Presentation to the Expert Committee

for Department Peer Review

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Members of Peer Review
Committee
Dr. P. P. Mujumdar Dr. S. Gangopadhyay
KSIIDC Chair Professor Director,
Dept. of Civil Engg CSIR-CRRI
Indian Institute of Science, New Delhi, India
Bangalore, India

Dr. R. Kerry Rowe Mr. Cyrus M. Dordi

Canada Research Chair Corporate Head
Tier I Professor Ambuja Cements Ltd
Dept. of Civil Engg Mumbai, India
Queen's University, Canada
 Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision
To be the fountain-head of new ideas and innovations
in Civil Engineering
Mission
To offer world-class undergraduate and post-graduate
education, research guidance, professional
consultancy, outreach and manpower training as well
as leadership in Civil Engineering.
Goals
To be the highest-ranked Civil Engineering faculty in
the country and among the best-rated departments in
the world in terms of teaching and quality, research
contributions, high-end consultancy, outreach and
manpower training and academic leadership.
 Introduction
Civil Engineering Department is part of the
institute since its inception (1958)

Involved in
High quality UG and PG teaching
Basic and applied research
Providing high quality technical advisory
support through various R & D projects and
consultancy to various organizations.

Rank: 30th (2012) - QS World University

Subject Rankings
QS- Quacquarelli Symonds
Faculty, Staff and Students
as on date
B. Tech Students 454
M. Tech Students 113
PhD Students 184
Post Doctoral Fellow 1
C V Raman visiting fellow 1
Faculty 44
Technical Support Staff 24
Administrative support staff 7
Project Staff
53
Additional staff
11
 Faculty Strength
(Year wise 2007-2013)
50
45 42 44
40
36
Faculty Strength

35 32 33
29 30
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
 Awards
Fellow of INAE 3 Profs. TK, DNS and MCD
Fellow of IASc 1 Prof. TK
Fellow of NASI 1 Prof. TK
Fellow of INSA 1 Prof. TK
INSA Young Scientist Award 2 Profs. DC and SuG
INAE Young Engineer Award 4 Profs. RSJ, JP, DC and SuG
ISCA Young Scientist Award 2 Profs. DC and SuG
NASI Young Scientist Award 2 Profs. DC and SuG
IEI Young Engineer Award 2 Profs. DC and SuG
Profs. PB, AG (2), YMD, KVKR (2), AJ (1), MI (1),
Excellence in teaching award, IITB 9 SB (1)
Shamsher Prakash Research Award 2003 1 Prof. DNS
Young Investigator Award, IITB 4 Profs. DC, SuG, MI and MJR
Prof. H H Mathur Award for excellence in applied
research 1 Prof. MCD
Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award 1 Prof. MI
Dr. P.K. Patwardhan Technology Development
Award 2011 1 Prof. JP
IIT Bombay Industrial Impact Award 2012 1 Prof. JP
R J Garde Research Award by Indian Society for
Hydraulics 2 Profs. RB and JP
DST INSPIRE Faculty Award 1 Prof. RR
 Awards (Contd..)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Reviewer Award 1 Prof. SuG
BOYSCAST Fellowship 3 Profs. DC, SuG and MJR
ISTE-Maharashtra State National Award 2 Prof. JP and DC
U. P. Government National Award 2010, Indian Society for Technical
Education (ISTE) 1 Prof. DC
APACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics 1 Prof. DC
Dr. Jai Krishna Prize 2008, The Institution of Engineers (India) 1 Prof. DC
ISTE-SGSITS National Award 2008 2 Prof. DC and Prof JP
Shamsher Prakash Research Award , Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 2 Prof. DC
Humboldt Research Fellowship 1 Prof. DC
INAE Young Associate 2 Prof. DC
JSPS Fellowship, Japan 1 Prof. DC
ISTE UP Govt. National Award - Prof. DC. 1 Prof. DC
Best Technology prize, CSIR 1 Prof. BVSV
DST Young Scientist award 2 Prof. RSJ (2)
John R. Booker Excellence Award-2011 1 Prof. DNS
Fellow, ASCE 1 Prof. DNS
IACMAG Appreciation Award 2008 1 Prof. DNS
IACMAG Excellent Contributions Award 2008 1 Prof. DNS
Career Award for Young Teachers, AICTE 2 Profs. DNS and RS
Khosla National Award 2009 1 Prof. TK
Other Awards: Best paper awards in conferences, regional awards
 Editorial Board of Journals
Name of Journal Name of Faculty
Chief Editor, International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, Multi-Science, Oxford, UK. Prof. M C Deo
Chief Editor, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK Prof. M C Deo
Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engg. Prof. M C Deo
Member, Editorial Board, Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier, UK Prof. M C Deo
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Ships & Offshore Structures, Taylor & Francis, UK Prof. M C Deo
Member, Editorial Board, Open Ocean Engineering Journal,Bentham Press, UK. Prof. M C Deo
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi Pub.,New York, Prof. M C Deo
Editor: Special issues of the ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering -2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012 Prof. M C Deo
Section Editor - Jr. of Groundwater Research, Volume Editor - Advances in Geosciences (Hydrological
Science) Prof. A K Rastogi
Editor-in-Chief: Environmental Geotechnics, ICE Publishing, London, UK Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM International Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Geomechanics and Geoengineering (Taylor & Francis) Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE) Journal of Civil Engineering Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Civil Engineering. Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Geomechanics and Engineering (GAE), An International Journal of
Computational and theoretical Geomechnics, Foundation Engineering Engineering Applications, Site
Characterization. Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Indian Geotechnical Journal Prof. D N Singh
Editorial Board Member- Acta Geotechnica Slovenica Prof. D N Singh
Co-Editor, Indian Geotechnical Journal Prof. D N Singh
 Editorial Board (contd..)
Associate Editor, ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, Prof. R S Jangid
Editorial Board Member, Earthquake and Structures Prof. R S Jangid
Editotrial Boad Member, Indian Geotechnical Journal Prof. B V S Viswanadham
Editorial Board Member, Indian Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement Prof. B V S Viswanadham
Guest Editor, Speical issue on Centrifue modelling of SAEGS Geotechnical Engineering Journal Prof. B V S Viswanadham
Editor (ISH, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor & Francis); Prof. T I Eldho
Editor (Int.J. Water Res & ENv. Manag. Prof. T I Eldho
Assoc. Editor(Int. J. Ecology & Dev.) Prof. T I Eldho
Editorial Board Member - Journal of IWWA Prof. T I Eldho
Editorial Board Member of J. of IWRA Prof. T I Eldho
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, U.K. Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Advisory Board Member of International Journal of Construction and Building Material, U.K. Prof. J N Mandal
Editor, Indian Geotechnical Journal, India. Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Civil Engineering and Science. Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Board of International Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering (JCE) under international academy of science and
technology Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Geological Engineering , SCIKNOW Publisher, New York,
U.S.A. Prof. J N Mandal
Editorial Board Member of Civil Engineering and Architecture , Horizon Research Publishing (HRPUB),U.S.A. Prof. J N Mandal
American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA; Prof. D Choudhury
Guest editor ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, UK Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, Indian Geotehcnical Journal (IGJ), India. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, ISSMGE Bulletin, UK. Also Handling Editor of 4 Issues of ISSMGE Bulletin since 2009. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, Journal Disaster Advances, India. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE), India. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), USA. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Civil Engineering and Science (JCES), USA. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, Journal Dataset Papers in Geosciences, USA. Prof. D Choudhury
Editorial Board Member, ISRN Civil Engineering Journal, USA. Prof. D Choudhury
 Associated Departments
Centre for Urban Science and Engineering

Interdisciplinary program in Climate

Studies

Centre for Technology Alternatives for

Rural Areas
 Administrative Positions
Prof Tarun Kant: Chairman (JEE), HOD, Dean (IPS)
Prof. B S Pani: HOD, Chairman (JEE), Dean (IPS)
Prof. A K Rastogi: Associate Dean (IPS)
Prof. Y M Desai: Vice Chairman (JEE), Associate Dean (IPS), HOD,
Dean (Admin)
Prof. K V Krishna Rao: Vice Chairman (JEE), Associate Dean (IPS),
Dean (IPS), HOD
Prof. Tom V Mathew: Vice Chairman(JEE), Chairman (JEE)
Prof. M C Deo: CEP/ QIP Co-ordinator, HOD
Prof. G Venkatachalam: CEP/ QIP Co-ordinator, HOD
Prof. Eldho: Vice Chairman (GATE), Chairman (UGAPEC)
Prof. Dhingra; HOD
Prof. V Jothiprakash: NSS Coordinator
Prof. Juneja, Prof. Murthy, Prof. Jangid, Prof. Bajoria, Prof. Desai
Warden
 Director/ VC Positions (other
institutes)
Prof. P Banerjee: Director, IIT Roorkee

Prof. B S Pani: Ex-Vice Chancellor,

Kalinga University, Orissa.

Prof. M C Deo: Ex-Director, VJTI, Mumbai

 Student Intake per year
B. Tech: 120 (4 years)
B. Tech - M. Tech Dual degree*: 0 (5 years)
M. Tech: 69 (2 years)
PhD: 25-40 ( Average 4 years)
Others
Summer Intern
Exchange Program Students

* B. Tech Students can convert to Dual degree programme in

their Junior year if they satisfy the requirements
 Academic Programs
Current UG Students: 454
Graduated Students
Current PG Students
Specialisation Year B Tech M.Tech PhD
PhD M.Tech. Total

Structural Engineering 53 24 77
Water Resources 35 16 51 2008 60 51 15
Engineering
Geotechnical 55 25 80 2009 65 43 16
Engineering
2010 71 36 17
Remote Sensing 07 14 21
Transportation Systems 26 27 53 2011 70 36 16
Engineering 94
Ocean Engineering 08 07 15 2012 39 12

Total 184 113 297 Total 360 205 76

IITB Monash Dual Degree

M. Tech/PhD Post
Academy BTech+MTech
Foreign Doctoral
PhD MTech+ Ph. D.
Students Fellowship 15
Programme
 B. Tech Students
450
423

400 388

350
325

300
B. Tech Students

266
250 234
Admitted
200 On-Roll
150 Graduated
111 111 114
100 77 84
75
48 51 51 47
50

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
 Dual Degree Students
120

97 99
100

84
80
Dual Degree Students

60
60 Admitted
On-Roll
41 Graduated
40

23
20 19
20 15 17
12 14
6
1 0
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
 M. Tech Students
100
95

90
84
82
80
80 76

70
M Tech Students

60
54
51
50 Admitted
42 43 42 42 On-Roll
39 39
40 36 36 Graduated

30

20

10

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
 PhD Scholars
160

139
140

120
110 111

98
Number of Students

100

83
80 Admitted
On-Roll
60 Graduated

41
40 36
28
23
20 17 15 16 17 16
12

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Number of Major Projects Carried
out by Students in a Semester
UG Research Award,
16

B Tech Projects,
34

Doctoral Level M Tech Dissertation,

Research 38
Presentation, 74

Dual degree
Projects, 11
 International/National Travel
Support to the Students
National Conferences 2012-13 (Total : 55)
B.Tech - 5
M.Tech - 13
PhD 37

International conferences 2012-13

PhD: 13

Apart from Institute funding, PhD scholars attending International

conferences were given Additional grant from Department funds.
 Placement (Total Number)
70
61
59
60
Number of Students Placed

50
44 43
40 37 36
B Tech
30 30
30 M Tech
25
23
21 21 DD
20 16
12 11
10

0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Year
 Placements
(Ratio, Placed to Registered)
1.0 0.95
0.92
0.9 0.88
0.86 0.86
0.83 0.83 0.84
0.79
0.8 0.76
0.74 0.73
0.70
0.7
0.63 0.64
Placement Ratio

0.6

0.5 B Tech
M Tech
0.4
DD
0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Year
 Curriculum
UG Curriculum http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/bt.html
Rule book: http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/rules/btechrulesnew08.pdf

Credits for B Tech Degree: 252

Credits for B Tech Honours: 282
B. Tech with Minor in other Dept.: 282

B. Tech-M. Tech Dual Degree Curriculum

http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/dd.html
Rule book: http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/rules/btechrulesnew08.pdf

Credits for Dual Degree: 378 [B Tech Credits+ 30 Honours Credits+ 96 M Tech Credits]

M. Tech Curriculum http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/mt.html

Rule book: http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/rules/rulesmtec.pdf

Credit Requirement: 158 (68 Course Credits+ 90 credits for 1 st stage 2nd stage project
collectively)

Ph. D. Curriculum
Rule book: http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/PhDRules28Nov2013-14.pdf
Credit Requirement:
With M Tech Degree: 16 (12 course credits +4 credits seminar)
With B Tech/ M Sc Degree: 44 (40 course credits +4 credits seminar)
 Courses Offered
Total Courses: 126

Link to Course lists:

http://www.iitb.ac.in/acadpublic/allCourse.jsp?deptcd=CE

Courses for other departments (other than minor): 5

[CE 102 Engineering Mechanics (UG) for Mechanical, CE 605 Applied
Statistics (PG) for Climate Studies, CE 608 Eco-hydro-climatology (PG) for
Climate Studies, CE 766 Watershed Management (PG) for CTARA and CE
649 Introduction to Urban Design (PG) for CUSE]

Minor Courses: 5
[CE 102 M Engineering mechanics, CE 201M Solid Mechanics, CE 205 M
Fluid Mechanics, CE 310 M Transportation Engineering-1, CE 303 M Soil
Mechanics-1]

PG Course: 66.67%, UG Courses 33.33%

Theory Courses: 83%, Lab Courses: 17 %
 Laboratory Facilities
Heavy Structures
Experimental Mechanics
Structural Evaluation & Materials
Tech.
Hydraulics
Fluid Mechanics
Advance & Dynamic Soil Testing
National Geotechnical Centrifuge
Facility
Applied Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering
Environmental Geotechnology
Advanced Pavement Engineering
Highway Material Testing
Transportation Studio
Traffic Engineering
Remote Sensing and GIS
Photogrammetry
Geodesy
High Definition Survey
Ocean Engineering
Computational Facility
o Servers with specialised s/w
o Workstations (80 nos.)
26
 Heavy Structures Lab.
Shake Table
Servo-hydraulic Universal Testing
Machine
500t & 250t Compression Testing
Machines
Torsion Testing Machine
MGC-Plus Data acquisition system
300t & 120t capacity Reaction Torsion Testing Machine
Frames
Loading Jacks.
Measuring sensors like load cells,
deflection sensors, strain gauges,
accelerometers

Shake table for dynamic studies

 Experimental Mechanics Lab.
Shake Table
Data Acquisition System
FFT Analyzer
Accelerometer & Charged Amplifier
UTM
Strain gauges.

Universal Testing Machine

FFT Analyser
 Structural Evaluation &
Materials Technology Lab.
Compression Testing Machine
Rheometer for concrete
Impact Echo
Half cell potentiometer
Steam curing chamber

Half Cell Potentiometer

Rheometer for Concrete

 Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics Lab
Ultrasonic flow meter UFM
Programmable Electro Magnetic
meter PEMS
Vectrino - 3 component velocity
meter
Bed Profiler
Rainfall simulator
Hydrology bench
Hydraulic bench
Water Hammer simulator
Data logger

Sediment Settling Setup

Advance and Dynamic Soil Testing Lab.
Cyclic triaxial shear equipment
Finite consolidation of dredged materials
Bender elements to measure small strain
stiffness
Large model containers

Complete Stress path Cyclic Triaxial

 National Geotechnical Centrifuge
Facility
Funded by Department of Science and
Technology, with cooperation from DRDO and
MHRD
Largest facility in South and South East Asia
Specifications:
Configuration: Beam type
Platform radius: 4.5m
Model area: 1.0 m x 1.2 m (up to 0.66 m height)
0.7 m x 1.2 m (up to 1.2 m height)
Acceleration range: 10 g to 200 g
Payload: 2.5 tons at 100 g
Capacity: 250 g-tons
In-flight balancing range: 0 to 100 kN
In-flight balancing time: 60 seconds
 Advanced Pavement
Engineering & Highway Material
Testing Lab.
British Pendulum Friction Tester
Vacuum Capillary Viscometer
Dynamic Shear Rheometer
Brookfield Viscometer
Non-Nuclear Density Gauge
Concrete Flexural and Compressive Strength
Thin Film Oven
Ignition Oven
Hand Held Roughometer
Dynamic Shear Rheometer
 Traffic Engineering and
Transportation Studio
Driver Vision Tester

Sound level Meter

Vehicle Navigation System

Vehicle Detection Systems

Specialised Transportation Planning and

Traffic Simulation software
 Environmental Geotechnology
LCR Meter
Pressure Membrane Extractor
Atomic Absorption Spectro-Photometer
WP4 Potentiometer
Ultra Pycnometer
Flexi-wall permeameter
Impedance analyser Atomic Absorption Spectro-
Photometer

Accelerated Diffusion studies

 Remote Sensing and GIS Lab.
Digital Levels

Total Stations

Mirror Stereoscopes

Ground Penetrating Radar

GPS Terrestrial LiDAR

Electronic Theodolites

Terrestrial LiDAR
Ocean Engineering Lab.
Wave making System
SACS- Offshore structure
Server Room
Software
 Research Groups

Structural Engineering (1958)

Water Resources Engineering (1958)
Geotechnical Engineering (1959)
Remote Sensing (1980)
Ocean Engineering (1980)
Transportation Systems Engineering (1988)
 Key Research Areas
(Structural Engineering)
Mechanics of composites
Structural dynamics and earthquake
Engineering
Structural reliability
Smart Structures
Structural Health Monitoring
High Performance Concrete and
Sustainable construction materials
 Key Research Areas
(Geotechnical Engineering)
Soil Dynamics & Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering
Geosynthetics
Environmental Geotechnology
Foundation Engineering
Computational Geomechanics
Physical Modelling using the Centrifuge
Ground Improvement
Rock Mechanics
 Key Research Areas
(Water Resources Engineering)
Water Resources Systems Planning &
Management
Hydrological modelling
Groundwater Flow & Contaminant
Transport
Computational, Experimental &
Theoretical Fluid Mechanics
Watershed and Urban hydrology
Hydro-climatology
 Key Research Areas
(Transportation Systems Engineering)
Sustainable Urban Transportation
Land use Transport Interaction
Traffic Modelling, Simulation and
Operations
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Highway and Pavement Systems
Freight transportation modeling
Assessment of transportation
Infrastructure Projects
 Key Research Areas
(Remote Sensing)
Remote sensing of Rainfall, Snow,
Glaciers

Distributed Hydrological Modelling using

Remote sensing and GIS

GPR and its applications

High Definition Surveying

 Key Research Areas
(Ocean Engineering)
Physical, Numerical and soft computing of
coastal/ocean dynamics and processes
Coastal engineering
Wave-structure interaction
Storm-Surge Modeling
Impact of Changing Climate on ocean
waters
Energy from Oceans
Sponsored Research Projects
14 13
12
12
10
10
8
Number

6
4
4

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Sponsored Research Grants
60
52.3
50
Grants in Millions (INR)
40.2
40

30
20.6
20
13.1
10 4.8
0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Years

48
 Publications (2008-2012)
300
250
No. of Publications

149
200 149
Conferences
150 125
97 69
100 Journals/Book
141 Chapters
50 93 113 91
81
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Books/Edited
Patents Filed 7 Volumes* 35
* Includes special issues of journals

Average Journal Papers per Faculty in 2012 = 3. 35

 Citations
(Scopus, excluding self-citation)

About 18 Faculty Members are having

citations greater than 100 during 2008-12

1
 Books by Faculty Members
(2008 - 2012)
Text Books

Y. M. Desai, T. I. Eldho and A. H. Shah, Finite Element

Analysis, Pearson, 2011.
B. S. Pani, Turbulent Jets- a point source method for hydraulic
engineers, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. , 2012
A. K. Rastogi - Numerical Groundwater Hydrology Penram
Instrenational Publication, 2012
M. C. Deo Waves and Structures, Online open book

There are many PhD/ Masters Thesis, which are published as books
by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing and VDM Verlag,
Saarbrcken.
 Journals Launched

Prof. D N Singh: Environmental Geotechnics,

Publisher: ICE, UK

Prof. M C Deo: International Journal of Ocean and

Climate Systems, Multi-Science Publ., UK

Prof. T I Eldho: International Journal of Water

Resources and Environmental Management, Serial
Publications, India
 NPTEL Courses
Structural Analysis - I
Structural Analysis II
Structural Dynamics
Introduction to Earthquake Engineering
Structural Reliability
Fluid Mechanics
Watershed Management
Foundation Engineering
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Soil Dynamics
Soil Mechanics
Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
Traffic Engineering and Management
Transportation Engineering I
Transportation Network Modeling
 Industry Interaction
350 329
308
300
274

250 240
204
200
Number

150

100

50

0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Year
 Industry Interaction
180 171
Amount in Million (INR) 160
139.6
140
120
96
100
80 75.2
60.8
60
40
20
0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Years
 Highlights of Professional Activities
(Structural Engineering)
Latur Earthquake Rehabilitation Program for Government of
Maharashtra (http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-
Webpage/PDF/update/archives/contents/expertise4.htm)

Guidelines on earth quakes for National Disaster Management

Authority- NDMA (http://ndma.gov.in/ndma/guidelines/Earthquakes.pdf)

Structural Audit and Proof Checking of High rise buildings

High Rise Buildings committee Guidelines

Committee on Heritage Structures - Guidelines

Analysis and Design of First TV tower in Mumbai

Precise design of largest Radio Telescope (operating at low radio

frequencies) platform for the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
(NCRA) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Pune
 Highlights of Professional Activities
(Geotechnical Engg.)
Design guidelines for Pile-Raft Foundation
Dynamic Soil Characterization which is incorporated in International
Building Code (IBC) 1801 on "Foundations", National Design Code of
USA.
Research findings on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering are getting
incorporated in the revision of Chapter-7 of Indian Road Congress (IRC),
design guideline IRC 75, by H-4 committee of IRC, India.
Rehabilitation of Nivsar Station near Ratnagiri of Konkan Railways.
Foundation recommendations for the 55 storied twin towers in Mumbai
Central
Ascertaining the Suitability of Lagoon ash from DTPS for application as
Sand for Construction Purpose
Providing Technical Solution for the Dangerous Conditions of the Hillock
Areas in Slums in Mumbai
Feasibility Study for 4th Container Terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Recommendations for preparing sporting and fast Cricket Pitches
Foundations for prestigious Bandra Worli Sea Link.
 Highlights of Professional Activities
(Water Resources Engineering)
Real-time Intermittent Reservoir Inflow Prediction Models applied to Koyna
Dam (Dr. P.K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award 2011)
Flood Mitigation work at Chhatrapathi Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
(IRCC Industrial Impact Award)
First observation of increasing trend of spatial heterogeneity in Indian
rainfall extremes [Publication in NATURE group journal: Nature Climate
Change (Impact Factor: 14.472)
Helped many municipal corporations such as Mumbai, Navi Mumbai in flood
hazard mitigations
Physical model studies on fluid turbulence problems such as pump sump
modeling, transient flow analysis and large scale lift irrigation.
Helped many rural villages and NGOs in rainwater harvesting and
watershed management.
Software were developed for solution of various problems such runoff
estimation, flood monitoring etc.
 Highlights of Professional Activities
(Transportation Systems Engineering)
Metro Rail Master Plans for Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and
Pune
Indigenous ITS for Area Traffic Control and real time transit
information system for Mumbai
Urban Transportation Systems Planning (UTSP) virtual lab
Evaluation of BRTS for Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Indore.
Traffic demand modelling for several traffic facilities (Bandra Worli
sea link, Mumbai Trans-harbour Link) in the region
Design for transportation infrastructure
Capacity Building for External
Agencies
CIDCO
ONGC
Reliance
IPCL
IEOT
NIO
MCGM
Irrigation Department
 Capacity Building for External Agencies
(contd..)
Structural Engineering
Design courses for PWD Engineers
Finite Element Method courses for Faculty members
Structural Consultants to most of the Central and State Government
agencies
National Mission on Education through Information and Communication
Technology (NME-ICT) Project Trained 7500 Faculty members in
Engineering Mechanics courses
Training the Faculty Members in Finite Element Analysis every year
More than 500 Faculty members are trained so far.

Geotechnical Engineering
Seismic design of Tailings Dam of India under Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB), DAE, Govt. of India.
Seismic design of Canal section and check for soil liquefaction for
Gujarat, India.
offered several CEP course for the engineers of ONGC, CIDCO, Konkan
Railways
 Capacity Building for External Agencies
(contd..)
Water Resources Engineering
Large number of training courses are offered for engineering college
teachers under QIP and for all other professionals under CEP in the
areas of: finite element method; urban drainage; rain water harvesting
techniques; soft computing; watershed management etc.
Irrigation Dept. Engineers(GOM), MMRDA Consultants

Transportation Systems Engineering

Preparation of manuals and guidelines and training of engineers of
roads department of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Capacity building of state agencies for the implementation of PMGSY
Roads
Short term quality improvement programs (QIP) for teachers from
other engineering colleges in the areas of transport demand modeling
and traffic engineering
Capacity Building for External Agencies
(contd..)

Remote Sensing
STC courses on RS GIS and GPS Applications to
various field researchers, college teachers, etc.

Ocean Engineering
Organised workshop on Offshore Structures & SACS
Applications for various engineers from industries from
all over the country.
ONGC Engineers
CEP/Conference/Workshop

10
10 9
9
8 7 7
7 6 6
6
Number

5
5 4 Continuing Education
4 3
Programmes
3 Conference/workshop
2 1
1
0

Year
 Conferences Organised
12th International Association for Computer Methods and Advances
in Geomechanics (IACMAG) Conference in Goa, India, October 1-6,
2008
Third International Congress on Computational Mechanics &
Simulation (ICCMS-09), 2009.
Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2010), GEOtrendz,
December 16 18, 2010.
National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources, HYDRO
2012, 7th and 8th Dec. 2012 (two days), IIT Bombay.
International Conference on Transportation Planning and
Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (8th
TPMDC-2008) December 2008, IIT Bombay, India.
International Conference on Transportation Planning and
Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (10th
TPMDC-2012) December 2012, IIT Bombay, India.
 Workshops Conducted
One day joint workshop by IIT Bombay and PTV, Germany on Micro-simulation of Traffic System using
VISUM/VISSIM on May 02, 2008 (Convener: Prof. Tom V Mathew).
Brainstorming Workshop on Application of Advanced Soft-computing techniques in Geo-spatial Data
Analysis during September 22-23,,2008 (Convener: Jothiprakash, V., Janga Reddy, M. and Deo, M.C.)
Workshop on Real time Wave Forecasting using Soft Computing Tools, at IIT Bombay on January 3, 2009
(Convener: Deo, M.C.)
NRB Workshop on Real Time Forecasting of Ocean Waves and Wind, IIT Bombay, Jan. 2, 2009 (Convener:
Deo, M.C.).
National Workshop on Coastal Urban Flood Hazards & management, 19-20 February, 2010, IIT Bombay
(Convener: T.I. Eldho, E.P. Rao and B.K. Mohan).
The NSF-IUSSTF Indo-US Workshop (Infra09) on "Innovative Materials and Structural Systems for
Resilient and Sustainable Built Infrastructures," Dec 14-15, 2009, IIT Bombay, India. (Convener: Ghosh S,
P. Banerji, S. Banerji)
International Symposium on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 14-15 December, 2010.
(Organizing Secretary: Dasaka, S.Murty and B.V.S. Viswanadham).
Ninth International Workshop on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies in Developing
Countries (TMPDC), Mumbai, India, December 15-17, 2010 (Organized by Transportation Systems Group)
ATC-18 International Workshop on Mega Foundations: Recent Advances on large and deep foundations
,September 16, 2010. (Organizing Secretary: Juneja A)
Research Scholars Confluence: 2010 on Nov 13, 2010. (Organizing Secretary: M.C. Deo)
International workshop on CORFU-Collaborative Research on Urban Flooding at IIT Mumbai under FP7
EU Research Programme, 4-5 February 2011. (Organizing Secretary: Gupta Kapil)
Asiafuge-2012, The First Asian International Workshop on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Nov. 14-16,
2012.
 Key Recognition
Civil Dept, IITB has ranked 30th in the world according to the QS World University
Rankings for technical subjects (in 2012)
UG Students: winner of "Tower Of Babylon", an interdisciplinary competition
between Five Members Of Global Alliance of Technological Universities, viz. IIT
Bombay, ETH Zurich, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, NTU Singapore and
SJTU Shanghai China.
Prof Tarun Kant: First and only Civil Engineer in the country to get elected as fellow
to all the four national academies (INSA, INAE, NASI, IASc).
Prof D N Singh: Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
Young Scientist Award from all four academies (INSA, INAE, ISCA, NASI): Prof D
Choudhury and Prof S. Ghosh
Teaching Excellence Awardee: consistently from Dept. of Civil Engg.
Fellow of INAE: 3 faculty members: Prof Tarun Kant, Prof M C Deo and Prof D N
Singh
P. K. Patwardhan Technology Award: Prof V Jothiprakash
 International Collaborations
Through Sponsored Projects Through Joint Supervision of
University of New South Wales
Monash University
Doctoral Students
Texas A&M University Monash University
University of Maryland University of Illinois at Urbana-
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign etc. Champaign
Univ. of Edinburgh. Drexel University
Purdue University, USA, (under IUSSTF) HK Polytechnic
KIT, Germany (under DAAD) University of New South Wales

Exchange Visits and Fellowship

Through Joint Publications Oak Ridge National Laboratory
North-Eastern University
University of Wollongong
University of New South Wales
University of California, Berkeley
Lund University, Sweden
Technical University, Darmstadt
Cornell University
Kagoshima University
University of New South Wales
University of Karlsruhe
Monash University
Technical University of Dredsen
Texas A&M University
University of South Australia
University of Maryland etc.
NUS
University of Adelaide
ESTP, France
Poznan University of Technology ,Poland
Lund University, Sweden
University of Antwerp, Belgiut
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY
National Kaohsiung University of
University of Moratuwa
Applied sciences, Taiwan
German Armed Forces University, Munich
 Visiting Faculty and
Seminars by Visitors
Year Visiting
Faculty
2008 3
2009 2
10
2010 1 9 Industry
9
8 8 Academia
2011 2 8
7 7 7
2012 3 7
Number of Visitors

6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2010 2011 2012
Year
 Building Infrastructure
Classrooms Department Library
Size: 65 Size : 25 seats
Number: 6 Theses, Dissertations and
Equipped with audiovisual books
facilities Meeting Rooms
Conference Rooms Number: 2
Size: 45 to 50 seats Size: 6 seats
Number: 2 Equipped with display screen
Equipped with audiovisual Faculty and Student Lounges
facilities
Mini auditorium
Number: 1
Size: 120 theatre seats with
tablet
Equipped with audiovisual and
videoconferencing facilities
Computational Lab with 80 Workstation Spaces
and a Server Room
Two Conference Rooms
Mini Auditorium 120 Seats
Perspective of Conference Room
 Proposed Yearly Student Intake
and Faculty Strength
B.Tech.: 120
B.Tech. students in their third year can convert to
B.Tech.-M.Tech. dual degree program if they satisfy
the requirements
M.Tech.: 100
M.Tech. students can convert to M.Tech.-Ph.D. dual
degree program if they satisfy the requirements
Ph.D.: 50
Expected Students On Roll: 880
Expected Faculty Strength
To be achieved in short term: 50
To be achieved in medium Term: 60
 Future Course of Action
Curriculum Review
Grants from various organizations for Research
infrastructure development
Research & Development Projects in thrust areas
Targeting research output of high impact
Appointing World renowned Academicians as
Visiting Faculty
Civil Engineering Innovation Centre
All Teaching/ Research Laboratories
Innovation space for individual Faculty Members
Student clusters
Thank you for your patient listening