Dr. Anil Joseph
Dr. Anil Joseph is the Managing Director of Geostructurals Pvt. Ltd., Kochi, India, a leading geotechnical and structural consultancy firm. With over 35 years of professional experience, he has provided geotechnical, foundation, and structural consultancy services for more than 3,500 high-rise buildings and major infrastructure projects in India and abroad. He is also the Managing Director of CECONS Pvt. Ltd., specializing in the execution of pile foundations, and Director of Engineers Diagnostic Centre Pvt. Ltd., which focuses on geotechnical investigations, structural diagnostics, and retrofitting works. Several landmark projects designed under his leadership have received the prestigious ICIUltraTech Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures of Kerala in the Building Category. These include the Nippon Toyota Showroom, Kalamassery (2012); Platynum Mall, Maradu (2017); Lulu Grand Hyatt Hotel, Bolgatty Island, Kochi (2018); Lulu IT Twin Towers, SmartCity Kochi (2020); and Noel Tall Terrace, Kochi (2025).
Dr. Joseph obtained his Master's degree in Civil Engineering from SVNIT, Surat, and earned his PhD from National Institute of Technology Calicut for his research on "Pre-compression of Soft Marine Clays."
Dr. Joseph serves as the President of the Indian Geotechnical Society for the term 2023 to 2026. He is also the Chairman of the Indian Buildings Congress Kerala, Governing Council Member of the Indian Association of Structural Engineers, Vice Chairman of the Builders Association of India, Cochin Chapter, and Vice President of the Kerala Management Association. He is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Civil Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers (India) for 202425 and served as a National Council Member of IEI in the Civil Engineering Division from 2021 to 2025.
Within ISSMGE, Dr. Joseph represents India as a member of Technical Committee TC220 Field Monitoring in Geomechanics, and the Asian Regional Technical Committee AsRTC-14 Smart Observation Methods. He is an Executive Committee Member of the Deep Foundations Institute of India and Member of the Association of Contracting Engineers.
He has contributed significantly to several nationally important engineering assignments. He was appointed by the Government of Kerala as the Geotechnical and Structural Expert for the demolition of high-rise apartments in Kochi (2019). He also played a vital role in the successful demolition of the Supertech Twin Towers, Noida, in 2022. Dr. Joseph has authored and co-authored numerous papers in international and national journals and conference proceedings. He co-authored chapters on Kerala Soils and Lakshadweep Soils in the book Indian Soils and Rocks (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2021), and contributed to the chapter on Construction Technology in the publication by Narayan V. Nayak and Anand J. Kadival published by McGraw Hill (2023).
In recognition of his contributions to the profession, Dr. Joseph was conferred Honorary Membership of the Nepal Geotechnical Society in 2024. He was also recognised among the Top 10 Diamond Hall of Fame New Age Icon Change Makers 2020. Beyond his professional commitments, Dr. Joseph actively engages in social and community service. He serves as Vice President of the Regional Sports Centre, Kochi, and served as Assistant Governor of Rotary District 3201.
