Welcome to School of Civil and Environmental Engineering


SCENE provides the following academic programmes - B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, M.Tech. in Structural Engineering, and MTech (R) and Ph.D. in all areas of Civil Engineering. We currently have 19 regular faculty members and two visiting faculty members to support the academic programs. We currently also have more than 70 Ph.D. students, 17 M.Tech. Students, 13 M.Tech. (R) students and 100 B.Tech. students. The School has state-of-the-art laboratory and computational facilities to support cutting-edge research in the various disciplines of Civil and Environmental Engineering. While being part of the School of Engineering (SE), starting from 2015, the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty successfully secured research and consultancy projects from several renowned external funding agencies. Currently, there are several ongoing research and consultancy projects with SCENE faculty. We are striving our best to bring excellence in all domains of Civil and Environmental Engineering.


Vision

To pioneer excellence in academics, research, and innovations for sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructure development with a focus on the built environment, livelihood, and disaster risk reduction for societal benefit.

Mission

  • Multidisciplinary and holistic teaching and learning to achieve global standards in skill and research development towards self-reliant nation.
  • Developing innovative and sustainable solutions for resilient infrastructure with specific focus on mountain hazards.
  • To develop socio-techno-economic-green solutions to alleviate climatic and anthropogenic catastrophes.
  • To imbibe flexible, critical, creative and ethic centered principles in the education and research process.

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Dr. Rajneesh Sharma

Chairperson

Message from the School Chair

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCENE), IIT Mandi. Although the school is very young, but in the short span, we have built our reputation in developing the best technologies related to Civil Engineering in the country. We are one of the top competitive destinations for B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. students across India.  With multidisciplinary faculty, we provide high quality of teaching and research. We believe in having an interdisciplinary approach for societal problems. In the serene atmosphere of the Himalayas, we provide a very calm, peaceful, soothing, pollution free and supportive environment to our faculty and students so that they can excel in their career to the fullest of their potential. The School has a strong focus on in the research areas of disaster management especially with an interdisciplinary approach involving Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering and GIS & Remote sensing. We have a strong alumni network. We take great pride in success of our alumnus. Both out undergraduate and postgraduate programs have high placements rates in the best organization globally. In short, we aim to produce world class engineers and researchers for the benefit of society and the nation.  


Events

Annual Civil Engineering Symposium 2025
Feb
08
Annual Civil Engineering Symposium 2025
We are thrilled to announce ACES 1.0, the Annual Civil Engineering Symposium 2025, organized by the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEnE) and the Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Management (C3DAR) at IIT Mandi. The event will be held on February 8, 2025, at our serene Kamand campus. This symposium offers an excellent platform to engage with peers, experts, and leaders in the field of civil and environmental engineering. It is designed to foster knowledge-sharing, innovation, and collaboration while addressing... Read More
Winter School  on  Modelling water flow and contaminant transport in subsurface using HYDRUS 2D/3D software packages
Jan
27
Winter School on Modelling water flow and contaminant transport in subsurface using HYDRUS 2D/3D software packages
The course intends to make you familiar with the HYDRUS 1D, 2D and 3D. The short-term course will focus on the detailed elaboration of Basics Bootcamp: (i) Understanding of GUI and capabilities (ii) Construction of geometry (iii) Selection of boundary conditions (iv) Understanding of input parameters (v) Generation of mesh and its manipulation (vi) Extraction of results (vii) Deeper understanding of simulation of water and solute Pro Research: (i) Parameter Estimation (PEST) and Global sensitivity analysis (GSAT) (ii) Basics of Python, Parameter estimation and Sensitivity... Read More
Applications Invited for JRF Position in SERB Funded project under PI: Dr. Kaustav Sarkar
Jan
23
Applications Invited for JRF Position in SERB Funded project under PI: Dr. Kaustav Sarkar
Applications from Indian nationals are invited under the following project on temporary basis with consolidated salary. The renewal of services for few months/a year or up to the duration of the project will be based on satisfactory performance. The initial appointment will be for a period of 12 months or the end of the project (whichever is earlier).The candidates who are interested to apply for the above post should send the complete CV (having personal details, academic qualifications, research experience, publications, name, affiliation and mobile number, email address... Read More