Event Schedule
24 May - 26 May 2022
11:00-11:30
Inaugural Session
11:30-12:00
Inauguration of Exhibition Hon’ble Minister Shri Giriraj Singh
Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
12:00-12:30
Coffee/Tea
12:30-13:00
Key Note Lecture - 1. PIARC Dr. Phill Page Green, South Africa (TBC)
Sustainable Low Volume Roads – International Best Practices on Use of New Materials and Technologies
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
Key Note Lecture – 2 Dr. Ashish Goel, DG, NRIDA (C)
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana- Past, Present and Future
14:30-14:50
Technical Lecture - 1 Dr. Sudhakar Reddy, IIT, Kharagpur (C)
New Materials and Technologies in Rural Roads
14:50-15:20
Technical Lecture - 2 Dr. Anand Puppala, Texas A&M University (C)
Sustainable Stabilization methods in low volume roads
15:20-15:35
Coffee/Tea
15:35-16:00
Technical Lecture - 3 Prof Kim J Jenkins(C)
Bitumen Stabilised Materials
16:00-16:30
Technical Lecture - 4 Shri. Ravi Kiran, Lonrix (C)
Asset Management of Low Volume Roads in New Zealand
16:30-18:00
Presentations by Technology providers
10:00-10:20
Technical Lecture - 5 Dr.Ambika Bhel, CRRI (C)
Cold Recycling for Rural Roads
10:20-10:40
Technical Lecture - 6 Dr. Anjan Kumar, IIT Guwahati (C)
Intelligent Compaction for Improved Performance of Rural Roads
10:40-11:00
Technical Lecture - 7 Dr. Umesh Sahoo, IIT Bhubaneshwar (C)
Cement Treated Bases for Construction of Cost Effective Rural Roads
11:00-11:20
Technical Lecture - 8 Shri Guru Vittal , CRRI (C)
Full Depth Reclamation with Cement and admixtures
11:20-11:40
Technical Lecture - 9 Dr. Amarnath Reddy, IIT, Kharagpur (C)
Panelled Concrete – Design, Construction and Performance
11:40-12:00
Technical Lecture - 10 Dr Carsten Karcher - Secretary General EAPA (TBC)
European trends for the paving of low volume roads
12:00-12:10
Coffee/Tea
12:10-13:00
Presentations by Technology providers
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:25
Technical Lecture - 11 Kieran Kelly (C)
Asset Management and latest technologies including choice of treatment
14:25-14:50
Technical Lecture - 12 Dr Gerrie Van Zyl, South Africa (C)
Low-Cost Surfacing with a focus on Chip Sealing
14:50-15:00
Coffee/Tea
15:00-15:25
Technical Lecture - 13 Dr Jie Han, The University of Kansas (C)
Recent advances in materials and technologies for low volume roads and retaining walls
15:25-15:50
Technical Lecture - 14 Dr Manik Burman Minnesota University (C)
Innovations in Technologies, materials, and designs for long lasting low volume roads
15:50-16:15
Technical Lecture - 15 Dr. Iswandaru Widyatmoko AECOM, UK (C)
Promoting Sustainable and climate resilience materials for rural roads – UK Case Studies
16:15-16:40
Technical Lecture - 16 Prof. Soheil Nazarian, University of Texas at El Paso (C)
Full Depth Reclamation - Experiences
16:40-17:00
Technical Lecture - 17 Prof. A. Veeraragavan, IIT, Madras (C)e
Asset Management Systems in Rural Road
Presentations by Technology providers
10:00-10:20
Technical Lecture - 18 Dr. Nikhil Saboo, IIT Roorkee (C)
Waste Plastic in Bituminous Mixes for Low Volume Roads – Indian Experience
10:20-10:40
Technical Lecture - 19 Dr. Sunitha, NIT, Tiruchirappalli (C)
Experiences on use of Coir in Rural Roads
10:40-11:00
Technical Lecture 20 (TBC)
Indian Experiences by SRRDA, Technology providers
11:00-11:20
Technical Lecture - 21 (TBC)
Indian Experiences by SRRDA, Technology providers
11:20-11:30
Coffee/Tea
11:30-11:50
Technical Lecture - 22 Shri. Rajeev Chandra, Executive Engineer, BRO (C)
Challenges and solutions in Hill Road Construction: Indian Experiences
11:50-12:10
Technical Lecture - 23 Dr Manoj Shukla, CRRI, New Delhi (C)
Cement Grouted Bituminous Macadam (CGBM)
12:10-12:30
Technical Lecture – 24 Shri. Alok Bhowmik, B&S Engineering Consultants Pvt Limited (C)
Modular bridges
12:30-12:45
Technical Lecture – 25 Dr. Atorod Azizinamini (C)
New Initiatives for Faster Construction of Bridges
12:45-13:00
Technical Lecture – 26 Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, Canada (C)
Self-Healing And Carbon-Neutral Concrete Materials for Rural Roads and Bridges in India
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
Technical Lecture – 27 Dr. Gaspar (C)
Hungarian experiences in innovative low-volume road pavement structures
14:30-15:00
Technical Lecture – 28 Shri. Harsh Nisar (C)
Use of GIS and AI in planning and monitoring of rural roads
15:00-15:30
Coffee/Tea
15:30-17:00
Panel Discussion DG, MORD, Chair Panelists: 1. Shri.B.C.Pradhan 2. Dr.I.K.Pateriya 3. Shri.SanjayNirmal 4. Dr. Praveen Kumar 5. Dr.Krishna Prapoorna 6. Shri.Mahesh Tandon/ Subba Rao 7. Shri.Doddihal
New Technologies and Sustainable Materials in Construction of Low Volume Roads (Rural Roads) and Bridges- Way Forward
17:00-17:30