Honours and Awards

Year Award Awardees
2010-11 PWD Bihar Medal for Best Paper on Road Research entitled "Critical Evaluation of Roadway Capacity of Muti-Lane High Speed Corridors under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions through Traditional and Microscopic Simulation Models" Dr. S. Velumurugan, Scientist
Dr. E. Madhu, Scientist
Dr. K. Ravinder, Scientist
Sh. K. Sitaramanjaneyulu, Scientist
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Driector, CRRI
  Best Paper awarded by Indian Society for Rock Mechanics & Tunnelling Technology entitled "Study of Rockfall at Amritanjan Bridge site on Mumbai Pune Expressway" Sh. K. Kumar, Scientist
Sh. P.S. Prasad, Scientist
Sh. N.K. Goyal, Scientist
Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
  IRC Commendation Certifications for the paper entitled "Review of Environmental Laws and their Applicability to Roads/Highway Project. Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Scientist Sh. R. Dhyani, Scientist
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Driector, CRRI
  Best Article Award by Association of State Road Transport Union for the paper entitled "Updation of Road User Cost for Economic Evaluation of Road Projects". Dr. S. Velumurugan, Scientist Dr. E. Madhu, Scientist
Dr. K. Ravinder, Scientist
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Driector, CRRI
  IGS Delhi Chapter Leadership Award 2009 for outstanding contribution in the area of Geotechnical Engineering by Indian Geotechnical Society of India. Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
2009-10 IRC Medal for the paper entitled "Estimation of Fuel loss during Idling of Vehicles at Signalized Intersections in Delhi" Dr. P. Parida, Scientist
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Driector, CRRI
  Indian Roads Congress "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award " 2009 for Conspicuously Important and Outstanding Contributions to Road Development in India during last five years. Dr. S. Velumurugan, Scientist
2007-08 ING-IABSE medal for the paper entitled "Simplified Method for Pile Foundation Design of Bridges in Liquefiable Soil" Dr. P. Lakshmy, Scientist
2006-07 IRC Medal for the best research paper entitled "Investigation of Moisture Damage to Bituminous pavements and effect on field performance". Dr. Sunil Bose, Scientist
Sh. C. Kamraj, Technical officer
Sh. Gajendra Kumar, Technical officer
Sh. Girish Sharma, Technical officer
  Commendation Certificate by Indian Roads Congress for their paper "Pavement Maintenance Management System" for Urban Roads using HDM IV. Sh.S.S. Naidu, Scientist
Dr. P.K. Nanda, Director, CRRI
Sh. Pawan Kalla, Scientist
Dr. P.K. Kanchan, Scientist Sh. K. Sitaramanjaneyulu, Scientist
  Golden Jubilee Director's Award for the year 2005-06 by Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee for their paper "Strain Rate Model for Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures" Dr. A.K. Pandey, Scientist
Dr. Ram Kumar, Scientist
Dr. D.K. Paul, Scientist
Dr. D.N. Trikha, Scientist
  Commemorative Award given by International Geosynthetic Society India to his contribution to development and promotion of Geosynthetics in India. Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
  Excellent paper Award by Japanese Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) for the research paper entitled "Tall System as a Second Best Measure for Communication Externalities". Dr. K. Ravinder, Scientist
Prof. Kono Mr. Sato's
2005-06 Bihar Public Works Department Medal for their paper entitled "Performance Characteristics of Bituminous Mixes Modified by Waste Plastic Bags". Dr. Sunil Bose, Scientist
Sh. Sridhar Raju, Scientist
Sh. Gajendra Kumar, Technical officer
Sh. Girish Sharma, Technical officer
  Best paper Award by in the area of Roads & Embankments for their paper entitled "Experiences of Flyash Road Embankment Demonstration Projects". Sh. U.K. Guruvittal, Scientist Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
  Nawab Zain Yar Jung Bhahadur Memorial Prize by the Institution of Engineers (India) Kolkata for their paper entitled "Vehicle Pollution Modelling in India". Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Scientist Prof. K.K. Chaudhary
Dr. C.V. Rao, Scientist
  National Award for Flyash Utilization in the area of Research and Development for Flyash in Roads and Embankments. CRRI
2004-05 Rashtriya Gaurav Award along with Certificate of Excellence for the year 2004 by India International Friendship Society for his meritorious services, outstanding performance and remarkable role in S&T contributions Dr. Rajeev Goel, Scientist
  IRC Medal instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "Updation of Road User Cost and Revised Software for Evaluation of Highway Project" Dr. T.S. Reddy, Scientist
Dr. S. Velumurugan, Scientist Dr. E. Madhu, Scientist
Sh. A. Ramalingiah, Scientist
  IRC Medal instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "Performance Based Mix Design using Super pave Gyractory Compactor". Dr. Sunil Bose, Scientist
Sh. R. Sridhar, Scientist
Sh. C. Kamraj, Technical officer
Sh. Rakesh Meena, Technical Officer
  IRC Medal Instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "Structural Evaluation of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement in the Laboratory and Guidelines for Design of ICBP for Low volume Roads". Sh.T. Muraleedharan, Scientist
Sh. Y.V. Rao, Scientist
Sh. Prashant Kumar, Technical Officer
Dr. P.K. Nanda, Director, CRRI
2003-04 IRC Medal Instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "Performance Evaluation of Bituminous Mixes". Dr. V.K. Sood, Scientist
Prof. M.C. Mehndiratta, Scientist
Prof. N.M. Bhandari, Scientist
Prof. D.V. Singh, Director, CRRI
2002-03 Best paper Award for the Paper entitled "Landslide Hazard Evaluation and Geo-statistical Studies in Garhwal Himalaya, India". Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Scientist
Dr.(Ms) Neelam Jain, Scientist
Dr. R. Anabalagan
Prof. P.K. Sikdar, Director CRRI
2001-02 IRC Medal Instituted by Bihar PWD for their paper entitled "Development and Application of Roller Compacted Concrete " An Emerging Trend for Modern Rigid and Composite Paving Projects Dr. S.S. Seehra, Scientist
  IRC Commendation Certificate for the paper entitled "An Indigenous Impact Tester for Measuring In-situ CBR of Pavement Materials Sh. P. Prasanna Kumar, Scientist
Ms. Renu Pasricha, Scientist
Sh. R.P. Saini, Technical Officer
Sh. A.K. Bharadwaj, Technical Officer
Ms. Renu Chadha, Technical Officer
Dr. P.S.K.M. Rao, Scientist
1999 CSIR Technology Award for the year 1999 for "Development of Socially Relevant Innovative Techniques for Utilizing Waste Materials especially Flyash for Roads and Embankment Construction". Sh. AVSR Murty, Scientist
Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
Sh. Deep Chand, Scientist
Sh. O. P. Yadav, Scientist
Sh. U. K. Guruvittal, Scientist
  The Second National Award for Excellence in Consultancy Services for the year 1999 by Consultancy Development Centre, New Delhi, for the excellent R&D work carried out in a consultancy project "Utilization of Flyash in Construction of Eastern Approach Embankment of Second Nizammuddin Bridge in New Delhi" CRRI
1995 Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru award of the Indian Roads Congress for his outstanding contributions in the field of highway engineering Dr. Sunil Bose, Scientist
  CSIR Shield as second prize for overall "Implementation of Hindi in Administrative and Scientific fields during 1996-97 CRRI
  Bihar PWD Medal by Indian Roads Congress, Nov, 1996, for the paper "Development of Pavement Deterioration Models for Indian Conditions". Dr. V.K. Sood, Scientist
Sh. B.M. Sharma, Scientist
1994-95 "Road Safety Media Award" by Automobiles Association of Upper India, New Delhi for the magnificent Contribution to promote Road Safety in the Country. CRRI
1992-93 Medal Instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "An Attempt at Rationalising the Methodology for Planning the Layout of Horizontal Drains" Sh. A.V.S.R.Murthy, Scientist
Sh. Deep Chandra, Scientist
  IRC Commendation Certificate for paper entitled "Tractor Bound Technology for Rural Roads Construction". Sh. Sudhir Mathur, Scientist
Sh. H.S. Mehta, Scientist
Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Scientist Sh. A.V.S.R. Murty, Scientist
  The President's award of the Institution of Engineers for the paper entitled "Use of Industrial Waste Materials in Road Construction". Dr. S.S. Seehra, Scientist
Dr.(Mrs.) Saroj Gupta, Scientist
Sh. Satander Kumar, Scientist
1988-89 Medal Instituted by Bihar PWD for the paper entitled "Laboratory Study on Flexural Fatigue Characteristics of Reinforced Bituminous Surfacings". Sh. Y.C. Gokhale, Scientist Dr. Sunil Bose, Scientist
Sh. M.P. Singh, Scientis
1980-81 Indian Roads Congress Medal (1980) for the paper entitled "Design of Semi-rigid Pavements as Flexible Raft" Dr. R.K. Ghosh, Scientist
  Indian Roads Congress Medal for the paper entitled "Appropriate Technologies for Rural Road Development" Prof. C.G. Swaminathan, Director, CRRI
Dr. N. Bansilal, Scientist
  Indian Roads Congress Medal for their paper entitled "Design and Construction of Roads on Refuse Dumps by Pre-loading Techniques in Bombay" Sh. T.K. Natarajan, Scientist
  Elected President of the Indian Roads Congress for the year 1981 Prof. C.G. Swaminathan, Director, CRRI
  The Mitchell Medal for the paper "Road User Cost Study in India" Prof. C.G. Swaminathan, Director CRRI
Sh. L.R. Kadiyali
1976-77 The President's Award of the Institution of Engineers for the paper entitled "Road Accidents " Their Causes and Prevention" Miss D.V. Hingorani, Scientist
Sh. B.M. Sharma, Scientist
Dr. N.S. Srinivasan, Scientist
  NRDC award for the "Rotillor" designed and developed jointly by CRRI and MERADO, Pune. Sh. S.S. Rup, Scientist
Sh. L.R. Chadha, Scientist
1975-76 Indian Roads Congress Medal for the paper entitled "Socio-economically Disaggregated Work Trip Analysis of Delhi Areas" Dr. A.C. Sarna, Scientist
1974-75 Indian Roads Congress Medal for the paper entitled "Investigations for the Strengthening in the Main Runway of a Civil Airport" Dr. M.P. Dhir,Director CRRI
Sh. P.S. Sandhawalia (CPWD)
1973-74 President of India's Prize of the Institution of Engineers (India) for the year 1973-74, for the paper entitled "Rapid Transit System for Delhi". Dr. N.S. Srinivasan, Scientist
Sh. I.C. Aggarwal, Scientist
Sh. Y. Suryanarayana, Scientist
Sh. B.L. Suri, Scientist
Sh. Anand Prakash, Scientist
1964 Elected President of Indian Roads Congress for the year 1964 Prof. S.R. Mehra, Director,CRRI
1966-67 AIMIL Gold Medal by Indian National Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering for the paper entitled "Foundation Treatment of Ore Handling yeard by Preloading with Vertical Sand Drains" Late Prof. S.R. Mehra, Director, CRRISh. T.K. Natarajan, Scientist
1958 Indian Roads Congress Medal for the paper entitled "The Importance of Subgrade Compaction in the Economic Design of Flexible Pavement" published in IRC Journal, Vol.23, 1988 Late Prof. S.R. Mehra, Director, CRRI