About ICI

   Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is the premier professional body for concrete technology with above 12,000 members from 38 centers spread across India. It has on its fold the captains of construction industry. Building material manufacturers. Leading consultants & Civil engineers, contractors, Academicians and Educational Institutions. ICI was founded in 1982 with its headquarter at Chennai. The objectives of ICI are to promote growth of concrete construction and its sub-specializations, disseminate knowledge and to train personnel, collaborate with national and international agencies in creating better understanding of concrete construction technology , to identify R&D issues, encourage outstanding achievements in concrete construction technology through its institutional awards etc., ICI organizes Periodical seminars, conferences , workshop & exhibitions on the subject and arranges lecture series on selected topics of relevant to concrete construction.ICI has collaborative with American concrete institute, Asian Concrete federation, Singapore concrete institution, Concrete institute of Australia etc,. ICI publishes Quarterly journal containing Peer- Reviewed technical papers, Technical Abstracts about 40 Journals. ICI has also brought out a number of publications & Monographs on various related topics.

About ICI Salem Centre

   ICI (Salem) Centre has its inception in the year 2015. It has more than 50 life members, 6 Student Chapters and Institutional Members. ICI(Salem) is now becoming one of an merging centres of ICI, which has conducted Seminars, Workshops and guest lecture for professional Engineers, Students in Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri district ICI (Salem) is celebrating Concrete Day in association with UltraTech Cements Ltd every year to mark the founding day of ICI. During this event, annual awards are conferred to outstanding concrete structures for residential, utility, commercial buildings, Structures with green building concept, Best Students' Chapter and Best M.E/M.Tech and Ph D thesis (concrete). Centre has also honored life time achievement and vocational excellence award for Architects and Engineers who have rendered their service to the engineering fraternity and Society as well.

MEC – ICI Students Chapter

   The ICI students chapter was inaugurated in the department of civil engineering on 22.07.2015. Under ICI students chapter various technical events like poster presentation, paper presentation, technical talk, model making, role play etc was conducted to enhance the technical skills of the ICI student members. Various events like workshops, seminars, guest lecturers code cracking, cube test and mix design are organized under ICI students chapter inviting professionals from various fields of civil engineering. Industrial site visit both local and outstation is arranged for ICI students to improve the technical skills in a practical manner. The ICI students chapter is functioning effectively and more than 300 students are active members in this students chapter and 11 of our department faculty members have life time membership in ICI.

   The ICI students chapter of Civil Engineering department has received the “BEST STUDENTS CHAPTER APPRECIATION AWARD” from ICI Salem Centre during 2016. In 2018 and 2020 we received the “BEST STUDENTS CHAPTER AWARD” from ICI Salem Centre. Our PG student received the “Best PG Thesis Award” in the year 2021 and 2022.

Faculty Members Having Life Membership in ICI

  STUDENT MEMBERS IN ICI      EVENT SUMMARY

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No.	Type of Events	Date	Name of the Events	Resource Person Name & Organization
1	MAILS	15.02.2023	Innovations in formwork for bridges	Er. Raj Sekar M Senior Engineer- Civil, L&T Construction, Formwork Department In charge Dwarka Expressway Project Gurugram, Delhi NCR.
2	Refresher Course	23.01.2023 – 25.01.2023	Formwork Engineering and Concrete (COOFEC)	Er.L S Kannan Jgm & Head Concrete Management L&T-Constructions, Chennai Er.T Jaganath DGM -Civil , Center of Excellence Formwork L&T-Constructions, Chennai
3	Short Term Course	23.01.2023 - 24.01.2023	Formwork Engineering and Concrete (COOFEC)	Er.L S Kannan JGM & Head Concrete Management L&T-Constructions, Chennai Er.T Jaganath DGM -Civil , Center of Excellence Formwork L&T-Constructions, Chennai
4	IIT Lecture series	25.01.2023	Innovative techniques in Earthquake resistant design of structures	Dr. G. Appa Rao Professor in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
5	MAILS	19.01.2023	Innovations on formwork systems	Er.Thamaraiselvan R Assistant Construction Manager L&T Construction Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
6	Seminar	13.12.2022	Concrete Innovations	Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju, President, ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr. Member, Bog,Region10, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500 049
7	NIT Lecture Series	08.12.2022	Innovation of Machine Learning in Civil Platform	Dr.T.Palanisamy Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering National Institute of Technology, Karnataka , Surathkal
8	MAILS	03.11.2022	Innovative Practice of Civil Engineer	Er.V.Nagendran Founder & CEO LPA & Corporations Registered Salem
9	International Webniar	15.09.2022 to 16.09.2022	Advancements in Geoenviro-Structural Confluence	Ms.April J Lander ASCE Region 10 Director Founder & President of ASCE New Zealand Group, Mr.Silas C.Nicholas, P.E Principal Geotechnical Engg, Office of Bridges & Structures, Washington D.C USA Prof.Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar,Ph.D Head, Earthquake Engg, Research Centre, IIT-Hyderabad, Dr.Sanjay Rana, Ph.D Managing Director, Parsan Overseas Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India Dr.Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D Senior Policy Researchers, Institute For Global, Environmental Strategies (IGES) Kamiyamaguchi, Japan
10	Webinar	11.05.2022	Performance Based Specification of Concrete	Er.Elason John Department of Civil Engineering M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala
11	Refresher Course	05.05.2022 to 06.05.2022	Formwork Engineering Concrete	Er.L.S.Kannan Joint General Manager, Head of Concrete Technology, L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai. Er.T.Jagannath DGM, COE-FW, L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai
12	Short Term Course	05.05.2022 to 06.05.2022	Formwork Engineering Concrete	Er.B.Murugesan Joint General Manager(F) Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction –Building Factories, Chennai Er.Sasikumar, Assistant Manager, Formwork Engineering, L&T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai.
13	MAILS	19.03.2022	Advancement In Formwork Elements	Er.V.Karthikeyan Senior Engineer(Formwork) L&T Construction, Bangalore
14	International Lecture	04.03.2022 to 05.03.2022	Recent Advancements in Enviro-Structural Confluence	Dr.Ramanchandra Pradeep Kumar, Registrar & Head of Earthquake Engg, IIT Hyderabad, Telangana. Dr.Krishna R Reddy, Prof/Civil and Environmental Engg, University of Illinois, USA Prof.Giuseppe Carlo Marano, Deputy Director, Dept of Structural & Building Engineering, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy Prof.Tomonori Nagayama, Associate Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, USA. Prof.Vallam Sundar Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras. Prof.Thishan Jayasinghe, Senior Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
15	MAILS	31.01.2022	Innovative Techniques in Formwork Elements	Er.R.Tharamari Selvan Senior Engineer L&T Construction, Ghorakhpur.
16	International Seminar	19.11.2021	Structural & Geo-Confluence	Dr. Dennis D Truax Phd, PE, BCEE, DWRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, ASCE President Mr.Kevin La Malwa , P.E, F.ASCE, Principal Fire Consultant, Warrington Fire, USA. Dr. Kevin W Franke Phd, P.E, M.Asce Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering , Brigham Young University
17	MILeS	05.11.2021	Recent Innovations in Admixture Based Self Compacting	Dr.Sanjay Rana Geophysicist, AFA Academy Prof.Krishna R Reddy Distinguished Professor, University of Iilinois
18	MAILS	21.10.2021	Innovative Geotechnical Design on Earthquake Resisting	Dr.A.R.Prakash, Managing Director, KESEE Associates, Salem.
19	IIT Lecture Series	07.10.2021	Design of Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams	Dr.G.Appa Rao Professor /Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Division, IIT Madras.
20	International Seminar	24.09.2021 to 25.09.2021	Architecture, Civil and Earthquake Engineering	Dr.Sushil Kumar Dhawan, Former Chief Engineer, CPWD Dr. Jigna Desai, Asso. Professor, Faculty Of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Dr.Neslihan Ocakoglu Gokasan, ITU, Faculty Of Mines, Turkey. Prof. Vallam Sundar Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras. Prof.Kemal Onder Cetin Professor /Civil, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Dr. Niall O Asso. Director, Windtech Consultants Pvt Ltd, United Kingdom. Mr. Unni Bhaskar, MS, UNO Technology Pvt Ltd, Kerala.
21	MAILS	09.09.2021	Innovation in Formwork	Er.Karthikeyan Senior Engineer (Formwork) L&T Construction, Bangalore. Er.R.Tharmari Selvan Senior Engineer(Finishes) L&T Construction, Gorakhpur.
22	Short Term Training Program (STTP)	14.09.2020 to 19.09.2020	AICTE – AQIS Sponsored STTP on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – IV)	Dr. K.P. Jaya, Director, Centre For Research Department of Civil Engg , Anna University Chennai. Dr. A. Sudhahar Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore. Shu-Qing Yang Former Director, Center For Coastal Reservoir Research, Co-Founder/ Executive Secretary, International Association For Coastal Reservoir Research, Univ. of Wollongong. Dr. N. Ganesan, Professor, Department of Civil Engg, NIT -Calicut, Kerala Dr. Ashok Kumar Chief Scientist and Head, Architecture and Planning Group, CSIR- Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee Dr. J. Prabakar Sr. Principal Scientist Advanced Concrete Evaluation and Testing Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai Er.Padmapriya Vijayakumar Research Fellow, University of Arizona, United States of America Er.Rajendra Rao Kalbavi Executive Director at D.K. Nirmithi Kendra, NITK Surathkal Mr. K. Venkataraman Regional Head – Technical Services, Ultratech Cement Limited, Vijayawada, Dr. Kishor S. Kulkarni Scientist,  Architecture & Planning Group, CSIR – Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee Dr. S. Sreenath Engineering Manager (Civil) EDRC, Buildings & Factories, L&T Construction, Chennai
23	Short Term Training Program (STTP)	02.11.2020 to 07.11.2020	AICTE – AQIS Sponsored STTP on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – III)	Dr.N.Gopalakrishnan, Director, CSIR- Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India, Dr. Peter Demain, Reader In Building Information Management, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Laughborough University, England. Dr.C. M. Ravikumar, Associate Professor, Dept of Studies in Civil Engg, University B.D.T College of Engineering, Davangere Dr. Ajay Chourasia Sr Principal Scientist And Group Leader, 3d Concrete Printing, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee. Dr. Vinay Kumar Jha Professor, Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Er. T. P. Madhusudanan Former SR Consultant and Chief Coordinator, Habitat Technology Group, Trivandram, Kerala. Er. B. R. Ajit Chairman, IGBC, Chief Executive Architect, AJIT Associates, Kerala Dr. Suman Sha Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering NIT, Calicut, Kerala Dr.J. Karthikeyan Associate Professor Dept of Civil Engineering NIT, Trichy Er.S.Jagadesan Manager- Technical Services The Ramco Cements Limited Salem Dr. R. Kumudha Professor and Head Dept of Civil Engineering Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai Dr. Balaji Angamuthu Technical Head – Resilience Royal Haskoning DHV Green Boulevard, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
24	Short Term Training Program (STTP)	17.08.2020 to 22.08.2020	AICTE – AQIS Sponsored on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – II)	Dr. A.R.Shanthakumar, Emeritus Professor, Former Dean of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, Dr. S. Neelamani, Sr. Research Scientist, Coastal Management Programme, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. Dr. R. Siva Chidambaram, Scientist, Div. of Advanced Structural Composites And Durability, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee Dr. Sunitha K Nayar Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad. Dr.M.P.Muthuraj Assistant Professor CIT, Coimbatore, Er.S.Rajkumar, L&T Chennai. Dr.Ajit Sabnis, Principal Consultant, ASP-SDI, Bangalore. Dr.K.Sudalaimani Professor, Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai. Dr.Peter Demian, School of Architecture, Building And Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, England. Dr. D. Shoba Rajkumar HoD/Civil, Government College Of Engineering, Salem, Dr. S.K.Sekar, Senior Professor and Dean, School of Civil Engineering, VIT University, Vellore.
25	Short Term Training Program (STTP)	27.07.2020 to 01.08.2020	AICTE – AQIS Sponsored on Low Carbon Energy Building (Phase – I)	Dr. Shen-En Chen Professor, Department of Civil And Environmental Engineering, The University of North Carolina At Charlotte, United States. Dr.R.Senthil, Professor & Head, Division Of Structural Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. Dr.Subhash.C.Yaragal, Dean And Professor, Department of Civil Engg, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal. Dr. R.Thenmozhi Professor & Head Department of Civil Engg, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. Dr.T.Palanisamy Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engg, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal. Dr. S. Neelamani Sr. Research Scientist, Coastal Management Programme, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. Dr.Muhammad Hadi S. Associate Professor In Civil Engg, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wallongong, Australia. Dr. J.M.Chandra Kishen Professor in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Dr.G.Apparao Professor in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division, IIT Madras, Chennai. Dr. K. Jayachandran Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engg, NIT, Calicut, India. Dr. S.Senthil Kumar, Professor in Civil Engineering, KSR College of Engineering, Thiruchengode
26	Technical Competition	13.07.2020 to 15.07.2020	Concrete Technology- Online Quiz	Dr.T.PALANISAMY , Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NITK – Surathkal, Mangalore
27	Seminar	20.05.2020	Alkali Resistance (AR) Glass Fiber for Concrete With Special Focus	Mr.Pranav Pandya, Technical Sales Leader, Owens Corning, India, Mr. Samarth Modi, Managing Director, SCM Nobel Agencies, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
28	Guest Lecture	14.05.2020	Micro Characterization of Concrete	Dr.T.Palanisamy , Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NITK – Surathkal, Mangalore
29	MAILS	13.05.2020 to 16.05.2020	Revolution of Formwork in Construction	Mr.Thamarai Selvan , Senior Engineer, L&T Gorakpur, Mr. Sairam Karthic M , Formwork Engineer Trainee ,Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Mr. Natarajan R, Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Delhi International Airport Limited, Ms.Apna.E, Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Hial Expansion Project-  Hyderabad. Mr. Raj Sekar. M, Engineer Trainee-Graduate, Dewarka Expressway Project, Delhi. Mr. Karthikeyan. Senior Engineer, Dlf Cyber Park, Delhi
30	Workshop	12.05.2020	The Do’s and Don’ts of General construction	Dr.A.Sudhahar, Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore
31	Workshop	03.03.2020 & 04.03.2020	Demonstration of Various Formwork Systems	Er. G. Srinivasan , Manager(Formwork), L&T ECC Division, Chennai-89
32	IIT Lecture Series	21.02.2020	Computational Simulation on Beam-Column Joints	Dr.G.Apparao, Professor in Civil, IIT Madras, Chennai
33	MAILS	31.01.2020	L&T Formwork Systems and Design	Er.M.Sairam Karthic,  Formwork Engineering Trainee, Buildings and Factories  IC, L&T Raheja KRC Hetero Project, Hyderabad
34	MAILS	27.01.2020	Basics Concepts of Formwork Engineering	Er. R.Thamarai Selvan , Senior Engineer (Civil), L& T Construction , Gorakpur, Uttar Pradesh
35	Short Term Course	20.01.2020 to 23.01.2020	Formwork Engineering and Concrete	Er. B. Murugesan, Joint General Manager, Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction – Building &  Factories, Chennai. Er. G. Srinivasan, Assistant Manager, Formwork Engineering, L& T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai, Er.V.Umamaheswaran, Assistant Manager, Formwork Engineering, L& T Construction Building & Factories, Chennai
36	MAILS	13.01.2020	Basic Design Concepts and Formwork Systems	Er. M.Raj Sekar,  Designation Form Work Engineer Trainee, L & T Construction Transportation Infrastructure IC, Delhi.
37	Refresher Course	09.01.2020, 10.01.2020 & 20.01.2020, 21.01.2020.	Formwork Engineering & Concrete	Er. B. Murugesan Joint General Manager, Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction – Building & Factories, Chennai. Mr.L.S.Kannan, Sr. Deputy General Manager, Head Technology Centre, L&T Construction – Building & Factories, Chennai. Er.S.Prabakaran, DGM, Formwork Engineering, Heavy-Civil, L&T Construction, Chennai, Er.T.Jagannath Senior Manager, Formwork Engineering, L&T Construction- B & F, Chennai.
38	Seminar	20.09.2019	Applications of Prestressing Technology and Latest Trends	Er.B.V.Nagaraj Kumar, Technical Head, TEAMPT, Consultant & Engineers, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
39	Guest Lecture	19.09.2019	Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Structures	Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen , Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
40	Technical Competition	19.09.2019	Paper, Poster and quiz	Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen , Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
41	MAILS	16.09.2019	Design of Formwork Engineering	Er.R.Thamari Selvan, Senior Formwork Engineer, L&T Construction, Gurgaon, Haryana.
42	MAILS	16.09.2019	Exploring on Formwork Engineering	Er.V.Karthikeyan, Senior Formwork Engineer, L&T Construction, Gurgaon, Haryana.
43	Concrete Day Celebration	06.09.2019	Code Cracking and Quiz	Dr.A.Sudhahar, Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore.
44	Technical Training	03.09.2019 to 05.09.2019	Structural Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures	Dr.A.Sudhahar,  Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore.
45	Workshop	30.08.2019	Durability of Concrete Structures	Er.A.P.Murugan, Regional Head, Technical Services , Ultra Tech Cements, Chennai
46	MAILS	29.08.2019	Innovative Techniques in Construction Field	Er.D.Ramesh, Managing Director, R.R. Consultancy & Contractors, Tiruchengode.
47	NIT/IIT Lecture	22.08.2019	Strengthening of Civil Structures Using Advanced Technologies	Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen , Professor, Department  of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
48	MAILS	26.07.2019	Impressive Interior and Exterior Design of Building	Er.E.Vignesh, Interior Designer, Tripoly Studio, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore.