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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief 04
Prof. Dr Vasant Matsagar
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India
Associate Editors PART I : FEATURES
Prof. Dr Manu Santhanam
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India NEWS AND EVENTS
Prof. Dr Valdir Pignatta e Silva 06
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Dr-Ing Akanshu Sharma
University of Stuttgart, Germany / PART II : POINT OF VIEW
Purdue University, USA
Mr Umesh Soni Revolutionizing ready-mix concrete: The end of the 90 minute rule
Head - Technical Services : ACC and Ambuja Cement 07
(Adani Group) N. Subramanian
Editorial Board Members
Mr Christophe Levy
Scientific Director, LafargeHolcim PART III : TECHNICAL PAPERS
Innovation Center Lyon, France
Dr Subramanian Narayanan 12 Strength and serviceability evaluation of steel fibre reinforced deep
Consulting Engineer, Gaithersburg, USA beams: A review
Dr David Lange Bijily Balakrishnan, Indu Geevar, Abins Aziz, Aysha Zeneeb Majeed
University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Dr Saverio Spadea
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 25 An experimental evaluation of service life for standard and high-
University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Honorary) strength self-compacting concrete incorporating sustainable and
Prof. Dr Ghani Razaqpur recycled construction materials
McMaster University, Canada / B. Narendra Kumar, A. Meghanadha Reddy
Nankai University, China
Prof. Dr Abass Braimah Fracture mechanics as the basis for structural design of fibre and
Vice Chancellor (VC), 42 textile reinforced concrete
Tamale Technical University, Ghana
Prof. Dr Esayas Gebre-Youhannes Ravindra Gettu
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT),
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Strength characteristics and acid resistance of pumice lightweight
Prof. Dr S. Suriya Prakash 55 aggregate concrete: A microstructural perspective
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad, India Chaitali B. Guledagudd, Kannam Praveen
Prof. Dr Vistasp Karbhari
The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Long-term durability of ambient cured fly ash based geopolymer
Production Editor 68 concrete by acid attack and sulphate attack
Ms Priti Saldanha
Bhushan H. Shinde, Bhagyashri S. Nawale, Kshitija Kadam,
Editorial Curator
Dr Pravin Jagtap Sunil B. Somani
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