{"id":9450,"date":"2026-05-18T07:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/?p=9450"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:01:17","slug":"inaugural-function-of-centre-of-excellence-for-sustainable-construction-practices-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/?p=9450","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Function of Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Construction Practices & Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Civil Engineering at SJM Institute of Technology<\/span><\/span>, under SJM University<\/span><\/span>, successfully conducted the inaugural function of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Construction Practices & Materials<\/strong> in association with UltraTech Cement Ltd<\/strong> on 15th May 2026<\/strong> at Sir M V Hall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Centre of Excellence aims to advance sustainable construction practices, promote research on eco-friendly materials, and provide students and faculty with exposure to modern construction technologies. The initiative fosters collaboration with industry leaders and supports hands-on learning, technical innovation, and professional development in civil engineering.<\/p>\n

The inaugural function was graced by Sri. Shivayogi C. Kalasad, IAS (RTD)<\/strong>, President of SJM Vidyapeetha<\/span><\/span> and Chancellor of SJM University<\/span><\/span>, as the Chief Guest. Guests of Honour<\/strong> included Er. Punnose P John, Zonal Head \u2013 Technical, UltraTech Cement Ltd, and Mr. Vijaykumar Bujurke, Regional Head \u2013 Marketing, North Karnataka and Goa.<\/p>\n

Other dignitaries present were Dr. Basavakumar Swamiji, Sri S N Chandrashekhar, Dr. P S Shankar (Members, Administrative Committee, SJM Vidyapeetha), Dr. K B Gudasi (Vice Chancellor, SJM University), Dr. M S Ganachari (Registrar, SJM University), and Dr. Bharath P B (Principal, SJM Institute of Technology \/ SJM School of Engineering). The event was attended by the HOD, faculty, and students of the Department of Civil Engineering along with the UltraTech team, marking a successful launch of this collaborative initiative.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Civil Engineering at SJM Institute of Technology, under SJM University, successfully conducted the inaugural function of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Construction Practices & Materials in association with UltraTech Cement Ltd on 15th May 2026 at Sir M V Hall. The Centre of Excellence aims to advance sustainable construction practices, promote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-latest-news","category-notice-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9450"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9469,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450\/revisions\/9469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjmit.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}