ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND INSTITUTE
The Department of Civil Engineering, as old as the Bengal Engineering College itself, is a 169 years old Engineering Department. The then Civil Engineering College was upgraded to the status of a full-fledged Government Engineering College with various disciplines, and renamed as the Bengal Engineering College. It was upgraded to Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur and IIEST, Shibpur in 2004 and 2014 respectively. It offers Undergraduate Dual Degree and also Post Graduate program and Ph.D. program in Civil Engineering under five disciplines, viz. Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Patron:
- Prof. V.M.S.R. Murthy,
- Director, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
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Chairperson:
- Prof. Chaitali Ray; Professor and Head
- Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
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Executive Chairman:
- Prof. Debabrata Mazumder; Professor
- Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
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Co-Chairman:
- Dr. Chanchal Majumder, Associate Professor
- Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
- Dr. Asok Adak, Associate Professor
- Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
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Co-ordinator:
- Dr. Dipankana Bhattacherjee, Assistant Professor
- Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.E.S.T., Shibpur
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Dr. Jayant Modak, Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc, Bangalore -
Dr. Tarasankar Pal; Former Professor
Department of Chemistry, IIT, Kharagpur -
Dr. Anjali Pal; Former Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur -
Dr. B.J. Alappat; Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Delhi -
Dr. Somnath Mukherjee; Former Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata -
Dr. Arun Kumar Thalla; Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Suratkal -
Dr. Surabhi Chaudhuri; Professor
Department of Biotechnology, NIT, Durgapur -
Dr. P. Albino Kumar; Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Manipur -
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Biswas; Professor
Department of Ecological Studies and International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani -
Dr. Deepanjan Majumdar; Senior Principal Scientist and Head
Kolkata Zonal Centre, CSIR-NEERI
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Dr. Lee Blaney, Professor
Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA -
Dr. Phill Longhurst, Professor and Director
Automotive, Energy and Photonics,Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom -
Dr. Piet Lens, Professor of Environmental Biotechnology
Institute of Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands -
Dr. Syed Hashsham, Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering,
Michigan State University, USA -
Dr. Agamuthu Pariatamby, Professor
Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Malaysia -
Dr. Sahadat Hossain, Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA -
Dr. Joseph C. Akunna, Professor
Water and Environmental Engineering, Urban Water Technology Centre (UWTC),
Abertay University, UK -
Dr. Luiza C. Campos, Professor of Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering,
University College London -
Dr. Prashant Kumar, Professor and Co-Director
Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, UK -
Dr. Shane A. Snyder, José Domingo Pérez Foundation Chair and Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA -
Dr. Sudarshan Kurwadkar, Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
California State University, California, USA
