PROF. M. R. MADHAV EMERITUS

Professor, JNTU – H.

Prof. M.R.Madhav was the Vice President for Asia, International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geo technical Engineering, and Advisor/Consultant, Energy Infra tech, Navy Mumbai SEZ, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi. He retired as Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kanpur, after thirty-six years of glorious service. Prof. Madhav also worked at several universities abroad (University of Sydney, Australia; Concordia University, Canada, Saga University, Saga; University of Ghent, Belgium, Queen’s University, Belfast, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, USA, etc.). He was an Associate at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Prof. Madhav’s research interests span the whole gamut of Geo technical Engineering. Currently he is actively pursuing research of reinforcement sheet – soil interactions and the response of ground to various types of improvement techniques especially for earthquake disaster mitigation. He guided more than 20 doctoral and several master’s theses and final year projects. He co-edited a book entitled ‘LOWLANDS – DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT’ and authored more than 350 publications in refereed international and national journals and conferences. Prof. Madhav’s received a large count of prestigious awards most recently, he was awarded the most prestigious Bharat Ratna M Visweswaraya Award by Government of AP & Institution of Engineers (I) AP State Centre.