The workshop was attended by officials and representatives across the country and from Departments of  PWD, DMRC, Municipal Corporations, Development Authorities, Town Planning Departments, Skill & Entrepreneurship University, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, DDMA, Mines & Geology, from different institutes (BITS Pilani, Manipal Institute of Technology etc.), practicing engineers from Jaipur, Delhi. etc.

  The workshop had clear direction setting in the inaugural session by Shri Rajendra Ratnoo (IAS), Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, Shri Narendra Singh Bundela (IPS), Inspector General, National Disaster Response Force, Dr. Shailesh Agrawal, Executive Director, Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council, Mr. Arun Kumar S, Director & Head - Civil Engineering Dept., Bureau of Indian Standard, Dr. Chandan Ghosh, Head - Resilient Infrastructure Division, National Institute of Disaster Management, Dr. Garima Aggarwal, Senior Consultant, National Institute of Disaster Management and Mr. Shounak Mitra, Head-Codes and Approval, Hilti India Pvt. Ltd.

  The workshop started with an expert lecture from Mr. Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary, Assistant Director (Civil Engg.), Bureau of Indian Standard who highlighted on the development of earthquake resistant standards of India and also touch based upon the revision of IS 1893.

Mrs. Sangeeta Wij, Managing Partner, SD Engineering Consultants taking reference of the past earthquakes, human fatalities and loss of infrastructure, highlighted the important design criteria for critical life line buildings like hospitals. She also drew reference to the NDMA Guideline for Hospital Safety for all practicing engineers.

Shri Mohsen Shahedi, Deputy Inspector General,  National Disaster Response Force shared perspectives of disaster management team for earthquake hazard, including challenges, learnings & recommendations. He shared their experience from the recent Turkey Earthquake.

Mr. Shounak Mitra, Head Codes & Approval, Hilti India Pvt. Ltd. highlighted on the seismic safety of non-structural elements. In his session, he took reference to the recent full scale testing of which was undertaken by Hilti with IIT Roorkee and shared the observations and learning for the benefit of all.

Dr. Naveet Kaur, Senior Scientist-Bridge Engineering & Structures, CSIR-Centre Road Research Institute explained the importance of sensors technology in health monitoring of structures, focusing on case studies from bridges.

Day 2 started with Dr. Shailesh Agrawal, Executive Director, Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council deliberating on the development of advanced construction technologies to facilitate faster completion of construction, focusing on mass housing projects. He took reference of multiple projects across the country which have already been executed under the aegis of BMTPC and also lined up for future.

The session was followed by dedicated session by Mr. Vinay Gupta, Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd. & Dr. Pratima Bose, Associate Director, DDF Consultants Pvt. Ltd. on the different retrofitting techniques, with the help of exclusive case studies. While Mr. Gupta focused on bridges and other infrastructure, Dr. Bose highlighted on hospital project retrofitting in Uttarakhand.

This was followed by a session by Dr. Amit Bose, Director – DDF Consultants Pvt. Ltd. who shared his views on mainstreaming DRR into urban planning.

The last session for the day was a demonstration conducted by Shounak Mitra on educating and highlighting the importance of right installation practice for any retrofitting work and how to ensure proper implementation.

Day 3 was more focused on ensuring safety against fire where Mr. R C Sharma, Former Director, Delhi Fire Services, Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, Associate Director, Bureau of Indian Standard and Mr. Shounak Mitra covered different aspects of National Building Code – Fire & Life Safety, different standards, learning from case studies, active fire protection and compartmentation measures, in line with the different codes and standards in India.

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