The 3rd Dr. Victor de Mello Goa lecture was organised by Civil Engineering Department of Goa Engineering College and IGS Goa Chapter on 20th September 2019 at New Civil Annex building, Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi. This lecture titled "Static and Seismic pile foundation design by load tests and experimental methods" was delivered by Prof. Pedro Simao Seco E Pinto, Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal. In his lecture, Professor introduced Eurocode 7 - Geotechnical design and Eurocode 8 on design of structures for earthquake resistance. He presented two case studies related with pile design of new Tagus bridge and Leziria bridge. Prof. Pinto also presented information of ISSMGE to the audience. Prof. Purnanand Savoikar presented the life sketch of Dr. Victor de Mello.