Dr. Jayamohan. J obtained his PhD from National Institute of Technology Karnataka,Surathkal, India in 2014 after completing MTech in Geotechnical Engineering, from the same Institute in 1996. He is presently working as Professor at LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. His research activities are in the field of Foundation Engineering, Geosynthetics and reinforced soil structures etc. He is actively involved in research and consultancy in Geotechnical Engineering. He is a member of the International Technical Committee TC 107 for Tropical Residual Soils of ISSMGE