The Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Vardhaman College of Engineering (IGS Vardhaman) student chapter (Chapter under the supervision of the IGS-IIT Hyderabad Chapter) was inaugurated on 28-07-2018 by the Department of Civil Engineering of Vardhaman College of Engineering. The ceremony was inaugurated by Dr. H Venketeswara Reddy, Principal in Charge, Dr. Mallikarjuna Rao, Head of Department (Civil) and Ajay Yella (Vice President, IGS Student Chapter) and Dr. Dharmesh Lal (Coordinator of IGS Vardhaman Student Chapter).

The following are the events conducted under this professional society

(i) Guest Lecture on “Raising awareness of consultancy in Civil Engineering” By Dr. Darga Kumar

The Department of Civil Engineering of Vardhaman College of Engineering organized a Guest Lecture on “Raising awareness of consultancy in Civil Engineering” under Indian Geotechnical Society Vardhaman college of Engineering (IGS Vardhaman) Student Chapter on 30th November, 2018 from 10 a.m to 12 p.m. The main objective of the program was to bring eminent professors from recognized institutions to share their knowledge and expertise. The program helped the students to gain knowledge of the practical aspects that occurs during construction of various engineering structures. The speaker for the technical talk on “Raising awareness of consultancy in Civil Engineering”. was Dr. Darga Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, JNTU, Hyderabad.

The event proved to be grand success because of the active participation of the students. Guest Lecture is a way of enriching students with the latest technology and developments from expert knowledge of speakers who have vast skills and expertise in the area beyond curriculum. In addition, a good interaction took place between the speaker and participants. Further, the Civil Engineering Department had an opportunity to explore the possibilities of collaboration with the speaker with respect to internships and consultancy.

(ii) IGS Quiz competition

A quiz competition was conducted under the IGS chapter by the Department of Civil Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering. There was an enthusiastic response from the students from the day the competition was announced . For the third and fourth years of B.Tech, there were approximately 44 participants who actively participated in the competition . On 05-01-2019, the program was conducted. In each group, regardless of their year, the participants were divided into a group of 2 members . The primary idea was to instill a sense of teamwork.

Some groups were elimanated based on the cut off for each round, the competition was split into 4 rounds each round. The first round was a written test performed for 20 points, which was mcq form. For each group, the second round was a questionnaire with two questions . The third round was a rapid fire round that gave them 60 seconds of time to answer any questions they could. The teams were asked to image the chit and enact the GT related term provided in the fourth round was a damshal arts round. Each round was followed by an elimination, questions were posted for the audiences between each round.

Dr. G Mallikarjun Rao, head of the (civil) department, Vardhaman College of Engineering and Dr. Ramana Murthy Professor Nit Warangal did the award distribution. The prize money was 1st prize-Rs.3000 2nd prize-Rs.2000 3rd prize-Rs.1000.

(iii) Guest Lecture on “Case Studies on Geotechnical Engineering”
By Dr. Ramana Murthy V

On 9th March 2019, the Department of Civil Engineering of Vardhaman College of Engineering at the Indian Geotechnical Society Vardhaman College of Engineering (IGS Vardhaman) Student Chapter arranged a guest lecture on’ Case Studies on Geotechnical Engineering’ at 12.30 p.m. The key aim of the program was to put together respected professors from recognized institutions to share their experience and knowledge. The curriculum enabled students to gain knowledge of the functional aspects of different engineering systems that arise during construction. 130 participants, including the Principal (Dr. S. Sai Satyanarayana Reddy), Vardhaman College of Engineering, Dr. Mallikarjun Rao, Head of Department (Civil), Vardhaman College of Engineering, Dr. Dharmesh Lal (IGS Coordinator), Dr. Chandra Bogi Reddy (IGS Coordinator) and Ajay Yella Lal (IGS Coordinator), participated in the program (Vice-President, IGS Vardhaman Chapter).