DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT

&
K.S. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT BANGALORE
SCHEDULE FOR AICTE SPONSORED ONE WEEK ONLINE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON
“HOLISTIC DISASTER MANAGEMENT: LINKING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY”
20th to 25th January 2025
DAY 1: 20-01-2025
Timings Program Schedule Speaker

6.00 P.M to 6.30 P.M Inauguration

Dr. Wang Gonghui
Professor
6.30 P.M to 8.00 P.M Lecture on “New Challenges in the risk cognition and
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto
reduction for catastrophic landslides”.
University, Japan,
Lecture on “Geotechnical Engineering Applications to Dr. S Srikrishnan
8.00 P.M to 9.30 P.M Territorial Landslide Early Warning System Assistant Professor, CoEDMM,
(Te-LEWS) in India”. IIT Roorkee
DAY 2: 21-01-2025
Dr.P.S. Prasad,
Lecture on “Safety Issues Related to Landslides & Slope
6.00 P.M to 7.30 P.M
Chief Scientist, Central Road Research Institute,
Stability”
New Delhi

Dr. Madhavi Latha G,

Lecture on “Comprensive stability analysis of jointed Professor,
7.30 P.M to 9.00 P.M rock slopes-Chenab bridge case study”. Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
 DAY 3: 22-01-2025
Timings Program Schedule Speaker
Dr. Sajin Kumar K. S
Lecture on “Landslide early warning system through a Professor
6.00 P.M to 7.30 P.M mobile app” University of Kerala Karyavattom Campus,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Dr. Thomas Oommen
Lecture on “Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Professor & Chair,
7.30 P.M to 9.00 P.M Learning for Holistic Disaster Management: Bridging Geology& Geological engineering, University of
Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability”. Misssissippi
DAY 4: 23-01-2025
Dr. Anil Joseph,
Lecture on “Engineering A Resilient Future: Building
6.00 P.M to 7.30 P.M
Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society, India
Stronger, Smarter, Safer”.
and Managing Director Geo Structurals (P) Ltd.
Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar,
Lecture on “Sustainable Geotechnics for Disaster Risk
7.30 P.M to 9.00 P.M Associate Professor,
Reduction”.
Dept. of Civil Engineerin, NITK Surathkal
DAY 5: 24-01-2025
Timings Program Schedule Speaker
[Link] Ali Pulpadan
Lecture on “Cascading Geohazards: Understanding Assistant Professor,
6.00 P.M to 7.30 P.M their mechanisms and evolutions from a remote Earth and Environmental Sciences,
sensing perspective” Indian Institute of Science Education and
Research,Mohali
Dr. Girish Gopinath
Lecture on “Geospatial Technology for Mapping, Scientist, Geomatics Division,
7.00 P.M to 9.00 P.M Centre for Water Resources Development and
Monitoring and Modelling of Landslides”
Management (CWRDM),Kerala
DAY 6: 25-01-2025
Dr. K. G. Thara,
Lecture on “Structural and Non-Structural measures for
Professor,
2.00 P.M to 3.30 P.M Sustainable Disaster Mitigation”.
Institute of Land and Disaster Management
 Ms. Minimol korulla
Lecture on “Novel Landslide mitigation approaches for
3.30 P.M to 5.00 P.M Head -Strategic Initiatives & Projects - ISEAP at
sustainability”
Maccaferri

Dr. Arekal Vijay,

Professor,
Lecture on “Recent Trends in Disaster Resilient
5.00 P.M to 6.30 P.M Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Infrastructures”
[Link] of Engineering & Management,
Bengaluru

6:30PM to 7:30PM Online Test & Feedback

7:30PM to 8:00PM Valedictory Session