Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Director & Patron of the Symposium delivering the Presidential Address at the Inaugural Function.

Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Director & Patron of the Symposium delivering the Presidential Address at the Inaugural Function.

The technical proceedings of the Symposium were organized in eight Technical Sessions spread over two days. A total of 67 technical presentations were made covering different themes namely Engineering Seismology, Tsunami, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Design of New Structures, Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Structures, Infrastructure and Lifeline Systems, Social and Economic Aspects, Preparedness and Emergency Management of Large Earthquakes, and Urban Risk Assessment

The resolutions made during the Symposium are as under:

· The Society should continue to arrange such symposia/workshops to provide a necessary forum for scientists and engineers of various specializations to come together and exchange ideas on the problems of Earthquake Technology and also to encourage the interaction between industry and academia.

· The Society should continue to disseminate knowledge in the field of Earthquake Technology dealing with scientific and

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A Brief Report on

A two days was held at Roorkee during October 20-21, 2012. The Symposium was organized by Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) in collaboration with the Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. This Symposium was sponsored/co-sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi; AERB, Mumbai; MoES, New Delhi; and NDMA, New Delhi. An exhibition of some earthquake recording instruments was arranged by M/s Toshniwal Brothers (Delhi), Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

Director, Institute of Technology Roorkee and Patron, extended a warm welcome to the delegates and the Chief Guest Padmashree Former National Seismic Advisor, Government of India & Member, SDMA, Govt. of Bihar. The inaugural function was presided over by Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

Professor Emeritus, Missouri University of Science and Technology USA was the Guest of Honour. The Souvenir and Abstract Volume of the Symposium and the proceedings on a CD were released by the Chief Guest during the inaugural function.

“ISET GOLDEN JUBILEE SYMPOSIUM”October 20-21, 2012, Roorkee

“ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium”

Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Prof. A.S. Arya,

Prof. Shamsher Prakash,

Prof. H.R. Wason, President, ISET welcoming the Chief Guest and Delegates to the Annual Lecture

engineering aspects. Networking with other organizations with similar mandate, for example, national/state disaster management/mitigation authorities, NGOs, etc. should be developed to effectively pursue common objectives. The Society should aggressively take up outreach programmes to directly connect with the general public and address their problems/concerns related to seismic safety issues.

· The Society should publish and disseminate essential earthquake safety tips for durable housing in its publications. The use of Information Technology should be increased for easy and rapid communication.

· The Society should look for developing appropriate content in vernacular languages with the help of its Local Chapters for promoting earthquake safety amongst the masses.

ndThe 32 ISET Annual Lecture was delivered on by Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), New Delhi on Saturday, March 03, 2012 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Prof. H.R. Wason, President, ISET presided over the function. Prof. M.L. Sharma, Vice-President, ISET introduced the eminent speaker. The abstract is given below:

Tsunami is a system of ocean gravity waves formed as a result of large-scale disturbance of the sea floor that occurs in a relatively short duration of time. The Indian Ocean is likely to be affected by tsunamis generated mainly by earthquakes from the two potential source regions, the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra Island Arc and the Makran Subduction Zone. In response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004, India has established a Tsunami Warning System and has been operational since September 2007. The system comprises seismic systems, bottom pressure recorders, tidal gauges, coastal radars and warning centre supported by robust communication infrastructure. A database of pre-run scenarios for travel times and run-up height has been created using Tsunami N2 model. At the time of event, the closest scenario is picked from the database for generating advisories. The information on sea level data enables confirmation or cancellation of a tsunami warning. Tsunami bulletins are then generated based on decision support rules and disseminated to the concerned authorities for action, following a standard operating procedure. The criteria for generation of advisories (warning/alert/watch) are based on the tsunamigenic potential of an earthquake, travel time (i.e. time taken by the tsunami wave to reach the particular coast) and likely inundation. The Tsunami Warning Centre has successfully monitored and reported more than 200 earthquakes of larger than 6.0 magnitude uptill now. The most notable was the M8.4 Earthquake of September 12, 2007 near Indonesia that eventually triggered a minor tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The Indian BPR network got triggered in to the Tsunami Response Mode' for this earthquake and the real time observations matched- very well with the model outputs. This afforded the validation of the end-to-end system, which performed as designed.

Dr. Manish Shrikhande proposed vote of thanks. The annual lecture was attended by large member of engineers, academician ndscientists and students. The 32 Annual Lecture was followed by Annual General Meeting at Delhi.

NDTHE 32 ISET ANNUAL LECTURE

“Tsunami Warning System”

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FUNCTION

Dr. Shailesh Nayak delivering nd

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A view of the audience at the time ndof 32 ISET Annual Lecture

Prof. H.R. Wason, President presenting aMemento to the Speaker Dr. Shailesh Nayak

Prof. M.L. Sharma, Vice-President presenting a Memento to the Guest of Honor Prof. Khalid Moin

Dr. Manish Shrikhande, Secretary, ISET; Prof. H.R. Wason, President, ISET and

Prof. M.L. Sharma, Vice-President, ISET conducting nd

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DECLARATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ON THE SENTENCING OF SEVEN SCIENTISTS IN ITALY OVER ACCUSATIONS OF HAVING MADE A FALSELY REASSURING STATEMENT BEFORE THE L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKE IN 2009

We are deeply shocked that seven scientists who were members of the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks have been sentenced to prison terms for having provided “inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory” information about the danger of the minor tremors felt ahead of 6 April 2009 M6.3 earthquake, leading to the deaths of some 300 persons in and around the historic town of L'Aquila in central Italy.

While we have not examined the wording of the court's decision we must take a stand on what we believe is a flawed judgment that might have a negative impact for the future. Earthquake science is not a magical tool that allows anyone to state with any degree of credible reliability when and where an earthquake with a prescribed size will occur because earthquake occurrence does not conform to a simple and coherent pattern. The interpretation of minor foreshocks to state whether they herald a major earthquake to follow has yet never been done, except in the imagination of publicity seekers with no scientific credentials or on account of pure coincidence. The seven defendants are all well known in their respective professional fields, and enjoy the respect of their peers. We feel that justice has been poorly served, and a dangerous precedent has been established with the verdict. N responsible scientist will henceforth dare to risk his professional reputation (not to mention personal well-being) by interpreting signals of activity from volcanoes or possible effects of hurricanes. Forces of nature usually do not lend themselves to easy forecasts, and most are inherently unpredictable.

The communication of risk to the public in a way that it can be easily understood is one of the most difficult challenges facing science and technology. The loss of life that occurred in L'Acquila was tragic and regrettable, but that is attributable to many other causes besides the statement undersigned by the defendants, and the variability of the ground motions that attacked those buildings. The aftermath must not be allowed to turn into a spectacle calling for false culprits to punish in the interest of appeasing the public outrage. Instead, we must draw the right lessons so that there will be no victims in the future in this type of a preventable disaster.

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TO ALL MEMBERS OF ISET

We would like to have your current mailing address, telephone numbers, mobile number, fax number and E-mail address.

Kindly send this information through e-mail at We look forward for your active participation in the affairs of the Society.

office@iset.org.in.

CALL FOR PAPERS

ISET members are invited to submit their research papers for possible publication in the ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology. The PDF file of the manuscript should be submitted to the Editor electronically (vinaykg@iitk.ac.in). The submission may alternatively be made to an Associate Editor (manohar@civil.iisc.ernet.in for papers related to Structural Dynamics; ramana@civil.iitd.ac.in for Soil Dynamics; and mukutfeq@iitr.ernet.in for Seismology and Seismotectonics).

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Annual Subscription of ISET Journal ` 2000/- (US$ 200)

Application form can be downloaded from website www.iset.org.in or obtained from Secretary, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Earthquake Engineering Department Building, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India.

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ISET MEMBERSHIP CORNERThe Executive Committee of ISET extends a hearty welcome to the following Members who have been admitted to the Society during the period April 19, 2011 to November 30, 2012.

Life Members

1. LM 1512 Mr. Banti A. Gedam Wardha, Maharastra

2. LM 1513 Mr. Parimal Kumar Das Bongaigaon, Assam

3. LM 1514 Mr. Prithwi Raj K. Bellary, Karnataka

4. LM 1515 Mr. B.V. Rajendra Prasad Hyderabad

5. LM 1516 Dr. Abha Mittal CBRI, Roorkee

6. LM 1517 Dr. S. Karthigeyan CBRI, Roorkee

7. LM 1518 Mr. Prahlad Prasad Jharkhand

8. LM 1519 Dr. Dinesh Kumar Kurukshetra

9. LM 1520 Mr. T. Anbu Selvam Chennai

10. LM 1521 Mr. Prabhat Kumar IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

11. LM 1522 Mr. Pradeep Muley IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

12. LM 1523 Sri S. Balaji Tiruchengode, Namakkal

13. LM 1524 Dr. Bappaditya Manna IIT Delhi, New Delhi

14. LM 1525 Sri A. Murugesan Salem, Tamilnadu

15. LM 1526 Dr. Vir Singh IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

16. LM 1527 Dr. Vishwas A. Sawant IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

17. LM 1528 Mr. S.P. Bhattacharya Kharagpur, West Bengal

18. LM 1529 Mr. Naresh Kumar Talari Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

19. LM 1530 Dr. V.R. Nelluru Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

20. LM 1531 Mr. Rajeev Gupta Bakshi Nagar, Jammu

21. LM 1532 Mr. Mohammad Adil Dar Jammu & Kashmir

22. LM 1533 Ms. Sitara Sarada Calicut, Kerala

23. LM 1534 Ms. Vaneeta Devi Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

24. LM 1535 Mr. Sunil Kumar Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

25. LM 1536 Er. Prabhakara B. Bangalore

26. LM 1537 Mr.Dinesh Wasudev Gawatre Buldana, M.S.

27. LM 1538 Kapil Ohri Jalandhar

28. LM 1539 Rajeev Rai Ghaziabad

Annual Members

1. AM 857 Mr. Parimal Arun Godse Nagpur

2. AM 858 Dr. Sushil Kumar Dehradun

3. AM 859 Dr. Ransinchung R.N. G.D IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

4. AM 860 Sri Alok Kumar Mazumder Hooghly, W.B.

5. AM 861 Sri Mulakala Sujan Secunderabad, A.P.

6. AM 862 Ms. Archanaa S. Dongre Ghaziabad

7. AM 863 Dr. P. Ravindra Murthy Pune

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CALENDAR OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS

MARCH 3-6, 2013th8 Gulf Seismic Forum, Muscat, Oman, Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://8gsf.org

APRIL 15-16, 2013A Conference on Social Media and Semantic Technologies in Emergency Response (SMERST 2013), Coventry, United KingdomContact Address: For more details, please visit: http://www.disaster20.eu/smerst2013/

APRIL 22-24, 2013International Federation for Structural Concrete ((fib) Symposium, Tel Aviv, IsraelContact Address: For more details, please visit: http://www.feb2013tel-aviv.co.il

APRIL 26-28, 2013NZSEE Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://www.nzsee.org.nz/conferences/nzsee-2013-conference/

APRIL 29–MAY 04, 2013th7 International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Eng., Wheeling, IL (Chicago area), Contact Address: For

more details, please visit: http://7icchge.mst.edu

MAY 9-10, 2013st1 International Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering, Ernakulam, Kerala

Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://www.scmsgroup.org/sset/

MAY 20-22, 2013th7 National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways, Oakland, CA, Contact Address: For more details, please visit:

http://www.7nsc.info/default.asp

JUNE 16-20, 2013th11 International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR2013), New York City

Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://icossar2013.org

AUGUST 18-23, 2013nd22 International Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-22), San Francisco

Contact Address: For more details, please visit: www://smirt22.org

AUGUST 28-30, 2013Vienna Congress on Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (VEESD2013), Vienna, Austria, Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://veesd2013.conf.tuwien.ac.at

OCTOBER 25-27, 2013nd2 IACGE International Conference on Geotechnical & Earthquake Engineering, China, Contact Address: For more

details, please visit: www.iacge2013.org

NOVEMBER 8-9, 2013th5 International Conf. on Advances in Experimental Structural Eng. (5AESE), Taipei, Taiwan

Contact Address: For more details, please visit: http://aese5.ncree.nari.org.tw

JULY 11-14, 2014th7 International Conf. on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2014), Shanghai, China, Contact

Address: For more details, please visit: http://www.iabmas2014.org

OBITUARY

Members of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology express their profound grief and sorrow over the sudden demise of Dr. A.N. Tandon on 05.11.2011. Dr. A.N. Tandon was a Honorary Fellow (HF-01) and was President of the Society during the year 1968-69. He had a keen interest in activities of ISET, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology. Dr. Tandon started his career as a lecturer in Physics at University of Allahabad in 1937. Later in 1942 he joined the Indian Meteorological Department. He was Member of many important committees relating to Seismology and Geophysics appointed by the Govt. of India. He was member of several important professional Societies. He published many research articles in National/International/ Journals/Conferences/Symposia.

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ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING

STMINUTES OF THE 41 ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY HELD ON MARCH 03, 2012 AT 4:30 P.M IN THE AUDITORIUM, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, JAMIA NAGAR, NEW DELHI

st41.0 Prof. H.R. Wason, President ISET, welcomed the members to the 41 Annual General Body Meetingth41.1 The minutes of the 40 Annual General Body Meeting were confirmed.

th41.2 The action taken on the minutes of the 40 AGM were reported and the same were noted.41.3 Reporting Items:

All the reporting items are given in the Annual Report of the Secretary (see item 41.5), therefore duplication is not repeated here.

41.4 Considered the Annual Audited Report of Accounts of the Society for the year ending March 31, 2011 as approved by the Executive Committee and the same was approved by the General Body. A copy of annual report is enclosed in Annexure-I.

41.5 Considered the Annual Report of the Secretary for the period December 18, 2010 to March 02, 2012 as approved by the Executive Committee and the same was approved by the General Body. A copy of annual report is enclosed in Annexure-II.

41.6 Considered the issue of distribution of e-copies of the ISET Journal to individual members as recommended by Executive Committee. It was resolved that e-copies of the ISET Journal from March 2012 issue onwards be mailed to all individual members instead of hard copies. Print copies on specific request with advance payment for the entire volume/special issue/single issue as per prevailing rates for annual subscription shall also be available. Author be given hardcopy without charge. It was further resolved that all individual members be requested to provide their correct e-email addresses.

41.7 Any other items:ØWith regard to backlog of ISET Journal, members suggested that papers be uploaded on-line after proof checking and

page numbering and e-copy be given to authors. It was decided that the matter shall be discussed with the Editor and action as feasible shall be taken.

The society put on the record thanks and appreciation for ISET Delhi local chapter for making all the arrangement and st nd stefforts for organizing the 171 EC meeting, 32 Annual Lecture and 41 AGM held on March 03, 2012. Particularly we

are thankful to Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology & Chapter's Chairman Prof. Khalid Moin and Secretary Dr. Rehan Ahmad Khan for all the excellent arrangements at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.

(Dr. Manish Shrikhande)Secretary, ISET

ANNEXURE-II

INDIAN SOCIETY OF EARTHQUAKE TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEEANNUAL REPORT

(For the period from December 18, 2010 to March 02, 2012)

Dear Members,

It gives me immense pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology for the period December 18, 2010 to March 02, 2012. The salient activities of the Society during this period are presented in this Annual Report.

1. Meetingsth thThe last Annual General Body Meeting (40 AGM) of the Society was held at Roorkee on 18 December 2010, minutes of which

were published in the ISET News Letter of January 2011. During the period of report, three Executive Committee meetings (ECM) have been taken placed as detailed below:

Meeting No. Date Venue

th167 ECMth168 ECMth169 ECMth170 ECM

December 18, 2010

April 19, 2011

July 01, 2011

November 18, 2011

Roorkee

Roorkee

Roorkee

Roorkee

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In addition, a meeting of Local Executive Members was held on December 26, 2011 to constitute Organizing Committee and to approve the Circular for ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium.

2. Audit ReportThe Report on the Accounts of the Society for the financial year 2010-2011, audited by M/s Vikas Khanna & Co., Chartered Accountants, Roorkee, was approved by the E.C. in its meeting held on November 18, 2011. It may be noted that in this financial year, the total capital fund of the Society has significantly increased from Rs. 37,88,647.00 to Rs. 42,07,520.00. The excess of expenditure over income during the financial year was Rs. 19,427.00.

3. PublicationsThe June 2009 issue and September-December 2009 combined issue of the ISET Journal have been printed. The March 2010 issue and June-December 2010 combined issue of the ISET Journal is in proof checking. The March 2011 issue of the ISET Journal are being processed

4. ISET Annual LecturestThe 31 ISET Annual Lecture was delivered on December 18, 2010 at Roorkee by Prof W.D. Liam Finn, Department of Civil

Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada on “Evolution in Selection and Application of Ground Motions for Design”.

5. MembershipSince April 01, 2011, 15 Life Members, 05 Annual Members have been enrolled.

6. Election of ISET E.C. for the term 2011-2013

The following persons have been elected to various offices of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology for the term 2011-2013

(a) PRESIDENT (Elected)

Prof. H.R. Wason (LF-32)

(b) VICE-PRESIDENT (Elected Unopposed)

Prof. M.L. Sharma (LF-45)

(c) SECRETARY

Vacant

(d) MEMBERS (Elected Unopposed)

Mr. B.N. Hira LM-854

Dr. G. Sankarasubramanian LM-1277

Dr. Kumar Venkatesh LM-1053

Mr. Ratnesh Kumar LM-1401

Mr. Vijay Namdev Khose LM-1355

Dr. Prosanta Kumar Khan LM-962

Er. Y.K. Gupta LM-162

Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey LM-1360

Dr. Manish Shrikhande was nominated as Secretary by the Executive Committee for the term 2011-2013. Prof. Vinay K. Gupta and Sri Ajay Purushottam Chourasia were nominated as Editor and Co-Editor respectively by the Executive Committee for the term 2011-2013. The following Institutional members have been nominated on the Executive Committee:

1. Director (Technical), (Attn.: Shri Utpal Moral), NEEPCO Ltd. IM 73 (P)

Brookland Compound: Lower New Colony, Shillong-793 003

Financial Year Individual Members Life Fellows Institution Members Total

MembershipIncreased Life Annual Permanent Annual

2008-2009 1440 09 44 53 6 1552 87

2009-2010 1468 22 44 53 6 1593 41

2010-2011 1511 25 46 53 6 1641 48

2011-2012 1526 30 46 53 6 1661 20 (as on

2-3-2012)

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2. Executive Director, (Attn.: Dr. Shailesh Kr. Agrawal), IM 112 (P)

Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council, Core 5A,st 1 Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

7. Registration of the SocietyThe Society's registration has been renewed w.e.f. Oct. 10, 2010 for a period of Five years

8. Website of the SocietyThe new ISET website has been designed with the best efforts of Mr. Vijay Namdev Khose, E.C. Member, ISET & Research Scholar, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. The URL for website is www.iset.org.in. The Website was launched by Prof. Prem Krishna on Feb. 14, 2012 in a function at Roorkee.

9. ISET Golden Jubilee SymposiumAs the Society shall be completing 50 years of its service in 2012, the Society shall be organizing 'ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium' during Oct. 20-21, 2012 at Roorkee, in collaboration with the Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. The First Circular of the ISET Golden Jubilee Symposium (ISETGJS-2012) has been dispatched to all the members. The important dates are as follows:

Last date of receipt of abstract March 15, 2012

Date of mailing provisional March 31, 2012

acceptance of abstracts

Last date of receipt of full paper June 30, 2012

Acceptance of full paper July 31, 2012

10. Birth Centenary Celebration of Late Prof. Jai KrishnaDepartment of Earthquake Engineering and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology jointly organized a function to mark the Birth Centenary Celebration of Late Prof. Jai Krishna, 'A Legend of Earthquake Engineering'. The function was held on February 14, 2012 at Jai Krishna Hall, Institution of Engineers (I), Roorkee Local Centre, IIT Roorkee. A quiz and panel discussion was also arranged.

th11. 14 Symposium on Earthquake EngineeringthThe Indian Society of Earthquake Technology was co-organizer of the 14 Symposium on Earthquake Engineering jointly with

the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The Symposium was held from Dec. 17-19, 2010 at IIT Roorkee.

12. Financial Assistance by DSTThe DST has released a sum of Rs. 1,25,000/- towards printing expenses of the ISET Journals & News Letters and their circulation for Financial year 2011-2012 in place of 2010-2011. However, a letter was sent to DST for sanction of an additional grant amounting to Rs. 75,000/ due to increased cost of printing of the ISET journal. Response from DST is awaited.

13. Financial Assistance by AICTEA proposal has been sent to AICTE, New Delhi for financial assistance of Rs. 3,00,000/- for printing expenses of the ISET Journals & News Letters and their circulation, Computer/ accessories and Contingencies and consumable expenses for the year 2011-2012. Response from AICTE is awaited.

14. Membership FeeThe Society received a sum of Rs. 2,88,300.00 in the financial year 2010-2011 in the form of fee for various categories of membership of the Society.

15. Activities of Local Chapters

·Amravati Local Chapter

The new Chairman, Secretary and Members of the Amravati Local Chapter have been re-elected on 25.09.2011. The new Office-Bearers are as follows:

Prof. A.P. Dange, Chairman Er. P.V. Khandve - Secretary

Er. S.S. Jawade, Prof. Hemant Mohod, Dr. S.N. Khante - Membersand Er. M.D. Gawande

1. The following activities were organized ISET Amravati Local Chapter:

i) 90 Flex board charts of each size 2'x3' showing information and photos regarding “What-When-How-Where-Earthquake” were prepared for exhibition purpose.

ii) Exhibition of Earthquake Information Pictures was held at Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Amravati on data

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iii) One Slide show presentation program in association with ISTE Student chapter and ISET Amravati Local Chapter was organized in PRMIT & R Badnera on date 29.9.2011

iv) Guest Lecture on topic “Earthquake Resistant Buildings” was delivered on 13.01.2011 by Prof. A.P. Dange, Chairman, Amravati Local Chapter at Government Engineering College, Aurangabad

v) Slide show presentation on “Practice of Earthquake Resistant Building Construction” at N.S.S. Camp at Bodna Village organized by Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Amravati for Mason, Draughtsman Architect Trade students on 23.10.2010

vi) Website of Amravati Local Chapter is started as www.isetamt.org

th2. 6 AGM meeting was held on 25.09.2011

·Delhi Local ChapterISET Delhi Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia organized a one day workshop on 'Seismic Assessment and Safety of Structures'. The workshop was held on March 13, 2011 at Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

16. AcknowledgementsThe Society would like to thank the DST, New Delhi for generous grants to support its activities. ISET is also thankful to Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Former Head and Dr. H.R. Wason, Professor & Head, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee for extending the facilities required for smooth functioning of the Society and carrying out its activities.

The Society is grateful to Prof. W.D. Liam Finn, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, stCanada for delivering the 31 ISET Annual Lecture. We are also grateful to Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth

ndSciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi for kindly accepting our invitation for delivering the 32 ISET Annual Lecture on March 03, 2012. The Society is also thankful to the authors and reviewers of papers published in the ISET Journal and the members of the Editorial Committee. Sincere thanks are also placed on record to all individuals and organizations, who have helped the Society directly or indirectly in furtherance of its objectives.

In the end, I would like to thank all the members of the Executive Committee, in particular, Prof. H.R. Wason, President; Prof. M.L. Sharma, Vice-President; Prof. Vinay K. Gupta, Editor; and Sri Ajay Purushottam Chourasia, Co-Editor, who were always willing to help and advise me in carrying out my responsibilities as Secretary of the Society. Also, I would like to thank the staff members of ISET Office particularly Mr. Pawan Kumar for working hard for the Society.

Delhi (Manish Shrikhande)March 02, 2012 Secretary, ISET

NEWS ABOUT ISET MEMBERS

Dr. K.G. Bhatia, Life Fellow & Ex-President has been awarded as Honorary Engineer by International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Japan.

Prof. A. Boominathan, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai was elected as a member of Executive Committee of Indian Geotechnical Society.

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