AISAT-GRACE Award for the best BTech Project in Civil Engineering

The final year students of 2020-23 batch, Abu Faiz M H, Adal Babu, Gouri R Krishna, and Ashish Varghese, guided by Ms Preethi M, AP, CE won the second position in the AISAT-GRACE Award for the best BTech Project in Civil Engineering for their project titled “An investigation on role of redmud in improving concrete durability against corrosion and chloride intrusion”.  It was a proud moment for the department to see our students achieve this honour. The award ceremony was held on 2nd November 2024 at Sree Gokulam Convention Centre, Kochi. 

The ceremony was held as part of  the 13th Praphulla Kumar Annual Lecture jointly organised by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) - Kochi Chapter and Association of Piling Specialists(aps), Kochi. 

After an inspirational inauguration of the event, the title lecture was delivered by Dr. G L Sivakumar Babu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He spoke about the influence of climate change on embankments and hydrological structures and the increased demand it is placing on our outdated systems. The need for adopting latest technologies in design and the possibility of innovation in measurement systems was emphasised by him. He urged the young generation of engineers to take the lead in these opportunities of the future. 

It was after the invited lecture that the IGS-AISAT award for best MTech in Geotechnical Engineering in Kerala and the AISAT-GRACE Award for the best BTech Project in Civil Engineering were announced.

We also ran into our alumni Mr. Vishal Krishna who is working professional now. It was truly a fruitful meeting with a mix of alumni, students and faculty. Hope that more such happy run-ins happen in upcoming events!

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Ms. Neeraja Nair, AP CE.