{"id":3952,"date":"2026-10-01T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\/?page_id=3952"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:33:15","slug":"activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3952\" class=\"elementor elementor-3952\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d0883a0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d0883a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:3954,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/activity-1.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3955,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/activity-2.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3956,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/activity-3.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3957,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sif.iitbbs.ac.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/activity-4.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_ken_burns&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500,&quot;background_slideshow_ken_burns_zoom_direction&quot;:&quot;in&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e6caacc\" data-id=\"3e6caacc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bedbab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bedbab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a370207 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"a370207\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e38807d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e38807d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66bb9c01\" data-id=\"66bb9c01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36181f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36181f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><b>Recent Departmental Seminars<\/b><\/p><p>The school organizes regular seminars and guest lectures by the academicians and industry experts. Some of the recent seminar activities are listed below. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\"><tbody><tr><th>Name<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Presentation Topic<\/th><th>Date<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Dr.Yogesh Kumbargeri<\/td><td>Lead Asphalt Research, Western Research Institute, Wyoming, USA<\/td><td>Guest Lecture for Pavement Evaluation and Management Course<\/td><td>24th Mar 20222<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mr. Suresh Marru<\/td><td>Deputy Director &amp; Chief Architect,Cyberinfrastructure Integration Research Center,Pervasive Technology Institute,Indiana University, USA<\/td><td>MoE-SPARC-sponsored online workshop \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Data-driven and stakeholder centered adaptive management of food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td><td>04th Mar 20222<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Jenna Tilt<\/td><td>Assistant Professor,College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences,Oregon State University,USA<\/td><td>MoE-SPARC-sponsored online workshop \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Data-driven and stakeholder centered adaptive management of food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td><td>28th February 2022 &#8211; 04th March 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Nagesh Kolagani<\/td><td>Faculty, Department of Computer Science Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Odisha<\/td><td>MoE-SPARC-sponsored online workshop \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Data-driven and stakeholder centered adaptive management of food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td><td>28th February 2022 &#8211; 04th March 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Meghna Babbar-Sebens<\/td><td>Associate Professor,School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, USA<\/td><td>MoE-SPARC-sponsored online workshop \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Data-driven and stakeholder centered adaptive management of food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td><td>28th February 2022 &#8211; 04th March 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mr. Vishwas Kelkar, and Mr. Pragnesh Soni<\/td><td>DGM and Sr. Engineer, Infinite Civil Solutions, Ahmedabad<\/td><td>Guest Lecture for Pavement Evaluation and Management Course<\/td><td>17th Feb 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Chinmoy Kolay<\/td><td>Research Scientist&amp; NHERI Lehigh Research Engineer, Lehigh University, USA.<\/td><td>Large-scale Real-Time Hybrid Simulation of Buildings with Seismic Energy Dissipation Devices<\/td><td>3rd Feb 2017<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Manoranjan Sahu<\/td><td>R &amp; D Scientist, MEMC Pasadena Inc\/SunEdison, TX, USA.<\/td><td>Aerosol Process for Nanomaterial Synthesis and Their Environmental Applications<\/td><td>9th Dec 2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Ikuo Towhata<\/td><td>Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo<\/td><td>Monitoring of slopes for early warning of rainfall-induced landslides<\/td><td>1st Dec 2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Chittaranjan Ray<\/td><td>Director, Nebraska Water Center, NE, USA.<\/td><td>Worldwide Potential of Riverbank Filtration for Water Supply<\/td><td>8th Nov 2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Serge Alex<\/td><td>Institute of Industrial Process, Montrel, Quebec.<\/td><td>Applied Research in Canadian Technical Access Centre<\/td><td>30th Sep 2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Andrew Charleson<\/td><td>Professor, School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand<\/td><td>Different ways of thinking about structures<\/td><td>15 March 2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. B. 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Pani<\/td><td>Professor,<br \/>Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay<\/td><td>Effective effluent management for environment\u00a0sustenance<\/td><td>16 December 2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ms.\u00a0Soumi\u00a0Ghoshal<\/td><td>Specification Manager \u2013 East from\u00a0FOSROC Construction Chemicals<\/td><td>(1)\u00a0Waterproofing of Structures and (2)\u00a0Repair &amp; Rehabilitation of Structures<\/td><td>13 October 2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<br \/>Prof.\u00a0Ravindra\u00a0Gettu<\/td><td>Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras<\/td><td>Sustainable Concrete Technology using Admixture<\/td><td>16 September 2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Devdas\u00a0Menon<\/td><td>Professor of Civil Engineering<br \/>IIT Madras, India<\/td><td>Life Beyond Engineering<\/td><td>18 June 2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof.\u00a0Bhargab\u00a0Maitra<\/td><td>Department of Civil Engineering,\u00a0IIT Kharagpur<\/td><td>Transforming Urban India for a better Tomorrow: Future of Cities and Smart City Initiatives<\/td><td>07 April 2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Debakanta Misra<\/td><td>Assistant Professor,<br \/>Department of Civil Engineer,<br \/>Boise State University<\/td><td>Sustainability in Transportation Infrastructure: An Integrated Approach Comprising Field Instrumentation, Numerical Modeling, and Advanced Laboratory Characterization<\/td><td>05 January 2015<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ee6828\" data-id=\"3ee6828\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-491c6e24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491c6e24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5feee90f\" data-id=\"5feee90f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc4d523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fc4d523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Office of the School of Infrastructure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e3599f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"19e3599f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Jatni, Khordha, Odisha - 752051, India. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b29b9d5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5b29b9d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">+91 674-713-6605<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">office.sif[at]iitbbs.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activities Recent Departmental Seminars The school organizes regular seminars and guest lectures by the academicians and industry experts. 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