Indian concrete institute (ICI)

Indian concrete institute (ICI)

About ICI

   Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is the premier professional body for concrete technology with above 12,000 members from 38 centers spread across India. It has on its fold the captains of construction industry. Building material manufacturers. Leading consultants & Civil engineers, contractors, Academicians and Educational Institutions. ICI was founded in 1982 with its headquarter at Chennai. The objectives of ICI are to promote growth of concrete construction and its sub-specializations, disseminate knowledge and to train personnel, collaborate with national and international agencies in creating better understanding of concrete construction technology , to identify R&D issues, encourage outstanding achievements in concrete construction technology through its institutional awards etc., ICI organizes Periodical seminars, conferences , workshop & exhibitions on the subject and arranges lecture series on selected topics of relevant to concrete construction.ICI has collaborative with American concrete institute, Asian Concrete federation, Singapore concrete institution, Concrete institute of Australia etc,. ICI publishes Quarterly journal containing Peer- Reviewed technical papers, Technical Abstracts about 40 Journals. ICI has also brought out a number of publications & Monographs on various related topics.

About ICI Salem Centre

   ICI (Salem) Centre has its inception in the year 2015. It has more than 50 life members, 6 Student Chapters and Institutional Members. ICI(Salem) is now becoming one of an merging centres of ICI, which has conducted Seminars, Workshops and guest lecture for professional Engineers, Students in Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri district ICI (Salem) is celebrating Concrete Day in association with UltraTech Cements Ltd every year to mark the founding day of ICI. During this event, annual awards are conferred to outstanding concrete structures for residential, utility, commercial buildings, Structures with green building concept, Best Students' Chapter and Best M.E/M.Tech and Ph D thesis (concrete). Centre has also honored life time achievement and vocational excellence award for Architects and Engineers who have rendered their service to the engineering fraternity and Society as well.

MEC – ICI Students Chapter

   The ICI students chapter was inaugurated in the department of civil engineering on 22.07.2015. Under ICI students chapter various technical events like poster presentation, paper presentation, technical talk, model making, role play etc was conducted to enhance the technical skills of the ICI student members. Various events like workshops, seminars, guest lecturers code cracking, cube test and mix design are organized under ICI students chapter inviting professionals from various fields of civil engineering. Industrial site visit both local and outstation is arranged for ICI students to improve the technical skills in a practical manner. The ICI students chapter is functioning effectively and more than 300 students are active members in this students chapter and 11 of our department faculty members have life time membership in ICI.

   The ICI students chapter of Civil Engineering department has received the “BEST STUDENTS CHAPTER APPRECIATION AWARD” from ICI Salem Centre during 2016. In 2018 and 2020 we received the “BEST STUDENTS CHAPTER AWARD” from ICI Salem Centre. Our PG student received the “Best PG Thesis Award” in the year 2021 and 2022.

Faculty Members Having Life Membership in ICI

  • Dr.K.Vidhya, Prof and Head/Civil and Joint Secretary ICI SC
  • Dr.Y.Shantharam, Associate Prof /Civil and ECM ICI SC
  • Mr.L.Vijayan, Asst Prof /Civil and ECM ICI SC
  • Mr.T.Ramasamy, Asst Prof /Civil.
  • Mr.P.Deepan, Asst Prof /Civil.
  • Ms.P.Saradha Asst Prof /Civil and ECM ICI SC
  • Mr.S.Mohan Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mr.M.Vignesh Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mrs.M.Suganthi Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mr.S.Manishankar Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mr.C.Senthilkumar  Asst.Prof/Civil

  STUDENT MEMBERS IN ICI      EVENT SUMMARY

Member details

Faculty Mentor
  • Dr.K.Vidhya,
  • Professor and Head/Civil
Faculty Coordinator
  • Ms.P.Saradha
  • Assistant Professor/Civil
No. Type of Events Date Name of the Events Resource Person Name & Organization
1 MAILS 15.02.2023 Innovations in formwork for bridges Er. Raj Sekar M
Senior Engineer- Civil,
L&T Construction,
Formwork Department In charge
Dwarka Expressway Project Gurugram, Delhi NCR.
2 Refresher Course 23.01.2023 – 25.01.2023 Formwork Engineering and Concrete (COOFEC) Er.L S Kannan
Jgm & Head Concrete Management
L&T-Constructions, Chennai
Er.T Jaganath
DGM -Civil ,
Center of Excellence Formwork
L&T-Constructions, Chennai
3 Short Term Course 23.01.2023 - 24.01.2023 Formwork Engineering and Concrete (COOFEC) Er.L S Kannan
JGM & Head Concrete Management
L&T-Constructions, Chennai
Er.T Jaganath
DGM -Civil ,
Center of Excellence Formwork
L&T-Constructions, Chennai
4 IIT Lecture series 25.01.2023 Innovative techniques in Earthquake resistant design of
structures
Dr. G. Appa Rao
Professor in Civil Engineering,
Structural Engineering Division,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
5 MAILS 19.01.2023 Innovations on formwork systems Er.Thamaraiselvan R
Assistant Construction Manager
L&T Construction
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
6 Seminar 13.12.2022 Concrete Innovations Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju,
President, ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr. Member, Bog,Region10, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500 049
7 NIT Lecture Series 08.12.2022 Innovation of Machine Learning in Civil Platform Dr.T.Palanisamy
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Karnataka , Surathkal
8 MAILS 03.11.2022 Innovative Practice of Civil Engineer Er.V.Nagendran
Founder & CEO
LPA & Corporations Registered
Salem
9 International Webniar 15.09.2022 to 16.09.2022 Advancements in Geoenviro-Structural Confluence Ms.April J Lander
ASCE Region 10 Director
Founder & President of ASCE New Zealand Group,
Mr.Silas C.Nicholas, P.E
Principal Geotechnical Engg,
Office of Bridges & Structures, Washington D.C USA
Prof.Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar,Ph.D
Head, Earthquake Engg, Research Centre, IIT-Hyderabad,
Dr.Sanjay Rana, Ph.D
Managing Director,
Parsan Overseas Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi, India
Dr.Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D
Senior Policy Researchers,
Institute For Global,
Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Kamiyamaguchi, Japan
10 Webinar 11.05.2022 Performance Based Specification of Concrete Er.Elason John
Department of Civil Engineering
M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala
11 Refresher Course 05.05.2022 to 06.05.2022 Formwork Engineering Concrete Er.L.S.Kannan
Joint General Manager,
Head of Concrete Technology,
L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai.
Er.T.Jagannath
DGM, COE-FW,
L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai
12 Short Term Course 05.05.2022 to 06.05.2022 Formwork Engineering Concrete Er.B.Murugesan
Joint General Manager(F)
Head Technology Centre,
L&T Construction –Building Factories, Chennai
Er.Sasikumar,
Assistant Manager, Formwork Engineering, L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai.
13 MAILS 19.03.2022 Advancement In Formwork Elements Er.V.Karthikeyan
Senior Engineer(Formwork)
L&T Construction, Bangalore
14 International Lecture 04.03.2022 to 05.03.2022 Recent Advancements in Enviro-Structural Confluence Dr.Ramanchandra Pradeep Kumar,
Registrar & Head of Earthquake Engg, IIT Hyderabad, Telangana.
Dr.Krishna R Reddy,
Prof/Civil and Environmental Engg, University of Illinois, USA
Prof.Giuseppe Carlo Marano,
Deputy Director, Dept of Structural & Building Engineering,
Politecnico Di Torino, Italy
Prof.Tomonori Nagayama,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Civil Engineering,
University of Illinois, USA.
Prof.Vallam Sundar
Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras.
Prof.Thishan Jayasinghe,
Senior Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
15 MAILS 31.01.2022 Innovative Techniques in Formwork Elements Er.R.Tharamari Selvan
Senior Engineer
L&T Construction,
Ghorakhpur.
16 International Seminar 19.11.2021 Structural & Geo-Confluence Dr. Dennis D Truax
Phd, PE, BCEE, DWRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, ASCE President
Mr.Kevin La Malwa ,
P.E, F.ASCE,
Principal Fire Consultant,
Warrington Fire, USA.
Dr. Kevin W Franke
Phd, P.E, M.Asce
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering ,
Brigham Young University
17 MILeS 05.11.2021 Recent Innovations in Admixture Based Self Compacting Dr.Sanjay Rana
Geophysicist, AFA Academy
Prof.Krishna R Reddy
Distinguished Professor,
University of Iilinois
18 MAILS 21.10.2021 Innovative Geotechnical Design on Earthquake Resisting Dr.A.R.Prakash,
Managing Director,
KESEE Associates, Salem.
19 IIT Lecture Series 07.10.2021 Design of Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams Dr.G.Appa Rao
Professor /Civil Engineering
Structural Engineering Division,
IIT Madras.
20 International Seminar 24.09.2021 to 25.09.2021 Architecture, Civil and Earthquake Engineering Dr.Sushil Kumar Dhawan,
Former Chief Engineer,
CPWD
Dr. Jigna Desai,
Asso. Professor,
Faculty Of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Dr.Neslihan Ocakoglu Gokasan,
ITU, Faculty Of Mines, Turkey.
Prof. Vallam Sundar
Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras.
Prof.Kemal Onder Cetin
Professor /Civil, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Dr. Niall O
Asso. Director, Windtech Consultants Pvt Ltd, United Kingdom.
Mr. Unni Bhaskar,
MS, UNO Technology Pvt Ltd, Kerala.
21 MAILS 09.09.2021 Innovation in Formwork Er.Karthikeyan
Senior Engineer (Formwork)
L&T Construction, Bangalore.
Er.R.Tharmari Selvan
Senior Engineer(Finishes)
L&T Construction, Gorakhpur.
22 Short Term Training Program
(STTP)
14.09.2020 to 19.09.2020 AICTE – AQIS Sponsored STTP on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – IV) Dr. K.P. Jaya,
Director, Centre For Research
Department of Civil Engg ,
Anna University Chennai.
Dr. A. Sudhahar
Managing Director,
Dimensions Structural Design,
Coimbatore.
Shu-Qing Yang
Former Director,
Center For Coastal Reservoir Research, Co-Founder/ Executive Secretary, International Association For Coastal Reservoir Research,
Univ. of Wollongong.
Dr. N. Ganesan,
Professor,
Department of Civil Engg,
NIT -Calicut, Kerala
Dr. Ashok Kumar
Chief Scientist and Head,
Architecture and Planning Group, CSIR- Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee
Dr. J. Prabakar
Sr. Principal Scientist
Advanced Concrete Evaluation and Testing Laboratory,
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
Er.Padmapriya Vijayakumar
Research Fellow,
University of Arizona,
United States of America
Er.Rajendra Rao Kalbavi
Executive Director at D.K. Nirmithi Kendra, NITK Surathkal
Mr. K. Venkataraman
Regional Head – Technical Services, Ultratech Cement Limited, Vijayawada,
Dr. Kishor S. Kulkarni
Scientist,  Architecture & Planning Group, CSIR – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee
Dr. S. Sreenath
Engineering Manager (Civil) EDRC, Buildings & Factories,
L&T Construction, Chennai
23 Short Term Training Program
(STTP)
02.11.2020 to 07.11.2020 AICTE – AQIS Sponsored STTP on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – III) Dr.N.Gopalakrishnan, Director,
CSIR- Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India,
Dr. Peter Demain,
Reader In Building Information Management, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Laughborough University, England.
Dr.C. M. Ravikumar,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Studies in Civil Engg,
University B.D.T College of Engineering, Davangere
Dr. Ajay Chourasia
Sr Principal Scientist And Group Leader, 3d Concrete Printing,
Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee.
Dr. Vinay Kumar Jha
Professor,
Central Department of Chemistry,
Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Er. T. P. Madhusudanan
Former SR Consultant and Chief Coordinator,
Habitat Technology Group, Trivandram, Kerala.
Er. B. R. Ajit
Chairman, IGBC,
Chief Executive Architect,
AJIT Associates, Kerala
Dr. Suman Sha
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
NIT, Calicut, Kerala
Dr.J. Karthikeyan
Associate Professor
Dept of Civil Engineering
NIT, Trichy
Er.S.Jagadesan
Manager- Technical Services
The Ramco Cements Limited
Salem
Dr. R. Kumudha
Professor and Head
Dept of Civil Engineering
Sri Venkateswara College of
Engineering, Chennai
Dr. Balaji Angamuthu
Technical Head – Resilience
Royal Haskoning DHV
Green Boulevard,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
24 Short Term Training Program (STTP) 17.08.2020 to 22.08.2020 AICTE – AQIS Sponsored on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – II) Dr. A.R.Shanthakumar,
Emeritus Professor, Former Dean of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai,
Dr. S. Neelamani,
Sr. Research Scientist,
Coastal Management Programme,
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
Dr. R. Siva Chidambaram,
Scientist, Div. of Advanced Structural Composites And Durability, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee
Dr. Sunitha K Nayar
Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad.
Dr.M.P.Muthuraj
Assistant Professor
CIT, Coimbatore,
Er.S.Rajkumar,
L&T Chennai.
Dr.Ajit Sabnis,
Principal Consultant,
ASP-SDI, Bangalore.
Dr.K.Sudalaimani
Professor, Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai.
Dr.Peter Demian,
School of Architecture, Building And Civil Engineering,
Loughborough University, England.
Dr. D. Shoba Rajkumar
HoD/Civil,
Government College Of Engineering, Salem,
Dr. S.K.Sekar,
Senior Professor and Dean,
School of Civil Engineering,
VIT University, Vellore.
25 Short Term Training Program (STTP) 27.07.2020 to 01.08.2020 AICTE – AQIS Sponsored on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – I) Dr. Shen-En Chen
Professor, Department of Civil And Environmental Engineering,
The University of North Carolina At Charlotte, United States.
Dr.R.Senthil,
Professor & Head,
Division Of Structural Engineering,
College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.
Dr.Subhash.C.Yaragal,
Dean And Professor,
Department of Civil Engg,
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal.
Dr. R.Thenmozhi
Professor & Head
Department of Civil Engg,
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Dr.T.Palanisamy
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engg,
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal.
Dr. S. Neelamani
Sr. Research Scientist,
Coastal Management Programme, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
Dr.Muhammad Hadi S.
Associate Professor In Civil Engg, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering,
University of Wallongong, Australia.
Dr. J.M.Chandra Kishen
Professor in Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore.
Dr.G.Apparao
Professor in Civil Engineering,
Structural Engineering Division,
IIT Madras, Chennai.
Dr. K. Jayachandran
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engg,
NIT, Calicut, India.
Dr. S.Senthil Kumar,
Professor in Civil Engineering,
KSR College of Engineering, Thiruchengode
26 Technical Competition 13.07.2020 to 15.07.2020 Concrete Technology- Online Quiz Dr.T.PALANISAMY ,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
NITK – Surathkal, Mangalore
27 Seminar 20.05.2020 Alkali Resistance (AR) Glass Fiber for Concrete With Special Focus Mr.Pranav Pandya, Technical Sales Leader, Owens Corning, India,
Mr. Samarth Modi, Managing Director, SCM Nobel Agencies, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
28 Guest Lecture 14.05.2020 Micro Characterization of Concrete Dr.T.Palanisamy ,
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
NITK – Surathkal, Mangalore
29 MAILS 13.05.2020 to 16.05.2020 Revolution of Formwork in Construction Mr.Thamarai Selvan , Senior Engineer, L&T Gorakpur,
Mr. Sairam Karthic M ,
Formwork Engineer Trainee ,Engineer Trainee-Graduate,
Mr. Natarajan R,
Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Delhi International Airport Limited,
Ms.Apna.E,
Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Hial Expansion Project-  Hyderabad.
Mr. Raj Sekar. M,
Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Dewarka Expressway Project, Delhi.
Mr. Karthikeyan.
Senior Engineer, Dlf Cyber Park, Delhi
30 Workshop 12.05.2020 The Do’s and Don’ts of General construction Dr.A.Sudhahar,
Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore
31 Workshop 03.03.2020 & 04.03.2020 Demonstration of Various Formwork Systems Er. G. Srinivasan , Manager(Formwork),
L&T ECC Division, Chennai-89
32 IIT Lecture Series 21.02.2020 Computational Simulation on Beam-Column Joints Dr.G.Apparao,
Professor in Civil, IIT Madras,
Chennai
33 MAILS 31.01.2020 L&T Formwork Systems and Design Er.M.Sairam Karthic,
 Formwork Engineering Trainee, Buildings and Factories  IC, L&T Raheja KRC Hetero Project, Hyderabad
34 MAILS 27.01.2020 Basics Concepts of Formwork Engineering Er. R.Thamarai Selvan ,
Senior Engineer (Civil), L& T Construction , Gorakpur, Uttar Pradesh
35 Short Term Course 20.01.2020 to 23.01.2020 Formwork Engineering and Concrete Er. B. Murugesan,
Joint General Manager,
Head Technology Centre,
L&T Construction – Building &  Factories, Chennai.
Er. G. Srinivasan,
Assistant Manager,
Formwork Engineering,
L& T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai, Er.V.Umamaheswaran,
Assistant Manager, Formwork Engineering,
L& T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai
36 MAILS 13.01.2020 Basic Design Concepts and Formwork Systems Er. M.Raj Sekar,
 Designation Form Work Engineer Trainee,
L & T Construction Transportation Infrastructure IC, Delhi.
37 Refresher Course 09.01.2020, 10.01.2020 & 20.01.2020, 21.01.2020. Formwork Engineering & Concrete Er. B. Murugesan
Joint General Manager,
Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction – Building & Factories, Chennai.
Mr.L.S.Kannan,
Sr. Deputy General Manager,
Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction – Building & Factories, Chennai.
Er.S.Prabakaran,
DGM, Formwork Engineering,
Heavy-Civil, L&T Construction, Chennai,
Er.T.Jagannath
Senior Manager,
Formwork Engineering, L&T Construction- B & F, Chennai.
38 Seminar 20.09.2019 Applications of Prestressing Technology and Latest Trends Er.B.V.Nagaraj Kumar,
Technical Head, TEAMPT,
Consultant & Engineers, Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh
39 Guest Lecture 19.09.2019 Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Structures Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen ,
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
40 Technical Competition 19.09.2019 Paper, Poster and quiz Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen ,
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
41 MAILS 16.09.2019 Design of Formwork Engineering Er.R.Thamari Selvan,
Senior Formwork Engineer,
L&T Construction, Gurgaon, Haryana.
42 MAILS 16.09.2019 Exploring on Formwork Engineering Er.V.Karthikeyan,
Senior Formwork Engineer,
L&T Construction, Gurgaon, Haryana.
43 Concrete Day Celebration 06.09.2019 Code Cracking and Quiz Dr.A.Sudhahar,
Managing Director,
Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore.
44 Technical Training 03.09.2019 to 05.09.2019 Structural Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures Dr.A.Sudhahar,
 Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore.
45 Workshop 30.08.2019 Durability of Concrete Structures Er.A.P.Murugan,
Regional Head, Technical Services ,
Ultra Tech Cements, Chennai
46 MAILS 29.08.2019 Innovative Techniques in Construction Field Er.D.Ramesh,
Managing Director,
R.R. Consultancy & Contractors, Tiruchengode.
47 NIT/IIT Lecture 22.08.2019 Strengthening of Civil Structures Using Advanced Technologies Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen ,
Professor,
Department  of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
48 MAILS 26.07.2019 Impressive Interior and Exterior Design of Building Er.E.Vignesh,
Interior Designer,
Tripoly Studio,
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore.