Faculty, staff members and students have participated in various events at National and International Level and received accolades. The Department deeply appreciates and honours the achievements.
2023 Sir Arthur Cotton memorial Prize for publishing paper with Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A by The Institution of Engineers (India)
27 Dec 2023
Best Assistant Professor of the Institute of Technology for Overall Performance for the year 2019-20
21 Jan 2021
Research Excellence Award
02 Dec 2021
Best Paper in the Civil Engineering Division from The Institution of Engineers (India)
24 Dec 2020
IEI Young Engineers Award 2019-20 in Civil Engineering Division by The Institution of Engineers (India)
01 Sep 2019
ISTE National Award for Best M Tech Thesis in Civil Engineering for having guided Best M Tech Thesis (I Prize)
29 Jan 2019
Co-inventor for a Patent published by The Patent Office Journal for an invention "A Novel Composition for Alkali Activated Paver Blocks and A Process Thereof"
20 Apr 2018
Completed a course on "Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures" offered by NTPEL with Gold Medal
22 Nov 2018
Best Paper Award for a Paper titled “Improving the Soil Subgrade with Plastic Waste Reinforcement-An Experimental Study ” authored by Alka Shah and Hiral Modha in International Conference on “Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2018) held during 23-24 August 2018 at Amity University, Noida.
24 Aug 2018
Completed NPTEL Course on "Geosynthetics Testing Laboratory" with Gold Medal (90% Marks)
20 Nov 2018
Gold Medal in NPTEL Online Course "Digital Elevation Models and Applications" during Feb-Mar 2018
01 May 2018
Co-Inventor for Patent titled "Synchronized Crack Monitoring System" published by Indian Patent Office
14 Apr 2017
Co-inventor for a Patent published by The Patent Office Journal for an invention "Synchronized Crack Monitoring System"
14 Apr 2017
E P Nicolaides Prize for publishing paper with Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A by The Institution of Engineers (India)
21 Dec 2017
E. P. Nicolaides Prize for the paper published in Series ‘A’ Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) (SPRINGER) Vol. 97, Issue 3
21 Dec 2017
Awarded the travel grant Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) and Indian National Science Academy for attending the 9 th International Concrete Conference 2016 on “Environment, Efficiency and Economic Challenges” held at University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
06 Jul 2016
Poster on "Site suitability Analysis of Water Harvesting Structures in Hilly Terrains of Valsad Region using Remote Sensing and GIS" won first prize at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar. (Cash Prize: 10,000 INR)
25 Jul 2015
Indian Building Congress Award for Best Paper titled "Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis for Progressive Collapse Evaluation of Asymmetrical RC Building" at 19th Annual Convention and Seminar at New Delhi
02 Sep 2015
Mentored "High Strength Geopolymer Concrete" which was awarded as Best Idea Lab Project by Nirma University in 2015 to Hardik Bhatia and Vatsal Ghael
03 Oct 2015
Mentor of Best BTech Project in Civil Engineering by ISTE titled "Effect of Alkaline Activator on Mechanical Strength of Geopolymer Mortar" awarded to Achint Sharma and Abhinav Karmilla
23 Nov 2015
Best Paper Award from Indian Building Congress (IBC), New Delhi for paper presented during 19th Annual Convention & National Seminar of IBC held at New Delhi
02 Sep 2015
Worked as a Deputy Director at Centre for Quality Assurance and Academic Development, Nirma University
11 Sep 2014
Gujarat Technological University Awarded Gold Medal For Standing First in ME (Geotechnical Engineering)
16 Jan 2014
Gold Medal in B.E Civil awarded by Silver Oak College of Engineering & Technology in 2014
01 Jun 2014
Invited for Session chair in International Expert Talk on “Microwave Remote Sensing”
17 Dec 2013
Received Appreciation for Guiding the B. Tech. Project in Civil Engineering (II Prize) on “Bacterial Concrete” by Institute of Technology, Nirma University.
30 Apr 2011
Guided Project titled “Estimation of Geoidal undulation of Ahmedabad city using GPS”, which is awarded as Best B.tech project by Indian Society for Technical Education in "Fourteenth ISTE student Convention in 2011" at Jayam College of Engineering and Technology, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu
30 Sep 2011
Awarded a travel grant by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for presenting paper at Third International Congress, PCI and fib at Washington DC, USA.
02 Jun 2010
Felicitated for Guiding the Best M. Tech. Thesis in Civil Engineering (I Prize) on “NSM Reinforcement for Strengthening of Beams” by Indian Society of Technical Education
18 Dec 2010
All India 27th Rank with 99.69% (Percentile) in GATE 2008 Examination
15 May 2008
“ISTE Charutar Vidya Mandal Vallabh Vidyanagar Gujarat Award for the Best Engineering College Teacher in Gujarat State 2008”
19 Dec 2008
Awarded a travel grant from Department of Science and Technology for presenting papers at 1st Conference on “Recent Advances in Concrete Technology”,by C. I. Premier, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
21 Sep 2007
Received award for ‘Highly Commendable Paper’ at 1st Conference on “Recent Advances in Concrete Technology”, by C. I. Premier, at Washington D.C., U.S.A.
21 Sep 2007
Awarded travel grant of $ 500 by International Association of Geodesyin for presenting poster "Monitoring Land Subsidence using GPS and INSAR" in International Conference IUGG-2007, Perugia, Italy
11 Jul 2007
Awarded a travel grant from All India Council of Technical Education for presenting papers at 10th East Asia-Pacific Conference, Asian Institute of Technology, Bagkok, Thailand.
05 Aug 2006
“Modern Construction Co. Ltd.” medal for standing first in Third Year of B. E. (Civil) at Gujarat University
15 Jun 1990
Contributing as a member on Concrete Reinforcement Sectional Committee, CED 54 of Bureau of Indian Standards.
Invited by National Assessment & Accreditation Council as a part of Peer Team for visiting various institutions and Universities for Accreditation.
Facilitated M. Tech Student Mr. Jay Viradiya for receiving the prestigious Mitacs Globalink Research Award - Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI). The award consisted the provision of him to be working as an Intern for the project titled “Assessment of Corrosion in RC Slabs using NDTs” under the Guidance of Dr. Rishi Gupta, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. A minimum of $6000 was provided as the award money.
Felicitated by Nirma University for publication of research papers, completion of PhD, etc. on sizable number of occasions during the foundation day celebrations.
Congratulations!!! We are very proud to announce that the team of Shivam Akbari (21MCLC01), Jeet Machchhoya (21BCL065), and Om Meta (21BCL070) from Civil Engineering Department, Nirma University finished as second runners up in the event CONQUER-IT at AAKAR-Annual Civil Engineering Technical Festival organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. CONQUER-IT is a technical event that tested student’s ability to design and cast pervious concrete with high compressive and flexural strength. This event consisted of three rounds of competition, and the top 19 teams were selected for the final round.
We would also like to extend a special thanks to Dr Tejas Joshi, who guided the competition and helped our students achieve this milestone.
Once again, congratulations to all the students who participated in this event and represented our department so well. Your hard work and dedication have paid off, and we wish you all the best for your future endeavours!
Jenish Patel (20MCLC10) received the Best Paper Award / Certificate for presenting a paper on “Comparative Study of Outrigger and Wall-Frame Structural Systems in Steel-Concrete Composite Tall Buildings” during the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure, organized at PDEU, Gandhinagar, from August 23-25th, 2022
Group of students with names, Hetavi Patel (19BCL076), Foram Shah (19BCL118), Bhavya Shah (19BCL117), Kruti Chauhan (20BCL502), Jhanvi Dholakiya (20BCL505), Vraj Chaudhary (20BCL131) participated in the National level event “Solar Decathlon India” held at Indian Institute for Human Settlement and the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy in month of September 2022 and were the semi finalist in the event.
Parthav Patel (19mclc13), student of M.Tech. Sem. 4 has received Best Young Researcher Presentation Award for the paper titled “Strengthening of Multistory Steel Moment Resisting Frame Building against Progressive Collapse using Chevron Bracing” presented at the Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials and Construction (ICSBMC – 2021) organized by Civil Engineering Department, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat in association with Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) Surat Centre during 4 – 6 February 2021.
Mr Ankit Chandelia (17BCL009) and Mr Sahaj Ruchirbhai Patel (17BCL101) had participated in the National level Mapathon competition, organized by IIT Bombay, ISRO and AICTE in joint collaboration. The competition observed participation from 9500+ candidates from different parts of the country. Result of the competition was declared on 10/02/2021.
Department congratulates Mr.Ankit and Mr.Sahaj for standing out as winner of this National Level competition.
Civil Engineering Department congratulates Mr Bhaumik Shukla (18BCL009), Dhruv Bhimani (18BCL010), Shivam Chandravadia (18BCL011) and Aayush Patel (19BCL511) for participating as well as inning the third prize and prize money of 10,000 INR in Sustainable Community Design 2021 organized by Manipal University Jaipur during February 12-14, 2021.
UltraTech Stimulus Competition is a National Level Technical Event. More than 1700 participants took part in the competition. This competition had 4 rounds of scrutiny and around 16 participants made it to the final round.
We congratulate our student Aditya Sinh for made it to the first runner up and winning a gift voucher worth Rs.10,000/- as a token of appreciation.
Parthav Patel, students of MTech (CASAD) – Sem III has presented a paper titled “Comparison of GSA 2003 and 2016 Guidelines for Evaluating Progressive Collapse Potential of Steel Moment Resisting Frame Building” in 35th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC) organized in virtual (ONLINE) mode by The Institution of Engineers (India) during December 18-20, 2020. The paper has been adjudged Best Paper in Civil Engineering Division.
Sahaj Patel (17BCL101) has cleared the examination of IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Accredited Professional with flying colors. He havs opened avenues for himself and can now participate in green building projects registered under the “IGBC rating programmes” such as IGBC green homes , IGBC new building , IGBC factory building , IGBC green townships , IGBC green existing buildings (operations and maintenance), etc. Department heartily congratulates Sahaj for this achievement.
Mr Hiren Solanki and Mr Vikas Rajput, students of B Tech Semester VI, Secured 1st rank with prize money of 15,000 INR for CONQUIZ 2019 held at CEPT University in collaboration with ICI(Indian Concrete Institute) and Ultratech Cement.
Mr Sagar Vasani, Mr Parth Zaveri and Mr Hiren Solanki, students of B Tech Semester VI, Secured 1st rank with prize money of 15,000 INR for Ultratech Sparkling Star Competition – 2019
Mr Shaurya Shah, a student of M Tech (CASAD) Semester II, secured 2nd rank for paper presentation in AAKAAR at IIT-Bombay
Mr Ajay Gelot, a student of M Tech (CASAD), received ISTE National Award for Best M Tech Thesis in Civil Engineering from Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, for the thesis titled “Development of Interaction Curve for Composite Column”.