He served arsenic its president during 2018-21, being the archetypal and lone Asian to bash truthful successful its 78-year history, claimed the property release. (Image: IIT Madras)
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras’s prof Ravindra Gettu has been awarded RILEM’s (International Union of Laboratories and Experts successful Construction Materials, Systems and Structures) highest designation of honorary member. He served arsenic its president during 2018-21, being the archetypal and lone Asian to bash truthful successful its 78-year history, claimed the property release.
He was earlier the vice president and seat method activities committee of the aforesaid organisation, which brings unneurotic researchers connected operation materials from astir the world. Apart from this accomplishment, prof Ravindra Gettu is the VS Raju Chair Professor successful the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, led the exertion improvement and implementation of Fibre reinforced factual (FRC) successful India.
Thanking RILEM for his honour, prof Gettu said, “Pride, Enthusiasm, and Inclusivity – these 3 words picture my feelings astir RILEM. I person had the fantastic accidental of starring the world’s astir important enactment of researchers successful operation materials, successful a signifier of increasing planetary footprint and scope.”
Further, helium added, “I americium gladsome to person overseen the modulation to communications and interactions based connected societal media and online meetings that, though forced upon america by the pandemic, opened the doors for reaching distant parts of the satellite and gave the accidental for researchers, who could not spend to question abroad, to dependable their opinions and showcase their investigations.”