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  • Dr P.S. Ambily, Senior Principal Scientist, graced the occasion as "Chief Guest" for the TNCST Sponsored National Level Seminar on "Innovation in Civil Engineering Materials and Construction Technologies" on 06 February 2025 at KSR College of Engineering , Erode, organised by Department of Civil Engineering, KSR College of Engineering in association with ICI Students Chapter and Erode District CiviI Engineering Association.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Chief Scientist & Director, CSIR-SERC, attended as a "Distinguished Speaker" in the Women in Engineering Panel Discussion in MTS Techsym 2025, organised by IIT-M at NIOT, Chennai on 28 February 2025.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Chief Scientist & Director, CSIR-SERC, received the "ICI-Ultratech Awards 2024 - Outstanding Women Concrete Engineer" sponsored by M/s. Ultratech Cements Ltd., Schwing Stetter India Pvt. Ltd., Floormart Global (FMG), Mumbai, and graced the occassion as "Chief Guest" for the International Womens Day celebration on 06 March 2025, organised by ICI­ Chennai Centre at BS Abdul Rahman Crescent Engineering College.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Chief Scientist & Director, CSIR-SERC, graced the occasion as "Chief Guest" for the International Womens Day celebration through online, on 08 March 2025, organised by Council of Vibration Specialists, Navi Mumbai.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC was the Guest of Honorat CECRI - One week One Week One Theme event on 27 June 2024.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the CIE-Theme, as a theme Directorat CSIR-HQ on 09 August 2024.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC was Chief Guest for the WINGS 2024 and chaired the Session -A Panel Discussion on women in the Science Conference.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the syndicate meeting of Madras University, as a member of syndicate on 20September2024at Madras University, Chennai.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC delivered the presidential address during the CEERI - Foundation day on 23 September 2024 at CSIR-CEERI Unit, Chennai.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the FTI / FTC Progress Review Meeting as a CIE Theme Director, on 25September2024atCS1RScienceCentre, New Delhi.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the CSIR Foundation Day Celebration on 26 September 2024 at NASC, PUSA Campus, New Delhi.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC was the Chief Guest and delivered the Valedictory address during the National Engineers Day Celebration on 1 October2024at NITCalicut.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERCattended the RC Meeting via MS-Teams during 3-40ctober 2024asa RC Memberof CSIR-CBRI.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the CSIR Director's Conference during 22-24 October2024atCSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the CSIR-CFTRI Foundation Day Celebration on 22 October 2024 at CFTRI.
  • Dr N. AnandavalIi, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the FTT/FTC performance review meeting as Cl E theme Director on 28 October 2024 at CSIR-SERC.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC was a Plenary Speaker during 12-14 December 2024at SEC-2024.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the Parliamentary Committee Meeting for Official Language of Hindi Implementation,during 6-8 January 2025 at Pondicherry.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC hadapress meet with E-TV on February 2025.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC had a press meet in Tamil with Doordharsan, Chennai on 10 February 2025.
  • Dr. N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the Monitoring Committee meeting to review progress of the CSIR-FIRSTand FBR/ NCP projects under Civil Infrastructure& Engineering (CIE) Theme Meeting on 4 March 2025 at CSIR-SERC, Chennai.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC was the Chief Guest at the International Women's Day Celebration Organized by ICI- Chennai Centre on 6 March 2025 at BS Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the ICeNGESS Ver. 2.0 Project Review Meeting 10 March 2025 of at CSIR-CECRI Chennai Unit.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the International Women's day celebration of CSIR on 8 March 2025 at CSIR- NPL, New Delhi.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli. Director, CSIR-SERC attended the Engineering Apex Committee (EAC) Meeting on 19 March 2025 as Chairperson by virtual mode.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC s attended the review committee meeting of FBR / NCP under the ClE theme for the Project "Advanced Cementitious Composites for 30 Printing (MLP 213, CSIR-SERC) as a member.
  • Dr N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC attended the Standing Expert Committee Meeting (SEC) on 25-26 March 2025 at CSIR-HQ, New Delhi.
  • Dr B. Arun Sundaram has been nominated as a Syndicate Member of Thiruvalluvar University by the Honourable GovernorofTamilnadu.
  • Dr B. Arun Sundaram has been nominated by the Government of Tamil Nadu as member of Board of Governors for Central Polytechnic College, CPT, Taramani.
  • Dr R. Balagopal, Principal Scientist, received "Outstanding Engineer Award 2024" under the category "Innovation" given by Hindu Tamil Thisai and Ramco Suprecrete on 05 December 2024.
  • Dr C. Bharathi Priya, Principal Scientist, selected as "INAE Young Associate 2024" in interdisciplinary& Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry and formally inducted in the association during the induction ceremony at the INAE Annual Convention 2024 held at IIT Delhi on 19-21 December 2024.
  • Dr S. Bhaskar, Chief Scientist, "chaired/co-chaired" the Technical Session-5 on Industrial / Agricultural/ Plastic Waste based products/ components, Construction and Demolition Wastes Recycling Technologies in National Conference on Innovative Building Materials and Construction Technologies, during 19-20 March 2025 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
  • Dr P. Harikrishna has been invited and chaired the panel discussion on "Agrivoltaics: Technology Gaps and Needs Assessment" which was held as part of the "One Week One Theme" under the theme of "Energy and Energy Devices (EEO)" on June 26, 2024 at CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Dr P. Harikrishna appointed as Member of Research Advisory Committee for Centre for Innovation and Product Development (CIPD), VIT, Chennai.
  • Dr P. Harikrishna became a Member of IAWE Task Group on "IAWE Equitable Response to Wind Climate Change: Impacts, Adaption and Mitigation".
  • Dr P. Kamatchi, Senior Principal Scientist, attended as "Member of Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities on Science Communication in Tamil" by Ariviyal Palagai, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre, held during 24-25 May 2024.
  • Dr A. Kanchanadevi, Principal Scientist has completed the training course of the 159th regular session on "Infrastructure Development and Planning-Net Zero and Sustainable Development" conducted by the International Center for Land Policy Studies and Training, in Taiwan, the Republic of China from 27 September to 25 October, 2024.
  • Dr M. Keerthana, Principal Scientist, "Chaired" a technical session in International Workshop on "Optimising Engineering Design with Al: A focus on Ocean Energy Systems" at IIT Madras on 18 November, 2024.
  • Dr K. Lakshmi, Principal Scientist, awarded "Outstanding Woman Structural Engineer 2023", by the Indian association of Structural Engineers(IAStructE) on 10 November 2024.
  • Dr K. Lakshmi, Principal Scientist, nominated as a"Board of Studies MemberforCivil Engineering" at Narayana Engineering College, Gudur, fora period of three years from July 2024to June 2027.
  • Dr V. Marimuthu, Principal Scientist, has been awarded "CSIR Raman Research Fellowship 2024-2025" for undergoing research titled "Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) Frame Lateral Load Resisting System" at Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Santa Clara University, California, USA.
  • Dr S. Parivallal, Cheif Scientist &Advisor (Management), nominated as "Member" of the Senate of Alagappa University, Karaikudi, for aperiod of three years from 30 December 2024.
  • Dr S. Parivallal, Chief Scientist & Advisor (Management), has been nominated as a"Member" of the Planning Board of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, by the Hon'ble Governor­ Chancellor, fora period ofthreeyearfrom05 March 2025.
  • Dr P. Prabha, Principal Scientist, received "Outstanding Engineer Award 2024" under the category "Technological Intervention" given by Hindu Tamil Thisai and Ramco Suprecrete on 05 December 2024.
  • Dr A. Ramachandra Murthy has been recognized as "Advisory Committee Member" for the International Conference on Recent advances in Civil Engineering (ICRACE), being conducted by Cochin University of Science and Technology, December 2024.
  • Dr A. Ramachandra Murthy, Chief Scientist, graced the occasion as "Chief Guest" for ANRF Sponsored National Seminar on Al-Driven Innovations in Civil Engineering: Enhancing Energy Efficiency, Sustainability and Safety Standards, held during 20-21 March 2025 at Mahindra Engineering College, Namakkal.
  • Dr A. Ramachandra Murthy, Chief Scientist, has been elected as a "Fellow" of the Indian Association of Structural Engineers in March 2025.
  • Dr G.V. Rama Rao, Principal Scientist, appointed as "External Examiner" for the Ph.D. thesis of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur,Chennai.
  • Dr Saptarshi Sasmal has been selected as the "Associate Editor" for Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
  • Dr Saptarshi Sasmal acted as "Chairperson" for the session on "Applications of NOE in the processing industry" during NDE2024 organized by Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (ISND, held during 12-14 December2024 at Chennai.
  • Dr M. Saravanan, Principal Scientist appointed as a "Member of Board of Studies" in the Department of Civil Engineering at Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College (Autonomous), Chennai for the period 2024-2027.
  • Dr K. Sathish Kumar, Chief Scientist, has been nominated as a "Member" of the Planning Board of Alagappa University, Karaikudi, by the Hon'ble Governor-Chancellor, for a period of three years from 07 March 2025.
  • Dr K. Sathish Kumar, Chief Scientist, nominated as a "Member of Research Advisory Board (RAB)" at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai.
  • Smt R. Sreekala, Senior Principal Scientist served as Panelist for the webinar 'Comsol Day: Simulation in Academia", on 29th August 2024, organised by Comsol Multi Physics Pvt Ltd, USA.
  • Dr V. Srinivas is identified as a member of the International Advisory Committee for new M.Tech program in Bridge Engineering at IIT, Jodhpur.
  • Dr S. Sundar Kumar, Principal Scientist, nominated as a member in "Board of Studies" in Civil and Structural Engineering at Annamalai University for a period of two years from 2024-2026.
  • Dr A. Thirumalaiselvi, Senior Scientist, has been awarded "IEI Young Engineers Award 2024-2025" in Civil Engineering discipline by The Institution of Engineers, India (IEI).
  • Mr. Vimal Mohan, Principal Scientist, nominated as "Member" for the Board of Studies at NITTTR for 3 years (2024-2026).
  • Dr S. Vishnuvardhan, Senior Principal Scientist, chaired a Technical Session in "5th International Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE2024)" held atVNIT, Nagpur, held during 22-24 October 2024.
  • CSIR-SERC has received "CII Award on Excellence for Women in STEM 2024" under academic/ institutions category. The award recognizes CSIR-SERC as one of the top institutions for excellence of women in STEM. The award was received by Dr N.
  • Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC and Dr M. Keerthana, Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC from Dr V. K. Saraswat, Honorable Member, NITI Aayog on 19 November2024at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
  • Dr M. Ramaiah Prize for best technical paper was awarded to the paper titled "A novel retrofitting strategy for restoring railway masonry arch bridge undergoing failure by settlement due to scouring", published in the Engineering Failure Analysis, authored by Arun Sundaram B, Aravindan M, Srinivas Voggu, Kanchana Devi A, Parivallal S, Prathebha Padmanaban.
  • Dr M. Ramaiah Prize for best technical paper was awarded to the paper titled "Experimental validation of optimal TMD for wind turbines using real-time hybrid simulation", published in Journal of Vibration and Control, authored byYadukrishnan A, Subbulakshmi A, Verma M.
  • Dr M. Ramaiah Prize (Certificate of Merit) was awarded to the paper titled Mixing approach for 30 printable concrete: method of optimisation of superplasticiser dosage, published in Magazine of Concrete Research, authored by Ambily PS, Senthil Kumar K, Shilpa Sebastian, Deepadharshan Shekar.
  • Dr M. Ramaiah Prize (Certificate of Merit) was awarded to the paper titled Segmental instability failures in transmission line towers, published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research, authored by N. Prasad Rao, R.P. Rokade, R. Balagopal, G.S. Palani.
  • M. Tech. thesis titled "Parametric Studies on Factors Affecting Strength and Durability in Geopolymer Concrete" submitted by Mr. B.J. Rajesh, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan under the guidance of Dr S. Sundar Kumar, Principal Scientist, has been awarded First Prize in the "Best M.Tech. Thesis Awards" instituted by the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), Mysore Centre.
  • Honours/Awards/Degree Conferment from the years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24