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Disclaimer

Though the ISCP (Institute Student Companion Program) has taken care while

compiling the handbook, neither the council nor the Institute can be held

responsible for errors/inadequacies that may inadvertently creep in. This

handbook cannot be used as a basis for making a claim on

facilities/concessions/interpretation of rules/statues or the like. If there is some

critical information to which the reader of this handbook refers, it is with his or

her own responsibility that it is put to use, with cross verification if need be.

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CONTENTS

❖ About the Department 3

❖ Message from HOD 4

❖ Message from Team ISCP 5

❖ Message from Department Coordinator 6

❖ Team ISCP 7

❖ Faculty Advisors 8

❖ Message from PGAC 9

❖ Academic Overview 10-16

❖ Department Facilities 17

❖ Civil Engineering Association 18

❖ AAKAAR 19

❖ Achievements 20-21

❖ Placement 2017-18 22

❖ Useful Links 23

❖ Credits 24

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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Civil Engineering Department is part of Indian Institute of

Technology, Bombay since its inception (1958). The Indian Institute

of Technology Bombay (IITB) ranks in top 50 in the world for its civil

engineering course and overall 162th rank according to QS World

University Rankings 2018.

Civil engineering is the fountain-head of new ideas and innovations.

The department has developed strong links with civil infrastructure,

academic and research agencies, both within and outside the

country. Besides high-quality teaching and instruction, the

department is actively involved in basic and applied research and

consultancy and provides high quality technical advisory support

through various R&D projects and consultancy to various

organizations. The Department of Civil Engineering with its

multifaceted faculty continues to maintain and cultivate its strong

links with the infrastructural industry and academic and research

institutions both within and outside the country.

Our mission is to offer world-class undergraduate and

postgraduate education, research guidance, professional

consultancy, outreach, and manpower training as well as

leadership in civil engineering.

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MESSAGE FROM HOD

Prof. T.I. Eldho

Head of department

Civil engineering

IIT Bombay

Phone: +91-22-2576 7301 Fax: +91-22-2576 7302

E-Mail: hod@civil.iitb.ac.in

Hearty Welcome to Civil Engineering Department and IIT

Bombay. I congratulate you on achieving your goal of pursuing

your higher studies in one of the top Civil Engineering

Departments of the world. I am sure that your dream of doing

higher studies in the best Civil Engineering Department will be

fulfilled here in IIT Bombay.

The booklet presented here is meant to give preliminary

information on the campus life, academic matters and

information on many aspects of research and development

matters. I appreciate the work of the ISCP team members for

their contribution in the preparation of this useful handbook.

During your study period here, I am sure that you will get the

needed value addition and gain new knowledge in your chosen

area of specialisation. Having achieved your dream in taking

up post-graduate studies in IIT Bombay’s Civil Engineering

Department, I hope you will have full enthusiasm and

motivation to do your studies in your chosen program. I hope

you will do your duties assigned as a part of your teaching

assistantship with full enthusiasm and sincerity. Through your

interaction with all Faculty, staff and other students, I am sure

that your will have opportunity to develop your full potential

and achieve your dreams. I am sure that you will come out with

flying colours in your courses and high research output

through your dissertation and useful outcome to the society.

During the course of your study, I hope that you would show

highest level of integrity and strictly follow ethical standards of

Civil Engineers keeping the reputation of IIT Bombay. Please

utilize all the systems and facilities of IIT Bombay to your

maximum advantage and achieve an all-round value addition to

your personality.

I wish you all the success.

With best wishes,

T.I. Eldho

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MESSAGE FROM TEAM ISCP

Hello, Friends!

We hope you are just excited to be a part of IIT Bombay as we are. Hearty congratulations on

this incredible feat! Institute Students Companion Program (ISCP) welcomes you to one of the

most resourceful campuses in India. The next two or three years are going to be the most

memorable, impactful, insightful and life-changing years which will fly past. We hope you

imbibe as much as you can and more from your peers, seniors, faculty, and staff. Here’s to

your first glimpse of ISCP, the backbone of your journey through the mecca of learning.

ISCP is a program within IIT Bombay Post Graduate (PG) student community. Its primary

objective is to develop an atmosphere of cordial interaction amongst the PG entrants and the

PG seniors. It will encourage the flow of information, knowledge, and sharing of experiences

among the students.

Life in IIT Bombay can appear a little daunting at times, balancing between the academic

workload and the plethora of extra-curricular activities. And that is where ISCP can help you

blend in and make the most of it. ISCP strives to provide a senior student companion as a

mentor to all newly admitted students. New entrants can contact their assigned companion to

discuss their academic and non-academic issues or concerns. Student Companions enable the

smooth and gentle transition from the graduation days to post-graduation days. New entrants

also feel assured that there is somebody on campus to help them and listen to their concerns.

Many times they find a caring friend in companions.

What to expect from a Student Companion:

● Initial information about the campus, courses, academics and extracurricular

activities.

● Support in case of any problem or difficulty.

● Organization of various academic and non-academic activities for student’s

development.

● Continuous interaction and feedback from students on their needs and requirements.

In short, this is a program by the students of IIT Bombay, for the new students to ensure their

overall development through utilization of all the available resources at IIT Bombay.

Let the learning begin. Feel free to contact us anytime!!

Email-iscp@iitb.ac.in

Overall Coordinators

Institute Student Companion Programme (2018-19)

Anwesha Lahiri | Sumedh Dey | Basudev Behera

+91-9007766390 | +91-9432152174 | +91-7008955255

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MESSAGE FROM PGAC

Dear Freshmen,

On behalf of all the Master’s students at IIT Bombay, it is my honor to welcome you all here.

Congratulations on having made it to one of the premier technical institutes of the country.

You are now a part of the IITB PG community and there is an exhaustive number of services

and facilities available to ensure a fruitful educative experience. As postgraduate students,

you have already been exposed to university level education. While you will delve deeper into

understanding your area of interest better, I urge you to explore more. There are several

student-led bodies on campus focusing on the development of skills, sports and

extracurricular activities such as dance, drama, music, etc. Your experience will be what you

make of it, and your opportunities will be limited only by the limits you place on yourself. Utilize

the opportunities to the best of your ability. Along with academics, do explore and make the

most of the excellent facilities the institute has to offer.

As the Institute Masters Representative, my team and I, aim to address your grievances and

help you to the best of our abilities. Supporting you in your academic endeavors is our

foremost priority and we will strive to improve the IITB experience in all the ways we can. On

this note, I, once again, welcome you to IIT Bombay and wish you every success in your future

endeavors.

Jasmeen Kaur

Institute Masters Representative

PG Academic Council

IIT Bombay

email: imr@iitb.ac.in

MESSAGE FROM AURAA

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to IIT Bombay.

I am Sankeerthana Chava, the Academic Unit Representative for Academic

Affairs (AURAA). PG academic council which comes under Students

Gymkhana addresses the academic concerns of PG students. I act as a

node between institute PG academic council and PG students. I am the

point of contact in the department as far as any academic related issues

are concerned. I am here to make the PG academic council aware about

the issues which are specific to our department and seek their help in

solving them. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any academic related

problems. I am here to help you.

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MESSAGE FROM DEPARTMENT

COORDINATOR

Dear all,

Congratulations!! You have made it here to one of the best Institutes of India

and the most recognized Department of Civil Engineering. Let’s walk together

on the most beautiful journey of your lives. You may have already achieved

many milestones in your life but this one will certainly mark a difference, be it

professional or personal. The most important thing is, here, in the department

of civil engineering, we are a family and this family knows only to grow and

succeed together.

This booklet is meant to provide you with the basic information about the

institute, the department, and your companions. It also contains the contact

information of all the POR (position of responsibility) holders i.e. Faculty

advisors for junior MTech batch (2018-20), student companions, placement

team, cultural and sports secrataries, PGAC (Post Graduate Academic

Council) etc. They are here to serve and guide the fresher’s batch in academic,

cultural, sports, placements, other extra-curricular activities. The most

important part of this booklet is the last section where all the useful links which

will help you in your initial days here on the campus and make it an easy

transition for you.

We, the members of Department ISCP Team, your companions are here to help

you with anything you may need. Feel free to contact us at any time.

BUILD YOUR DESTINIES AND WISH U ALL THE BEST.

BHARTI BANSHIWAL

(DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR, ISCP)

(GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING)

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ACADEMIC OVERVIEW

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a broad-based undergraduate BTech degree

programme, dual-degree (BTech-MTech) programme. Postgraduate (MTech) and Ph.D.

programmes are offered in:

● Geodesy and Remote sensing

● Geotechnical Engineering

● Ocean Engineering

● Structural Engineering

● Transportation Systems Engineering

● Water Resources Engineering

● Construction Technology and management

Transportation Systems Engineering (CE-1)

This specialization has contributed to many projects such as Bandra-Worli sea link. Recently,

TSE group has acquired significant capabilities in ITS area. Live laboratories were installed

featuring quite a few functional areas of ITS techniques.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. Avijit Maji

Highway planning; Innovative intersection/interchange design avimaji@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~avimaji/Home.html

02225767338

Prof. Dharamveer Singh

Stabilization of Soil & Aggregates, Intelligent Asphalt

Compaction; Constitutive Modelling of Pavement Materials;

Forensic Investigation of Pavements

dvsingh@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dvsingh/

25767304

Prof. Gopal R. Patil

Transportation systems planning; Network optimization;

Freight transportation modelling; Traffic operations; Demand

modelling; Transportation economics

gpatil@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~gpatil/

02225767308

Prof. K. V. Krishna Rao

Travel demand modelling and forecasting; Behavioural travel

modelling; Urban land use transport modelling; Public transit

network design; ANNs; Fuzzy systems; GAS and GIS in urban

transportation planning

kvkrao@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~kvkrao/

25767305

Prof. Nagendra Velaga

ITS; Integrated and flexible transport systems; GIS and GNSS

applications; Transport Geography, Sustainable

Transportation; Dynamic road user charging; Transport and

Environmental pollution

n.r.velaga@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~velaga/

02225767341

Prof. P. Vedagiri

Public Transportation Systems Planning and Operation; Traffic

Monitoring; Management and Control; Traffic Simulation

vedagiri@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vedagiri/

02225767307

Prof. Tom V. Mathew

Traffic flow modelling and simulation; Transportation network

optimization; Traffic control and management

vmtom@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vmtom/

02225767349

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Geotechnical Engineering (CE-2)

This group of researchers and academicians are involved in various research areas like

conventional geotechnical structural designs for different types of loads, soil investigations,

laboratory experiments for soil testing, environmental geotechnics, numerical and centrifuge

modelling, etc. Some of the most highly equipped laboratories are available to nurture and

create possibilities for the students in marking their contributions in the field.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. Ashish Juneja

Numerical and physical modelling in geotechnics; Earthwork;

Ground improvement

ajuneja@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~ajuneja/

+91 22 2576 7327

Prof. B. V. S.

Viswanadham

Centrifuge modelling; Environmental geotechnics; Soil

reinforcements; Slope stabilization; Waste materials utilization

viswam@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~viswam/

+912225767344

Prof. Deepankar

Choudhury

Earthquake geotechnical engineering; Soil-structure interaction

problems; Centrifuge modelling; Numerical and analytical modelling

of retaining wall; anchor; shallow and deep foundations; Swelling of

soil; Soil Dynamics; Machine Foundations.

dc@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dc/

+91-22-2576-7335

Prof. D. M. Dewaikar

Foundation engineering; Numerical techniques. dmde@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/people/faculty/d

-m-dewaikar

02225767325

Prof. D.N.Singh

Environmental geotechnology; Centrifuge modelling; Geo material

characterization; Industrial waste disposal and utilization; Porous

media characterization

dns@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dns/

912225764317

Prof. J. N. Mandal

Centrifuge modelling of geo-synthetic reinforced soil structures;

Tsunami reconstruction with geo synthetic containment systems;

Ground improvement techniques; Numerical analysis and CAD of

geo-synthetic reinforced soil retaining walls and slopes; Pavements,

Embankments, Reflection cra coastal and waterway Erosion control

cejnm@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~cejnm/

25767328

Prof. S. Murthy Dasaka

Stability of foundations and slopes; Risk assessment and reliability

analysis; Management of geo hazards, Landfill engineering;

Experimental geo-mechanics & centrifuge modelling.

dasaka@civil.iitb.ac.in

02225767316

Prof. P. Basu

Energy geotechnics; Engineering of foundations; Computational

geomechanics; Soil-foundation structure interaction.

pbasu@civil.iitb.ac.in

http://prasenjitbasu.wixsite.com/pbasu

02225767312

Prof. S. Chatterjee

Offshore geotechnical engineering; Pipeline geotechnics; Numerical

modelling; Offshore soil characterization

sc@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~sc/

02225765327

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Water Resources Engineering (CE-3)

This specialization has three laboratories: Fluid mechanics lab, advanced fluid mechanics lab,

and advanced Hydraulics lab. Advanced fluid mechanics lab houses facilities such as wind

tunnel, facilities to measure drag and lift and various types of flumes, turbines and pump

experiments. In advanced hydraulics lab, all research-based experiments in open channels;

watershed, groundwater etc. can be carried out. It includes wave flume of size 50m x 1m x1m

and many other small flumes. The lab also has advanced measurements equipment such as

UFM, PEMS, PIV, bed profiler, 3D Vectrino velocity measurements etc.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. A.k. Rastogi

Aquifer remediation strategies; Groundwater systems planning

and management; Inverse modelling of the aquifers and auto

calibration of field models

akr@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~akr/

02225767331

Prof. B. S. Pani

Diffusion of jets and plumes; Multiple diffusers; Off-shore

pipelines; Scour problems and cooling water structures

bspani@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~bspani/

02225767318

Prof. Kapil Gupta

Urban drainage/stormwater management; Sedimentation in

channels and rivers; Urban water infrastructure management;

Hydrologic disaster management

kgupta@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~kgupta/

02225767324

Prof. Manne Janga

Reddy

Water supply; Watersheds; Irrigation; Floods mjreddy@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~mjreddy/

912225767320

Prof. Subimal Ghosh

Applications of Probability and Statistics; Imprecise Probability;

Water Quality Management; Hydroclimatology

subimal@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~subimal/

02225767319

Prof. T. I. Eldho

Groundwater flow and pollution investigation; Computational

fluid dynamics; Coastal hydrodynamics; Watershed

management; Application of numerical-methods

eldho@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~eldho/preview/pages/p

1.htm

25767339

Prof. V. Jothiprakash

Physical and Stochastic Hydrology; Water Resources- Systems vprakash@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vprakash/

02225767315

Prof. A. Mondal

Detection, Attribution and Impact of Climate Change; Spatio-

Temporal Modelling of Hydro-Climatic Extremes;

Regionalization and Frequency Analysis of Floods and

Droughts; Risk Assessment under Non-stationarity; Urban

Flooding; Hydrologic Statistics and Machine Learning,

Uncertainty Modelling.

marpita@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://sites.google.com/site/arpita567/

02225769305

Prof. Riddhi Singh

Rainfall-Runoff Modelling, Model Diagnostics, Hydrologic

Predictions In Data Scarce Regions, Catchment Classification

And Hydrologic Similarity, Multi-stakeholder Analysis of

Resource-Constrained Systems, Decision Making Under

Uncertainty.

riddhi@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~riddhi/

02225769307

Prof. Basudev Biswal

Hydrology basudev@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~basudev/

02225767301

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Structural Engineering (CE-4)

Various researches are being conducted through this specialization. One of them is research

on High speed railway bridges. Seismic vulnerability assessment and seismic isolation of

buildings and bridges, health monitoring and retrofitting of buildings, analysis and

performance-based design of tall buildings, computational mechanics. Heavy structures and

experimental mechanics laboratories include shake table, sophisticated UTMs and loading

frames capable of testing various type of materials including, seismic isolators, elastomeric

bearings, column-beam connections.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. Y. M. Desai

FEM and control of vibrations; Structural dynamics; Composite

mechanics; Rehabilitation of deteriorated structures;

Computational mechanics

desai@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~desai/

02225767333

Prof. A. Goyal

Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering; Vibration

control; Seismic hazard assessment; Service life assessment,

repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting of RC buildings

agoyal@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~agoyal/

02225767342

Prof. R. Sinha

Dynamic behavior of structures; Energy absorbing and base

isolating devices; Earthquake resistant design and vulnerability

evaluation of structure

rsinha@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~rsinha/

25767336

Prof. Naresh K.

Chandiramani

Nonlinear dynamics; Stability and control; Computational

mechanics, Solid mechanics

naresh@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~naresh/

02225767311

Prof. P. Banerji

Earthquake vibration control; Damage detection in structures;

Guided wave propagation and scattering; Condition monitoring

of bridge structures

pbanerji@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~pbanerji/

02225767334

Prof. R. S. Jangid

Base isolation for earthquake-resistant design; Vibration

control using tuned mass dampers; Non-linear dynamic

analysis; Non-classically damped systems; Stochastic

earthquake analysis

rsjangid@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~rsjangid/

02225767346

Prof. K. M. Bajoria

Computer aided design of structures; Earthquake resistant

structures; Nonlinear structures; Nuclear containment

structures; Structural dynamics

kmb@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~kmb/

02225767332

Prof. Sauvik Banerjee

Ultrasonic wave propagation in solids; Non-destructive quality

evaluation of composites; Structural health monitoring;

Dislocation mechanics

sauvik@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~sauvik/

02225767343

Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh

Earthquake engineering; Reliability of structures; Structural

dynamics; Vulnerability/fragility assessment; Risk analysis;

Uncertainty quantification; Structural steel; Cold-formed steel;

Inelastic analysis and design; Stone block masonry

sghosh@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~sghosh/

+912225767309

Prof. Amit Das

Computational Mechanics; Finite element analysis; Field

dislocation mechanics; Analysis of PDEs; Grain boundary

modelling

amitdas@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~amitdas/

02225767301

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Prof. Mandar Inamdar

Application of structural; solid, fluid, and statistical mechanics

to biological systems; Mechanics of biopolymer networks;

Cellular adhesion and motility, DNA mechanics; Mechanics of

biofilms

minamdar@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~minamdar/

02225767314

Prof. A. Laskar

Experimental Study of Reinforced and Pre-Stressed Concrete;

Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Structures; Seismic

Simulation

laskar@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~laskar/

+912225765326

Prof. J. Ghosh

Structural reliability and risk assessment; Earthquake

engineering; Ageing and corrosion deterioration problems;

Seismic fragility analysis; Bridge engineering; Machine learning

laskar@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://sites.google.com/site/jghoshiitb/

+912225765326

Prof. Swagata Basu

Earthquake Engineering; Structural Resilience; Risk and

Reliability Analysis under Multiple Hazards

swagata@civil.iitb.ac.in

http://swagatabasu.wixsite.com/swagata

02225767317

Prof. Meera

Ragunandhan

Earthquake engineering; Probabilistic seismic risk analysis of

structures; Performance prediction of structures under

dynamic loads; Building code Evaluation.

meerar@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://sites.google.com/site/meeraraghunandan

/

912225767322

Prof. Manish Kumar

Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Isolation, Blast and Impact

Resistant Structures

mkumar@civil.iitb.ac.in

http://www.manishkumar.org/

+91(22) 2576 7329

Prof. Milind Wankhede

Arbitration In Government Construction Contracts

milindwankhede@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~milindwan

25767301

Ocean Engineering (CE-5)

It is a relatively new course in Civil Department compared to other specializations. It has

mainly three fields, viz.,

1. Structures: -

Offshore: Fixed, floating and compliant structures.

Coastal: Port and harbor structures, seawall, etc.

2. Sediment transport and beach nourishment.

3. Climate change.

The design procedure of Offshore structures is same as that of onshore structures but there

will be additional forces coming due to waves and the environment will be extreme. So, the

main task is to find these wave forces with the help of studies about waves, their nature, the

theories that are used to determine the hydrodynamic parameters of waves and theories about

the coastal and ocean environment. Wave Simulator, A physical wave flume testing facility with

computer-controlled wave maker is established. The wave maker is capable of generating

regular, random and non-linear waves of different heights and periods. A range of instruments

such as wave gauges and underwater dynamic pressure sensors are also recently acquired.

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Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. M. C. Deo

Ocean engineering (wave hydrodynamics, Ocean structures,

statistical and stochastic analysis); Hydrology

mcdeo@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~mcdeo/

02225767330

Prof. R. Balaji

Coastal engineering; Wave structure interaction; Tidal

hydrodynamics; coastal processes

rbalaji@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~rbalaji/

02225767321

Prof. Manasa Ranjan

Behera

Ocean and Coastal Engineering; Computational Ocean and

Coastal Hydrodynamics; Modelling of Tide, Storm and Tsunami;

Impact of Changing Climate; Wave and Tidal Energy; Wave-

Current Interaction; Multi-phase Flow

manasa.rb@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~manasarb/

25767313

P Vethamony

Coastal Processes And Numerical Modeling; Coastal Engineering;

Interaction Between Winds, Waves, Currents And Tides; Pollutant

Transport; Sediment Transport; Oil Spill Analysis; Marine EIA

vethamony@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vethamony/

02225767301

Geodesy and Remote Sensing (CE-6)

This group deals with research related to surveying and remote sensing. Terrestrial Laser

Scanner (TLS) has recently been included in instruments owned by the department. This

instrument can scan any object for 360 horizontals to 270 verticals up to 300m distance with

mm’s accuracy. This instrument provides result in coordinate system x, y, z, and includes an

additional feature, intensity (i). It is a High Definition Survey instrument, used for surveying.

Other applications are yet to be explored.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. E. P. Rao

Runoff modelling of watershed; Remote sensing applications to

water-resources

ramsankaran@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~ceepria

02225767348

Prof. Raaj Ramsankaran

Remote sensing and GIS applications; High definition surveying;

Surface hydrological processes

ceepria@iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~ramsankaran

25767345

Prof. J Indu

Microwave Remote Sensing; Uncertainty in Radar based

Rainfall; Applications of Remote Sensing in hydrology and water

resources engineering

indusj@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~indusj

02225769304

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Construction Technology and Management (CE-7)

This is a new specialization, includes Construction technology that mainly focuses on

Construction materials, Concrete technology, mineral and chemical admixtures, rheology and

particle packing of cement-based materials, Alkali activation, geo-polymerization, Mineral

carbonation, Industrial residue valorization, sustainable construction materials. Construction

management that consists of Infrastructure Project Management, Modelling flexibility and

resilience in infrastructure contracts, Building Information Modelling, Machine learning

enabled construction safety management.

Faculty Members and their Field of Research:

Faculty Expertise Contact and Weblinks

Prof. Prakash

Nanthagopalan

High performance concrete; Mineral and chemical admixtures;

Sustainable construction materials; Rheology of cement-

based materials

prakashn@iitb.ac.in

912225767323

Prof. Venkata Santosh

Kumar Delhi

Infrastructure project governance; Construction project

management; Organization in construction projects and

infrastructure sustainability; Structural Engineering

venkatad@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~venkatad/

25765325

Prof. M. Salman

Construction materials, Concrete technology; Alkali

activation; Geo polymerisation; Mineral carbonation; Slags

msalman@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://sites.google.com/site/muhammadsalm

aniitb/home

02225769306

Prof. C.M. Dordi

High performance concrete; Quality control; Quality

assurance

cmdordi@civil.iitb.ac.in

https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~cmdordi/

02225767301

Prof. Albert Thomas

Sustainable Construction Management Practices, Building

Energy Simulation, Lean Construction, Life Cycle Energy

Analysis, Project Scheduling and Earned Value Analysis,

Construction Project Lifecycle Management

albert@iitb.ac.in

02225767301

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DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

The Department has excellent facilities for carrying out teaching, research,

and consultancy activities in various disciplines of Civil Engineering.

Laboratory Facilities in Civil Engineering Department:

Structural Engineering

❖ Heavy Structures Laboratory

❖ Experimental Mechanics Laboratory

❖ Structural Safety, Risk and Reliability

Laboratory

❖ Structural Health Monitoring &

Retrofitting Laboratory

❖ Structural Nano & Bio Mechanics

Laboratory

❖ Disaster Risk Mitigation Laboratory

Water Resources Engineering

❖ Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory

❖ Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Remote Sensing

❖ Surveying Engineering Laboratory

❖ Photogrammetry Laboratory

❖ Advanced Engineering Surveying

Laboratory

Computational Laboratory

Ocean Engineering Laboratory

Geotechnical Engineering

❖ Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

❖ Environmental Geotechnology

Laboratory

❖ Geo-textiles and Geo-synthetics

Laboratory

❖ National Geotechnical Centrifuge

Facility

❖ Advance & Dynamic Soil Testing

Laboratory

❖ Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

Laboratory

Transportation Systems Engineering

❖ Highway Material Testing Laboratory

❖ Traffic Engineering Laboratory

❖ Transportation Planning Laboratory

❖ Advanced pavement Laboratory

Construction Technology and Management Laboratories

❖ Structural Evaluation and Materials

Technologies Laboratory

❖ Material Characterisation Laboratory

❖ Construction Management Laboratory

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CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION (CEA)

The Civil Engineering Association at IIT Bombay, or CEA, was formed with the primary purpose

of exposing our students, civil-engineers-to-be, to the rigors of the profession. With both

students and faculty as its members, the organization is one of the most active civil

engineering associations in the country. The association is also involved in publications with

its annual magazine - 'YELLOW', an informal newsletter - 'BLUEPRINT', a technical research

letter - 'INQUEST' and 'SENTIENCE' - for highlighting the latest civil engineering innovations.

Apart from the technical aspects, it also undertakes the responsibility of proper nurturing of

students by organizing some social events as a part of extracurricular. "Freshers Day" as the

break the ice event for the newcomers, intradepartmental sports and cultural events at UG as

well as PG level, department trek, and trips etc. are some of the events which are organized by

CEA throughout the year.

Email: cea@civil.iitb.ac.in

Name Designation Contact No. Email Id

Jai Toshniwal GSec 8879132250 jai.toshniwal98@gmail.com

Ujjwal Kumar Maharana CEA GSec 8409198073 ujjwalkr.maharana@gmail.com

Shantanu Samarth Design Secretary 9834526421 sbsamarth99@gmail.com

Ram Prasad Web Secretary 9121688169 ramprasadgardas21@gmail.com

Siddhant Kurmi CEA Secretary 8839958714 siddhantkurmi@gmail.com

Bhanu Chandu Makineni CEA secretary 7700903069 bhanuchandu106@gmail.com

Aarnav Saxena CEA alumni secy 9079675596 aarnavsaxena18@gmail.com

Members of CEA Council

Shubhankar Tiwari [ MTech Representative]

shubhankartiwari2013@gmail.com

Contact - 7898737806

Sujoy Anirudha Das [Department PG Cult Secretary]

anirudha.sujoy@gmail.com Contact - 7045528371

Ashish Thakur [ Department PG Sports Secretary]

ashishthakur3004@gmail.com Contact - 9975757654

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AAKAAR

AAKAAR is organized every year by Civil Engineering students from IIT Bombay under CEA. It

provides a platform for budding civil engineers across the country to create, innovate and

learn from various aspects of civil engineering through competitions, events, and Symposium.

A diverse range of competitions is being conducted at this event. It gives the opportunity to

students to try the professional software, to attend guest lectures and exhibitions.

AAKAAR aims at creating a platform to compete, learn and promote Civil Engineering amongst

the education fraternity through Competitions, Events and ICES, IIT Bombay (research paper

conference) and also to make a festival of all and for all the Civil Engineering students.

Announced back in 2009, Aakaar has gone on to become the undisputed frontrunner among

civil engineering festivals.

AAKAAR OVERALL COORDINATOR –

Dhanu Velchuri (+918688864247) (velchuri365@gmail.com)

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ACHIEVEMENTS

PG Sports

PG Sports has a place of pride in the IITian's calendar for obvious reasons. It is an event that

witnesses the confluence of sports enthusiasts and celebrates excellence, endeavor and team

spirit. This is a much-needed diversion from the rigorous routine academics, bringing with it

promises of an energizing and exhilarating experience. At the participation and organizational

levels, this is a wide entry into a whole new world of opportunities. IIT Bombay clearly exposes

the adage ' a sound mind in a sound body'. A fine balance between a robust physique and a

sharp mind is the prerequisite for a healthy meaningful life. All PG aspirants can be a part of

this celebration

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PG Cult

PG Cult is the annual cultural festival targeted exclusively for the postgraduate community of

IIT Bombay (or PG junta in short). Since its inception in the year 2008, this would be the 9th

edition of this cultural extravaganza. The events spread across 9 genres-3 performing arts:

Dance, Music and Dramatics and 5 nonperforming arts: Fine Arts, Literary Arts, Speaking Arts,

Design, Photography and Film & Media. Interspersed throughout the calendar year, the PG

Cultural Council headed by the PG Cultural Nominee along with the PG Coordinators and

Conveners for each genre organizes several workshops to cater to the varied tastes and skills

of the multitalented PG’s of IITB.

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PLACEMENTS 2017-18

Members of Placement Team

Placement Timeline:

Shefali Sankhla [ Department Placement Coordinator] shefi7293@gmail.com Contact - 8290824341

Dheeraj Poojari [ Department Placement Coordinator]

poojaridheeraj5@gmail.com Contact – 9975688363

Manish Jangid [Company Coordinator]

jkumarmanish@gmail.com Contact - 7579087553

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USEFUL LINKS

1. Department Website https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/

2. Downloadable Forms https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/Form%20to%20be%20uploaded/index.html

3. Application Software Centre (ASC) https://asc.iitb.ac.in/acadmenu/index.jsp

Purpose: This website is the main interactive website for a student for all of his/ her administrative

requirements. From paying your fees to checking your grades, all can be done on this website. The website

also has links to all other websites of the institute.

Some of the most important facilities offered by this website are given under:

• Payment of fees

• Registration and de-registration from courses

• Checking previous year’s grading stats for any subject

• Brief contents of all subjects being offered

• Own personalized timetable

• Checking of own academic performance (grades)

4. Secure Webmail (GPO) https://gpo.iitb.ac.in/src/login.php?secure_login=yes

Purpose: This is your personalized e-mail in IIT. Every student gets one when you enroll. Along with normal

mail, here you also get alerts for registration/ deregistration of courses, fees payment and any broadcast on

moodle among others. The general email id looks like: [yourrollnumber]@iitb.ac.in

5. Moodle https://moodle.iitb.ac.in/login/index.php

Purpose: This website provides academic interaction between students and faculty for all courses enrolled

by a student. You can download study material/ books/ notes uploaded by a professor/ TA and also submit

projects etc here. The website also offers an interactive platform where you can interact with the Professor/

TAs/ other students on any subject related matter.

6. IITB library http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/index.php

Purpose: The website for the central library offers a search engine for books available in the library. You can

also check the number of books issued at any given time, renew them and “queue” up for any book already

drawn by some other individual.

7. Entrepreneurship cell www.ecell.in

8. Women’s cell http://www.iitb.ac.in/womenscell/en/internal/lodging-complaint

9. DAAD scholarship www.daaddelhi.org/en

10. Gymkhana IITB https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in

11. SARC http://www.sarc-iitb.org/#

12. Software by IITB http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/

13. International relations http://www.ir.iitb.ac.in/

14. Lost and found https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~hostels/lostnfound.php

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