireesh, S.; Sitharam, T.G.; Dash, Sujit Kumar (April 2009). "Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell–sand mattress overlying clay bed with void". Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 27 (2): 89–98. doi:10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005.
  • Sitharam, T.G; Latha, G.Madhavi (June 2002). "Simulation of excavations in jointed rock masses using a practical equivalent continuum approach". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 39 (4): 517–525. doi:10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00024-2.

References
  1. "New IIT Guwahati Director T. G. Sitharam plans extension centres in Northeast". India Today. 6 July 2019.
  2. "Positions Held". tgsitharam.in.
  3. "T.G.Sitharam - Research Activities". www.iitg.ac.in.
  4. "Sitharam Named ASCE Fellow | ASCE News". American Society of Civil Engineers. 12 March 2020.
  5. "Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (About the Editor)". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  6. "KSCST : State Science and Technology Awards - Recipients". www.kscst.org.in. Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka.
  7. "CITATION -Gopal Ranjan Research Award 2014" (PDF).
  8. "Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development". www.iisc.ac.in. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
  9. Bhagwan, Jai. "Bulletin of Indian Geotechnical Society (Jan - Mar 2015)" (PDF). www.igs.org. Indian Geotechnical Society.
  10. "System and method for fracking of shale rock formation". patents.google.com. US Patent Office. 9 April 2015.
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