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Vol.6 No. 1 September 2020

Courses Offered

Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences

Civil Engineering News Newsletter published by Department of Civil Engineering

Patrons From the Chief Editor’s Desk

Dr.N.B.R.Prasad

Chairman

I am delighted at the release of the this 6th Annual Issue of Civil Engineering

News, Newsletter published by Department of Civil Engineering, ANITS.

As a matter of practice, this Annual issue is published to update all the

stakeholders of the B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) and M.Tech. (Soil) .

This issue contains Department news such as Department Profile, Professional Society

Activities, Faculty Publications, Workshops/ Seminars / Symposia organized, R&D and

Consultancy Projects in the Department, Faculty Achievements, Seminars/ Workshops/

Conferences attended by Faculty and Student Achievements for the year 2019-20

I congratulate the Editorial Board on this occasion.

We are grateful to the Management and Principal for their continuous inspiration,

encouragement, and support extended for the release of this “Civil Engineering News”

~ Dr.B.N.D.Narasinga Rao

Dr.T.V.Hanumantha Rao

Principal

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CONTENTS

Article Page

1) From the Editor‟s Desk 1

2) Courses Offered 1

3) Department Vision, Mission, PEOs, POs, PSOs and Profile 3

4) Professional Society Activities 6

5) Faculty Publications (2019-20) 7

6) Guest lectures organized in the department(2019-20) 8

7) Vinirmithi – 6th National Level Students‟ Technical Symposium 8

8) R&D and Consultancy Projects in the Department 9

9) Industrial Visit (2019-20) 10

10) Delivery details of Contents beyond Syllabus (2019-20) 10

11) Seminars/ Workshops/ Conferences Attended by Faculty (2019-20) 11

12) NPTEL Course completed by Faculty (2019-20) 11

13) GATE 2020 Achievers 12

14) Placement (2019-20) 12

15) Gold Medal Winner & Academic Toppers (2018-19) 13

16) Student Achievements (2019-20) 13

17) Board of Studies & Editorial Board (2019-20) 14

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Department Profile

ANITS

Anil Neerukunda Institute of Technology & Sciences

(ANITS) was founded by Anil Neerukundaa Educational

Society (ANES), in the fond memory of Anil Neerukonda,

son of its chairman Dr. B.R.Prasad, Neerukonda. The

Institute‟s humble journey started in 2001 with four

B.Tech. Programmes. Within 14 years of its establishment,

the Institute registered phenomenal growth and is

accredited by NAAC with A grade and by NBA twice. It is

permanently affiliated to Andhra University and achieved

Autonomous status by UGC in 2015.

Vision

ANITS envisions to emerge as a world-class technical institution

whose products represent a good blend of technological excellence

and the best of human values.

Mission

To train young men and women into competent and confident

engineers with excellent communicational skills, to face the

challenges of future technology changes, by imparting holistic

technical education using the best of infrastructure, outstanding

technical and teaching expertise and an exemplary work culture,

besides moulding them into good citizens.

Department of Ci vil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering, established in 2011,

offers the following programs

B.Tech. Civil Engineering

M.Tech. Soil Mechanics

Both programs are approved by AICTE and affiliated to

Andhra University.

Vision

Our tfision is to be among the preeminent Civil Engineering

Departments of the Country and the World for building future

Civil Engineers characterized by technological excellence and

human values.

Mission

Our Mission is Education. We achieve this mission through

teaching, research, and consultancy in Civil Engineering with

creativity, quality, sustainability, service and values as the

foundational hall marks.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The Program is expected to enable the students, within 3 to 5

years of their graduation, to:

1. Engage successfully in the practice of civil engineering

profession within industry, government, or through

private practice, post-graduate studies or alternate

career paths.

2. Analyze, design and build safe, sustainable and

economical civil engineering structures by applying their

knowledge in one or more of the major areas of civil

engineering, including environmental, geotechnical,

structural, transportation, and water resources.

3. Apply the knowledge of mathematics, basic science, core

and civil engineering to the formulation and solution of

complex engineering problems as members of

multidisciplinary teams.

4. Develop their communication skills and leadership skills

and become competent, ethical and responsible

professionals

5. Engage in life-long learning and service to their

profession for betterment of society and environment

Program Outcomes (POs)

1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research- based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

9. Individual and team work : Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

10. Communication : Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

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Department Profile

11. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge Infrastructure

and understanding of the engineering and management All laboratories in the department are well established with principles

and apply these to one’s own work, as a member latest and modern equipment. The Department has

and leader in

a team, to manage projects and in Computer Centre, A/c Seminar hall, Department library etc. multidisciplinary environments.

12. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the The Department also has ArcGIS , STAAD Pro and 25 other

preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long civil engineering licensed software. learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Faculty

Program S pecific Outcomes (PSOs) The Department is headed by Dr.B.N.D. Narasinga Rao, 1. Civil Engineering Knowledge:Analyse & design solutions to having 25 years of Teaching, Research and Consultancy

complex problems by applying fundamentals of sciences and e xperience. The Department is supported by qualified and

civil engineering in one or more of its major areas such as e xperienced faculty, including Prof. A.Ramamohana Rao, structural, geo-technical, water resources, transportation and and Dr.V.Venkateswara Rao, former Professors of Andhra

environmental engineering. University as well as skilled technicians and non-teaching

2. Conduct investigations of complex civil engineering

staff. The Department has well equipped laboratories and problems:Use modern techniques and tools todesign and spacious classrooms.

conduct experiments, prepare and interpret plans and reports

with valid conclusions and recommendations.

3. Civil engineer and society: Develop civil engineering solutions

based on societal, health, safety, legal, cultural and

environmental considerations for sustainable development.

Los Angeles Abrasion

testing machine

Triaxial Compression

Test equipment

Compression Testing

equipment

Total Station

Consolidation equipment Laboratory Concrete

Mixe r Relative density

equipment Infra-red Moisture meter

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Department Profile

He is also the Principal Investigator for UGC Minor

Research Project on Fly ash utilization. Dr. B.N.D.

Narasinga Rao, Professor & Head, Civilauthored Text

Book on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,

Wiley International Publishers. This book is prescribed by

10 universities and Autonomous colleges across AP,

Tamilnadu, Odisha, Rajasthan and UP. Also the book was

cited as the Best Book in Soil Mechanics for GATE2017,

by the Websites „Entrances of India‟ and „Indiatown.in‟.

Text Book on Soil Mechanics, Wiley Publications, being

released by Prof. M.R.Madhav Visiting Professor, IIT,

Hyderabad

Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored

Research (ICSR)

The Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored

Research (ICSR) was established at ANITS to be an

effective Interface with the Industry in fostering technology

development, technical consultancy, collaborative R&D for

mutual benefits. The key agenda of the IC&SR is to

showcase and transfer the Institute‟s intellectual ware to

industry and also inject industrial relevance in teaching and

research at ANITS. The uniqueness lies in the wealth of e

xpe rtise and modern facilit ies of the Department, manned

by qualified teaching faculty with wide-ranging areas of

specialization.

The Head of the Department Dr. Narasinga Rao is actively

involved in consultancy in Geotechnical engineering since

1993.He was the Principal Investigator for Geotechnical

Investigations worth more than Rs.10 lacs conducted

during 2017-18 for the 15 MW GVM C-Jindal

Collaborative Waste-to-Energy Power plant at

Kapuluppada

Consultancy Ser vices

Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Investigations and Reports

In-situ and laboratory testing of soil and rock

Soil & Rock Sample collection & Lab Testing

Recommendation of suitable foundation and

Solutions to Foundation problems

Structural Engineering Design of Structures

Tests on cement, concrete, steel

Concrete Mix design

Tests on aggregates, bricks, stones

Tests on other building materials

Transportation Engineering Highway materials testing

Pavement design and maintenance

Traffic and Transportation Planning

Environmental Engineering Water Quality analysis

Sewage analysis

Surveying

Surveying with total station;

preparation of maps/ plans in AutoCAD

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Professional Society Activities

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Faculty Publications (2019-20)

1. Narasinga Rao. B.N.D, Suryanarayana Raju

P(2020) “Geotechnical Characteristics of HNPC

Fly Ash” in Journal of innovative Technology

and Exploring Engineering, March,2020,

Volume-9,Issue-5,ISSN: 2278-3075, pp 2007-2012

2. Viswa Teja T.V, Vineel Ch(2019), “Cost Economics

of geocell reinforced flexible pavements on soft soils

by using Kenpave software” in Journal of

International Journal of Recent Technology and

Engineering, September,2019, volume-8, Issue-3,

ISSN: 2277-3878, pg: 6186-6189

3. Chaitanya M.K.S.S.K, Srinivasa Rao K(2019), “A

study of compressive strength of steel fiber reinforced

concrete columns exposed to 7000C” in Indian

Concrete Institute, October –December,2019, ISSN:

0972-2998.

4. Chaitanya M.K.S.S.K, Srinivasa Rao K(2019), “A

Research Experimentation on Compressive Strength

of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Columns Exposed

to Temperature up to 700oC by NDT Methods” in

Journal of International Journal of Innovative

Technology and Exploring Engineering, June 2019,

Volume-8, Issue-8, ISSN: 2278-3075, pg: 2136-2139

5. Suranarayana.K (2019), “Study On Lateral Torsional

Buckling Behaviour of Beam Sections”, in Journal of

Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research,

June2019, Volume-6, Issue-6, ISSN: 2349-5162, pg:

276-282

6. Harsha vardhana reddy J, Viswa Teja. T.V., Vineel

Ch, (2019), “Geosynthetics- A modern Civil

Engineering Construction Material”, in

International Journal of Research and Analytical

Reviews, Issue 2, Volume 6,ISSN: 2348-1269, pg:

789-795

7. Srinivas Ch., ManiKumar R,(2019), “Experimental

study on compressive strength of concrete by

partially replacing cement with micro silica and fine

aggregate with copper slag” in International Journal

of Management, Technology & Engineering, Issue

4,Volume-10, pp :88-96

8. Srinivas Ch., ManiKumar R,(2019), “Comparitive

study on split tensile strength of concrete with

partial replacement of cement by micro silica and

fine aggregate by copper slag” in International

Journal of Management, Technology &

Engineering, Issue 4,Volume-10, pp :355-361

9. Sreejani T, P; R Srinivasa Rao G V; Rao, K

Bhuvaneswara; R Sravya P V (2020), “A Study on

Optimization of Water Treatment Plant Design for

Efficient Removal of Suspended Solids” in i-

manager‟s Journal on Structural Engineering, Issue-

4, Volume -8, pp17-23

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Guest lectures organized by the department (2019-20)

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R&D and Consultancy Projects in the Department

1. UGC Minor Research Project on “Wealth from Waste: Fly ash characterization for its bulk utilization in

Geotechnical Engineering Applications” with Dr.B.N.D.Narasinga Rao as the Principal Investigator;

Amount Sanctioned: Rs.3.1 lacs

2. Successfully completed the Consultancy project, “Geotechnical investigations for Waste to Energy Power

plant at Kapuluppada Municipal dump site” worth Rs.9.01 lacs including laboratory testing worth Rs.1.17

lacs at ANITS and drilling of 15 bore holes and in-situ testing by Simhadri bore wells for M/s Jindal

Urban Waste Management (Visakhapatnam) Ltd. during October-December 2017

3. Successfully completed the Consultancy project, “Geotechnical investigations for Waste to Energy Power

plant at Kapuluppada Municipal dump site” with Dr.B.N.D.Narasinga Rao as the Principal Investigator,

worth Rs.1.64 lacs including laboratory testing worth Rs.10,500 at ANITS and drilling of 5 bore holes and

in-situ testing by Simhadri bore wells for M/s Jindal Urban Waste Management (Visakhapatnam) Ltd.

during August-October 2016.

4. The Department undertakes consultancy services in the following areas

a) Material Testing: Soil, aggregate, cement, concrete, steel, brick, bitumen, water etc.

b) Soil investigations and foundation selection, including Safe Bearing capacity, depth and type of

foundation and its design

c) Planning and Design of all Structures

d) Surveying for all purposes using Total Station

e) Transportation and Traffic surveys etc

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Industrial Visits (2019-20)

1. An Industrial Visit was organized to IV year Civil Students accompanied by Sri.J.Harsha Vardhan, Asst. Professor,

ANITS, P.V.R Sravya, Asst. Professor, ANITS, to Water Treatment Plant, Anakapalli and Kasimkota Balancing

Reservoir, Anakapalli on 15-02-2020.

2. An Industrial Visit was organized to III year Civil Students accompanied by Sri.M.Premchand, Asst. Professor,

ANITS, J.Harshavardhan Reddy, Asst. Professor, ANITS , P.V.R Sravya, Asst. Professor, ANITS to Water

Treatment plant, Narava, Visakhapatnam and Sewage Treatment Plant at Town kotha road, Visakhapatnam. on 07-

09-2019.

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Delivery details of Contents beyond Syllabus (2019-20)

Career Guidance Seminars

1. A seminar on “Career Orientation and Career Options after Engineering” has been organized on 10-

08-2019, Mr.Vamsi, Directo r Global Edge addressed the gathering.

2. A seminar on “Career planning and prospects in atomic energy” has been organized on 08 -11-2019,

Dr. Sajid, Scientist of BARC (Hyderabad) addressed the gathering.

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Seminars/ Workshops/ Conferences Attended by Faculty (2019-20)

1. Dr. B.N.D.Narasinga Rao, Professor, Civil has attended

a one Day national level Workshop on “Turn the

Challenges to Opportunities: COVID-19 Pandemics and

measures to combat in Higher Education of India”

organized by NAAC on 28thmay, 2020.

2. Dr. B.N.D.Narasinga Rao, Professor, Civil has attended

a one Day national level Workshop on “iGrip Webinar

series on Geostructures: Challenges in the Geotechnical

Investigations of Hydroelectric Projects” organized by

IIT Gandhinagar on 26thmay, 2020.

3. Dr. B.N.D.Narasinga Rao, Professor, Civil has attended

a one Day International level Workshop on

“Entrepreneurship Team Building and Management”

organized by University of Massachusetts Lowell on

13thmay, 2020.

4. Dr. B.N.D.Narasinga Rao, Professor, Civil has attended

a one Day national level Workshop on “The Future of

Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship” organized

by ICT Academy on 04thmay, 2020

5. Dr.J.Vikranth, Associate Professor, Civil has attended a

Five Day national level Workshop on “Recent Trends

and Innovations in civil engineering” organized by

Dr.L.B.College of Engineering from 27th to 31

st July,

2020

6. Mr. Ch.Srinivas, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended a Three Day state level Workshop on

“Geospatial Technologies” organized by Visakhapatnam

from 11 to 13 December , 2019.

7. Mr. Ch.Srinivas, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended a one Day national level Workshop on “Special

considerations of seismic analysis- torsional irregularity

checks” organized by Bentley institute on 30th

April,

2020.

8. Mr. T V Viswa Teja, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended a Six Day International level Workshop on

“Ground Improvement Methods and Assessment of their

Quality Control” organized by UGC-HRDC Centre,

JNTU – Hyderabad from 16th

to 21st September 2019.

9. Mr.K.Suryanarayana , Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended One day national level seminar on “Revision of

Structural of concrete codes on IS 456 and IS 1343”

organized by GVPCOE, Visakhapatnam on 07th

December, 2019.

10. Mr.K.Suryanarayana , Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended One day national level workshop on “Dynamic

Analysis following the provisions of IS 1893(part-1):2006

in STAAD.Pro Connect edition” organized by Bentley,

on 09th

April, 2020.

11. Mr.N.A.N.P.Vital, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended One day national level workshop on “Automation

in water supply and smart water supply systems”

organized by KL University, on 21st

May, 2020

12. Ms.P.V.R.Sravya, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended One day national level workshop on “Challenges

& Opportunities before Indian Higher education due to

Covid-19” organized by MHRD, on 02nd

May, 2020

13. Mr. Ch.Srinivas, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

attended a one Day national level Workshop on

“Dynamic analysis following the provisions of IS 1893 in

STAAD PRO” organized by Bentley institute on 09th

April, 2020.

NPTEL Course attended by Faculty (2019-20)

1. Dr. B.N.D.Narasinga Rao, Professor, Civil, has

completed a 8 week (FDP) Course on “Accreditation

and Outcome based learning” organized by AICTE-

NPTEL, IIT- Kharagpur.

2. Dr.J.Vikranth, Associate Professor, Civil, has completed

a 8 week (FDP) Course on “Accreditation and

Outcome based learning” organized by AICTE-

NPTEL, IIT- Kharagpur.

3. Mr. T V Viswa Teja, Assistant Professor, Civil, has

done a 4 week (FDP) Course on “Stress Management”

organized by AICTE-NPTEL, IIT kharagpur..

4. Mr. J. Harshavardhana Reddy, Assistant Professor, Civil, has completed a 12 week (FDP) Course on “Integrated waste management for a smart city” organized by AICTE-NPTEL, IIT- Kharagpur.

5. Mr. J. Harshavardhana Reddy, Assistant Professor, Civil, has completed a 8 week (FDP) Course on “Accreditation and Outcome based learning” organized by AICTE-NPTEL, IIT- Kharagpur.

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GATE 2020 Achievers

S. No. Rank Admn No Student Name GATE

(Ht. No.)

1 6429 316126508054 B VINAY KUMAR CE20S76012467

2 15576 316126508025 K S V SRINIVAS CE20S76012213

3 17620 316126508064 R BHAVANI CE20S86012428

4 17820 316126508038 R MANI KUMAR CE20S76012033

S.NO Regd.No Name of student Name of the

employer

CTC

1 316128508010 G S R Nitish Kumar Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

2 316128508024 Kommuri Jyothi Swaroop Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

3 316128508025 Kotipalli S Vinay Srinivas Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

4 316128508051 Vegesna Karthik Varma Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

5 316128508052 Vempatapu Sai Praveen Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

6 316128508055 Yellapu Lahari Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

7 316128508069 Papana Tharakeswar Rao Infosys Rs.3.60Lac

8 316128508010 G S R Nitish Kumar TCS Rs.3.60Lac

9 316128508008 Bora Malyadha Ratnam IBM Rs.3.20Lac

10 316128508011 Gollapalli Vandana FACE Academy Rs.2.88Lac

11 316128508014 Joga T N Lokeswara FACE Academy Rs.2.88Lac

12 316128508016 Kanaparthi Yuva Rahul Jytra Technology Solutions Rs.1.80Lac

13 316128508035 P V Gowtham Jytra Technology Solutions Rs.1.80Lac

14 316128508039 Reddi Sujini Lavanya Jytra Technology Solutions Rs.1.80Lac

15 316128508068 Kuniginti Kumar AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

16 316128508061 G Naga Sai AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

17 316128508059 K Sravani AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

18 316128508058 D Lakshmana AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

19 316128508066 M Bhaskara Rao AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

20 316128508070 Rongali Sireesha AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

21 316128508057 Kondru Harika AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

22 316128508067 V John Babu AP Grama Sachivalayam RS1.44Lac

Campus Placements Data

(AY19-20)

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Academic Toppers (2018-19)

Matha Usha Rani 315126508059

Year/Se

mester

I Semester II Semester

IV Year

MATHA USHA RANI (315126508059)

SGPA:9.78

MATHA USHA RANI

(315126508059) SGPA:9.67

KANDIPILLI

PRIYANKA

(315126508062)

SGPA:9.67 KANDREGULA PRASANVITHA

( 316126508017) SGPA:9.19

REDDI SUJINI LAVANYA

(316126508039) SGPA:9.39

KODI RAMESH

(316126508063) SGPA:9.39

III Year

II Year

B LAXMI SOWJANYA

( 317126508004)

SGPA:9.32

ALLU SIVA SAI

( 317126508003)

SGPA:9.23

I Year

PALAKA LAKSHMI VENKATA SIVA SAI RAHUL ( 318126508033)

SGPA:9.27

PALAKA LAKSHMI VENKATA SIVA SAI RAHUL ( 318126508033)

SGPA:9.56

Student Achievements

(2019-20)

1. T.Pavan kumar(IV/IV Civil) 316126508047, has secured Second Position in Geo Genius Program Conducted by IIT Madras at CEA2019

2. M. Pavan Kumar (III/IV Civil) 317126508034 has won 1

St prize in Essay Competition conducted by

department of English and humanities, ANITS from 18

th april to 25

th April 2020

3. R. Mani Kumar (IV/IV Civil) 316126508038

has won 2nd

prize in in Essay Competition conducted by department of English and humanities, ANITS from 18

th april to 25

th April

2020

4. About 10 students have attended in IIT-

Bhubaneswar annual Tech Fest and participated

in many events.

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