Influence of Cement Chemistry on Admixture Compatibility

Date:19-05-2023
Faculty Name:

Dr. S. B. Hegde, currently, working as a ‘Professor, Jain University and a Visiting Professor in Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Dr. Hegde has more than 30 years of experience in Cement Manufacturing both in India and Abroad.

During his tenure in the cement industry, he has occupied the ‘Leadership Position’ in reputed Major and Multinational Cement Companies in India and outside India.

Dr. Hegde is an Expert Panel Member in Cement Manufacturer’s Association, New Delhi

Dr. Hegde is one of the Editorial Board Member of Russian Cement Industry Journal “Cement and its Application” and ‘Indian Cement Review’, A Publication of ASAPP Info Global Services Private Limited, Mumbai.

Dr. Hegde has published more than 155 Research Papers in National and International Journals.

Dr. Hegde has 6 Patents to his credit.

Dr. Hegde has Successfully Co Guided 2 Students for obtaining their Ph.D.

Dr. Hegde is a Recipient of Global Visionary Award, instituted by World Vision and Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ahmedabad in 2020.

Influence of Cement Chemistry on Admixture Compatibility 

Concrete : Durability Testing

Date:17-02-2023
Faculty Name:

RMCMA have planned a webinar on Friday 17th February 2023 from 03.00 pm to 05.00 pm on “Concrete : Durability Testing”. The faculty is Er. Suhas Dhuri.

Er. Suhas Dhuri is the promoter and the partner of e cube concrete consultants LLP. e-cube as prime consultant in the concrete industry. He has worked with ACC Ltd for more than 25 years in various divisions like R&D, product development & ready-mix concrete. Total experience in construction Industries is more the 40 years. Er Suhas Dhuri is Civil Engineer from VJTI, Mumbai He has professional life membership of ACI & ICI Train ing in Ferrocement concrete/ Pre-cast concrete/ Laboratory Management Systems as per ISO/IEC 17025 :2017.

Er. Suhas Dhuri was involved in Structural Investigation at IOC Baroda, BPCL Mumbai, /RCF Mumbai, /MIDC Concrete pipeline Dombivli, /ESSAR Tower, Mumbai, /Bombay Stock Exchange Building (after bomb blast), /ESCORT building New Delhi (fire damage), /BARC Mumbai-prestressed concrete water reservoir Contribution to Construction Industry in India. Core Team member of First commercial RMC plant of ACC for Bharat Dimond Bourse, BKC, Mumbai. Yr. 1994.

Er. Suhas Dhuri had offered Concrete Mix Design Services to many important projects in India. Er. Suhas Dhuri have list of publication presentation made at NCBM international Seminars, Seminar on Concrete for Infra-structures, international conference, National Seminar on important topics. Er. Suhas Dhuri is extending Technical Support to publications of ACC, Indian Concrete Journal and many more.

Concrete : Durability Testing 

Revolution in Concrete Curing with Performance

Date:30-12-2022
Faculty Name:

RMCMA have planned a webinar on Friday 30th December 2022 from 03.00 pm to 05.00 pm on “Revolution in Concrete Curing with Performance”. The faculty is Mr. Rajeev Pandey. Mr. Rajeev R Pandey is having more than 25 years of experience in Construction Industry and Ready-mix Concrete with Various assignments and positions in Hindustan Construction Co., Ultratech Concrete, ACC to name a few. Well versed in Concrete Technology and Prevalent practices in Construction Today.

Interpretation of NDT Results for Acceptance of Concrete 

Interpretation of NDT Results for Acceptance of Concrete

Date:18-11-2022
Faculty Name:

Er. Ujwal Kunte is a Civil Engineer from MIT College Pune along with an MBA from Pune’s prestigious Symbiosis Institute of Business Management. Er. Ujwal Kunte worked with Afcons as Design Engineer. Er. Ujwal Kunte was always intrigued by Concrete Technology and established Durocrete Pvt. Ltd. in Pune in 1995. Durocrete Pvt. Ltd. is a leading Material Testing and Geo Engineering Company in western India which is accredited by National Accreditation Board of Laboratories under Dept. of Science and Technology, since 2007.

In the late nineties Er. Ujwal Kunte and his team conducted research on quality practices at various construction sites across India. The result led to the establishment of CQRA Pvt. Ltd. in 2004. CQRA is a leading Third-Party Quality Inspection company in the country accredited by National Accreditation Board of Certifying Bodies (NABCB).

In year 2019 Durocrete and CQRA Pvt. Ltd received equity participation from ACTS Beirut, a leading Material Testing, Third Party Inspection and Geo Engineering Company in GCC countries.

Er. Ujwal Kunte is also the brain behind developing the 10-Point Rating System-Benchmark, for measuring the quality of various parameters associated with a construction project. He also conducts workshops and trainings on these subjects and has contributed papers in national and international seminars.

Er. Ujwal Kunte has keen interest in subjects like Operations Research, Mathematical Methods and Research Methodology and has taught these subjects at many reputed post-graduate management institutes.

Interpretation of NDT Results for Acceptance of Concrete 

Using LC3 cement

Date:28-08-2022
Faculty Name:Dr. Shashank Bishnoi
Flyer webinar 34 

Advance Techniques of Testing of Fresh & Hardened Concrete

Date: 08-07-2022
Advance Techniques of Testing of Fresh & Hardened Concrete 

Present Day Challenges in Ready Mix Concrete Industry

Date: 29/07/2022
Present Day Challenges in Ready Mix Concrete Industry 

Total Concrete Solutions

Date: 17/06/2022
Total Concrete Solutions 

Quality Requirements of RMC Consultants Perspectives

Date: 27/05/2022
Quality Requirements of RMC - Consultants Perspectives 

Enhancing Performance of Chemical Admixtures (HRWR) in Concrete

Date: 19/04/2022
Faculty Name:
Enhancing Performance of Chemical Admixtures (HRWR) in Concrete 

Optimisation of Concrete Mixes - CUSUM Technique

Date: 29/04/2022
Faculty Name:
Optimisation of Concrete Mixes - CUSUM Technique 

Busting Certain Concrete Myths

Date: 22/02/2022
Faculty Name:
Busting Certain Concrete Myths 

Troubleshooting Quality Complaints in Ready Mix Concrete

Date: 28/01/2022
Faculty Name:
Troubleshooting Quality Complaints in Ready Mix Concrete 

QA and QC of Concrete in Metro Rail Projects

Date:03.12.2021
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The highlights of the presentations are given below.
  • 360° prospective of Concrete 1uality was explained.
  • Importance of QA and QC in Metro Rail Projects.
  • QA and QC philosophy in Maha-Metro.
  • The concept of Key Performance Indicators was explained.
  • Methodology of QA and QC in construction works was explained.
  • The details of Tool Box, Quality Circles and Quality Cluster has been given.
  • Practices followed in Maha- Metro are given.
  • Good Practices in Managing Quality have been given.
  • Details of Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) used in the projects are provided.
  • Use of Concrete in Complex Situation like Tunnel Lining are provided.
  • The advantages of use of Fly Ash and GGBS in concrete has been given.
  • The use of Fibres and their advantages are provided

QA-QC of Concrete in Maha-Metro Rail Projects - A 360 degree Perspective 

Concrete Durability in Marine Environment

Date:24-12-2021
Faculty Name:

  Educational Qualification –M.E. (Civil) ––from BITS – Pilani/ BE (Civil) – College of Engg. – Pune

  Professional Experience –

      Had worked on various construction sites

      Had worked as a lecturer in civil engineering department of College of Engineering & Technology – Jalgaon.

      Had worked in various capacities in cement division of Larsen & Tourbo Limited in Technical Services department.

      Has worked in various capacities in Technical Services department of UltraTech Cement Ltd. and presently based at Mumbai.

  Presently working as Sr.Vice President & Head -Technical Services Key Accounts Cell of UltraTech Cement Ltd.

Has wide experience of 27 years in the field of construction, cement & concrete technology, quality systems & quality control techniques & technical training of manpower etc.

Active member of various professional organizations such as ICI, India Chapter of ACI etc. Active member of organizing committees for various events/ Seminars of India Chapter of American Concrete Institute, Indian Concrete Institute, Institution of Engineers, Cement Manufacturers Association etc.

Member of Board of studies for updating curriculum of diploma, graduate & post graduate courses of civil engineering in VJTI Mumbai & College of Engineering Pune.

Past Chairman & Secretary of ICI – Mumbai - Maharashtra centre.


Flyer webinar 25 

Chemical Admixtures in Concrete / Present Developments and Futuristic Trends

Date:10-10-2021
PPT 

Innovations in Production Technology of Coarse Aggregate and M – Sand

Date:24-09-2021
Innovations in Production Technology of Coarse Aggregate and M – Sand  

Integrated Production & Technical Control and CUSUM Analysis – A powerful Business Improvement Tool

Date:22-09-2021
Integrated Production & Technical Control and CUSUM Analysis 

The Rheology of Concrete

Date:11-09-2021
RMCMA Rheology 

Recent advances in Concrete and Sustainable Materials

Date:13-08-2021
Faculty Name:
Dr. N.V. Ramana Rao is at present Director & Professor of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal. He did his BE in Civil Engineering from (Osmania), M.Tech from (IIT Delhi), Ph.D (from (UK) and Post Doctorate.(from UK) in Civil and Structural Engineering from University of Wales, Swansea , UK. He has held several Administrative posts as Registrar, JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad from 30.04.2012 to 21.07.2015, as Principal, JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad from 30.04.2008 to 24.11.2011, as Director, Bureau of Industrial Consultancy Services, JNTU, Hyderabad from 05.09.2003 to 05.05.2006, as Co-ordinator, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, JNTU, Hyderabad from 01.08.2002 to 31.01.2004.
Prof. Ramana Rao has edited three books and published 186 papers in International Journals/International Conferences/ National Journals/ National Conferences. He has organized 12 Conferences/Workshops, Delivered 15 invited lectures. He has guided more than 60 M.Tech’s, 12 Ph.D’s and guiding at present several Ph.Ds.
  • Outstanding Concrete Engineer Award for the year 2012 by A.P. Chapter of the Indian Concrete Institute
  • TOBIP Award for the year by the Junior Chambers International, Hyderbad, September 2012, JCI Banjara Hyderabad.
  • Arthur Cotton Memorial Prize by the Institute of Engineers (India) for the best paper in the IEI Journal, December, 2012.
  • State Best Teacher Award for the year 2011 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
  • Best Designer Award for year the 2004 by Indian Concrete Institute, A.P., Hyderabad Center for the School of Information Technology Building.
  • Awarded the 1998 Commonwealth Fellowship to pursue Post-Doctoral research at the University of Wales, Swansea. U.K.
  • Young Engineer Award for the year 1995 by Government of Andhra Pradesh and Institution of Engineers, India, A.P. State Center
  • Awarded the 1989 Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue PhD in Structural engineering at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK
  • Arthur Cotton Memorial Prize by the Institute of Engineers (India) for the best paper in the Studies on the Impact of Explosion on Blast Resistant Stiffened Door Structures, Series A, Volume 96, 2015
  • “Eminent Engineer” Award presented by the Association of Consulting Civil Engineer (India) ACCE(I), Madurai on 2nd June 2018, for the immense contribution to the construction industry.
  • “Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Prize Award-2020” in the field of “Engineering”, presented by the Institute of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, Hyderabad and Government of Telangana.

Prof. Ramana Rao has been a Member of Academic Senate, JNTU, Hyderabad, Expert Committee Member of City Police Commissionarate Head Qauarters Building and Integrated Command & Control Center, Past Chairman of the Indian Concrete Institute– AP Hyderabad Center, Past Secretary of the Indian Concrete Institute– AP Hyderabad Center, Executive member of the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers. He has held Membership of Several Important State level Government Committees. He has been a Member of Several AICTE Inspection Committees, Board of Studies Chairman in Civil Engineering, JNTUH, Coordinator, Singareni Collieries Recruitment Test. He has been External Expert Member of ISRO Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC). He has nominated as an Expert Committee member constituted by the UGC for grant of Autonomous status to various Technical Institutions. He has been a Subject Committee Member of Telangana State Public Service Commission. He has a Member of Telangana State Pollution Control Board, Expert Committee Member of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation. He has been Convener, EAMCET – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (A.P.) and Convener, EAMCET–2015 & 2016 (T.S.) a State Level Entrance Examination. He is also Member, JEE Apex Board (JAB) for conduct of JEE Examination in 2018, 2019 & 2020 for admission into IITs, NITs & CFTIs for admission in to Professional courses of Engineering and Medical streams. He has been a member of Several High Power Committees constituted by Govt of AP & Telangana. He has been a member of the committee to frame affiliation guidelines for affiliated Engineering Colleges by Govt. of Telangana.

He has elected Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences in the Year 2018.

Prof. Ramana Rao has visited US, UK, China, Spain, Taiwan, Portugal (Lisbon) for academic collaboration.

Prof. Ramana Rao took over charge as Director, NIT Warangal on 23.10.2017.

Architectural & Decorative Concrete – Colourful Opportunity for RMC

Date:30-07-2021
Faculty Name:
  • M.E in Prestressed Concrete
  • PhD in Concrete Structures from Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
  • Spent more than 20 years in teaching, research and consultancy. He was Professor of Civil Engineering at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore
  • Moved from academics to industry in 2003. He was heading technical division of a Pre-stressing company BBR(India) till 2007
  • Joined UltraTech Cement Ltd., as Head, Building Products Division and later took over as Joint President & Head, Technical Services
  • He is presently Technical Advisor to UltraTech and also offering consultancy services in the field of quality control, repairs and rehabilitation of structures
  • He is actively involved in several professional bodies.
    • Fellow of Indian Association of Structural Engineers and Ex-VP (South) of IAStructE.
    • Fellow of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) and Ex-Secretary General
    • Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) and was President of ICI (2015-17)
    • Was VP of Asian Concrete Federation (ACF) for the years 2017 and 2018
  • Actively involved in organizing several national and international conferences
  • Was AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor to BMSCE from 2012 till 2017.
  • He has been honoured with Eminent Engineer Award by Institution of Engineers (India) at their Annual Convention in 2018
  • UKIERI Concrete Congress honoured him in March 2019 by dedicating one conference in his name.

Tips to understand fly ash blending in concrete

Date:02-07-2021
Faculty Name:
Dr. Kali Das and Ms Bhanumati Das have done extensive work on fly ash and their efforts in this direction have been recognised across the world including World Bank.

Profile of n kalidas 2020 

Geopolymer Concrete it’s potential and Applications

Date:28-05-2021
Faculty Name:
Dr. N. P. Rajamane, Ex- Deputy Director SERC Chennai. Dr. N. P. Rajamane holds M. Tech (structure) from ITTM, and has done PhD in Geopolymer Concretes. He was founder head for Advance Concrete Research (CACR) at SRM Institute of of Science and technology (2010-2020). He was also the founder and head of Advanced Materials Laboratory CSIR-SERC, Chennai (1973-2010). He has published more than 510 Technical Publications, both in National and International Journals. He has contributed significantly in development/research of Geopolymer Concrete in India. He has been awarded “Outstanding Concrete Technologist” for 2008 by Indian Concrete Institute.

Sustainability of concrete by using blended cements

Date:07-05-2021
Faculty Name:
Dr. Ravindra Gettu is currently the Dean for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, and V.S. Raju Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from Northwestern University. In 1990, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, and later became the Director of the Structural Technology Laboratory of the Technical University of Catalonia, in Barcelona. He moved back to India in 2004. The areas of research of Dr. Gettu have been fracture mechanics of concrete and rock; nonlinear behaviour of cement-based materials; high strength, fibre reinforced and self compacting concretes; sustainability, and the effective use of chemical admixtures and alternative binders. His research has been funded by public organizations, as well as the construction industry, helping him focus on applied research and technology transfer. He has co-authored close to 500 publications, of which more than 100 are peer-reviewed journal papers. He was honoured for outstanding contributions at the Gettu-Kodur Symposium on Advances in Science & Technology of Concrete, organized by the India Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, Mumbai, in 2018. He was elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2018. He is the President and Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Structures and Systems, based in France. He was elected as a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering in 2019.

Testing of Hardened Concrete with Special Emphasis on NDT

Date:26-03-2021
Faculty:
Mr. Ravi Ranade is well known Concrete Technologist from Pune having expertise in concrete testing and injection grouting. Mr Ranade has been requested to cover the latest provisions recently made in IS : 516 and its various parts. In addition, concrete core testing will be covered in details including various corrections to be made before interpreting the strength.

PPT of Concrete Cube Testing NDT 

Requirements of Pumpable Concrete and Horizontal and Vertical Pumping of Concrete

Date:26-02-2021
Faculty:
Dr. Prakash Nanthagopalan, Well known person and professor at IIT, Mumbai.

pumping of concrete

Date:12-02-2021
PPT 

Advances in Concrete Technology and Recent Revision of Indian Standards

Date:12-02-2021
Faculty:
The faculty for the webinar is Mr. V.V.Arora. Mr. Arora has recently retired from post of Jt. Director, National Council of Building Materials (NCBM). Mr. Arora has played key role in revision of Indian Standards on cement and concrete. He has also been main spokesman from Indian side on International Standard Organisations (ISO) and has served/serving as convenor on various committees of BIS and IOS responsible for revision of standards. His brief profile is also enclosed.

Expectations of Consumers from RMC Producers

Date:18-12-2020
Faculty: Mr. L. K. Jain
"User Expectations from RMC Suppliers" held on December 18,2020  

Chemical Admixtures in Concrete / Present Developments and Futuristic Trends

Date:21-10-2020
Faculty: Mr. Sameer Surlakar

The Basics of Cracks in Concrete

Date:09-10-2020
Faculty: Mr. C M Dordi

Integrated Production & Technical Controls and CUSUM Analysis - A powerful Business Improvement Tool

Date:22-09-2020
Faculty: Mr. Kshemendra nath

The Rheology of Concrete

Date:11-09-2020
Faculty: Dr. Manu Santhanam

Hot and Cold Weather Concreting

Date:26-08-2020
Faculty: Mr. Manish Mokal
Temperature Control of Concrete 

Important Aspect of Concrete Pumping

Date:11-08-2020
Faculty:Mr. C M Dordi

3D Concrete Prining Technology

Date:28-07-2020
Faculty:Mr. Anuj Maheshwari

Quality Control and Standardisation in Production of Concrete

Date:14-07-2020
Faculty: Mr. Vijay Kulkarni