CE Dept conducts Concrete Mix Design Workshop – Bridging Theory and Practice for Hands-On Expertise

To offer a accurate acquaintance to concrete mix design, the Dept of CE successfully conducted ‘Concrete Mix Design Workshop – Bridging Theory and Practice for Hands-On Expertise’ on 14 January 2025 for diploma students with. 166 students from 5 polytechnic colleges (Sree Rama Government Polytechnic College, Government Polytechnic College Chelakkara, Holy Grace Polytechnic College, Maharaja’s Technological Institute, Nirmala Polytechnic College) participated in the workshop.

The inaugural function started at 10.00 am with a prayer recited by  AchsahArakkal (S4,  CE Dept) followed by a welcome speech by Mr Kiran Babu A R (Asst. Prof, CE Dept). Dr Abhilasha P S (Professor  & HoD, CE Dept) deliverd the presidential address. Ms Nirmala Krishnan (Asst. Prof, CE Dept) gave a brief overview of the program. Dr Anjali P Sasidharan (Asso Prof, CE Dept)  extended heartfelt thanks to the distinguished guests, students, and faculties.

After the inaugural function the students were divided into three groups for starting the session in three classrooms. The Workshop was on Concrete Mix Design and it included both theory and Hands-on Practice for concrete mix design. The forenoon session included the theory aspects of concrete mix design and its practical applications which was handled by Ms Nirmala Krishnan (Asst. Prof, CE Dept),  Ms Nisha Varghese (Asst. Prof, CE Dept) and Mr Kiran Babu A R (Asst. Prof, CE Dept).The afternoon session was mainly dedicated to hands-on training which was handled by Mr Renjith R (Asst. Prof, CE Dept) with the assistance of lab instructors .

The  students were introduced to the department facilities, various labs, and Campus Infrastructure including the Auditorium, Canteen, Hostel,, Nakshathravanam, sports ground, and other amenities which were handled by Mr Kiran Babu A R (Asst. Prof, CE Dept) , Dr Anjali P Sasidharan (Asso  Prof, CE Dept), Ms. Roshni Vijay (Asst. Prof, CE Dept) and Ms. Ardra P Nair (Asst. Prof, CE Dept).  The feedback session at the end of the workshop further confirms that the students were extremely happy to take part in the workshop and found it completely .Dr Abhilasha P S distributed the participation certificates to all the students.