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PANAJI
The Institution of Civil Engineers (India) will be hosting the 20th anniversary celebrations of The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) at Cidade de Goa, IHCL SeleQtions, Dona Paula on September 27.
The event will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Art & Culture Minister Govind Gaude will be the Guest of Honour.
Members from 14 countries will be attending the celebrations. Seminars on topics like ‘The applications of geo-synthetics for various civil engineering disciplines’ and ‘Improvements to engineering governance through common ethics standards’ will be conducted, said Dr SL Swamy, chairman of ICEI. The main speakers at event will be Nimish Gupta, Shalendra Ram, Dr Edward Wang, Prof Chiwan Wayne Hsieh, M Venkataraman and Prof BVS Viswanatham.
The seminars will be
moderated by Dr Ernesto S de Castro.
Q&A session and panel discussion will be other highlights of the day-long
programme.
The anniversary celebration of ACECC is bringing civil engineers from all over the world to Goa to share knowledge on some of the most important issues.
Whether climate change or codes governing the safety of buildings and other infrastructure, civil engineers play an important role in several spheres of life.
Over the years, ACECC has realised the importance of giving a platform to civil
engineers of several countries to come and discuss issues affecting their
countries.
