Proceedings of the conference on Recent Advances in Rock Engineering (RARE 2016)

Patrons

  • Balvinder Kumar

    Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, India

  • Anil Swarup

    Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt of India, India

  • Prof. Ashutosh Sharma 

    Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, India

Chairman Organizing Committee

  • Dr. V. Venkateswarlu

    Director, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

Organizing Secretary

  • Dr. H.S. Venkatesh

    HoD, Rock Blasting & Excavation Engineering Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

Advisory Committee

  • R. Sridharan

    Special Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, India

  • B.K. Rao

    Former Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, India

  • Dr. Anup K. Pujari

    Former Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, India

  • Prof. B.B. Dhar

    Former Director, Central Mining Research Institute, New Delhi, India

  • Dr. P.K. Singh

    Director, Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad, India

  • Prof. D.C. Panigrahi

    Director, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India

  • Prof. Jose A. Sanchidra

    Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

  • Prof. Sarma S. Kanchibotla

    Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, Australia

  • Prof. Satya Harpalani

    Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

  • Prof. G.N. Pande

    Swansea University, UK

  • Prof. Robin Chowdhury

    Emeritus Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia  

  • Dr. Gopal Dhawan

    Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd, India

  • R.K. Sinha

    Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines, India

  • C.K. Asnani

    Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd, Jaduguda, India

  • A.K. Mishra

    Managing Director, Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority, Bhutan

  • L.S. Shekhawat

    Chief Operating Officer, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Udaipur, India

  • R.K. Vishnoi

    Executive Director,THDC India Ltd, Rishikesh, India

  • Dr. N.M. Raju

    Former Director, NIRM, Hyderabad, India

  • Prof. R.N. Gupta

    Former Director, NIRM & Consultant – Tunnelling Technology, Bengaluru, India

  • Dr. P.C. Nawani

    Former Director, NIRM & Consulting Engineering Geologist, Gurugram, India

Organizing Committee

  • Subhash Chandra

    Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, India

  • Dr. Rajinder Bhasin

    Norwegian Institute of Technology, Norway

  • Dr. Shivakumar Karekal

    University of Wollangong, Australia

  • Dorji P. Phuntshok

    Director, Druk Green Power Corporation Ltd, Bhutan

  • Dr. R.K. Bajpai

    Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

  • P.K. Sarkar

    Dy Director General of Mines Safety (Southern Region), Bengaluru, India

  • Dr. Asim Kr. Sinha

    Dy DG, Directorate General of Mines Safety, Ranchi, India

  • Prof. T.G. Sitharam

    Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

  • Dr. R.K. Goel

    Chief Scientist, Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Roorkee, India

  • Singa Tiu

    Controller of Mines (South Zone), Indian Bureau of Mines, Bengaluru, India

  • A. Manohar Rao

    Director (Projects & Plg), Singareni Collieries Co Ltd, Kothagudem,India

  • Dr. Anupam Agnihotri

    Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research, Design & Development Centre, Nagpur, India

  • Krishna Raju

    Managing Partner, Mining & Allied Products, Hyderabad, India

  • Dr. Surya Parkash

    National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India

  • Prof. K.S. Rao

    Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

  • Prof. V.R. Sastry

    Department of Mining Engg, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, India

  • Prof. B.K. Shrivastva

    Department of Mining Engg, Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India

  • Prof. T.N. Singh

    Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

  • Prof. N.R. Thote

    Mining Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Inst. of Technology, Nagpur, India

  • Prof. G.S. Rawat

    Dean, School of Earth Sciences, HNB Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, India

  • Dr. K.V. Shanker

    Professor of Mining Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India

  • Dr. Manoj Verman

    President, International Society for Rock Mechanics, India

  • J.A. Nagabhushana Rao

    Dy DG & HoD, RSAS, Geological Survey of India, Bengaluru, India

Organizing Assistance

  • A. Rajan Babu

    Principal Scientist, Centre for Testing Services, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. P.C. Jha

    HoD, Engineering Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • C. Sivakumar

    HoD, Micro-seismics & Engineering Seismology Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Sripad R. Naik

    HoD, Numerical Modelling & Ground Control Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. D.S. Subrahmanyam

    HoD, Geotechnical Engineering Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. V.R. Balasubramaniam

    HoD, Environmental & Exploration Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. A.K. Naithani

    HoD, Engineering Geology Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • A.N. Nagarajan

    Registrar, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • S. Ravi

    Purchase & Stores Officer, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

Editorial Assistance

  • Dr. V.R. Balasubramaniam

    HoD, Environmental & Exploration Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Praveena Das Jennifer

    Scientist II, Environmental & Exploration Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Amrith Renaldy

    Scientist II, Ground Control Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

Formatting Assistance

  • B. Butchi Babu

    Scientist II, Engineering Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Goverdhan Kantepudi

    Scientist I, Environmental & Exploration Geophysics Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Aditya Mishra

    Scientist I, Numerical Modelling & Ground Control Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. Prasnna Jain

    Scientist II, Engineering Geology Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Dr. L.G. Singh

    Scientist II, Engineering Geology Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • B.N.V. Siva Prasad

    Scientist I, Numerical Modelling & Ground Control Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • Vamshidhar Kusumbha

    Scientist II, Geotechnical Engineering Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India

  • B.H. Vijaysekar

    Scientist II, Numerical Modelling & Ground Control Dept, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, India