Department of Civil Engineering in association with Sthapati student club, SMVITM, organized a talk on “Cracks in concrete and its prevention” for the civil engineering students on 8th December 2022 at 2:30pm in seminar hall admin block. The recourse person was Mr. Elan Thendral, Technical Head South Karnataka, ACC Limited. More than 40 students participated and benifited by the program. The session was lively and interactive. In his talk he started simple question by asking the difference between normal man and Civil engineer and answered that normal man gives answer to the question and civil engineer gives solution. He also gave enough information regarding cracks in concrete, possible causes due to improper planning and poor workmanship in construction, its effects and remedies overcome the cracks by proper curing and maintenance.
Dr. Deepika BV, HOD, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Sandeep J Nayak and Mr. Madhusoodhan Rao coordinated the program, Ms. Anvitha Introduced the guest, Ms. Priyanka D’Souza compered the program and Ms. Nethravathi proposed the vote of thanks.