IGS Jabalpur chapter was installed in a grand ceremony on 16 May 2016. The function was inaugurated by Shri Ishwar Das Rohani (Speaker, M.P. Vidhan Sabha). Dr. A. V. Shroff, National President of IGS of that time was the chairman of the function. Major General S.N. Mukharjee ADGE (Pers) E&C Branch Army HQ, New Delhi had presided over the function whereas Er.M.Bidasaria, Member National Executive Committee was the special Guest of Honour.

In the very first committee of IGS Jabalpur Chapter Prof. V.K. Shrivastava nominated as Chairman and Prof. Dinesh K. Khare as Honorary Secretary. A workshop on topic “Bearing Capacity Assessment; Myths, Conventional Methods, and Difficulties” was organized on the installation day. Er.G.D. Rao was the chairman and Er. R.K. Shrivastava was secretary of the workshop. The workshop was organized in three different sessions. For every session, the base paper was floated for discussion. Technical lecture was delivered by Dr. A.V. Shroff (Past President IGS) and Er. M. Bidasaria (Past President IGS). More than 100 delegates and technocrats from various Institutions attended the workshop.