01/09/2025
A Three-Day Capsule Course on National Building Code of India 2016 - Structural Design was held at the Hyderabad Branch Office of BIS, in coordination with the Civil Engineering Department, BIS, during 28-30 August 2025. The course was attended by 36 delegates from the Industry, PSUs, Govt. Organizations as well as Research Scholars from different educational institutes and many other Private and Public Sector Construction agencies.
The module included interactive sessions on various topics such as the Framework of NBC 2016, Masonry, Plain, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete, Glass and Glazing, Timber and Bamboo, Prefabricated Concrete, Steel Design, Soil and Foundation, Discussion on Defects in Construction leading to Adverse Impact on Structural Performance, along with Case Studies and real-life scenarios. These sessions were delivered by expert faculties like Shri Aman Deep, Managing Director, Creative Design Consultants and Engineers Private Limited, Shri Gohul Deepak, Executive Director, Glazing Society of India, Shri Amitava Sil, Scientist ‘E’ & Head (Kolkata Field Station), ICFRE - Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Shri Amit Barde, Head- Precast Initiative, L&T ECC, Chennai, Dr. Padmaja Gokaraju, Vice President- Designs, Product & Systems Development, Kirby Building Systems & Structures India Pvt. Ltd. and Dr. Jaykumar Shukla, Principal Engineer and Senior Consultant, Geo Dynamics Engineers LLP.
The sessions were very well received by the participants who expressed their keenness to attend more such programmes and requested BIS to organize courses on NBC at Hyderabad/Vijayavada in the future as well.
