TWENTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

and National Seminar

on

Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

OCTOBER 12-14, 2012

Under the aegis of Civil Engineering Division Board, IEI

Organised by

The Institution of Engineers (India)

Roorkee Local Centre

IIT Campus, Roorkee 247 667 (Uttarakhand)

RInforSD 2012

First Announcement

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PREAMBLE
Civil Engineering acts at the core of infrastructure development. Sustainable infrastructure development is a new paradigm for improvement in quality of life and economic well being of a nation, India in particular. Due to exponential growth in population and economy, engineers are playing vital role in development of sustainable technologies for future generation with minimal utilisation of materials, energy at the same time conserving natural resources. Demands for energy, drinking water, clean air, safe disposal of waste & transportation will drive sustainable planning & infrastructure development. Furthermore, rehabilitation, reuse and optimisation of existing infrastructure are required to be consistent with the principles of urban sustainability, which calls for responsible design to balance social, economic and technological issues. This encompasses infrastructure renewal, long-term economic analysis of infrastructure, energy use and reduced infrastructure costs, protection of existing infrastructure from environmental degradation, material selection for sustainability, quality, durability and energy conservation, minimising waste, redesign of infrastructure in light of global dynamics, and remediation of environmentally depleted resources. The need of hour is to set policies for sustainable design in short and long term. Anthropogenic activities have a significant impact on the world and each of us has responsibility for protecting future generations. Engineers and planners have a bigger role to set standards of design that benefit the environment and people. Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity based developmental planning of infrastructure and social challenges. The proposed National Convention & Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to researchers, technocrats, scientists academicians and field engineers to put forward their views and formulate an action plan for sustainable development through infrastructure growth.

National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

OBJECTIVES OF IEI
The main objectives of the IEI are : 1. To disseminate and update engineering & technological knowledge. 2. To provide access to R&D activities and engineering practices including focusing on new developments, techniques, products, processes etc. 3. To highlight emerging engineering and technological trends. 4. To promote national and international cooperation in engineering and its commitment towards social objectives. 5. To provide necessary forum for professional, researchers and engineers of various disciplines to come together and exchange ideas /experiences.

Dr. K L RAO MEMORIAL LECTURE

An eminent & renowned engineer shall be delivering annual Dr. K L RAO Memorial Lecture on the occasion.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited on themes given below. The paper submitted shall be critically reviewed by technical committee and its acceptance for the National Seminar shall be intimated to the authors. The paper should contain original research and should not have been published earlier or presented at any other seminar/conference. The template for formating paper manuscript can be downloaded from IEI, Roorkee Local Centre website: www.ieirlc.org/convention/rinforsd2012.

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SUB-THEMES
Sub-themes in the area of engineering/technology and allied fields have been identified for National Seminar are: 1. Sustainable Infrastructure Planning, Development & Construction 2. Urban-Infrastructure & Affordable Housing for Masses 3. Advances in Materials & Construction Technology; Waste Utilization 4. Special Structures; Tall & Intelligent Buildings; Underwater Constructions 5. Design & Construction for Extreme Loads; Rehabilitation of structures 6. Tunneling & Underground Structures; Ground Improvement Techniques 7. Green Building Construction & Green Retrofitting 8. Water resources & Management; Dams, Canals 9. Transport Infrastructure Systems; Geomatics Application 10. Relevant Case Studies

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Presentation of technical papers will be either in oral or poster session. Each oral session will begin with an invited keynote presentation. Projection facilities will be provided for oral presentations. Display boards will be made available for presenting posters. Best paper will be awarded in each sub-theme. In addition to technical sessions, a few thematic workshop/panel discussions will also be organized to discuss current issues in infrastructure development, sustainability and public policy.

DATES AND VENUE

The National Convention will be held during October 12-14, 2012 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Roorkee Local Centre, Roorkee.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

All individuals and organizations engaged in construction of infrastructures and working towards sustainability are welcomed to attend the National Convention. Participation by practicing Civil and Structural Engineers, Architects, Water Resources Experts, Environmentalist, R&D and Educational Institutions, Consultancy Organizations, Government Officials, Local Bodies and NGOs working in the domain of Construction & Infrastructure Development is especially solicited. The participation in National Convention is open to all organizations/agencies. Each participant will be given a certificate for attending the National Seminar.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of National Seminar shall be in English.

ACCOMMODATION, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

Limited accommodation shall be made available in Guest Houses on request on first-come-first-serve basis. The details of hotels in Roorkee are available on website: www.ieirlc.org/convention/rinforsd2012. Participants are requested to contact hotels directly and ensure their bookings. Organising Committee has requested all the hotels to offer discounted price for this convention.

National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

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REGISTRATION
Delegates are requested to register by filling and mailing the enclosed registration form. The registration fee includes registration material, proceedings volume, lunches and session teas during National Seminar period. The fee structure for the registration of delegates is given below: Category Indian delegates (`) Delegate (Sponsored) 4000/Delegate (Non-sponsored) 3000/Delegate (Author) 2000/Dellegate (IEI Member) 2000/Delegate (Student) 1000/Accompanying person* 1000/Foreign delegates (US$) 200 150 100 100 50 50

National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

* Accompanying person/student will get all the benefits except hard copy of Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES
Events Last date of receipt of abstract Acceptance of abstracts Last date of receipt of full paper Acceptance of full paper Date July 15, 2012 July 30, 2012 August 31, 2012 September 15, 2012

SPONSORSHIPS
The event is organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Roorkee Local Centre. The institutions/organizations are requested to come forward to sponsor/co-sponsor the National Convention & the Seminar for their wide publicity. The details of sponsorship fees are as under: Category Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor Co-sponsor Supporter Sponsorship Free (`) 2,00,000/1,00,000/50,000/25,000/Free Space for display Yes Yes No No Entitlement of Free Delegates 4 3 2 1

The names of sponsors will be included in the final circular and prominently acknowledged and displayed at the venue of convention. The Platinum & Gold sponsors will be given time for their presentation during technical sessions.

TECHNICAL EXHIBITION
A technical exhibition will be organized on the theme of the National Seminar. Exhibits may display newer materials, products, technologies, achievements of institutions/firms, instruments, equipment, software, video films, photographs and published material related to civil engineering and allied fields during Convention. Interested agencies/manufacturers/enterpreneurs may book their space in advance (on first come first serve basis) on payment of minimum of Rs. 25,000/(3mx3m) or contact the Organizing Secretary for more space required for display.

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Patrons
Prof. Pradipta Banerji Director, IIT Roorkee Chairman Er. S.L. Garg, FIE President, IEI Prof. S.K. Bhattacharyya, FNAE Director, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee Co-chairman Er. Ashok Basa, FIE Chairman, CVDB, IEI Members
Padmashree Prof A.S. Arya Former National Seismic Adviser Prof. A.K. Jain Head, CED, IIT Roorkee Dr. Arun Goel, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Anoop Singh, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er . A. V. Shivapur, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Prof. Abhijeet Mukherjee Director, Thaper Tech. Univ., Patiala Mr. Arup Roy Choudhury, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Archan Kusum Majumdar, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er . A.K. Dutta, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Prof. B. Bhattacharjee CED, IIT, Delhi Er. C.S. Prasad DG, CPWD, New Delhi Prof. C.V.R. Murty CED, IIT Madras, Chennai Prof. D.N. Trikha, Formar Director, CSIR-SERC (Ghaz.) Prof. D.K. Paul Deputy Director, IIT Roorkee Dr. G.M. Sabnis Sabnis Inc, USA Er. H.C. S. Berry, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. H.O. Thakare, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Jose Kurein Chief Engineer, DTDC, New Delhi Ms J.C. Deshpande, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. K.P. Tripathi Chairman, IEI, Dehradun Er. K.P. Singh MD, DLF, New Delhi Er. L.K. Jain Past President, IEI, Nagpur Er. L.M. Patra, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Mangu Singh CMD, DMRC, New Delhi Prof. Mahesh Tandon MD, TCPL, New Delhi Prof. Mukhesh Khare CED, IIT Delhi Er. M. K. Jadav, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Narendra Singh, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Dr. Nagesh R. Iyer Director, CSIR-SERC, Chennai Prof. Prem Krishna, FNAE Vice President, NAE Dr. Pratap Singh Country Manager, TCEL, New Delhi Er. P.G. Gopalakishnan, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. P. R. Seshadri, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Qazi N. Ahmad, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. Ravidas E&C, MCD, New Delhi Dr. R.D. Singh Director, NIH, Roorkee Prof. R.K. Jain Chairman, R&D Committee - IEI Er. R. S. T. Sai C.M.D., THDC, Rishikesh Dr. R. Jagadish Past President, ICI, Chennai Dr. Ramesh Kapoor Managing Director, Unitech Ltd. Er. R.K. Rathore, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er . R.D. Soni, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Dr. S. Gangopadhyay Director, CSIR- CRRI, New Delhi Prof. Sudhir K. Jain Director, IIT Gandhi Nagar

National Advisory Committee

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Dr. S.R. Wate Director, CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur Dr. Shailesh Kr. Agrawal Director, BMTPC, New Delhi Er. Suresh Sharma Brigadier, BEG & C, Roorkee Er. Sisir K. Banerjee, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. S.S. Rathore, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Prof. S.K. Kaushik, FIE Past-President, ICI, Chennai Er . S.P. Londhe, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Dr. S. Nagabhusana Rao, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Dr. U.P. Waghe, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. V. Dhanraj, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI Er. V.P. Baligar, IAS CMD, HUDCO, New Delhi Er. V.K. Gupta, FIE Member, CVDB, IEI

National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

Convenor Prof. V.K. Gupta, FIE CED, IIT Roorkee

Hony. Secretary Dr. B.R. Gurjar, FIE CED, IIT Roorkee

Organizing Committee
Chairman Organising Secretary Prof. Satya Prakash, FIE Er. S. K. Singh, FIE Chairman, IEI, RLC, Roorkee CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee Co-organising Secretaries Dr. Umesh K. Sharma Er. Ajay Chourasia CED, IIT Roorkee CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee Members Dr. A.A. Kazmi, IITR Dr. Achal Mittal, CSIR-CBRI Dr. A.K. Minocha, CSIR-CBRI Dr. A.K. Lohani, NIH, Roorkee Dr. A.K. Pandey, CSIR-CBRI Ar. Ashok Kumar, CSIR-CBRI Dr. Bhupinder Singh, IITR Dr. B.K. Rao, CSIR-CBRI, Prof. Devdas Menon, IITM Dr. Dharmendra Singh, IITR Prof. H.R. Wason, IITR Prof. M. Parida, Co-convenor Prof. M.N. Viladkar, IITR Prof. Mahendra Singh, IITR Prof. N.M. Bhandari, IITR Prof. N.K. Samadhiya, IITR Ar. Neeta Mittal, CSIR-CBRI Er. N.K. Sharma, UK Irr. Deptt. Er. Neelesh Shah, NBCC Ltd. Prof. Pradeep Bhargava, IITR Prof. Praveen Kumar, IITR Prof. P.K. Garg, IITR Dr. R.K. Goel, CISR-CIMFR Prof. Rajesh Chandra, IITR Dr. Rajesh Deolia, CSIR-CBRI Dr. Rajeev Goel, CSIR-CRRI Prof. S.S. Jain, IITR Dr. Satyendra Mittal, IITR Dr Shishir Sinha, IITR Prof. S.K. Jain, IITR Prof. S.P. Singh,NIT,Jalandhar Dr. Sanjay Jain, NIH, Roorkee Er. Sandesh Aterkar, Soilex Dr. S.R. Karade, CSIR-CBRI Prof. V.K. Agrawal, IITR Dr. Yogendra Singh, IITR Er. Y.P. Kajale, BG Shirke Ltd. Dr. Zulfequar Ahmad, IITR

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TWENTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

and National Seminar
on

Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

"RInforSD 2012"
National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

October 12-14, 2012

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ABOUT ROORKEE
Situated in the foothills of Himalayas, Roorkee is the gateway to pilgrimage places in Uttarakhand and centres of tourists attraction like Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri etc. It is blessed with the historical Ganga Canal flowing through the town. In addition to IIT and CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee has other renowned institutions like NIH, IRI and BEG&C. Roorkee is located on the AmritsarHowrah main line of the Northern Railway and is well connected by the train route and road to Delhi (180 Kms), Dehradun (75 Kms), Haridwar (30 Kms), Rishikesh (60 Kms), Mussoorie (110 Kms) and other places in neighbouring states. The nearest domestic airport is at Dehradun. The weather at Roorkee in October is very o o pleasant with temperature ranging between 15 C-25 C.

National Seminar on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

For more details please contact:

S.K. Singh, FIE

Principal Scientist, CSIR-CBRI & Organising Secretary, "RInforSD 2012"

The Institution of Engineers (India)

Roorkee Local Centre, IIT Roorkee Campus Roorkee 247 667 (Uttarakhand) India Ph : Fax : E-mail : Website : +91-1332-283247, 284416, 272589 +91-1332-272589 Mob : +91-9412074787 rinforsd2012@ieirlc.org; sksingh_cbri@yahoo.co.in www.ieirlc.org