T. G. Sitharam

T. G. Sitharam ( born 17 May 1961) is a Civil Engineer, Professor at IISc Bangalore (on lien), former Director at IIT Guwahati. Currently, he is serving as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education,(AICTE) from 1 December 2022 onwards.^[2] He is known for his works in the fields of rock mechanics, rock engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering.^[4] He is an elected fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India) and American Society of Civil Engineers.^[5]

T. G. Sitharam
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
In office 1 July 2019[1] – 22 November 2022[2]
Preceded by	Gautam Biswas
Succeeded by	Prof.Devendra Jalihal
Professor at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
In office 28 June 2006[3] – 31 May 2026
Chairman at CiSTUP
In office January 2009[3] – March 2014[3]
Personal details
Born	(1961-05-17) 17 May 1961 (age 64) Karnataka
Nationality	Indian
Residence(s)	Guwahati, India
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore University of Waterloo
Profession	Professor Author Consultant
Known for	Rock mechanics Earthquake engineering
Website	Official website

He is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering and several other journals.^[6]

Awards and honors

• S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998)^[5]

• Prof. Gopal Ranjan Research Award (2014)^[7]

• The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014)^[8]

• IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015)^[9]

Selected articles

• Naveen, B.P.; Mahapatra, Durga Madhab; Sitharam, T.G.; Sivapullaiah, P.V.; Ramachandra, T.V. (January 2017). "Physico-chemical and biological characterization of urban municipal landfill leachate". Environmental Pollution. 220 (Pt A): 1–12. Bibcode:2017EPoll.220....1N. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.002. PMID 27616651.
• Sireesh, S.; Sitharam, T.G.; Dash, Sujit Kumar (April 2009). "Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell–sand mattress overlying clay bed with void". Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 27 (2): 89–98. Bibcode:2009GtGm...27...89S. doi:10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005.
• Sitharam, T.G; Latha, G.Madhavi (June 2002). "Simulation of excavations in jointed rock masses using a practical equivalent continuum approach". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 39 (4): 517–525. Bibcode:2002IJRMM..39..517S. doi:10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00024-2.

Books

• Sitharam, T. G.; Govindaraju, L. (2016). Elasticity for Engineers. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-93-85909-34-4.
• Samui, Pijush; Das, Sarat; Sitharam, T.G. (2010). Soft Computing: in Geotechnical Engineering. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. p. 112. ISBN 978-3639311259.
• Sitharam, T. G. (2008). Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics). S. Chand Publishing. ISBN 978-81-219-2457-3.