A guest lecture is arranged by the department of Civil Engineering in association with IGS student chapter of the department on 03-10-2023(Tuesday) from 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at SJB Seminar hall for the benefit of civil engineering students to help them in acquiring practical knowledge of current engineering practices pertaining to advance geosynthetics for infrastructure projects .
Indian Geotechnical Society Student Chapter Chalapathi Institute of Technology, Guntur, in association with Indian Geotechnical Society, Guntur chapter organizing “Terzagi” Expert Lecture on “ OVERVIEW OF GEOSYNTHETICS AND CASE STUDIES IN INDIA” by Sri R.KIRAN KUMAR Manager, Technical & Marketing, Tencate Geosynthetics India Pvt.Ltd. on 3-10-2023
REPORT OF TERZAGHI EXPERT LECTURE ON
NAVIGATING CHALLENGING GROUND CONDITIONS IN COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH
(Tuesday, 3rd October 2023)
The Department of Civil Engineering, V R Siddhartha Engineering College has successfully organized an Expert Talk on “NAVIGATING CHALLENGING GROUND CONDITIONS IN COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH” on 3rd October 2023 in association with IGS VR Siddhartha Engineering College Student Chapter. Dr. N R Krishnamurthy, currently serving as the Professor of the Civil Engineering Department at Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, embodies a legacy of knowledge and expertise. The session was hosted by Dr. Rama Vara Prasad Chavali, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, VRSEC. The lecture delved into several critical foundation construction challenges encountered in the region, shedding light on the complexities faced by engineers and builders. Out of a total of 35 participants from VRSEC, a significant number actively engaged in the lecture. Following the lecture, Professor NRK Murthy received a felicitation from Dr. V Mallikarjuna, the Associate Professor, and In charge Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at VRSEC. The session concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Rama Vara Prasad Chavali.
The IGS - Vellore student chapter has also organised another two day technical event on Introduction to Advanced Study of Soil-Water Interaction during 03rd and 04th Oct2023. The event was conducted online. 50 under graduate civil engineering students have participated in the event. The event was organised to explore the fascinating world of soil and water dynamics.
The Indian Geotechnical society - Vellore student chapter organised one day poster presentation event on 13th Jul-2023. The poster presentation was organised to explore some of the most pressing infrastructure challenges and propose innovative solutions. Participants have given the opportunity to create their own posters on a topic of their choice. Nearly 100 students were participated in the event.
Industry expert lecture on “Overview of Deep Foundation Testing” was organised on 5th July 2023. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Sujan Kulkarni, General Manager – Technical, Geo Dynamics Pvt Ltd, Gujarat, India. Mr. Sujan Kulkarni delivered a lecture on various QA/QC methods of Pile Foundations. The lecture was organised in hybrid mode. Nearly 70 participants, including faculty, research scholars and students attended the expert lecture. Dr. M. Muthukumar, Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Prof. J. Malathy, Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering organised the event.
Foundation day of IGS Raipur chapter was celebrated on 7th July 2023 during the valedictory function of two weeks hands on training program. On this auspicious occasion Dr. A. P. Singh, Honorary Secretary, IGS and Director Explore Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi was the Chief Guest for the function. Prof. (Dr.) Arun Goel, Professor & Head Civil Engineering Department, NIT Kurukshetra was the Guest of Honor. Dr. N. V. Ramana Rao, Director NIT Raipur presided over the function with gracious presence of Dr. G. D. Ramtekkar, Head of Department, Civil Engineering, Dr. Samir Bajpai, Chairman IGS Raipur Chapter and Dr. R. K. Tripathi, Chairman (Elect) IGS Raipur Chapter. The session began with welcoming address by Dr. S. Bajpai chairman of IGS Raipur chapter.
On the foundation day of new office bearers of IGS Raipur Chapter also took the charge for the next term 2023-2025. Dr. R. K. Tripathi took the charge of Chairman, Dr. R. N. Khare as Vice Chairman, Dr. L. K. Yadu as Honorary Secretary, Dr. Tarun Rajak as Organizing Secretary, Er. Arun T. Bhave as Joint Secretary and Dr. Sandeep Chouksey as Treasurer have taken charge of IGS Raipur chapter. All the dignitaries on and off the dias congratulated office bearers of IGS Raipur chapter for the term 2023-2025. Dr. R. K. Tripathi Chairman (elect) IGS Raipur chapter mentioned how the IGS Raipur chapter is doing well for spreading the importance of geotechnical investigation to society and it should be continued in the future also.
IGS student chapter at BIT Durg was inaugurated on 7th July 2023 during the valedictory function of two weeks hands on training program. This is the 5th IGS student chapter associated with IGS Raipur chapter. On this auspicious occasion Dr. A. P. Singh, Honorary Secretary, IGS Raipur Chapter and Director Explore Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi was the Chief Guest for the function. Prof. (Dr.) Arun Goel, Professor & Head Civil Engineering Department, NIT Kurukshetra was the Guest of Honor. Dr. N. V. Ramana Rao, Director NIT Raipur presided over the function with gracious presence of Dr. G. D. Ramtekkar, Head of Department, Civil Engineering, Dr. Samir Bajpai, Chairman IGS Raipur Chapter and Dr. R. K. Tripathi, Chairman (Elect) IGS Raipur Chapter. The session began with Dr. S. Bajpai welcoming all the dignitaries and participants. Chief Guest Dr. A. P. Singh declared the IGS Student chapter at BIT Durg Open. All the dignitaries on the dias and off the dias congratulated Principal D. Arun Arora, Head of Department, Civil Engineering, Dr. S. K. Jaiswal, and Ms. Deepti Hazare, Faculty Advisor and all the office bearers for the inauguration of IGS student chapter at BIT Durg.
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur’s Department of Civil Engineering and IGS Raipur Chapter organized an interaction session with Prof. Vikas Thakur, Vice-Dean (Sustainability) & Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway on 3rd August 2023. Prior, Prof. V. Thakur was the Professor and Head, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, NTNU Norway. He is also an alumnus of (2001/Civil Engineering), NIT Raipur.
Engineer’s Day Celebration continued for IGS Pune Chapter with an event organised in association with IIBE (Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers) on 16th September 2023. Chief Guest for the Day was Shri Vikas Ramgude, Chief Engineer, PWD Maharashtra who delivered an expert talk on ‘Case Study on Flood Damaged Bridges of Maharashtra’. The interesting lecture was well received by the audience which was further take up with intense Q and A session
Concrete day and Engineers’ Day were celebrated in association with ICI Pune centre on 14th -15th Sep 2023 at Main Building, SPPU. Concrete day celebrations included project and poster competition for students with exhibition inauguration showcasing latest technologies and materials related to construction. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Gosavi, VC, SPPU and Dr. Karmalkar, Former VC, SPPU. more than 300 students, academicians and professionals participated in the event.
Engineers’ day was celebrated in the memory of Late Shri. S D Limaye for his remarkable contribution towards KRCL and Pune Metro. The event started with felicitation of 8 Senior Engineering Professionals for their outstanding achievements in the profession by Dr. Karmalkar, Former VC, SPPU and Dr. Aditya Abhyankar, Director, Technology Dept., SPPU. Student competition related to display of innovative start up ideas was conducted. Prizes for all events were distributed worth Rs. 65000/- The event was well organised by Student Chapter of Anantrao Pawar College of Engineering, Pune
IGS Local Chapters of Maharashtra, namely Mumbai, Pune, Sambaji Nagar, Nagpur and Amaravati came together and organized a grand 2-day event ‘Mahafest’ to mark the 75 years celebration of establishment of Indian Geotechnical Society. The event was held on 12th and 13th September, organized by IGS Pune Chapter in lead, supported by other local chapters, venue was MIT WPU, Kothrud, Pune. Focus of the event was on ‘Tunnelling and Underground Structures’ with experts delivering interesting and informative lectures. More than 400 students from various parts of Maharashtra attended and it was noteworthy to mention that more than 50 female students out of Pune participated in the event. Competitions for students were held which included Pick and Speak, Poster competition, Quiz. Prizes worth Rs 75,000/- were distributed, winner certificates, participation and volunteer certificates were given to encourage the students and recognise their participation. The hosts were glad to welcome IGS President, IGS Secretary, Past President IGS, Chairman and Secretary of IGS Mumbai Chapter and Sambaji Nagar Chapter and other eminent guests for the event. The Chief Guest for inaugural session was Mr Sanjay Gupta, MD of KRCL, Guest of Honour for the day, Shri Atul Gadgil, Director Works-Mahametro.
IGS Pune Chapter proudly opened its 29th student chapter on 1st September 2023 at JSPM'S Narhe Technical campus, Pune. Guest lecture was delivered on the topic ‘Landslides and mitigation measures’ by Er. Suman Jain. The students were enthusiastic on opening of the chapter in their premises and assured the EC team on keep the chapter live and dynamic.
Dynamic IGS Student Chapter of D.Y. Patil COE, Akurdi, Pune, organised an expert talk in the topic ‘Near Surface geophysics applications’, delivered by Vice Chairman of IGS Pune Chapter, Dr. Krishnaiah. The event was held on 31st August 2023. The talk emphasized the use of geophysical methods in geotechnical investigations to deliver better and higher resolution subsurface images and provide representative locations for direct measurements.
Under the leadership of Shri Vikas Patil, Pune Chapter organised a site visit for the students of NICMAR University, Pune to the well-known Chandani Chowk Interchange Project, NH 4, Mumbai-Bangalore Highway. The visit was aimed to witness the girder launching. As the site is located on a heavy traffic zone area, the launching was scheduled in mid night and so was the site visit! Yes, the students, faculty and IGS Pune Chapter team was at site on midnight of 13th August 2023. Passion to give back to the society!
GUPSHUP With Prof. M S Shetty on 12th July, 2023 in association with ICI Pune centre: IGS Pune Chapter in association with ICI Pune Centre organised an interactive session with veteran and highly respected, Prof M S Shetty. More than 100 practicing professionals and academicians gathered for the memorable evening and participated actively. It was a nice congregation of Geotechnical Engineers and Engineers from Concrete industry.
In memory of Bharat Ratna Dr. Mokshgundam Vishwesharaiya, the 56th Engineer’s Day on 15th September 2023 was celebrated jointly by IGS Jabalpur Chapter, ICI Jabalpur Center and Practicing Engineers Association Jabalpur M.P. In a very glorious function IGS Jabalpur Chapter’s Chairman Er. Sanjiv Verma Salil, Vice Chairman Er. R.K.Shrivastava along with the chairpersons of the other two forums Dr. Manish Dubey, Dr. Praveen Beohar, Er. Rakesh Rathore, Er. Satish Suryavanshi was the guest of the event. Dr. Sanjay Verma Honorary Secretary IGS Jabalpur Chapter conducted the event and explained the celebration of the 75th year of IGS Installation. Dr. Verma also informed upcoming events of IGS in 2023 and various activities conducted by the IGS nationwide. More than 100 technocrats in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, Concrete Industry and Practicing Engineers were honored by the mementos during the event. ACC Ltd. sponsored the event.
Sanrachana-2K23, a Two-day event was conducted by the students’ chapter of Takshshila Institute of Engineering and Technology Jabalpur on 14th - 15th September 2023. Various technical activities organized by Civil Engineering students. e.g. Technical quiz, Model making, Portrait & Posters making, Sketching, Plantation, Exhibition display, etc. . Chief Guest of the valedictory function Dr. Rajeev Chandak, Vice Chairman of IGS Jabalpur Chapter and Head of Jabalpur Engineering College distributed certificates to the participants. Dr. Chandak also explained the career opportunities to the students in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Takshshila College Management, Departments HoDs, and Faculties were present at the two-day event.
Construction site visits are the most powerful learning aid in the civil Engineering to Explain the concept practically. The site visit was carried out to understand the construction of Foundation and foundation design for the 3rd year students as part of their chapter activity. The visit of the VJIT Hostel site which was at foundation stage construction had taken into consideration to map the learning objectives. Students actively interacted with site Supervisors to clarify their doubts and gained knowledge.
The Civil Engineering Department of Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology (VJIT) organized Two Week Internship on Software applications in Geotechnical and structural Engineering from September 19th to October 3rd 2023 under VJIT IGS student chapter.
Civil Engineering Department, Vidya Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology organized a offline internship program to give software orientation to solve the problems in civil Engineering. In this 2 week internship focus is given on Geotechnical software and Building Information Modeling (BIM) using Revit. Dr. Pallavi Badry (H.O.D), Department of Civil Engineering, took extensive practice to model Retaining wall, pile group settlement analysis, Embankment analysis etc using GEO5 Software tool. Mr. Suraj from Gryphon academy Pune introduced BIM through Revit Architecture and Revit Structures. He also executed few case studies models through BIM. The 2-week skill development program organized by the department was found to be way very beneficial to the student’s fraternity considering their placement and projects tasks. It gave a good experience from the view of implementing theoretical knowledge into practical aspects. A well planned, properly executed software training in the area structural and Geotechnical engineering helped students a lot in developing professional commitments.
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