Goa Engineering College (GEC) in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical society (IGS), Goa chapter recently organized its annual flagship event, Dr. Victor de Mello Goa lecture which was second in the series and delivered by his own son Dr. Luiz Guilherme de Mello from Sao Paolo, Brazil on 15th October. He delivered the lecture on “Some case studies with lessons to learn from Dam Engineering” which was the topic always at heart of Dr. Victor de Mello, who was Goa-born geotechnical engineer and internationally recognized authority in dams, the only Indian who delivered the prestigious Rankine lecture in UK in 1977.