NPEEE—Looking backApril 2007

National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education

A Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) Initiative
Executed by the Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur,
Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)

www.nicee.org/npeee

Genesis…
NPEEE was a programme launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government ofIndia, New Delhi involving eight premier institutes of technology in the country, with the agenda of building
capacity amongst colleges of engineering, architecture and polytechnic institutes nationwide, in order tofurther earthquake education and earthquake-resistant constructions in the country. It was in operation
during April 2003 through March 2007.
Key components of the project included short-term and medium-term training programmes for faculty
members, international exposure to faculty members through participation in conferences and seminars aswell as in training programmes, development of curricula, resource materials and teaching aids,
development of library and laboratory resources, and organization of conferences and workshops.
NPEEE was administered through the National Committee on Earthquake Engineering Education (NCEEE),
that was responsible for overall monitoring of NPEEE, and for coordination with other
Ministries/Departments and AICTE. NPEEE was steered through a Programme Implementation Committee(PIC) and a number of its sub-committees. To ensure transparency in its activities and financial operations, aProject Implementation Plan (PIP) was initiated along with a website; both have been important tools for
effective implementation of the programme.
The strength of the Programme and its widespread acceptance and goodwill lay in the transparent
administrative mechanisms, non-discriminatory policies with regard to private versus government funded
institutes, feasible and manageable domain of operations, and its human resources that drew upon somestrongly motivated and committed individuals working as a cohesive team.

National Committee on Earthquake Engineering Education (as on 31 March 2007)
Chairman
Sri Ravi Mathur, Joint Secretary (Technical Education), Ministry of HRD, GoI, New Delhi
Convener
Ms. Seema Raj, Director, Ministry of HRD, GoI, New Delhi
Members
Two Coordinators by rotation from IITs and IISc Bangalore
Professor Ravi Sinha, IIT Bombay (for 2007)
Professor A. K. Jain, IIT Delhi (for 2007)
Representative of the Ministry of Urban Development
Representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs (NDM)
Representative of the Ministry of Science & Technology
Nominee of the Chairman, AICTE
Professor Sudhir K Jain, IIT Kanpur, as National Coordinator
FA (HRD) or his Nominee

Project Implementation Committee (as on 31 March 2007)
ChairmanProfessor S. K Dube, Director, IIT Kharagpur
Convener
Professor Sudhir K Jain, National Coordinator, NPEEE Department of Civil Engineering, IIT
KanpurInstitute Coordinators from Resource Institutions
Professor Ravi Sinha
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
Professor A. K. Jain
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
Professor S K Deb
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Professor CVR Murty
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Professor S K Nath
Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur
Professor A Meher Prasad
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Professor D K Paul
Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Professor C S Manohar
Department of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore
Representatives from other Institutions
Professor Madhavan Pillai
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Calicut
Professor Subir Saha
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Professor K K Soni
CV Shah Polytechnic, Surendranagar
Professor Persi Engineer
Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat*Professor Prem Vrat, Director, IIT Roorkee, chaired the PIC until June 2006.

Cornerstones
NPEEE has spearheaded a strong
movement to bring about changes inthe engineering, architecture andpolytechnic curricula so that thebudding
professionals
arewellequipped in this critical area involving
the safety of millions of our fellow
countrymen, women and children.

NPEEE adopted a holistic approach to capacity
building in earthquake engineering bytargetting institutions and faculty for training,
exposure and resource building. Six key
elements formed the cornerstones of thisapproach.

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BUILDING HUMAN RESOURCE IN
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGNPEEE has proactively imparted
training to technical teachers throughnumerous training programmes andhas consistently exceeded the original
target of 350 man-weeks of short term
training per year.

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FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
NPEEE has adopted a multi-pronged
approach that makes use of different
tools and formats for teaching,including among others, development
anddisseminationofcomputersoftware and publications.
STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONSCapacity building has to begin in theclassroomtoensurethattheprofessionals
oftomorrowareequipped to take up the challenge of asafer
future.
Thus,
educational
institutions in the country must be
equipped to deliver cutting edgeknowledge and facilities to their faculty
and students. NPEEE provided support
to institutions to upgrade and extend
their laboratories, and enhanced theirlibraries by supplying a wide range of
publications.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
To ensure that more and more of
tomorrow’s professionals are aware ofand sensitized to earthquake safetyconcepts, intervention has to happen in
the classroom of today.

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INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKS
The
international
professional
community in earthquake engineeringhas much to offer by way of expertiseand exposure to our own professionals.
Recognizing this, NPEEE facilitates
young teachers to spend time inuniversities overseas. The Partial
Travel Support Scheme for attending
international conferences allows an
exchange of ideas and provides
effective mechanism for self evaluationof individuals with respect to their peergroups. The International Visitors
Programme brings key earthquake
engineering professionals from acrossthe globe to the resource institutes. This
fosters close working associations withthe best in the profession and further
presents opportunities for developing
collaborations.
SELF-EVALUATION
Recognizing that any system can beenriched and further honed throughself criticism and evaluation, NPEEE
has put in place a mechanism forcollecting
feedback
fromthebeneficiaries of various programmes
and incorporating their suggestions
after careful consideration. This has
ensured a vibrant and outward looking
environment, which is open to an
ongoing process of renewal andimprovement.

This report…
Four years into its operations, NPEEE has achieved several of the targets set at the time of its inception.
It is time for taking stock and looking ahead, and for further developing the agenda of bringing
earthquake safety issues to the professional communities of our country. This Report summarizes theactivities undertaken in these past four years and indicates the road ahead for the future.

Building Capacity• Rakesh K Khare, SGS Institute of Technology & Science,

SHORT TERM TRAINING—EXCEEDING TARGETS
A large number of short courses (one or two week duration) havebeen conducted at the 8 resource institutes where faculty membersof colleges of engineering/architecture and polytechnics weretrained. NPEEE has been consistently exceeding its original targetof 350 man-weeks of training per year for the teachers:• 418 man-weeks during 2003-04• 456 man-weeks during 2004-05• 513 man-weeks during 2005-06• 516 man-weeks during 2006-07

600
500

TargetAchieved

400
300
200

Contribution of the different resource 100
institutes to the short term training has 0 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
varied depending on availability andinterest of faculty in imparting the training:• 192 man-weeks at IIT Bombay• 84 man-weeks at IIT Delhi• 161 man-weeks at IIT Guwahati• 293 man-weeks at IIT Kanpur• 70 man-weeks at IIT Kharagpur• 531 man-weeks at IIT Madras• 351 man-weeks at IIT Roorkee• 219 man-weeks at IISc Bangalore

1360
teachers
trained

A total of 1360 teachers received training in one or more shortcourses in the past four years. Some of the trainings also drew
participants from Nepal and Bangladesh, and the industry inIndia.
NPEEE put in place a monitoring system to ensure the quality of
its training courses. Barring an exception or two, all the training
programmes were rated extremely highly by the participants.

SEMESTER PROGRAMMESThis certificate programme of one-semester duration wasconceptualized to give the teachers an opportunity to develop indepth knowledge of the subject. A number of such programes
have been conducted for the college teachers.

Institute
IIT Kanpur
IIT Roorkee
IISc Bangalore
IIT Roorkee
IISc Bangalore

Schedule
2003-2004 I Semester
2003-2004 II Semester
2004-2005 I Semester
2004-2005 I Semester
2006-2007 II Semester

No. of Participants
17
20
9+1 from industry
7+1 from industry
6

Due to acute shortage of teachers in engineering colleges anddifficulties in having the parent institutions release faculty for long
duration, the number of trainees in these programmes has beensomewhat low. However, those who did undergo this training
have gained substantially from it and have been very responsive
to the programme.

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
NPEEE provides opportunities for a few young college teachers toundergo training in international environments. The objective of
the programme is to develop young faculty to provide leadershipin research activities in colleges. A number of colleagues haveundergone six-month research training stints at prestigious
universities abroad. The results have been spectacular as seenfrom the research output and the publications that are resulting
from such collaborations.

New Zealand• G Umarani, Institute of Road & Transport Technology, Erode

Host Institute: University of Catenbury, Christchurch,
New ZealandResearch Topic: Consideration of slab effect in building seismic
performance

IndoreHost Institute: University of Catenbury, Christchurch,
New ZealandResearch Topic: Seismic design of precast concrete structuresJapan• S V Dinesh, SIT, Tumkur
Host Institute: Yamaguchi University, Tokiwadsi, Japan
Research Topic: Soil dynamics (liquefaction evaluation, cyclic
shear strength, dynamic properties under large strain
amplitude) on loose sandCanada• Indrani Gogoi, Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati
Host Institute: Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebac, Canada
Research Topic: Earthquake vulnerability assessment ofstructures• A V Bhaskara Rao, Bapatala Engineering College, Bapatala
Host Institute: University of Toronto, Canada
Research Topic:Further development of the self-centering
brace concept for earthquake-resistant design
UK• L. Govindaraju, R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore
Host Institute: University of Oxford, U. K.
Research Topic: Generation of seismic input motion forstudying soil-structure interaction problems and study on
failure of Quay-Walls near the water fronts.
USA• Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Host Institute: University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Research Topic: Post-earthquake structural health assessment
technics without input excitation data and with limited noisecontaminated response data and probabilistic application inearthquake engineering• A K Dutta, Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat

Host Institute: University of South Carolina, USA
Research Topic: Semiactive/hybrid control of
excitation of a cable-stayed bridge.

seismic• B. B. Soneji, Government Polytechnic for Girls, Ahmedabad

Host Institute: University of New York, Buffalo, USA
Research Topic: Seismic Protective System.

OPPORTUNITIES IN ITALYIIT Kanpur and University of Naples Federico II (Italy) enteredinto an agreement for two Italian government scholarships foryoung Indian researchers to work at the University of Naples
Federico II (Italy) in earthquake engineering for one year at no
cost to NPEEE. Two colleagues were selected for the same after
a careful selection procedure. Dr. S. Chandrasekaran Iyer,
BHU Institute of Technology, Varanasi is currently conducting
research in Italy under this arrangement.

Development & Dissemination of Resource
Materials
LABORATORY MANUAL DEVELOPED BY IISC BANGALORE
Professor C S Manohar and Mr S Venkatesha of Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, have developed a package of resource
materials for development of experimental setups for earthquake
engineering education. This is available for free download from
NPEEE site and is being provided on a CD, to the Colleges, onrequest. The manual is in three parts: Students manual, Teachers
manual, & Fabrication manual. The latter provides all fabrication
details so that a typical college can actually develop theexperimental set-ups in-house at a very low cost. A number ofengineering colleges have effectively used the manual to develop alaboratory and a laboratory course.

TEACHING RESOURCE MATERIAL FOR ARCHITECTURE
CURRICULA DEVELOPED BY IIT KANPUR
IIT Kanpur has developed a teaching resource material onearthquake design concepts for architecture colleges in the form of
power point presentation (about 600 slides). It was tested in ashort course of faculty of Architecture Colleges and revised on thebasis of feedback received. One copy of notes along with a CD
containing all the 600 powerpoint slides was distributed free ofcharge to architecture colleges. Others can procure these atnominal charge from NICEE, IIT Kanpur.

These have now been distributed in large numbers in the country
and can be obtained from NICEE at IIT Kanpur either free or on anominal charge.

International Visitors
The Programme supported visits by a number of international
experts to the resource Institutes for durations ranging from 3
weeks to 7 weeks. Several collaborative activities have emerged
from these visits.

IIT KANPUR

FREE DISTRIBUTION OF SAP & ETABS SOFTWARES
M/s Computers & Structures Inc, Berkeley, USA were
persuaded to donate free of charge their softwares SAP andETABS to all interested colleges of engineering, architecture
and polytechnics in India. This is a major break through interms of creating cutting-edge learning resources for collegesin India and towards capacity building in the country forearthquake resistant design. These two softwares are
considered state-of-the-art in earthquake engineering and arequite expensive. In fact, ETABS recently won the Top Seismic
Product of the 20th Century Award from the Applied
Technology Council (ATC) and Engineering News Records(ENR). About 253 colleges have already received thesesoftwares. There were no financial implications on thisaccount, i.e., neither NPEEE nor the colleges incurred any
expenditure to obtain these softwares.

Late Prof Bruce Bolt
University of California, Berkeley,
USA Visited during Jan-Feb 2004

Prof Andrew Charleson
Victoria University of
Wellington, New Zealand
17 Oct 2004 – 5 Jan 2005 and17 Oct – 26 Nov 2005

IISC BANGALORERESIST SOFTWARE
Computer software, RESIST has been developed by Professor
Andrew Charleson of New Zealand, as a very effective tool to help
architecture students integrate structural issues into thearchitectural design process. Considering its utility, and far
reaching implications in creating rational and earthquake resistantarchitectural designs, NPEEE commissioned him to create an
Indian version of the same, which includes Indian codes andIndian construction typologies. NPEEE has distributed thissoftware to all engineering and architecture colleges in the country
to facilitate effective dovetailing of safety concerns in in thearchitectural design process, in the classroom .

Prof Svetlana N Brzev
British Columbia Institute of Tech.,Vancouver, Canada Visited during
12 Dec 2005 – 04 Jan 2006

Prof Armen Der Kiureghian
University of California,
Berkeley, USA Visited during
13-26 Dec 2005

IIT ROORKEE

PRINTING AND DISSEMINATION OF EXISTING LITERATURE
NPEEE has sponsored printing of existing literature:• IITK-BMTPC Earthquake Tips by CVR Murty• IAEE Guidelines on Non Engineering Construction (English &Hindi)• Annotated Images from the Bhuj, India Earthquake of January
26, 2001 (CD)• Bhuj, India Republic Day January 26, 2001 Earthquake
Reconnaissance Report (CD)• Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, by Robin K. McGuire• Earthquake Rebuilding in Gujarat, India by CVR Murty, et al.
• Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings – Basic principles forengineers, architects, building owners, and authorities by Hugo
Bachmann• Earthquake Dynamics of Structures, A Primer by Anil K.
Chopra• Earthquake Design Criteria by G. W. Housner and P. C.
Jennings• Design of Foundations in Seismic Areas: Principles andApplications, by S. Bhattacharya (Editor)• Fundamentals of Seismic Protection for Bridges, by M
Yashinsky and MJ Karshenas

Prof Miha Tomazevic
Slovenian National Building and Civil
Engineering Institute, Ljubljana
Visited during 16 March - 12 April 2004

IIT MADRASProf Kyle M Rollins
Brigham YoungUniversity, USA
Visited during 30 March – 28
April 2006

IIT DELHIProf Pol D. Spanos
Rice University, Houston,
USA Visited during 12-26
January 2007

International Travel Support
Under this programme, teachers are provided partial travel grants up
to Rs 50,000/- to attend international conferences; they must raisebalance funds from other sources. Through this grant, a good numberof faculty members, from all over the country, are getting an
opportunity to present research papers at international conferences.
This effort is showcasing India and Indian research activities in aninternational arena, besides giving colleagues a much needed
opportunity to benchmark themselves with peers worldwide.

RECIPIENTS OF NPEEE TRAVEL SUPPORTO R Jaiswal, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Tech., Nagpur
Panchal Vijaykumar Ramanlal, Indian Institute of Tech. Bombay
Papori Rani Barooah, Girls Polytechnic, Guwahati
Pradipta Banerji, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Pranesh Murnal, Govt. College of Engineering, Karad
Purshottam Sankhla, Govt. Polytechnic College, Jodhpur
R S Jangid, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
R. Angeline Prabhavathy, Hindustan College of Engineering,
Kancheepuram
Raju Sarkar, G B Pant Polytechnic, New Delhi

A Boominathan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Rajul K. Gajjar, L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

A Meher Prasad, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar, IIIT Hyderabad

A V Bhaskara Rao, Bapatla Engg. College, Bapatla

Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Alok Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,

Ravindra Deshmukh, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

Alok Madan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

S K Prasad, S J College of Engineering, Mysore

Ami Shah, S V Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad

S R Satish Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Amita Sinvhal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,

S Rajasekaran, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Amlan K Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

S K Deb, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Anjan Dutta, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

S R K Reddy, Gudlavalleru Engg. College, Gudlavalleru

Ashok Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

S V Bakre, VNIT, Nagpur

Ashwani Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sarvesh K Jain, Madhav Institute of Tech. & Science, Gwalior

B G Birajdar, Pune Institute of Engineering and Tech., Pune

Sivakumar Babu, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

B K Maheshwari, Birla Institute of Tech. and Science, Pilani

Subrata Chakraborty, Bengal Engineering College, Howrah

B K Raghu Prasad, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Sudhir K Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

B R Srinivasa Murthy, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Tande Shrirang Nivrutti, Walchand College of Engh., Sangli

B K Maheshwari, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Tushar Kant Datta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

B Nageswara Rao, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

U K Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Balkrishna B Soneji, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Umesh Kumar Sharma, National Institute of Tech., Hamirpur

Bimal A Shah, M S University, Baroda

Vasudha A Gokhale, Dr B N College of Architecture, Pune

Biswajit Sharma, Jorhat Engineeirng College, Jorhat

Vinay S Purani, Government Engg. College, Gandhinagar

C V R Murty, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
D K Paul, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Daya Shanker, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Debasis Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Durgesh C Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Ganesh Hegde, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Gautam Bhattacharya, Bengal Engineering College, Howrah
H R Wason, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Hemang Parikh, MS University, Baroda
Indrani Gogoi, Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati
J Kalyan Kumar, Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai
J P Narayan, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Jagdish G Kori, Dr. J J Magdum College of Engg., Jaysingpur
Javed N Malik, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Jaya K P, Anna University, Chennai
Jayanta Pathak, Jorhat Engineeirng College, Jorhat

Institutional Capacity Building

LABORATORY ENHANCEMENT
Ten colleges have been provided with a laboratory grant of Rs 15
Lakhs each. This has enabled them to make a modest but important
beginning in terms of developing an earthquake engineeringlaboratory.
• SGS Institute of Technology & Science, Indore• Govt. Engineering College, Pune
• MNIT, Jaipur• NIT, Kurukshetra• NIT, Calicut• NIT, Silchar• NIT, Suratkal• NIT, Warangal• PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore• Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Khalid Moin, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Additionally, a laboratory grant of Rs. 51 lakhs each to the resource
institutes has helped in further strengthening research facilities atthese instiutes. For instance a six-axes earthquake simulator (1m by 1m
table, 500 kg payload capacity, accelerations up to 2g over a frequency
range up to 15 Hz) has been developed indigenously at IISc Bangaloreusing the NPEEE grant.

M K Shrimali, Malaviya National Institute of Tech., Jaipur

LIBRARY ENHANCEMENTM L Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Books and publications in earthquake engineering were provided to
100 colleges all over the country. All colleges, nationwide, were invited
to apply for this support and the 100 colleges were selected based on
credentials. IIT Delhi has centrally procured these books to avail large
discounts in prices. The list of 100 colleges is given elsewhere. The
following books and publications were procured and provided to thecolleges:

Joanna P S, Hindustan college of Engineering, Chennai
K S Nanjunda Rao, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Keya Mitra, Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur

M M Rao, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
M T Pratap Kumar, Ghousia College of Engg., Ramanagaram
Maganti Janardhana, JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad
Mahua Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
N S Kumar, Ghousia College of Engineering, BangaloreBooks Distributed to 100 Colleges• Bridge

Engineering Seismic Design: Principles andApplications in Engineering Series, Wai-Fah Chen and Lian
Duan
• Design for Earthquakes, James Ambrose & Dimitry Vergun• Design of Seismic Isolated Structures: From Theory toPractice, Farzad Naeim and James M Kelly• Dynamic Analysis & Earthquake Resistant Design Vol. 1,(Strong Motion and Dynamic Properties), Japanese Society of
Civil Engineers• Earthquake Protection, Andrew Coburn and Robin Spence• Earthquake Rebuilding in Gujarat, India; An EERI Recovery
Reconnaissance Report, CVR Murty, et. al.
• Earthquake Resistant Concrete Structures, G G Penelis andAndreas J Kappos• Earthquake Risk Reduction, David J Dowrick• Earthquake-Resistant Design of Masonry Buildings Vol.1,
Miha Tomazevic• Earthquakes, AKR Hemmady• Earthquakes, Bruce A Bolt
• Earthquakes: An Architect Guides to Non Structural Seismic
Hazards, Henry J Lagorio• EERI Special Report “The Great Sumatra Earthquake andIndian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004: The Effects in
Mainland India and in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands”,
Sudhir K Jain, et. al.
• Dynamic Analysis & Earthquake Resistant Design Vol. 2,(Methods of Dynamic Analysis), Japanese Society of Civil
Engineers• Dynamic Analysis & Earthquake Resistant Design Vol. 3,
Japanese Society of Civil Engineers• Dynamics of Structures: Theory & Applications, A K Chopra• Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings, David Key• Earthquake Engineering Handbook, Wai-Fah Chen and C
Scawthorn• Elements of Earthquake Engineering, Jai Krishna, A R
Chandrasekaran and Brijesh Chandra• Fundamentals of Earthquake-Resistant Construction, Ellis L
Krinitzsky, James P Gould and Peter H Edinger• Geodynamics of Northeastern India and the Adjoining
Region, D R Nandy• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, Robert W
Day• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Steven L Kramer• Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered
Construction (English and Hindi)• Fundamentals of Seismic Protection for Bridges, M Yashinsky
and M J Karshenas• IITK-BMTPC Earthquake Tip, C V R Murty• International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering
Seismology Part - A, (Eds.) W H K Lee, H Kanamori, P C
Jennings and C Kisslinger• International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering
Seismology Part – B, (Eds.) W H K Lee, H Kanamori, P C
Jennings and C Kisslinger• Keeping Schools Safe in Earthquakes, OECD, Paris, France• Manual of Seismic Design, James L Stratta• Masonry& Timber Structures Including Earthquake
Resistant Design, A S Arya
• Protection Against Earthquakes, Dharam V Mallick• Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges, M J N Priestley,
F Seible and G M Calvi• Seismic Design of Reinforced and Precast Concrete
Buildings, Robert E Englekirk• Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry
Buildings, T Paulay and M J N Priestley• Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, Robin K McGuire• Steel Structures : Controlling behavior through Design,
Robert Englekirk• The Seismic Design Handbook, Farzad Naeim• Earthquake Design Criteria, G. W. Housner and P. C. Jennings• Earthquake Dynamics of Structures: A Prime, Anil K. Chopra• Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings, Hugo Bachmann• Structural
Dynamics
Vibrations&
Systems,M.
Mukhopadhyay• Earthquakes, H. N. Srivastava• Ductility of Seismic Resistant Steel Structures, Gioncu V. andMazzolani F. M.
• Earthquake Engineering: From Engineering Seismology to
Performance based Engineering, Bozorgria Y. C. and V. V.
Bertero• Dynamic of Structures, Humar J. L.
• Simplified Building Design for Wind and Earthquake Forces,
Ambrose, J. and Vergun D.
• Fundamentals of Structural Dynimics, Craig R. R and Andrew
J. Kurdila• Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology, Havskov Jens &Alguacil Gerardo• Seismic Resistant Steel Structures, Mazzolani F. M.: Gioncu V.

Indian Standards• IS:1893 (PART 1) – 2002, Indian Standards Criteria for

Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures: Part 1 – General
Provisions & Buildings• IS:4326-1993, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Earthquake
Resistant Design & Construction of Buildings• IS:13827-1993, Indian Standard Guidelines for Improving
Earthquake Resistance of Earthen Buildings• IS:13828-1993, Indian Standard Guidelines for Improving
Earthquake Resistance of Low Strength Masonry Buildings• IS:13920-1993, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Ductile
Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Seismic
Forces• IS:13935-1993, Indian Standard Guidelines for Repair & Seismic
Strengthening of Buildings

CD Resources• Annotated Images from the Bhuj, India Earthquake ofJanuary 26, 2001, CD, EERI (USA)• Bhuj, India Republic Day January 26, 2001 Earthquake

Reconnaissance Report, CD version of the 400 page volume,
EERI (USA)100 Colleges that received Library Support• LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat• Lukhdhirji College of Engineering, Morbi, Gujarat• MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan• Ajaya Binaya Institute of Technology, Piloo Mody College of• MJP Polytechnic College, Khandwa, MP

Architechture, Cuttack, Orissa• Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Shivakasi, Tamil Nadu
• Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam• Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah, WB• Birla Institute of Technology & Science , Pilani, Rajasthan• Birla Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, Jharkhand• Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, Anand, Gujarat• BLDEA's VP Dr. P G Halakatti College of Engineering &Technology, Bijapur, Karnataka• Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, TN• College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala• College of Engineering and Tech., Bhubaneshwar, Orissa• College of Engineering, Amravati, Maharashtra• College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, AP• College of Technology, Pantnagar, Uttaranchal• DD Institute of Technology, Nadiad, Gujarat• Faculty of Technology and Engineering; MS University of
Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat• Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh, Assam• Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology ,Jalandhar, Punjab• Dr. D Y Patil College of Engineering and Technology,
Kohlapur, Maharastra• Engineering College Kota, Kota, Rajasthan• Faculty of Architecture, Integral University, Lucknow, UP• Faculty of Engg. & Tech., Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi• Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Annamlai Nagar, TN• GZS College of Engineering and Tech., Bhatinda, Punjab• Girls' Polytechnic, Guwahati, Assam• Government College of Engineering, Karad, Maharashtra• Government Engineering College, Ponda, Goa• National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chattisgarh• Government Polytechnic for Girls, Ahmedabad, Gujarat• Government Polytechnic, Aurangabad, Maharashtra• Government Polytechnic, Bijnore, UP• Government Polytechnic, Muzaffarpur, Bihar• Government Polytechnic, Palanpur, Gujarat• Government Polytechnic, Panaji, Goa• Government Polytechnic, Porbandar , Gujarat• Government Polytechnic, Rajkot, Gujarat• Government Polytechnic, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttaranchal• Government Polytechnic, Tumkur, Karnataka• Government Polytechnic, Vadnagar, Gujarat• Institute of Engineering & Rural Technology, Allahabad, UP• Institute of Technology, Varanasi, UP• International Institute of Information Tech., Hyderabad, AP• IPS Academy, Indore, MP• Jawaharlal Nehru Engg. College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra• JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai, Maharastra• JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, AP• JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, AP• Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam• Kerala Government Polytechnic College, Kozhikode, Kerala• LS Raheja School of Architecture, Mumbai, Maharashtra• MMM Engineering College, Gorakhpur, UP• M Patel Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gondia, MP• Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior, MP• Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan• Manipal Institute of Technology, Udupi, Karnataka• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, MP• MEASI Academy of Architecture, Chennai, TN• Moderator Gnandason Polytechnic College, Kanyakumari,TN• Motilal Nehru National Institute of Tech., Allahabad, UP• Muzzffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzzaffarpur, Bihar• National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam• National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, HP• National Institute of Technology, Warangal, AP• National Institute of Technology and Science, J&K• National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala• National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand• National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa• National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, TN• Institute of Science & Tech., NIRMA University,

Ahmedabad, Gujarat• North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology,

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh• PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, TN• Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women,

Thanjavur, TN• Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry• Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, Gulbarga• Purulia Polytechnic, Purulia, WB• RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur, AP• SGGS College of Engineering & Tech., Nanded, Maharastra• SGS Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, MP• SS Government Polytechnic, Zaheerabad, AP• SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, AP• Sardar Vallabhbhai National Inst. of Tech., Surat, Gujarat• Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Tech., Surat, Gujarat• Faculty of Technology; School of Building Science andTechnology; CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat• School of Planning & Architecture, Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University, Hyderabad, AP• Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka• SJ College of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka• SRM Engineering College, Kattankulathur, TN• TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala• Thapar Institute of Engineering & Tech. Patiala, Punjab• Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, TN• University BDT College of Engg., Davangere, Karnataka• University Vishwesvaraya College of Engineering,

Bangalore, Karnataka• Vaish Technical Institute, Rohtak, Harayana• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Workshops & Conferences by Resource
Institutes
To share ideas, sensitize stakeholders in earthquake
disaster mitigation, and to impart knowledge inearthquake engineering, numerous conferences
and workshops were organized at the resource
institutes.
Also, several workshops were conducted tobrainstorm the curriculum issues and to develop
curricula. Some of these are listed here.
IIT BOMBAY• 3rd Indo-German Workshop on ”Seismic Safety ofStructure, Risk Assessment and Disaster Mitigation,
12-14 March, 2007(121 participants)
IIT DELHI• National Workshop on Earthquake Engineering
Curricula: Challenges and Road Ahead, 05 April
2003 (100 participants)• National Workshop on Earthquake Engineering
Education in India: Looking Ahead, 5 January, 2007
(90 participants)
IIT KANPUR• Earthquake
Engineering
Literature
SurveyWorkshop for Masters’ Students, 25-31 March
2003 (60 participants), 23-28 August 2004 (73participants), 29 August-3 September 2005 (74participants), 21-26 August, 2006 (62 participants)• Earthquake Engineering Curriculum Workshop for
UP Polytechnics, 29-30 July 2003 (20 participants)• National Workshop on Introducing Earthquake
Engineering in Civil Engineering Curriculum, 22-23
August 2003 (57 participants)• Review Workshop for Resource Material in
Earthquake Engineering Education (for faculty
members), 25-29 August 2003 (19 participants), 2630 April 2004 (42 participants), 1-5 August 2005
(30 participants)• Curriculum Workshop for Architecture Programmein Colleges of Gujarat, 21 October 2003 (22participants)• Review Workshop of the NPEEE One-Semester
Training Programme, 19–23 April 2004 (17participants)• Brainstorming
Workshopon
Tectonic
Geomorphology, 3-7 May 2004 (26 participants)• Inclusion of Earthquake Related Aspects in the
Curricula of Civil Engineering Diploma Program(MP and Chhatisgarh), 31 May 2004 (20participants)• ThirdInternational Symposium on New
Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia,
18 -19 October 2004 (142 participants)• Workshop for Inclusion of Earthquake Engineeringin Architecture Assistantship Course in Polytechnics
in UP,
11 October 2004 (11 participants)• National Workshop on Introducing Concepts ofEarthquake Engineering in the Curricula ofArchitecture Courses, 28-29 November 2004 (29participants)• National Seminar on Engineering Response to Hazardof Terrorism, 25-26 September, 2006 (73 Participants)
IIT ROORKEE• Workshop

on Retrofitting of Structures, 10-11
October 2003 (29 participants)• Curriculum
Workshop for Polytechnics ofHaryana, 17-18 April 2004 (19 participants)• Curriculum
Workshop for Polytechnics ofHimachal Pradesh, 17-18 April 2004 (23participants)• Curriculum
Workshop for Polytechnics ofPunjab, 17-18 April 2004 (14 participants)• SummerTraining Course on Earthquake
Engineering for 3rd year UG, 7 June – 2 July 2004
(17 participants), 6 June – 1 July 2005 (15participants)• Curriculum Development Workshop on Diploma
Courses in Civil Engineering and Architecture for
Rajasthan, 24 September 2004 (23 participants)• National Symposium on Seismic Hazard Analysis
and Microzonation, 23– 24 September 2005
• Symposium on Earthquake Engineering for
Teachers, 18-19 August, 2006 (14 participants)• 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, 1820 December 2006 (250 participants)
IIT MADRAS• 2nd Indo-German Workshop on Seismic Safety ofStructures, Risk Assessment and Disaster
Mitigation, 15-16 February 2004 (86 participants)• Indian
Geotechnical Conference 2006 on
Geotechnical Engineering – Indian Experience
GEOINDEX, 14-16 December, 2006 (450
participants)
IISC BANGALORE• Workshop on Experimental Methods in Earthquake
Engineering Research, 10-11 February 2005 (34participants)• National Workshop on Tsunami Hazard along theIndian Coast, July 2005 (47 participants)

• National

Symposium on Structural Dynamics,
Random Vibrations and Earthquake Engineering, 21 –22 July 2005 (47 participants)• The Structural Engineering Convention, 14– 16
December 2005

Outreach Activities by Colleges
A number of outreach activities by the colleges in
the form of trainings, workshops and conferences
have been sponsored by the NPEEE:• PSG College, Coimbatore
National Conference on Earthquake Analysis andDesign of Structures EQUADS-06, 2 – 3 February,
2006• SIT, Tumkur
National Conference: HYDRO – 2005 with Special
Reference to Tsunami, 8-9 July, 2005
• Bengal
Engineering & Science University,
ShibpurNational workshop on Earthquake Resistant Designfor Built Environment, 6 – 7 January, 2006
• Gandhi
InstituteofTechnology
andManagement, Vishakhapatnam
International Conference on Advances in Structural
Dynamics and its Applications (ICASA – 2005), 7 – 9
December, 2005
• Shanmuga
Arts, Science, Technology andResearch Academy, SastraInternational Conference on Earthquake Engineering(ICEE – 2006), 25 – 26 February, 2006
• School of Planning and Architecture, Anna
University
Earthquake Resistance of Buildings for Architects, 2 –4 March, 2006
• NIT, Hamirpur
National Conference on Technology for Disaster
Mitigation (TDM 2006), 29 - 30 September 2006
• S. S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, 9-14 October,
2006• Bengal
Engineering & Science University,
ShibpurInternational Conference on Civil Engineering in the
New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges, 1114 Jan., 2007
• Vidyabharti Trust Polytechnic, Umrakh
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 18 Jan., 2007
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,
NagpurOne-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 27 Feb., 2007

• Sardar

Vallabhbhai
Patel
InstituteofTechnology,Vasad
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 19 Mar., 2007
• Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for
Women, Thanjavur,
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 20-21 Mar., 2007
• N.B.K.R. Institute of Science & Technology,
Vidyanagar
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 25 Mar., 2007
• Government Polytechnic, Durg
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 25 Mar., 2007
• Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology andResearch Academy University, Thanjavur
One-day Sensitization Programme for Masons andBarbenders, 30 Mar., 2007

Curriculum Changes
NPEEE has proactively worked towards changes incurricula of civil engineering and architecture so as
to incorporate concepts of earthquake engineering.
Numerous workshops were conducted with theconcerned faculty members of the colleges to brain
storm and to develop a consensus on not only the
curricula but also the implementation issues.
Two major national workshops were conducted,
one for engineering and one for architecture
curricula:• National

Workshop on Introducing Earthquake
Engineering in Civil Engineering Curriculum, 22-23
August 2003 (57 participants), IIT Kanpur
http://nicee.org/eqw/EQEWS_CW01.pdf• National

Workshop for Introducing Concepts ofEarthquake Engineering in the Curricula ofArchitecture Courses, 28-29 November 2004 (29participants), IIT Kanpur

The developed curricula were widely disseminated.
A survey conducted in December 2005 indicated thatout of 94 colleges that responded, 69 colleges now
teach earthquake engineering.
Similarly, out of the 177 teachers that responded tothe questionnaire, 117 indicated that their respective
colleges now teach earthquake engineering.
Considering that the curriculum issues are dealt withby the numerous universities through their boards ofstudy, etc, this is considered a very encouraging
trend. However, a great deal still remains to be done
for sensitization of the universities and the colleges

towards the need for teaching earthquake engineering
concepts.
The polytechnics follow common curricula across thestates. Hence, several state-specific workshops wereconducted to develop curricula for the polytechnics:• Earthquake Engineering Curriculum Workshop for

UP Polytechnics, 29-30 July 2003 (20 participants),
IIT Kanpur• Inclusion of Earthquake Related Aspects in the
Curricula of Civil Engineering Diploma Program(MP and Chhatisgarh), 31 May 2004 (20participants), IIT Kanpur• Workshop for Inclusion of Earthquake EngineeringinArchitecture
Assistantship
Coursein
Polytechnics in UP, 11 October 2004 (11participants), IIT Kanpur• Curriculum
Workshops for Polytechnics ofHaryana, 17-18 April 2004 (19 participants), IIT
Roorkee• Curriculum
Workshops for Polytechnics ofHimachal Pradesh, 17-18 April 2004 (23participants), IIT Roorkee• Curriculum Workshops for Polytechnics of Punjab,
17-18 April 2004 (14 participants), IIT Roorkee• Curriculum Development Workshop for Diploma
Courses in Civil Engineering and Architecture for
Rajasthan, 24 September 2004 (23 participants), IIT
RoorkeePOLYTECHNIC TEXT BOOKS
After attending curriculum workshop & training
programme of the NPEEE, Sri Sone Lal, Head of
Civil
Engineering,
Government
Polytechnic,
Lucknow, published a text book in Hindi on“Earthquake Engineering”. This text book is in linewith curriculum that was implemented in the Statesof Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal on the basis of
NPEEE workshop.

The polytechnic systems in UP, Uttaranchal andGujarathave
already
incorporated
therecommendations in the curricula for civilengineering diploma and the architectural assistantdiploma programmes. Information from other statesis still awaited.

Feedback
In December 2005, a general survey was conducted toevaluate performance of the NPEEE. A questionnaire
was sent to the colleges and the teachers that had
participated in the NPEEE one way or the other.
About 94 colleges and 177 teachers responded, which
is a very high rate of participation for such a survey.
They were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 threeissues and the results were very positive:

NPEEE has been useful in capacity building of colleges
and teachers:
Average response was 4.62 (out of maximum of5.0) from the colleges, and 4.76 from the teachers.
The Programme has operated well:
Average response was 4.40 (out of maximum of5.0) from the colleges, and 4.65 from the teachers.
The Programme should continue:
Average response was 4.84 (out of maximum of5.0) from the colleges, and 4.91 from the teachers.

The Road Ahead...
The NPEEE has been a singular success storey in capacity building considering the short time period of its
existence, and the limited amount of funds spent on the same. The response of the general body of teachers
in the country and the college administrations has been extremely positive and encouraging.
Besides capacity building, the Programme has enabled the eight resource institutions to gain experience inworking together on a mission to help develop a discipline in other institutions. It therefore provides a rolemodel for developing many areas of technology critically needed by the country.
NPEEE is being acclaimed not just in India but also outside. There has been substantial interest from theneighbouring countries in the same.
Capacity building is a long process and the programme must continue for some years in order to make thefull impact. Moreover, there is a need to upgrade the programme to also include:a) Development of a vibrant research environment in the country to address many problems related toearthquake safety that are unique to India, for example, Indian construction typologies, andconstruction environment.
b) Some research opportunities for teachers in their respective colleges, so that they remain engaged in thearea of earthquake engineering, generate new knowledge, and provide leadership to the communities
and local governments.
c) Training opportunities to the engineers working in the government departments and the private sector.
d) Training opportunities for colleagues from other developing countries. India is now in a position todemonstrate its leadership worldwide with respect to capacity building in earthquake engineering
education.

For further information on NPEEE activities, pleasecontact:
Professor Sudhir K Jain
National Coordinator, NPEEE
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, INDIA
Phone: +91 (512) 259 7866, Fax: +91 (512) 259 7794
eMail: npeee@iitk.ac.in

NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON EARTHQUAKEENGINEERING EDUCATION