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-Dr. Tejas Thaker

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AT LINTON UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA Mr Vasudeo Chaudhari has organized and coordinated a fourteen days international training program for civil engineering students at Linton University College, Malaysia from 10th to 23rd Jan 2019. The program aimed to give students a global learning experience in a civil engineering perspective. Various international experts from industries, academics and R&D conducted sessions on employability skills for Industry 4.0, R&D-writing Technical Papers in Engineering, Workshop series on software Modeling and Professional Skills and Ethics, Building 4Cs-Global Graduate Attributes, Colloquium-Student presentation and Field visits to civil engineering marvels in Malaysia.

The students also got an opportunity to attend an international conference organized by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), Malaysia. Total of 19 students participated in the program.

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On 15th August 2018 I.C.E (Institution of Civil Engineers) – a student chapter of PDPU along with two other clubs, ElemenTree and Envirofreaks organized a tree plantation drive named “Plant a Tree, Plant a Life” on the occasion (15th August 2018) at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar RJ Vashishtha from Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM was invited to this event as special guest. After arriving, he addressed the students and encouraged them to take part in this event. He and his team showed great support to us and also actively participated in the tree plantation. Students also enjoyed with the RJ while interacting and taking pictures with him. We would like to express thanks to Dr. Anurag Kandya, Faculty Mentor of I.C.E and Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering. We are also thankful to the Gujarat Forest Nursery, Gandhinagar who provided 200 Tree saplings for the event We also want to acknowledge the efforts put in by all the members and students who attended the event, for bringing in their kindness and love towards the nature and making the event a success. We are thankful to RJ Vashistha and RJ Dhvanit from Radio Mirchi 98.3FM for their presence and support in the event.

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VIBRANT GUJARAT EXPERT LECTURE 2019-2020 , ON BAMBOO STRUCTURE

Dr. Chaaruchandra Korde, Post-Doc fellow Dr. Anurag Kandya along with his research team at from Trinity College, Dublin gave an expert Stall No. 9 displaying the ongoing research work at lecture on ‘Sustainable Infrastructure: the Environmental Engineering Laboratory, SOT, PDPU.

Bamboo Structure and Activated slag for precast Concrete’ for the final year student of B.Tech (CivilEngineering) and M.Tech (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) on 08th October, 2018. It was a 90 minutes talk followed by a discussion. Many Green Building Environmental Engineering Laboratory was given strategies were discussed in the talk. The students Stall No. 9 to display the salient research work expressed that would look forward to pursue being carried out in the field of Climate Modelling, research in this domain under his guidance Wastewater Treatment and Solid Waste Management. Posters containing the details of the ongoing research works were displayed along with few instrumental facilities which were procured through the research grants given by ISRO, DST and PDPU The poster titled Monitoring and Modelling the mode rating capability of a water body in an urban area attracted a high attention of many visitors. This is ongoing research project funded by Office of Research and Sponsored Program (ORSP), PDPU. This project had won the first prize in the Student Start-up and Innovation Program (SSIP) under the Student Innovation Challenge 2018 organized by Government of Gujarat in September, 2018.

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EXPERT LECTURE ON EXPERT LECTURE GIS ADVANCE CONCRETE Technology and DESIGN Entrepreneurship in India

MR. JIGNESH BHAVSAR (DIRECTOR, On 19th November 2018, a guest lecture BY:- MR. TECHCON SERVICES) On 29th August 2018 gave SATYAM DAVE (ANALYTIC SOLUTION) on the lecture on recent advancements in the field of “GIS Technology and Career Prospective “ was concrete technology. He gave an insight of the organized by Mr.. Akshay Jain for second and third advanced materials being used in the industry to year (B.Tech Civil) at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum improve the strength as well as durability of the University. Mr. Satyam Dave, a GIS expert at Concrete structures. The lecture started by the analytical solution shared his insights about the field description of the ancient structures and the of GIS and his experience in his past 12 years. materials, how durable were the structures. The session was quite interactive and witnessed a Different types of concrete and admixtures were foot fall of 70+ pupils from second and third year listed, and their importance was discussed with the civil engineering students. It was indeed a privilege students. Further he discussed about high strength to have Mr. Satyam Dave as a guest speaker for this concrete used in the industry. For example; High particular session. His insights have definitely Strength Concrete (Upto M-80 grade) Ultra High inspired quite a few young minds to purse GIS as a Strength Concrete (Upto M- 200 grade) and career. Reactive series Concrete (From M-200 to M-800 grade) prepared in standard laboratory conditions. Topics like Light Weight Concrete were discussed with the students to give them the insight of the working of today’s industry. He brought the physical samples of the three different fibers (For instance Steel Fibers) for the students and how by the inculcation of this fibers, M-200 grade of concrete can be achieved was discussed with the students. Effects of hot and cold weather were discussed by him. The different types of fibers were listed and how their inculcation into the concrete can drastically affect the strength as well as the durability of the concrete was discussed. The Session included Introduction to the analytical solution, followed by the meaning of GIS and its various applications in the different fields of engineering and how it helps to easy in data collection. What are the career prospective of GIS And what is industry for GIS work force. The GIS has developed a lot in last decade and it’s important

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION PDPU “F” BLOCK VISIT During the whole semester, F block construction site visits were organized for the Civil Engineering Students. The PSP (construction company) safety officer explains safety norms & safety precautions on construction site and explained all to strictly follow safety norms. The PSP senior engineer welcomed students and briefed them about the various construction activities at site. Students observed various activities like excavation, layout marking quality testing of the concrete, various formwork, reinforcement and rebar detailing, placing of ready- mix concrete etc. how the reinforcement is placed and how the clear cover is provided for the beams and columns. The bending of the bar and the development length calculation was taught to the students by the engineer. The major aspect covered in the visit was the study of the plan and its practical implementation in the field. Safety rules, Scheduling, planning and stock management were key points to learn.

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National Symposium on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering 27th to 29th March

 The Department of Civil Engineering organized a National Symposium on ‘Current Challenges for Safe and Sustainable Structural Development’ on March 27 – 29, 2019 at PDPU.  This symposium was organized to help faculty members, researchers, professionals and students to acquire modern knowledge of structural engineering for safe and sustainable development. It is designed to give through understating current practices and challenges for sustainable construction technologies, rehabilitation of reinforced concrete and masonry structures, Identification of crack-using deep learning, understanding structural health of India. Seismic hazards assessment of India.  Safety practices and sustainable development in the Indian perspective. This symposium included the visit to the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR-Gandhinagar) to perceive the real-time seismicity monitoring system and demo for advance soil investigation techniques.  On the last day of the symposium, the visit was organized to “statue of unity” to witness the current civil engineering marvel of India. The invited resource person were Dr. Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla, Professor & Registrar IIIT Hyderabad, Dr. Vivek Kapadia, Chief Engineer, Government of Gujarat, Dr. Svetlana Brzev, Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada Dr T.J. Deepak, Adjunct Professor, Linton university college, Malaysia and more form reputed industry and academics.  Total more than 50 participated for the symposium. The conveners of the symposium were Mr Vasudeo Chaudhari and Mr Ronak Motiani.

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FACULTY ZONE: WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED/ATTENDED

Mr. Manivel M, organized and attended two days “VISSIM Software Training Workshop” on 2nd and 3rd April 2018 at PDPU.

Mr. Manivel M, attended a workshop on “Effective Academic Articulation” in the frame of the Faculty Development Programme on June 5th, 6th and 7th, 2018 at the “Ahmedabad Management Association”, ATIRA Campus, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Manivel M, attended a workshop on “Teaching with Technology” in the frame of the Faculty Development Programme on 8th-9th Sept, 2018 at PDPU.

Mr. Manivel M, participated three days FDP on “Student Induction Program” conducted by AICTE held at VGEC Chandkheda from 29 to 31st Jan 2019.

Mr. Manivel M, attended a workshop on “IPR - IP strategy for Researchers” on 14th February, 2019 at PDPU.

Dr. Dayashankar Kaul was invited as Technical Member of ‘International Conference on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, 2019 (REC 2019)’.

Dr. Dayashankar Kaul participated in “VISSIM Software Training Workshop” held at PDPU, 2018.

Ms. Rimpi Baro, attended a workshop on “Effective Academic Articulation” as a part of Faculty Development Programme on June 5th, 6th and 7th, 2018 at the “Ahmedabad Management Association”, ATIRA Campus, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Ahmedabad.

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Dr. Tejas Thaker has following publications:

 Akshay O. Jain, Tejaskumar Thaker, Ashish Chaurasia, Parth Patel and Anupam Kumar Singh (2019), “Vertical accuracy evaluation of SRTM-GL1, GDEM-V2, AW3D30 and CartoDEM-V3.1 of 30-m resolution with dual frequency GNSS for lower Tapi Basin India”, Geocarto International, Vol 33(11), 1237-1256.

Dr. Anantha Singh T S has following publications:

 JayrajKhatri, P.V.Nidheesh, T.S.Anantha Singh, M. Suresh Kumar, Advanced oxidation processes based on zero-valent aluminium for treating textile wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal, 348, 2018, 67-73 (I.F.- 6.5)

 P.V. Nidheesh, Jayraj Khatri, T.S. Anantha Singh, R. Gandhimathi, S.T. Ramesh, Review of zero- valent aluminium based water and wastewater treatment methods, Chemosphere, 200 (2018) 621- 631 (I.F. – 3.8)

Dr. Manas Bhoi has following publications:

 James, G., Bhoi, M.K., and Menon, P. (2018). “Study of shear strength of root reinforced soil.” The conference publications (Environmental Science and Technology 2018. American Science Press, 2018, Houston, USA (ISBN 978-1-5323-2264-8)). pp. 462-469.

Dr. Niragi Dave has following publications:

 "Green quaternary concrete composites: Characterization and evaluation of the mechanical properties", Paper Published in Journal of Structural Concrete (Wiley Publication), pp. – 1-10, 2018. (Indexed: Web of Science (SCI), Scopus, Google Scholar)

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 Paper presented in 3rd R.N.Raikar, Gettu-Kodur International symposium, American Concrete Institute ltd, December 2018. paper title was Niragi Dave "Strength and Durability performance of sustainable and green concrete composites containing different levels of SCMs"

Dr. Debasis Sarkar has following publications:  Sarkar, D (2018) “Hybrid approach for resource optimization and management of bridge projects using bootstrap technique and genetic algorithm” International Journal of Construction Management, Vol. 18(3), pp. 207-220. (Taylor & Francis)(Scopus indexed, UGC approved)

 Sarkar, D and Thakkar, P (2018) “Integrated BIM-Cloud for Enhancing Co-ordination and Communication in Real Estate Projects in India” International Journal of Construction Project Management, Vol. 10(1), pp. 55-68. (Nova Science, USA).

 Sarkar, D., Jha, K. N. and Patel, S. (2018) “Critical chain project management for a highway construction project with a focus on theory of constraints”, International Journal of Construction Management, DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2018.1512031 (Scopus indexed, UGC approved) (Published Online) (Taylor & Francis)

 Gohel, J., Sarkar, D. and Raghavendra, H.B. (2018) “Statistical Process Control and Strength Monitoring of Ready Mixed Concrete through Application of CUSUM and EWMA Control Charts: A Case Study of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar RMC Plants” International Journal of Quality Engineering & Technology, Vol. 7(2), pp. 178-204. (Scopus indexed, UGC approved) (Inderscience)

 Sarkar, D and Singh, M. (2019) “Development of risk index for mass rapid transit system project in Western India through application of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP)” International Journal of Construction Management, DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2018.1557997, (Scopus Indexed, UGC approved)(Published Online) (Taylor & Francis)

 Singh, M, Sarkar, D and Vara, D (2019) “Comparative Study of Risk Indices for Infrastructure Transportation Project Using Different Methods” Journal of Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, DOI 10.1007/s40030-18- 0353-0 (Scopus indexed, UGC approved), (Published Online) (Springer)

 Sheth, A and Sarkar, D (2019) “Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Electric Vs Diesel Bus Transit in an Indian Scenario”, International Journal of Technology, Vol. 10(1), pp. 105-115. (Scopus indexed, UGC approved).

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 Dr. T. Thaker, Pankaj K. Savalia, Mehul K. Patel and Kundan A. Patel (2018),“GIS-based Seismic Risk Analysis of Ahmedabad City, India”, Proc. Geoshanghai International Conference, 27-30th May, 2018, Shanghai, 108-116.

 Dr. T. Thaker, Raviraj Dave and Chirag Joshi (2018), “Ground Response Analysis of Ahmedabad Region to Assess Seismic Hazard”, Proc. Geoshanghai International Conference, 27- 30th May, 2018, Shanghai, 208-215.

 Payal Mehta and Dr. T. Thaker (2018), “Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Central Gujarat Region”, Proc. Geoshanghai International Conference, 27-30th May 2018, Shanghai, 288- 299

 Payal Mehta and Dr. T. Thaker (2018), “Seismic Hazard for Vadodara Region, Gujarat, India: A Sustainable Solution for Infrastructure Development”, The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 22-25 November 2018, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

 Dr. T. Thaker and K.S. Rao (2018), “Estimation of Liquefaction Hazard for Surat Urban Territory, South Gujarat, India Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigation”, The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 22-25 November 2018, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

 Payal Mehta and Dr. T. Thaker (2018), “Review of Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Context of Upcoming Smart Cities in India” The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 22-25 November 2018, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

 Meet Khirsaria and Dr. T. Thaker (2018), “ Effect on Fundamental Time Period for Various RC Structures in with and Without the Influence of Masonry Infills”, The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 22-25 November 2018, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

 Manali Dave and Dr. T. Thaker (2019) “Examination of Present Subsurface Investigation Data for Valuation of Liquefaction Potential for Ahmadabad City by means of SPT-N Value”, Symposium of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, March 2019, 1-7.

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 Utsav Thakkar, Dhaval Patel, Dhruv Shah and Dr. T. Thaker (2019), “Improvement of soil properties through microbial induce calcite precipitation by Fungal treatment” International Civil Engineering Symposium 2019, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, March 2019, 74-77.

 Investigating the Dynamics of Urban Heat Islands of Megacity Delhi of India using Satellite data, Statistical Analysis and GIS by Anurag Kandya, Manju Mohan, Jay Mehta in the 2-days International Workshop on Modeling Atmospheric – Oceanic Processes for Weather and Climate Extremes jointly organized by Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi and The Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) at IIT Delhi during 28-29 March, 2019.

 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Urban Heat Islands of Hyderabad city using high resolution Landsat 8 satellite data by Anurag Kandya, Jay Mehta and Ishan Dimri at ISG-ISRS National Symposium and Annual Conventions 2018 organized at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad during 5-7 December, 2018.

 Detecting Signals of Climate Change through time-series Thermal Comfort Analysis: A case study of Vadodara City, Gujarat by Shreya Chauhan, Anurag Kandya and Abha Chhabra at ISG-ISRS National Symposium and Annual Conventions 2018 organized at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad during 5-7 December, 2018.

 Detecting Signals of Climate Change through time-series Thermal Comfort Analysis: A case study of Vadodara City, Gujarat by Shreya Chauhan, Anurag Kandya and Abha Chhabra at ISG-ISRS National Symposium and Annual Conventions 2018 organized at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad during 5-7 December, 2018.

 Dr. Dayashankar Kaul published one Conference publication: Kaul, D. S., et al., A device development for measuring atmospheric columnar integrated air pollution, IC3E, Shanghai, China, E7, 2019.

 Dr. Niragi Dave attended The 3rd R.N.Raikar, Gettu-Kodur International symposium, ACI ltd on 14-15 December 2018.

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 Soni J., Gujar R., Thaker T., Deshmukh S., Patelia P.R. (2018) Efficient Road Asset Management with Output and Performance-Based Road Contract. In: Deb D., Balas V., Dey R., Shah J. (eds) Innovative Research in Transportation Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure. Springer, Singapore, Print ISBN 978-981-13-2031-6 Online ISBN 978-981-13- 2032-3, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2032-3_5

 Thaker T.P., Savaliya P.K., Patel M.K., Patel K.A. (2018) GIS Based Seismic Risk Analysis of Ahmedabad City, India. In: Farid A., Chen H. (eds) Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Geoenvironment and Geohazard. GSIC 2018. Springer, Singapore, Print ISBN 978- 981-13-0130-8; Online ISBN 978-981-13-0131-5, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0131- 5_32

 Mehta P., Thaker T.P., Raghvendra H.B. (2018) Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Central Gujarat Region. In: Qiu T., Tiwari B., Zhang Z. (eds) Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering. GSIC 2018. Springer, Singapore, Print ISBN 978-981-13-0130-8; Online ISBN 978-981-13-0131-5, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0131-5_32

 Thaker T.P., Dave R., Joshi C. (2018) Ground Response Analysis of Ahmedabad Region to Measure Earthquake Hazard Assessment. In: Farid A., Chen H. (eds) Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Geoenvironment and Geohazard. GSIC 2018. Springer, Singapore, Print ISBN 978-981-13-0127-8 Online ISBN 978-981-13-0128-5, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981- 13-0128-5_24

 Chapter 17, Mechanism of Treatment Methods of Arsenic-Contaminated Water, P. V. Nidheesh, Ansaf V. Karim, T. S. Anantha Singh, Dhanashree Dofe, Sheetal Sahare, and M. Suresh Kumar, in the book named, Mechanism of Treatment Methods of Arsenic-Contaminated Water, Mechanisms of Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants, Springer Nature Singapore Pvt Ltd. 2018 405, M. Hasanuzzaman et al. (eds.)

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FACULTY ZONE: AWARDS/ HONOURS

Research on “Earthquake Risk Assessment of Ahmadabad Region” led by the Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker and his team is recognized by Times of India and published an article in newspaper dated 28th May, 2018!!

Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker and Dr. Rajesh Gujar, Faculty members of Civil Engineering Department Appointed as Reviewer for First International Conference on Innovations in Infrastructure (ICIIF 2018) sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST) India held during 18-19 May 2018 at the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research And Management, Ahmedabad. All the accepted papers will be published as the Springer book chapter. Dr. Tejaskumar

Thaker delivered the Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker is appointed as Reviewer of expert talk on “Seismic International Journal “Geotechnical and Geological Microzonation and Risk Journal” by Springers publications, Netherland. Assessment of Indian Megacities” dated 7th March, 2019 in Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker is appointed as Reviewer of "International Symposium on Disaster “International Journal of Earthquake Engineering” by Resilience and Springers publications, Netherland. Sustainable Development" on 7-8 March, 2019 at Asian Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker and Dr. Manas Bhoi are Institute of Technology, nominated as Executive Committee Member for Indian Thailand. Geotechnical Society, Ahmedabad Chapter.

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FACULTY ZONE: AWARDS/ HONOURS

Dr. Anantha Singh as Part of the Scheduled I auditor entrusted by Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gujarat, to audit 6 industries across Ahmedabad on Environmental Management System.

Dr.Anantha Singh got the Project titled “Moving towards Organic Manure using gamma irradiated sewage sludge” sponsored by BRNS (35 Lakhs).

Dr. Dayashankar Kaul delivered a talk on “device development for measuring atmospheric columnar integrated air pollution” (Oral Presentation at IC3E, Shanghai, China, E7, 2019).

EXPERT LECTURE:

DR. H R DHANANJAYA, DELIVERED THREE EXPERT LECTURES ON ALTERNATE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD IN SIX DAY SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAM(STTP) ON “FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND APPLICATIONS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING” HELD DURING JUNE 4 - 9, 2018 AT THE CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CHARUSAT), GUJARAT Dr. Rajesh Gujar delivered his Expert talk on “Waste Utilization in Pavement” for GujCOST Sponsored One Week Short Term Training Program on “EXPANDING HORIZONS IN 3R: REDUCE, RECYCLE, & REUSE” at LDRP (Leelaben Dashrathbhi Ramdas Patel) Institute of technology and research on 15th March 2019.

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Dr. Dhruvesh Patel published the paper in STEM 2019 (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) jointly organized by DST & Vibrant Gujarat 2019.

Dr. Rajesh Gujar delivered an invited talk on “Microsurfacing in Pavement at STTP on Emerging Trends in Road Pavement Technologies” organized by BVM Engineering College in December 2018.

Dr. Anantha Singh’s SWAYAM-NPTEL local chapter ranked 13th out of 2214 local Chapters in India.

Dr. Dhruvesh Patel with his team members helped PDPU to get the project on flood inundation maps for sipu dam and Dantivada Dam worth Rs.17, 70,000.

Dr. Anurag Kandya delivered an invited talk on “Energy Conservation and Management” organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, B & B institute of technology , Vallabh Vidhyanagar College during 28th January to 02nd February 2019.

Dr. Manas Bhoi was panel member of a evaluation committee organised by GTU(Gujarat Technological

University, Chandkheda , Ahmedabad) to assess the Research Proposal Presentation of PhD students on 7th March 2019.

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DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES: EXPERT LECTURE

Dr. Niragi Dave organized an Expert lecture 24/8/2018. The invited guest was Mr. Jignesh Bhavsar [Director - Techcon Services] and he has delivered lecture in 7th semester Civil Engineering on Latest Advances in Concrete Technology.

Oral Presentation at International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering held in Shanghai, China, 2019

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FACULTY ZONE: CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS Dr. Anantha Singh and Dr. Dayashankar Kaul Highlights attended 12th International Conference on Thermal      Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA 2019), organized by School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Dr. Anantha Singh gave expert talk in the “SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in Titled INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF collaboration with Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada CHEMICAL ANALYSIS from 25th June to 29th during February 23-26, 2019. June, 2018.

Dr. Dayashankar Kaul attended IC3E international      conference held in Shanghai, China, during 14-16 March, 2019. Dr. Anantha Singh gave expert talk in the National Seminar on “Waste Water Treatment Technologies (WWTT – 2019)” on Dr. Anantha Singh attended NPTEL Workshop 22nd March, 2019 on the occasion of “World conducted on 8th June 2018 by IIT Madras at Water Day Celebration" in association with Gandhinagar Institute of Technology. Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST), Gandhinagar. Dr. Anantha Singh attended Faculty Development Workshop on “Teaching with Technology” held on 8th      and 9th September 2018, at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Dr. Anantha Singh appointed as Member of University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. the CETP screening committee under the chairmanship of Industries Commissioner, IC Dr. Anurag Kandya attended 2-days International office, Large Incentive Branch, Udhyog Bhavan, Workshop on Modeling Atmospheric – Oceanic Gandhinagar. Processes for Weather and Climate Extremes jointly      organized by Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi and The Asian Network on Climate Science and Dr. Anurag Kandya attended ISG-ISRS National Technology (ANCST) at IIT Delhi during 28-29 March, Symposium and Annual Conventions 2018 2019 organized at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad during 5-7 December, 2018 Dr. Anurag Kandya attended 2-days International Symposium titled ‘Disaster Resilience and Sustainable      Mr. Apurva Dave Attend one day work shop on Development organized by Asian Institute of Technology, Moodle Learning Management System. Bangkok, Thailand during 7-8 March, 2019.

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DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES: EXPERT LECTURES

Dr. Tejas Thaker arranged an expert talk on Intelligent transport system by Dr. Parth Bhavsar, Research Professor, Rowan University, USA on 8th January 2019 at PDPU

Department of Civil Engineering with ICE, PDPU hosted Dr. Chaaruchandra Korde, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Technical Director, Green Ban Infra Tech Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi today (8th October, 2018). He has delivered the talks to our M.Tech Infra and B.Tech Final Year students on "Bamboo Structure: Need, Potential and challenges" and "Activated Slag for Precast Concrete"

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Interaction of Civil Faculty members, PDPU with Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Officials on 7th March, 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand.

Faculty members of Civil Engineering interaction with Dr. Eden Y. Woon, President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 8th March, 2019.

Faculty members of Civil Engineering interaction with Prof. Pennung Warnitchai, Dean, School of Technology , Asian Institute of Technology and Prof. Nitin Tripathi, Director, School of Undergraduate Studies, AIT, Thailand 8th March, 2019.

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External Interactions

th Dr. Tejas Thaker along with faculty member interacted with school students in Vadodara dated 28 January 2019.

Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker with Faculty members and Experts at Indian Institute of Technology Indore on 30th March, 2019

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External Interactions

Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker delivered the expert lecture Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker has delivered expert talk on on “Seismic Hazard and Risk Management of Indian “Ground Response analysis of subsurface soils by Cities” dated 30th March, 2019 in TEQIP III DEEPSOIL Modelling” in National Seminar on sponsored 2 days National Seminar on “Advances in “Software Applications in Geotechnical Engineering” Geotechnical Engineering” during 29-30th March, organized between 6th to 7th October, 2018 by 2019 at Indian Institute of Technology Indore Applied Mechanics Department, M.S.University of Baroda in Association with Indian Geotechnical Society Vadodara Chapter agineers Vadodara.

Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker has deliver expert lecture on “Subsoil exploration: Indian and Global Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker, Head, Civil Engineering Practices” in short term course on Ground receiving momento from Shri Vivek Kapadia, Chief Improvement Techniques for Problematic Soils” Engineer and Addl. Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat. held during 10th-12th September, 2018 at Indus University, Ahmedabad.

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External Interactions

Dr. Tejaskumar presented three research papers titled “Estimation of Liquefaction Hazard for Surat Urban Territory, South Gujarat, India Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigation” , “Review of Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Context of Upcoming Smart Cities in India” and “Seismic Hazard for Vadodara Region, Gujarat, India: A Sustainable Solution for Infrastructure Development” at 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering” Seismic Resilience for Safer Cities and Infrastructure during 22-24th November, 2018, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

Dr. Anurag Kandya was invited by Indian Meteorological Society – Ahmedabad Chapter (IMS-AC) to deliver the World Meteorological Day 2019 Annual Lecture at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad on 23rd March, 2019. The event was jointly organized by IMS-AC and Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition (VSSE), Space Application Centre (ISRO).

Dr. Anurag Kandya was invited by Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee as a resource person for delivering an expert talk on ‘Thermal performance of Bamboo as a construction material’ in the 2nd two days National Workshop on ‘Utilization of Bamboo as Building Material in NE Region’ in association with North Eastern Council & Ministry of DoNER (Under the aegis of Science & technology Interventions in NE Region) during February 18-19, 2019 at CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee.

Dr. Anurag Kandya attended the Meetings at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad for the ongoing research project ‘Urban Air Quality Modelling using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems’ during December, 2018 and January, February, 2019.

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Dr. Anurag Kandya: Research Projects-

Title of Project Sponsoring Amount of Duration Organization Grant Moving towards Board of Research in 31 lakhs April, 2018 - Mar, 2021 Organic Manure Nuclear Sciences, (3 Years) using gamma Department of Atomic irradiated sewage Energy, Govt. of India sludge Urban Air Quality Studies on Harnessing 32 lakhs Jan 2019-Dec 2021 Modelling using Remote Sensing for (3 Years) Remote Sensing and Environment and Geographic Climate (SHRESTI) Information Systems Research Program, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad Treatment of Department of Science 20 lakhs April, 2018 - Mar, 2021 Ammoniacal and Technology, GoI (3 Years) Nitrogen From Industrial Wastewater in a Combined Electrochemical and Biological Process Consultancy Projects- Consultanc Consultancy Detail Industry Faculty Involved y Amount For preparing Dr. Anurag Kandya (PI) Environmental Ceramic Industry 486,000 Dr. Anantha Singh (Co-PI) Management Plan Environmental Audit Around 12 Dr. Anurag Kandya (PI) as a Schedule-I - lakhs Dr. Anantha Singh (Co-PI) Auditor to GPCB Concrete Mix Design and Strength Sampad Infrastructure 10,000 Dr. Niragi Dave measurement

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Payal Mehta, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering visited Shanghai, China in May 2018 and presented Research Paper “Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Central Gujarat Region” during 27-30th May 2018, Shanghai which is coauthored by Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker.

Mr. Raviraj Dave, B.Tech Student, Department of Civil Engineering visited Shanghai, China in May 2018 and Presented his Research Paper “Ground Response Analysis of Ahmedabad Region to Assess Seismic Hazard” during 27- 30th May 2018, Shanghai which is coauthored by Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker.

Kavish R.; Ishant-Raj; Roopika N.; Shivangi U.; Brij S.; and Anantha-Singh, Effect of Settling Time on the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water Using Mango Seeds as Coagulant, Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies (ASCE), 2018, 112-121 (Published in ASCE Book).

T. Vishnu, Nibedita Pani, Anantha Singh T.S., Removal of COD from Pigment Industrial Wastewater by Fenton Oxidation Process, The 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Houston, Texas, USA.

Kavish R, Nautiyal Roopika, Raj Ishant, Uliana Shivangi, Shah Brij, T S Anantha Singh, Effect of Settling Time and Ph on the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water using Custard Apple Seeds as Natural Coagulant, MI-BEST- April 05-06, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand.

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Dr. Manas Bhoi’s M.Tech. Student Gloria James presented her full length paper, “Study of shear strength of root reinforced soil” at the Conference of Environmental Science and Technology 2018, Houston, USA, Organized by American Science Press.

Manank Shah along with Niragi Dave - Paper Presented in International Conference on Mechanical Properties of Materials November, 2018, Amsterdam, Netherland. "Effect of GGBS and Nano Silica on Mechanical Properties of Ternary Concrete".

Dhruv Shah and Niragi Dave - Paper Presented in UKERI Concrete Congress - The Global Builder Conference at NIT Jalandhar, 5-8 March, 2019. “Physical Properties of Ternary Binders: Addition to Cementitious Materials and Mixing.

OUR STUDENT PAYAL MEHTA PRESENTING HER PAPER IN GEOSHANGHAI 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE , CHINA DURING 27TH TO 30TH MAY 2018. CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER

STUDENT ZONE: EVENTS

Faculty of Civil Engineering with M.Tech Two-day workshop on Infrastructure and Management 2016-18 “Understanding Drawings and Batch students in a Farewell Event. Documents of Construction Projects”

Workshop on “Understanding Drawings Site visit for Drawing & Documents and Documents of Construction Projects” of Construction projects

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 Industry connect 2019 was organized by Department of Civil Engineering coordinated by Industry Delegates in Industry Connect Dr. Anurag Kandya to boost the industry academia Connect on 8th February 2019. Mr. Parth Patel Director, LGEOM, Gandhinagar. Mr. Chintan Oza Executive. ESRI ,India Ms. Silky Agarwal Executive, Geocarte Radar Technology Pvt Ltd, India Mr. Rajbeer Singh,

Dr. T.P Singh addressing the Vice-president, guests and Participants in Scan point Geomatics Pvt Ltd industry connect Shri Devendra Patel Sr. Vice President Scanpoint Geomatics Pvt Ltd Mr. Uttam Banerjee Founder Director Ekam Solutions Tejas Belani Manager Howe Engineering projects India Pvt. Ltd Mr. Vasudeo Mr. Vishal Patel Dr. Anurag Kandya with mr. Chaudhari with Rahul Director Uttam Banerjee, founder of Ekam Shah, Ratnamani Notion Associates, Solutions. Engineers Ahmedabad Mr. Kiran Patel Director KVC Environment Consultancy Dr. Bharat Jain Member Secretary Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre, Gandhinagar

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PRIMAVERA WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY DR. DEBASIS SARKAR WHERE PROF. AJIT DESAI AND MR. HARDIK SHAH INTERACTED WITH STUDENTS FOR USING SOFTWARE APPLICATION : PRIMAVERA

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Faculty Coordinators:

• Dr. Daya Kaul Students Coordinators • Dr. Anurag Kandya • Mr. Vasudeo Chaudhary • Priyal Parikh (18MEN011) • Riya Parikh (18MEN014) • Priya Jodhani (18MEN002) • Saalvee Kher (18MEN003) • Dharmik Rathod (18MEN013) Staff Coordinators

• Mr. Manish Shewaramani