M Tech. in Geo technical Engineering is a 2-year full-time post-graduate course divided across 4 semesters. This branch of engineering involves the application of principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics for investigation and study of subsurface materials and conditions. Such findings help deduce important information about physical materials, subsurface materials and structures, and their chemical and mechanical properties. Soil, rock, bedrock, and fault distribution properties of the project site are also studied in detail.Studying such properties helps divulge more about the engineering properties of earth materials beneath the surface of the site. Other than that, such study also helps assess risk from natural hazards such as wind, earthquakes, landslides, etc.Based on such findings and assessments, Geo- technical Engineers plan the design and construction of foundation and/or other support structures. At the stage of construction of risk-proof structures, inputs from Geo -technical Engineers are taken into consideration wherever required. Similarly, Geo -technical engineering’s principles are applied in construction of other man made structures such as dams, bridges, roads, tunnels, skyscrapers, ports, railway lines, and commercial buildings.
