लेखक: Sreevalsa Kolathayar

Prof. Dr. T.G. Sitharam is a KSIIDC Chair Professor in the area of Energy and Mechanical Sciences and Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc). He was former founding Chairman of the Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (Ci STUP) at IISc. He is presently the Chairman of the AICTE South Western Zonal Committee, Regional office at Bengaluru and Vice President of the Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET). He was a Visiting Professor at Yamaguchi University, Japan, and ISM Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Over the last 25 years, he has carried out seismic microzonation of urban centers in India and developed innovative technologies in the area of fracturing and geotechnical applications, leading to about 500 technical papers, seven books, three patents, 100 consulting projects and two startup companies. He is the chief editor of two international journals in his areasof research and founder President of the International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR). Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued his M.Tech from IIT Kanpur, Ph D from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and served as International Research Staff at UPC Barcelona Tech Spain with Marie Curie Fellowship by European Union. He is presently Asst Professor and Research Coordinator in the Dept of Civil Engg, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, India. He served as Chairman of Students Council at IISc and Adviser to Think India, a national forum of students from premier Institutes in India. Dr. Sreevalsa has published several research articles focusing on earthquake hazard and risk assessment. His team has developed a survey based tool and mobile application “Bhookamp Raksha” to measure and boost the Earthquake Readiness Index of the public. In the year 2017,  Dr. Sreevalsa was featured by The New Indian Express in their Edex anniversary edition and was honored with Edex award: 40 under 40 – South India”s Most Inspiring Young Teachers.