Dr. D Y Patil School of Engineering &

Technology, Charholi, Lohegaon Pune

Department of

Civil Engineering

Report

on

"Faculty development Programme"

(10th

February 2016)

&

Two days National Level Seminar

on the topic

"Advances in civil Engineering"

( 11th

-12th

February 2016)

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS REGARDING FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME AND TWO DAYS NATIONAL SEMINAR

Date of Faculty Development Programme : 10/02/2016

Name of the Key Note Speaker : Dr. KVSG Murali Krishna

Educational Qualification : BE, ME, PhD

Designation : Prof. of Civil Engineering, JNTUK, Kakinada, India.

Contact Number : 9849136135

Introduction of the Key Note Speaker

He did his B.E. in Civil Engg. (He describes it as Civilization Engineering) and M.E.

(Environmental Engineering), both from SVNIT, Surat and Ph.D. in Air Pollution Control Technology

from JNTUK University. Worked as Director- Foreign Universities & Alumni Relations, JNTUK;

Head of the Dept. of Civil Engg.; Convener-Finishing School; Coordinator (on deputation)- IEG,

Government of A.P.; Officer-in-Charge of Examinations, Consultancy in-Charge Environmental Engg.

Training & Placement Officer, NSS Coordinator, Expert lectures at IISc., IITs, AU, NUS, Singapore,

AIT, Bangkok; CDAC, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari; MCHRD, Hyderabad, NFCL, CFL, GVK,

Reliance, BHEL, Trichy; GSPIIC, Baroda; TTD; Central Jails etc.

Founder of Environmental Protection Society, an ENGO registered in 1992 and recognized as

a Center for Training in Environmental Protection by RGTM, a Government Organization, and

Registered with FCRA, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, and New Delhi.

He is a Member of Committee of APPCB, EGDt, AP; Scrutinizer of Solid Waste

Management System under Swacha Bharat for 21ULBs of West and East Godavari Districts.

He received several appreciation awards like Bharat Excellence Award-2002 by FFI, New

Delhi, Teacher of the Year- 2010 by JNTUK University; Vocational Excellence Award-2013 from

Rotary Club- Golden Jubilee; Service to Society through dedication in duty-2011 by E.G. District,

Best Teacher Award-2012, from JNTUK University based on students’ on-line evaluation and Award

for Excellence in Teaching-2013 by Indo Global Education Summit. He received a Rs. 1 lakh Cash

Award-2009 from IEG, Govt. of A.P. for his service to Special Training Programs for the SC/ST &

other socially and economically challenged sections of the society. He is the recipient of “Best

Teacher Award-2015” by Government of A.P., India. He is appointed as a Member-SEAC [State

Experts Appraisal Committee for A.P.], Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change,

Govt of India till 13.11. 2017. He is Expert for Technical & Economic Appraisal to HPCSAC

(High Power Committee for Swachha Andhra Corporation), Govt. of AP, w.e.f. 12.10.2015.

No. of Webinars (IUCEE) : 03(Air Pollution Control, Top5 Experiments & Carbon Credits)

No. of Scholars guided for PhD: 03(International Students: 01, National Students: 02)

Number of Countries visited : 09 Total Number of Books authored : 24

Seminar/Workshop Proceedings: 08 Total No. of Papers published : 80

International Journals:15, National Journals:10, International Conferences:16,National Conferences: 39

Programme Schedule

Session 1- For Students (9.00am -12.30pm)

Session 2- For Faculties (2.00pm -4.30pm)

Summary of the Progarmme

He inspired to keep the environment healthy by not relating Professional life with the Personal life

and he also said to give importance to Personal life. He said to be friendly with the students so that the

interaction develops between the two. He explained the basic concepts of Engineering and made us to

see Engineering in different view.

Two Days National Seminar (11/02/2016&12/02/2016)

Day 1(11/02/2016)

Session I started with Registration/Tea/Breakfast from 9:00 am to 9:30 am followed by Inaugural

function from 9:30 am to 10:30 am.

Registration Committee

Tea/Breakfast

Inaugural Function

At 10:30 am Key note address was given by Dr. KVSG Murali Krishna, BE, ME, PhD

who is presently Prof. of Civil Engineering, JNTUK, Kakinada, India. Founder of Environmental

Protection Society, an ENGO registered in 1992 and recognized as a Center for Training in Environmental

Protection by RGTM, a Government Organization, and Registered with FCRA, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt.

of India, and New Delhi. He is a Member of Committee of APPCB, EGDt, AP; Scrutinizer of Solid Waste

Management System under Swacha Bharat for 21ULBs of West and East Godavari Districts. He received

several appreciation awards like Bharat Excellence Award-2002 by FFI, New Delhi, Teacher of the Year-

2010 by JNTUK University; Vocational Excellence Award-2013 from Rotary Club- Golden Jubilee; Service to

Society through dedication in duty-2011 by E.G. District, Best Teacher Award-2012, from JNTUK

University based on students’ on-line evaluation and Award for Excellence in Teaching-2013 by Indo Global

Education Summit.

He delivered lecture on " Green Technologies for future Civil Engineering", he explained about the

conversion of salt water into fresh water using various methods like freezing etc.

After the lecture on " Green Technologies for future Civil Engineering", there was break of 1 hour from

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.

Lunch Break

After the post lunch, Session II started at 1:30 pm followed by lecture on the topic "Environmental

Monitoring with focus on water quality index" by Dr. Santosh Sharad Kolte, BE, ME, PhD who is presently

Principal of Hansaba College of Engineering & Technology, Gujarat. who has worked on various projects like

water supply and sanitary Engineering, solid waste management & Waste minimization etc. he has around 13

national/international publications and has attended number of seminar, conferences, expert lecturers and has

organized programmes of technical expertise in the field of Environmental Engineering.

He talked about determination of water quality index and its development and types, and also various

parameters of the water quality. and how to compare the water quality index of the parameters with the standard

methods.

There was a Tea break of 15 minutes at 3:00 pm to 3:15pm followed by the Lecture on "New

Techniques in Pavement Design" by Mr. Vikas V. Thakar. BE, M.S(Pavements) from Pennsylvania State

University. He is presently Consulting Engineer, working as a Pavement Technologist in association with Dr.

Raj Dongre, of Dongre Laboratory Inc, Virginia, USA. He was also Research Assistant to Dr. David Anderson

during his period of Research Scholar. He has worked on Various projects on Pavement Design in India & USA.

he is the member of various committees in IRC, ASCE,STAC, Institute of Engineers etc.

Tea Break

Lecture by Mr. Vikas V. Thakar. BE, M.S(Pavements)

He gave an overview of the current scenario of Highway construction in India. He explained the design

concepts and pavement basics and what are the advance pavement construction techniques and also the

introduction to the new materials and technology used in pavement construction and how to evaluate and

maintain the pavement quality.

Day 2(12/02/2016)

Session III started with Tea/Breakfast from 9:00 am to 9:30 am followed by lecture on " Smart City"

by Mr. Manoj Barve. B.Com, CA, CMA, CPA. He is currently Consultant for India-Entry and Scale-up Support

for German companies. He has also worked as Director Finance, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial

Officer in various organizations. He is governing body member of Viswakarma Institute of Management and is

also associated with Jagruti Blind Girls School, Pune. he has also written various articles on finance, tax issues,

M&A, Private equity.

Tea/Breakfast

Lecture on " Smart City" by Mr. Manoj Barve. B.Com, CA, CMA, CPA.

He spoke on Smart Cities mission and opportunities for Civil Engineers which highlighted the various

challenges faced during urbanization and what is the mission and components of smart cities and the various

opportunities for industry and how to boost the industry and the possible solutions.

From 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Mr. Subhash Inamdar delivered lecture on "Opportunities and challenges in flow

piping technology in relation to Civil Engineering". Mr. Subhash Inamdar , B.Com, ICWA, is currently the

chairman of Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship Development & Research and Vice Chairman of Jnanada

Pratishthan.

He spoke on Opportunities and challenges in flow piping technology in relation to Civil Engineering and he gave

brief introduction for the course and the job opportunities in flow piping technology.

After the lecture on "Opportunities and challenges in flow piping technology in relation to Civil

Engineering". there was break of 45 minutes from 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm.

Lunch Break

After the post lunch, Session IV started at 1:15 pm followed by lecture on the topic "Why structures in

India have pre- mature death & methods for constructing durable concrete structures" by Mr. S.C. Gupta, BE,

who presently owns a consultancy company, giving consultancy service in various fields and also has small scale

industry for manufacturing of concrete admixtures etc. Earlier he worked in Indian Railways and was head

construction, Mumbai Metro and various projects were completed under his leadership.

lecture on the topic "Why structures in India have pre- mature death & methods for constructing

durable concrete structures" by Mr. S.C. Gupta, BE

He talked about the various reasons for the failure of hundreds of bridges and structures and how we

people are ignorant during the construction of the structures and what are various methods for constructing

durable concrete structures.

From 2:45pm to 3:15pm there was lecture on Concrete Technology by Dr. S.S. Jamka BE, ME,PhD,

Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics and Controller of Examinations, Govt. College of Engineering,

Aurangabad. He has Patents registered for "Apparatus for determining dimensions of aggregate particles used in

concrete" and "Titled method and apparatus for measuring characteristics of aggregates of concrete mass by

using digital image processing".He has published various research papers.

He enlightened the knowledge of Concrete technology. As per IS codes, he widened the knowledge of

properties of special aggregates and also about the concrete. . He explained the design concepts of mixed

proportion.

There was a Tea break of 15 minutes from 3:15pm to 3:30pm followed by Valedictory function where

all the guests were honored and certificates were distributed to the participants. Vote of thanks was delivered by

Prof. Milind Darade.

Tea Break

Validatory Function

OBJECTIVES / BENEFITS OF THE SEMINAR

➢ The participants had an informative experience of the various topics.

➢ Motivational and innovative ideas were gained from the speakers.