INTRODUCTION

With rapid strides in earthquake engineering in the last several decades, the seismic codes across the world are becoming increasingly sophisticated and the Indian seismic codes are no exceptions. The first Indian seismic code (IS 1893) was published in 1962 and it has since been revised in 1966, 1970, 1975, 1984, 2002 and 2016, and now the code is once again revised. This time, the revision of the seismic code is a quantum jump and brings in many significant changes, introducing many advances that have occurred in the knowledge related to the earthquake-resistant design of structures over the last 20 years. In order to discuss the developments, IAStructE has organized a panel discussion on IS 1893 (Part 1) on 17^th June, 2023 where experts who contributed for the development of the code participated in the discussion.

Prof. R. Pradeep Kumar, President IAStructE and Mr. Alok Bhowmick, Past President IAStructE welcomed the esteemed speaker and eminent panelists to the deliberation on the proposed revision of IS 1893. Mr. Bhowmick highlighted that the proposed revision of the standard is a quantum jump and captures many significant changes. The intent of the workshop was to provide better insight into the proposed changes to the structural engineers and also invite their valued suggestions to make the standard more comprehensive.

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