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{{short description|Professor at IISc Bengaluru}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = T. G. Sitharam
| image = Prof T. G. Sitharam.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Karnataka]]
| residence = [[Guwahati]], India
| nationality = [[File:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Science Bangalore]] [[University of Waterloo]]
| website = {{url|https://tgsitharam.in/|Official website}}
| known_for = [[Rock mechanics]] [[Earthquake engineering]]
| profession = Professor Author Consultant|
| office1 = Director at [[IIT Guwahati|Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati]]
| term_start1 = July 01, 2019<ref>{{cite news |title=New IIT Guwahati Director T. G. Sitharam plans extension centres in Northeast |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-guwahati-director-t-g-sitharam-extension-centres-northeast-divd-1563320-2019-07-06 |work=India Today |date=6 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Gautam Biswas]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Professor]] at [[Indian Institute of Science Bangalore]]
| term_start2 = 28 June 2006<ref name="a">{{cite web |title=Positions Held |url=https://tgsitharam.in/positions-held.html |website=tgsitharam.in}}</ref>
| term_end2 = present(on lien)
| office3 = [[Chairman]] at '''[http://cistup.iisc.ac.in/ CiSTUP]'''
| term_start3 = January 2009<ref name="a"/>
| term_end3 = March 2014<ref name="a"/>
}}
'''T. G. Sitharam''' is a civil engineer, professor at IISc Bangalore (on lien) and director at [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|IIT Guwahati]]. He is known for his works in the fields of [[rock mechanics]], rock engineering and geotechnical [[earthquake engineering]].<ref>{{cite web |title=T.G.Sitharam - Research Activities |url=https://www.iitg.ac.in/director/research.html |website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian Geotechnical Society]], [[Institution of Engineers (India)]] and [[American Society of Civil Engineers]].<ref name="b">{{cite news |title=Sitharam Named ASCE Fellow {{!}} ASCE News |url=https://news.asce.org/sitharam-named-asce-fellow/ |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |date=12 March 2020}}</ref>

He is currently serving as the [[Editor-in-chief]] of Springer ''Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering'' and several other journals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (About the Editor) |url=https://www.springer.com/series/13593?detailsPage=aboutTheEditor |accessdate=8 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*S.P. Research Award (SAARC) (1998)<ref name="b" />
*Sir C.V. Raman State Award for Young Scientists, Government of Karnataka (2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=KSCST : State Science and Technology Awards - Recipients |url=https://www.kscst.org.in/awards_recipients.html |website=www.kscst.org.in |publisher=Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka}}</ref>
*Prof. Gopal Ranjan Research Award (2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=CITATION -Gopal Ranjan Research Award 2014 |url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/news/Gopal_ranjan_award_IIT_Roorkee_TGS.pdf}}</ref>
*The Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award (2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development |url=https://www.iisc.ac.in/institute-awards/amulya-and-vimala-reddy-lecture-award-in-the-field-of-sustainable-development/ |website=www.iisc.ac.in |publisher=Indian Institute of Science Bangalore |language=en}}</ref>
*IGS Kueckelmann Award (2015)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhagwan |first1=Jai |title=Bulletin of Indian Geotechnical Society (Jan - Mar 2015) |url=http://www.igs.org.in:8080/portal/igs-publications/news_letters/January-March%202015.pdf |website=www.igs.org |publisher=Indian Geotechnical Society}}</ref>

==Selected patents==
*System and method for fracking of shale rock formation<ref>{{cite web |title=System and method for fracking of shale rock formation |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170044885A1/en |website=patents.google.com |publisher=US Patent Office |language=en |date=9 April 2015}}</ref>

==Selected articles==
*{{cite journal |last1=Naveen |first1=B.P. |last2=Mahapatra |first2=Durga Madhab |last3=Sitharam |first3=T.G. |last4=Sivapullaiah |first4=P.V. |last5=Ramachandra |first5=T.V. |title=Physico-chemical and biological characterization of urban municipal landfill leachate |journal=Environmental Pollution |date=January 2017 |volume=220 |issue=Pt A |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.002|pmid=27616651 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Sireesh |first1=S. |last2=Sitharam |first2=T.G. |last3=Dash |first3=Sujit Kumar |title=Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell–sand mattress overlying clay bed with void |journal=Geotextiles and Geomembranes |date=April 2009 |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=89–98 |doi=10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Sitharam |first1=T.G |last2=Latha |first2=G.Madhavi |title=Simulation of excavations in jointed rock masses using a practical equivalent continuum approach |journal=International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences |date=June 2002 |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=517–525 |doi=10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00024-2}}

==Books==
*{{cite book |last1=Sitharam |first1=T. G. |last2=Govindaraju |first2=L. |title=Elasticity for Engineers |date=2016 |publisher=I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Limited |isbn=978-93-85909-34-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQQBMQAACAAJ&q=Elasticity+for+Engineers |language=en}}
*{{cite book |last1=Samui |first1=Pijush |last2=Das |first2=Sarat |last3=Sitharam |first3=T.G. |title=Soft Computing: in Geotechnical Engineering |date=2010 |publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller |isbn=978-3639311259 |pages=112 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Sitharam |first1=T. G. |title=Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics) |date=2008 |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=978-81-219-2457-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PezuwUn_tKoC&q=Geotechnical+Engineering-I+(Basics+of+Soil+Mechanics) |language=en}}

==References==
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