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Department of Civil Engineering,
I I T Bombay
• since 1958
Current Faculty Strength = 34 (30 + 4)
specializations
•Structural Engineering
•Geotechnical Engineering
•Water Resources Engineering (hydraulics and ocean engg.)
•Remote Sensing (geodesy)
•Transportation Systems Engineering
Ph D’s  15
M Tech’s  55
B Tech / Dual degree  75
Current Intake: per year
Ph D’s  ~ 90
M Tech’s  ~ 100
B Tech / Dual degree  ~ 250
Current students on roll:
Department of Civil Engineering
Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision: To be the fountainhead of new ideas and innovations
in civil engineering.
Mission: To offer world-class undergraduate and postgraduate 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 quality, research
contributions, high-end consultancy, outreach and
manpower training and academic leadership.
Laboratories of the Department
Soil Mechanics Lab
 Hydraulic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Lab
Experimental Mechanics Lab
 Geodesy Lab
Concrete Technology Lab
 Heavy Structures Lab
Computational Lab
 Transportation Systems Engineering Lab
 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab
 Geo-environmental Lab
Geo-textiles and Geo-synthetics Lab
 Global Positioning System Lab
 Artificial Intelligence Lab
National geotechnical centrifuge facility
Selected Research Topics
Structural control
Seismic design
Composites and Computational Mechanics
Structural Health monitoring
Pile foundations
Dynamic soil testing
Environmental Geo-technology
Centrifuge modeling
Geotechnical earthquake engineering
Watershed management
Urban Flood and drainage control
Ground water modeling
Ocean hydrodynamics, Climate research
GIS and GPS in Transportation Planning
GPS for deformation studies
Artificial Intelligence computing in different areas of civil engg.
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Historically Civil Engg. Dept. has contributed significantly
to overall growth of the Institute
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Dept. Of Earth Sc., CSRE, CESE grew out of Civil Dept.
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Developed state of the art indigenous Centrifuge
Testing facility
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Max. no. of Journal publications in engg. Dept.
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Max. no. of Ph D’s per year
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Max. no. of consultancy works, consultancy earnings
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Impressive faculty distinctions and awards
Interaction with the outside world - statistics
2006-’07
R and D (externally
funded)
new projects
41 ongoing
13 (new)
Technology transfer
(consultancy)
~ 270
new projects
Man power training short term courses
Papers in refereed Journals
Papers in conferences
12
77
115
Honorary works and distinctions of Faculty
 Won innumerable international and national awards for
research contributions
(e.g., Young Scientists, Young Engineers, etc.)
 On editorial boards of international Journals (e.g., ASCE-JCCE,………..)
and Editors, Co-editors of national Journals (e.g., IGS, ISH)
 Presidents and Chairmen of national professional bodies,
board members of international professional societies (e.g., ISH, SEC)
 Advisers of important Govt. and other organizations
and high level committees (e.g., Home and other ministries, RBI,..)
 Vice Chancellor, Director of large company
(during leave)
Prof. Tarun Kant
Fellow, INAE, NSA, Mathur Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. M C Deo
ASCE’s Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IRCC Research Award, Jalavigyan
Puraskar ISH
Prof. Y M Desai, Prof. A Goyal, Prof. KVK Rao
Excellence in Teaching Award
Prof. Deepankar Choudhuri:
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NASI Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award
INAE Young Engineer Award
INSA Young Scientist Medal
BOYSCAST Fellowship of DST
ISCA Young Scientist Award
DAE-BRNS Young Scientist Research Award –
Prof. V Jothiprakash
Department of Irrigation, MWR Prize given by Institution of Engineers (I) ISTE-SGSITS National Award for Best Research Work by Young Teachers
given by Indian Society for Technical Education,
The Hem Prabha–SN Gupta Award for the best paper given by Institution of
Engineers (India)
INAE YOUNG ENGINEER AWARD 2004, given by Indian National Academy of
Engineering
Alumni
 CEO’s / equivalent of large Indian and multi-national companies
(e. g., Samsung offshore,... Ambuja Cement)
 High ranking government officers
(e. g., Secretaries, Chief Engineers,,,,)
 Successful entrepreneurs
(e. g., in India, U S, Canada)
 Academicians in prestigious universities
(e. g., Stanford, Texas and M,….. other IIT;s)
Students
 Enter after a highly competitive and prestigious entrance exam
(selection chance: 1 in 100)
 Placement ~ 100 percent (one of the highest paid under graduates)
Use of Departmental Development Fund (DDF)
 Fellowships to self financing students
 Salary of System Administrator, Admin. Officer, Office Asstt.
 Travel support to students – national and international
 Travel support to faculty–national and international– tagged to performance
 Equipment, contingency requirement of each faculty
 Major equipments, classroom furniture, PCs, laptops, LCD projectors,…….
 Office equipments for each faculty
 Licensed software for classroom teaching
Golden Jubilee Initiatives
 Starting a new M S program in Infrastructure Engg. with NTU
 Establishing new Infrastructure Engg. Lab
 Conducting International conference, workshop, exhibition, alumni meet
 Instituting Chair faculty positions – 3
 Conducting Review of the Department –bench-marking, seek future direction
 Up-gradation and augmentation of classrooms and lab facilities
 Creation of additional space for labs, common areas,…
 Implementation of completely overhauled B Tech/DD course
curriculum – futuristic
Challenges
 Increasing number of consultancy works with significant
technology development component
 Undertaking more large-budget and high-impact R and D
projects
 Publishing more in journals of high impact factors and
increasing citation values of publications
 Recruiting faculty in certain areas where currently no
representation
 Meeting ever increasing demand for space
Thanks