Report of Civil Engineering Educational tour to Pune

As a part of Educational tour,59  Final Year Civil Engineering Students along with 3 faculty members visited CWPRS-Pune ,CME – Pune and Suzlon – One Earth-Pune.

Prof. Satyesh Kakodkar, Prof. Prachi Dessai and Prof. Kaushik Pai Fondekar accompanied the students.

On the first day, the students visited Central water and power research station Pune (CWPRS) ,  a major research organization in the field of hydraulics. It deals with planning, organization and undertaking specific research and development studies related to optimizing designs of dams, coastal water such as MPT  Goa, Indira Sagar dam spillway situated in Madhya Pradesh and many more. At the very first unit in CWPRS the students were guided by scientist Mr. Bilal Shaikh and Mr. Shirish Apte. Mr. Bilal Shaikh explained about the Mormugao port prototype , it’s working and different components used.  His studies in prototype are purely based on basics of fluid mechanics, strength of material, survey. He also explained concepts of distorted, undistorted models, Reynolds Number, Breakwaters and its execution.

The next unit was guided by Mr. Amit Kulhare. He explained about the Indira Sagar dam spillway and also demonstrated the actual working of ports, harbors and break waters. The amount of effort and hard word put in was commendable.

In the second half of the day the students along with the faculty were taken to Suzlon headquarters located at Hadapsar, Pune.Head of Core Administrative team Mr. Nitin Gurav, guided the students  throughout the campus. The students had the opportunity to hear the words of the man behind this company; Mr. Tulsi Tanti, co-founder and architect of Suzlon energy limited. It is said that the name SUZLON is derived from the phrase Sujh Bujh se kiya hua kaam and LON is derived from the word loan. Suzlon is a vertically integrated wind power company. It is India’s first and the world’s fifth largest wind turbine manufacturers and suppliers. It makes and installs wind turbines and manufactures blades, generators, panels and towers in house. Suzlon-One Earth  is a LEED Platinum and GRIHA 5star certified building with 8% of its annual energy generated through photovoltaic cells and wind units   with a total incremental cost of about 11%. 65% of energy is saved by use of LED outdoor light system. Suzlon-one earth was designed taking into consideration the green building concepts of energy efficiency and sustainability, concept of global village, following own traditions and state of art and ancient principles of vastu. The environmental friendly campus of suzlon is spread over 10 acres, divided into interconnected, individual buildings named after the 5 elements if nature namely SUN, AQUA, SKY, TREE, SEA(suzlon excellence academy). Other facilities such as health care centre, recreation halls, canteen which caters around 700 persons at a time, STP and water treatment plants are also provided in the campus. The campus is well equipped with CO2 and CO sensors so as to ensure positive environment for working. Moulded glass cylinders are provided in all the buildings starting from the terminu which opens to sky. Terminus consists of parking area catering 400 4-wheelers, 900 2-wheelers, 150 cycles along with a driver lounge. There are provisions for electric vehicles too.Suzlon-One Earth is indeed one of the greenest corporate campuses in the world wherein work goes in harmony with nature.

On the second day of the tour, students were taken to College Of Military Engineering located at Dapodi, Pune. Students were guided by the Dr. Nagraj Gupta, Associate Professor . The College building was constructed in 1943 at a cost of Rs 20lakhs. College of military engineering is a premier technical and practical training institution of Indian army corps of engineers; this includes combat engineers, military engineering service, border roads organisation and survey. The main building of the college is a majestic and imposing structure  dressed in stone masonry. The stones used for construction were quarried from the same place itself so as to have a uniform colour of the building and avoid the transportation cost. Students got an opportunity to visit several labs: structural, transportation, environmental  labs which were well equipped with all the necessary instruments and models which helps the students to understand the concepts in a better way  through visualisation. Landmark for miles around, this building is an enduring legacy.