Speakers

Prof. Varghese George

Conference Speaker

Highlights

• Dale-Carnegie University Certified Teacher
• NHAI-Certified National Level Trainer for Highway Safety
• Trained by ROMDAS in Pavement Evaluation
• Trained by IGG-Parsan  in Zond 12e GPR sounding
• Trained by CITILABS in Cube Base, Voyager, and Analyst Ver 6.0
• Trained by Engg. Staff College - India, Hyderabad on Green Building 
• Editorial Board Member of Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engg. 
• Reviewer for: Transptn. Res. Board Washington, Instn. of Civil Engrs.-UK, Francis & Taylor Journal Pubs., IRC New Delhi, MJET-Manipal

Academic Qualifications

• BSc. (Engg) - 1984, College of Engineering,  Trivandrum, University of Kerala
• M. Tech - 1986, Indian Institute of Tech., Kanpur
• Ph. D - 1999, Indian Institute of Tech., Bombay

Awards / recognition

• Award for Best Civil Engineer (Acad) from Smart Insfrast. Eng.Serv.Trust, at Osmania Uty. 16th Sep 2016
• Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Paper Presentn. with Citation & Gold Medallion, at ICITSEM, Dubai - 2015
• Special Award Received for Contributions to Rural Roads Committee of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi - 2004
• Award for the Best Secretary for the Region  from  Lions  Club  International 324-D4 – 2000-01

Areas of Interest

• Urban Transport Planning and Software Apps. (Cube Apps.)
• Traffic Engineering, & Coordinated Signals using TRANSYT/ VISSIM 
• Oracle RDBMS, and DSS Apps. (Expert Sys.) for Bus Transp. Mangmt. 
• Road Safety Audit, Speed Control, Geometric Desn, & Vehicle Pol. Control 
• Pavement Evaluation & Monitoring (ROMDOS, PFWD, GPR, and ANN Apps.)
• Porous Friction Courses, Warm Mix Asphalt
• Genetic Algorithm & ANN Applns. in Slope Stability and Traffic Signal Design
• Ground Improvement: Natural/ Synthetic Fibers, Laterite subgrades & Accel. Consol.
• Town Planning, Surveying, and Architecture
• Green Building & Building Construction

Membership  in  Professional  Bodies

• Life  Member of the  Indian Society for Technical Education
• Member  of  the   Indian Roads  Congress   
• Fellow of  the  Institution  of  Engineers
• Life  Member of the  Institute of Urban Transport
• ASCE - Member of ASCE, USA

Honorary Posts in National Level Technical Committees/  Professional Bodies   

• Rural Roads Committee of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi
• Masonry Bridges Committee  of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi
• General Design Features (B2) Committee of IRC. New Delhi
• Nat. Transp. Plng. and Res. Cen.(NATPAC), (under KSCSTE, Gov. of Kerala), Pattom P.O., Trivandrum - 695004. (No 550/ GA1/ 2012/ Dt 20th Nov. 2013

Subjects taught

• Transportation Engineering-I&II
• (Highways, Railways, Airports, Tunnels, and Harbours)
• Building Construction, Town Planning & Architecture
• Urban Transport Planning (M.Tech)
• Traffic Flow Theory (M.Tech)

Important Administrative Duties Performed for NITK and NITK Community / Institute Level 

• Head of Department of Civil Engineering, NITK
• Associate Dean (Res. & Consul.) SIRO; SIP; NITKRes.Bul.; STTP; Tec.Dig
• Editor- NITK Research Bulletin (Biannual Publication) + Cover Designing
• Member of Research Advisory Board, NITK
• IGNOU – Distance Education Counselor (Indira Gandhi Nat. Open Univ.) 
• Estate Office & Works - Faculty In Charge
• PMGSY Resource-Person for Training Practicing Engrs. (Org.12 Courses)
• TEQIP Phase I   Mem. of Com. for Monit. & Evaln. of MHRD Funded Proj.
• TEQIP Phase II TEQIP Departmental Representv. for MHRD Funded Proj.

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Contact Information:

Dr. Varghese George
Professor in Civil Engineering
(Ex HoD & Ex Assoc Dean)
Specialization: Transportation Systems Engineering
NITK, Surathkal, India
Mob: +91-9986920093