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     Date:-Thursday, January 18, 2024
Mr. Akash Jha, M. Tech. student working under the supervision of Prof. Sudipta Sarkar, Environmental Engineering Group awarded the “Best Poster Award” for poster presentation titled "Nanoparticle loaded Hydrogels Prepared from Insect Derived Chitin for Phosphate Removal from Wastewater" at FMSDG-2024: International Conference on "Futuristic Materials for Sustainable Development Goals-2024" held on January 9-10, 2024 at Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India.

     Date:-Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Prof. Zulfequar Ahmad (Hydraulic Engineering Group) was conferred with the S. N. Gupta Memorial Lecture Award at HYDRO-2023 held at NIT Warangal during December 21-23, 2023.

     Date:-Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Prof. Praveen Kumar, (Transportation Engineering Group) Head Civil Engineering Department was conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award in the category of Academics and Research during the Alumni Award Ceremony 2023. This award is given by MNIT Jaipur to its Alumni in different parts of the world.

     Date:-Friday, December 22, 2023
Mr. Chindtada Chandrasekhar and Mr. Prakul Dixit Ph.D. students working under the Supervision of Prof. G.D. Ransinchung R.N, Transportation Engineering Group, has awarded the “Best Poster Award” in the category of “Pavement Engineering” for presenting a compelling poster on the topic titled “Engineered Cementitious Composited (ECC) for Rigid Pavement Applications” during the 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2023), December 17-20, 2023, Surat, India.

     Date:-Friday, December 22, 2023
Ms. Manaswinee Kar a Ph.D. student working under the Supervision of Prof. Manoranjan Parida, Transportation Engineering Group, has awarded TRG's Outstanding Student Paper Award in Transportation Planning for her paper entitled "Estimating Willingness-to-pay of Two-wheeler Drive-alone Users toward Shifting to Park-and-Ride" co-authored by Shubhajit Sadhukhan, Manoranjan Parida and Sanhita Das during the 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2023), December 17-20, 2023, Surat, India.

     Date:-Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Mr. Prabhakar Kumar a Ph.D. student working under the Supervision of Prof. N. K. Samadhiya, Geotechnical Engineering Group, has awarded the Second Honorable Mention Award for the best presentation for the Extended Abstract on “Experimental Study for Determination of Crack Threshold in the Multi Flawed Rock Mass under True Triaxial Loading” at the 1st SLRMES International Conference on Rock Mechanics for Infrastructure and Geo-Resources Development an International Society of Rock Mechanics Specialized Conference 3rd to 7th December 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

     Date:-Friday, December 1, 2023
Mr. Akshay Gupta (leader), Mr. Shreyansh, Mr. Priyanshu Pansari, Dr. Pushpa Choudhary) under the supervision of Prof. Pushpa Choudhary has developed a real time lane departure warning system specific for Indian drivers and Indian driving conditions and secured 2nd place with a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees at Road Safety Hackathon 2023 organized by Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS) at IIT Madras

     Date:-Monday, November 20, 2023
Additional list of Shortlist candidates for Ph.D. Interview Spring 2023-24

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification regarding Ph.D. Admission Spring Sem 2023-24

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Environmental Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geomatics Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geotechnical Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Hydraulic Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Structural Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Transportation Engineering Group (Spring Semester 2023-24)

     Date:-Friday, September 29, 2023
Mr. Dara Singh Vohra (Research Scholar), Dr. P. K. Garg & Dr. S. K. Ghosh being granted patent for their design from UK Patent Office titled “Cutting-edge Rotor Copter Blades for Amplified Thrust and Endurance in Elevated Altitudinal Regimes” on dated September 28, 2023.

     Date:-Friday, September 29, 2023
Ms. Noopur Srivastava a Ph.D. student working under the Supervision of Prof. Kamal Jain, Geomatics Engineering Group, has awarded the Best Student Paper Award in SPIE Sensors+Imaging 2023 conference on the topic “Dual attention based Deep Learning Approach for Building Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images” held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from September 3-6, 2023.

     Date:-Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Prof. Kaustav Chatterjee, (Geotechnical Engineering Group) has been selected as INSA Associate Fellow 2023.

     Date:-Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Prof. K. S. Hari Prasad was conferred with the Outstanding Teacher Award-2023 (UG Category) by Prof. K. K. Pant Director, IIT Roorkee on the occasion of Teacher's Day on September 05, 2023.

     Date:-Monday, September 4, 2023
Prof. Satish Chandra was conferred with The S. R. Mehra Memorial Award 2022 (carrying a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-) by Prof. U. P. Singh Deputy Director, IIT Roorkee in the Conference Room, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee on September 04, 2023.

     Date:-Monday, September 4, 2023
Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Head Department of Civil Engineering IIT Bombay, was conferred with The Gopal Ranjan Technology Award 2022 (carrying a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-) by Prof. U. P. Singh Deputy Director, IIT Roorkee in the Conference Room, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee on September 04, 2023.

     Date:-Saturday, August 12, 2023
Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, Mr. Aditya Anand, Mr. Utsav Goyal, Mr. Vimal Singh, and Mr. Vishnu Agrahari (B. Tech. Students) have won the competition "Concept Note " on the topic "One-step innovative solution for Cleaning and Filtering the still water of Pishach Mochan Kund at Varanasi" held on July 7, 2023, organized by Varanasi Smart City Limited (VSCL).

     Date:-Friday, August 11, 2023
Ms. Dolonchapa Prabhakar a Ph.D. student working under the Supervision of Prof. P. K. Garg, Geomatics Engineering Group, selected as one of the ten students for the Deloitte Work-Studentship Program. The Deloitte organization provides audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services to selected clients. Under this program, she will work on the "Real-Time Traffic Assessment Software/algorithm for Bangalore City" project using Google Maps, WAZE, and other software for accurate road mapping for six months under Deloitte.

     Date:-Monday, July 31, 2023
Mr. Rohit Sharma, Mr. Arnab Chowdhury, Ms. Pritipadmaja and Mr. Nakshatra Lavaniya (Ph.D. students), their Team Participant 1499 recognized as one of the 14 “CHAMPIONs” among 5151 participants in the world's biggest geospatial mapping challenge, the "IIT Bombay FOSSEE Mapathon 2023 (Edition III)", A pan-India mapping competition held between February 22 to May 06, 2023.

     Date:-Friday, July 21, 2023
Ms. Ruma Adhikari a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Alok Bhardwaj, Geomatics Engineering Group, was awarded a travel Grant of 2000 USD by IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society to present the research work entitled “An Index-based flood mapping using stokes parameters of multitemporal SAR images: 2019 Hagibis flood event of Ibaraki, Japan” at IGARSS 2023 conference held at Pasadena, California, USA during July 16-21, 2023.

     Date:-Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Mr. Rishi Singh Chhabra and Mr. Chintada Chandrasekhar Ph.D. students working under the supervision of Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N., Transportation Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering have secured Third position in the Poster Presentation for his paper titled “Utilization of Polyester Fiber and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Material in Cement Treated Base (CTB) layer” during the Young Researchers Conclave-2023 held on July 19, 2023 under One Week One Lab Programme (July 16-22, 2023) organized by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, India.

     Date:-Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Mr. Rupam Fedujwar Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Amit Agarwal, Transportation Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has secured Second prize under the "Machine Learning" category during the Young Researchers Conclave-2023 held on July 19, 2023 under One Week One Lab Programme (July 16-22, 2023) organized by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, India. The title of his work was - “In-vehicle Occupancy Prediction using Artificial Neural Network Algorithm“.

     Date:-Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Mr. Anuj Nautiyal Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Amit Agarwal, Transportation Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has secured First prize under the "Urban Transportation and Planning" category during the Young Researchers Conclave-2023 held on July 19, 2023 under One Week One Lab Programme (July 16-22, 2023) organized by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, India. The title of his work was - “Inferring mobility patterns from smart phone GPS data“.

     Date:-Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Mr. Chintada Chandrasekhar and Mr. Rishi Singh Chhabra Ph.D. students working under the supervision of Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N., Transportation Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering have secured First position in the Poster Presentation for his paper titled “Feasibility of Manufactured Sand in Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) for Rigid Pavement Applications” and during the Young Researchers Conclave-2023 held on July 19, 2023 under One Week One Lab Programme (July 16-22, 2023) organized by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, India.

     Date:-Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Mr. Ravi Verma a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. P. K. Garg from the Geomatics Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been selected as one of the 14 CHAMPIONs among 5151 participants (award money of Rs 5000/-) in the IIT Bombay FOSSEE Mapathon, 2023, A pan-India mapping competition held between February 22 to May 06, 2023.

     Date:-Friday, June 16, 2023
Mr. Chandra Has Singh a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Kamal Jain, Geomatics Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the prestigious HIDA Visiting Fellowship from the Helmholtz Institute of Data Science and Analytics, funded by the German Government. This grants him the opportunity to work at the renowned Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre GFZ in Germany.

     Date:-Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Mr. Anurag Tomar, a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Absar Ahmad Kazmi from the Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Solid Waste Hong Kong (ICSWHK-2023): Waste Management in the Circular Economy and Climate Resilience, which was held in Hong Kong from May 31st to June 3rd, 2023. This conference was organized by Hong Kong Baptist University and Zhejiang University. He presented my poster during ICSWHK-2023 on the topic of "Treatment of Blackwater by the Advanced Anaerobic Baffled Reactor".

     Date:-Monday, May 15, 2023
Notification for Ph.D. Interview Autumn Semester 2023-24 on dated 18.05.2023 at 9:30 AM onwards

     Date:-Friday, April 28, 2023
Ms. Vipasha Sharma, a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. S. K. Ghosh, Geomatics Engineering Group, was awarded a (TIF) travel grant of USD 1500 by ISPRS Foundation to present research work titled "A proposed framework for surveillance of dengue disease and prediction" at 39th ISRSE, Antalya, Turkey during April 24-28, 2023.

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Mr. Anurag Tomar, a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Absar Ahmad Kazmi from the Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the Best Poster Award from Prof. K.K. Pant (Director of IIT Roorkee), Mr. Kamal Virendra Singh (Plant Head of Adani Cement), and Dean SRIC during the Uttarakhand Udyog Mahotsav (UKUM), held during March 18–20th, 2023. The event was organized by the Bhagwanpur Industries Association and IIT Roorkee. He presented his poster during UKUM on the topic of Sustainable Solution for Sanitation: A DRDO-Based Biodigester for Human Fecal Treatment.

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Environmental Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geomatics Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geotechnical Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Hydraulics Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Revised Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Structural Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Transportation Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Revised Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Structural Engineering Group (Autumn 2023-24)

     Date:-Thursday, April 20, 2023
Mr. Sahil Kundal a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Alok Bhardwaj, Geomatics Engineering Group, was awarded a travel Grant of 1000 USD by SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, to present the research work entitled “GeoBIA-based semi-automated landslide detection using UAS data: A case study of Uttarakhand Himalayas” at Future Sensing Technologies 2023 conference held at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan during April 18-20, 2023.

     Date:-Monday, April 10, 2023
Mr. Vishal Mishra, a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Kamal Jain from the Geomatics Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been received the Prestigious Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant by HIDA in Germany to spend a research stay from April 10, 2023 to July 9, 2023 at Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ in Prof. Dr. Mahdi Motagh’s group.

     Date:-Thursday, March 30, 2023
Mr. Anurag Tomar, a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Absar Ahmad Kazmi from the Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the Best Pitch Award in the SPARC-funded INDO-US two-day workshop on "CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS TO SANITATION-MAKING PROFIT FROM TOILETS " conducted by the TAURI (Translating and Accelerating University Research and Innovation) research group, IIT Madras, March 29th and 30th, 2023.

     Date:-Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Congratulations to Prof. Kamal Jain on being elected unopposed for the position of the Vice President of the Executive Council of the Indian Society of Geomatics for the term 2023-2026.

     Date:-Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Mr. Anurag Tomar, a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Absar Ahmad Kazmi from the Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the Best Poster Award from Prof. K.K. Pant, Director of IIT Roorkee, during the Institute Research Day held on March 14, 2023, at IIT Roorkee. He has given outstanding presentations during the Institute Research Day on the topic Advanced Anaerobic Biodigester (A DRDO-Based Biodigester for Human Fecal Treatment).

     Date:-Monday, March 13, 2023
Col. Deepak Patil General Manager (Project): NHIDCL had made a visit to the Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee on March 13, 2023 to deliver the 2nd “Prof. Bhawani Singh Memorial Lecture” on the topic “Peculiarities of Tunnel Construction in Himalayan Geology: A Case Study on Silkyara Tunnel”.

     Date:-Sunday, March 12, 2023
9 Civil Engineering Silver Jubilee Alumni of 1995 Batch visited the Department on March 12, 2023

     Date:-Friday, March 10, 2023
Prof. Abhishek has joined as Assistant Professor in Hydraulics Engineering Group, Civil Engineering Department on dated March 10, 2023.

     Date:-Friday, March 10, 2023
The inauguration of rejuvenated CAD Lab has been done by our honorable Chief guest, Prof. K. K. Pant Director, IIT Roorkee held on dated March 10, 2023. Prof. Praveen Kumar, Head CED; Prof. Amit Agarwal, Convener; Prof. Anumita Mishra & Prof. Sandipan Paul Members of CAD Lab Committee and other faculty members were also present there to grace the occasion.

     Date:-Thursday, March 9, 2023
Ms. Pritipadmaja, a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Rahul Dev Garg from the Geomatics Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering has been selected for an IIT Tirupati Navavishkar (NAV) I-Hub Foundation (ITTNiF) - Google Earth Engine (NAV-i-GEE) Research Program. She will work on a fully funded project "Mapping the Heat Sensitivity of Indian Cities: Identifying Drivers and Indicators" using Google Earth Engine for six months under the mentorship of the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water. This program is based on the Google Summer of Earth Engine.

     Date:-Friday, March 3, 2023
Ms. Eshta Ranyal, a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. Kamal Jain from the Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the "Shastri Best Research Paper Award (SBRPA 2022-23)" under the STEM category for the work carried out during the project undertaken under SICI-MITACS Globalink Research Award in Canada.

     Date:-Thursday, December 15, 2022
Ms. Ghazal Srivastava, a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. A. A. Kazmi from the Department of Civil Engineering have been Achieved the Excellent Abstract Award with International Travel Support" at the 13th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-13) at Asian Institute of Technology Conference Centre (AITCC), Bangkok, Thailand held on December,13-15, 2022.

     Date:-Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Nikhil Saboo on being awarded the Certificate of Merit Award for Bio-Bitumen developed at IIT Roorkee by his research team. It has now been used in a National Highway (NH) section having a design traffic of more than 200 million standard axles (msa). This NH trial section (approx. 650 m in length) is the first in the world that have been constructed using this technology. The award was conferred at the 2nd Global Road Construction and Safety Conference held on November 30, 2022 at Taj Palace New Delhi.

     Date:-Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh on being awarded the most prestigious award "Satish Dhawan Award 2021" from the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, the only society in the country, for his research and capacity building contribution in the area of Remote Sensing, GIS, Image Processing and Geospatial Technology. The award was conferred by Mr. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Cabinet Minister of Jal Shakti Mantralaya to him at the Annual Conference of the Society held at Hyderabad.

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Environmental Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geomatics Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Geotechnical Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Hydraulics Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Structural Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Notification for Interview for Ph.D. Admission Transportation Engineering Group (Spring 2022-23)

     Date:-Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Mr. Gowtham Balasundaram, a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. A. A. Kazmi from the Department of Civil Engineering have been awarded the Second Prize in the 7th India Water Week Conclave, organised by Department of Jal Shakti, Government of India held in India Expo Centre Greater Noida during November 1-5,2022.

     Date:-Friday, October 14, 2022
Ghazal Srivastava, a Ph.D. Student working under the supervision of Prof. A. A. Kazmi from the Department of Civil Engineering have been awarded the "best oral presentation award" in the "International Symposium of Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSUE-2022)" in session 'Water' held in the UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) Dehradun campus on 14th of October 2022.

     Date:-Thursday, September 22, 2022
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

     Date:-Thursday, September 1, 2022
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. Department congratulates him on his endeavor.

     Date:-Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Prof. Sudhir K Jain (Padamshri 2020), Vice Chancellor of Indian Institute of Technology BHU has made a visit to the Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. In which he had a very delightful conversation with the faculty members of the Department about the challenges he faced in his career and shared his ample experience of teaching as well as administration on the occasion of the Distinguished Alumnus Award Ceremony dated 10.08.2022

     Date:-Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Sudipta Sarkar, Prof. Sonalisa Ray and Research Scholar Saikat Das on being granted patent for an invention entitled “A SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE (C-S-H) BASED CONCRETE HARDENING ACCELERATOR”

     Date:-Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Meena Kumari Sharma, Prof. A. A. Kazmi and Prof. Sudipta Sarkar on being granted patent for an invention entitled “UPFLOW SEPTIC TANK”

     Date:-Monday, May 23, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Mahendra Singh for appointment as Chairman, Library Advisory Committee(LAC), MGCL, IIT, Roorkee

     Date:-Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Congratulations to Mr. Pawan Rawal, M. Tech (Transportation Engineering) on his grand achievement on securing All India Rank 23, in the Engineering Service Examination (ESE) conducted by UPSC in 2021.

     Date:-Saturday, April 23, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Amit Agarwal On being selected as Outstanding Young Faculty for 2022. He will be awarded the Institute Research Fellowship (IRF) for three years.

     Date:-Monday, April 18, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Praveen Kumar on being appointed as Head, Civil Engineering Department on dated 18.04.2022

     Date:-Monday, April 11, 2022
Congratulations to Mr. S. K. P. KUSHWAHA, Research Scholar (Geomatics Engineering) on being selected as ISPRS SC Board of Directors for the Newsletter Editor-in-Chief Position for 2022-2026.

     Date:-Thursday, April 7, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Sudipta Sarkar on being granted Indian patent for an invention entitled “A HYBRID IRON SULPHIDE IMPREGNATED ANION EXCHANGER (HISIIX) FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM CONTAMINATED WATER”

     Date:-Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Congratulations to Mr. Kartikay Kaushik (B. E. Civil 2019) on his grand achievement on securing the 1st position in INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICES 2021

     Date:-Monday, March 28, 2022
1st R. J. GARDE MEMORIAL LECTURE ON MARCH 28, 2022

     Date:-Monday, March 14, 2022
Felicitation of Gopal Ranjan Technology Award to Prof. Amit Prashant, IIT Gandhinagar

     Date:-Thursday, March 10, 2022
Felicitation of O. P. Jain Memorial Structural Design Award to Mr. V. N. Heggade, CEO, STUP Consultant, Mumbai

     Date:-Wednesday, January 12, 2022
IIT Roorkee and RITES Ltd. signed an MoU on dated:Jan 11, 2022

     Date:-Tuesday, December 14, 2021
IIT Roorkee and CSIR-CRRI signed an MoU between them Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee and Prof. Satish Chandra, Director CSIR-CRRI signed the MoU in presence of Prof. Manish Shrikhande, Dean, SRIC, Prof. S. K. Ghosh, HoD, Civil Engineering, Prof. Indrajit Ghosh and Prof. Sanhita Das. The MoU shall allow the exchange of personnel through deputation, organization of joint conferences, Seminars, Practical Training of IIT-Roorkee students at CSIR-CRRI, Joint guidance of student projects/thesis at IIT Roorkee by CSIR-CRRI.

     Date:-Wednesday, December 8, 2021
A MOU between IIT Roorkee and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) was signed in New Delhi on December 8, 2021 related to stabilization of Navigational Channel of River Ganga from Varanasi to Sahibganj. The MOU was signed by Prof. Z. Ahmed, Prof. of CED, IIT Roorkee and Mr. Jayant Singh, Vice. Chairman, IWAI. https://ideafornews.in/between-iit-roorkee-and-inland-waterways-authority-of-india/

     Date:-Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Prof. Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha has been Awarded “ISH Jal Vigyan Puraskar, 2021” by the Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) on 13th Nov 2021.

     Date:-Monday, November 15, 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.

     Date:-Wednesday, November 3, 2021
It gives me immense pleasure in sharing information that Prof. Z.Ahmad of the Department of Civil Engineering has been selected as a member of the IAHR Hydraulic Structures Leadership Team International Association of Hydro-Environment. I extend heartiest congratulations on behalf of the Department and self to Prof. Zulfiqar Ahmad on his grand achievement. HCED

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geomatics Engineering Group

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geotechnical Engineering Group

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Hydraulics Engineering Group

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Structural Engineering Group

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Transportation Engineering Group

     Date:-Saturday, October 30, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Environmental Engineering Group [Addendum-I]

     Date:-Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Dr. Prem Krishna (Founder President-Indian Society of Wind Engineering), The International Association of Wind Engineering has conferred the Presidential Award for his lifelong contribution to Wind Engineering. It is a big honour for the Department of Civil Engineering on this recognition.

     Date:-Sunday, October 24, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N. on being appointed as Regular Member, B-8 Committee: Management, Maintenance and Rehabilitation Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023)

     Date:-Thursday, October 21, 2021
Congratulation to Prof. Z. Ahmad on the successful award of the Research Project - "Submerged Vanes for River Training and Sediment Management in Streams and their Field Application" Sponsored by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, New Delhi, India

     Date:-Friday, October 1, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. R. D. Garg on being appointed Chairman JEE (Advanced) 2022. This is his 3rd Term.

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratualtions to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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.

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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.

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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.

     Date:-Saturday, September 11, 2021
Congratulations to 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.

     Date:-Thursday, September 9, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Pushpa Choudhary on being appointed Regular Member, H10 Committee: Hill Roads and Tunnel Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Manoranjan Parida on being appointed Convener, H-7 Committee: Road Safety & Design Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Rajat Rastogi on being appointed Co-Convener, G-6 Committee: Multi Modal Transport System and Regular Member, H-8 Committee: Urban Roads & Safety Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Praveen Kumar on being appointed Regular Member, H-2 Committee: Flexible Pavement, Airfields and Runways Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Indrajit Ghosh on being appointed Regular Member, H-7 Committee: Road Safety & Design Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Amit Agarwal on being appointed Regular Member, G-7 Committee: Intelligent transport System Committee for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Saturday, August 28, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh on being appointed Academician Member, Highway Research Board for a period of 3 years (2021-2023).

     Date:-Thursday, July 15, 2021
Mr. Prateek Tripathi (Research Scholar- Geomatics Engineering Group ), working under the supervision of Prof. Rahul Dev Garg, has featured in the first L3Harris Geospatial Student Spotlight. L3Harris Geospatial has more than 40 years of experience developing scientifically proven and in-depth solutions of advanced geospatial analytics, machine learning, and remotely sensed data to make better decisions. Prateek, who works on Hyperspectral remote sensing of Earth, Moon, and Mars as his Ph.D. project, earned this feature because of extensive experience with L3Harris ENVI software while working in the Geomatics Engineering group. His work on Remote sensing data is promoted by L3Harris Geospatial and earned him a free ENVI+IDL 1-year student license, which will be crucial for achieving his Ph.D. goals. It is a proud moment for the Department and institute that an esteemed and commercial geospatial company features a Civil-IITR student. Department congratulates Mr. Prateek on his endeavour. 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

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Environmental Engineering Group

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geomatics Engineering Group

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geotechnical Engineering Group

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Hydraulics Engineering Group

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Structural Engineering Group

     Date:-Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Transportation Engineering Group

     Date:-Monday, April 19, 2021
MoU Signing Ceremony between Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and IIT Roorkee April 19, 2021

     Date:-Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Mr. Vineet S. Jaain, MD and CEO, Adani Green Energy Limited, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) visited the Civil Engineering Department, discussed the geotechnical, structural, and wind engineering testing facilities.

     Date:-Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Priti Maheshwari on being appointed Coordinator, E-Learning Centre for a period of two years w.e.f April 1, 2021.

     Date:-Friday, March 19, 2021
Prof. Mahendra Singh has been elected as Chairman, IGS Roorkee Chapter.

     Date:-Friday, March 19, 2021
Prof. Kaustav Chatterjee has been elected as Joint Secretary, IGS Roorkee Chapter.

     Date:-Friday, March 12, 2021
Prof. Vinnarasi R. has been Awarded “ Prof. U.C. Kothyari - ISH Best Ph.D. Thesis Award” for the year 2020., Thesis Title: Evolution of Hydro-climatological Extremes and Modelling of Associated Non- stationarity

     Date:-Friday, March 12, 2021
Prof. Satyendra Mittal 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.

     Date:-Monday, March 1, 2021
Mr. Prateek Tripathi, Ph.D. 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). The winners were announced by Honorable Minister Shri Sanjay Dhotre, MOS (Education, E & IT and Communication). The Department Congratulate Mr. Prateek Tripathi on his success.

     Date:-Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Welcome function for all new faculty member who has joined since June 2020 on dated Feb 24, 2021

     Date:-Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Prof. Sanhita Das has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Transportation Engineering Group) on Feb 24, 2021

     Date:-Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The Civil Engineering Department,IIT, Roorkee is pleased to announce the Lecture Series on Advanced Finite Element Modelling of Geotechnical Constructions by Professor Fook-Hou Lee , from 25 th March to 27 th May 2021 , every Thursday 4.30 to 6.30pm IST (Online mode).

     Date:-Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Congratulation to Prof. Alok Bhardwaj on the successful award of the Research Project- " Satellite Imagery Computer Vision Modelling for Land use land Cover " Sponsored by National Geographic Foundation for Science and Exploration, South Korea.

     Date:-Monday, February 1, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Saurabh Vijay on being appointed Coordinator, Departmental Safety Committee upto July 31, 2022.

     Date:-Thursday, January 21, 2021
Congratulation to Prof. Pushpa Choudhary on the successful award of the research project- "Pedestrian safety in mixed traffic conditions: Probing executable solutions to enhance vulnerable road user's safety using a pedestrian simulator." Sponsored by SERB, New Delhi

     Date:-Thursday, January 21, 2021
Congratulation to Prof. Gargi Singh on the successful award of the Research Project- "Halting the release of Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogens into the environment from Indian dairies (AMRIT)" Sponsored by SERB, New Delhi

     Date:-Thursday, January 14, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Anupam Chakraborty on being appointed Coordinator NBCC Centre, IITR NOIDA Centre

     Date:-Thursday, December 17, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. V. A. Sawant, It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Prof. V. A. Sawant has been won the IGS-Chennai Chapter Biennial Award for the Best Paper during IGC 2020 being held online from December 17-20, 2020. HCED

     Date:-Thursday, December 17, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Kaustav Chatterjee, It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Prof. Kaustav Chatterjee has been won the IGS-Kochi Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper during IGC 2020 being held online from December 17-20, 2020. HCED

     Date:-Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Prof. Saurabh Vijay has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Geomatics Engineering Group) on Dec 07, 2020

     Date:-Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Dr. B. N. Mohapatra, Director General, National Council for Cement and Building Materials(NCCBM), visits the civil Engineering Department & delivers a lecture.

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to Mr. Jatin Aggarwal (B. Tech.) on being awarded the following awards: Department Gold Medal ( Manmohan Das Seth Gold Medal) Best B. Tech. Project Award Prof. C. L. Toshniwal awards in Civil Engineering of Rs. 10000/- Madhusudan Dayal Mithal Medal Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Medal Prabhakar Swarup Civil Engineering Award of Rs. 10000/- Shri Shiv Nandan Swaroop and Avadh Narayan Bhatnagar cash award of Rs. 10000/- Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize of Rs. 10000/-

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to 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/-

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to Col. K. L. Rahul ( M.Tech.-Transportation Engineering) on being awarded the following awards 1. Department Gold Medal 2. Sunita Bahadur Memorial Gold Medal

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to 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/-

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to Abhay Singh Sajwan (M. Tech.- Geotechnical Engineering ) on being awarded the following award 1. Tarachand Kanti Devi cash prize of Rs. 10000/-

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to Vamshi Krishna Rao K. (M.Tech.-GeomaticsEngineering) on being awarded the following award 1. Amba Prasad- Kalawati Memorial cash prize of Rs. 10000/-

     Date:-Saturday, November 28, 2020
Congratulations to 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/-

     Date:-Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Congratulations Prof. Satyendra Mittal. It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Prof. SATYENDRA MITTAL has been awarded Dedicated Teaching Profession National Award 2020. By Kamarajar Institute of Education and Research (KIER). HCED

     Date:-Monday, November 23, 2020
Prof. Lee Fook Hou from National University of Singapore has joined as Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Civil Engineering Department (Geotechnical Engineering Group) on November 23, 2020. He is the Director of Centre for Soft Ground Engineering and a Fellow of Academy of Engineering (Singapore). https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hEHH6sYAAAAJ&hl=en

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph. D. admission in Environmental Engineering Group

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geomatics Engineering Group

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Geotechnical Engineering Group

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Hydraulics Engineering Group

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Structural Engineering Group

     Date:-Friday, November 20, 2020
Online Interview for Ph.D. admission in Transportation Engineering Group

     Date:-Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Congratulations, It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that The Civil Engineering Department has been won Overall Championship Trophy, IIT Roorkee Civil Conclave 2020, HCED

     Date:-Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Congratulations to Ms. Vipasha Sharma, Research Scholar(Geomatics Engineering Group) achieving second position in the GIS quiz organised 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

     Date:-Wednesday, November 4, 2020
It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Prof. Mahendra Singh has been elected as President, International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), India. Congratulations Prof. Singh. HCED

     Date:-Wednesday, November 4, 2020
It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Prof. Narendra Kumar Samadhiya has been elected as President, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) for the term 2021 & 2022. Congratulations Prof. Samadhiya HCED

     Date:-Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Amit Agarwal on the successful award of the Research Project - " Mapping Dynamic Air Pollution Information to the Choices of the Travelers: Towards Sustainable Transport " Sponsored By SERB, New Delhi

     Date:-Monday, October 26, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Praveen Kumar (SEG Coordinator for Rural Infrastructure ) for being nominated the Member of Constitution of National Subject Advisory Committee (NSEAC) for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) HCED

     Date:-Thursday, October 15, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. P.K.Gupta on the successful award of the research project-"Utility of High Strength Self Compacting Alkali Activated Slag Concrete (HS-SC-AASC) Filled Steel Tubes in Enhancement of Strength and Durability in Ports, Harbour and Offshore Structures"

     Date:-Friday, October 9, 2020
Ms. Aparna, Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. Narendra Kumar Samadhiya, Professor, Civil Engineering, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “ EFFECT OF DREDGING AND ADJACENT FOOTING ON CANTILEVER AND ANCHORED SHEET PILE WALLS IN SAND ” on Oct 9, 2020. through WebEx. The External examiner was Prof. Dr. G. R. Dodagoudar Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Madras. On behalf of the Department and my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulation to Ms. Aparna.

     Date:-Thursday, October 1, 2020
Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. Anupam Chakrabarti, Professor, Civil Engineering, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “ RESPONSE OF CLOSELY SPACED TALL BUILDINGS UNDER WIND LOADS ” on Oct 1, 2020. through WebEx. The External examiner was Prof. Dr. Sudip Talukdar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. On behalf of the Department and my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulation to Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan.

     Date:-Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Anupam Chakrabarti on the successful award of the research project- "Fracture and Fatigue Studies in Textile based Auxetic Composite" Sponsored by ISRO, Bangaluru

     Date:-Monday, September 21, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Sudipta Sarkar on the successful award of the Research Project- " Nutri-Cycle Waste-derived Biodegradable Polymeric Hybrid Fertilizer BPHF for Recycling Nutrients from Treated Waste Water to Agricultural Fields " Sponsored By DST, New Delhi

     Date:-Monday, September 21, 2020
Ms. Madhumita Paul, Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. Indrajit Ghosh, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “ INVESTIGATION OF SURROGATE ROAD SAFETY MEASURES AT INTERSECTIONS ” on Sept 21, 2020. through WebEx. The External examiner was Prof. Prof. Bhargab Maitra Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Head, Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal. On behalf of the Department and my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulation to Ms. Madhumita Paul.

     Date:-Friday, September 18, 2020
Mr. Laiju A. R., Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. Sudipta Sarkar, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “ TRACE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM DRINKING WATER USING ANION EXCHANGE RESIN ” on Sept 18, 2020. through WebEx. The External examiner was Prof. Prof. Sanjeev Chaudhari Department of Environmental Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. On behalf of the Department and my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulation to Mr. Laiju A. R.

     Date:-Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Prof. Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha has offered the prestigious Fellowship of INAE in year 2020 for his significant contribution to Engineering. Professor Ojha has contributed immensely in the area of civil engineering especially water resources management and climate change through his widely read 244 research publications of which 75 of them are in ASCE journals, 9 authored books, 53 book chapters. He was Curtis Visiting Professorship at Purdue University, USA in 2012, Fellow ASCE in 2017; Institute Chair Professorship at IIT Roorkee in 2018; Adjunct Prof. at University of Missouri, Columbia in 2018. He was the recipient of ASCE research paper awards in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2018; ASCE State of Art Award in Civil Engineering in 2014, Visiting Fellowship of ASCE in 2010 and Fellow ASCE since 2017. He has also been recipient of the Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship from AvH Foundation, Germany; JSPS Fellowship from Japan, STINT Fellowship from Sweden, Distinguished Visiting Fellowship of Royal Academy of Engineering U.K., Commonwealth Research Scholarship from the Association of Commonwealth Universities,U.K. He has also served as Head of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee from April 2015-March 2019. The Department of Civil Engineering congratulates Prof. C.S.P.Ojha on his tremendous achievement and also bring laurels to the Institute and Department. He has also guided 51 Ph.D students.

     Date:-Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Congratulations to Prof. Priti Maheshwari and Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N. is being elevated to the positions of Professor.

     Date:-Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Online Admission-Registration Plan w.r.t. admission to Ph.D. Programmes (Autumn Semester 2020-21)

     Date:-Monday, August 10, 2020
It is indeed a matter of pride for the Insitute and for the department that Ms. Soorya S under the supervision of Prof. K. S. Hariprasad has been selected for SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Programme (OVDF) to carry out her Ph.D. programme for one year at Purdue University under the guidance Prof R S Govinda Raju. She will be given a Scholarship of US2000 dollars per month and air ticket to visit Purdue and back. Congratulations to Ms. Soorya S. on her success and wish her all the best. Last but not thre least, Congratulations to Prof. K. S. Hariprasad for good mentorship.

     Date:-Monday, August 10, 2020
It is indeed a matter of pride for the Insitute and for the department that Mr. Lalit Pal under the supervision of Prof. C.S.P. Ojha has been selected 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. Congratulations to Mr. Lalit Pal on his success and wish him all the best. Last but not thre least, Congratulations to Prof. C.S.P. Ojha for good mentorship.

     Date:-Thursday, August 6, 2020
Dr. Muntjeer Ali has joined as Post Doctorate Fellowship (PDF) in the Civil Engineering Department (Environmental Engineering Group) under Prof. A. A. Kazmi on August 1, 2020

     Date:-Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Prof. Bihu Suchetana has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Environmental Engineering Group) on August 5, 2020

     Date:-Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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     Date:-Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The Memorandum of Understanding(MOU's) on Dated: July 06, 2020 between llT Roorkee and NHAI are desirous of working together with mutual cooperation for dissemination of respective expertise in civil/highway engineering field through the road infrastructure development.

     Date:-Tuesday, July 28, 2020
The inauguration of The Transportation Studies, Analysis & Research Laboratory and Transportation Engineering Lecture Room inaugurated by Our honorable Head Prof. S. K. Ghosh, Prof. M. Parida (Deputy Director) in Civil Engineering Department, In this The Transportation Engineering Group Faculty member Prof. Rajat Rastogi, Prof. Indrajit Ghosh, Prof. G. D. Ransinchung R. N., Prof. Amit Agarwal, Prof. Pushpa Choudhary, Prof. Viswas A. Sawant, Prof. Priti Maheswari, Prof. Sonalisa Ray and Office / Lab Staff also present to grace the occasion. all the social distancing norms as per UK Government has been follow.

     Date:-Monday, July 20, 2020
Congratulation to Prof. Rajib Chowdhury on the successful award of the Research Project-" Topology Optimization of Large-Scale Engineering Structure: Numerical Simulations and Experimental Investigations" Sponsored by DRDL, Hyderabad

     Date:-Monday, July 13, 2020
Prof. Alok Bhardwaj has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Geomatics Engineering Group) on July 13, 2020.-

     Date:-Monday, June 15, 2020
Prof. Vinnarasi R. has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Hydraulic Engineering Group) on June 15, 2020

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Environmental Engineering)

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Geomatics Engineering)

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Geotechnical Engineering)

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Hydraulic Engineering)

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Structural Engineering)

     Date:-Friday, June 5, 2020
Shortlisting candidates lists for Ph.D. Admission Autumn 2020-21 (Transportation Engineering)

     Date:-Thursday, May 14, 2020
Ms. Kumari Monu, Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. G.D. Ransinchung R.N., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “ Performance Evaluation of RAP for Sustainable Pavements ” on May 14, 2020. through Video Conferencing. The External examiner was Prof. Brind Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering, IITBHU, Varanasi. On behalf of the Department and my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulation to Ms. Kumari Monu and wish her also the bes

     Date:-Thursday, April 30, 2020
Prof. A. A. Kazmi: To study the impact of lockdown on River Ganga water quality, IIT Roorkee is conducting a sampling of River Ganga main stem from Devprayag to downstream of Haridwar. The study is conducted under the aegis of inter IIT Project CGanga. Since the industrial contribution is insignificant in the above stretch, but sampling provides data on the effect of tourism and religious activities on water quality.

     Date:-Friday, March 13, 2020
Mr. Ajay Singhal B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) 2018 Batch, has topped GATE 2020. The Department of Civil Engineering congratulates on his briliant performance.

     Date:-Friday, March 13, 2020
The online application portal for Ph.D. Admission (Autumn Semester 2020-21) is open now, Please go through the link : https://www.iitr.ac.in/admissions/pages/Phd.html

     Date:-Monday, March 2, 2020
Prof. Sharad Kumar Jain has joined as Visiting Faculty in Civil Engineering Department (Hydraulic Engineering Group) on March 02, 2020.

     Date:-Sunday, February 16, 2020
Prof Pushpa Choudhary and Prof Rajat Rastogi coordinated a 2-day training course on Design and Development of Road Profile and Alignment using Civil 3D on 15th and 16th February 2020, in Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee under. IIT Roorkee alumni, Er. Hardik Gosar from Ramboll India Pvt. Ltd. was the instructor for the course. In total, 46 participants, UG and PG students of Civil and PG students of C-TRANS attended the training course. During the course, the students learned the basics

     Date:-Thursday, February 13, 2020
SONAM WANGCHUK, A mechanical engineer by training, Sonam Wangchuk has worked primarily in the field of education reform for the last 30 years. His work is directly responsible for bringing the percentage of pass grades in the crucial Ladakhi 10th grade examinations up to 75% from 5%. His vision for the Himalayan communities to lead sustainable lives has resulted in innovations like the Ice Stupa and passive solar heated buildings. SONAM WANGCHUK, visit the department & deliver the lecture On In

     Date:-Saturday, February 8, 2020
The Regional Workshop on “ Quality Control - New Materials and Techniques in Road Sector ”at Civil Engineering Department , IIT Roorkee was inaugurated on 7th Feb 2020 in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Guest Shri Ayaz Ahmad, Chief Engineer, PWD Uttarakhand, Guest of Honor Prof. Manoranjan Parida, Officiating Director, IIT, Roorkee, Prof. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, Head, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee, Shri S.K.Nirmal, Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), New Delhi and Prof. G.

     Date:-Sunday, January 26, 2020
Mr. Kapil Kumar Dubey (CED Office) and Mr. Rajagiri (Geomatics Engineering Group) received the award and cash prize as the best performer of the Civil Engineering Department on Republic Day and also honoured by Head of Department

     Date:-Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Dr. Aditya Kumar Singh has joined as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department (Geotechnical Engineering Group) on January 01, 2020. As per past practice all are requested to kindly assemble in conference room for his welcome function at 11.30 am on January 01, 2020.

     Date:-Tuesday, December 3, 2019
The Student Chapter of Indian Geotechnical Society Roorkee was inaugurated on 3rd Dec 2019 in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Guest Prof. Lee Fook Hou from Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, National University of Singapore, Guest of Honour Prof. J. T. Shahu from Civil Engineering Department, IIT Delhi & honorary secretary, Indian Geotechnical Society, Prof. S. K. Ghosh, Head of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee and Prof. N.K. Samadhiya, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee

     Date:-Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Welcome new faculty member in Structure Engineering Group Dr. SUDAKSHINA DUTTA. In the spirit of welcoming our newest faculty members, I would also like to thank all of you. HCED

     Date:-Monday, September 23, 2019
Welcome Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, An Environmentalist & Social activist best known for spearheading the ChipkoAndolan. Recipient of Magsaysay Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan & Gandhi Peace Prize for a talk on "sensitivity of Himalayas & the role of environment in our development".Interaction with Students at New Lecture Hall-002 at 2:00 PM September 23, 2019.

     Date:-Monday, August 19, 2019
Prof. Subashisa Dutta, Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT, Guwahati, delivered an expert lecture on “Unfolding stories of the Brahmaputra River by Data mining concept”. He explained the various evolution stages of Brahmaputra and explained the role of data mining in extracting some exciting and unique information.

     Date:-Friday, July 19, 2019
Mr. G.S. Kaushika, Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. K. S. Hari Prasad, Professor of Civil Engineering, successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled “IRRIGATION SCHEDULING UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE” on July 19, 2019. The External examiner was Prof Subhashisa Das, Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Guhawati.

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