About Student Chapter
Greetings from India Chapter of ACI.
India Chapter of ACI having presently student chapters in 26 colleges / institutes / organisation in all over India.
IC-ACI has always invested in the development of young, engineering students through training and education opportunities.
Our various initiatives allow students interested in engineering careers the chance to develop important operational skills required to succeed in the industry.
In addition to learning practical aspects of the job, students also gain exposure to company culture and learn from mentors with over 10-30 years of industry experience.
A. Some of the activities that we typically look to organise/co-organise in the year are:-
- Concrete cube test
- Essay competition
- Expert talks/lectures
- Educational tours
- Internship programmes
- Concrete festivals (organised by student chapter and supported by IC-ACI)
- National workshops (organised by student chapter and supported by IC-ACI)
B. Furthermore, students get:
- An opportunity to associate with IC-ACI as a source of information on Concrete Technology and Construction.
- Heavy discounts for IC-ACI-organised seminars/conferences. These events typically involve professionals and decision makers from the Indian engineering fraternity and visiting foreign dignitaries.
- Students are eligible for awards for IC-ACI-organised competitions at the hands of the ACI President if he/she is visiting India that year.
- Publicity of your activities supported by IC-ACI in Concrete India magazine and on www.icaci.com
- If the activity is exceptional, then publicity can be hoped for in parent body ACI’s Concrete International magazine and website www.concrete.org.
- ICACI will support your event by lending its name, logo, technical inputs, and visits by Chapter Board Members etc.
- Students’ Chapter members can also participate in various student competitions of ACI International and win certificates, awards, recognitions, discounted registration to ACI Conventions in the US.
- Students can refer IC-ACI Library by depositing of membership card.
- The students will get the soft copies of “Concrete India” Journal through registered email.
As an “Institutional Member” of India Chapter of ACI, your college will get additional points from “NBA Accreditation”.
It will be our pleasure to assist you to establish a Students’ Chapter, of India Chapter of ACI at your college / institute / organisation and get it approved by American Concrete Institute, USA. You need to fulfill certain requirements and complete corresponding documentations. Please proceed with the attached preparatory works so that we can meet the requirements for ACI’s approval.
We await completion of all procedural requirements at your end so that we can promptly establish the Students’ Chapter.
If you need any further information/clarification, please call us on 022-24469175/0760, we will be happy to help you.
Wish you all the best.
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Chapter Secretariat
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No objection letter from Dean or Principal
Petition Form
Chapter Bye laws
Dr. Rampradheep G.S. is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Yogini Deshpande holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Mumbai University.
Shashank V. Mehendale is the founder and Principal Consultant of M/s Shashank Mehendale & Associates (SMA) – a multi-disciplinary organization that has been serving the construction industry for the last two decades.
Mr. Suhas R. Barve completed his Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) from IIT Bombay in 1983. At present he runs his owns consultancy firm, M/s. Barve Consultants, which specializes in Structural Designing, Architectural Planning, Interior Designing, Consultancy for Structural Repairs and PMC for Re-Development etc.
An internationally acclaimed authority on several aspects of cement, manufacturing and concrete technology, Dr. Subrato Chowdhury is the recipient of the ‘Outstanding Concrete Technologist’ Award from Indian Concrete Institute in 2012.
A renowned Consulting Structural and Civil Engineer, Mr. Dhupelia has for the past 45 years designed Structures of various kinds and complexities. He has adopted both conventional and modern technologies of construction in his projects spanning large housing and commercial complexes, industrial projects, high rise buildings, sewage and water treatment plants for private and public bodies and for World Bank aided projects.
Since 1984 Umesh Magar has been in the construction industry building some of India’s most successful ‘Sustainable Integrated Townships’.
