Durgesh C. Rai

Continuing Education


 
 
Specialized Industry Specific Courses:
Following modules of 2 to 3-day courses were developed and conducted for specific industry professionals:
  • Seismic Design of Liquid Storage Tanks
    Chennai during March 7-8, 2024 for L&T Construction, Water & Effluent Treatment, 33 participants

  • Nonlinear Seismic Pushover Analysis
    Navi Mumbai in April 4-6, 2019 for Reliance Industries Ltd., ~ 40 participants

  • Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
    IIT Kanpur during March 4-9, 2019 for Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India, 23 participants from 11 countries.

  • Structural Analyses using ETABS/SAP
    IIT Kanpur in February 2015 for NICEE in association with CSI, ~ 60 participants

  • Design of Steel Structures to IS800 and EC3
    Mumbai in September 2010 for Tecnimont ICB Pvt. Ltd.
    Gurgaon in January 2010 for Siemens Power Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

  • Design of Wind Turbine Tower
    IIT Kanpur in April 2011 for Siemens Power Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

  • Seismic Analysis of Industrial Structures
    Gurgaon in Dec. 2008 for Siemens Power Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
    Mumbai in July 2009 for Tecnimont ICB Pvt. Ltd.

  • Seismic Design of Industrial Concrete and Steel Structures
    Jamnagar in January 2006 for Reliance Industries

  • Design for Dynamic Forces
    Rocla Technology, Sydney, Australia, Feb. 2000

 
Short Term Courses:
Following modules of short-term courses were developed and conducted for professionals and teachers of engineering colleges and polytechnics with colleagues::
  • Advanced Seismic Analysis of Buildings and Bridges
    IIT Kanpur, 2-4 March, 2020 for academics and design professionals, 23 participants
  • Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
    IIT Kanpur during March 4-9, 2019 for 23 international participants from 11 countries under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India
  • Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Earthquake and Fire as per NBC 2016
    IIT Gandhinagar, May 2-5, 2018 for building design professionals, ~40 participants
  • Seismic Design of Reinforced and Confined Masonry Buildings
    IIT Gandhinagar, Feb 17-21, 2014 for building design professionals
  • Seismic Design of Railway Bridges
    IIT Kanpur in May 2011 for Railway engineers and other bridge design professionals, 54 participants
  • Earthquake Resistant Design
    Yangon, for Myanamar Engineering Society, March 4-8, 2009 as World Seismic Safety Initiative event

  • Seismic Retrofitting and Strengthening of Structures
    Kathmandu in June 2009 for Institute of Engineering, Tribuvan University, Nepal

  • Experiments in Earthquake Engineering
    IIT Kanpur in March 2008 for Gujarat teachers

  • Seismic Design of Bridges
    IIT Kanpur in February 2007

  • Nonlinear Analysis of Structures
    IIT Kanpur in October 2006 under NPEEE

  • Seismic Design of Industrial Concrete and Steel Structures
    Jamnagar in January 2006 for Reliance Industries

  • Seismic Evaluation and Strengthening of Buildings
    New Delhi in June 2004 for Govt. of NCT Delhi
    IIT Kanpur in August 2005 under NPEEE

  • Seismic Design of RC Structures
    New Delhi in June 2004 for Govt. of NCT Delhi

  • Seismic Design of Masonry Structures
    IOE, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal in Dec. 2001 under QIP of IOE
    New Delhi in June 2004 for Govt. of NCT Delhi
    IIT Kanpur in October 2005 under NPEEE

  • Introduction to Earthquake Engineering
    Ahmedabad in July 2003 for GSDMA
    IIT Kanpur in August 2003 under NPEEE
    IIT Kanpur in June 2004 under IRDT, Kanpur

  • Seismic Design of Steel Structures
    IIT Kanpur in September-October 200 under NPEEE
    IIT Kanpur in May 2000 under NPEEE
    IIT Kanpur in March 2008 from Gujarat Colleges

  • Architecture for Earthquake Resistance of Buildings/Architectural Considerations in Seismic Design of Buildings
    IIT Kanpur in January 2005 under NPEEE

 
Guest Lectures in Short Term Courses
  • In-plane and Out-of-plane Response of Masonry Infilled RC frames Strengthened with Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) (Experimental and Analytical Techniques for Evaluating the Seismic Strengthening Measures for Masonry Structures under Accelerate Vigyan scheme of SERB at IIT Patna, October 26, 2021)

  • Seismic considerations for Masonry structures (Advances in Earthquake Engineering, under AICTE ATAL Academy by College of Engineering, Pune, January 4, 2021)

  • Engineering measures for mitigation of out-of-plane seismic vulnerability of unreinforced masonry walls under Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Recent Developments in Civil Engineering at Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat.

  • Masonry infills in framed buildings (Seismic resistant design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures, IISc Bangalore, 16 - 20 January 2017)

  • Confined masonry: Alternative building typology for earthquake resistance (Seismic resistant design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures, IISc Bangalore, 16 - 20 January 2017)

  • FEM Analyses for dynamic and nonlinear problems (Finite Element Method, Constitutive Modeling and Applications, IIT Gandhinagar, 2-5 April, 2012)

  • Experimental Simulation in Earthquake Engineering Research and Preparedness in a TEQUIP course at HBTI, Kanpur

  • Technical oral presentations and visual elements at a QIP Course on Communication Skills for Engineers, Dept. of Humanities, IIT Kanpur

  • Non-destructive Testing in a course on Lab Practice in Building Material Testing at IRDT, Kanpur

  • Controls of Shake Table for Earthquake Simulation Studies (IIT Kanpur)

  • Seismic Performance of Masonry and RC Structures (QIP Roorkee)

  • Seismic Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures: (IIT Kanpur, ESCI, Hyd., IIT Roorkee)

  • Earthquake Safety and Survival, Earthquake-resistant Non-engineered Structures (ALTC Ghaziabad and NPTI, New Delhi)

  • Seismic Strengthening and Retrofit of Structures (CEPT, Ahmedabad and SERC Summer School, IIT Roorkee)

  • Estimation of Acceleration from Field Observation (SERC School, IIT Roorkee)

 
 
 

Designed by Pawan Kumar Srivastava
NICEE, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur