SCEnE, IIT Mandi

Ms. Nikita Gupta working with Dr. @harshadenv and Dr. @tanushreeparsai ,presented her research titled “Investigating the occurrence of Microplastic Pollution in High-Altitude Rivers of the Western Himalayan Region” at the EGU General Assembly 2026. @AECBL_IITMandi @iit__mandi

Ms. Garima Sharma, PhD Scholar, working with Dr. @AnandGi37507763 and Dr.@harshadenv , contributed to a publication in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules on DES assisted lignin extraction from apple pomace for sustainable waste valorization.

Proud moment! Romani Choudhary, PhD Scholar at SCENE, IIT Mandi, working with Dr. Dhanya Jaya, won the Best Oral Presentation Award at ICCMS 2025 (IIT Bhubaneswar) for her work on a hybrid velocity model for Nepal. 👏 #ICCMS2025 #SeismicResearch #IITMandi

📢 Announcement @SCEnE_IIT_Mandi is pleased to announce the SPARC–UKIERI Research Capacity Building Workshop & Symposium on sustainable and resilient infrastructure. 📆 Workshop: 05–12 Jan 2026 📆 Symposium: 10 Jan 2026 Looking forward to your enthusiastic participation!

Delighted to share that Ms. Bhawna Pathak, working with Dr. Dericks Shukla (@SCEnE_IIT_Mandi) won the Best Student Oral Presentation Award at DRSD 2025, AIT Thailand, for her work on automated glacial lake mapping. Congratulations to Bhawna! #DRSD #IITMandi #GlacialLakeMapping

Congratulations to Ms. Nisha Jindwal, MTech (Research) Scholar working with Dr. Aliva Nanda on receiving the $1000 AGU Student Travel Grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2025 in New Orleans, USA! 🌍✈️ #AGUFallMeeting #WaterResourcesEngineering #AcademicExcellence #Research

A proud moment for @SCEnE_IIT_Mandi 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. @AlivaNanda on being appointed to the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (@SciReports)! Wishing her great success in this new role with the @NaturePortfolio journal.

PhD Scholar Ms. Nikita Gupta working with Dr. @tanushreeparsai and Dr. @harshadenv presented her research at the Microplastic Colloquium 2025 organized by ICMR-NIREH (Bhopal) and won 1st Runner Up award for the Best Presentation. Heartiest congratulations!

Ms. Nikita Gupta, PhD Scholar, working with Dr. @harshadenv and Dr. @tanushreeparsai , presented a poster at Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. Her work, titled "Fate and characterisation of microplastics pollution in high altitude rivers of mid-Himalayan region".

📢 New Publication Alert! Congratulations to Mr. Purusottam Tripathy, PhD scholar (SVNIT– @iit__mandi JDP), working with Dr. Sarita Kalla & Dr. @harshadenv on publication of their latest review paper in journal desalination. @AECBL_IITMandi Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.desa…

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Assistant Professor at SCENE IIT Mandi, has contributed to the BIS code IS 19117:2025 on Combined Pile-Raft Foundation, formulated by a distinguished committee and reviewed by leading international experts. #BISCode #IITMandi

Proud moment! Our students won 1st Prize in the INSDAG Steel Design Competition, beating 150+ teams from IITs, NITs & top colleges🎉 They secured ₹50,000 under Dr. Shivang Shekhar’s mentorship. Challenge: Steel Concourse over Railway Tracks Winners: Deepak, Aayushi & Abhishek

Glad to share that Charu Chauhan, PhD scholar working with Dr.@uday1112 has won the Best Presentation Award at IGC 2024! 🏆 Her presentation on "Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on Tensile Strength of Soil" explores innovative ways to improve soil properties with fibers.

Excited to share a new research paper co-authored by Dr. @harshadenv from @SCEnE_IIT_Mandi has been published in Frontiers in Environmental Science: Soil Processes. 🔗 Read more here: doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.… @AECBL_IITMandi @iit__mandi

🚨 Himachal 2023 Monsoon Landslides: A Wake-Up Call! 🌧️🏔️ 🔹 6500+ landslides mapped in 3100 km² 🔹 Sandstone lithology most vulnerable 🔹 Climate change driving extreme rainfall 🔹 Urgent need for better slope protection & monitoring! Read more: doi.org/10.1007/s10346…

Join us at ACES 1.0 – Annual Civil Engineering Symposium 2025 at IIT Mandi on 8th Feb 2025 for a keynote by Dr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, JGM, NHSRCL. Topic: "Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project: A Paradigm Shift in the Construction Industry" #ACES1.0 @iit__mandi

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📢 SCENE at IIT Mandi was honored to host Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, who interacted with faculty & research students and delivered an insightful Institute Colloquium on Sustainable Geotechnics! 🏗️ His talk highlighted the need for resilient & eco-friendly geotechnical solutions.

Glad to share a new paper authored by Dhanasree Suresh, Ph.D. scholar, & Dr. @uday1112 from @SCEnE_IIT_Mandi , published in the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering! 🌱 Read more: doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7… #Sustainability #GeotechnicalEngineering

Delighted to share that Dr. @uday1112 , Associate Professor @iit__mandi, has been honored with the WCDM Disaster Preparedness Award 2024 by Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal! 🌟 His innovations in landslide risk reduction & bio-geotechnics inspire resilient communities.👏