SSTDRI-22 Report

Report-of-SSTDRI-22

Site Visit Report

Site-visit-Report

Program on Workman Practice Oriented Professional Training

Professional-Training

NEEV 2022

NEEV-2022

Fire Safety Workshop

Report-of-Fire-safety-workshop

ATAL tunnel visit

ATAL-Tunnel

Tree Plantation

Tree-Plantation-Drive

One Day National Conference on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (RTCE-2021)

Department of Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering Students’ Association (CESA) organized, “One Day National Conference on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering” on 13th February 2021. Every year CESA organizing the various National level competitions under the banner of NEEV. This year due to a pandemic situation virtual (Online) National Conference was organized.

The One day National conference was virtually attended by around 100 delegates from Academia and Civil Engineering sector in and around Nagpur. There are 26 papers on the topics like Structural Engineering, Environment/ Water resources and General Civil Engineering were presented. Best papers have been selected by the judges, faculties of the various colleges like VNIT, YCCE and KDKCE Nagpur. Overall coordination was done by Prof. V.J. Rajurkar and team.

30 Days Workshop on AutoCAD -2D 2020

(4th January to 4th February 2021)

Department of Civil Engineering of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur organized a training program on AutoCAD-2D 2020 (CAD software application for design and drafting.) for Under Graduate Civil Engineering students from 4th January to 4th February 2021. The program was coordinated by Prof. V.J. Rajurkar, Prof. H. P. Khungar, and Prof. S.S. Geete.

The training was jointly provided by our coordinators and our own Alumni (expert faculty from industry Ms. Neha Pawar). An educational copy of software was provided to students free of cost.

Dr. P. D. Pachpor, Head of the Department inaugurated the workshop which was attended by 24 participants of second year (First and second shift). The course was conducted online and offline mode, around 10-15 students joined online and rest of the students attended in departmental laboratory maintaining social distance as per Govt. norms

They acknowledged the need for such workshops as industries institute interaction and in enhancement of basic knowledge of students. Students were highly benefited by this course and appreciated the application of software for drawing of various Civil Engineering structures.

Online Parents Meet on October 10, 2020

A Parent – Teacher Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on October 10, 2020 (Saturday) from 12 Noon to 01.00 p.m on online mode via. Google Meet for the current session 2020-21 (Odd Sem). The meeting was addressed by head of the department, Dr. P. D. Pachpor. It was attended by various faculty members of the department. This meet received a very good response from the parents of III (Shift I & Shift II), V (Shift I & Shift II), and VII (Shift I & Shift II) semester students. More than 100 parents attended the online meet and interacted openly.

Webinar on ‘Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering’ 14th September 2020

Department of Civil Engineering organized, online “Know Your Branch Plan Your Career” under the banner of Career Counselling Cell for Second year students (III Semester) on 14th September 2020. All the speakers addressed the students on “Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering”.

Inauguration Speech by Dr. Pachpor

Lecture by Mr. Amol Shimpi

A lecture on “Career opportunities in Construction Industry and Management Sectors” was delivered by expert Mr. Amol Shimpi, The Associate Dean and Director, School of Real Estate, Mumbai. He covered various job careers in construction industries, self employments potentials in civil engineering and its benefits. Also the importance of software’s in modern infrastructural planning was discussed.

Another lecture was delivered by Mr. Lloyd Palikandy, Director of I.C.E. Gate Institute, Nagpur, On “Preparation for Higher studies” who covered the different PG programs after graduation and how to prepared for the entrance examinations of it.

The last lecture on the topic, “ How to prepare for Competitive Examinations” was delivered by Dr. Ankit Kathuria, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT-Jammu, he covered the different opportunities in government sectors, how to prepared for it, interview technique and selection procedure.

Lecture by Mr. Lloyd Palikandy

Lecture by Dr. Ankit Kathuria,

FDP (Online mode) on “Advances in Pile Foundation, Construction and Design” (June 8th- 13th 2020)

Department of Civil Engineering, RCOEM, Nagpur in association with Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi and IGS Nagpur Local chapter has jointly organized an online Faculty Development Program on,” Advances in Pile Foundation ,Construction and Design” from 8th to 13th June 2020. Around 71 participants got benefitted.

Dr. S. S. Basarkar, General Manager (Geotechnical) Afcons Infr. Ltd., Mumbai on “Deep Foundations Practice in India and their Construction Techniques”. “Use of Geophysical Technique in Foundation Engineering” was delivered by Dr. Yashwant A. Kolekar, COEP, Pune. Various experts from field, Mr. Milind Bhuwad of GM BAUER Equip. India Pvt. Ltd. Delhi, Mr. Sujan Kulkarni, General Manager (Technical) Geo Dynamics, Vadodara, Gujarat, talked on the various field techniques of pile driving and its in-situ testing. The experts from VNIT Nagpur, VJTI Mubai, Govt. Col. of Engg. Amravati covered many features, newly added techniques and advancement in the pile foundations. The internal faculties of Civil Engineering Department RCOEM, Prof V. J. Rajurkar and Dr. A. A. Mehta also delivered the lectures.
Valedictory was conducted in presence of Dr. Dhatrak ( Chairman of IGS local chapter Amravati)
Dr. Dhananjay Singh , Asst. Professor, National Fire Institute, Nagpur, had taken demo session on application of software’s in Geotechnical Engineering projects and covered many features and newly added tools in the latest version of Plaxis and Geo-5.

Series of online Guest Lectures organized in Department during Lockdown May 2020

In the current scenario of pandemic COVID 19, the information transformation is happening worldwide through online mode .The Department of Civil Engineering at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur organized series of e-talks & e-poster competition during the lockdown period in the entire month of May 2020 and still moving on. Some were also jointly organized with department of Civil Engineering VNIT , Nagpur , some with Indian Geotechnical Society Nagpur Chapter and some in collaboration with Institute of Engineers (I) Nagpur Branch. The lockdown period (from 1st to 30th May2020 ) was very well utilized in the skill enhancement. The events was registered by more than 1000 participants for different sessions.

Dr. S. S. Basarkar, General Manager (Geotechnical) Afcons Infr. Ltd., Mumbai on “Deep Foundations Practice in India and their Construction Techniques”. “Use of Geophysical Technique in Foundation Engineering” was delivered by Dr. Yashwant A. Kolekar, COEP, Pune. Various experts from field, Mr. Milind Bhuwad of GM BAUER Equip. India Pvt. Ltd. Delhi, Mr. Sujan Kulkarni, General Manager (Technical) Geo Dynamics, Vadodara, Gujarat, talked on the various field techniques of pile driving and its in-situ testing. The experts from VNIT Nagpur, VJTI Mubai, Govt. Col. of Engg. Amravati covered many features, newly added techniques and advancement in the pile foundations. The internal faculties of Civil Engineering Department RCOEM, Prof V. J. Rajurkar and Dr. A. A. Mehta also delivered the lectures.
Valedictory was conducted in presence of Dr. Dhatrak ( Chairman of IGS local chapter Amravati)
Dr. Dhananjay Singh , Asst. Professor, National Fire Institute, Nagpur, had taken demo session on application of software’s in Geotechnical Engineering projects and covered many features and newly added tools in the latest version of Plaxis and Geo-5.

Sr.No Topic of Guest Lecture Name of the Expert, Designation and Organization
1
Legal advices in construction industry
Mr. Sandip Shastri, Legal Advisor
2
Modular formwork technology
Mr. Rahul Zanzari, Sales Engineer, Paschal Formwork India Pvt. Ltd.
3
Steel Detailing
Mr. Milind Kalsait, Director, Myspace Engineering Services, Nagpur
4
Waste to Energy
Mr. Ramesh Daryapurkar, CEO, Lars Enviro Pvt. Ltd.
5
Fire fightening system and norms
Mr. R.P. Singh, Sr. Manager, MECON Ranchi
6
New Building Products
Er. Amarendra Surve of UltraTech Cement Ltd.
7
FEA with ANSYS: Civil Engineering Case Studies
Mr. Kumar Kartikeya, Senior Appilcation Manager, ANSYS, Pune
8
Geosynthetics Products and Their Applications
Mr. Thomas Cherian, Regional Quality Manager, Maccaferri, Pune
9
Piling Technology Initiatives for Acclerating India's Infrastructure Growth
Dr. S. S. Basarkar, GM, Afcons Infra. Ltd., Mumbai
10
Analysis and Design of Underground Structures
Dr. Altaf Usmani, Asst. GM, EIL, Delhi
11
Case studies on rockfall, landslide hazard assessment, remedial measures
Dr. Mohammad Khalid Ansari, Sr. Geologist, Dar Al Handasah
12
Webinar Series on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering
BIM by Ms. Hindavi Gavali of VNIT Nagpur PRIMAVERA by Mr. Nandakumar, Consultant, Nagpur
STAAD.pro CONNECT Edition by Dr. R.N. Khapre; and
Reading of Structural Drawing by Prof. S. S. Geete.
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“Construction of Long Span Bridges”
Mr. Yogesh Waingankar, Sr. Manager (Design), STUP Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
14
Impact of Artificial intelligence & ANN in AEC
Dr. Jayant M Desphande, General Manager, Software Corporate, Dubai.
15
Structural Audit & Methodologies
Mr. Shekhar Gokhale, Managing Director, SIMCON Designers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.

Lecture on “Female health care concerns and their solutions”

On occasion of International Women’s day, Department of Civil Engineering has organized an expert lecture by Dr. Sanjay Sharma on 6th March 2020 in department conference room for females (teaching staff members and students) of our institute on topic “Female health care concerns and their solutions”. He had a total of 22 Years of L&D and has got certified upon L& D aspect from Indian Society of Training & Development.

Around 30 female faculty members and students attended the same on a very short notice.

He shared his knowledge on cervical cancer, its causes, risk factors, symptoms and its impact on Female health. He informed about Cervical cancer .Sir suggested some solutions, one of which was use of air permeable organic sanitary pads which can save the problem of chances of cervical cancer to some extent.

Overall the expert lecture was very much informative, appreciating and knowledgeable.

Events/Activities

Workshop on ‘Introduction to STAAD.pro Connect Edition’ at RCOEM, Nagpur

Department of Civil Engineering, RCOEM, Nagpur and Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) and Association of Licensing Engineers has jointly organized one day workshop on “Introduction to STAAD.pro Connect Edition” on 29th February 2020. Mr. Satish Raipure, Vice President (West), ACCE and Mr. Prashant Upasni, Secretary ACCE, Nagpur center were present during the inauguration of this workshop. Expert Mr. Kaushal Aggarwal from Bentley, India was also present during the inauguration of the workshop.

After the inauguration function, a lecture on “Introduction STAAD.pro Connect Edition” was delivered by expert Mr. Kaushal Aggarwal. He covered many features newly added in the latest version of STAAd.pro. After high tea, hands-on-session was conducted by Mr. Kaushal Aggarwal. This hands-on-session was continued after lunch wherein participants worked on may STAAD models.

After hands-on-session sessions, valedictory was conducted. Dr. P. D. Pachpor, HoD, Civil Engineering Department, RCOEM, interacted with participants and distributed certificates to participants.

Formal vote of thanks was given by Dr. R. N. Khapre at the end of the ceremony. The feedback from participants was also collected at the end of the function. About 26 participants including practicing engineers, educators and students participated in this workshop. The feedback from participants indicated that more workshop of such type may be organized to provide practical knowledge.

National conference and expo on “Advances in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering” GEOMINE 2019

A National conference and expo on “Advances in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering” GEOMINE 2019 was organised on 14th -16th Oct 2019 at Hotel Tuli Imperial, Nagpur. The conference was jointly organized by Civil Engineering department of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management , Nagpur Branch of Indian Mines Manager Association and VNIT Mining Alumni Association.

Shri Dipankar Shome , Director, Production and Planning , MOIL ltd. was guest of honor of inauguration ceremony. He told how by doing value addition to manganese MOIL Ltd is selling manganese di oxide. He stressed that efforts in R & D needs to be augmented for mining in leaner ores and deep zones which are also geotechnicaly challenging.

Shri Govindlal Agrawal, General Secretary of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur in his presidential address stressed the need for extending know how to small scale mining sector. He desired better interaction between academic institutions and industry for mutual benefit.

A souvenir containing extract of papers was also released by the dignitaries.

The valedictory session was chaired by Shri Manoj Kumar, Director Technical Operations and Shri Ajit Choudhari, Director Technical Projects from WCL. Shri Manoj Kumar stressed the need of continuous geotechnical studies as mines are becoming deep and the formation more challenging. Shri Choudhari asked the participants to visit Eco Park and mineral water plant to get idea of innovativeness.

Alumni of mining department of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management presented a cheque of Rs Two Laks to General Secretary of the college Shri Govindlal Agrawal for constituting Gold Medal in the name of mining engineer late Shri Saheb Singh.President of IMMA, Shri Sanodiya gave welcome address and Chairman of Conference organizing Committee Diwakar Gokhale presented details of conference. Prof Manoj Tiwari proposed vote of thanks.

The three day conference was attended by 150 delegates from academia, coal, metal, explosives, R &D, copper, zinc, cement, DGMS and geotechnical sector. More than 45 papers on topics like rock mechanics, geotechnical testing and exploration, geo environment, geo informatics, ground improvement techniques, instrumentation, design and modeling were presented. In the conference retired senior mining engineers were also felicitated. Key note papers were presented by Shri Rakesh Tumane, Director, MOIl Ltd, Dr Sunil Baraskar, GM, AFFCONS, Dr J C Jhanwar, Principal Scientist, CIMFR and Dr G G Manekar, G M, MOIL . Open session was conducted to prepare recommendation of the conference in which all the delegates participated and gave their valuable suggestions.

Stalls of mining machinery and geo textiles were also added attraction. Peer reviewed twenty five papers were also selected for publication in Web of Science index E Journal HELIX. Delegates were also taken to mineral water plant and Eco tourism Park at Saoner.

A joint team of mining and geotechnical professionals from various public sector undertakings, Government departments and faculty members of civil engineering department, RCOEM under the mentorship of Dr P D Pachpor, Head, Civil Engineering Department, RCOEM and Prof. M. S. Tiwari Organizing Secretary worked hard for the successful organization of the conference.

International Conference on “Recent issues in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Solutions”(RICESS2019)

Civil Engineering department of Shri Ramdeobaba College Of Engineering and Management organized an international conference on “Recent Issue in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Solution“ (RICESS2019) on 27th and 28th December 2019 which aimed to raise the awareness of sustainability in every aspect of Infrastructure Development which mainly focuses on the dissemination of information and technology, sharing of expertise and exchange of views.

The main objectives of the conference were to bring awareness of the latest demand and technology for sustainable infrastructure development. It was planned to bring planners, researchers, academicians, practicing engineers, policy-makers, regulators, administrators, investors, legal & IT solution providers, and NGOs on a common platform to share and discuss their experiences, technical advancement, constraints and other significant issues on the sustainable infrastructure development and management.

The inaugural function was graced with presence of Engg. Ulhas Debadwar Chief Engineer PWD/NMC , was the chief guest and Dr. Gajanan Sabnis (Emeritus professor), Haward University Washington DC as guest of honor and key note speaker. The program started with lightning of lamps and felicitation of guest by vice-chairman of RCOEM Shri Chandrakantbhai Thakkar and secretary of RCOEM Shri Rajendra Purohit. Dr. A.K. Sharma Convener of conference briefed about the sustainable solutions of construction and discussed the importance of sustainable development in present scenario. Dr P.D. Pachpor HOD civil briefed the progress of Civil Engineering department and highlighted the activities organized by civil department. Dr R.S. Pande Principal RCOEM welcomed the guests and dignitaries in the pious campus of RCOEM and expressed his concern over the issues of civil engineering and in his speech suggested the use of recycle material in construction practices for the betterment of environment.

Chief guest Engineer Ulhas Debadwar Chief Engineer PwD & NMC expressed his views about the recent issues and suggested various means and practices adopted by the government agencies to reduce the population and carbon foot prints for the sustainable development. He also urged for young civil engineer to give thoughts for green house effect and energy conversation.

Dr Gajanan Sabnis professor Emeritus Haward Univesity Washington D.C., in his speech ignited the young minds and provoked the thoughts of solid waste management , water conservation, green house effect and efficient energy management for sustainable growth and development of country by narrating the various examples of USA.

Vice chairman RCOEM, in his presidential speech Shri Chandrakant Bhai Thakkar blessed the organizers of the conference with his kind word of wisdom. He narrated that population is the root cause of deterioration of environment so it is the need of the hour to control its first for sustainable happiness and peace of the society (sighting the examples of Delhi pollutions he expressed his concern over the traffic and land used in city).

The various keynotes of the speakers were

Topic Keynote Designation
Transportation engineering
Dr. Gajanan Sabnis
Emeriuts professor, Haward university
Structural Engineering
Dr. M. Kewalramani
COE Abu Dhabi university UAE
Sustainable construction practices
Dr. Vimal Gahlot
Director, Center for research and sustainable development Bikaner Rajasthan
Environmental Engineering
Dr. Ritesh Vijay
Scientist, NEERI

Total 45 papers were presented during the conference the program and attended by various industry professional, academics and research scholars.

Formal vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Vaidehi Dakwale.

Prof. Harshad Bhave , Prof. Hariom Khungar ,Prof. Vaishali Rajurkar , Dr. Tripti Gupta, Prof. Sumit Geete ,Prof. Varsha Harne, Dr. Sharda Siddh, Dr. Ashish Mehta , Dr. Prasad Dahale and Dr. Prashant Hiwase worked hard for successful conduction of event.

Guest Lectures 2019 conducted in Civil Engineering Dept.

Sr.No Topic of Guest Lecture Date Name of the Expert, Designation and Organization
1
Business intelligence with excel
27.07.2018
Mr. Chandrahas Chaudhary, Consultant, InSoftDev, Nagpur
2
Basics of Numerical modeling
15.09.2018
Dr. John Loui Porathur, Senior Principal Scientist, Central Mining
and Research Institute, Nagpur
3
Energy Conservation Building Code and Case Studies
08/02/2019
Dr. Rahul Ralegaonkar Professor, VNIT, Nagpur
4
Ground Imrovement Techniques
08/03/2019
Dr. Amit Padade Assistant Professor, VNIT, Nagpur
5
How to Prepare for Competitive examinations
13/03/2019
Mr. Anand Sharma, Head, ICE Nagpur
6
Softwares on analysis and design of Structures
13/03/2019
Er. Kanchan Raut, Jr.Faculty Astral
7
Traffic Flow Theory
19/03/2019
Dr. Udit Jain, Assistant Professor, VNIT, Nagpur
8
Career Opportunities after Engineering
19/03/2019
Mr. Mehul Zhunzhunwala, Director, T.I.M.E.
9
Bamboo: as a Construction Material
29/03/2019
Mr. Sunil joshi Chairman: Bamboo Society of India, Maharashtra Chapter
10
Bamboo: as a Construction Material
29/03/2019
Mr. Sanjeev Karpe bamboo activist & a member of Bamboo Society of India, Maharashtra Chapter
11
Critical Interpretation of Field and Laboratory Test Results
30/03/2019
Prof. Atul Gautam, Geotechnical Expert, Pollution and Ecological Control Services, Nagpur
12
Disposal of Municipal Solid and Industrial Waste
02/04/2019
Dr. Dilip lataye, Professor, VNIT, Nagpur
13
Soil Structure Interaction And Fundamental Of Foundation Design
20/04/2019
Dr. Shrabony Adhikary Associate Professor, VNIT, Nagpur
14
Why Civil Engineering? Opportunities for higher studies abroad, preparing for private sector companies in campus
27/07/2019
Dr. Ankit Kathuria, Asst. Prof. , Civil Dept. , VNIT
15
Jobs in Government sector (MPSC, IES Railways )and PSUs:
27/07/2019
Mr. Girish Lala, Manager, RITES Ltd

Site visits organized in 2019

S.N. Name of Site SEM No. of Students visited Date/Duration Outcome of Visit
1
Construction Site of Pilice Headquarter, Seminary Hill, Nagpur
VI semester B. E. Civil (I-Shift)
50
4th April 2018
Understand field working atmosphere, advance construction materials, execution processes.
2
Construction site of Maul (G+7), WHC Road, Nagpur
VI semester B. E. Civil (I-Shift)
69
9th January 2019
9th January 2019
3
Aquades Pvt. Ltd.” Dharampeth, Nagpur.
63
16th January 2019
Understand the non distructive testing techniques, for structural Audit of Building.
4
“Construction site of Underpinning work of residence” of Mr. Mehta at Tekanaka, Nagpur
22
19th January 2019
Experience the concept and construction of Underpinning work
5
Construction site of Residential cum commercial Complex , Friends Colony, Nagpur.
22
19th January 2019
Understand field working atmosphere, advance construction materials and technique , execution processes.
6
“ ROB site and RE wall construction”, Chich bhavan, Wardha Road, Nagpur
30
30th January 2019
Understand the various components of ROB, Girder Launching, and construction of RE wall
7
“Water Treatment Plant, Gorewada, Nagpur
63
6th February 2019
Understand the various Process involved in water purification system and its execution.

Workshop organised in 2019

Sr.No Name of workshop Date/Duration Name of Expert Name of Coordinator Number of participants
1
Concrete Mix Design
2 Days 10th July to 11th July 2019
Mrs. Madhumati Nanwani
Prof. M. S. Tiwari Dr. S. P. Siddh, Prof. S. S. Geete, Dr. T. G. Gupta Prof. Hariom Khungar
90
2
Advance trends in civil engineering for sustainable development
2 Days 14
Eminent personalities from the field of civil Engg
Dr.A.K.Sharma Dr.P.D.Hiwse
250
3
Hands-on training on Non-destructive Testing
2 Days 30th March to 31st March 2019.
Mr. Ravi Ranande
Prof. M. S. Tiwari Dr. S. P. Siddh, Prof. S. S. Geete, Dr. T. G. Gupta Prof. Hariom Khungar
96
4
15 days’ workshop on Autocad training
15 Days 14th July 2019- 04th Aug 2019
Ms. Neha Pawar Prof. H.P. Khungar and Prof. S.S. Geete
Prof. H.P. Khungar and Prof. S.S. Geete
51

Glimpses

Mrs. Madhumati Nanwani with faculty and participants
CESA
CESA
Mr. Ravi Ranade demonstrating various NDT instruments to the participants
15 days’ workshop on Autocad training

Parent – Teacher Meet

A Parent – Teacher Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on February 23, 2019 (Saturday) from 10.00 a.m to 12.00 p.m at K1/5 Civil seminar room for session 2018-19 . The meeting was addressed by head of the department, Dr. P. D. Pachpor. It was attended by various faculty members of the department. This meet received a very good response from the parents of IV (Shift I & Shift II), VI (Shift I & Shift II), and VIII (Shift I & Shift II) semester students. Around 45 parents visited the department and interacted with concerned faculty members.

NEEV 2019

The department of civil engineering organized a 2 day technical workshop on 15/02/2019 under NEEV workshop was based on “Advance trends in civil engineering for sustainable development” The workshop which was attended by over 250 students comprised mainly of experts talks from some of the eminent personalities doing their outstanding work in fields related to civil engineering.
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Guest Lectures 2018

Topic of Guest Lecture Date Name of the Expert, Designation and Organization
Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering
06/01/2018
Mr. Anuj Parmar, Mr. Tanmay Mehendale (Alumini)
Reading Civil Engineering Drawings
19/01/2018
Ar. Ramesh Barpande Consulting Architect, Nagpur
High Performance Concrete
23/01/2018
Dr. Indubhushan Patnaikuni, School of Engineering. RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.
BIM (Building Information Modelling)
24/01/2018
Mr. Viraj Voditel Managing Director, Techture, Nagpur.
Aptitude Test
02/02/2018
Mr. Avnash Naidu Director- Academics, CL Educate, Nagpur. Mr. K. A. Dhakate Center Director- Academics, CL Educate, Nagpur.
Advances in Deep Foundation
07/03/2018
Dr. S.S. Basarkar, General Manager (Geotechnical) AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd, Mumbai.
Quality and Safety in Construction
26/03/2018
Dr. R. V. Ralegaonkar Associate Professor, VNIT, Nagpur

******Guest Lecture Delivered*******

  • Prof. M.S. Tiwari, “Development of underground mines by decline”, 17 January 2018, MOIL (India) , and working site engineers of MOIL were the targeted members.
  • Prof. M.S. Tiwari, “Sustainable development using innovative technology in mines”, 27 January 2018, IBM, Katni, MP , and working site engineers, Mine owners, Govt. Officers were the targeted members.
  • Prof V.J. Rajurkar, “Basics of Geotechnical Engineering and Advance techniques of Stabilization”, 03/01/2018, at Regional Training Centre, Nagpur.
  • Prof V.J. Rajurkar, “Basics Importance and Method of Geotechnical exploration. Advance techniques of stabilization.” 08/03/2018, at Regional Training Centre, Nagpur.
  • Prof V.J. Rajurkar, “Construction Management and Quality Control.” 05/03/2018 to 09/03/2018, at Regional Training Centre, Nagpur
  • Prof V.J. Rajurkar, “Construction Management and Quality Control.” 02/01/2018 to 06/01/2018, at Regional Training Centre, Nagpur

site visits 2018

  • Students of II Semester M. Tech. Structural Engineering and Industrial Engineering visited construction site with prestressed concrete slab located at Pratap nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra on 11/01/2018. Total 19 Students visited this site. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure to structural aspect of building specifically prestressed concrete slab.
  • Students of IIIrd Year Civil Engineering visited to Mehta Construction, Maharashtra Police & Housing & WC Ltd, Katol Road Nagpur on 12 January 2018. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure to structural aspect of building.
  • Students of IIIrd Year Civil Engineering visited construction site of Keshav- Laxmi Apartment , at Infront of Rathod Lawn, Gorewada square, ring road Nagpur on 09 March 2018 at 01:00 pm. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure of House Plumbing System.
  • Students of IIIrd Year Civil Engineering visited construction site of Raft cum Box type Footing & Combined Footing located near SPL Fitness Club, Hazaripahad area,Nagpur on 23 March 2018 at 01:00 pm in site visit slot. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure of Reinforcement work.
  • Students of IIIrd Year Civil Engineering visited Gosikhurd Dam, Pauni, Bhandara, Maharashtra on 27/03/2018. Total 150 Students visited this site. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure to construction and modern techniques involved in dam to maintain the flow of water. Prof. V.J. Rajurkar, Prof. P.D. Hiwase, Prof. U.Patil, Prof. L.R. Gangwani, Prof. A.H. Padade and Prof. N. S. Agrawal accompanied students during the visit.

Workshop organised :2018

Civil Engineering Department has organized Two – Day Workshop on “Sustainable Construction: Materials and Technologies” on 12th and 13th April, 2018. To bridge the gap between current practices and academics, this workshop on innovations in materials and technologies for sustainable constructions, is proposed. The workshop aimed to bring together designers, architects, academicians, researchers and students who are keenly interested and engaged in the practice of Sustainable Constructions. The broad areas covered in this workshop were sustainable building technology, green building rating system, materials, waste management and case studies.
There were interactive sessions by stalwarts in the field of sustainable construction and technologies. It included renowned geologist and pioneer of Shirpur pattern of water conservation, Mr. Suresh Khanapurkar, Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principal Scientific Officer, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Banglore, Dr. Soham Pandya, Director, CSV, Wardha, Ms. Samhita M. Ela Green Bldg & Infra. Con. Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Dr. Rahul Ralegaonkar, Professor, VNIT, Nagpur, Mr. Anand Fiske, Director, Green Planet Social Foundation, Nagpur and many practicing engineers in Nagpur.
This workshop was patronized by Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur and co-ordinated by Prof. V. J. Rajurkar, Dr. V. A. Dakwale, Prof. Hariom Khungar and Prof. Ram Kinhikar from Civil Engineering Department.
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Workshop/ Conference Attended

  • Prof. M.S. Kadu, “Compass- 2018”, 09- 10 February 2018 , National Conference on “ Advances in Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Technologies” , hosted by Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Nagpur.
  • Prof. M.S. Tiwari, “Compass- 2018”, 09- 10 February 2018 , National Conference on “ Advances in Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Technologies” , hosted by Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Nagpur.
  • Prof. M.S. Kadu, “Personality Development and emotional intelligence ”, 17 March 2018 , One day Workshop , held in Government College of Engineering, Nagpur.

Beyond academics:

Parent – Teacher Meet

A Parent – Teacher Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on February10, 2018 (Saturday) from 10.00 a.m to 12.00 p.m at K1/7 for current session 2017-18 (Even sem). The meeting was addressed by Dr. P. D. Pachpor and it was attended by various faculty members of the department.

Other Activity

Stakeholder Meet Stakeholder Meet

Stakeholder Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on 26 March, 2018. The program started at 10 am. Twenty Alumni, Students, Teachers were present in this program.

Capacity building activities

Prof. M.S. Tiwari (Advisor Audacious) Prof A.A. Mehta and Prof N.S. Agrawal has organized State Level two days event “Audacious 17” from 03rd and 04th October, 2017.
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Dignitaries unveiling Audacious 17

Department has organized several guest lectures, the details are below

Topic of Guest Lecture Date Name of the Expert, Designation and Organization
Alignment of Canal
09/10/2017
Mr. Narayan Gajanan Oke, Retired Deputy Engineer, Irrigation Department.
Entrepreneurship
27/10/2017
Mr. Gurudev Somani, Alumini Of RCOEM, Nagpur.
Air Pollution And Its Control Equipments
01/11/2017
Dr. Dilip Lataye, Associate Professor, VNIT, Nagpur.

1. Guest Lecture Delivered

1. Dr. V.A. Dakhwale, “Sustainable Water Technology”, 23 December 2017, Prof Ram Meghe College of Engineering and Management, Badnera one day workshop for faculties.

2. STTP attended

1. Faculty Development Programme on “Finite Element Practice and Applications” organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur from 31stOctober to 4th November, 2017.

Department has organized several site visits, the details are below

  1. Students of IIIrd Year Civil Engineering visited Bhandewadi, Nagpur on 12-10-2017.
  2. Students of II Semester M. Tech. Structural Engineering and Industrial Engineering visited construction site with prestressed concrete slab located at Pratapnagar, Nagpur, Maharashtraon 11/01/2018 at 12:00 pm. Total 19 Students visited this site. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure to structural aspect of building specifically prestressed concrete slab.
  3. Site Visit at Muktagiri, Betul, Madhya Pradesh
    Students of I Semester and III Semester M. Tech. Structural Engineering and I Semester M. Tech. Geotechnical Engineering visited rock slope stabilization project located at Muktagiri, Betul, Madhya Pradesh on 10/10/2017 at 01:00 pm. Total 39 Students visited this site. This visit was organized by civil engineering department so that students get exposure to structural and geotechnical aspect of rock slope stabilization. Dr. R. N. Khapre, Prof. R. P. Kinhikar, Dr. S. P. Siddh, Prof. P. D. Hiwase, and Prof. N. S. Agrawal accompanied students during the visit. During the visit, students observed construction and installation of gabian wall and wire mesh installation for rock slope stabilization. Engineer Mr. Arpit Nage working with Mr. Suhas Bhave at Muktagiri explained ongoing works for strengthening the slope.

Beyond academics:

1.Parent – Teacher Meet

Parent – Teacher Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on October07, 2017 (Saturday) from 10.00 a.m to 12.00 p.m at K-1/5 for current session 2017-18 (Odd sem). The meeting was addressed by the head of the department Dr. M. S. Kadu and it was attended by various faculty members of the department. 

2.Alumni Meet

The alumni meet has been a tradition conducted by RCOEM. In view of improving interaction with passed out students with their alma mater, an alumni meet was organized by Civil Engineering Department on October 03, 2017 (Tuesday) from 7.00 p.m to 10.30 p.m, There was a wonderful cultural program followed by exciting games and dinner at MBA parking for dearly loved alumni.

NEEV 2017

The Civil Engineering Department of Shri Ramdeobaba College Of Engineering and Management organized NEEV- A technical extravaganza, it aims to provide a platform for civil engineering students to enhance their technical skills and to bridge the gap between classroom teaching and practical application. The Advancement of construction industry has opened up many new business avenues for civil engineering fraternity. NEEV’17 was organized in the view to promote ‘Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering’. Five major technical events were organized namely MAD-4-CAD (an event to test the AutoCAD skills of participants), Elevate (a mock recruitment competition), Elucidation (a technical paper presentation), Buildcon (a bridge making and testing competition), Town-o-planner (town planning event); all these events covered various aspects of construction and building and other technical knowledge of Civil Engineering industry. Workshop on “Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering “was conducted on 15th and 16thSeptember, 2017. The major focus of the workshop was on areas like Sustainable and intelligent transport system, sustainable planning, sustainable materials, geo techniques and environment etc.
Mr. P Guru Raju (AGM, AFCONS, Pvt. Ltd) was the chief guest for the inaugural function, Dr. R. S. Pande (Principal, RCOEM), Dr. M.S. Kadu (HOD, Civil), Dr. A. K. Sharma (Advisor CESA) Prof P. D. Hiwase (Professor In-charge, CESA) were also present for the inaugural function. Mr. P Guru Raju conducted a session on Proactive planning for accelerated construction – Ganga Bridge – A case study. Dr. Ritesh Vijay(Senior Scientist ,NEERI) conducted a session on Sustainable Liquid Waste Management , Dr. Tarun Shrivastava gave a motivational speech, Dr. Rahul Ralegaonkar (Asst. Professor, VNIT) focussed on the topic of Sustainable Building Material, Dr. Shirish Deo (Prof, NIT Raipur) emphasized on the topic of Sustainable Concrete & Dr. A. K. Sharma conducted seminar on Sustainable Development in Transport Engineering were present for the event as the guest speakers. The event was concluded with the release of Souvenir of NEEV 2017 & a Valedictory function was held to felicitate all the winners in different events of NEEV17 at the hands of Mr. Ashok Harwani (Sr. Manager, WCL), the Chief Guest for the Valedictory function. Over 500 students from central India participated in the various event & workshop. The department and the association are grateful to the Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Dr. M. S. Kadu for his overall support.

Guest Lecture (2017-18)

Civil Engineering Department has organized guest lecture on 19 July 2017 by Mr. Hitesh Lahoti, who is well known RCC & Structural Consultant from Pune. The topic of guest lecture was “Brief information and demonstration of STAAD.pro and ETABS software’s”. He demonstrated various capabilities of STAAD.pro and ETABS software through live examples. About 69 students from FIRST Shift and 38 students from SECOND Shift of FINAL year BE Civil Engineering attended his guest lecture. About 10 faculty members also attended his guest lecture.

Parent Teacher Meet

A Parent – Teacher Meet was organized by the Civil Engineering Department on 13 April 2017 (Thursday) from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm at Room No K-1/5 for even semester 2016-17. The meeting was addressed by the head of the department Dr. M. S. Kadu and it was attended by various faculty members of the department. This meet received a good response from the parents of IV (Shift I & Shift II), VI (Shift I & Shift II), and VIII (Shift I & Shift II) semester students. Parents visited the department and interacted with concerned faculty members.

Parent Teacher Meet

Department of Civil Engineering offered a new Elective Course CET 410-3: Bridge Engineering for the VIII semester B. E. student’s academic year 2016-17 onwards. The content of this course is field oriented as it is based on the planning and design of road, railway Bridges. The course specifically needs the industry expert along with the regular faculty member to understand the theoretical and practical aspect of bridges design.
For the said purpose an expert lecture has been organized on 25 March 2017 by Prof. Suyog U. Dhote in coordination with Dr. P. D. Pachpor. Mr. Bhushan J. Malkhadale, Deputy Engineer, MSRDC, Nagpur was expert who covered various topics like Introduction to Road and Railway Bridge Design, Details of General Arrangement of Drawings, Parameters considered in Bridge Design, etc. during his lecture. Around 30 students of final year BE Civil along with Dr. M. S. Kadu and few faculty members attended this lecture.

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

A workshop on “AUDACIOUS’17” A Startup Conclave in Civil Engineering, was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Civil Engineering Department on 23 February 2017. Various speakers from industry delivered expert lectures in this workshop. The details are as follows
 

"Site Visits"

“Technicalities of Water GEMS Software”

Civil Engineering Department has organized a Virtual Session on “Technicalities of WaterGEMS Software” on 12th January 2017. The session was presented by Mr. Karthik Sundaresan and moderated by Ms. Prita Bhattacharya from Bentley Institute Academic Services with the coordination of Mr. Prabhat Bhatt from Bentley Systems and Dr. Mahendra Kadu and Ms. L. R. Gangwani from RCOEM. This session provided exposure to Bentley WaterGEMS software and its capabilities.

“Context Capture, Acute 3D & Microstation”

Civil Engineering Department has conducted another Virtual Session on “Context Capture, Acute 3D & Microstation” on 17th January 2017. This session was also moderated by Ms. Prita Bhattacharya from Bentley. Learning units/Certificates were also awarded to the students who attended the session.

"Short Term Train Program (STTP)"

Department of Civil Engineering has organized one week Short Term Train Program (STTP) on “Application of IS 800-2007 in Design of Steel Structures” from 12 to 16 January 2017. Around 40 participants in and around Nagpur have attended this STTP. The event is inaugurated by Dr. M. M. Basole, VNIT, Nagpur. Various experts from VNIT, Nagpur such as Dr. L. M. Gupta, Dr. A. Khatri, Dr. S. V. Bakre, Dr. J. Bhilave and Dr. A. V. Vyavahare delivered expert lectures on various topics during these five day event. Dr. Ramesh Meghrajani, CEO, Neo Infraservices Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur also shared his field expertise during this event. A field visit at PEB Structures at Gondkhairi, Nagpur was also organized on 16 January 2016 for practical exposure to the participants.

Department of Civil Engineering has organized various Guest Lecture for UG/PG students

SN Name of Speaker Topic of Lecture
1 Dr. Mrs. Valson Integration of Civil engineering with Interior Designing to open new business fronts with special reference to girl students.
2 Mr Anil Nair Recent changes  in Rules and Regulations in the area of development and construction of flat schemes
3 Mr. Prasanna Sutone Unfolding opportunities by integrating solar systems in construction of structures
4 Mr. Kunal Dubey Opportunities in the soft skill sector in civil engineering with special reference to BIS
5 Dr. Dilip Mase Opportunities of enterprise in various structural fields
6 Dr. Rohit Mane Business opportunities in the areas of surveying, Geometrics and remote sensing
7 Mr. Prakash Ghushe Opportunities of business in the areas of   construction chemicals and seepage control
8 Dr  Ramulu More Business Opportunities in Controlled Blasting techniques with special reference to Demolition of Structures and  Urban blasting like Metro rail
9 Prof. Uday Mujumdar Business opportunities in Home Automation
10 Prof. M S Tiwari Legalities involved in civil engineering business
11 Dr. P. D. Pachpor Motivational speech on Entrepreneurship
12 Ms. Kushal Kadu and Ms. Neha Janbade Judges of competition on “Layouting”
13 Mr.  Motwani Judge of competition on “Tendering”
Sr.No Invited speaker Topic Date
1 Mr. B L Mehta, Director, M/s P L Mehta Construction company, Chandigarh Construction techniques 21 October 2016
2 Mr. Rohit Naik, Business Director, Apple Chemie India Pvt. Ltd. How to Choose Construction Chemical For Advanced Projects 22 October 2016
3 Mrs. Meenal Dehadrai, Aquades Structural Consultants Pvt Ltd. How to Read Structural Drawing 24 October 2016
4 Mr. Manmath Deshpande, Head, Aptitude Development Centre, Nagpur Vedic Mathematics 18-19 January 2017

Department has organized a National Conference on ‘Development in Civil Engg. & Technology for Smart Cities (DCESC 2016)’ on 19th and 20th Feb 2016 in association with Indian Water Works Association.

Department has organized One day workshop on “Blasting Methods for construction and demolition” on 7 Feb. 2015

Department of Civil Engineering has organized various site visits of UG/PG students

SN Event Date No of Students
1 Site visit to Gorewada Water Treatment Plant (WTP) 7 August 2015 16
2 Site visit to Gorewada Water Treatment Plant (WTP) 5 August 2016 11