The Civil Engineering Department of the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla organised a two-day international conference on “Recent Advances in Mechanics and Materials (ICRAMM-2016)” wherein eminent educationists from the country and abroad took part and presented their papers.
TRl Krosaki Refractories ltd vice-president Dr Tarapad Dash gracing as chief guest highlighted about continuous and spontaneous innovations that have fetched development worldwide.
“Ideas developed by Google and Microsoft controls the advanced education and learned professionals globally. We are not even in a position to dispose the garbage of used electronic materials which create a havoc and menace to our present society,” Dash said urged all to take vow to work hard for innovations with top most speed.
University of Arkansas, USA’s Prof R Paneer Selvam expressed concern over non-availability of low-cost Indian shaving kit in the market for which people are forced to use such products made in China.
“Everywhere in India, Chinese products dominate markets everywhere in India. We have to work hard and control our own market with indigenous low-cost consumable products,” Salvem said.
He highly applauded the art and culture of Odisha he had seen in the state capital earlier.
VISSUT VC Prof E Saibaba Reddy said, “Design of structures needs knowledge of mechanics of materials and composites. Development of any project or product depends on holistic understanding of the behavior of materials and complete understanding of its mechanics during construction and its lifetime.”
Prof Ramachandra and Prof Sudhir Kumar Barai from IIT Kharagpur and other eminent Professors presented valuable research findings related to earthquake resistant buildings and similar other subjects.
Conference chairman Prof Amarnath Nayak, convener Prof Sanjay Kumar Patro and Prof Ramakant Panigrahi too spoke.
More than 50 research papers were presented. Renowned engineers and researchers from the USA, IITs, NITs and other prominent institutes of India participated.