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Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) organizing IGS Annual Lectures during IGS annual conferences, every year after the first initiation in 1978. Renowned geotechnical researchers/practitioners of the society are being honored by their IGS annual lectures.

Files are available for download in this page | Page 1 of 2 / 1978 to 2019 42 Years / 41 Lectures / 2007 Lecture was not held.

Sl. No.	Year	Speaker	IGS Annual Lecture Topic
1	1978	Prof. R. K. Katti	Search for Solutions to Problems in Black Cotton Soils.
2	1979	Shri Y. K. Murthy	Some Challenging Geotechnical Problems in River Valley Projects in India.
3	1980	Prof. Dinesh Mohan	A Close Look at Problems of Research and its Application to Pile Foundations.
4	1981	Shri K. R. Datye	Simpler Techniques for Ground Improvements.
5	1982	Shri H. C. Verma	Need, Potential and Might of Geotechnical Instrumentation in India.
6	1983	Prof. Shamsher Prakash	Past and Future of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
7	1984	Prof. Jagdish Narain	Reinforced Earth.
8	1985	Prof. T. Ramamurthy	Stability of Rock Mass.
9	1986	Dr. R. K. Bhandari	Slope Instability in the Fragile Himalaya and Strategy for Development.
10	1987	Shri K. Madhavan	Critical Issues in Geotechnical Engineering of Water Resources Project.
11	1988	Prof. Gopal Ranjan	Ground Treated with Granular Piles and its response under load.
12	1989	Prof. S. K. Gulhati	Geotechnical Aspects of Indian Offshore Environment.
13	1990	Prof. A. Sridharan	Engineering Behavior of Soils - A Fundamental Approach.
14	1991	Dr. C. D. Thatte	Earthquakes, Dam design and Tehri Project.
15	1992	Dr. B. G. Rao	Behavior Prediction and Performance of Structures on Improved Ground & Search for New Technologies.
16	1993	Dr. T. S. Nagaraj	Effective Stresses in Soils.
17	1994	Dr. N. V. Nayak	Innovative Development in Geotechnical Practices.
18	1995	Prof. G. V. Rao	Geosynthetics in the Indian Environment.
19	1996	Dr. M. D. Desai	Geotechnical Engineering in Action during 20th Century.
20	1997	Prof. M. R. Madhav	Modeling and Analysis in Geotechnical / Ground Engineering.
21	1998	Prof. N. Som	Braced Excavation in Soft Clay — Experiences of Calcutta Metro Construction.
22	1999	Prof. K. S. Subba Rao	Swell-Shrink Behavior of Expansive Soils — Geotechnical Challenges.
23	2000	Prof. V. S. Chandrasekharan	Numerical and Physical Modeling in Soil-Structure Interaction.
24	2001	Prof. A. Varadarajan	Constitutive Modeling and Application of Finite Element Method in Geotechnical Engineering.
25	2002	Prof. V. S. Raju	Towards Excellence in Geotechnical Engineering Practices in India.
26	2003	Prof. P. J. Piser	Pile Foundations Under Uplift Loads - An Overview.
27	2004	Prof. Swami Saran	Some Engineering Aspects of Reinforced Earth.
28	2005	Prof. G. Venkalachalam	Reliability and Risk Analysis of Earth Slopes.
29	2006	Prof. S. Narasimha Rao	Pull out Behavior of Screw and Suction Anchors in Soft Marine Clays.
----	2007	------	Lecture not held in this year.
30	2008	Prof. K.G. Sharma	Analysis of Underground Structures.
31	2009	Dr. A.V. Shroff	Development in Design and Executive in Grouting Practice.Part 1 And Part 2
32	2010	Dr. V.M. Sharma	Geotechnical Problems of Water Resources Development in India - The Role of Instrumentation.
33	2011	Prof. Manoj Datta	Geotechnology for Environmental Control at Waste Disposal Sites.
34	2012	Prof. B.R. Srinivasa Murthy	Case Studies in Geotechnical Engineering Constructions.
35	2013	Dr. Mahavir Bidasaria	Geotechnical Problems in Dams Case Studies.
36	2014	Prof. P.V. Sivapulliah	Surprising Soil Behaviour – Is it Really?
37	2015	Prof. S.R. Gandhi	Observations on Pile Design and Construction Practices in India.
38	2016	Prof. K. Rajagopal	The Geosynthetics for Sustainable Construction of Infrastructure Projects
39	2017	Prof. M.N. Viladkar	Geomechanical Challenges Practices and Innovations.
40	2018	Dr. D.N. Singh	Novel Techniques to Simulate and Monitor Contaminant - Geomaterial Interactions.
41	2019	Prof. K. Seshagiri Rao	Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering of Rocks and Rockmasses.