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. He has served as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education from 2022 to 2025. He is known for his works in the fields of rock mechanics, rock engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering. He is an elected fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India) and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

He is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering and several other journals , Chairman , Board of Governors, NIFTEM-T, Thanjavur, TN (an Institute of National Importance) 2026-2029 , MoFPI, Govt of India, Member ,Member, National Council for Science Museums (NCSM) Society, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ( 2026 -2031)

Awards and honors S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998) The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014) IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015) Sir M Visvesvaraya State Award for Senior Scientists Listed in world ranking of top 2% Indian Scientist in Geological & Geomatics Engineering 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025

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