DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

AAVISHKAR 2017 - 2018 Odd Semester

Chief Editor

Dr. H N Rajakumara

Professor & HOD

Civil Department

Editor

S. Aravindan

Assistant Professor

Civil Department

Student

Coordinators

Vivek Kumar Sharma

Syed Moin Abbasi

Inside this issue:

Message from Principal & HOD 2

Vision &

Mission 3

Faculty

Publications 4

Department

Activities 5

Consultancy

Activities 6

UGAMA - IGNITE Club

In remembrance of Sir MokshagundamVishweshwarayya,

the most outstanding Engineer of all times, the engineering

fraternity of India celebrates “Engineer Day “every year on

15th September. The function is proceeded by the address-

ing the gathering by chief guest and guest of honor.

Mr.SheshadriMokshagundam has shared his memories

about Sir M Visweswaraya and inaugurated his statue.

Dr.Suresha, principal of SVCE and Dr. H N Rajakumara,

head of civil engineering department addressed the gather-

ing. UGAMA2017 - Explore beyond expectation, an inter-

collegiate model exhibition-cum-competition for engineer-

ing students of the other engineering institute premises on

15 September. 80 students constituting 31 teams represent-

ing from different departments participated in the event.

Awareness Programme on Higher Education and Competitive Exams

Civil forum was conducted in the campus for the awareness

of competitive exams was held on 9th September 2017,

200 students took part in this awareness progamme. The

event was presided by Dr.M. Shashidhar, speaker of the day

was Dr. Shrinath. With the great support of Dr. H N Raja-

kumara, Head of the department of civil engineering, the

awareness program has been organised under civil forum.

The Vani Institute has co-operated for the event and also

given instruction about the GATE and IES coaching classes

conducted at their institute to promote the knowledge of the

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Dr. SURESHA

Principal

SVCE, Bengaluru

Dr. H.N

Rajakumara

Professor & HOD

Civil Department

SVCE, Bengaluru

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Imagination is

more important

than knowledge.

Knowledge is

limited.

Imagination

encircles the world

- Albert Einstein

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Established in 2004 with modest intake strength of 40 the department has grown three

folds to 120. The PG course in Structural Engineering was started in August 2013. The

department has a balanced competency of faculty richly experienced, highly qualified

and talented in diverse fields. The department has been actively engaged in conducting

workshops, trainings, technical lectures and publishing research papers, newsletters and

conducting industrial visits. Students are engaged in professional activities through stu-

dent chapters.

MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

I am happy to note that the Civil Engineering Department SVCE is showcasing their ac-

tivities & achievement through the department newsletter “AAVISHKAR”.I wish them

success in their future endeavor!

FROM H.O.D DESK

I am happy to note that the department of Civil Engineering is bringing out the News-

letter “AAVISHKAR” for the academic year 2017-18. I hope this newsletter will throw

insight on department activities such as workshops, seminars, industrial visits, aca-

demic performance of the students and other co-curricular and extra-curricular activi-

ties. This newsletter will also provide a platform for highlighting the achievements of

students and faculty members of Civil Engineering Department. I congratulate the edi-

torial team members for bringing out this newsletter. I wish all the best for future en-

deavor.

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Education should

be so

revolutionized as to

answer the wants of

the poorest

villager, instead of

answering those of

an imperial

exploiter

- Mahatma Gandhi

SPECIALIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT

♦ Structural Engineering

♦ Geotechnical Engineering

♦ Environmental Engineering

♦ Water Resource Engineering

♦ Transportation Engineering

♦ Construction Technology

♦ Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

VISION

To emerge as an excellent department to impart quality education and research in under-

graduate programme through effective teaching learning process and good infrastructure

MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT

♦ Establishing State of art facilities to meet the needs of academics and research.

♦ Engaging the qualified and experienced faculty to disseminate the knowledge

through effective teaching learning process.

♦ Provide rigorous hands-on training on Civil Engineering software tools to build the

competencies and skills among students and faculty.

♦ Prepare students as competitive Civil Engineers through life long learning and pro-

fessional practice with holistic concern for Environment and Society.

♦ Establish center of excellence in specialized areas and topics of Civil Engineering.

I cant change the

direction of the

wind, but I can

adjust the sails to

always reach my

destination

- Eleanor Roosevelt

MOUs

♦ M/s. CADD Training Centre, Bangalore

♦ The Synergy school of Business Skills

♦ The Flemincore fractories (P) Limited, Nagpur

to produce competent Civil Engineers

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It is the mark of an

educated mind to

be able to entertain

a thought without

accepting it

- Aristotle

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Dream is not that

which you see while

sleeping it is

something that does

not let you sleep

- APJ Abdul Kalam

DEPARTMENT ACHIEVEMENTS

2017— 2018

Dr.H.N

Rajakumara

♦ -etal, Study of influence of recron polyester fibers and slag sand

on the performance of concrete, International Journal of Civil

Engineering and Technology (IJCIET),vol.8,issue.8,2017.

♦ -etal, Utilization of Iron ore trailing in manufacture of stabilized

compressed building bricks, i-manager general of Civil Engineer-

ing,vol.61,2017.

♦ -etal, Evaluation of compressive strength of pet strap fiber rein-

forced concrete, i-manager general of Civil Engineer-

ing,vol.61,2017.

Dr.Prahallada M.C

♦ Characteristics study of Stabilized and Compressed Laterite Soil

Bricks, new Building Materials and ConstructionWorld,vol.23,

Dr. R. Sridhar

♦ Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beam With Opening, Journal

of Civil Engineering and Technology,vol.8, issue.7, 2017, PP.581

Dr.Latha M.S

♦ Strength Durability and Toughness of Steel Slag Concrete, Jour-

nal of Civil Engineering and Technology,vol.8, issue.10, 2017,

PP.386-394.

♦ Environmental Concrete - Geopolymer of construction, Interna-

tional Journal of Current Research, vol.9, issue.12,2017,

ISSN.62358-62360.

Dr. Naveen Kumar

D.T

♦ Analysis of FGM sandwich plates using higher order refined

computational model-in-plane stresses. International Journal of

Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET),vol.9,issue.2, 1st

March 2018. ISSN print-0976-6308, ISSN online-0976-6316.

Ms. Arati Reddy

Nilap

♦ Increasing the Strength of Black Cotton Soil using Rice Husk

Ash, Lime and Stone Dust, International Journal for Scientific

Research and Development, vol.5,issue.8, October 2017, ISSN-

Including other faculties overall 28 journals has been published in online journals

and Scopus indexed journals.

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DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

Remember, your

work may be only

to sweep a railway

crossing, but it is

your duty to keep it

so clean that no

other crossing in

the world is as

clean as yours

- SIR M

Vishweshwarayya

National Seminar on “Ozone Protection

- An Awareness Programme”

Sponsored by Karnataka Air Pollution Con-

trol Board (KSPCB) was conducted on the 13th

of October n SVCE Auditorium with the inau-

gural function and the occasion was graced by

the chief guest Mr. K. V Shivkumar, Environ-

mental Officer, Regional Office KSPCB,

Hoskote, Mrs. ChandrakantiDeputy Environ-

mental Officer, Regional Office KPCB,

Hoskote, Dr.Suresha Principal, SVCE, Dr. Ra-

jakumara H. N, HOD, CE, SVCE and other

Industrial visit to “Godrej Properties

Limited”

The students of 5th sem A and B section vis-

ited the “Godrej Properties Limited” Sin-

hanayakanahalli, Doddaballapur main Road,

Yelahanka, Bengaluru,On3rd November 2017

from 10:45 to 4:00pm .Total number of stu-

dents attended the site visit are 106.The facul-

ties who assisted the students are Mrs.

ShwethaShetty M R, Mrs. Priyanka S,

Mrs.Vijayashree, Mr.Manoj.

Project Brief : Residential project spread

across 5.5 Acres colossal land area .This con-

sists of 600 residential units with 1,2, 2.5 and

3BHK flats with super built up area ranging

from 650sqft-1750 It was our first site visit to

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Our greatest

weakness lies in

giving up the most

certain to succeed

is always to try just

one more time

- Thomas A Edison

Visit to “Geological Survey of India”

Students of 2nd year visited the Geological

Survey of India on 09-11-2017 from 9:00AM

TO 4:00PM around120 students had visited

the site and learned about Geology and GIS

and Aerial survey. The faculties who assisted

them are Dr.Latha M.S, Mrs. Dhanashree Ner-

likar, Mrs. Amulya THM.

Visit to Geology Lab (Karnataka and Goa)

Region & Geology Museum in morning

session.

Visit to Remote sensing and Aerial Survey

Lab in afternoon session.

Industrial visit to “Bangalore

International Airport Sewage Treatment

Plant”

On 07-11-2017, total 100 students of final year

visited to sewage treatment plant. Mr.Dinesh.E,

General Manager & Head -Utilities & Environ-

ment System, Mr. Jayaram, SM ,Environment

Officer &Mr. Mohan Environment officer ex-

plained in presentation about Introduction to

the Sewage Treatment Process, Management at

KIAB& total volume of sewage wastewater

obtained from different units in BIAL. The

sewage treatment plant is constructed to treat

sewage water up to 2 MLD capacities and over

1.5 acres.

When something is

important enough,

you do it even if the

odds are not in

your favor

- Elon Musk

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Have the courage

to follow your heart

and intuition. They

somehow already

know what you tru-

ly want to become.

Everything else is

secondary

- Steve Jobs

DESIGN OF FEXIBLE PAVEMENT for, Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru

Project is prepared for the conversion airside to

landside. The work design of flexible pave-

ment on air side to land side @ BIAL is ap-

proved under Airside to land conversion

works‟ under order no. 46000007104/26-10-17

for consultancy services. The objective of the

project is to design flexible pavement of stretch

520m to convert airside into landside at

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.

The consultancy service includes site survey

and the flexible pavement design. The propose

alignment of project traverses through a Plain

topography and the land-use along proposed

alignment is airside.

CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES

CONSULTANCY WORKS

Mahima infrastructures, for project

SERENE (Salarpuria sattva)

T. R. CONSTRUCTIONS, for project

S.S. DEVELOPERS, SATTVA

Buildwell Engineers, for Project

Construction of factory building. CUBE TESTING

If you are born

poor it’s not your

mistake, but if you

die poor it’s your

mistake.

- Bill Gates

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No one was ever

really taught by

another; each of us

has to teach

himself. The

external teacher

offers only the

suggestion which

rouses the internal

teacher to work to

understand things.

- Swami

Vivekananda

FACULTY LIST

Books are infinite

in number and time

is short; therefore

the secret of

knowledge is to

take what is

essential. Take that

and try to live up to

it.

- Swami

Vivekananda

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Character is like a

tree and reputation

is like a shadow.

The shadow is what

we think of it; the

tree is the real

thing

- APJ Abdul Kalam

FACULTY LIST

If you not face any

difficulties then

check your path,

you might going on

wrong track. And

everyone knows the

feeling of complet-

ing difficult task,

students better fill

the success while

completing exam.

- APJ Abdul Kalam

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RESULTS BY FACULTY

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

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STUDENT

EXTRA & CO - CURRICULAR

& ACTIVITIES

DATE NAME EVENT PLACE PRIZE

03/11/17

Mr.Damodhar K V

20th Vtu Intercollegiate Athletic Meet (Cricket)

VTU, Belagavi

Participated

Mr.Bharath R

Mr.Madhu Chandan N

Mr.Manoj S M

25/10/17 Ms.Madhushree S

National Level Civil Engineering Event (CONCRETE FAIR)

R.V. College of Engi-neering, Bengaluru

Participated

22/10/17 Mr.Salman Pasha A Mysuru Open Karate Championship

Mysuru 1st PRIZE

14/09/17

Mr.Diganth P, Mr.Mohammed

Yaseen, Mr.Pappu

Kumar Yadav, Ms.Pooja Ray

Inter-Collegiate Climate Change Quiz - 2017

J.N.Tata Auditorium, Bengaluru

Participated

23/07/17 Mr.Salman Pasha A National Level Karate Championship

PES UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru

1st PRIZE

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