Civil Engineering Achievements

S.No Year Achievement Details
1. 2023-2024
  • Dr. S D Venkataraja Mohan chaired a session at the National Conference on Advances in Civil Engg., (NCACE-EWIT-2023) on 13/12/2023.
  • Mr. Chetan Kumar S, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Dr.AIT, completed his Ph.D. defense on 22/07/2023 Under the guidance of Dr.N.S.Kumar, Prof. and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Director R & D Ghousia College of Engineering, Ramanagara. The title of his thesis is “Experimental Studies on Interfacial Bond Strength in Concrete Filled Steel Tube (CFST) Columns subjected to Axial Load”.
  • Sanjay Gowda (1DA22CV445) of UG student of civil dept. Secured gold in VTU karate championship held on 2nd December 2023 at RVIT Bangalore.
2. 2022-2023
  • Ms. Ashwini L. K., assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engg., Dr.AIT completed her Ph.D. defense on 04/08/2022 at Bangalore University under the guidance of Dr. M. Keshavamurthy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangalore University. The title of her thesis is “Inelastic and performance-based design of Tall structures considering uncertainties in the material properties".
  • Geetha L.(1DA13PCN02) research scholar in the Department of Civil Engineering completed her Ph.D. defense on 22/05/2023 under the guidance of Prof. M. N. Hegde. The title of her thesis is “Structural Damage Detection and Identification Using Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm”.
  • Nikhil S. L. (1DA20CV051) UG student of the Department of Civil Engineering had qualified in GATE-2023.
  • Dr. Kavitha S. Professor in the Department of Civil Engg., Dr.AIT served as a resource person for the workshop on innovative seismic protection of structural elements and structures with novel materials held on February 24th, 2023 in Xanthi, Greece organized by the Division of structural engineering science, DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE, GREECE.
  • Dr. Kavitha S. Professor in the Department of Civil Engg., Dr.AIT served as Keynote speaker for  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  ON RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Organized by the National Institute of Computing, Bangalore on 5th March 2023.
  • Dr. Kavitha S. Professor in the Department of Civil Engg., Dr.AIT served as Technical Chair for “The International Conference on Recent Developments in Engineering & Technology-ICRDET-2023” Organized by the International Institute of Research in Multidisciplinary, Andhra Pradesh on 26th March 2023.
3. 2021-2022

• Seminar on “Job Opportunities in Waterproofing Industry for Civil Engineers” In association with SIWIN on 20.04.2022 for VI sem UG students venue: Silver Jubilee Block, Dr. AIT Coordinator: Mr. Ashwin C.A. Assistant Professor. 

• Seminar on “Advances in Construction Management” In association with NICMAR on 18.05.2022 for VI sem UG students venue: Silver Jubilee Block, Dr. AIT Co-Ordinator: Mr. Ashwin C.A. Assistant Professor.

• Professor Dr. S.D Venkataraj Mohan, was a Resource person during the AICTE –ISTE Induction /Refresher Program 2021-22 and delivered a talk on “ Pollution Control and Remediation-A Geo Environmental Approach” in Malnad College of Engineering from 29th Dec 2021 to 4th Jan 2022. 

• Mr. Raghavendra .N, Assistant Professor was the guest speaker during a webinar on 28.05.2022 on “Pavement Evaluation Techniques”.

• Mr. Hemanth Kumar V., assistant professor in the department of civil Engg., Dr.AIT, completed his Ph.D. defense on 10th May 2022 at NITK, Surathkal under the guidance of Dr. Suresha S. N. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NITK. The title of his thesis is “ Effect of working temperature on Rheological Properties of Crumb rubber modified binders with warm mix additives”.

 • Dr. Radhika M. Patel was felicitated by the Hemareddy Mallamma Jayanthi and Jatra Mahotsava programme for her PhD degree on 10/05/2022 held at Giriyapura Village, Kadur(Tq), Chikkamagalur (D)

• Students of Civil Engineering department qualified in GATE-2022 are 1. SAGAVE ABHINAV (1DA18CV079), 2. H.S KRISHNAKAR (1DA19CV410) and 3. R MALSAWMDAWNGZELI (1DA18CV068)

• Saghave Abhinav (1DA18CV079), Shahid Shafi (1DA18CV084), and Sangamesh (1DA18CV082) the students of Civil Engg., Dept. bagged third place in a cash prize of 25000/- at “6th National Level Techno Exhibition” organized on 14th April 2022 on the occasion of the 131st birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at Dr.AIT for the model titled “Permeable Pavement” under the guidance of Prof. C.Nanjundaswamy.

• Azher, Gayathri Devi, and Kiran Kumar the students of Civil Dept bagged the Theme award of a cash prize 10000/- at “6th National Level Techno Exhibition” organized on 14th April 2022 on the occasion of the 131st birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at Dr.AIT for the model titled “Green Building” under the guidance of Assistant Professor Mrs. Supritha R.M.

• Vamshi Kishore (1DA20CV433), Rahul (1DA20CV420), Viresh Kumar (1DA20CV435) and Venkatesh (1DA20CV434) students of Civil Dept, Dr. AIT bagged the Third place with Cash Prize in Model Making event for an exhibition on “Construction Materials & Smart Technologies” on 17.06.2022 under the guidance of Professor C. Nanjundaswamy and Ms. Mary Bhagya Jyothi , Assistant Professor Civil Dept. 

4. 2020-2021
  • Srushti Ithal - Secured 9th Rank in MBA.
  • Number of students qualified in GATE - 2021 : 09 Students.
  • Goutham : 1DA17CV020 - Qualified in GATE 2021 and got admitted for M.Tech program in Civil Engineering at IISc, Bangalore.
5. 2019-2020
  1. Professor H R Srinivas was Awarded the Ph. D degree from Bangalore University, for the thesis titled “Behavior of High Performance Reinforced Concrete Layered Beams”, Feb. 2019.
  2. Ph. D Awarded from the Civil Engineering Department, Research Centre. Under the Guidance of Dr. M N Hegde and  Dr. K V Lokesh
  • Ms. B. Surekha on the Thesis titled, “Energy in Construction and Maintenance of Buildings".
  • Mr. Siddesha H on the thesis titled Assessment of Global Response of Structures from Local Damage Observations: Experimental and Analytical Study. 
  • Ms. Jyothi Roopa H P on the thesis titled Hydrological Study Of Arkavati Reservoir Catchment And Its Command Area With Special Reference To The Impact Of Water Pollution on Soil, Water And Crops Using RS And GIS.
6. 2018-2019
  1. Dr. CHANDRASEKAR, Associate Professor has been awarded 2018 Best Theoretical Oriented Paper Award for his paper on The Environmental & Water Resources by Institute of American Society for Civil Engineering will present this award during the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the Environmental Council Luncheon and Awards Ceremony which will be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Minneapolis.
  2. Sanjana B Kallalli, N Sarika Reddy, Nishan M & Swathi M students 8th Sem. Technical paper on, ― Impact of Urbanization on Climate Change in Bangalore City and Mitigative Measures” in National Conference on Civil Engineering And Sustainable Urban Development – NCCESUD – 2018, Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Patna 16TH to 17th February 2018.
7. 2013-2014
  • Construction of Ashoka Hostel NSDP AICTE - 200 Lakhs
8. 2011-2012
  • Health Monitoring Repair & Rehabilitation of RC Structures - Funded project - 16.32 lakhs.