IEEE Kerala Section in association with IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee

Title

Symposium on ‘LANDSLIDES IN KERALA 2018’

Target audience

Professionals and students

Date

26th January 2019

Time

09.00 AM – 05.00 PM

Venue

College of Engineering Munnar

Preamble

Mass wasting is highly a susceptible event in the regions of Western Ghats in Kerala. Such redistribution of rock, sand, debris and other materials leads to disaster especially in a State having a third position in the population density in our country. The incidence of unabated rain during August 14 - 16 of 2018 led to the unprecedented number of landslides in three districts: Idukki, Wayanad and Thrissur in the state of Kerala, caused a death toll about sixty and a heavy loss of cultivating land and severe damages to flora and fauna. Geological, geomorphologic and anthropogenic causes along with heavy rain as a trigger resulted for more than 600 landslides in the state. The dominant cases were Debris flow and the remaining ones were Slump, Landslip, Rock falling and a new one in the class viz., Soil piping. The awareness and preparedness are the most effective prevention and mitigation measures against possible threats of landslides. This symposium is expected to provide deliberations on causes of landslides, mitigation and precautions.

Speakers

Dr.Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the UN Environment Programme.

Dr.Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Govt. of Kerala.

Er.Sasi P.M., Sr. Director, CDAC; Chair, IEEE SIGHT, Kerala Section

Dr.S.Sreekumar, Director, Integrated Rural Technology Centre

Dr.S.Chandrakaran, NIT, Calicut

Dr.S.Beena, School of Engineering, CUSAT

Topics to be covered

Causes and trigger of landslides in Kerala during August 2018

Landslide prediction on the basis of Landslide Susceptibility Zonation map and related techniques

Case studies, Impact of human settlement and manmade constructions, Mitigation.

Appropriate Early warning systems for mass wasting

Factors to be considered for constructions in ecological sensitive regions

Registration link

https://lik2019.ieeekerala.org/registration/

Last Date for Registration: 20.01.2019

Registration fee (Rs)

Professional: 750

Professional (IEEE Member): 500

Students: 400

Students (IEEE Member) :250

Persons to contact

Organizing Secretary

Dr.B.Premlet, Chair, IEEE EA, Kerala Section

Mob: 9447333285

Email: premlet@gmail.com

Joint Organizing Secretary

Prof. Biju K., HOD, EEE, Govt.Engg.College, Munnar

Mob: 9446808243

Email: bijuk@ieee.org

For more details, visit, https://ieeekerala.org

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