Indian concrete institute (ICI)

Indian concrete institute (ICI)

About ICI

   Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is the premier professional body for concrete technology with above 15,000 members from 48 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 80 life members, 12 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 400 students are active members in this students chapter and 9 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, 2020, 2021 and 2023 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

  • Dr.K.Vidhya, Prof and Head/Civil
  • Dr.Y.Shantharam, Associate Prof /Civil.
  • Mr.L.Vijayan, Asst Prof /Civil.
  • Mr.P.Deepan, Asst Prof /Civil.
  • Dr.S.Mohan Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Dr.M.Suganthi Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mr.S.Manishankar Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Mr.C.Senthilkumar  Asst.Prof/Civil
  • Dr.S.Paramathmeka Asst.Prof/Civil

  STUDENT MEMBERS IN ICI      EVENT SUMMARY

Member details

Faculty Mentor
  • Dr.K.Vidhya,
  • Professor and Head/Civil
Faculty Coordinator
  • Dr.M.Suganthi
  • Assistant Professor/Civil

Faculty Award

S.No Name of the teacher Name of the Award Year of Award Awarding Agency
1 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding Master Thesis Award 2022 Indian Concrete Institute
2 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding Master Thesis Award 2021 Indian Concrete Institute
S.No Name of the mentor Name of the Award Year of Award Awarding Agency
3 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding ICI Student Chapter 2023 ICI(Salem Centre) – Ultra Tech Award - 2023
4 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding ICI Student Chapter 2021 ICI(Salem Centre) – Ultra Tech Award - 2021
5 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding ICI Student Chapter 2020 ICI(Salem Centre) – Ultra Tech Award - 2020
6 Dr.K.Vidhya Outstanding ICI Student Chapter 2018 ICI(Salem Centre) – Ultra Tech Award - 2018
7 Dr.K.Vidhya Appreciation
Outstanding ICI Student Chapter
2016 ICI(Salem Centre) – Ultra Tech Award - 2016

Faculty Recognization

S.No Name of the teacher Name of the Award Year of Award Awarding Agency
1 Dr.K.Vidhya Honorary Secretary 2023-2025 Indian Concrete Institute
2 Er.L.Vijayan Treasurer 2023-2025 Indian Concrete Institute
3 Dr.Y.Shantharam Executive Committee Member 2023-2025 Indian Concrete Institute

ICI EVENT SUMMARY

S.No Type of Events Date Name of the Events Resource Person Name & Organization
1 Workshop 12.05.2025, 13.05.2025 & 19.05.2025 Hands on Training in BIM & Revit Er.K.S.Dinesh,
AEC Consultant,
(Architecture-Engineering-Construction)
CADD CENTRE
Salem
2 Seminar 22.04.2025 Behavior, Concerns and Good Concreting Practices in Constructions Er.N.Venkatesh
Head QA/QC
B L Kashyap & Sons Limited
Soul Space Paradigm, West Wing,
Outer Ring Road, Marathahalli, Bangalore – 560037
3 IIC Calendar activity 09.04.2025 Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Startups Mrs.Mythili Selvakumaran
Executive Director,
SMS Logistics,
Bhavani, Erode.
4 IIC Self Driven Activity 02.06.2025 Intellectual Property Rights from ideas to impact Dr. V. Dhanasekaran
Founder and CEO
21st Century Learning Technologies Pvt.Ltd.
5 Mahendra International Lecture Series (MILES) 16.05.2025 Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof.Dr.Krishna R. Reddy
Professor
University Scholar & Distinguished Researcher
University of Illinois, Chicago
USA
Email:kreddy@uic.edu
6 NIT/NITTTR Lecture series 15.04.2025 Quality Assurance and Standardization in Infrastructure Material Testing Dr Janardhanan G
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and
Research, Chennai
Mobile : 9445520968
Mail Id :jana@nitttrc.ac.in
7 Workshop 10.12.2024 A Practical Approach on Hands-on Training for Bar Bending Scheduling Dr. A.Sudhahar
Managing Director,
Dimensions Structural Designs,
Coimbatore.
8 Seminar 06.11.2024 Limit State of Serviceability in RCC Structures Dr.R.Senthil
Professor & Head
Division of Structural Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Anna University, Chennai – 600 025.
9 IIC  Calendar Activity 21.08.2024 World Entrepreneurs Day Dr .C.Ramani Gopal
Systempreneur
ADIT management and skills development Enterprises
Salem
10 IIC Calendar Activity 29.11.2024 Basics of intellectual property rights and its importance for innovators and entrepreneurs Dr. S. Dhanalakshmi
Assistant Professor(Sr. Gr.,)
Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Government College of Engineering,
Salem - 636 011
11 FDP 20.01.2025 to 01.02.2025 STAAD Pro V8 and BIM Er.K.S.Dinesh,
AEC Consultant,
(Architecture-Engineering-Construction)
CADD CENTRE
Salem
12 Mahendra International Lecture Series (MILES) 12.11.2024 Multi-Hazard Modeling of Landslide Hazards in Western North Carolina Mountain Region and Validation after Hurricane Helene 2024 Prof. Shen-En Chen,Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
William States Lee College of Engineering
The University of North Carolina, Charlotte
United States.
13 IIT Lecture Series 18.10.2024 Geology for Engineers Dr R. Krishnamurthi
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-247667
Uttarakhand-India.
14 MAILS 15.10.2024 Innovation In Formwork Practices Mr.Raj Sekar M
Senior Engineer,
L&T Construction TI IC,
Gurugram,
Delhi NCR.
15 MAILS 29.11.2024 Revolutionizing Construction with Advanced  Formwork Materials and Concreting Techniques Mr.Sairam Karthic M,
Assistant Construction Manager(CIVIL),
L&T Construction LTD,
Chennai.
16 Concrete Day Celebration 06.09.2024 Technical Competition –Technical Quiz Dr.K.Vidhya
Professor and Head,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahendra Engineering College,
Mallasamudram.
17 MAILS 29.04.2024 Innovative Advancements in Formwork Elements: Enhancing Efficiency, Sustainability, and Automation in Modern Construction Er.R.Deena Dhayal,
Assistant Construction Manager,
Civil (Formwork),
 L&T Construction WET IC,
 Mumbai.
 Contact No:8754239916
18 MAILS 30.04.2025 Modern Innovations in Formwork: Automation, Sustainability and Cost-Effective Solutions Er.D.Vinnarasi,
Sr. Engineer CMPC-FCCE,
L&T Energy Hydrocarbon,
Vadodara, Gujarat.
19 Workshop 29.01.2024 Role of Civil Engineering in Water Management Dr. G.Bindu MSc, Mphil, PhD
  Superintending Hydrogeologist (Retd), Kerela
State Groundwater Department.
Associate Professor (Guest),
Government College of Engineeering, Trivandrum.
20 IIT Lecture Series 24.01.2024 Future Innovation in Exploring Mineral Wealth using Geophysical Technology Dr. Krishnamurthi
Professor,
Department of Earth Science
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Uttarakhand.
21 Workshop
-IIC ACTIVITY
11.03.2024 Intellectual Property Rights (IPRS) and
IP Management for Start up
Mr. Karthi Kandappan
President
Indian Chamber of commerce and industry Salem.
22 MAILS Guest Lecture 28.02.2024 Costing and estimation of formwork Er.R.Thamarai Selvan,
Assistant Construction manager
AIIMS Project
Senior Engineer,
L&T Construction,
Gorakhpur.
23 MAILS Guest Lecture 17.02.2024 Innovation in alternate construction materials for mitigating carbon footprint Er.Pradeep Subramani
Proprietor
ASM Building solutions
Erode
24 ICI Webinar 25.03.2024 Green Buildings Dr.A.Murugesan,M.E., Ph.D.,
Founder and Director
Shree Varahi IES Academy
Executive Member
Indian Concrete Institute-Salem Center
25 Technical Competitions 29.2.2024 Model making contest Dr.K.Vidhya
Professor and Head
Department of Civil Engineering
Mahendra Engineering College
Namakkal.
26 Technical Competitions 21.02.2024 Technical Crack in Civil Engineering Dr.K.Vidhya
Professor and Head
Department of Civil Engineering
Mahendra Engineering College
Namakkal.
27 Technical Competitions 12.03.2024 Code Crack Dr.C.T.Sivakumar
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Mahendra Engineering College
Namakkal.
28 Workshop 15.09.2023 “Engineering Ethics and sustainable Development ” Dr.R.Ilangovan
Former Chief Engineer, TN PWD,WRD,
TN Water Resources Department Cell WRD, Coimbatore-641 035
29 Workshop 18.10.2023 “Engineering demands in Civil Industry" Er.K.S.Dinesh,
AEC Consultant,
(Architecture- Engineering Construction)
CADD Centre. Salem
30 Seminar 09.08.2023 “Sustainable Construction in Civil Engineering” Dr.Subhash C.Yaragal
Professor and Head,
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Karnataka , Surathkal
31 IIC Activity-Webinar 29.11.2023 “Awareness Program On Intellectual Property Rights” Mr.A.Lakshmi Narayanan
Examiner of Patents & Design, Nipam officer(Group A Gazette)
Intellectual Property Office,
Govt.of.India
32 IIC  Webinar 30.08.2023 “Business startup” JFM Er.Nagendran
Founder and CEO,
Allivilla Group of Engineers,
Salem
33 Guest Lecture 29.11.2023 “Design of Structures for Wind loading” Dr.R.Senthil
Professor and Head,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Anna University,
Chennai
34 MILES 09.10.2023 “Bridge Inspection Program in USA” Maqbool Mohammed
Senior Principal
Stantec, New York, United States Guest of Honor: Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju
Project Development Manager
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co Ltd
South Korea.
35 NIT Lecture Series 01.12.2023 “Geo Spatial Application for Disasters Modeling and Risk Reduction” Dr.S.Saravanan
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology,
Trichy
36 MAILS 04.12.2023 “Innovation  in Formwork Planning and Execution” Er.Rajsekar,
Senior Engineer,
L&T Construction,
Formwork Department Incharge,
Dwarka Expressway Project, Delhi
37 MAILS 17.11.2023 “Novelty Handling Environment Health and Safety Things in SAP Software ” Er.R.TAMILARASAN,
Senior Engineer,
GAR Groups,
Hyderabad
38 ICI Webinar 05.10.2023 “Quality Control in Concrete ” Dr.A.Sudhahar,
Managing Director,
Dimensions Structural Design,
Coimbatore
39 Engineer’s Day Celebration 15.09.2023 Technical Competition -Poster Presentation Dr.K.Vidhya
Professor and Head,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahendra Engineering College,
Mallasamudram.
40 Concrete Day Celebration 05.10.2023 Technical Competition –Code Cracking Dr.K.Vidhya
Professor and Head,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahendra Engineering College,
Mallasamudram.
41 Seminar 10.03.2023 Concrete Innovations and Sustainable Development Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju,
President,
ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr.Member, Allwyn X Road, Mlyapur, Hyderabad,
Telangana- 500 049.
42 Seminar 13.12.2022 Concrete Innovations Er.Narsimha Chary Poloju,
President,
ASCE India Section Sothern Region, Corr.Member, BoG,Region10, Hyderabad,
Telangana- 500 049
43 International Webinar 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, Hayama,
 Kanagawa, Japan
44 Webinar 11.05.2022 Performance Based Specification of Concrete Er.Elason John
Department of Civil Engineering
M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam,
Kerala
45 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,
Chicago, USA.
Prof.Vallam Sundar
Professor Emeritus,
 IIT Madras.
Prof.Thishan Jayasinghe,
Senior Professor,
Dept of Civil Engineering,
 University of Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka
46 International Seminar 03.12.2021 Structural & Geo-Confluence Prof.Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar
Professor ,
IIT Hyderabad, Telangana.
47 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
48 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, USA
49 Webinar Series-II 08.10.2021 Challenges to Secure Your Dream Job Dr.S.Neelamani,
Sr.Research Scientist,
Coastal Management Programme,
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research,
Kuwait.
50 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 Sullivan,
Asso. Director,
Windtech Consultants Pvt Ltd,
United kingdom.
Mr. Unni Bhaskar,
Managing Director,
UNO Technology Pvt Ltd, Kerala.
51 Engineers Day Celebration 16.09.2020 Engineers Day Celebration Er. S. Arun Kumar,
Scientist "D", Civil Engineering  Department, Bureau of Indian Standards,
Bahadur Shan Zafar Marg, New Delhi
52 Technical Competition 18.07.2020 to 20.07.2020 Design of Steel Structures- Online Quiz Dr .K.Vidhya
Professor and Head/Civil
Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal 637503.
53 Technical Competition 13.07.2020 to 15.07.2020 Concrete Technology- Online Quiz Dr .K.Vidhya
Professor and Head/Civil
Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal 637503.
54 Technical Competition 19.09.2019 Paper, Poster and quiz Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen ,
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
55 Engineer’s Day Celebration 19.09.2019 Engineer’s Day Celebration Dr.J.M.Chandra Kishen ,
Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
56 Concrete Day Celebration 06.09.2019 Code Cracking and Quiz Dr.A.Sudhahar,
Managing Director, Dimensions Structural Design, Coimbatore.
57 MILeS 09.08.2019 Coastal Reservior Concepts for Water Shortage Problem Dr.Shu Qing Yang,
Director,
Centre For Reservoir Research, University of Wollonong,
 Australia
 Er.P.Rajayogan,
President ,
American Society of Civil Engineers 
India Section
58 Workshop 09.08.2019 Funding Oppurtunities and Collaborative Research Proposal Between University of Wollongong Australia and Mahendra Educational Institutions Dr.Shu Qing Yang,
Director,
Centre For Reservoir Research, University of Wollonong, Australia
59 Field visit 24.12.2018 Erode Build Expo 2018 Er.K.Sivalingam,
Managing Director,
Sigaram Constructions,  Erode, Tamilnadu, India