ICI
The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest multidisciplinary professionals
Indian concrete institute (ICI)
About ICI
Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is the premier professional body for concrete technology with above 15,000 members from 48 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 80 life members, 12 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 400 students are active members in this students chapter and 9 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, 2020, 2021 and 2023 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
- Dr.Y.Shantharam, Associate Prof /Civil.
- Mr.P.Deepan, Asst Prof /Civil.
- Dr.S.Mohan Asst.Prof/Civil
- Dr.M.Suganthi Asst.Prof/Civil
- Mr.S.Manishankar Asst.Prof/Civil
- Mr.C.Senthilkumar Asst.Prof/Civil
- Dr.S.Paramathmeka Asst.Prof/Civil
STUDENT MEMBERS IN ICI EVENT SUMMARY
Member details
Faculty Mentor
- Dr.K.Vidhya,
- Professor and Head/Civil
Faculty Coordinator
- Dr.M.Suganthi
- Assistant Professor/Civil
- Dr.S.Paramathmeka
- Assistant Professor/Civil
Award Details
| SNo | Name of the Mentor | Name of the Award | Academic year | Organization in which award received |
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Student Chapter Award |
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| 1 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding ICI Student Chapter Award | 2023 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| 2 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding ICI Student Chapter Award | 2021 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| 3 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding ICI Student Chapter Award | 2020 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| 4 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding ICI Student Chapter Award | 2018 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| 5 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Appreciation Outstanding ICI Student Chapter | 2016 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| SNo | Name of the mentor | Name of the Award | Academic year | Organization in which award received |
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Outstanding PG/Ph.D. Thesis |
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| 6 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding Master Thesis | 2022-2023 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
| 7 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Outstanding Master Thesis | 2021-2022 | Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)– Ultra Tech Awards, Salem Centre |
Faculty Recognization
| SNo | Name of the Faculty | Name of the Award | Organization in which award received |
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2025-2027 |
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| 1 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Honorary Secretary | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 2 | Dr.Y.Shantharm | Joint Secretary | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
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2023-2025 |
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| 3 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Honorary Secretary | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 4 | Dr.Y.Sthantharm | Executive Committee Member | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 5 | Mr.L.Vijayan | Treasurer | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 6 | Ms.P.Saradha | Executive Committee Member | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
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2021-2023 |
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| 7 | Dr.K.Vidhya | Joint Secretary | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 8 | Dr.Y.Shantharm | Executive Committee Member | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 9 | Mr.L.Vijayan | Executive Committee Member | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
| 10 | Ms.P.Saradha | Executive Committee Member | Indian Concrete Institute, Salem Centre |
ICI EVENT SUMMARY
| SNo | Type of Events | Date | Title of the Events | Resource Person Name & Organization |
| 1 | Workshop | 18.09.2025 & 19.09.2025 | Innovations in Construction Concrete Shaping | Dr.P.Gopalakrishnan, Managing Director, GK Construction, Erode . |
| 2 | Workshop | 08.10.2025 | Building A Sustainable Future With Cement And Concrete: Best Practices | Er. M.A. Joseph AGM Marketing, UltraTech RMC, North TN & Past Chairman – ICI Kochi Centre. |
| 3 | NIT Lecture Series | 29.10.2025 | Engineering Seismology and Learning from Past Earthquakes | Prof Katta Venkataramana, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, Mangalore, India. |
| 4 | MAILS | 30.10.2025 | Innovative technology in formwork and its applications in revolutionizing the construction industry | Er.S.Mohanlal Design Engineer, PERI India, Mumbai. |
| 5 | MAILS | 30.10.2025 | Discover New Ideas in Town and Country Planning | Er. S.Soorya, DTCP Registered Engineer, Managing Director, Raghavendra Associates, Salem. |
| 6 | MAILS | 17.10.2025 | 3D Modeling Evolution in Architecture and Civil Engineering | Er. S.Midhunchakravarthy, Senior Consultant, Mythu Design Studio, Salem. |
| 7 | Seminar | 22.04.2025 | Behavior, Concerns and Good Concreting Practices in Constructions | Er.N.Venkatesh Head QA/QC B L Kashyap & Sons Limited Bangalore – 560037 |
| 8 | Mahendra International Lecture Series (MILES) | 16.05.2025 | Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering | Prof.Dr.Krishna R. Reddy Professor University Scholar & Distinguished Researcher, University of Illinois, Chicago USA |
| 9 | NIT/NITTTR Lecture series | 15.04.2025 | Quality Assurance and Standardization in Infrastructure Material Testing | Dr Janardhanan G Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai |
| 10 | Workshop | 10.12.2024 | A Practical Approach on Hands-on Training for Bar Bending Scheduling | Dr. A.Sudhahar Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Designs, Coimbatore. |
| 11 | Seminar | 06.11.2024 | Limit State of Serviceability in RCC Structures | Dr.R.Senthil Professor & Head Division of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai |
| 12 | IIC Calendar Activity | 21.08.2024 | World Entrepreneurs Day | Dr .C.Ramani Gopal Systempreneur ADIT management and skills Development Enterprises, Salem |
| 13 | FDP | 20.01.2025 to 01.02.2025 | STAAD Pro V8 and BIM | Er.K.S.Dinesh, AEC Consultant, (Architecture-Engineering-Construction) CADD CENTRE, Salem |
| 14 | Mahendra International Lecture Series (MILES) | 12.11.2024 | Multi-Hazard Modeling of Landslide Hazards in Western North Carolina Mountain Region and Validation after Hurricane Helene 2024 | Prof. Shen-En Chen,Ph.D., P.E. Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering William States Lee College of Engineering, The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, United States. |
| 15 | IIT Lecture Series | 18.10.2024 | Advancements in Civil Engineering | Dr R. Krishnamurthi Professor Department of Earth Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 16 | MAILS | 15.10.2024 | Innovation In Formwork Practices | Mr.Raj Sekar M Senior Engineer, L&T Construction TI IC, Delhi |
| 17 | MAILS | 29.11.2024 | Revolutionizing Construction with Advanced Formwork Materials and Concreting Techniques | Mr.Sairam Karthic M, Assistant Construction Manager(CIVIL), L&T Construction LTD, Chennai. |
| 18 | Concrete Day Celebration | 06.09.2024 | Technical Competition –Technical Quiz | Dr.K.Vidhya Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Mallasamudram. |
| 19 | MAILS | 29.04.2024 | Innovative Advancements in Formwork Elements: Enhancing Efficiency, Sustainability, and Automation in Modern Construction | Er.R.Deena Dhayal, Assistant Construction Manager, Civil (Formwork), L&T Construction WET IC, Mumbai. |
| 20 | MAILS | 30.04.2025 | Modern Innovations in Formwork: Automation, Sustainability and Cost-Effective Solutions | Er.D.Vinnarasi, Sr. Engineer CMPC-FCCE, L&T Energy Hydrocarbon, Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 21 | Workshop | 29.01.2024 | Role of Civil Engineering in Water Management | Dr. G.Bindu MSc, Mphil, PhD Superintending Hydro geologist (Retd), State Groundwater Department. Associate Professor (Guest), Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum. |
| 22 | IIT Lecture Series | 24.01.2024 | Future Innovation in Exploring Mineral Wealth using Geophysical Technology | Dr. Krishnamurthi Professor, Department of Earth Science Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 23 | MAILS Guest Lecture | 28.02.2024 | Costing and estimation of formwork | Er.R.Thamarai Selvan, Assistant Construction manager AIIMS Project, Senior Engineer, L&T Construction, Gorakhpur. |
| 24 | MAILS Guest Lecture | 17.02.2024 | Innovation in alternate construction materials for mitigating carbon footprint | Er.Pradeep Subramani Proprietor ASM Building solutions, Erode |
| 25 | ICI Webinar | 25.03.2024 | Green Buildings | Dr.A.Murugesan,M.E., Ph.D., Founder and Director Shree Varahi IES Academy Executive Member Indian Concrete Institute-Salem Center |
| 26 | Technical Competitions | 29.2.2024 | Model making contest | Dr.K.Vidhya Professor and Head Department of Civil Engineering Mahendra Engineering College Namakkal. |
| 27 | Technical Competitions | 21.02.2024 | Technical Crack in Civil Engineering | Dr.K.Vidhya Professor and Head Department of Civil Engineering Mahendra Engineering College Namakkal. |
| 28 | Technical Competitions | 12.03.2024 | Code Crack | Dr.C.T.Sivakumar Professor Department of Civil Engineering Mahendra Engineering College Namakkal. |
| 29 | Workshop | 15.09.2023 | “Engineering Ethics and sustainable Development ” | Dr.R.Ilangovan Former Chief Engineer, TN PWD,WRD, TN Water Resources Department Cell WRD, Coimbatore. |
| 30 | Workshop | 18.10.2023 | “Engineering demands in Civil Industry” | Er.K.S.Dinesh, AEC Consultant, (Architecture- Engineering Construction) CADD Centre. Salem |
| 31 | Seminar | 09.08.2023 | “Sustainable Construction in Civil Engineering” | Dr.Subhash C.Yaragal Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering National Institute of Technology, Karnataka , Surathkal |
| 32 | Webinar | 30.08.2023 | “Civil Startup” | JFM Er.Nagendran Founder and CEO, Allivilla Group of Engineers, Salem |
| 33 | Guest Lecture | 29.11.2023 | “Design of Structures for Wind loading” | Dr.R.Senthil Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai |
| 34 | MILES | 09.10.2023 | “Bridge Inspection Program in USA” | Maqbool Mohammed Senior Principal Stantec, New York, United States Guest of Honor: Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju Project Development Manager Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co Ltd South Korea. |
| 35 | NIT Lecture Series | 01.12.2023 | “Geo Spatial Application for Disasters Modeling and Risk Reduction” | Dr.S.Saravanan Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy |
| 36 | MAILS | 04.12.2023 | “Innovation in Formwork Planning and Execution” | Er.Rajsekar, Senior Engineer, L&T Construction, Formwork Department Incharge, Dwarka Expressway Project, Delhi |
| 37 | MAILS | 17.11.2023 | “Novelty Handling Environment Health and Safety Things in SAP Software ” | Er.R.TAMILARASAN, Senior Engineer, GAR Groups, Hyderabad |
| 38 | ICI Webinar | 05.10.2023 | “Quality Control in Concrete ” | Dr.A.Sudhahar, Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore |
| 39 | Engineer’s Day Celebration | 15.09.2023 | Technical Competition -Poster Presentation | Dr.K.Vidhya Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Mallasamudram. |
| 40 | Concrete Day Celebration | 05.10.2023 | Technical Competition – Code Cracking | Dr.K.Vidhya Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Mallasamudram. |
| 41 | Seminar | 10.03.2023 | Concrete Innovations and Sustainable Development | Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju, President, ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr.Member, Allwyn X Road, Mlyapur, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500 049. |
| 42 | Seminar | 13.12.2022 | Concrete Innovations | Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju, President, ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr.Member, BoG,Region10, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500 049 |
| 43 | International Webinar | 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, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| 44 | Webinar | 11.05.2022 | Performance Based Specification of Concrete | Er.Elason John Department of Civil Engineering M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala |
| 45 | 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, Chicago, USA. Prof.Vallam Sundar Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras. Prof.Thishan Jayasinghe, Senior Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
| 46 | International Seminar | 03.12.2021 | Structural & Geo-Confluence | Prof.Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar Professor , IIT Hyderabad, Telangana. |
| 47 | 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 |
| 48 | 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, USA |
| 49 | Webinar Series-II | 08.10.2021 | Challenges to Secure Your Dream Job | Dr.S.Neelamani, Sr.Research Scientist, Coastal Management Programme, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. |
| 50 | 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 Sullivan, Asso. Director, Windtech Consultants Pvt Ltd, United kingdom. Mr. Unni Bhaskar, Managing Director, UNO Technology Pvt Ltd, Kerala. |
| 51 | Engineers Day Celebration | 16.09.2020 | Engineers Day Celebration | Er. S. Arun Kumar, Scientist “D”, Civil Engineering Department, Bureau of Indian Standards, Bahadur Shan Zafar Marg, New Delhi |
| 52 | Technical Competition | 18.07.2020 to 20.07.2020 | Design of Steel Structures– Online Quiz | Dr .K.Vidhya Professor and Head/Civil Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal 637503. |
| 53 | Technical Competition | 13.07.2020 to 15.07.2020 | Concrete Technology- Online Quiz | Dr .K.Vidhya Professor and Head/Civil Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal 637503. |
| 54 | Technical Competition | 19.09.2019 | Paper, Poster and quiz | Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen , Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 55 | Engineer’s Day Celebration | 19.09.2019 | Engineer’s Day Celebration | Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen , Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 56 | Concrete Day Celebration | 06.09.2019 | Code Cracking and Quiz | Dr.A.Sudhahar, Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore. |
| 57 | MILeS | 09.08.2019 | Coastal Reservior Concepts for Water Shortage Problem | Dr.Shu Qing Yang, Director, Centre For Reservoir Research, University of Wollonong, Australia Er.P.Rajayogan, President , American Society of Civil Engineers India Section |
| 58 | Workshop | 09.08.2019 | Funding Oppurtunities and Collaborative Research Proposal Between University of Wollongong Australia and Mahendra Educational Institutions | Dr.Shu Qing Yang, Director, Centre For Reservoir Research, University of Wollonong, Australia |
| 59 | Field visit | 24.12.2018 | Erode Build Expo 2018 | Er.K.Sivalingam, Managing Director, Sigaram Constructions, Erode, Tamilnadu, India |
