A Technical talk was conducted by Civil Engineering Department, VJIT in association with  IGS student chapter on 24th Feb 2023, by the speaker Dr. Hari Prasad, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Dept. in Mahindra University, Hyderabad. The session is informative about the experiments conducted to know the properties of soil like core cutter method and sand replacement method and the NDT devices that can be used to know the properties of soil like Ground Penetrating Test were clearly explained by the speaker in the session. Applications of compaction and tests conducted, and reasons behind the failure of roads and pathways due to improper compaction were acknowledged by the speaker in the session which was informative. The session ended with engrossing information which was gained by final year students.