Sustainability of Low land to climate change
VERY SHORT RESUME OF PROF. M.R.MADHAV
Prof. M.R.Madhav, Visiting Professor, IIT, Hyderabad, Professor Emeritus, J.N.T.U, Hyderabad, Resource Person, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technology, Chairman, Research Council, CSIR-CRRI & Governing Council, JNT University, Kakinada, Advisor/Consultant to Strata Geosystems, KSK, Halcrow, Energy Infratech, retired as Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kanpur. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Andhra University in 1960, obtained the Master of Engineering and the Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the years 1961 and 1967 respectively. Prof. Madhav worked at several universities abroad – Australia; Canada, Japan; Belgium, UK etc.
Prof. Madhav’s research interests span the whole gamut of Geotechnical Engineering. He guided more than 30 doctoral and several master’s theses and final year projects. He co-edited book entitled ‘LOWLANDS – DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT’ and another on ‘Foundations and Soft Ground Engineering Challenges in Mekong Delta, most recently and authored more than 450 publications in refereed international and national journals and conferences.
Prof Madhav is well known internationally as a researcher and teacher. He established schools of research at IIT, Kanpur, and at JNTU, Hyderabad in Geotechnical Engineering and his work on Modelling and Numerical Analyses of Geotechnical and Ground Engineering Problems is monumental. He has contributed to the Practice of Geotechnical Engineering as a Consultant and to the Indian Geotechnical Society as a Member of the Executive Committee, as a Reviewer for and Editor of the Indian Geotechnical Journal and as President.
Prof. Madhav is a Life Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian Geotechnical Society, The Institution of Engineers (India), etc. and was awarded the Keucklemann Award of the IGS, the Prof. Mehra Research Award of the University of Roorkee, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Research Award of CBIP, the Doctor of Science degree of the Indian Institute of Science, the Bharat Ratna M Visweswaraya Award, the Gopal Ranjan Research Award of IIT, Roorkee, IGS – M S Jain award, the Vishwakarma Award for Academic Excellence from CIDC, the IGS-AIMIL Innovation in Design Award, etc. Most recently he is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for 2014. He delivered the most prestigious IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration. He was the President of IGS, Vice President for Asia of IS SM & GE, and currently the President of the International Association of Lowland Technology.
