7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Er. Sanjeev Agarwal, Grimtech Projects, India (Vice Chair)

Environmental Geotechnology, Er. Nehal Desai, Secretary, IGS Surat Chapter (Organising Secretary)
Dr. Jitesh T. Chavda, SVNIT Surat, India (Organising Secretary)
Recycled Waste Materials Dr. Satyajit Patel, SVNIT Surat, India
Dr. Shruti J. Shukla, SVNIT Surat, India
and Sustainable Engineering Dr. Shailendra Kumar, SVNIT Surat, India
Dr. Jignesh B. Patel, SVNIT Surat, India
Er. Abhishek Agarwal, Grimtech Projects Surat, India
EGRWSE-2026
ADVISORY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
Ahmed Benamar, University Le Havre-Normandie, France
Andrea Dominijanni, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Arvin Farid, Boise State University, USA
Environmental Geotechnology,
October 22-25, 2026 Binh Thai Pham, University of Transport Technology, Vietnam
Claudio Cameselle, University of Vigo, Spain
Recycled Waste Materials
Department of Civil Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of
Devendra N. Singh, IIT Bombay, India
Prabir Kolay, Southern Illinois University, USA
and Sustainable Engineering
Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India Eugeniusz Koda, Warsaw Univ. Life Sciences, Poland October 22-25, 2026
Gali Madhavi Latha, IISc Bangalore, India
Hanumantha B. Rao, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
Department of Civil Engineering
Jovan Papic, Uni. Ss Cyril and Methodius, Republic of Macedonia Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of
Junboum Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
Marcos A. Montoro, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
Marina Pantazidou, National Technical University Athens, Greece
Suksun Horpibulsuk, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand Organized by
Susanga Costa, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
7th EGRWSE, India (2026) Susana Gouveia, University of Vigo, Spain Department of Civil
Yan-Jun Du, Southeast University, China
Yeliz Yukselen-Aksoy, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Engineering
5th EGRWSE, Poland (2024) 6th EGRWSE, Spain (2025)
Anil Joseph, President, Indian Geotechnical Society Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute
A.P. Singh, Honorary Secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society of Technology, Surat – 395007,
Deepankar Choudhury, IIT Bombay Hitesh Desai, Surat Gujarat, India
T. Thyagaraj, IIT Madras Minimol Korulla, Maccaferri www.svnit.ac.in
3rd EGRWSE, Türkiye (2022) 4th EGRWSE, India (2023) D. N. Arnepalli, IIT Madras K. Muthukkumaran, NIT Trichy
N.K. Samadhiya, IIT Roorkee V. B. Maji, IIT Madras
V. A. Sawant, IIT Roorkee Magdalena Vaverkova, WU, Poland Indian Geotechnical Society,
Akanksha Tyagi, IIT Roorkee Jaykumar Shukla, Geodynamics
JT Shahu, IIT Delhi
Surat Chapter
Satyendra Mittal, Haridwar/Roorkee
Neelima Satyam, IIT Indore Surat, Gujarat, India
1st EGRWSE, India (2018) 2nd EGRWSE, Chicago (2019) Tejas Thaker, PDEU
Sanjay Kumar Shukla, ECU, Australia
Anand Hulagabali, Terre Armee
Ankit Garg, XJTLU, China
Janaki Ramaiah, IIT Tirupati Divya P V, IIT Palakkad
Arif Ali Baig, NIT Warangal Riya Bhowmik, IIT Jammu
Bappaditya Manna, IIT Delhi Ritesh Ingale, NIT Raipur Department of Civil, Materials
G R Dodagoudar, IIT Madras Balbir Kumar Pandey, GGV and Environmental
CONFERENCE CHAIRS Purnanand Savoikar, GEC Goa Partha N. Mishra, Australia
Lini Dev, NIT Patna P Hari Krishna, NIT Warangal
Engineering
Krishna R. Reddy, Professor & Director, Sustainable Engineering
H. S. Chore, NIT Jalandhar University of Illinois Chicago
Research Laboratory, Department of Civil, Materials and Environmental A. Murali Krishna, IIT Tirupati
Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, USA. Sunita Kumari, NIT Patna Chicago, Illinois-60607 USA
G Rajesh Bande, IIT Dharwad
Ashish Juneja, IIT Bombay geotech.lab.uic.edu
Nitin Joshi, MSU Baroda Munwar Basha, IIT Hyderabad
Arvind K. Agnihotri, Professor and Head, Department of Civil
Kannan Iyer, IITRAM, India Lalit Borana, IIT Indore
Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, India.
Anjan Patel, NIT Nagpur Hasan Rangwala, NIRMA Uni.
Chandresh H. Solanki, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Mousumi Mukherjee,IIT Mandi Uma Chaduvula, PDEU Department of
Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India & Rajesh Sathyamoorthy, IIT Kanpur R. Ayothiraman, IIT Tirupati Civil Engineering
Chairman-Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat Chapter. Dasaka Murty, IIT Bombay S. P. Singh, NIT Rourkela
S. K. Das, IIT/ISM Dhanbad National Institute of Technology
Ruchi Shrivastava, PU
Senthil Kasilingam, NIT Jalandhar Rakesh Kumar, NIT Bhopal Jalandhar, Punjab-144027 India.
For more information, please visit: www.egrwse2026.com Kanish Kapoor, NIT Jalandhar M. Heeralal, NIT Warangal www.nitj.ac.in
Pradeep Kumar Dammala, IIT Jodhpur Chigurupati Sudha Rani, Tirupati
S. P. Jeyapriya, GCT, Coimbatore Rupali Satavalekar, NIT Jalandhar
About SVNIT, Surat, India About the Conference Important Deadlines (Tentative Dates)
The Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Abstract Submission 1st October, 2025
one of India’s premier technical institutions, established in
Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE) is an annual conference Decision on Abstract by 15th October, 2025
1961. It holds the status of an Institute of National Importance
organized since 2018 at renowned research centres such as Full Paper Submission 31st December, 2025
and is renowned for its strong academic curriculum, research
contributions, and industry collaborations. SVNIT offers NIT at Jalandhar (India) in 2018 and 2023; UIC, Chicago, USA Decision on Full Paper 15th March, 2026
undergraduate degree in 12 programmes, postgraduate in 2019, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, in 2022; Warsaw Submission of Camera Ready 30th April, 2026
degree in 21 programmes including 3 five-year integrated University of Life Sciences, Poland, in 2024; University of Vigo, Paper
M.Sc. degree programs along with an MBA in Business Spain, in 2025. These conferences were highly successful Early Bird Registration 31st May, 2026
Analytics, and doctoral (Ph.D.) programs in various Regular Registration 30th July, 2026
events covering cutting-edge research in environmental
engineering, science, and technology fields. The institute geotechnics, sustainable engineering, use of recycled
fosters innovation and technical excellence, making it a materials in infrastructure, and presentation of modern Registration Fee
preferred choice for aspiring engineers and researchers.
technologies implemented for sustainable development in Indian Foreign
About IGS Surat Chapter Registration
construction, renewable energy, and environmental Delegates Students Delegates Students
The IGS Surat chapter is one of the oldest chapters in India.
engineering. All engineering fields should incorporate Early Bird ₹9,500 ₹5,500 $200 $150
The members are from engineering institutes and many
professional organizations. The members of the chapters have sustainability into their practice for an improved quality of Regular ₹11,000 ₹6.500 $250 $200
organized and participated in several national and life. The necessity for environment-friendly technologies in Spouse ₹6,000 $150
international events. The IGS Surat chapter has organized IGC the future will require the expertise of engineers. Therefore, Note: An additional fee of INR 1500 (for Indian delegates)
1982, 1991 and 2019 and several Workshops, Seminars, the UNESCO Engineering Initiative (UEI) is working with / USD 25 (for foreign delegates) is applicable for the
Training programmes and Webinars. Prof. Chandresh Solanki technical visit to the Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
partners to develop engineering curricula that incorporate
is the current Chairman, Er. Sanjeev Agarwal is the Vice- For further details, please visit the official website.
sustainability as an overarching theme. EGRWSE-2026 marks
Chairman and Er. Nehal Desai the Secretary of the chapter.
the 7th edition of this global conference which will refer to the Accommodation
About University of Illinois Chicago, USA
current problems of civilization related to climate change and A list of nearby hotels in the city will be communicated on the
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), USA. Located in the heart
will focus on sustainable engineering, and implementing the conference website. Please note that the accommodation is
of one of the world’s great cities, UIC is a vital part of the
Sustainable Development Goals. The conference will also not included in the conference fee and the delegates are
educational, technological, and cultural fabric of the region. In
discuss research on the use of recycled materials in responsible for their own accommodation.
particular, the Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory Conference Venue
construction following the demands of a circular economy.
(SERL) and the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
Conference Themes
Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) at UIC are focused on TECHGNOLOGY, SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA.
➢ Solid Waste and Circular Economy
addressing the emerging challenges in the development of
➢ Geoenvironmental Pollution Control
sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure and safeguarding
➢ Sustainable Geo-Infrastructure
the earth and environment by integrating the knowledge from
➢ Geotechnics for Renewable Energy
emerging areas of sustainability, resiliency, infrastructure,
➢ Environmental Geotechnics for Climate Change
water, energy, and environment. The research at SERL and
➢ Sustainable and Resilient Practices
GAGEL has continually demonstrated a high level of technical
➢ Biotechnologies/Nature-Based Solutions
excellence and quality through the development of innovative
➢ Advances in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Testing Additional Information
and practical solutions to the real-world problems.
and Monitoring For information updates see: www.egrwse2026.com
About NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, India
➢ Education/Teaching For general enquiries: [email protected]
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar was Places to Visit Near Surat (Distance from SVNIT, Surat)
Call for Abstracts
established in the year 1987 and attained the status of 1. Akshardham Mandir, Surat, Gujarat – 12 km
Academicians, researchers and practicing professionals are
National Institute of Technology on October 17, 2002. As NIT, 2. Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat – 158 km
invited to submit abstracts on the conference themes.
the Institute has a responsibility of providing high quality 3. Surat Fort, Surat, Gujarat – 5.5 km
Abstract submission:
technical education in Engineering and Technology to produce 4. Sarthana Nature Park, Surat, Gujarat – 16.5 km
https://meteor.springer.com/EGRWSE2026
competent technical manpower for the country. The Institute 5. Suvali Beach, Surat, Gujarat – 21 km
Abstract Submission Process: 6. Tithal Beach, Valsad, Gujarat – 101 km
has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with many
https://egrwse2026.com/abstract-submit 7. National Salt Satyagraha Memorial, & Dandi Beach
prestigious institutes such as Ecole Centrale de Lille, France,
Upon the acceptance of abstracts, the authors should submit Navsari, Gujarat – 58.2 km
University of Johannesburg, South Africa, the University of
full papers, which will be peer reviewed and selected papers, 8. Akshardham Temple, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 301 km
Bolten, UK, and the University of South Alabama, USA, for the
after Springer’s quality check, shall be published by Springer 9. Daman (Union Territory of India) – 130km
mutual academic exchange program and further
as a book volume.
strengthening of the academics and research.