Indorock 2016: A Conference on the Rock Mechanics 1 Author Full Name1, Author Full Name 2* Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi *Corresponding author email: einstein@iitmandi.ac.in Abstracts should be provided in Microsoft Word (.doc) file format or as an portable document file (PDF) manuscript. The font should be used Times Roman. Title font-size should be 16point and body text font size should be 12 point with 1.5 line spacing. Name of all contributors should be mentioned in abstract with their affiliation. The email id of corresponding author is required [1]. Keep paper size A4 and use margins of at least 30mm on both the left and right sides. Paper Abstracts are limited to one page of text. References should appear on the bottom of the page [2]. Use Microsoft Equation 3.0 for equations v dx dt Thank you very much for participation References 1. Hoek, E. and Brown, E.T. (1980). Underground excavations in rock, Institution of Mining and Metalluragy, London. pp 527. 2. Neuzil, C.E. and Pollock, D.W.(1983). Erosional unloading and fluid pressure in hydraulically tight rocks, Journal of Geology, 91, pp 179-193. Important Dates: Last date for abstract submission: Feb 28, 2016 Abstract acceptance notification: March 15, 2016 Full paper submission last date: April 15, 2016