The Association, since its inception has rendered yeoman service to the professionals in the field of Geosynthetics sector which is an important area relevant to India’s need for infrastructure development, including roads. It has provided platform / forum to the professional for interaction and exchange of ideas amongst professionals / experts / specialist in the field of Geosynthetics sector by way of organising successfully the following programs:
The Association has so far organised successfully the following programs to its credit :
• Workshop on Geomembrane and Geofabrics, September 1985, New Delhi.
• Workshop on Reinforced Soil, August 1986
• International Workshops on Geotextiles, November 1989, Bangalore
• National Workshop on Role of Geosynthetics in Water Resources Projects, January 1992, New Delhi
• Workshop on Geotextile Application in Civil Engineering, January 1993, Chandigarh
• International Short Course on Soil Reinforcement, March 1993, New Delhi
• Short Course on Recent Developments in Design of Embankments on Soft Soils, Nov./Dec. 1993, New Delhi
• 2nd International Workshop on Geotextiles, January 1994, New Delhi
• Short Course on Recent Developments in the Design of Embankments on Soft Soils, January 1994, Kolkata
• Workshop on Role of Geosynthetics in Hill Area Development, November 1994, Guwahati
• Workshop on Engineering with Geosynthetics, December 1994, Hyderabad
• Short Course on Recent Developments in the Design of Embankments on Soft Soils, May 1995, New Delhi
• Seminar on Geosynthetic Materials and their Application, August 1995, New Delhi
• Short Course on Recent Developments in the Design of Embankments on Soft Soils, October 1995, New Delhi
• Short Course on “Ground Improvement with Geosynthetics”, October 1995, New Delhi
• Workshop on “Environmental Geotechnology”, December 1995, New Delhi
• Workshop on “Role of Geosynthetics in Hill Area Development”, February 1996, Gangtok
• Workshop on “Engineering with Geosynthetics”, March 1996, Visakhapatnam
• Workshop on “Ground Improvement with Geosynthetics”, March 1996, Kakinada
• Workshop on “Engineering with Geosynthetics”, May 1996, Chandigarh
• International Seminar & Technomeet on “Environmental Geotechnology with Geosynthetics”, July 1996, New Delhi
• Seminar on “Fields of Application of Gabion Structures”, September 1997, New Delhi
• First Asian Regional Conference “Geosynthetics Asia’1997”, November 1997, Bangalore
• Short Course on “Waste Containment with Geosynthetics”, February 1998, New Delhi
• Symposium on “Rehabilitation of Dams”, November 1998, New Delhi
• Training Course on “Geosynthetics and their Civil Engineering Applications”, September 1999, Mumbai
• Seminar on “Coir Geotextiles-Environmental Perspectives”, November 2000, New Delhi
• Second National Seminar on “Coir Geotextiles – Environmental Perspectives”, April 2001, Guwahati, Assam
• National Seminar on “Application of Jute Geotextiles in Civil Engineering”, May 2001, New Delhi
• International Course on “Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering”, September 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Workshop on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects”, November 2003, New Delhi
• Geosynthetics India 2004 – “Geotechnical Engineering Practice with Geosynthetics”, October 2004, New Delhi
• Introductory Course on Geosynthetics, November 2006, New Delhi
• International Seminar on “Geosynthetics in India – Present and Future” (in Commemoration of Two Decades of Geosynthetics in India), November 2006, New Delhi
• Workshop on “Retaining Structures with Geosynthetics”, December 2006, Chennai
• Special Session on “Applications of Geosynthetics” during 6th International R&D Conference, February 2007, Lucknow (U.P.)
• Workshop on “Applications of Geosynthetics – Present and Future”, September 2007, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
• International Seminar “Geosynthetics India’08” and Introductory Course on “Geosynthetics”, November 2008, Hyderabad
• Special Session on “Applications of Geosynthetics” during 7th International R&D Conference, February 2009, Bhubaneswar (Orissa)
• Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics”, July 2010, New Delhi
• International Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics”, November 2010, New Delhi
• Geosynthetics India’ 2011, September 2011, IIT Madras
• Seminar on “Slope Stabilization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects”, October 2011, New Delhi
• GEOINFRA 2012 – A Convergence of Stakeholders of Geosynthetics, August 2012, Hyderabad
• Seminar on “Ground Control and Improvement”, September 2012, New Delhi
• Workshop on “Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures - Design & Construction”, October 2012, New Delhi
• Seminar on “Landfill Design with Geomembrane”, November 2012, New Delhi
• Seminar on “Slope Stabilization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects”, November 2012, New Delhi
• Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects”, June 2013, Bhopal
• Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Railway Track Structures”, September 2013, New Delhi
• Silver Jubilee Celebration, October 2013, New Delhi
• Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects”, July 2014, Agra
• Geosynthetics India 2014, October 2014, New Delhi
• Seminar on Geotextiles: A Big Untapped Potential, September 2015, New Delhi
• Three Decades of Geosynthetics in India – International Symposium Geosynthetics - The Road Ahead, November 2015, New Delhi, India
• North Eastern Regional Seminar on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects”, June 2016, Guwahati
• Workshop on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects”, June 2016, Thiruvananthapuram
• Training Course on Geosynthethics, November 2016, New Delhi
• Workshop on Coastal Protection, November 2016, New Delhi
• 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthethics, November 2016, New Delhi
• Training Course on "Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures", February 2017, New Delhi
• Training Course on “Applications of Geosynthetics”, December 2017, Dharwad (Karnataka)
• Workshop on “Design and Construction of Pavements using Geosynthetics”, January 2018, New Delhi
• IGS Educate the Educators Program, February 2018, IIT Madras
• Training Course on “Applications of Geosynthetics”, February 2018, Trichy (Tamil Nadu)
• Training Course on Design and Construction of Pavements with Geosynthetics and Geosyntheics Reinforced Soil Slopes and Walls, 15 June 2018, New Delhi
• Seminar on Slope Stabilization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects, 21-22 June 2018, New Delhi
• Training Programme on “Applications of Geosynthetics in Dams & Hydraulic Structures”, August 2018, Bhopal
• Training Course on “Slope Stabilization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects”, October 2018, Dehradun
• Seminar on “Geosynthetics Applications for Erosion Control and Coastal Protection”, October 2018, Bhubaneswar
• Workshop on Natural Hazard Mitigation with Geosynthetics, January. 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, (Kerala)
• Symposium of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) – Special Session of Indian Chapter of IGS, March 2019, IIT Gandhinagar
• Seminar on Geosynthetics for Highway Infrastructure with Marginal Materials and Difficult Soils, September 2019, Jaipur
• Workshop on Testing and Evaluation of Geosynthetics, September 2019, Jaipur
• Workshop on Best Practices for Implementation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls. January 2020, Jaipur
• Webinar on Challenges in Developing Codes of Practice for Geosynthetics for Durable Infrastructure Development, 14 September 2020
• Webinar on Challenges in Geosynthetic and Geotechnical Testing, 15 September 2020
• Virtual Training Sessions on Erosion Control, 28 July 2021
• Virtual Training Programme on the Failure of Reinforced Soil Walls: Lessons and Remedies, 29 September, 2021
• Workshop on “Geosynthetics for Infrastructure Development” 19-20 April 2023, New Delhi
• Workshop on Reinforced Soil Walls: Distresses and Remedies, on 5th-6th April 2024 at CBIP New Delhi