Prof. Jigar Sevalia - Sarvajanik College of Engineering Technology

Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat
FACULTY PROFILE
Name: Jigar Kantilal Sevalia
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Civil Engineering
Date of Joining: 03/03/2011
Experience: 14 Years
Courses / Subject Mechanics of Solids, Structural Analysis – II, Structural Analysis – III, Earthquake
involved: Engineering, Concrete Technology, Elements of Civil Engineering
Research Publication:
National:
01 Paper presented on “Wind Analysis of Tall Structure using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD)” at National Conference on “Advances in Steel Structure” organized by Applied Mechanics
Department, SVNIT, Surat during 25 th – 26 th November, 2011.
02 Presented paper on “Structural Steel Design of Sign Board Structure” at National Conference on
“Advances in Steel Structure” under TEQIP organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT,
Surat during 8th – 9th June, 2007.
International:
01 Published Paper on “Numerical Evaluation of Wind Pressure on Surfaces of Bluff Body” in
International Journal of Engineering Research and Application (IJERA) in Vol. 2, Issue 1,Jan-Feb
2012, pp.740-746.
02 Published Paper on “Effect Of Geometric Plan Configuration Of Tall Building On Wind Force
Coefficient Using CFD” in International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Studies in
Vol. I, Issue II, January-March, 2012/127-130.
03 Paper to be published on “A Wind Tunnel Experiment for Evaluation of Wind Pressure on
Surfaces of Bluff Body” in International Journal of Applied Engineering Research in Volume 7,
Number 3 (2012) pp. 293-301
04 Published paper on “Dynamic Analysis and Performance of Tall Stack Like Structure” at 2 nd
International Conference on Current Trends in Technology organized by Institute of Technology,
Nirma University, Ahmedabad during 8 th – 10 th December, 2011.
05 Published paper on “Wind Analysis of Tall Stack Like Structure” at International Conference on
06
Recent Trends in Transportation, Environmental and Civil Engineering (TECE – 2011) organized by
Association of Civil and Environmental Engineers (ACEE) and hosted by Reva Institute of
Technology and Management, Bangalore during 14 th – 15 th September, 2011.
Published paper on “Structural Improvement of Existing Liquid Retaining Structure Resting
On Ground” at ACSGE, BITS Pilani, India during 25 th – 27 th October, 2009.
Civil Engineering Department

Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat
FACULTY PROFILE
Expert lecture delivered:
01 Delivered an Expert Lecture on “Design of Earthquake Resistant Load Bearing Structure” at
Short Course under the banner of NPCBAERM at Faculty of Architecture, SCET, Surat.
Workshop / Seminar / STTP:
01 “Earthquake Resistant Structures” organized by Applied Mechanics Department of SVNIT, Surat
on 11th September, 2010.
02 “Geotechnical Investigations and Case Studies” organized by Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat
Chapter & Applied Mechanics Department of SVNIT, Surat on 5th June, 2010.
03 “Carbon Credit : Trading and It’s Prospects” organized by Civil Engineering Department and
TIFACCORE at SCET, Surat on 29th March, 2008.
04 “Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Engineers” organized by the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at SVNIT, Surat during 1 st – 5 th February, 2010.
05 “Geotechnology for Infrastructure Development” organized by Applied Mechanics Department at
SVNIT, Surat during 4th – 8th January, 2010.
06 “Design of Steel Structure Using (revised) IS: 800-2007” organized by Applied Mechanics
Department at SVNIT, Surat during 19th – 23rd January, 2009.
07 “Architecture for Earthquake Resistance of Building” organized by Architecture Department at
SCET, Surat during 27th November to 1st December, 2006.
08 “Applied Instrumentation” organized by Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering
at SCET, Surat during 19th – 24th June, 2006.
Administrative / Departmental Duties:
01 Performed Duty as “Head of Department” of Civil Engineering Department at Shree Swami
Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Varachha Road, Surat during October 2009 to Feb
2011.
02 Performed Duty as “Estate Committee Coordinator” at Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati
Institute of Technology, Varachha Road, Surat.
03 Performed Duty as “Canteen Committee Coordinator” at Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati
Institute of Technology, Varachha Road, Surat.
04 Involved Laboratory Development
05 Time-Table preparation of department
06 Organizing and participating in Academic tour for students.
07 Arranging Field Visits and Industrial Visits for students
Membership of Professional Bodies:
01 Life Membership in Indian Society for Technical Education (Membership No. : LM 49120)
Achievements / Awards:
01 Merit Medal – Institute of Engineers (Surat Chapter) for securing 1 st Rank in M.E. (Civil) in the
specialization of Structural Engineering
Participation in other activities:
01 Faculty Coordinator in Technical Event of Civil Engineering Department in KSHITIJ
02 Guiding students for model presentation, paper presentation etc. for participating in tech-festival
of various institutions.
Civil Engineering Department