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6th National Conference on Wind Engineering

The two days 6th National Conference on “Wind Engineering” jointly organized by Indian Society for Wind Engineering (ISWE) and CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee at CSIR- Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi during Dec. 14-15, 2012. The conference on “Wind Engineering” was inaugurated on Dec.,14th 2012 by Prof. Yukio Tamura, President IAWE, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan (Chief Guest), Prof. Prem Krishna, Former President, IAWE & Chairman RC, CBRI, Roorkee and Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi were the Guests of Honor. Prof. S. K. Bhattacharyya, Director, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee presided over the function. Dr. A.K. Mittal, Organizing Secretary proposed a vote of thanks to the delegates. Eminent speakers as well as chief guest Prof. Yukio Tamura delivered inaugural lecture on the topic of “Extreme Winds” and the proceedings of the conference were also released during the inaugural ceremony. More than 70 delegates from Govt. and private sectors attended the conference and presented technical papers during the conference. Engineers/Professionals from many organizations like CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, CSIR-SERC, Chennai, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, DST, Ministry of Earth Science, Jaypee Associates Ltd., RWDI Consulting Engineers, Mahagun India Pvt. Ltd., ESCOM consultants Pvt. Ltd., and HUDCO attended the conference. Faculty members from IIT Roorkee, SVNIT Surat, Thaper Institute, Patiala and research scholars also participated in this conference. The key-note lectures were delivered during the conference by Prof. Yukio Tamura, Dr. Suresh Kumar, Prof. S. K. Bhattacharyya, Prof. Kishor C Mehta, Dr. S. Arunachalam, and Prof. Mahesh Tandon on the following topics:  Extreme Winds  Wind Tunnel Studies on Tall Buildings  Health Monitoring of Structures  Impact of Wind Storm on Urban Centre  Issues of Wind Loading on Chimneys  Issue of Wind in the Design of Bridges Annual General Meeting of ISWE, India was also conducted on Dec., 15th 2012 AN. The AGM was chaired by Prof. P. D. Porey, President ISWE, India. The valedictory function of the conference was celebrated on Dec., 15th 2012. Prof. Kishor C. Mehta, Texas Tech University, USA, graced the occasion as Chief Guest, Dr. Nagesh R. Iyer, Director, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai was the Guests of Honor. Prof. P. D. Porey, President ISWE, India presided over the function. Dr. A.K. Mittal, Organizing Secretary and scientist, CBRI conducted the event and proposed a vote of thanks. Active organization efforts were made by official of CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee namely Dr. L. P. Singh, Dr. S. R. Karade, Dr. A. K. Minocha, Dr. P. K. Yadav, Sri. I. A. Siddiqui, Sri. Rajeev Sharma, Sri. Sidharth Behra, Ms. Chhavi Sharma & Ms. Geetika Mishra.