Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay was established in 1958 and the Civil Engineering Department is part of the institute since its inception.

It has a vision to be the fountain-head of new ideas and innovations in Civil Engineering and a mission to offer world-class undergraduate and post-graduate education, research guidance, professional consultancy, outreach and manpower training as well as leadership in Civil Engineering.

Geotechnical Engineering IIT Bombay

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a broad-based undergraduate (UG) B. Tech. degree programme. They also have the opportunity to convert into dual-degree (B. Tech.-M. Tech.) programme in the available specializations. The department offers M. Tech. and Ph. D. programmes in the following specializations:

Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Remote Sensing
Transportation Systems Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Construction Technology and Management

Geotechnical Engineering

Centrifuge modelling; In-situ and laboratory engineering properties of soil; Numerical and physical modelling in geotechniques; Geomaterial and porous media characterization.

Environmental geotechnology; Industrial waste disposal and utilization.

Earthquake geotechnical engineering; Soil-structure interaction problems; Foundation engineering. Numerical modelling of foundation and retaining structures.

Soil reinforcements; Slope stabilization; Rock slopes and rock joints; Ground improvement.

Digital image processing: Digital terrain modelling; GIS applications to landslides.

Geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures; Engineering application of geosynthetics.

Faculty List

D.M. Dewaikar
Adjunct Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

J.N. Mandal
Emeritus Fellow , Geotechnical Engineering

D.N. Singh
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

B.V.S.Viswanadham
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

Deepankar Choudhury
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

Ashish Juneja
Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

S. Murthy Dasaka
Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

Prasenjit Basu
Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering