A two days national conference was organized by IGS Jabalpur Chapter on 8 – 9 January 2011, on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering Concrete and Masonry Construction”. This was a very successful conference; more than 25 papers were presented in this two days conference. Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BARC) Trombay, Mumbai was Patron sponsor of the conference. The chief sponsor of the event was ACC Ltd. Prof. V.K.Shrivastava Chairman, and Er. Sanjay Verma Honorary Secretary IGS Jabalpur Chapter coordinated the whole event. Er. R.K. Shrivastava the organizing chairman, Prof. Rajeev Chandak Organizing Secretary and Prof. Rajeev Khatri was the convener of the conference. A Souvenir “NIRMAN” was published under the editorial guidance of Er. Sanjiv Verma “Salil”.