Civil Engineering Department

Achievements

Award

Mr Ankit Sharma PMRF Research Scholar under the Supervision of Prof. G.D. Ransinchung R.N., Prof. Praveen Kumar and Dr. DSNV Amar Kumar has been awarded the Best paper Award in the 6th International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering (ICBMM 2022) & The 6th International Conference on Structural and Civil Engineering (ICSCE 2022) held in Barcelona, Spain during September 15-17, 2022

Prof. R. Vinnarasi has been awarded the Distinction in Doctoral Research for the year 2019

Mr. Prateek Tripathi, Research Scholar has been awarded the Lunar Planetary Institute's (LPI) Career Development Award 2022. The award is given to Prateek for his very first type of work on Dhala and Ramgarh Impact craters in India at the 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). As a part of this award, Prateek received funds of USD1250 to help cover his expenses for attending the hybrid conference. Prateek received this award from Dr. Lisa R. Gaddis, Director of Lunar and Planetary Institute, former Chief Scientist for the USGS Astrogeology Program, and NASA Planetary Cartography Research Program. Department congratulates Mr.Prateek Tripathi on his endeavor.

Prof. Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha has been selected for the Award for 2022 Best Practice-Oriented Paper for the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. The award will be given at the 2022 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress in Atlanta, Georgia on June 5-8, 2022 by Environmental and Water Resources Institute(EWRI-ASCE), Reston, VA, USA.

Prof. Satyendra Mittal has been awarded the "Eminent Author Award " by The Institution of Engineers (India) is organizing the “ 36th Indian Engineering Congress” in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Prof. Kamal Jain has been awarded "JISRS Best Paper Award-2020” by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)

Prof. Kamal Jain has been awarded “Satish Dhawan Award-2020” by Panjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana.

Mr. Abhishek Adhikari, Mr. Sunil K. Pundir, Mr. Anupam Singhal has been awarded BEST Paper at National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing (NS-ARS21), BIT, Mesra, Ranchi during 9 - 11 December 2021.

Prof. R.D. Garg, BEST Paper at National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing (NS-ARS21), BIT, Mesra, Ranchi during 9 - 11 December 2021.

Dr. Vinay Kumar Tyagi has been awarded “Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award 2021” by Hiyoshi Corporation, Japan

Prof. Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha has been Awarded “ISH Jal Vigyan Puraskar, 2021” by the Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) on 13th Nov 2021.

Prof. Sharad Kumar Jain has been Awarded “ Prof. S. N. Gupta Memorial Award for the year 2021” by The Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) on 12th Nov 2021.

Mr. Shubham Goyal (M.Tech - Geotechnical Engineering) on being awarded the following awards : 1. Departmental Gold Medal for obtaining the highest CGPA of graduating program in M.Tech (Civil). 2. Dr. Jai Krishna Gold Medal highest CGPA in all M.Tech Program. 3. Laxmi Devi and Sri Banadri Das to M.Tech, M. Arch and MURP. 4. Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize in M.Tech(Civil) in specialization of Geotechnical Engineering. by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Rahul Rao (M.Tech - Environmental Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Kath Palia Award for best M.Tech dissertation in area of Environmental aspects by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Ajay Saraswat (M.Tech - Geomatics Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Amba Prasad and Kalawati Memorial cash prize for obtaining the highest CGPA in M.Tech (Geomatics Engineering) by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Salman Khan (M.Tech - Environmental Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Prof. C. L. Toshniwal award in Environmental Engineering for obtaining the highest CGPA amongst graduating student in M.Tech Environmental Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Dheeraj Adwani (M.Tech - Transportation Engineering) on being awarded the following award : Sunita Bahadur Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining the highest CGPA in Transportation Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Ms. Sakshi Gupta (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Prof. (Mrs.) Renu Bhargava for Excellence in Environment Engineering to graduating girl in B.Tech Civil and obtaining a CGPA of 8.00 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Aditya Hriday Upadhyay (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following awards: 1. Manmohan Das Seth Department Gold Medal. 2. Institute Silver Medal 2nd highest CGPA of student of B.Tech and B.Arch. 3. Prof. C. L. Toshniwal Award for obtaining highest marks in Environmental Engineering Subject. 4. Prabhakar Swarup Award for obtaining highest CGPA in B.Tech Civil Engineering. 5. Shri Shiv Nandan Swarup and Awadh Bhatnagar cash prize for obtaining the highest CGPA in B.Tech Civil Engineering. 6. Madhusudan Dayal Mithal Medal. 7. Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Medal. by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Vedant Kumar (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award to the student of B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Yash Khandelwal (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award to the student of B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Mehul Shrimali (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award to the student of B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Vishwas Rawat (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Vedant Neebhra (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Mohd. Shadab Siddique (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Mudit Agarwal (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Harsh Vardhan (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following awards: 1. Best B.Tech Project Award. 2. M. A. Rao for the 2nd highest CGPA in B.Tech Civil Engineering. 3. Vinay Krishna cash prize for obtaining 2nd highest CGPA. by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Ms. Nikita Singh(B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following award: Best Project Award B.Tech Civil Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Mr. Yashraj Bimalbhai Jariwali (B.Tech - Civil Engineering) on being awarded the following awards: 1. Best B.Tech Project Award. 2. Tara Chand Kanti Devi cash prize in design project. by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2021 , Sept 11, 2021

Prof. Indrajit Ghosh has been awarded "Outstanding Teacher Award 2021” by IIT, Roorkee

Prateek Tripathi ( Research Scholar-Geomatics Engineering Group) has featured in the first L3Harris Geospatial Student Spotlight. His work on Remote sensing data is promoted by L3Harris Geospatial and earned him a free ENVI+IDL 1-year student license. A blog on his work is published on the L3Harris Geospatial website at- https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/Learn/Case-Studies/Case-Studies-Detail/ArtMID/10204/ArticleID/24065/Student-Spotlight-Summer-2021.

Prof. R., Vinnarasi, has been Awarded “ Prof. U.C. Kothyari - ISH Best Ph.D. Thesis Award” for the year 2020

Prof. Mittal, Satyendra, has been awarded “Academic Excellence in Faculty (National Category) under IEI BLC-FCRIT Excellence Award” The Award has been jointly Presented By The Institute of Engineers (India), Belapur Local Centre and Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi

Prateek Tripathi, Research Scholar has won the consolation prize in the Simulation category of the" International Sci-Art Image Competition" jointly organized by the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and CARBON Lab, with the support of National Young Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB), and Thai Young Scientists Academy (TYSA).

Prof. Sawant, V. A., IGS-Chennai Chapter Biennial Award for the Best Paper, IGC 2020, Dec 17-20, 2020

Prof. Chatterjee, Kaustav, IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper, IGC-2020, Dec 17-20, 2020

Mr. Jatin Aggarwal (B. Tech.) on being awarded the following awards : 1. Department Gold Medal ( Manmohan Das Seth Gold Medal) . 2. Best B. Tech. Project Award . 3. Prof. C. L. Toshniwal awards in Civil Engineering of Rs. 10000/- . 4.Madhusudan Dayal Mithal Medal . 5. Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Medal . 6. Prabhakar Swarup Civil Engineering Award of Rs. 10000/- . 7. Shri Shiv Nandan Swaroop and Avadh Narayan Bhatnagar cash award of Rs. 10000/- . 8. Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize of Rs. 10000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Mr. Aman Gupta (B. Tech.) on being awarded the following awards : 1. Sri. M. A. Rao Cash Prize of Rs.10000/- 2. Vinay Krishna Cash Prize of Rs.10000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Ms. Avantika Rathore (B. Tech.) on being awarded the following awards 1.Luxmi Devi and Shri Banarasi Das Cash Prize Rs.10,000/- 2. Prof.(Mrs.) Renu Bhargava cash award for excellence in Environmental Engineering of Rs.11000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Col. K. L. Rahul ( M.Tech.-Transportation Engineering) on being awarded the following awards 1. Department Gold Medal 2. Sunita Bahadur Memorial Gold Medal by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Mr. Satyabrat Tiwari (M.Tech. – Environmental Engineering) on being awarded the following awards 1. Rural India Technology based Upliftment (RITU) Excellence Award of Rs.15000/- 2. Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize of Rs. 10000/- 3. Prof. C. L. Toshniwal awards in Civil Engineering of Rs. 10000/- 4. Kathpalia Award for Environment of Rs. 10000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Mr. Abhay Singh Sajwan (M. Tech.- Geotechnical Engineering ) on being awarded the following award 1. Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize of Rs. 10000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Mr. Vamshi Krishna Rao K. (M.Tech.-GeomaticsEngineering) on being awarded the following award 1. Amba Prasad- Kalawati Memorial cash prize of Rs. 10000/- by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Convocation-2020 , Nov 29, 2020

Ms. Vipasha Sharma, Research Scholar(Geomatics Engineering Group) achieving the second position in the GIS quiz organized by NRSC as a part of GIS day 2020 celebrations and got a chance for 1 year no-cost license of Arc Info GIS package.

Prof. Mittal, Satyendra, Dedicated Teaching Profession National Award 2020, Kamarajar Institute of Education and Research (KIER), Nov 25, 2020

Prof. Garg, P. K., Fellow of Innovation Award, 6th Conference on Good Governance, Y S Research Foundation of Public Administration, Dehradun, Aug 30, 2020

Prof. Ojha, C. S. P., Fellowship Award, The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) by the Governing Council, Sept 8, 2020

Ms. Debasree Purkayastha, one of the winners of the AWSAR Award, DST ( Govt. of India ), 2019

Prof. Garg, P. K., Best Research Award in Surveying & Mapping, Institute of Engineers, Dehradun Chapter, Sep. 15, 2019

Prof. Mittal, Satyendra, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Samman (Award) for special contribution in technical field, National Union of Journalism, Haridwar, India, 2019

Prof. R.N., G.D. Ransinchung, INAE Innovative Student Projects Award -Doctoral Level Category, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2019

Prof. Parida, M., Prize of Cairo University of the Best WCTR Paper Award, Cairo University upon the initiative of the Transportation Programme, 2019

Prof. Garg, P. K., Y. S. Research Excellence Award, Y. S. Research Foundation of Public Administration, Dehradun, Aug. 2019

Prof. Mittal, Satyendra, Best Citizens of India Award, International Publishing house New Delhi, 2019

Swati Dahiya, Best Poster Award, 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2019

Aparna Dutta, American Geophysical Union Travel Award, American Geophysical Union Travel, 2019

Prof. Garg, R. D., National Geospatial Award of Excellence 2018, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018

Prof. Garg, R. D., Uttarakhand Eminent Engineers Award 2018, Institution of Engineers Uttarakhand Chapter, 2018

Prof. Ghosh, J. K., National Geospatial Award for Excellence 2017 (A Life-time Achievement Award), The Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dec. 05, 2018

Prof. Mittal, Satyendra, Outstanding Engineer Award for Research & Field Applications, The Institution of Engineers, Roorkee, 2018

Prof. Samadhiya, N. K., Excellence Performance Award, Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology (ISRMTT), 2018

Prof. Chatterjee, K., IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Best Paper Award – 2018, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), 2018

Scholarship

Mr. Prateek Tripathi, a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. Rahul Dev Garg from the Department of Civil Engineering recently worked on activities that support Artemis III to the moon as per NASA objectives, organized and funded by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and NASA Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, USA.

Mr. Ravi Verma, Research Scholar, Geomatics Engineering is awarded Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship 2021- 2022 for a period of 1 Year from Feb 2022 to Feb 2023, under the guidance of Dr. Joanna Zawadzka at the Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Informatics, Cranfield University, United Kingdom. He will be provided a monthly stipend of £1133 per month, one-time To and From UK airfare, and also £600 as a study travel grant.

Ms. Soorya S, Nominated For SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Programme (OVDF) to carry out her Ph.D. programme for one year at Purdue University ,She will be given a Scholarship of US2000 dollars per month and air ticket to visit Purdue and back, 2020.

Mr. Lalit Pal, Nominated For SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Programme (OVDF) to carry out his Ph.D. programme for one year at Purdue University ,he will be given a Scholarship of US2000 dollars per month and air ticket to visit Purdue and back, 2020

Prof. Chandra, Satish, Fellow of National Academy of Science, National Academy of Science (NASc), 2019

Arshdeep Singh, Nominated For 2019 Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (UK), 2019

Vamshi Krishna Rao K. (M. Tech), Awarded Kopsie DAAD fellowship, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, 2019

Ankit Sharma, Nominated for 2019 Prime Ministers Fellowship for Doctoral Research, Prime Ministers fellowship, 2019

Nomination

Prof. Praveen Kumar has been nominated as Visitor Nominee for Civil Engineering Department of IIT Bhubaneswar

Prof. A. A. Kazmi has been appointed as Member of National Working Group on (PHEE), CPHEEO by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India

Prof. Bhupinder Singh has been appointed as Member of the Editorial Board of the newly launched Springer Journal "Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction”

Prof. Mahendra Singh has been appointed as Chairman, Library Advisory Committee(LAC), MGCL, IIT, Roorkee

Prof. Bhupinder Singh has been nominated the Technical Advisory Group (T.A.G.) of the Udhampur-Srinagar rail link, a project of strategic national importance, monitored by the Prime Minister's Office (P.M.O.). The project is being implemented by I.R.C.O.N. International Ltd. through Hindustan Construction Company (H.C.C.) Ltd. I.R.C.O.N. is a P.S.U. working in the railway sector. dated Feb 22, 2022.

Prof. Narendra Kumar Samadhiya on being appointed as Regular Member, H-4 Committee: Embankment, Ground Improvement and Drainage for the year 2021-23 (3 Years) by Indian Road Congress (IRC), New Delhi.

Prof. Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha has been nominated Member, Expert Group, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Rejuvenation, Bramhputra Board, Itanagar (AP) by Ministry of Jal Shakti on Nov 5, 2021.

Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N. on being appointed as Regular Member, B-8 Committee: Management, Maintenance and Rehabilitation Committee.

Prof. R. D. Garg on being appointed as Chairman JEE (Advanced) 2022. This is his 3rd term.

Prof. Pushpa Choudhary on being appointed as Regular Member, H10 Committee: Hill Roads and Tunnel Committee.

Prof. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh has been appointed as Academician Member by Highway Research Board(HRB).

Prof. Manoranjan Parida on being appointed as Convener, H-7 Committee: Road Safety & Design Committee.

Prof. Rajat Rastogi on being appointed as Co-Convener, G-6 Committee: Multi Modal Transport System and Regular Member, H-8 Committee: Urban Roads & Safety Committee.

Prof. Praveen Kumar on being appointed as Regular Member, H-2 Committee: Flexible Pavement, Airfields and Runways Committee

Prof. Indrajit Ghosh on being appointed as Regular Member, H-7 Committee: Road Safety & Design Committee.

Prof. Amit Agarwal on being appointed as Regular Member, G-7 Committee: Intelligent transport System Committee.

Prof. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh on being appointed as Academician Member, Highway Research Board.

Prof. Singh, Mahendra, elected as Chairman, IGS Roorkee Chapter

Prof. Chatterjee, Kaustav, has been elected as Joint Secretary, IGS Roorkee Chapter

Prof. Ghosh, Indrajit, Member of Senate Committee on Scholarships & Prizes (SCSP) for a period of one year w.e.f 01.04.2021

Prof. Sawant, V. A., Elected as Honorary Secretary of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology.

Prof. Vijay, Saurabh, on being Coordinator, Departmental Safety Committee, Civil Engineering Department.

Prof. Vellanki, B.P., Elected as Member of The Green Committee

Dyutishree Halder (Research Scholar), Elected as General Secretary, Technical Affairs, Student’s Affairs Council, The Green Committee

Prof. Hari Prasad, K. S., Upgrade to HAG Professor

Prof. Ahmed, Zulfequar , Upgrade to HAG Professor

Prof. Chakraborty, Anupam, Appointed Coordinator NBCC Centre, IITR NOIDA Centre

Prof. Singh, Mahendra, Elected as President, International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), India

Prof. Samadhiya, Narendra Kumar, Elected as President, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)

Prof. Kumar, Praveen, Nominated the Member of NATIONAL SUBJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NSEAC) for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), 2020

Prof. R.N., G.D. Ransinchung, Member of Rigid Pavement Standing Committee (AH), Transportation Research Board (TRB) of The National Academics, Washington D.C. (USA)

Harshita Singh, Nominated for Newton Bhabha Ph.D. (2019-20) Funded by UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Energy (BEIS) and Department of Biotechnology(DBT), India, UK Host Institute – University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Sourabh Dixit, Nominated for Newton Bhabha Ph.D. (2019-20) Placement Funded by UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Energy (BEIS), India, UK Host Institute – The James Hutton Institute, Abardeen, Scotland, UK

Prof. S. K. Ghosh, Member of Selection Committee, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, National Institute of Technology, Delhi, National Institute of Technical Teacher's Training and Research, Chennai

Prof. Indrajit Ghosh, Member of Traffic Control Devices Standing Committee (AHB50), Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies, Washington D.C

Prathiba Palanisamy, Travel Grant & Nominated to chair a technical session in @IGARSS 2019 in Yokohama, Japan, IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, 2019

Preeti Verma, Nominated for financial support Rs.1,00,000.00 under the scheme of Partial support to present papers in Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia, AGU Fall Meeting (Dec 9-13 in San Francisco, USA), 2019

Soumya Sucharita Behera, Nominated for financial support Rs.1,00,000.00 under the scheme of Partial support to present papers in Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia, AGU Fall Meeting (Dec 9-13 in San Francisco, USA), 2019

Mudit Kapoor, Nominated for financial support Rs. 60,000.00 under the scheme of Partial support to present papers in Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia, AGU Fall Meeting (Dec 9-13 in San Francisco, USA), 2019

Madhumita Paul, Nominated for financial support Rs. 50,000.00 under the scheme of Partial support to present papers in Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia, The Tranportation Research Board (TRB), 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA (Jan 12-16 in San Francisco, USA), 2020