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P. C. Verghese’s Design of Reinforced concrete Foundations, published by Phi Learning Private Ltd., is a comprehensive book for Civil Engineering students. It explains the IS Codes on the subject. Each chapter deals with one particular concept and the entire book is lecture-based, which aids in better comprehension. Effects of earthquakes on foundations are discussed in an exclusive chapter dedicated to the topic. Several diagrams and illustrations are included to explain the concepts better. Some of the chapters covered in the book are Foundation Structures, Wall Footings, Design of Isolated Footings with Vertical Loads and Moments, Combined Footings for Two Columns, Balanced Footings, Strip Footings under Several Columns, Raft Foundations, Design of Flat Slab Rafts/Mat Foundations, Beam and Slab Rafts, Compensated Foundations, Cellular Rafts and Basement Floors, Combined Piled Raft Foundation (CPRF), Circular and Annular Rafts, Under-reamed Pile Foundations, Design of Pile Caps, Pile Foundations-Design of Large Diameter Socketed Piles, Design of Cantilever and Basement Retaining Walls, Infilled Virendeel Frame Foundations, Steel Column Bases, Analysis of Flexible Beams on Elastic Foundation and Shells for Foundations. About Phi Learning Private Ltd. Phi Learning Private Ltd. was founded in the year 1963 and has been one of the leading publishing houses of textbooks and academic books in India ever since. They have been publishing books in the areas of study of Engineering, Sciences, and Management, Computer Science, Social Sciences and Humanities among many other subjects. Their books are widely read and used not only by students but also teachers and professionals in various fields. They develop and publish books by choosing the most elite academicians from various backgrounds as authors, including the IITs and IIMs and other famous educational institutions. Some of the books published by Phi Learning Private Ltd. are Object-Oriented Programming, Veterinary and Animal Science, Internet Security and Acceleration, Human Resource Information and Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.