NEWS LETTER. INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY Fax No THE 29 ISET ANNUAL LECTURE

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1 NEWS LETTER INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY Fax No ESTD: 1962 Co-Editor: M. Shrikhande Jan & April 2009 TH THE 29 ISET ANNUAL LECTURE The 29 ISET Annual Lecture was delivered on Estimation of Earquake Ground Motion in e Valley of Mexico and in Delhi, Two Mega Cities by Prof. S.K. Singh, Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, March 06, 2009 in e Conference Room, Dept. of Earquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. Prof. D.K. Paul, President, ISET presided over e function. Prof. H.R. Wason, Vice-President, ISET introduced e eminent speaker. The faculty members, engineers, scientists attended e lecture. The abstract is given below: Mexico City and Delhi are subject to strong shaking from large/great plate-boundary, rust earquakes located at distances exceeding ~300 km, and moderate/large local and regional earquakes. Historically, e plate-boundary earquakes have caused severe damage and loss of lives in e Valley of Mexico, e last being e Michoacan earquake of 1985 (Mw8.0). Since 1985, our capacity of estimating ground motion in e Valley of Mexico from future earquakes has greatly improved. The new building code reflects advances in our knowledge of source characteristics, attenuation relations, and local site effects. A seismic alert system has been in operation since The system, in spite of its many limitations, provides ~60s of alert time to e city before e arrival of large-amplitude seismic waves from some earquakes. Based on recording at a single strong-motion station in e city and known transfer functions of hundreds of sites, shake maps are computed and distributed wiin ~5 minutes of e arrival of S waves. These advances are mainly due to increased seismic instrumentation (especially accelerographs) in e city and elsewhere in e country. Seismic instrumentation in Delhi has been relatively sparse. As a consequence, e knowledge of local and regional seismicity remains poor, and e estimation of ground motion is subject to large uncertainty. The new accelerographic network of Delhi (~18 stations), funded by DST and installed and operated by IITR, may go a long way in correcting ese deficiencies. In is lecture, e status of ground-motion estimation in Mexico City and Delhi is briefly summarized. We especially emphasize ose developments in Mexico City at may be useful for Delhi. Dr. B.K. Maheshwari, Secretary ISET, Prof. D.K. Paul, President ISET, Prof. S.K. Singh, distinguished ISET Annual Speaker, Prof. Ashwani Kumar, Head, EQD and Prof. H.R. Wason, Vice-President ISET, at e time of 29 ISET Annual Lecture 1

2 Prof. D.K. Paul, President, ISET welcoming e Chief Guest and Delegates to e Annual Lecture Prof. Ashwani Kumar, Head, Department of Earquake Engineering, addressing e gaering during Annual Lecture Prof. S.K. Singh delivering e 29 ISET Annual Lecture Dr. B.K. Maheshwari, Secretary, ISET and Prof. H.R. Wason, Vice-President, ISET conducting e 38 Annual General Meeting 2

3 NEWS ITEMS FROM CENTRE OF DISASTER MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT Professor D.K. Paul, Head, Centre of Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee welcomed e participants of e short term course on Earquake Risk Mitigation which was held from March 30 to April 4, 2009 at e Continuing Education Centre jointly organized by Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, and SAARC Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi. The training course was greatly appreciated by all e participants from seven SAARC counties, i.e, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka. The course was very much appreciated as Sou Asia is highly vulnerable to earquakes due to presence of active seismic source regions of world. Out of eight SAARC countries, six are located in is active belt. Many of e important and densely populated cities of ese countries including e capital cities of Kabul, Dhaka, Thimphu, Delhi, Kamandu and Islamabad are located in moderate to severe seismic hazard zones. The course was inaugurated by Padmashree Dr. A.S. Arya, National Seismic Advisor and Professor S.C. Saxena presided over e Inaugural Function. Twenty nine participants ( Afganisan- 3, Bangladesh -3, Bhutan -6, India -8, Nepal 4, Pakistan 2, Sri-Lanka 3) SAARC countries including India attended e course. Professor S.C. Saxena expressed at all e SAARC member countries have similar geopolitical problems and Disaster Risk Mitigation is a common major concern for all of us. We have been hit by different disasters of different magnitude and our people have suffered heavily on is account. We are not only SAARC member countries but also neighbour countries. As disaster does not recognize international boundaries, same hazard may lead to disaster on eier side of e border as was e case of Muzaffrabad earquake.. He expressed his happiness at most SAARC countries have recognized is and took initiative in capacity building in e region to safeguard against hazards. Professor Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee also gave away e Certificates to e participants from ese countries on April 4, 2009 during e Valedictory function. Dr. P.K. Champati Ray, Head and Dr. D.D. Joshi from SAARC Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi attended bo e Inaugural and e Valedictory functions. Prof. A.K. Khan from Bangladesh currently on deputation at e SAARC Disaster Management Centre also attended e Inaugural and Valedictory functions. Professor Ashwani Kumar, Head, Department of Earquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee was also present. Professor D.K. Paul drew attention to e fact at disasters are mostly related to damage of houses against different level of e hazard. Most of our construction practices are very similar and our disaster concerns should also be similar. Collective effort will certainly help us reducing e impact of disasters. 3

4 Prof. Shamsher Prakash, ISET Honorary Fellow received Distinguished Alumnus Award Dr. Shamsher Prakash received e Distinguished Alumnus Award from e Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, in December He has been cited for his internationally and nationally recognized work in e area of soil dynamics, including pioneering work on liquefaction of fine-grained soils, seismic design of piles, and seismic analysis of rigid retaining walls. He revolutionized e use of geotechnical engineering case histories in professional practice and education, and chaired 6-international conferences on case histories in geotechnical engineering He has also auored e first comprehensive text on soil dynamics in In 2003, he was awarded Honorary Doctorate by e Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania. In 2004, Dr Prakash was recognized as Distinguished Alumnus by e Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. He has served on many committees of ASCE and oer professional organizations. He was awarded Life Membership of ASCE for his contributions to ASCE. Professor Prakash was named Honorary Editor of e International Journal of Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering in 2004, Honorary Member of Indian Society of Earquake Technology in 2003 and Indian Geotechnical Society in Institutional Member ISET MEMBERSHIP CORNER The Executive Committee of ISET extends a hearty welcome to e following Members who have been admitted to e Society during e period September 27, 2008 to March 05, IM 128 (P) Executive Director, Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre Secretariat Campus, Rajpur Road, Dehradun Life Members 1. LM 1378 Mr. Jayasimha N. Bangalore 2. LM 1379 Mr. Saish Kempaiah Bangalore 3. LM 1380 Mr. Sanosh B.S. Bangalore 4. LM 1381 Mr. Venkatesh Kabbigere Nagaraju Tumkur, Karnataka 5. LM 1382 Mr. Varaprasad Gollapalli New Delhi 6. LM 1383 Mr. Govindaraju S.K. Mysore, Karnataka 7. LM 1384 Mr. Jaya Shankar B.S. Bangalore 8. LM 1385 Mr. Pavira Kambadahally Mayanna Bangalore 9. LM 1386 Mr. Suresh Ninge Gowda Bangalore 10. LM 1387 Mr. Sandesh K. Rao Bangalore 11. LM 1388 Mr. Raja Lakshmana Setty Varadaraju Bangalore 12. LM 1389 Mr. Prakash Gangadhar Talamani Hubli, Karnataka 13. LM 1390 Mr. Shashikan P. Kodi Bangalore 14. LM 1391 Mr. Jagadeesh M. Kattalagere Davangere, Karnataka 15. LM 1392 Mr. Aravind Venkatesha Mury Bangalore 16. LM 1393 Mr. Adarsh Kumar S. Mysore, Karnataka 17. LM 1394 Mr. Trijugi Na Gupta New Delhi 18. LM 1395 Mr. Parajyoti Deka Kolkata 19. LM 1396 Mr. Tushar Hematlal Bhoraniya Ahmedabad 20 LM 1397 Mr. Sonal Pragnesh Thakkar Ahmedabad 21 LM 1398 Mr. Govardhan EQD, IIT Roorkee 22. LM 1399 Ms. Putul Haldar Burdwan, West Bengal 23. LM 1400 Mr. Monohar N. Pakade Nagpur 24. LM 1401 Mr. Ratnesh Kumar EQD, IIT Roorkee 25. LM 1402 Dr. Naveen Pareek Patiala, Punjab 26. LM 1403 Mr. Chandappa M. Allolli Bagalkot, Karnataka 27. LM 1404 Mr. V.V.S. Surya Kumar Dadi Visakhapatnam (A..P.) 28. LM 1405 Dr. Pramod Kumar Gupta CED, IIT Roorkee 29. LM 1406 Mr. Vaibhav V. Karadkhelkar Latur, Maharashtra 30. LM 1407 Mr. Jeyan B.K. Bangalore 31. LM 1408 Mr. Swaroop H.M. Mysore, Karnataka 32. LM 1409 Mr. Abhilash URS K.R. Mysore, Karnataka 4

5 33. LM 1410 Ms. Sasmita Sahoo EQD, IIT Roorkee 34. LM 1411 Mr. Satish Chandra K. Mysore, Karnataka 35. LM 1412 Mr. Sunil Kumar H. EQD, IIT Roorkee 36. LM 1413 Mr. Chean Krishne Gowda Bangalore 37. LM 1414 Dr. Rajashekhar R. Malur Bangalore 38. LM 1415 Mr. Anil Kumar Singla Bainda, Punjab 39. LM 1416 Mr. Swapnil Bapu Kharmale Mumbai 40. LM 1417 Mr. Narayana G. Bangalore 41. LM 1418 Mr. Manish A. Chajed Bangalore 42. LM 1419 Dr. Paresh V. Patel Ahmedabad 43. LM 1420 Mr. Murali G.S. Mandya, Karnataka 44. LM 1421 Mr. Manjunaa Lakkundi EQD, IIT Roorkee 45. LM 1422 Mr. Vinay Kishor Mahadik EQD, IIT Roorkee 46. LM 1423 Mr. Hasan M. Rangwala EQD, IIT Roorkee 47. LM 1424 Mr. Suresh Shahaji Kale EQD, IIT Roorkee 48. LM 1425 Ms. Shrabony Adhikary EQD, IIT Roorkee 49. LM 1426 Mr. Amratbhai P. Panchal EQD, IIT Roorkee 50. LM 1427 Mr. Nikhil N. Futane EQD, IIT Roorkee 51. LM 1428 Mr. Ashish Kumar EQD, IIT Roorkee 52. LM 1429 Mr. Shiv Kumar Agarwal EQD, IIT Roorkee 53. LM 1430 Mr. Ranjit Das EQD, IIT Roorkee 54. LM 1431 Mr. Prashant Dashara Sae EQD, IIT Roorkee 55. LM 1432 Mr. R. Surya Prakash EQD, IIT Roorkee 56. LM 1433 Mr. P. Nagarajan EQD, IIT Roorkee 57. LM 1434 Mr. Logesh M.P. EQD, IIT Roorkee 58. LM 1435 Mr. Sukanta Chakraborty EQD, IIT Roorkee 59. LM 1436 Mr. Rakesh M.S. Mysore, Karnataka 60. LM 1437 Mr. Shashi Kumar C.S. Bangalore 61. LM 1438 Ms. Sindhu S. Saraswai Bangalore 62. LM 1439 Mr. Chandramouli S.V. Bangalore 63. LM 1440 Mr. Ashwani Kumar Diwan Hamirpur CALENDER OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS APRIL 8-10, 2009 Annual Meeting of e Seismological Society of America, Monterey, CA Contact address: For more details, please visit: JUNE 1-3, 2009 SEM Annual Conf. & Expo on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM Contact address: For more details, please visit: JUNE 15-17, 2009 Int'l Conf. on Performance-Based Design in EQ Geotech. Eng., Tokyo, Japan Contact address: For more details, please visit: JUNE 28 to JULY 01, 2009 TCLEE Conference: Lifeline EQ Eng. in a Multihazard Environment, Oakland, CA Contact address: For more details, please visit: SEPTEMBER 13-17, Int'l Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR2009), Osaka, Japan Contact address: For more details, please visit: MAY 23-29, Int'l Conference on Recent Advances in Geotech. EQ Eng. & Soil Dynamics & Symposium in Honor of I.M. Idriss, San Diego, CA Contact address: For more details, please visit: JULY 25-29, U.S. Nat'l & 10 Canadian Conference on EQ Eng.: Reaching Beyond Borders, Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Canada Contact address: For more details, please visit: 5

6 ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING MINUTES OF THE 38 ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY HELD ON MARCH 06, 2009 AT 4:45 P.M IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, DEPARTMENT OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE, ROORKEE 38.0 The meeting was chaired by Prof. H.R. Wason, Vice-President ISET. The Chairman welcomed e ISET members to e 38 Annual General Body Meeting The minutes of e 37 Annual General Body Meeting were confirmed The action taken on e minutes of e 37 AGM were reported and e same were noted Reporting Items: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) In e 37 AGM, ISET Shamsher Prakash Award for Significant Contribution in Geotechnical Earquake Engineering, wi a face value of Rs. 51,000/-, a shawl and a plaque was instituted. In is concern, first installment of Rs Lac was received on May The amount has been deposited in Indian Overseas Bank, Roorkee as a Fixed Deposit for 30 mons wi 8.5%. Amended Constitution dated (as on e basis of last AGM) was reported to EC. The nominations of Late Prof. Jai Krishna and Prof. A.S. Arya had been sent for Legends in Earquake Engineering. It gives a great pleasure to inform at ISET Honorary Fellow Late Prof. Jai Krishna has been elected as Legend of Earquake Engineering among 13 legends selected world wide. Prof. D.K. Paul, President ISET, National Delegate from India and Dr. B.K. Maheshwari, Secretary ISET, attended e 14 World Conference on Earquake Engineering (WCEE) at Beijing, China held during October 12-17, As per e election held on May 24, 2008, e following new E.C. has been formed at ISET Mumbai Chapter: Sri S.P. Bagli Sri Arun Samota Sri K. Giridhar, Sri C.S. Unnikrishnan Nair & Sri Kapilesh Bargava - Chairman - Secretary - Members Letter of Prof. N. Munirudrappa, Chairman, ISET Bangalore Local Chapter has been considered by Executive Committee. Through is letter Dr. Munirudrappa has sent his resignation as Chairman of e Chapter to e President, ISET and Prof. V. Devraj, Secretary, ISET Bangalore Local Chapter has taken over e charge of e Chairman, Bangalore Local Chapter. A Committee wi Dr. N.C. Singhal as its Convener, and Dr. Vipul Prakash and Shri Amitava Ghosh as its members had been formed to supervise e election of various office bearers and members of e ISET Executive Committee for e term The Secretary, ISET had invited e nominations in is regard (vide letter No. ISET/Election/ dated Oct. 10, 2008). The last date for receipt of Ballot Papers is March 10, The DST has released a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) towards printing expenses of e ISET Journals & News Letters and eir circulation The AICTE has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) towards printing expenses of e ISET Journals, News Letters, eir circulation, ISET Directory and contingencies & Consumables. However, no amount has been received as yet, reminders have been already sent. A committee was convened by Sri K.C. Naiani, a member of Executive Committee for reviewing e ISET membership fee. The E.C. expressed sincere appreciation of good work done by e members of e committee. The revised rates of new membership fee are effective from February 1, 2009 instead of January 1, 2009 as notified earlier. This one mon extension was given in view of delay in dispatch of e newsletter containing e news of fees enhancement. 6

7 Category of Membership Fees Old Fees Revised Fees April 2002 February 2009 In India * * * * * * Life membership Rs. 3000/- Rs. 5000/- Annual Membership Rs. 750/- Rs. 1000/- Student Membership (Annual) Rs. 200/- Rs. 500/- Permanent Institutional Membership Rs /- Rs /- Annual Institutional Membership Rs. 4000/- Rs. 6000/- Life Fellowship (For conversion of Life Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2000/ Membership to Fellowship) *Annual Subscription of ISET Journal Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2000/- Outside India Life membership US$ 300/- US$ 500/- Annual Membership US$ 75/- US$ 100/- Permanent Institutional Membership US$ 1500/- US$ 2500/- Annual Institutional Membership US$ 400/- US$ 600/- Life Fellowship (For conversion of Life US$ 150/- US$ 200/- Membership to Fellowship) *Annual Subscription of ISET Journal US$ 150/- US$ 200/- *Already revised rates are in in-force (wi effective year 2008) as per EC resolution Considered e Annual Audited Report of Accounts of e Society for e year ending March 31, 2008 as approved by e Executive Committee and e same was approved by e General Body (Annexure II) Considered e Annual Report of e Secretary for e period March 12, 2008 to March 05, 2009 as approved by e Executive Committee and e same was approved by e General Body (Annexure I) Any oer items: 1. The E.C. in its 160 meeting held on March 06, 2009 has recommended Prof. Harsh K. Gupta for award of Honorary Fellowship of e Society. The General Body unanimously confirmed e Honorary Fellowship on Prof. Harsh K. Gupta. 2. Suggestions were made by some members to give attention /explore e following items: a. Update of ISET website; delivery of Newsletters b. Organization of various activities which are useful for masses, for example Masons Training Program, etc. c. Some members raised e issue of low interest rate (about 6.5%) earned on ISET fixed deposits in IOB. The ISET office is well aware about it. This was e case only wi few old FDs which were made before 2 years and are now getting matured. The same has been re-invested in IOB/PNB wi a higher interest rate ranging (8.5% to 9.5%). It was suggested at ISET Office should consider premature closing of FDs and reinvesting in FDs at higher rates, whenever possible and beneficial. d. The members voiced eir concern for delay in publication of ISET journal (which is running about one year behind e schedule). It was also pointed out at e delay is not on e part of peer review as e papers which were accepted about one year back are still in e process of printing. The Secretary and The Co-Editor informed e members about e process currently followed in publication. Thus e concern was well received and ISET office assured to reduce is time lag. Few of e members also suggested for online publication of papers before actual print comes out. It was informed at presently ISET do not have is facility but e same can be explored. e. The members suggested at e Local Chapters should be encouraged for various activities. Also ey are requested to hold elections for e office bearers on time and send e information to e ISET head quarter. The meeting ended wi a vote of anks to e chair. (Dr. B.K. Maheshwari) Secretary 7

8 ANNEXURE-I INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE ANNUAL REPORT (For e period from March 12, 2008 to March 05, 2009) Dear Members, It gives me pleasure in presenting e Annual Report of Indian Society of Earquake Technology for e period March 12, 2008 to March 05, The salient activities of e Society during is period are presented in is Annual Report. 1. Meetings The last Annual General Body Meeting (37 AGM) of e Society was held at Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on 12 March 2008, minutes of which were published in e ISET News Letter of Jan April During e period of report, Four Executive Committee meetings (ECM) have taken place as detailed below: Meeting No. Date Venue 156 ECM March 12, 2008 New Delhi 157 ECM June 20, 2008 Roorkee 158 ECM September 26, 2008 Roorkee 159 ECM December 26, 2008 Roorkee 2. Audit Report The Report on e Accounts of e Society for e financial year , audited by M/s Vikas Khanna & Co., Chartered Accountants, Roorkee, was approved by e E.C. in its meeting held on December 26, It may be noted at in is financial year, e total capital fund of e Society has significantly increased from Rs. 26,93, to Rs. 28,91, The excess of income over expenditure during e financial year was Rs. 51, Publications The March-June 2008 combined issue of e ISET Journal is in printing. The September-December 2008 combined issue is under type-setting. 4. ISET Annual Lecture The 28 ISET Annual Lecture was delivered on March 12, 2008 at Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi by Dr. K.G. Bhatia, General Manager (Retd.), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., New Delhi on 'Foundations for Industrial Machines and Earquake Effects'. 5. Membership Since April 01, 2008, 85 Life Members, 1 Life Fellow, and 1 Institutional Member have been enrolled. Financial Individual Members Life Institution Members Total Membership year Fellows Increased Life Annual Permanent Annual (as on March 5, 2009) 8

9 6. Election of ISET E.C. for e term A Committee wi Dr. N.C. Singhal as its Convener, and Dr. Vipul Prakash and Shri Amitava Ghosh as its members had been formed to supervise e election of various office bearers and members of e ISET Executive Committee for e term The Secretary, ISET had invited e nominations in is regard (vide letter No. ISET/Election/ dated Oct. 10, 2008). The last date for receipt of Ballot Papers is March 10, Membership Fees A committee was convened by Sri K.C. Naiani a member of Executive Committee for reviewing e ISET membership fee. The E.C. expressed sincere appreciation of good work done by e members of e committee. The revised rates of new membership fee are effective from February 1, 2009 instead of January 1, 2009 as notified earlier. This one mon extension was given in view of delay in dispatch of e newsletter containing e news of fees enhancement: Category of Membership Fees Old Fees Revised Fees April 2002 February 2009 In India Life membership Rs. 3000/- Rs. 5000/ Annual Membership Rs. 750/- Rs. 1000/- Student Membership (Annual) Rs. 200/- Rs. 500/- Permanent Institutional Membership Rs /- Rs /- Annual Institutional Membership Rs. 4000/- Rs. 6000/- Life Fellowship (For conversion of Life Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2000/- Membership to Fellowship) *Annual Subscription of ISET Journal Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2000/- Outside India Life membership US$ 300/- US$ 500/- Annual Membership US$ 75/- US$ 100/- Permanent Institutional Membership US$ 1500/- US$ 2500/- Annual Institutional Membership US$ 400/- US$ 600/- Life Fellowship (For conversion of Life US$ 150/- US$ 200/- Membership to Fellowship) *Annual Subscription of ISET Journal US$ 150/- US$ 200/- *Already revised rates are in in-force (wi effective year 2008) as per EC resolution Financial Assistance by DST The DST has released a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh) towards printing expenses of e ISET Journals & News Letters and eir circulation. 9. Financial Assistance by AICTE The AICTE has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) towards printing expenses of e ISET Journals, News Letters, eir circulation, ISET Directory and contingencies & Consumables. However, no amount has been received as yet, reminders have been already sent. 10. ISET Shamsher Prakash award In e 37 AGM, ISET Shamsher Prakash Award for Significant Contribution in Geotechnical Earquake Engineering wi a face value of Rs. 51,000/-, a shawl and a plaque was instituted. In is concern, first installment of Rs Lac was received in May The amount has been deposited in Indian Overseas Bank, Roorkee as a fixed deposit for 30 mons wi 8.5%. 11. Membership Fee The Society received a sum of Rs. 1,45, in e financial year in e form of fee for various categories of membership of e Society. 12. Activities of Local Chapters Roorkee Local Chapter Roorkee Local Chapter organized e following four lectures alongwi e Department of Earquake Engineering, I.I.T. Roorkee: 9

10 1. Lecture on Two Fractal Dynamic Overlap Model of Earquakes was delivered on April 02, 2008 by Prof. Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Head, CMR Division, Center for Applied Maematics and Computations, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 2. Lecture on Recent Advances in Seismology wi Relevance to Earquake Engineering was delivered on June 03, 2008 by Prof. S.K. Singh, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico 3. Lecture on Non-Linear Analysis of Functionally Graded and composite Shells was delivered on December 19, 2008 by Dr. J.N. Reddy, Distinguished Professor and Inaugial Holder of e Oscal S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mediavical Engineering at Texay A&M University 4. Lecture on The Global Earquake Model-GEM was delivered on February 24, 2009 by Dr. Conrad C. Lindholm, Program Manager, Earquakes and Environment, NORSAR, Norway Delhi Chapter Delhi Chapter organized e following two lectures alongwi e Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi: 1. Lecture on Heal Monitoring of Structure: Technological Issues and Challenges was delivered on August 21, 2008 by Dr. S. Bhalla, Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Delhi 2. Lecture on Tensegrity Structures for Mass Sheltering was delivered on March 03, 2009 by Dr. S. Bhalla, Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Delhi Mumbai Chapter The new office bearers elected in e election on May 24, 2008 of Mumbai Chapter are as follows: Chairman Secretary Members Bangalore Chapter : Sri S.P. Bagli : Sri Arun Samota : Sri K. Giridhar, Sri C.S. Unnikrishnan Nair & Sri Kapilesh Bargava Letter of Prof. N. Munirudrappa, Chairman, ISET Bangalore Local Chapter has been considered by Executive Committee. Through is letter Dr. Munirudrappa has sent his resignation as Chairman of e Chapter to e President, ISET and Prof. V. Devraj, Secretary, ISET Bangalore Local Chapter has been taken over e charge of Chairman. 13. Acknowledgements The Society would like to ank e AICTE and DST, New Delhi for generous grants to support its activities. Thanks to Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Professor & Head, Department of Earquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee for extending e facilities required for smoo functioning of e Society and carrying out its activities. The Society is grateful to Dr. K.G. Bhatia, General Manager (Retd.), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., New Delhi for delivering e 28 ISET Annual Lecture. We are also grateful to Prof. S.K Singh, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico for kindly accepting our invitation for delivering e 29 ISET Annual Lecture. The Society is also ankful to e auors and reviewers of papers published in e ISET Journal and e members of e Editorial Committee. Sincere anks are also placed on record to all individuals and organizations, who have helped e Society directly or indirectly in furerance of its objectives. In e end, I would like to ank all e members of e Executive Committee, in particular, Prof. D.K. Paul, President, Prof. H.R. Wason, Vice-President, Prof. Vinay K. Gupta, Editor & Dr. Manish Shrikhande, Co-Editor, and Dr. N.C. Singhal, Past Secretary, who were always willing to help and advise me in carrying out my responsibilities as Secretary of e Society. Roorkee (B.K. Maheshwari) March 05, 2009 Secretary 7 2 $ / / 0 ( 0 %( ), 6 ( 7 : HZ RXOGOLNHWRKDYH\ RXUFXUUHQWP DLOLQJDGGUHVVWHOHSKRQHQXP EHUVP RELOHQXP EHUID[ QXP EHUDQG HP DLODGGUHVV. LQGO\ VHQGWKLVLQIRUP DWLRQWKURXJKHP DLODWLVHW# LLWUHUQHWLQ: HORRNIRUZ DUGIRU\ RXU DFWLYHSDUWLFLSDWLRQLQWKHDIIDLUVRIWKH6 RFLHW\ 10

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