A national conference on the theme “Geotechnical Engineering and Modelling GEM-2016” was organised in association with the Civil Engineering Department of LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Thiruvananthapuram on 17-06-2016 and 18-06-2016

The Keynote speakers were
1. Dr. M. R. Madhav, Visiting Professor, IIT Hyderabad
2. Dr. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, IISC Bangalore
3. Dr. R. Shivashankar, NITK, Surathkal
4. Dr. K. Balan, RIET, Thiruvananthapuram
5. Dr. Umashankar, IIT Hyderabad
6. Dr. Jayasree P. K, CET
The venue of the conference was LBS Institute of Technology for Women and about 120 delegates attended the conference.