Institution of Engineers (India) Students Chapter (Civil)

Chairman: Dr. L.B. Zala Faculty Advisor : Prof. C.B. Mishra

Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya

Engineering College, Anand

PUNE VISIT REPORT

(IE (I) Students Seminar & Technical

session, Shaniwar wada, Lavasa Smart

visit, Kamshet tunnel)

20th

to 26th

October, 2016

REPORT ON THE EDUCATIONAL TRIP

Educational trips are designed to be more effectively support student learning. Prior

knowledge and interests of the students impacts learning during the visit. With this

mission under the leadership of Prof. C.B. Mishra Associate Prof. & Advisor (Civil) and

Miss Kinjal Patel, Asst. Prof. Mechanical, lead the educational trip. Total 49 students of

IE (I) student’s chapter (Civil) had taken part in the educational trip. Private bus

was arranged for the entire tour. Bus left on 20th October, 2016 towards pune and

reached on 21st October, 2016 at 2.00 pm at J.P.Trivedi Trust, Pune. Students were

allotted specific rooms. The details of the tour as follows:

Date 21st October, 2016 (Visit to Shaniwar Wada Fort, Pune):-

Historical place Shaniwar Wada was visited by students and staff. It is the stately mansion

originally built in 1736 as the residence of the Peshwas. It was a seven storied mansion and

served as a seat of political power during its time. It acclaimed tremendous importance and is the

city’s main attraction till date. The elaborate foundations of the original palace along with the

Nagarkhana showcasing the wooden pillars and lattice work add up to the beauty of the mansion.

The sturdy doors were designed to be protected from the enemy. It has four bastions and nine

gates, the most important being the Delhi Darwaja, today its main entrance. Above Delhi

Darwaja is the Nagarkhana, the elegant drum house in stone and wood – the only building to

survive the fires that were to devastate Shaniwarwada.

Students outside the main Delhi gate

of Shaniwar Wada Palace, Delhi

Dt. of visit 21st October, 2016

The remarkable architecture is seen in it as the students witness’s fountains, courtyards,

fruit trees, offices and audience halls and enough space to enable peoples reside. The complex

had an impressive lotus-shaped fountain consisting of sixteen petal lotus; each petal had sixteen

jets with an eighty-foot arch. It was the most complicated and intricate fountain of its time.

Students’ feedback is that the true genius, to their thinking is that which one can see the

nobler meaning of events that are near the eyes which are the heart and souls of society.

BVM Students of IE(I) Civil viewing the hard work, planning and perseverance of Peshwas at

Shaniwar Wada built in 1736

Students viewing the fountain built by Peshwas in 1736

Date 22nd

& 23rd

October, 2016 ( Presentations at IE(I) Students Seminar & Technical

Session, Pune Local centre):-

On the eve of 24th

National convention of students of Institution of Engineers (India) at Pune,

Maharashtra. Competition was held on 22nd

and 23rd

October ’16, on the theme of “Appropriate

technology on socio-economic development” and Technical papers on the fields of engineering

were presented by the students from various parts of India. Total 60 papers were presented out of

which in seminar theme Zaran Patel of 2nd

year Civil Engg. Dept of BVM Engineering

college won the first prize on the paper on “Spectral Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents –

A Case Study of Anand”. The Third prize was awarded to Khushboo Mange and Jayesh

Parmar of final year Civil Engg. Department on the engineering session on paper on

“Evaluation of PMB40 Grade Bitumen as a viable paving material in bituminous mix

design.” The other students of civil Pratik Patel, Amit Ratanani, Shrey Vaidya, Jainy Shah,

Nijanshi Thakkar, Heet Patel, Parth Pandya, Shivani Dimke, Pranay Badgurru and Aditi Rajani

also presented the papers. Er. Vasoya, President of IEI gave the awards to the winners and to

those who presented the papers. Director general of IE(I) got impressed by the performance of

students of BVM. The students were guided by Prof. C.B. Mishra, Advisor, IE(I) students

chapter, Civil, BVM who with Miss Kinjal Patel, faculty staff lead the students in the educational

trip.

GLIMSES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE CONFERENCE:

Zaran Patel receiving first prize at the national level competition

Khusbu Mange

receiving third prize

at the national level

competition

Jayesh Parmar receiving third prize at the national level competition

Students feedback is that “when the teachers sees the act of part being done by students

presenting, what is learnt by them from teachers to do his part and make attempts to open

doors that no others can shut” brings joy to the BVM Engineering students.

Date 24th

October, 2016 (Visit to Lavasa Smart City, Pune)

Lavasa is a private, planned city being built near Pune. The architectural design is based on the

Italian town Portofino. Lavasa, a 25,000 acres (100km2) or 8,000 acres (24km

2) project being

developed by HCC, this has been incomplete yet due to multiple reasons including procurement

of land, harm to the environment and some political corruption. On 24th

October 2016, the

students of IEI left from Pune at 8:30 am and reached lavasa at 11:30. The students first were

taken to the town hall of lavasa where they were shown a short film on lavasa describing the

beauty and the environmental aspects, infrastructure facilities and amenities developed by the

city. Lavasa is free India's first hill city being developed by HCC. It is located in the picturesque

landscape of the Sahayadri Mountains and is set amidst 7 hills and 60 km. of lakefront. Lavasa is

planned for a permanent population of around 3 lakh residents and a tourist inflow envisaged at

20 lakh per annum. Lavasa city has been designed on the principles of new urbanism, and is said

to offer the best-in-class infrastructure, international educational institutions, leading non-

polluting industries, exciting avenues of leisure & tourism and homes for comfortable living. An

ecologically sustainable environment will help you live, work, learn and play in harmony with

nature at Lavasa. Students of Civil Engg. Dept., BVM engg. College were taken to Lavasa smart city for

technical tour. There one witnesses Davse dam which supplies water to lavasa city phase 1. Details of

the dam were explained by engineer. It was a masonry dam made up of stone and sand. It is built to

withstand hydraulic pressure from both sides depending upon seasonal variations. It has been built

across 19km long lake in length. Width of the dam is 400m and it has height of 21m with 14 spillway

gates. Gates are known as Godbole gates which operates automatically when excess water pressure is

there. Upstream capacity is 0.02tmc. It has 2 pumping stations. One of which pumps to WTP and

another one recycles stored water in dam in order to stop water from getting polluted and generate bad

order.

The reservoir nearly dries up in the hot summer months leading up to the monsoon. There are

claims that water from Varasgaon is diverted to Lavasa and will result in problems in water

supply to Pune city.

Students getting exposure of knowledge of Davse dam, Lavasa

Then the lunch was taken by all the students and after that the students were left for some

sightseeing and leisure time. After that the students were taken to the check dam construction on

the river or the stream flowing across the lavasa city and all the necessary information regarding

the dam was given by the tour administrator of the lavasa city. After finishing it, the students

were taken to the sewage treatment plant where they were told about the various treatment used

for the treatment of sewage water and all the instruments used for the purpose of the purification

of sewage water were studied properly and at the time of sunset, the students enjoyed the

serenity of the nature and at 5:30 p.m. the students were they back to Pune.

Students witnessing the short video on Lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Students learning about sewage treatment plant at lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Student’s feedback is that “One should never stop learning, because educational trips

never stop teaching”.

Glimpse of students at lavasa on 24th October, 2016

Date: 25th

October, 2016 (Visit to Kamshet Tunnel, Lonavala)

Kamshet Tunnel 1 and Kamshet Tunnel 2 are the part of the long list of tunnels in Maharashtra,

located on the Mumbai Pune Expressway. The Mumbai-Pune (North) tube is 935 m and the

Pune-Mumbai (South) tube is 972 m long. Prof. C.B. Mishra gave information on “BASICS OF

TUNNEL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT”.

Prof. C.B. Mishra gave information on “BASICS OF TUNNEL ENGINEERING &

MANAGEMENT” (Date: 25th

October, 2016).

Student’s feedback revealed that “Education is most powerful weapon which one can use

positively to change the world”.

The entire educational trip showed students integrity, leadership and true professionalism with a

blend of well management. Students were thankful to the BVM Engineering management for

granting permission and all cooperation for the success of the education trip. The trip ended on

26th

October, 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Dr. L.B.Zala, Head, Civil Engineering congratulated the students and Principal Dr. I.N.Patel

conveyed heartiest congratulations to all who graced on stage as a truly outstanding. To

motivate the students TEQIP 2 beard the expenditure of registration fee. Charutar Vidya Mandal

the backbone of education centre, believes in progressive education skills and gave the

opportunity to civil engineering students to develop their self-esteem by giving permissions in

educational presentations and visits to smart city Lavasa, historical places and dam visits.

Prepared and submitted by Chairman IE(I), Students Chapter (Civil)

And Head, Civil Engg. Dept., BVM

(Prof. C.B. Mishra) (Dr. L.B. Zala)

Dt: 16.12.2016