3 days C- Conclave Concluded at YCET
The Civil Engineering Department of Yogananda College of Engineering and technology in collaboration with JK Cement and Ultratech Cement organized 3- Day Concrete Conclave on “Advancement in Concrete Technology” which were concluded yesterday. The main objective of this workshop to make participants familiar with the recent trends in advancement of concrete technology. Many Intellectuals from all over the country participated actively in this conclave. The resource persons were Er. Shwetha KG, Associate Professor, NMIT, Bengaluru and Prof. Mahesh Kumar CL, NMIT, Bengaluru. In this session, intellectuals from all over the country participated. The session started with the welcome address by Er. Rajnish Magotra, HOD Civil Engineering Department. He thanked all the participants, resource persons and special guests for their gracious presence. The introductory talk was given by Faizan Malik, student coordinator. The first session by chaired by Er. Shwetha KG. She addressed about “Application of Nano Concrete in Civil Engineering field”. She explains why we are using nanotechnology for concrete and what are its objectives and how this technology helps in improving materials bulk properties and which nano materials are used for this purpose. The next session was chaired by Prof. Mahesh Kumar CL and he addressed about “Role of Alternative materials in concrete for sustainable construction”. He explained how these alternative materials helps in technical, social, environmental and economic sustainability. Both the sessions are followed by Q&A sessions where the experts clear the doubts of the participants. The First day session was addressed by Mr. Vikas Malhotra, General Manager (J K Cements) on the Topic “Value Added Cement Products, The Day second was addressed by Mr. Vybhav Gupta, Regional Head Technical, Ultra tech Cements on topic “Hands on Concrete Mix. The sessions were very interactive and useful. (Dr). A.K. Srivastava, Director, YCET encouraged the efforts of Civil Engineering Department during these tough times and congratulate them for the grand success of this C-conclave and motivate them to organize such events in future also. E-Certificates were provided to all the participants. Coordinator Er. Kamal Kishore provided technical support and gave vote of thanks. The Management of YCET thanked all the participants, the resource persons and inspired the organizing team and appreciated the efforts for conducting online workshop during this pandemic period.