Academic Qualifications
Phd Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 1991
ME Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Anna University, Madras 1987
B.Tech. Civil Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 1983
Professional Experience
10/2009-Present Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
10/2003-10/2009 Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
11/1996-10/2003 Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
05/1992-11/1996 Scientist, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
09/1989-05/1992 Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
02/1983-07/1985 Engineer, International Airports Authority of India, N. Delhi
Assignments abroad
06/1999-07/2000 Humboldt Fellow & Visiting Scientist, Germany
02/1995-02/1996 Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, Lafayette, USA
Research activities
Risk and reliability applications in Geotechnical engineering
Geosynthetics and reinforced soil structures
Environmental Geotechnology
Fibers in geotechnical engineering
Earthquake Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnics for disaster mitigation
Contact Details
Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Division,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
Email: gls@civil.iisc.ernet.in, glsivakumar@gmail.com
Phone:+91 80 2293 3124 (office), 23600671 (residence)
Fax :+91 80 2360 0404
