New Zealand society honors IIT Gandhinagar director

The New
Zealand Society for
Earthquake Engineering
(NZSEE) has inducted Indian
Institute of Technology
Gandhinagar (IIT-G) director
Sudhir K Jain as a life
member. The citation
mentions that the place has
been given for his
exceptional services to
society in recognition of his
work in the field of
earthquake engineering in
India and abroad.
The recognition was
conferred on him at the
NZSEE 2013 Technical
Conference in New Zealand
on April 27. Jain was a
keynote speaker at the
conference, at which he
delivered an address on
'Earthquake Engineering in
the Modern World'.
He is the first Indian
appointed as life member and
one of only 25 current life
members in the world at the
society. Earlier this year, he
was elected president elect
of the International Society
for Earthquake Engineers.
IIT-G officials stated that Jain
has been instrumental in
creating awareness about
earthquake engineering in
India since 1986, when he
published 'Indian Seismic
Codes and Commentaries',
which is now widely used by
practicing engineers in India.
He has carried out extensive
on-site studies on all major
earthquakes in India and
abroad since 1988, most
notably Killari earthquake of
1993, Bhuj earthquake of
2001, and Sumatra
earthquake and tsunami of
2004.
He visited the earthquake-
affected Christchurch region
during the NZSEE conference
at the end of April.