IGS-FERROCO TERZAGHI ORATION

The IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration (IFTO) is a biennial series of orations which is given by a renowned expert from India and abroad alternately. The inaugural IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration (IFTO-2008) was delivered by the renowned Prof. Harry Poulos on “Burj Khalifa” at Indore on 4th October 2008. The Oration was a grand success by all counts. The second of the Oration in this series was delivered by our own Prof. M.R. Madhav on “Geomechanics Revisited – A New Paradigm for Geotechnical Engineering” on 4th October 2010 at Bangalore. The third Oration in this series was delivered by Prof. Kerry Rowe of Queens University, Kingston, Canada, a renowned expert, on “Design and Construction of Barrier Systems to Minimize Environmental Impacts Due to MSW Leachate and Gas” on 5th October 2012 at IIT Delhi. The fourth Oration in this series was delivered by Prof. A. Sridharan on “Soil Clay Mineralogy and Physico-Chemical Mechanisms Governing the Fine-Grained Soil Behaviour” on 11th October 2014 at Ludhiana. The fifth Oration in this series was delivered by Prof. William F. Vam Impe on “Some Fundamental Issues and Examples of Geo-engineering Challenges caused by Crushable Sands” on 8th October 2016 at Kochi. The sixth Oration in this series was delivered by Prof. T. Ramamurthy on “Realistic Parameters Adoption to Solve Rock Engineering Problems” on 13th October 2018 at Indore. The seventh and eighth Orations in this series were delivered by Prof. Jean Louis Briaud on “40 Years of Full-Scale Infrastructure Testing at a National Site”; and Prof. K.S Rao on “The Art of Tunnelling in Challenging Himalayan Ground Conditions” respectively at IIT Bombay on 2nd October, 2022.

The ninth edition of the IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration will be presented by the distinguished Prof. Giulia M.B. Viggiani of the University of Cambridge on 5th October 2024.

Prof. Giulia M.B. Viggiani
The University of Cambridge