The India Chapter of American Concrete Institute (ICACI) is offering the country’s various engineering universities access to a global database of concrete research, technical papers, and latest advances on concrete technology.

ICACI’s Student Chapter – an initiative launched at the turn of the century – is in keeping with the institute’s vision to ensure everyone has the knowledge needed to use concrete effectively to meet the demands of a changing world.

Members of the ICACI Student Chapter can connect to the parent body, American Concrete Institute (ACI), by becoming its members, thereby opening themselves up to a goldmine of concrete related data and research from across the world.

The Student Chapter aims to encourage student’s interest in the study of concrete. An advisor is appointed in each Student Chapter who is necessarily a member of ACI. The Advisor initiates the process of setting up the Student Chapter and serves as the common link between ICACI, ACI and the Student Chapter. A minimum of 15 students are required to form a Student Chapter.

The Advisor ensures that concerted efforts are made to gather and distribute information on the improvement in design, manufacture and construction and maintenance of concrete structures or products including use of cement and cementitious materials.  Typically student chapter activities revolve around technical seminars, workshops, skill training in the field of concrete technology. Undergraduate and graduate students of engineering colleges are eligible to join the Student Chapter. Membership fee stands at a nominal  ` 200/- per year.

Pankaj Shah, President ICACI stated, “I urge our country’s engineering institutes to take full advantage of this facility by petitioning ICACI to form a Student Chapter in their institute. The process is simple and the benefits multi-fold. Your student members will be able connect with their peers across the world and participate in concrete related activities such as student competitions, ACI conventions, ACI certification programmes and ACI educational seminars. Students also have the opportunity and access to members of local chapters, many of whom have been in the industry for decades and can help students to develop professional relationships, and can offer them career advice.”

“Our Student Chapters build a bridge between today’s education and tomorrow’s career, thereby making students’ future ready. We are creating tomorrow’s leaders today, and we invite India’s engineering institutes to participate in this exercise.” Student Chapter activities and its business affairs are initiated and monitored by its Officers that include a President, Vice President, Directors, Student Advisor, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. Regular meetings are conducted and these are open to all students of the university or institute and to alumni or others who may wish to attend. “Under-graduate and graduate students of other nearby technical institutes can also become affiliate student members of a Student Chapter without a right to vote, but with the right to become an Officer of the student chapter. The Term for any of the office bearers is a period of two years at most,” ICAI informed.

ACI was founded in 1904 as a non-profit membership organisation dedicated to public service. The India Chapter of ACI is in its 37th year of operation. It has earned the ‘Excellent Chapter Award’ from ACI for the last two decades. n

Contact:Radhika MarkanDirector,

ICACIMobile: +91-9821019019

Email: radhika.markan@gmail.com