Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 25: MoRTH awardee and senior Transportation Planner, Er Avinash Shabade delivered a lecture on “Multimodal Integration for Passenger Terminals (Rail)” at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.
The expert talk was part of special lecture series organised by the Civil Engineering Students’ Association (CESA).
Er Shabade is the senior Transportation Planner in the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra Limited. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay. He was specially invited to have an interactive session with Civil Engineering B Tech and M Tech students of Transportation Engineering & Planning specialization. Many faculty members of the CED also attended the session.
Director NIT Srinagar, Prof Rakesh Sehgal welcomed the guest and said that such technical sessions should be held very frequently so that our students are exposed to the needs and issues of the industry.
Institute’s Registrar, Prof. Syed Kaiser Bukhari said the institute would always encourage and facilitate the organization of such technical sessions.
In his lecture, Er Avinash Shabade focused on the theme of ‘Planning Integration of Transportation Modes at Railway Passenger Terminals. He highlighted the role of Transportation Planners and Engineers in the planning & development of a city.
Er Shabade, while explaining the whys and hows of Traffic and Transport Planning, presented case studies of Multi-Modal Integration of Transit Hubs of Mumbai Suburban Rail (local trains) done in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
He explained how over time, one of the best public transportation facilities in the world has evolved in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and how it can be adopted in other areas keeping the needs of the society in focus.
The speaker also stressed that the experts from NIT Srinagar should offer their expertise and services to the concerned in Government to be part of the planning and development process.
Prof. Abdul Qayoom Dar, HOD Civil Engineering, expressed his happiness at the conduct of such lectures that gave an opportunity to the students to get exposed to the needs of the industry.
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