The sub topics will include:

• Roads and Railways
• Hydraulic Applications
• Ground Improvement and Slope Stability
• Erosion Control
• Environmental Applications
• Natural Fibre Geotextiles
• Geosynthetic Testing

India is a fast developing economy requiring large scale infrastructures. Liberalization of economy has further facilitated planning and execution of many large scale infrastructure, including roads, railways, power and water resources, which will further promote applications of geosynthetics for infrastructural works.

Spending in XII Plan (2012-17) in infrastructure is estimated to be USD 01 Trillion, which is excepted to grow for infrastructure activities for the XIII Plan (2017-2022).

6^th Asian Regional Conference would be a step towards providing opportunity for exchange of experiences, practices and collaborations to facilitate flow of appropriate technology to enable successful implementation of infrastructure projects.

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