Dr.L.Saikala

	Name	Dr.L.Saikala
	Designation	Associate Professor
	Landline	0431 250-3560
	Mobile	9443125061
	E-mail Id	saikala@nitt.edu
	Specialization	Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, RCC Design, General Management

Academic Qualification

Degree	Board / University	Year	Specialization
PhD	Bharathidhasan University	2018	Architecture and Management
MBA	Anna University, Chennai	2012	General Management
M.E	Bharathidhasan University	1989	Structural Engineering
B.E	Bharathidhasan University	1986	Civil Engineering

Employer	Position	From	To
National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Research Assistant	1987	1990
National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Research Associate	1991	1992
National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Lecturer (SG)	1992	2008
National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Associate Professor	2008	Till date

Position	Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution	From	To
Chairman - PAC	Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2009	Till Date
Member -Purchase Committee	Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2018	Till Date
Department Library Faculty– In-Charge	Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2003	2008
TEQIP Coordinator -	Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2005	2006
NSS coordinator	National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2008	2014
Deputy-Warden	Opal Hostel, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	1987	1990
Member	Women Cell, National Institute of Technology, Trichy	2023	Till Date

Title of Activity	Level of Event	Date (s)	Role	Venue
Building Construction workshop on “Cost Effective Construction Techniques”	National Level	8th – 10th , March (2007)	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
First TEQIP Workshop in NITT For Skilled Labors Particularly- Masons	State Level	2015	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
Staad Pro and Revit Workshop	National Level	23rd – 27th, July (2018)	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
Software Skill Development	National Level	6th – 10th , August (2018)	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
Smart Skill Design Techniques	National Level	3rd – 07th , September ( 2018)	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
Cost Effective Construction Techniques	National Level	23rd – 27th , November (2018)	Coordinator	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy
National Conference on Recent trends in Architecture & Civil Engineering towards Energy Efficient and Sustainable Development NCACESD 2019	National Level	10th – 12th , January (2019)	Coordinator & Chair Person	Department of Architecture, NIT, Trichy

Name of the PhD Scholar.	Title of PhD Thesis	Role
Safrin	Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Urban Heat Island Effects (UHIE) By Optimizing the Urban Form and Low Carbon Growth in High-Density Neighbourhoods – A Case of Chennai Metropolitan Area	Supervisor
Ashwin Prakash K	Exploring a Systematic Approach to Develop a Conceptual Framework for Smart Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to Foster Urban Sustainability. A case of Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Supervisor
Senthil	Framing Planning Guidelines through Analysing the Morphological changes of Historical Cities by adapting Urban Heat Island Indicators: A case of Pondicherry	Supervisor
Abinaya	Developing Retrofitting mitigation strategies to optimize the energy consumption of office buildings in warm and humid climate region.	Supervisor
Anupriya Saxena	Circularity in Indian Built Environment	Internal Member

published:

A paper presented in the international conference on investment and retail management, Istanbul - Turkey during 23^rd -25^th April, 2012 on 'Retail market segmentation based on architectural store images using artificial neural networks'.
A paper presented in the 1^st international conference on concrete repair, St. Malo, France, 15^th-17^th July, 203 on 'High performance concrete using fumed silica as a durable repair material for concrete structures'.
A paper presented on 'Concrete Corrosion and Rehabilitation for Marine Structures' at International Congress on challenges of Concrete construction, University of Dundee, UK in september 2002.
A paper presented in National seminar (CMSID), Gwalior, 3^rd-4^th April,1999 on 'Implementation of information technology in construction industry'.

Dr.L.Saikala
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
NIT Trichy -620015