Feedback on External Training/Seminar/ Conference

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Format Feedback on External Training/Seminar/ Conference (Between 200 to 300 words)

1. Name of Official who attended the event: Agnimita Das, Manager, Emp. ID 3883.

2. Topic: International Seminar on ‘” New Construction Materials, Techniques and Design, in Bridge, Tunnel & Road construction suitable for infrastructure development in inaccessible Boarder Area”

3. Date(s)s and duration of the event: 11th & 12th September 2015 from 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM

4. Venue: Zorawar Auditorium, Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

5. Brief profile of the faculty/panelists: Mahesh Tandon, Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi; U.K.Guru Vittal, Sr. Principal Scientist, CRRI, New Delhi; Gagandeep Singh, Scinetist, CRRI, Ashish D Gharpure, Director & COO, Maccaferr Enviornmental Solutions Pvt Ltd, R.K.Dhiman,Director HQ(P)VIJAYAK(GREF; Ms K.Bhawani, Chief Engineering Manager, L7T Constuction.Chennai: Abhishek Jain, Sika India Pvt Ltd.; Satander kumar, Sinetist(Retd.),CRRI:Ms Siksha Swaroop Kar, Scinetist, CRRI; Dr.S.S.Porwal, Chief Engineer, BRO; K.K.Sharma, AEE(Civil), Rohtang Tunnel. Brig BS.Sandhu. IMA, Dehradun.

6. Major topics covered: Design and construction of Bridges, Tunnels and Roads in inaccessible areas mainly in hilly terrain. The problems in such areas are unavailability of suitable construction materials, heavy construction equipment, limited construction period, much time taken for movement to and fro. These things demand use of available material, different method of construction, adoption of suitable type of construction methodology and technology and so on, which are different than the usual adopted for plain and accessible areas. Further, the land slides, rock falls make the situation worst.

7. Lessons learnt: The speakers explained the actual situations at site from their experiences right from planning to execution and operation stages. Some presented case histories. The various difficulties and solution adopted for a particular situation were shared.

8. Applicability /relevance of the lessons learnt in the context of ICT:

9. Remarks including suggestions, if any: The papers were informative and well presented by experience persons.