DFII Board and Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Member | Position In EC | Organisation |
---|---|---|
Mr. Mohan Ramanathan | Chair & Board | Advanced Construction Technologies, Chennai |
Dr. Sunil S. Basarkar | Vice-Chair & Board | Afcons Infrastructure Limited |
Mr. Anirudhan I.V. | Immediate Past Chair & Board | Geotechnical Solutions |
Dr. K.S. Rama Krishna | DFII Director | DFI of India |
Mr. GV Prasad | DFII Director | DFI of India |
Dr. Sunil S. Basarkar | Core Committee | Afcons Infrastructure Limited |
Mr. Ravikiran Vaidya | Core Committee | Geo Dynamics |
Er. Madan Kumar Annam | EC Member | Keller Ground Engineering |
Prof Subhadeep Banerjee | EC Member | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
Er. K. Bikshapathi | EC Member | National Academy of Construction |
Mr. Gagan Goswami | EC Member | Heritage Infraspace India Private Limited |
Mr. Mohan Gupta | EC Member | GEODATA India (P) Ltd. |
Er. Sanjay Gupta | EC Member | Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd |
Ms. Annapoorni Iyer | EC Member | Encosym consultants |
Dr. A. Murali Krishna | EC Member | Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati |
Mr. M Kumaran | EC Member | L & T Construction |
Er. V. K. Panwar | EC Member | Engineers India Limited |
Mr. Viral Patel | EC Member | Associated Engineers |
Dr. C. R. Parthasarathy | EC Member | Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services Pvt Ltd |
Prof. Amit Prashant | EC Member | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar |
Prof. N K Samadhiya | EC Member | President, Indian Geotechnical Society |
Dr. R. P. Singh | EC Member | National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited |
DFI of India Board
Mohan Ramanathan, Director, Chair

Mohan Ramanathan is vice chair of DFI of India and the Founder/Director of the ACT Group of Companies based in Chennai.
Ramanathan has over 40 years of experience in pile foundations, heavy earthmoving equipment, demolition and concrete flooring. He has been actively involved in identifying and transferring technologies relating to construction, ground engineering and mechanisation to India from developed countries. He is a member of several professional societies including DFII, IGS, Institution of Engineers (India), ACCE, ICI and IDA. As an active member in the DFII Executive Committee and vice chair,he is spearheading the new initiative in the introduction of Helical Screw Piles in India.
Mohan Ramanathan has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from IIT, Madras and a master’s degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the U.S.
tel: 44-67181700
Anirudhan I.V., Director, Chair

Anirudhan I.V. is chair of DFI of India. He manages Geotechnical Solutions in Chennai a geotechnical investigation and consultancy firm that conducts small and medium geotechnical investigation works in Tamilnadu and parts of South India.
During his long professional career, Anirudhan worked as a foundation design and quality control engineer on industrial projects using several deep foundation techniques. Anirudhan is closely associated with the activities of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and was the secretary and chairman of the Chennai chapter of IGS. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Calicut University, Kerala, and his master’s degree in geotechnique from IIT Kanpur.>read his bio
tel: 9841106580
Dr. K.S. Rama Krishna, Director

Dr. K.S. Rama Krishna is immediate past chairman of DFI of India. As an independent consultant he provides geotechnical engineering services in the area of foundation engineering and project implementation, for land, coastal projects and offshore oil and gas projects.
G. Venkata Prasad, Director

G. Venkata Prasad is the director of operations for DFI of India. He is responsible for implementing new technology initiatives and skill training programs, and organizing conferences and workshops.
He is a civil engineering graduate and has more than three decades of experience in construction in India and has worked in senior management positions at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) handling multiple and challenging assignments. As the chief operating officer at L&T, he played a key role in development of a 90 acre residential project in Chennai city and also managed operations of two IT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) projects at Chennai and Kochi.
tel: 9790917117