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The Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE), IIT Madras, is launching a 6-month online certificate course on Construction Technology and Management for Industry Professionals. This course is expected to expose senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as industry professionals working in design and construction firms to cutting edge construction technology and management practices.

About the Course

This program which teaches the latest advances in construction technology and management practices is intended for individuals (senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals) who are interested in building a career in the field of construction/structural design or infrastructure development. This course intends to provide specific tools and guidelines that will enhance the skills of aspiring or practicing graduate civil/structural engineers, construction technologists and managers and is taught by a group of very senior faculty of the Civil Engineering department at IIT Madras known for their technical expertise.

Eligibility Criteria

Anyone who has Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Management background can take up the course.

Course Mode: ONLINE (Recorded videos and live sessions) 126 hours of recorded online instruction and 42 hours of online live interaction with the faculty experts.

The course is structured in the following manner:

1. Participants need to watch around 6 hours of video content (not more than 3 hours in a particular module) every week. 
2. A live interaction session would be scheduled every Saturday with the corresponding faculty to discuss the module content and clarify queries. The duration of this session would be 1 hour.

Course Modules

Module-1: Engineering Economics
Module-2: Concrete Technology
Module-3: Road and Pavement Technology
Module-4: Construction Planning and Control
Module-5: Construction Processes & Productivity
Module-6: Quality
Module-7: Durability and Repair
Module-8: Safety
Module-9: Construction Contracts
Module-10: Resource Constrained Schedule Optimization

Instructors

– Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Ravindra Gettu, V S Raju Chair Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Manu Santhanam, Department of Civil Engineering , IIT Madras
– Prof. Surender Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof.Sivakumar Palaniappan, Associate Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Koshy Varghese, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Piyush Chaunsali, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Radhakrishna Pillai, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. Nikhil Bugalia, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
– Prof. KN Satyanarayana, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Tirupati
– Prof. Benny Raphael, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras

Course Fee : Rs. 1,50,000 + 18% GST

Last day of Registration : June 20th, 2023

Course commences on : July 1st, 2023

Registration link        

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