The Second Annual Conference under the aegis of the Seismic Academy was organized on 31st August 2023 at India Habitat Center, Delhi. The theme for the conference was "Seismic Resilient Infrastructure in Healthcare Facilities".

There was presence of diverse participants from different parts of the country and from multiple disciplines, with more than 85 people joining the conference.

The participants included senior practicing consultants, Academicians (senior faculty & PhD scholars), representation from government bodies like MCD, PWD, CPWD, professional bodies like IAStructE, architects from School of Planning & Architecture, representation from Institute of Health Management Research, Bureau of India Standards, National Institute of Disaster Management, Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), engineering team from Life Insurance Corporation, etc.

It was a day full of learning and knowledge exchange.

The day started with a welcome address by Mr. Ashish Mittal, Vice President - Engineering, Hilti India Pvt. Ltd. who summarized the initiative and the progress in terms of the different activities which was made over the last year.

Mr. Vinay Gupta, Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and Advisory Board Member, Seismic Academy shared his insight and perspective from the Advisory Board and how the academy can be an enabler to create more detailing guidelines.

Dr. Ajay Chourasia, Head – Structural Engineering, CSIR-CBRI and Advisory Board Member, Seismic Academy emphasized on the importance of seismic resilient infrastructure in healthcare facilities and highlighted on the need to secure building non-structural elements in the event of earthquake to retain hospital functionality without disruption and at the same time ensure safe evacuation of patients.

Mrs. Sangeeta Wij, Managing Partner, SD Engineering Consultants and Advisory Board Member, Seismic Academy deliberated on the design guidelines and recommendation laid down by the National Disaster Management Authority specific to hospital building.

Mr. Amandeep Garg, Managing Director, Creative Design Consultants & Engineers Pvt. Ltd spoke on the structural audit requirement and Dr. Pratima Rani Bose, Associate Director, DDF Consultants Pvt. Ltd. highlighted different case studies on hospital retrofit works carried out and learnings from them.

Mr. Alok Bhowmick, Managing Director, B&S Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and Advisory Board Member, Seismic Academy shared his insights and some recommendation to the industry.

Dr. S M Ali, Director General, Solar Energy Society of India and Advisory Board Member, Seismic Academy gave valuable insight as to how the capacity building activities can be taken up more actively.

The day also had 2 engaging Panel Discussions. The esteemed panelists included the likes of Dr. Abhay Gupta, Director, Skeleton Consultants, Dr. Vasant Matsagar, Dogra Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Dr. Chandan Ghosh, Head Resilient Infrastructure Division, National Institute  of Disaster Management, Government of India, Mrs. Madhurima Madhav, Joint Director - Civil Engineering, Bureau of India Standards and Dr. Amit Prashant, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar along with the speakers.

The participants actively contributed to the discussions with their experience and knowhow. They also shared their expectation and willingness to associate and contribute in a more meaningful manner to the initiative.

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CONFERENCE TEASER VIDEO

SESSION 1 : Speaker - Mr. Ashish Mittal, Vice President - Engineering, Hilti India Pvt. Ltd.

SESSION 2 : Speaker - Mr. Vinay Gupta, Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

SESSION 3 : Speaker - Dr. Pratima Rani Bose, Associate Director, DDF Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

SESSION 4 : Speaker - Dr. Ajay Chourasia, Head – Structural Engineering, CSIR-CBRI 

SESSION 5 : Speaker - Mrs. Sangeeta Wij, Managing Director, SD Engineering Consultants

SESSION 6 : Panel Discussion

SESSION 7 : Speaker - Mr. Alok Bhowmick, Managing Director, B&S Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

SESSION 8 : Speaker - Mr. Aman Deep Garg, Managing Director, Creative Design Consultants & Engineers Pvt. Ltd

SESSION 9 : Speaker - Dr. S M Ali, Director General, Solar Energy Society of India

SESSION 10 : Panel Discussion