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Details: Written by: JK Monitor News Network; Category: Comprehensive; Published: 26 September 2025

KATRA: Under the umbrella of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of TATA STEEL Ltd. With School of Architecture & Landscape Design of SMVD University for Industry-Academia interface & exchange, three Faculty experts from different domains have delivered professional Lectures to the Construction Industry professionals at the National Workshop organised by the HSC Fortune, the channel partner of the TATA TISCON at Jammu.

The TATA STEEL, one of the global steel industry leader has been continuously innovating in the Green steel making process in collaboration with the Technical Research & Development wings of the Higher Education Institutes in the country. Ar.Aditya Kumar Singh, Landscape Architect & Associate Professor at School of Architecture & Landscape Design has tinkered the Practicing Architects & Engineers with the economicoptimization of the residential projects specially in relation to the Critical Design time &initial cost of the projects. Dr. V.K. Dogra, Associate Professor & Head of School of CivilEngineering has apprised the audience with the significance of the use of sustainablematerials in order to achieve the SDG goals.

He stressed upon the application of GREENSTEEL which is only being manufactured by the TATA TISCON today. Dr. Manoj KumarGupta, Professor of Computer Science at School of Computer Science & Engineering hasintroduced the latest new normal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the construction industry.He has emphasized upon the constant growth of AI tools for solving the needs ofarchitectural professional practice.

The Workshop has been successfully coordinated by Mr.Sunil Raina, Marketing Manager & Mr. Ammu Chiatanya, Sales Manager TATA TISCON.It is pertinent to mention that SMVD University has been constantly imparting the qualityhigher technical education since 2004 and has achieved 23 rd NIRF 2025 rank in Architecture among the approximately 400 schools of architecture across the country.Prof. PRAGATI KUMAR, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor has congratulated & encouraged thedistinguished faculty members for their continuing Outreach efforts towards the industry atvarious levels. Under his visionary leadership, the faculty of SMVD University aspires tobridge the industry academia collaborations for enhancing National competitiveness.

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