Department of Civil Engineering, I I T Bombay

• since 1958 Current Faculty Strength = 34 (30 + 4)

specializations•Structural Engineering •Geotechnical Engineering•Water Resources Engineering (hydraulics and ocean engg.)•Remote Sensing (geodesy)•Transportation Systems Engineering

Current Intake: per year Ph D’s 15 M Tech’s 55 B Tech / Dual degree 75

Current students on roll: Ph D’s ~ 90 M Tech’s ~ 100 B Tech / Dual degree ~ 250

Department of Civil Engineering 

Vision, Mission and Goals 

 

Vision: To be the fountainhead of new ideas and innovations in civil engineering.

 Mission: To offer world-class undergraduate and post-

graduate education, research guidance, professional consultancy, outreach and

manpower training as well as leadership in civil engineering.

 Goals: To be the highest-ranked civil engineering faculty in

the country and among the best-rated departments in the world in terms of teaching quality, research contributions, high-end consultancy, outreach and

manpower training and academic leadership.

Laboratories of the Department Soil Mechanics Lab Hydraulic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics LabExperimental Mechanics Lab Geodesy LabConcrete Technology Lab Heavy Structures LabComputational Lab Transportation Systems Engineering Lab Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab

Geo-environmental LabGeo-textiles and Geo-synthetics Lab Global Positioning System Lab Artificial Intelligence Lab

National geotechnical centrifuge facility

Selected Research Topics

Structural control

Seismic design

Composites and Computational Mechanics

Structural Health monitoring

Pile foundations Dynamic soil testing

Environmental Geo-technology Centrifuge modeling

Geotechnical earthquake engineering

Watershed management Urban Flood and drainage control

Ground water modeling Ocean hydrodynamics, Climate research

GIS and GPS in Transportation Planning

GPS for deformation studies

Artificial Intelligence computing in different areas of civil engg.

Historically Civil Engg. Dept. has contributed Historically Civil Engg. Dept. has contributed significantly to overall growth of the Institutesignificantly to overall growth of the Institute

Dept. Of Earth Sc., CSRE, CESE grew out of Civil Dept. Of Earth Sc., CSRE, CESE grew out of Civil Dept.Dept.

Developed state of the art indigenous Centrifuge Developed state of the art indigenous Centrifuge Testing facilityTesting facility

Max. no. of Journal publications in engg. Dept.Max. no. of Journal publications in engg. Dept.

Max. no. of Ph D’s per yearMax. no. of Ph D’s per year

Max. no. of consultancy works, consultancy Max. no. of consultancy works, consultancy earningsearnings

Impressive faculty distinctions and awardsImpressive faculty distinctions and awards

Interaction with the outside world - statistics

2006-’07

R and D (externally

funded)

new projects

41 ongoing

13 (new)

Technology transfer (consultancy)

new projects

~ 270

Man power training -

short term courses

12

Papers in refereed Journals 77

Papers in conferences 115

Honorary works and distinctions of Faculty

Won innumerable international and national awards for research contributions (e.g., Young Scientists, Young Engineers, etc.)

On editorial boards of international Journals (e.g., ASCE-JCCE,………..)

and Editors, Co-editors of national Journals (e.g., IGS, ISH)

Presidents and Chairmen of national professional bodies, board members of international professional societies (e.g., ISH, SEC)

Advisers of important Govt. and other organizations and high level committees (e.g., Home and other ministries, RBI,..)

Vice Chancellor, Director of large company (during leave)

Prof. Tarun Kant

Fellow, INAE, NSA, Mathur Lifetime Achievement Award

Prof. M C Deo

ASCE’s Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IRCC Research Award, Jalavigyan Puraskar ISH

Prof. Y M Desai, Prof. A Goyal, Prof. KVK Rao

Excellence in Teaching Award

Prof. Deepankar Choudhuri:

• NASI Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award • INAE Young Engineer Award

• INSA Young Scientist Medal • BOYSCAST Fellowship of DST

• ISCA Young Scientist Award • DAE-BRNS Young Scientist Research Award –

Prof. V Jothiprakash Department of Irrigation, MWR Prize given by Institution of Engineers (I) - ISTE-SGSITS National Award for Best Research Work by Young Teachers

given by Indian Society for Technical Education, The Hem Prabha–SN Gupta Award for the best paper given by Institution of

Engineers (India) INAE YOUNG ENGINEER AWARD 2004, given by Indian National Academy

of Engineering

Alumni

CEO’s / equivalent of large Indian and multi-national companies(e. g., Samsung offshore,... Ambuja Cement)

High ranking government officers (e. g., Secretaries, Chief Engineers,,,,)

Successful entrepreneurs (e. g., in India, U S, Canada)

Academicians in prestigious universities (e. g., Stanford, Texas and M,….. other IIT;s)

Enter after a highly competitive and prestigious entrance exam (selection chance: 1 in 100)

Placement ~ 100 percent (one of the highest paid under graduates)

Students

Use of Departmental Development Fund (DDF)

Fellowships to self financing students

Salary of System Administrator, Admin. Officer, Office Asstt.

Travel support to students – national and international

Travel support to faculty–national and international– tagged to performance

Equipment, contingency requirement of each faculty

Major equipments, classroom furniture, PCs, laptops, LCD projectors,…….

Office equipments for each faculty

Licensed software for classroom teaching

Golden Jubilee Initiatives Starting a new M S program in Infrastructure Engg. with NTU

Establishing new Infrastructure Engg. Lab

Conducting International conference, workshop, exhibition, alumni meet

Instituting Chair faculty positions – 3

Conducting Review of the Department –bench-marking, seek future direction

Up-gradation and augmentation of classrooms and lab facilities

Creation of additional space for labs, common areas,…

Implementation of completely overhauled B Tech/DD course curriculum – futuristic

Challenges

Increasing number of consultancy works with significant technology development component

Undertaking more large-budget and high-impact R and D projects

Publishing more in journals of high impact factors and increasing citation values of publications

Recruiting faculty in certain areas where currently no representation

Meeting ever increasing demand for space

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