Geotechnical Engineering is authored by eminent author Prof. C. Venkatramaiah and is published by one of the leading publishers, NEW AGE International Publishers. This latest colour Edition of the book is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Civil Engineering. The book is recommended by various IITs, NITs and other top Engineering Colleges. This is one of our best selling books on Geotechnical Engineering. This book has been designed to meet the needs of the Civil Engineering Curricula for the courses in the subject of Geotechnical Engineering of Indian Universities. The topics have been dealt with in a logical sequence and the concepts explained in a lucid manner. Adequate number of well-graded illustrative examples and problems for practice have been included; the answers for the latter are given at the end of the book. Summary of main points and references are given at the end of each chapter. References have been made to the relevant Indian Standard Codes at appropriate places. A large number of objective questions are given along with the answers at the end.