Central Building Research Institute
The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) 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.
 CBRI Campus in Roorkee | |
| Established | 1947 |
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| Director | Dr. N.Gopalakrishnan |
| Location | Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand |
| Website | www.cbri.res.in, http://india.gov.in/official-website-central-building-research-institute |
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.
Legacy
The Institute has 2 US Patents and 109 Indian Patents to its name and 9 patents are under-process. CBRI has signed MoU with major centres in India for the Knowledge sharing purpose and few of them to name are Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee; Indian Institute of Technology, Titupati; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal; Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore and other Industrial partners.
Directors
- Dr N.Gopalakrishnan: Present
- Dr. Girish Sahni: Aug. 2015 – December 2015
- Prof. S. K. Bhattacharyya: 2009–2015
- Ar. V K Mathur: 2000–2005
- Prof. R. N. Iyengar: 1994–2000
Research Council
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 (ex-Director, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee)
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 (CBRI), one of the prime laboratories of CSIR is offering an integrated programme leading to Master of Technology (MTech) in “Building Engineering and Construction Technology (BECT)” 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 (Ten). 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.
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