🌱 World Environment Day 2025 Observed at KSCSTE-NATPAC HQ 🌍

 Observed World Environment Day 2025   on June 5th at NATPAC Campus, Akkulam by planting Guava Tree by Smt.Sheeja Thankappan, Deputy Registrar.   

This year’s theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution”, to mobilize communities worldwide to implement and advocate for solutions. World Environment Day will spotlight the growing scientific evidence on the impacts of plastic pollution and drive momentum to refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rethink plastics use to build a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Retirement function of MR. M S Radhakrishnan, Technical Officer Gr-4

                          

                                       

NATPAC- IIRS Outreach Programme NATPAC as Nodal Centre

 

NATPAC has been approved as a network institute under the IIRS Outreach Programme. The name of NATPAC is now included in the online application form as a nodal centre for IIRS courses.

Participants can register for the upcoming and future courses conducted by IIRS.

The training programmes will be conducted online through live and interactive sessions, as per the schedule published by IIRS-ISRO. Daily schedules will be available on the ECLASS platform, and participants must attend sessions as per the official lecture timetable.

Key guidelines include:

•              Participants must attend live sessions in groups at the nodal centre, strictly following the course schedule.

•              Daily attendance will be recorded and submitted by the nodal centre coordinator via the ECLASS CMS.

•              Participants with at least 70% attendance will be eligible to appear for the online examination.

•              The examination schedule will be announced by IIRS-ISRO, and it must be taken under the supervision of the nodal centre coordinator.

•              Participants scoring a minimum of 50% will receive a "Merit Certificate" from ISRO.

More details are available at:  https://www.iirs.gov.in/EDUSAT-News

TransTech Talk Series #29 on 13th June 2025 at 10.00 am

 We are glad to inform you that KSCSTE-NATPAC is organizing a technical talk series titled TransTech Talk Series. The 29th talk in this series is to be held on 13th of June 2025 at 10:00 am IST through online mode. The speaker for the session is Dr. Muhammad Hadi , Professor, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. He will be delivering the talk on the topic “ Use of Geogrids in Concrete Pavements ”.

The link for attending the talk is  https://tinyurl.com/TransTechTalk29

Transpedia Research Talk Series # 22 on 28.05.205 at 9.00 am

'TransPedia Research Talk Series’ a platform for young researchers across the globe to connect and interact to better shape the future of research and development in the field of transportation.

The twenty second talk in this series is to be held on the 28th May 2025 at 9:00 am IST through online mode. The speaker of this talk is Dr. Bhavya Padmanabhan, Post doctoral researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), United States.

The researcher will be delivering the talk on the topic “Assessment and Developmental Collaboration Framework for Less-Than-Truckload Carriers ".

The link for attending the talk is https://tinyurl.com/Transpedia-22. We look forward to your participation and making this talk series a hub of knowledge sharing and meaningful conversations.

TransTech Talk Series #28 on 09th May 2055 at 3.30 pm 04.30 pm

 The 28th talk in this series is to be held on 9th May 2025 at 03:30 pm IST through online mode. The speaker for the session is Dr. Ankit R. Patel, from University of Minho, Portugal who will be delivering the talk on the topic "Trade-offs in Autonomous Vehicles". 

The link for attending the talk is https://tinyurl.com/TransTech28

Transpedia Research Talk Series # 21 on 30th April 2025 at 10.00 Am

 The twenty first talk in this series is to be held on the 30th April 2025 at 10:00 am IST through online mode. The speaker of this talk is Dr. Ashith Marath, Research Engineer, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration, Mclean, USA. The researcher will be delivering the talk on the topic “From Lab to Field: The Role of Accelerated Pavement Testing in Modern Pavement Design". Kindly find the attached flyer for this program. 

The link for attending the talk is https://tinyurl.com/TransPedia-21

We look forward to your participation and making this talk series a hub of knowledge sharing and meaningful conversations.