The Central Building Research Institute at Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, is a constituent establishment of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India and has been vested with the responsibility of generating, cultivating and promoting building science and technology in the service of the country. The Institute maintains relationships with national and international standards-setting groups like CIB in the Netherlands; TWAS in Italy; BRE in the United Kingdom; ASTM in the United States; CSIRO in Australia; RILEM in France; BRS in Canada and UNCHS in Nairobi, Kenya. Since its inception in 1947, the Institute has been assisting the building construction and building material industries in finding timely, appropriate and economical solutions to the problems of building materials, health monitoring and rehabilitation of structures, disaster mitigation, fire safety, energy-efficient rural and urban housing. The Institute is committed to serving the people through R&D in the development process and maintains linkages at international and national level. At the national level of India, the Institute has close interaction with BMTPC, HUDCO, DST, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Rural Areas, Housing Boards and Societies of the State Governments, engineering and academic institutions, construction and building material industries.
The Institute has a Research Council composed of prominent members from all over the country. It is headed by the Prof. Dr. T. G. Sitharam, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati as Chairperson and has the following members in it. Prof. P. P. Mujumdar, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Dr. R. K. Bhandari Dr. Pradyumna Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, CMD, HUDCO, New Delhi Prof. B. Bhattcharjee Dept. of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Dr. S. Kapuria, Director, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai Dr. Satish Chandra, Director, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, Director, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee Director General, CSIR or his nominee,Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi Dr. S. Sarkar Chief Scientist, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute acts as Secretary for this council.
AcSIR – Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research
Recognising the importance of housing, one of the prime infrastructures required for the growth of the country, the CSIR – Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, one of the prime laboratories of CSIR is offering an integrated programme leading to Master of Technology in “Building Engineering and Construction Technology ” and PhD in engineering and sciences. The Integrated Programme is so designed that a successful candidate will receive both MTech and PhD degree on completion of the programme while opportunity exists for the candidates who wish to quit the programme after two years of successful completion with an MTech degree in BECT. The multidisciplinary expertise required to meet the requirements are available in the institute and the course is designed to impart practical training to the students on these themes. Thus the course is a perfect blend of both theory and practice. Drawing from the rich experience of scientists working in this laboratory, the course is designed to offer to the participants sound theoretical knowledge and practical site experience. Such a unique opportunity is not available anywhere in the country. Also, the programme is unique by itself. The total number of seats available for the integrated programme is 10. They will also be provided CSIR-GATE-JRF Scholarship after fulfilling the conditions set by AcSIR. Presently the Academic Co-ordinator is Prof SR Karade.
