Our Faculty

Lalith Prakash E. currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus. He pursued his M.E in Construction Engineering Management from Anna University, Chennai, India. He is pursuing Ph. D. (Part time) on the topic “Integrated Seismic Risk analysis based on Population, PSHA and Building typology data, and Assessment of Earth quake Preparedness level” in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India.

Experience

Technical Skill Asset

• STAADPRO, ETABS, MSP, Primavera, Revit Architecture.

Projects and Consultanicies

1. Assessment of Earth quake Preparedness level in Coimbatore.
2. Integrated Seismic Risk analysis based on Population and DSHA dataset for Coimbatore district.
3. Integrated Seismic Risk analysis based on Population and DSHA dataset for Delhi NCT.

Innovation in Teaching and Learning

• 15CVL302: Design of Concrete Structures
  Students were given a term project in which they have to visit a construction site and collect information like footing details, reinforcement details, estimation details, structural details. They were asked to make a presentation using the data collected. Students were tested for their understanding about the differences and importance of the theoretical structural knowledge over practical knowledge. A report was submitted by team of 5 or 6 students at the end of the semester. The entire exercise was considered as a term project.
  Students were also asked to construct a standard macros excel sheet templates for designing simple structural elements like beams , columns, slabs and dog legged stair cases as a part of the term project.
• CVL480: Construction Management
  Primavera – a project management software tool was taught to the students in the class. A hands on training was given for every students working on their personal laptops for about 8 teaching hours with the help of projector. A term project on ‘scheduling and planning of a construction of a simple building’ using Primavera was given to the students. The term project was given higher weightage in their internal marks.
• MNG400: Principles of Management
  An exposure to startup ideas, incubators in India was given to the students. Students were asked to do a preliminary market survey and methodology framing for any start-up idea of their choices, as a term project which was higher weightage in their Internal marks. Students were grouped into 10-15 teams depending on the class strength. An insight about forming a Detailed Project Report (DPR) was also taught in the class. Best DPR reports were chosen and guided to competition held by Business incubators in South India.
  2013-2017 Batch: One of the student team (Cashless credit cards) bagged a spot in “top 30 startup idea” organised by Amrita Technology Business Incubator. Also the startup model was implemented in the university’s cultural fest ANOKHA 2017. Team members: Akhil reddy & Akshay Reddy. 2014-2018 Batch: One of the student team has successfully registered a Private limited company based on their DPR on the theme “Solid waste Management”. Team Members: Koushik Raj & Gowtham Raj

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