Year: 2021-2022
| Date | Name of the event | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-16 | Industrial visit at Light House Project, Rajkot | A site visit to the Light House Project is carried out for 3rd, 5th and 7th sem students near Raiya smart city. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India has conceptualized a Global Housing Technology Challenge - India (GHTC- India) which aims to identify technologies from across the globe that are sustainable and disaster-resilient. Lighthouse projects use Monolithic Concrete Construction using Tunnel Formwork Technology, which facilitates rapid construction, durable with low maintenance and safe against horizontal forces. |
| 2021-08-27 | Industrial visit at Sanskar Sanidhya | During the site visit we observed the construction of wall, Column Casting, slab casting, reinforcement detailing of column and staircase, various construction joints, interior of sample flat, various construction equipment’s used, slump test of RMC, ground parking and pump fitting noted at Sanskar Sanidhya construction site. During the site visit the site engineer has provided all the necessary drawings and explained each and every listed construction activities to the students. Students were allowed to observe the functioning of each construction activity and their queries were also answered by the site engineer during the visit. |
| 2021-09-16 | Industrial visit at Darshan vatika | Students get exposure about 1. Exposure to reinforcement detailing on site of column, beam and slab. 2. Exposure to various diameter reinforcement 3. Technical Knowledge of post tensioning and pre tensioning method and its advantages in construction 4. Knowledge of form work material used on site + information on peri form work 5. Knowledge of how form work of beam is done through explanation on site practically. 6. What is starter in column? Why it is important. 7. Knowledge of Form work of column and how it is done. 8. Ground water control technology of basement. 9. Detail explanation of one way and two way slab. 10. Detail explanation of how form work of slab is done. |
| 2021-09-17 | Industrial visit at Ultratech R.M.C Plant, Haripar Pal (Ready mix conc.) | As per the GTU Syllabus of Civil Engineering, it contains in depth study of the Concrete. As construction activities are increasing, use of Ready-Mix Concrete is also increasing. So, it is important to know the manufacturing process of the RMC. By this visit, Students were able to see and exposure to the actual working of the Ready Mix Concrete Batching Plant. Students also show the storage area of materials, its handling and testing done for quality check of various materials (ingredients of RMC). Students have also visited the Testing Laboratory and have seen various setup for fresh concrete testing, multiple curing tanks etc. It was a bit rainy, but students have actively participated, learnt about the real-life practices and the visit was successful. |
| 2021-09-21 | Industrial visit at Swastic Prime | V.V.P Engineering college ,department of civil engineering organized virtual industrial visit for 7th semester students. Total 18 students have paricipated. Students get exposure about concept of space design, arrangement of rooms, functional requirements, building services, construction methods and safety aspects, innovative construction techniques. |
Year: 2020-2021
| Date | Name of the event | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-31 | Expert Lecture on QGIS Webinar by Mr. Abhinav Mehta | Mr. Abhinav Mehta – discuss the fundamental of Remote sensing and GIS, working of remote sensing satellites, types of resolutions & applications of remote sensing in civil engineering field. He also explained types of GIS data i.e., vector and raster data, segments of GIS and its role in GIS process. He also demonstrated the Georeferencing process of a toposheet and digitation of a map (point, line and polygon) and how to change layer properties in digital map using Layer property toolbar in QGIS software. |
| 2020-08-20 | Expert Lecture on Road Safety Management by Kavan Saparia | Department of Civil Engineering has organized the Expert Lecture on "Road Safety Management" by our alumni Kavan Saparia who is owner of ENVIFECT Enterprise & Consultant Engineer at S.K. Consultancy. The aim of this webinar is to highlighting the lack of road safety awareness for the students and the basic concepts for improving the road safety management in India. The approach for road safety management is suggest some measures to reduce the accidents and to be implemented in the different classification of road networks for minimize the accidents, injuries, fatalities and damage to the property. |
| 2020-08-26 | Industrial visit at Swastic Prime | V.V.P Engineering college ,department of civil engineering organized virtual industrial visit for 5th semester students. Total 24 students have participated. Students get exposure about concept of space design, arrangement of rooms, functional requirements, building services, construction methods and safety aspects, innovative construction techniques. |
| 2020-08-28 | Expert Lecture on Scope of Geotechnical Engineering by Shyam Marsonia | Department of Civil Engineering has organized the Expert Lecture on "Scope of Geotechnical Engineering" by our alumni Mr. Shyam Marsonia. He delivered an Expert talk on various soil related aspect like- Stability of Slopes, Earth Pressure,Soil Bearing Capacity,Properties of Soil,Stress Distribution system,Permeability of Soil Ground improvement technics, Geosynthetics. He also covered topics related Why Geotechnical subject has more weightage in the GATE Examination, Scope of Geotechnical Engineering in Government Sector and Private Sector, Salary in Geotechnical Engineering, Skills Required, Popular Job Areas, Top Colleges & Universities for M. Tech. By this expert lecture students got guideline of what is scope of geotechnical engineering in field of civil engineering |
| 2020-09-01 | Expert Lecture on how to write research paper by Happy Kalariya | Civil Department has organized the webinar for 7th sem students on How to write research paper by our proud alumni Happy Kalaria. She has received Rs. 10,000 Grant from Nitin Patel in Vibrant Gujarat Satrt Up Summit on 3rd November 2018. She has guided students regarding how to write review paper and reserch paper. The points which is covered during webinar are Choose a narrow topic, read and keep records, form a thesis, create a mind map or outline and draft the body. |
| 2020-09-10 | Expert Lecture on Brick Masonary Practical Aspect of site supervision by Mr. Chirag Pandaya | Brick masonry is one of the important work carried out in date today a construction activity of of different types of structures like residential building , multi storey building ,low rise houses, industrial buildings etc.As a civil engineer it is important to know what are the various points that is to be followed before starting the brick masonry work, during the brick masonry work and after the construction of brick masonry work.So that as an engineer one is able to maintain the quality of brick masonry work on site that will ultimately help to fulfill the service life of the building in general. |
| 2020-09-18 | Expert Lecture on Scope of valuer and valuation process by Dr. D.B.Chandarana | This session started with simple questions on Valuation. By this, students got exposure to the real life Valuation process. Also, a few practical examples of Valuation, a case study and a recent Valuation report was also shown and briefed. Students were highly motivated by knowing the Scope of Civil Engineer as a Valuer. The webinar ended with questionnaires. By this webinar, students got the idea of the valuation and process of valuation of building, land etc. The webinar was arranged for 5th and 7th Semester students. Total 50 students have participated |
| 2020-09-21 | Expert Lecture on Understanding basics of RC building Structures & Related Field Issues in Execution of Construction Project by ER . B.V.Harsoda | Er. B. V. Harsoda is having 40 years of experience in civil and structural engineering field. He is visiting professor at Indubhai parekh school of architect (IPSA) Rajkot. During session students get exposure to following topics. Limit state and Working stress method, its applicatoin in field. Detailed understanding about basics of RC building Structures. Non structural element and its effect on building. Types of foting used in Hemu Gadhvi Hall rajkot. Ductile detailing and it’s importance. Discuss about different government license required in civil engineering and structural engineering. |
| 2020-09-30 | Industrial visit at Swastic Prime | V.V.P Engineering college ,department of civil engineering organized virtual industrial visit for 3rd semester students. Total 25nos of students have paticipated. Students get exposure about concept of space design, arrangement of rooms, functional requirements, building services, construction methods and safety aspects, innovative construction techniques. |
| 2020-10-05 | Expert Lecture on Housing for All : A Better Urban Future (World Habitat Day) by ER . B.V.Harsoda | This Webinar is cordially organized by Institution of Engineers (India) – Saurashtra Local Center, Rajkot and Department of Civil Engineering, VVPEC Rajkot on the occasion of celebration of World Habitat Day 2020 on "Housing for All: A Better Urban Future '' by Er. B.V.Harsoda. This programme was live telecasted on institute YouTube channel. This webinar includes discussion of new fast & innovative building materials and construction techniques which are developed by IITs & BMTPC(Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council). The names of new methodologies are : 1. Monolithic Concrete Construction System using Aluminium Formwork 2. Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Wall Panels System 3. Light Gauge Steel Structural Systems 4. Reinforced EPS Core System 5. Stay in Place Formwork System & Stay in Wall Double Walled EPS Construction System. |
| 2021-03-04 | Expert Lecture on Bio Concrete by Mr. Parth Sondarva | Department of Civil Engineering, VVP Engineering College has organised Expert Lecture tilted as “Bio-Concrete” by Alumni of department of Civil Engineering Mr. Parth Sondarava, M.E. from BVM college and currently working with Diamond Infra space LTD as a site Engineer in a 22 storey Residential Building Project. By this event, Students got an idea about how does bio concrete work? Is Bio Concrete harmful? What is the cost of Bio concrete? Advantage and disadvantages of Bio concrete etc. Overall students not only got knowledge on Bio-Concrete but also enjoyed having a discussion with their senior. |
| 2021-03-06 | Expert Lecture on Importanance of software in civil engineering by Mr. Darpan Nagrecha | Expert lecture on importance of Software in Civil Engineering is delivered by our proud alumni Mr. Darpan Nagrecha. He has explained how software development has effectively contributed in various civil engineering disciplines, as it provides engineers with the ability to perform a variety of complex calculations, modeling, drafting, designing practice and several analysis processes for civil engineering infrastructure. Also he has guided how to select the suitable software that can perform multi engineering tasks efficiently and satisfy more specific users demands. |
| 2021-03-07 | Industrial visit at Surbhi Heights | Virtual industrial visit organized for 6th ,4th ,8th semester students at Surbhi Heights. Total 80nos of students have participated. Students get knowledge about procedure of construction of various components of the building in detail and briefed about the safety measures as well as precautions to be followed during the Whole period of construction. |
Year: 2019-2020
| 19/6/2019 | Expert lecture on Scope of Valuer by Mr Dilip Chandarana | With reference to the 7th semester syllabus of Professional Practice and Valuation (2170610), Civil Engineering Department of VVP Engineering College have organised Expert Lecture tilted as “Scope of Valuer” by the Valuer Shri D. B. Chandarana, B.E. Civil (1969) who has retired as an Engineer in Government Department in 2001. Dilip sir registered as an authorised Government Valuer in 2003 and till date has been the authorized valuer of many nationalized and financial institution. With his wide experience, Dilip sir has started his speech with introduction and ended up with questionnaires from the student. Sir has highlighted with brief explanation of each and every aspect of the Valuer. |
| 27/6/2019 | Expert lecture on Important of Reinforcement Detailing and Site Supervision by Mr. Ashish Satasiya | The main agenda of this lecture is to give knowledge about important reinforcement detailing for different R.C.C. structural member as a part of skill development prrogramme. Mr. Ashish J. Satasiya has vast experience to design RCC and steel structure. This expert lecture organised for seven semester students, Sir shared their experience of bad construction and good construction practice at various site and how to overcome such construction practice also. |
| 5/7/2019 | Industrial visit at Shyamal Upavan & Decora west hill at Rajkot | As part of skill development programme for third semester students at VVP engineering college, civil department has organised industrial visit at decora hill. In this visit site engineer enlightened students on different aspect of civil engineering like Site handling, safety precaution on site, information on building component, various test conducted on site and advanced construction technology. |
| 19/09/2019 to 20/09/2019 | Industrial visit at "ADANI Port" Mundra (West port, Thermal Power plant, oil mill & Import ecport unit) | This visit was under the Project UDAAN by Adani Foundation. Udaan is a learning based initiative focused on the youth coming from various colleges across the state of Gujarat. Under this project, an exposure tour is organized wherein students are given a chance to visit the Adani Port and Adani Power facilities at the Hazira site and to get an insight into the large scale business activities carried out there. Hazira Port handles all types of cargo including bulk, break-bulk, bulk liquidchemicals, petroleum products & edible oil, containers, automotive and crude. Students visited Adani thermal power Plant which has created history by synchronizing the first super-critical technology based 660MW generating unit at Mundra. This is the first super-critical generating unit in India. Students have also visited Adani Wilmar Limited, where students get information about refining preocess of oil and packaging process. The whole process was fully automatic and was working on PLCs. |
| 19/01/2020 | Expert Lecture on Importance of GATE by Mr. Tejas Nandani | Mr. Tejas Nandani is a alumni of Department of civil Engineering-V.V.P. Engineering College.In his talk he gave all the information related to GATE Examination such as Importance of GATE, How one can get admission in NITs & IITs through GATE, How much stipend given by Ministry of HRD for pursuing M.E./M.TECH, How one can get job in PSUs through GATE. He also informed Cut-off Marks of various IITs, NITs & PSUs. He also solved various queries of students about preparation strategy, standard materials, test series etc. By this expert lecture students got complete information and benefits of GATE. |
| 22/01/2020 | "Expert Lecture on How to prepare yourself for Competitive Exam by Mr. Mohit Vaghasiya" | Mr. Mohit Vaghasiya is a alumni of Department of civil Engineering-V.V.P. Engineering College. He delivered an Expert talk on Preparation of Competitive Exams. He covered Topics related to understanding the syllabus, preparing an Effective Daily-Study Schedule, Fixing Weekly Targets and Achieve them, Positivity & Confidence, Standard Study Materials, Take Proper Rest & Sleep, Revise, Revise & Revise. By this expert lecture students got guideline for preparation of various Competitive Exam like GATE,ESE & GPSC. |
| 27/1/2020 | Industrial visit at Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. & Port - Dhrol | The Company is one of the top Salt Manufacturers in Dhrol, Jamnagar. It has an area of 2,024 hectares on the shoreline of Hansthal Creek leading to the Port of Navlakhi, Gujarat. It is the single largest totally mechanized Salt Works in the country. The salt Works is designed to produce 500,000 TPA of high purity salt using the solar evaporation technique. Presently the entire production is meant for exports. The unit has a unique geographical advantage of deep water-frontage capable of accommodating vessels with draft upto 9.14 mtrs. In 1993, the Salt Works installed a 250 Metric Tonnes per hour salt washery. It has a Single line mesh belt with numerous washing zones. This washing process purifies the raw Salt into international grade Industrial Salt. The Salt Works can load vessels upto 40,000 Metric Tonnes. The vessels are loaded mid-stream about 1.5 Kms from the Salt Works Private Jetty. The barge-loading jetty has the capacity to load barges at a rate of 900 Metric Tonnes per hour. The berthing jetty platform is 79.40 metres long and has the capacity to accommodate 2,000 DWT barges. These barges carry the Salt to the mother vessel where the vessel's holds are loaded by grab buckets. |
| 27/1/2020 | Industrial visit at State water data centre, Gandhinagar | Civil Department, VVP Engineering College has organised two days industrial tour for 6th semester students at State water data centre Gandhinagar, institute of seismological research and western dedicated freight corridor vadodara. Students get knowledge about recording of state water data, how measurments are carried out for rain, temperature and humidity. |
| 27/1/2020 | Industrial visit at Seismological Research Centre, Gandhinagar | Seismic data analysis centre (SeiDAC) to monitor seismicity of the Gujarat State and the Narmada Dam areas, near real time, using a network of 60 broadband seismographs and 54 strong motion accelerographs. Students get knoweldge about how earthquake can be recorded for entire Gujarat and they have guided students about new reserch which is on how to do prediction of earthquake. |
| 28/1/2020 | Industrial visit at Western Dedicated freight corridor-Vadodara | The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is a broad gauge freight corridor under construction in India by Indian Railways. It will connect India's capital, Delhi, and its economic hub, Mumbai. This corridor will cover a distance of 1483 km and would be electrified with double line operation. By visiting the site students get information about construction procedure of delhi Mumbai dedicated freight corridor. |
| 10/2/2020 | Basic Level GIS workshop by Mr. Abhinav Mehta | Aim of this workshop is to fill gap in GIS/Remote Sensing field to aware students about Geospatial technology for Earth Science & its applications. Learning Objectives of this Workshop: 1. Introduction with software installation 1. Basic Functions and Working of GPS (How to Mark Waypoints, Lines, area using GPS) 3. Geo-referencing/Digitization (Vector Database) 2. GPS Hands on/Import-Export of field data 3. Open source software of GIS & its Basic Functioning 4. Satellite Data Platforms/Visual Image Interpretation/Geo-rectification In this session he gave students on hand practice on software and solved doubts related to the topic. |
Year: 2018-2019
| 20/7/2018 | Industrial visit at Execution of external wall plaster site visit at VVP Engineering College | Students visited construction of execution of external wall plaster at VVP Engineering College. By viditing the site students came to know about the material which are used for plastering, proportion and mixing of materials, procedure for applying the material on external wall, how to maintain thickness of plaster throughout wall, final coat of plaster, Washing of plaster with acids |
| 30/07/2018 | Expert Lecture on Soft Skill & Interview technique by Mr. Kalpeshbhai | Shri Kalpeshbhai Patel has more than 20 years of experience in education field. His expertise is to prepare the students for international exams like IELTS, GRE, GMAT, SAT, PTE & Spoken English. During his lecture he explained strategies of how to prepare for interview. He discussed importance of soft skills developments for successful interview. He gave particular stress on development of soft skills, which is the most important part and requirement to crack the successful interview. He also discussed what are the traits the company looks in to the candidate and how to express your self. |
| 29/9/2018 | Industrial visit at Stern Testing Laboratory | Department of civil engineering has organized a visit at Stern testing laboratory for 6th sem students. The purpose of the visit is to train the students in the field of testing of common materials of construction and to understand the students about testing of construction materials to study their behavior when subjected to external loading and to obtain their mechanical properties which are used directly or indirectly in the design of structural elements. |
| 22/10/2018 | Expert lecture by Mr. S.M.Khatri and Mr J V Shah on Traffic rules and safety awareness & women saftey | An audio – video presentation on road accident, woman safety & traffic awareness given by Shri S.M.Khatri sir (Joint Police Commissioner, Rajkot). He also gave detail description about vehicle accident. They showed video regarding vehicle accident in residential society area & gave tips how to drive vehicle in society. In addition, they also discuss about the rights of women, domestic abuse & dowry. Shri J.V.Shah sir (RTO Inspector, Rajkot) gave expert talk on helmet safety, pedestrian safety, importance of safety belt. They also spread awareness regarding organ donation. At the end of talk they request to students to adopt HSRP number plate in old vehicle. |
| 7/1/2019 | Expert lecture by Mr. Bruno who was one of the pioneer person in the construction of BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI, the tallest building in the world. | A useful and informative lecture on 7th January, 2019 was conducted by Mr. Bruno Mendiaux, a Civil Engineer from BELGIUM, came to our department for sharing his vast knowledge and experience with students of 4th Semester, Civil Engineering Department, VVP Engineering College, Rajkot. Mr. Bruno was one of the pioneer person in the construction of BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI. The lecture was mainly oriented on Preparation of students for the current market, How to control the cost of projects, Skills of being a good contractor, Design process as per different conditions and at the end, Inspirational speech regarding how to seek our passions and/or interests in our life. |
| 11/2/2019 | Industrial visit at Hi Bond Cement at Patidada near Gomta | This plant has been placed right on the National Highway-8B, at a distance of just 50kms from Rajkot, in the village of Patidad of the Gondal District. As cement is the basic ingredient of the Concrete, it is important to know the manufacturing process of the cement. Students also learned about various tests performed on cement and packaging process of cement. |
| 07/03/19 | Industrial visit at BRTS Control Room Rajkot | Department of civil engineering has organized a visit at BRTS control room for final year students. Control Room Incharge has explained the planning, monitoring and controlling of the BRTS system. Students have interacted with officers of the BRTS system regarding Incident Management, Bus Identification, Bus Positioning systems, Delay Management, Repairs and Maintenance system of the BRTS track, Tracking for the travel time, Collision warning system, Ticketing system etc. using Intelligent Transportation Systems. |