M.N. Rajesh of SJCE wins first prize and a cash award of Rs. 10,000
Mysuru :
The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) [ACCE(I)], Mysore Centre, in association with The India Cements Limited, gave away the ‘Best M.Tech Thesis Awards- 2014’ at a function held at Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna Seminar Hall in the Administrative Block of NIE here recently.
The competition was arranged for the students of M.Tech (Structures) from the engineering colleges of Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan regions of 2012-14 batch. A total of 15 M.Tech (Structures) theses were shortlisted from five engineering colleges — Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore; The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore; PES College of Engineering, Mandya; The Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan and The VTU Regional College, Mysore.
The first prize carrying a cash award of Rs. 10,000 with a certificate was received by M.N. Rajesh of SJCE for his thesis “Influencing parameters on seismic performance of RC structures from pushover analysis” under the guidance of Dr. S.K. Prasad, Professor of Civil Engineering.
The second prize carrying a cash award of Rs. 6,000 with a certificate was received by B.R. Kavya of MCE, Hassan for her thesis “Reliability analysis of concrete column subjected to axial load and biaxial bending” under the guidance of Dr. K. Manjunath, Professor of Civil Engineering.
The third prize carrying a cash award of Rs. 4,000 with a certificate was received by K.N. Supreeth Babu of MCE Hassan for his thesis “Fatigue analysis of steel bridges by fracture mechanics approach” under the guidance of Dr. G. Ravi, Professor of Civil Engineering.
Technical talk
A technical talk on “Disaster Resistance of Structures” by Dr. N. Suresh, Director, BFRC, NIE, was also arranged on the occasion where he spoke about the different types of disasters like Fire, Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Hurricanes, Floods and Draughts along with case studies.
He stated that one cannot stop natural disasters. However, using the advances in Science and Technology, one can minimise loss of human lives.
He also advised the students to design structures which are resistant to disasters by following the standard codes of practices.
The chief guest, Dr. G. Sarnagapani, Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, NIE, spoke about the need of such kind of competition which will make students to focus on qualitative research projects. He also said that the students should update themselves to the new technologies and so that they are competent to design structures of future. He congratulated ACCE(I) Mysore Centre and The India Cements Limited for initiating the awards.
The guest of honour, R. Sankaran Unni, General Manager (Marketing), The India Cements Limited, stated that three things — value of time, recognition and reward — are important in the present world. He appreciated ACCE(I) Mysore for recognising talented students and rewarding them.
The Chairman of ACCE(I), Mysore Centre, Dr. G.S. Suresh, presided and spoke about the important criteria considered by the experts during evaluation of the thesis to select the best.
About 150 participants, comprising members of ACCE(I) Mysore Centre, M.Tech (Structures) students and Faculty of various engineering colleges from Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan regions and invitees participated in the programme.
ACCE(I) Mysore Centre Hon. Secretary Dr. S. Raviraj welcomed and Treasurer S.B. Basavaraj, proposed a vote of thanks.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Tuesday , November 11th, 2014