Published On : Mon, Feb 5th, 2018

Nano-Concrete is the future of civil engineering – speaks the chief guest Dr Patnaikuni at 2-days IRICE-2018

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Nagpur: Civil Engineering in the world is witnessing technological advancement and Nano-Concrete is the future of Civil Engineering says the Chief Guest Dr. Indubhushan Patnaikuni at the Two-Days International Conference on Innovative Realms in Civil Engineering held at KDK College of Engineering, Nagpur. He threw light on the process and advancements in concrete right from the production of cement to the era of Nano-Concrete. Dr. Patnaikuni, in his key-note address stressed the need of more research and development in the field of Nano-concrete for the larger benefit of the world. He informed that there could be a achievement of sustainable development with the help of Nano-concrete. Dr. Patnaikuni is the senior professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Beside Dr. Patnaikuni, Dr. KVL Subramaniam, Professor, IIT Hyderabad and Dr. Archana Sarkar, Professor, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkey, Uttarakhand were prominently present during the inaugural ceremony of the conference.

Speaking on the occasion, guest of honor, Er. Vivek Naik, National President of Indian Concrete Institute, said that the conference is being organized on right theme as the world needs innovation in every sector. At this juncture, he raised his concern that almost 7.5 million of engineers graduated in the world every year including India’s contribution of 25%. He informs that the employability of the Engineering Graduates of India is just about 10%, which have to be increased by the holistic approach by the institutions in India. Innovation is the key to success, which can the mindset of the engineers. The theme of Innovative Realms in Civil Engineering is best suited to the present situation as this will bring the interest of learning and application among the faculty and student of engineering institutions. He informed the ICI is doing the work of disseminating the technological innovation that is happening in the field of concrete through various efforts. One such effort is the opening of knowledge centers in many cities, which will cater to the fraternity. He praised KDK College for bringing important changes in their strategy & infrastructure for serving the Civil Engineering students in better way.

Dr. A M Badar, Conference Chair, calls the civil engineers to help the society and the nature through the innovative practices in civil engineering. He said still there are lot of scope for the innovations in various fields of civil engineering. He cited an example of Bangalore, wherein entire building were utilizing natural light during the day time without using a electrical lighting system. This could happen due to innovation only.


Rajendra Mulak, in his presidential address, hails the organization of conference and invite the eminent experts, deligates and participant to work cohesively to take out the solutions to the construction problems across the globe. He narrated how the Nagpur Metro has become the unique metro in India by adopting innovative approaches. He seek guidance from the eminent experts and keynote speakers to for betterment of the development in the civil engineering infrastructure. He believed that the conference would be of immense importance to the Civil Engineering fraternity.

Earlier to this, the conference was inaugurated by lightening the traditional lamp followed by the welcome of the guests by giving away the sapling. Dr. D P Singh, Principal, welcome the guest, invitees, delegate, participants to the conference, IRICE-2018. Dr. Valsson Varghese, the convener, presented the details of the proceedings of the conference in coming two days. The conference proceeding and a CD was unveiled by all the dignitaries on this occasion. All the guests were felicited with Shawl, Shreefal and a Memento as a mark of remembrance at the hands of Rajendra Mulak.

Prof. S R Satone proposed a formal vote of thanks and Prof. Aditi Tulankar conducted the entire programe.