Institution of Engineers () Students Chapter (Civil) Chairman: Dr. L.B. Zala Faculty Advisor : Prof. C.B. Mishra

Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College, Anand

PUNE VISIT REPORT (IE (I) Students Seminar & Technical session, Shaniwar wada, Lavasa Smart visit, tunnel) 20th to 26th October, 2016

REPORT ON THE EDUCATIONAL TRIP

Educational trips are designed to be more effectively support student learning. Prior knowledge and interests of the students impacts learning during the visit. With this mission under the leadership of Prof. C.B. Mishra Associate Prof. & Advisor (Civil) and Miss Kinjal Patel, Asst. Prof. Mechanical, lead the educational trip. Total 49 students of IE (I) student’s chapter (Civil) had taken part in the educational trip. Private bus was arranged for the entire tour. Bus left on 20th October, 2016 towards and reached on 21st October, 2016 at 2.00 pm at J.P.Trivedi Trust, Pune. Students were allotted specific rooms. The details of the tour as follows:

Date 21st October, 2016 (Visit to Shaniwar Wada , Pune):-

Historical place Shaniwar Wada was visited by students and staff. It is the stately mansion originally built in 1736 as the residence of the . It was a seven storied mansion and served as a seat of political power during its time. It acclaimed tremendous importance and is the city’s main attraction till date. The elaborate foundations of the original palace along with the Nagarkhana showcasing the wooden pillars and lattice work add up to the beauty of the mansion. The sturdy doors were designed to be protected from the enemy. It has four bastions and nine gates, the most important being the Darwaja, today its main entrance. Above Delhi Darwaja is the Nagarkhana, the elegant drum house in stone and wood – the only building to survive the fires that were to devastate Shaniwarwada. Students outside the main Delhi gate of Shaniwar Wada Palace, Delhi

Dt. of visit 21st October, 2016

BVM Students of IE(I) Civil viewing the hard work, planning and perseverance of Peshwas at Shaniwar Wada built in 1736

Students viewing the fountain built by Peshwas in 1736

The remarkable architecture is seen in it as the students witness’s fountains, courtyards, fruit trees, offices and audience halls and enough space to enable peoples reside. The complex had an impressive lotus-shaped fountain consisting of sixteen petal lotus; each petal had sixteen jets with an eighty-foot arch. It was the most complicated and intricate fountain of its time.

Students’ feedback is that the true genius, to their thinking is that which one can see the nobler meaning of events that are near the eyes which are the heart and souls of society.

Date 22nd & 23rd October, 2016 ( Presentations at IE(I) Students Seminar & Technical Session, Pune Local centre):-

On the eve of 24th National convention of students of Institution of Engineers (India) at Pune, . Competition was held on 22nd and 23rd October ’16, on the theme of “Appropriate technology on socio-economic development” and Technical papers on the fields of engineering were presented by the students from various parts of India. Total 60 papers were presented out of which in seminar theme Zaran Patel of 2nd year Civil Engg. Dept of BVM Engineering college won the first prize on the paper on “Spectral Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents – A Case Study of Anand”. The Third prize was awarded to Khushboo Mange and Jayesh Parmar of final year Civil Engg. Department on the engineering session on paper on “Evaluation of PMB40 Grade Bitumen as a viable paving material in bituminous mix design.” The other students of civil Pratik Patel, Amit Ratanani, Shrey Vaidya, Jainy Shah, Nijanshi Thakkar, Heet Patel, Parth Pandya, Shivani Dimke, Pranay Badgurru and Aditi Rajani also presented the papers. Er. Vasoya, President of IEI gave the awards to the winners and to those who presented the papers. Director general of IE(I) got impressed by the performance of students of BVM. The students were guided by Prof. C.B. Mishra, Advisor, IE(I) students chapter, Civil, BVM who with Miss Kinjal Patel, faculty staff lead the students in the educational trip.

GLIMSES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE CONFERENCE:

Zaran Patel receiving first prize at the national level competition

Khusbu Mange receiving third prize at the national level competition

Jayesh Parmar receiving third prize at the national level competition

Students feedback is that “when the teachers sees the act of part being done by students presenting, what is learnt by them from teachers to do his part and make attempts to open doors that no others can shut” brings joy to the BVM Engineering students.

Date 24th October, 2016 (Visit to Lavasa Smart City, Pune)

Lavasa is a private, planned city being built near Pune. The architectural design is based on the Italian town Portofino. Lavasa, a 25,000 acres (100km2) or 8,000 acres (24km2) project being developed by HCC, this has been incomplete yet due to multiple reasons including procurement of land, harm to the environment and some political corruption. On 24th October 2016, the students of IEI left from Pune at 8:30 am and reached lavasa at 11:30. The students first were taken to the town hall of lavasa where they were shown a short film on lavasa describing the beauty and the environmental aspects, infrastructure facilities and amenities developed by the city. Lavasa is free India's first hill city being developed by HCC. It is located in the picturesque landscape of the Sahayadri Mountains and is set amidst 7 hills and 60 km. of lakefront. Lavasa is planned for a permanent population of around 3 lakh residents and a tourist inflow envisaged at 20 lakh per annum. Lavasa city has been designed on the principles of new urbanism, and is said to offer the best-in-class infrastructure, international educational institutions, leading non- polluting industries, exciting avenues of leisure & tourism and homes for comfortable living. An ecologically sustainable environment will help you live, work, learn and play in harmony with nature at Lavasa. Students of Civil Engg. Dept., BVM engg. College were taken to Lavasa smart city for technical tour. There one witnesses Davse dam which supplies water to lavasa city phase 1. Details of the dam were explained by engineer. It was a masonry dam made up of stone and sand. It is built to withstand hydraulic pressure from both sides depending upon seasonal variations. It has been built across 19km long lake in length. Width of the dam is 400m and it has height of 21m with 14 spillway gates. Gates are known as Godbole gates which operates automatically when excess water pressure is there. Upstream capacity is 0.02tmc. It has 2 pumping stations. One of which pumps to WTP and another one recycles stored water in dam in order to stop water from getting polluted and generate bad order.

Students getting exposure of knowledge of Davse dam, Lavasa

The reservoir nearly dries up in the hot summer months leading up to the monsoon. There are claims that water from Varasgaon is diverted to Lavasa and will result in problems in water supply to Pune city. Students witnessing the short video on Lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Students learning about sewage treatment plant at lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Then the lunch was taken by all the students and after that the students were left for some sightseeing and leisure time. After that the students were taken to the check dam construction on the river or the stream flowing across the lavasa city and all the necessary information regarding the dam was given by the tour administrator of the lavasa city. After finishing it, the students were taken to the sewage treatment plant where they were told about the various treatment used for the treatment of sewage water and all the instruments used for the purpose of the purification of sewage water were studied properly and at the time of sunset, the students enjoyed the serenity of the nature and at 5:30 p.m. the students were they back to Pune.

Glimpse of students at lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Student’s feedback is that “One should never stop learning, because educational trips never stop teaching”.

Date: 25th October, 2016 (Visit to Kamshet Tunnel, )

Kamshet Tunnel 1 and Kamshet Tunnel 2 are the part of the long list of tunnels in Maharashtra, located on the Pune Expressway. The Mumbai-Pune (North) tube is 935 m and the Pune-Mumbai (South) tube is 972 m long. Prof. C.B. Mishra gave information on “BASICS OF TUNNEL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT”.

Prof. C.B. Mishra gave information on “BASICS OF TUNNEL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT” (Date: 25th October, 2016).

Student’s feedback revealed that “Education is most powerful weapon which one can use positively to change the world”.

The entire educational trip showed students integrity, leadership and true professionalism with a blend of well management. Students were thankful to the BVM Engineering management for granting permission and all cooperation for the success of the education trip. The trip ended on 26th October, 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Dr. L.B.Zala, Head, Civil Engineering congratulated the students and Principal Dr. I.N.Patel conveyed heartiest congratulations to all who graced on stage as a truly outstanding. To motivate the students TEQIP 2 beard the expenditure of registration fee. Charutar Vidya Mandal the backbone of education centre, believes in progressive education skills and gave the opportunity to civil engineering students to develop their self-esteem by giving permissions in educational presentations and visits to smart city Lavasa, historical places and dam visits.

Prepared and submitted by Chairman IE(I), Students Chapter (Civil)

And Head, Civil Engg. Dept., BVM

(Prof. C.B. Mishra) (Dr. L.B. Zala)

Dt: 16.12.2016