Second T S Ramanatha Ayyar biennial Comemmarative lecture was organised on 17th February 2018 at College of Engineering Trivandrum. (Put one inauguration photo). Prof. G.L Sivakumar Babu, President IGS, Prof. R Shivasankar, NIT Surathkal and Dr. Jayakumar, MD & CEO Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd., were delivered the comemmarative lectures. In the same meeting, IGS Student Chapters were also inaugurated in five engineering colleges in and around Trivandrum

The IGS Student Chapters in CET, Marian Engineering College, Kazhakoottam, Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Attingal, St. Thomas Institute of Science and Technology, Kazhakoottam, LBS Institute of Technology for Women were individually inaugurated in March 2018 by Prof. G. Venkatappa Rao, Guest Professor, IIT Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. Dr. M. Venkataraman, President, Indian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society delivered a technical lecture in all the five colleges. Marian Engineering College, Kazhakoottam organised a National Conference on “Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering” with the support of IGS Trivandrum Chapter. IGS Student Chapter of CET conducted a quiz competition for the students of  all the five engineering colleges. Student Chapter of LBSITW and CET organised technical visits to various construction sites to familiarise the students with practical applications of Geotechnical Engineering.