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| Dr.
E. Zipkes (1950 - 54) |
| Dr.
E. Zipkes was first the
director of the Institute and
one of the founder member of
the Institute who created the
building infrastructure and
basic laboratories and made
the laboratory functional. |
| Prof.
S.R. Mehra (1955 - 68) |
| Prof.
Mehra, who was a man of vision
led CRRI during its formative
years and brought it to a position
of recognition and laid foundations
for its future advancement.
He had ability to pick right
person for the right job. He
was an able administrator who
knew how to inspire others.
He mooted the idea of highway
research board for the country.
He helped to establish Central
Assessment Committee of the
Govt. of India for promotion
of New Road Technologies. He
introduced refresher and training
courses for different levels
of engineers in the beginning
of 60s when very little such
facilities were available in
the country. He advocated for
improved machinery for construction
of roads, quality control and
personnel trained in new technologies. |
| Dr.
Bh. Subbaraju (1968 - 77) |
| Dr.
B.H.Subbaraju gave importance
in carrying out field research
programme. During his
tenure, Flexible Pavement Performance
study, Concrete Pavement Temperature
Differential Study, Study on
the Design of Cement Concrete
Pavement, Study on Bituminous
Overlays on Cement Concrete
Pavement, Study on Bonded Concrete
Overlays for Concrete Pavement
were taken up. Heavy test bed,
40 tonnes semi-mobile loading
frame, mobile laboratory van
were the new facilities added
by him. He organised the Institute's
quality control inputs to concrete
airfield construction projects
in the mid 60s. The concrete
road which was constructed
in 1961-62 inside Institute
campus under his direct supervision,
stands even today as a proof
of his engineering acumen and
quality monitoring. Appraisal
of rural roads constructed
under crash scheme for rural
employment and study of the
problem of state public works
departments in the north eastern
region was done under his supervision. |
| Prof.
C.G. Swaminathan (1977 - 83) |
| Prof.
C.G. Swaminathan, a specialist
in flexible pavement and bitumen
materials made significant
effort to explain the importance
of mix design and construction
of bituminous pavement in the
country. During his time large
size and prestigious studies
including "Comprehensive Traffic
and Transportation Study for
Bombay Metropolitan Region" , "Road
User Cost Study in India" was
completed and he played a very
active role in organizing,
deployment of resources and
monitoring of progress in these
studies. |
| Dr.
M.P. Dhir (1983 - 89) |
| Dr.
Dhir was a specialist in evaluating
pavement surface characteristics
and material characterisation
for which he improved and improvised
many equipments for better
monitoring of surface characteristics
and data collection. During
his tenure, study on the surface
characteristic and geometry
of the national highway network,
study on axle load, study on
lateral placement of vehicles,
study on traffic simulation
modeling, study on Road Technology - Future
Needs were completed. Under
his guidance, structural evaluation
of runway pavements of National
Airport s were completed. |
| Prof.
D.V. Singh (1992 - 96) |
| Prof.
D.V. Singh came from academic
environment and he stressed
on close bonding with world's
advanced research Institutes
on road and environment. He
forged strong connections with
International Road Federation
(IRF), World Road Association
(PIARC), US Strategic Highways
Research Program (SHRP), US
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA), Australian Road Research
Board (ARRB), and initiated
dialogue with many others,
including the World Bank. Through
his initiative, India became
the founder member of PIARC's
World Information Network (WIN),
and CRRI became the first WIN
Node in India. He initiated
a number of management development
activities in the Institute.
He converted Institute's Computer
Centre into "Computer and Road
Informatics Centre (CRIC)".
He crusaded for the creation
of a National Accelerated Load
Testing Facility for expeditious
testing of the specifications,
materials / mixes and designs
for their adequacy. |
| Prof.
A.K. Gupta (1996 - 97) |
| Prof.
A.K. Gupta was a distinguished
academic served the Institute
for a short period. He instituted
research on Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS) in CRRI and intensified interactions
with the World Bank. Prof.
Gupta formulated CRRI VISION
2000: AN ACTION PLAN document.
He was planning for initiating
research in newer areas, but
unfortunately, he passed away
in November 1997. |
| Prof.
P.K. Sikdar (1998 - 2004) |
| Prof. P.K.Sikdar
also came from academic institution
and started injecting research
mindset among the scientists
of the Institute. He was a
hole timer in the true sense
and experimented by reorganising
the setup to achieve maximum
output. During his tenure Institute
witnessed maximum external
cash flow year after year and
research and conference papers.
He prepared base documents
on Pardhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY) - a project
to connect all rural habitats
with highways through all weather
road. Many significant and
important projects such as
Golden Quadrilateral Project,
Training and dissemination
of HDM-4, Delhi Metro Network
(DPR), Update of Road User
Cost Study, Landslide and Natural
Disaster Mitigation were completed
during his time. Institute's
contribution in Fly Ash Mission,
came to it's peak. Modernization
of R&D labs with latest
state of art equipments and
better utilization of Computer
Center by introducing Local
Area Network, Intranet, Website,
GIS Laboratory are some of
his notable achievements. |
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