The Sixth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, was held at New Delhi from January 10 to 14, 1977 under the auspices of the International association on Earthquake Engineering.
The Geological Survey of India and the India Meteorological Department have been studying tectonic and seismological problems for long. For studying the engineering aspects, the School of Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering was established in 1960 at the University of Roorki. With the co-operation of these and other organisations, the first code of practice for earthquake resistance design of structures as published by the Indian Standards Institution in 1962. The code has since been adapted three times and used extensively. Earthquake engineering studies have now made substantial advance in India and the country was proud of hosting the Sixth World Conference on the subject.
The stamp shows symbolically the seismogram on a recording drum. The split in the earth's crust represents the faulting responsible for earthquake occurrence.
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