3rd International Conference on

Advances in Civil Engineering


K L E F, Vijayawada, June 25-26, 2021


Keynote Schedule



Keynote Schedule ICACE - 2021
S.NO. Keynote No. Track Speaker Title Date & Time
1 Inaugural Address Chief Guest Er. Vinay Gupta, President, Indian Concrete Institute Technologies for Aesthetic, Durable & Sustainable Construction 25.06.2021 09:50 – 10:35 AM
2 KN SE1 Structural Engineering Dr. G. Appa Rao Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Madras Behaviour of Precast Structural Elements 10:50 – 11:35 AM
3 KN SE2 Dr. Bashar S. Mohammed Associate Professor Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia Trends and Practical Applications in Recent Academic Research on Concrete Containing Crumb Rubber 11:35 – 12:20 PM
4 KN SE3 Dr. Siva Prasad A.V.S Assistant Professor, IIITDM, Kancheepuram Numerical Investigations Enabled Design for Blast and Shock Mitigation of Structures 02:00 – 02:45 PM
5 KN SE4 Dr. Dinakar Pasla, Associate Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar Sustainable Concrete Through the Effective Use of Industrial Wastes 02:45 – 03:30 PM
6 KN SE5 Dr. Ranjith Dissanayake Senior Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Forensic Engineering 26.06.2021 09:00 – 09:45 AM
7 KN SE6 Dr. K. Srinivasa Rao Professor, Andhra University Behavior of RC Structural Elements Exposed to High Temperatures 09:45 – 10:30 AM
8 KN SE7 Dr. D. Shoba Rajkumar Professor & HOD, Government College of Engineering, Salem Flexural Behaviour of Hybrid Ferrocement Hollow Slabs 10:30 – 11:00 AM
9 KN SE8 Dr. S. Nagan Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Overview of Finite Element Analysis 01:40 – 02:25 PM
10 KN SE9 Dr. P. Ravi Prakash Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur Applications of Discrete Element Method in Structural Engineering 02:25 – 03:10 PM
11 KN CT1 CTM Dr. Ubagaram Johnson Alengaram Associate Professor, Director, Centre for Innovative Construction Technology (CICT), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Embryonic Low Carbon Footprint Materials and Enunciation through Products & Demonstration Projects 25.06.2021 10:50 – 11:35 AM
12 KN CT2 Dr. Vishal Singh Associate Professor, CPDM, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore How can Alternative Thinking Paradigms Help in Fostering Advances in the Construction Sector? 02:00 – 02:45 PM
13 KN CT3 Dr. Christy Gomez Associate Professor (Retd.), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. Safety Based Culture - Critical to Achieving a Cultural Quality in The Construction Industry 26.06.2020 09:00 – 09:45 AM
14 KN CT4 Dr. Nasir Shafiq Professor (Structures, Materials, and Construction) Kampar Malaysia Towards Sustainable Development in Infrastructure Management- Challenges and Issues 09:45 – 10:30 AM
15 KN CT5 Dr. Venkata Santosh Kumar Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management Co-ordinator, IIT Bombay Trends towards Intelligent Construction – Advent of Digital Technologies 01:40 – 02:25 PM
16 KN GT1 Geotechnical & Transportation Engineering Dr. Naveen James Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering IIT Ropar Seismic Zonation of Regions at Different Scale 25.06.2021 10:50 – 11:35 AM
17 KN GT2 Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal – 575025, KA, India Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Risk Reduction 11:35 – 12:20 PM
18 KN GT3 Prof. Ary Setyawan, Professor, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Indonesia. The Viscoelastic Mechanistic Approach of Designing the Thickness of Flexible Pavement Layer. 02:00 – 02:45 PM
19 KN GT4 Prof. G.V. Rao Former Professor and HoD - CE, IIT Delhi, Visiting Professor - IIT Gandhi Nagar, Chairman, GTAS, Chairman, Geosynthetics Division, LRL. & Conference Chair, ICACE Applications of Geosynthetics in Pavement Engineering 02:45 – 03:30 PM
20 KN GT5 Dr. Hari Krishna Gaddam Assistant Professor, NRTI, Under the ministry of Railways Certified Road Safety Auditor Higher-Order Continuum Models for Studying Vehicular and Driver Behavior. 26.06.2021 09:00 – 09:45 AM
21 KN GT6 Dr. Mallikarjuna C. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati The Assessment of Road Safety Using Trajectory Data 09:45 – 10:30 AM
22 KN GT7 Er. V. Ravi Kiran Managing Director, LIDIPL, Vijayawada Construction Management in Highways and Structures 10:30 – 11:15 AM
23 KN GT8 Dr. Sunil Ranjan Mohapatra Engineering Manager NeXHS Renewables Pvt. Ltd IIT Madras Research Park Chennai Application of PIV Technique in Civil Engineering 01:40 – 02:25 PM
24 KN GT9 Dr. B. Hanumantha Rao Assistant Professor School of Infrastructure Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Geotechnics and Valorisation of Industrial Wastes for Promising Applications 02:25 – 03:10 PM
25 KN EW1 Environment, Water Resources Engineering & GIS Dr. Pankaj Mani Scientist 'F', Centre Flood Management Studies, Patna National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India Managing Flood Risk at Industrial Sites. 25.06.2021 10:50 – 11:35 AM
26 KN EW2 Dr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari Assistant Professor, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Anand Agriculture University, Anand, India Application of Soft Computing Techniques for Rainfall Runoff Modelling and Flood Forecasting 11:35 – 12:20 PM
27 KN EW3 Dr. Basavaraju Manu Associate Professor, NIT Suratkal Sustainable Oxidation-Reduction Techniques in Wastewater Treatment for Possible Reuse/Recycle 02:00 – 02:30 PM
28 KN EW4 Dr. V.C. Goyal Head and Scientist G, RMO Dept. NIH Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Circular Economy Concept in Water and Wastewater Management 02:30 – 03:15 PM
29 KN EW5 Dr. D. N. Ravi Shankar Director of ENEWATE Projects Private limited. Circular Economy in waste management 03:15 – 03:45 PM
30 KN EW6 Dr. J. Jeyanthi, Professor & HoD, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. Nanotechnology Applications for Environmental Remediation 03:45 – 04:15 PM
31 KN EW7 Dr. R. Krishna Reddy Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Quantitative Assessment of Life Cycle Sustainability: Case Study of PFAS Adsorbents for Groundwater Remediation 26.06.2021 09:00 – 09:45 AM
32 KN EW8 Dr. Zulfequar Ahmad Professor of Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Rubber Dam - An Innovative Structure 09:45 – 10:30 AM
33 KN EW9 Dr. A. Raju Professor, Civil Research Scientist, Kumamoto University, Japan. Satellite/UAV Image Processing and Remote Sensing Techniques with ongoing Projects 01:45 – 02:15 PM
34 KN EW10 Dr. Ajai Singh, Professor CWEM, Central University of Jharkhand, India. Water Policy and Governance 02:15 – 02:45 PM
35 KN EW11 Dr. Juri Plado Senior Researcher, Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Estonia A Shortlist of Indian Meteorite Impact Craters 02:45 – 03:15 PM
36 KN EW12 Dr. Hazi Azamathulla Professor, Civil, and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering) University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad Soft Computing Applications in Hydraulic Structures 03:15 – 04:00 PM

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