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Faculty

Dr. Om Prakash Bawane

Principal

B.Arch.[NIT, Bhopal], M.Arch.[IIT, Roorkee], M.sc.(Sust.development)[Sikkim Manipal University], Ph.D. [Vinayaka Missions University]

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With three decades of academic and administrative experience, Dr. Bawane is one of the senior professors of architecture in Karnataka. Recipient of the Teachers’ Day Award, our Principal is an alumnus of NIT Bhopal and IIT Roorkee.
He specialises in areas of climatic design, building services and quality management in construction and has visited several architecture schools across the country to deliver talks.
He has also been involved with the Council of Architecture in different capacities and held the position of Chairman, of VTU’s Board of Studies in Architecture.

Specialisation and interest: Sustainable Development, Building Services

Publications/career highlights Details of Research Papers published in International/National Journals/ Conferences:
  •  “Construction Quality Management: Issues and Challenges before Construction Industry in Developing Countries”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Engineering Management, ‘ Benchmarking Management Practices in Developing Countries’, March 4-5, 2008, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Page No. 349 – 356.
  • “Quality Management in Architectural Projects: Imperatives on Architecture/Construction Community’., proceedings of 5th International Conference on Construction in 21st Century – Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology on May 20–22, 2009 at Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN; 1-884342-02-3, Page No: 796-801.
  • “Managing Quality in Architectural/ Construction Projects”, The Journal of Indian Institute of Architects, Vol.74, Issue 05, pp-07-10, May 2009
  • “Redefining the Roles of Project Participants in Architectural/Construction projects under changing perception of Quality”, The Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects. Vol.75, Issue 07, Page No.: -22-26 July-2010.
  • “A comprehensive Model for Managing and Evaluating the Quality of Design and Construction in Housing Projects”, ABACUS (ISSN: 0973-8339) Internationally Referred Bi-Annual Journal of Architecture, Conservation & Urban Studies, SPRING 2010, Vol. 5, No. 1, ISSN: 0973-8339, Page No.: 08-14.
  • “A Comprehensive Approach towards Managing Quality in the Construction Industry”, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Construction in 21st Century – Construction Challenges in New Decades, July 5-11, 2011 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN: 1-884342-05-5 Page No.: 513-522.
  • Published a paper titled “Construction Quality Management: Issues and Challenges Before Construction Industry in Developing Countries” at the International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR) in 2017.
  • Published a paper titled “A Model for Managing and Evaluating Quality in Architectural Projects” at the International Journal of Science Technology and Engineering (IJSTE) in 2017.
  • Published a paper titled “Internalizing the concept of sustainability – redefining the curriculum of building construction in architecture schools” at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science & Technology (ICETEST 2018) held at Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala from 18th – 20th, January 2018.
  • As a Co-author published a research paper titled “Environmental Degradation and Institutions: Issues and Options along with Special Reference for Improving Financial Stability of Institutions” at “International Conference on Rediscovering Cities-2K20”, organised by MM School of Architecture, MM University, Sadopur-Ambala and IIA (Hry-Pb Chapters), Pg 399-410, ISBN – 978-93-89932-48-5 during July 07-09, 2020
  •  As a co-author, published a paper titled “Sustainable Solution for Solid Waste Management for Bangalore City, India” at Comprehensive Advanced Specific Summarised Studies (For Architecture Studies)”, July-Dec 2021-Vol-4, Issue 2, Appendum3, ISSN Number: 2581-6403, during July – Dec 2021.
  • As a co-author, presented a research paper on “GIS as An Effective Tool in Waste Management – A Case Study of Allahabad City India” at the 1st International Conference on “Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design: Enhancing the Connections (ICMAD2022), organised by KR Mangalam University in association with CoA-TRC, Bhopal & Anhembi Morumbi University, Sao Paulo, Brazil during June 24-26, 2022.
  • As a co-author, published a paper titled “GIS as an Effective Tool in Waste Management – A Case Study of Allahabad City, India” in Sustainability Agri-Food Environmental Research (SAFER), UGC care list journal in Vol. 11 (2023): International Conference on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design. Enhancing the Connections in Collaboration with COA-TRC, Bhopal, India, on 27th Oct, 2022. (ISSN: 0719-3726), 11(X), 2023: (http://dx.doi.org/10.7770/safer.V11i1.2980).
  • Jointly with Dr. Shikha Verma presented a paper titled “Computer Aided Integrated Solid Waste Management” at the National Conference on “Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design: Enhancing the Connections” (NCMAD 2023), organised by COA- TRC Bhopal in association with K R Mangalam University, Gurugram during June 01-03, 2023.
  • Jointly with Dr. Shikha Verma presented a paper titled “Sustainable Waste Management Strategies in Bengaluru City: Options and Opportunities” at the International Symposium on Sustainable Waste Management 2023, organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata during Sept. 22-24, 2023
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5188-6070