Indian Society for Trenchless Technology (IndSTT) is an organization which promotes the application of trenchless technology in India and other South Asian nations. It was established in 1995 and is headquartered at New Delhi, India.
IndSTT assists the international as well as domestic trenchless stakeholders in sensitization of trenchless technology techniques used in development, management and renewal of subsurface utilities. It brings out a Technical Journal regularly, titled "No Dig India", to inform readers about Trenchless Developments.
It is run by a Governing Council headed by the Chairman (presently Chander Verma) and assisted by the Executive Director (currently Niranjan Swarup).
Introduction
IndSTT is the apex organization to promote trenchless technology in India and was established in 1995. In the last thirteen years IndSTT has emerged as one of the major technical organizations of the nation. In trenchless sector it is one of the leading global organizations with 1 Code of Practice, 17 video cd’s of expert lectures on different techniques, 16 technical reference books, 5 operation manuals,substantial number of technical papers & presentations to its credit. In addition, it is involved in developing and promoting more books & materials on the subject.
It is involved in the standardization of trenchless technology activities in India and has already released the Code of Practice for HDD suiting Indian Conditions. There are several more codes of practice being developed to be released shortly. Recently it has also released the second edition of Schedule of Rates for construction contracts employing trenchless technology covering several common techniques already being used in India.
It circulates No Dig India Journal on a regular basis to sensitize stakeholders across the country. Copies of this quarterly journal are hosted on society’s website http://www.indstt.org. It organizes No Dig India Shows/workshops/training seminars & displays/demonstrations on various trenchless techniques, related products & services.
All the activities are conducted to increase the spread of trenchless technology, so that institutions and individuals are sensitized & educated in the sector.
Trenchless sector in India is growing due to the pro-active and vibrant approach of IndSTT and its stakeholders who are accepting the new ideas and concepts developed globally. Such approach has been carefully cultivated under the guidance of its governing council which is a strong and experienced body of professionals drawn from a varied cross section of the construction industry.
Objectives
The Society has been established to meet the following objectives:
#Technical advancement of trenchless technology for public benefit. #Promotion of better and more effective utilization of trenchless technology. #Sensitizing stakeholders about trenchless technology applications. #Professionalizing trenchless applications & underground asset management practices #Information dissemination about trenchless technology related field. #Sponsoring research & development in the sector. #Promoting educational activities in trenchless technology sector. #Providing the main networking platform to the sector stakeholders for information and data exchange.
Membership Society is formed by its general body, which include stakeholders from different walks of Trenchless and allied fields. The general body consists of the following categories of members:
#Founder Members, #Institutional Members, #Individual Members, #Professional Members, #Associate Member / Student / Research Members #Fellow / Hon. Fellow Members #Patron Members
Every person or organization desirous to be enrolled as member of the Society has to apply in the prescribed form to the council. The admission is subject to satisfaction of the conditions of eligibility stipulated for each category. Such application are considered and approved or disapproved by the council on such terms and conditions as per the rules in force on the merit of each individual application.
Governing Council of INDSTT The Governing Council Members (2006~10) comprises the following members:
Patron Padmabhushan Dr. G.V. Ramakrishna.
Chairman Emeritus Mr. A K Sarkar.
Chairman Mr. Chander Verma Managing Director, Continental Construction Projects Limited.
Vice Chairmen Lt. Gen. R. R. Goswami Engineer-in-Chief, Indian Army;
Mr. K. L. Dhingra CMD, HUDCO.
Members Mr. P R Swarup Director General, Construction Industry Development Council;
Mr. K B Dubey Executive Director (CMG), National Thermal Power Corpn. Ltd.;
Mr. V Suresh Ex-CMD, HUDCO;
Dr. P.S. Rana Former Chairman cum Managing Director, HUDCO;
Mr. S M Kava Proprietor, Urmi Enterprise;
Mr. S. K. Chaudhary, Executive Director (Spl. Projects), HUDCO.
