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During COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 onwards emergent demand of online classes has become worldwide prevalent. In the present era of pandemics along with advanced information and communication technology (ICT), institutions have shifted their pedagogy and are providing effective class room learning using web. Students are also joyful getting rid of class room constraints like modality, rigidity and inconveniency. The main objective of this research was to determine quality learning and students career growth as educational outcome via massive open online courses (MOOCS) as compared to that of traditional classes going physically offline and face to face (F2F). A total of 92 students of UG and PG level from different Indian universities and 8 countries including India were interviewed through questionnaire shared to achieve the objective. No significant difference was observed. In many research questions MOOCS were better proved than F2F. This paper will enrich the domain of distance learning, management and promote online learning using ICT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The unmatched construction increase happened in last decade and the domestic construction from late 80s can be labelled as inefficient energy units. Building sector consumes energy more than 54 % and residential sector around 24 % in north region. The rising cost of per unit energy is huge concern especially the cooling loads. The inefficient houses are raising the peak demand becomes a challenge to meet the demand versus generation. This issue must be addressed at micro level. The major energy loss happened through windows (being the crucial component of building services) and more heat inside the building than other components such as wall, roof etc. This paper investigates the possible reasons and gaps that why residential sector is not susceptible towards sustainable windows to lower their electricity bills. The research carried in two phases and questionnaire is framed to gather the data for analysis with aid of experts and literature reviews. It is concluded that awareness of occupant plays a pivotal role in advancement of sustainable windows besides other crucial factors such as orientation, make, glazing type etc. The collective efforts of architect, engineer, vendors and occupant can bridge the gap to reduce energy consumption. The initial cost of sustainable windows can be offset with savings and aid of government policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The roads are the dominant mode of transportation in India today. India has dubious distinction of nation with about 8-10% towards road death which is nearly one lakh every year. Pavement surface quality is a primefactor which enhances the serviceability of a road. Pavement surface quality is spoken in unevenness and assessed in terms of the automobile wheels movements and suspension arrangement along with the drivers' understanding of speed and acceleration. Though, notwithstanding the rapid high-tech advancement of high-speed roughness checking apparatus, it should not be ignored that highway pavements are constructed for the drivers, who have ever been keenly aware of the relative degrees of ease or distress felt in traveling. Mostly, travellers believe in three basic things from the pavement surface; even trip, sufficient resistance to slipping, and enough power to shift the traffic to the following section of the highway configuration. Hence their insight on road surface quality should also be considered. In this case study an attempt has been made to maintain the roads by monitoring the roughness of road surface whether they exist in good, average or poor condition at specific reach of Chandigarh city in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Generally new constructions go on remote areas to develop where there are no means of transport, medical facilities, first aids, security by the contractors in sufficient numbers and a huge number of helpless, low paid laborers reside there on spot of construction. So these construction sites are very much vulnerable to the terrorists‟ attacks. Recently number of terrorists‟ attacks on constructions in progress and existing both drew the researchers and designers attention. In this research 18 Indian construction organizations were surveyed and it was investigated that most of the companies were performing well in overall safety measures needing little improvement to reach to the excellence but in terrorism management before, during or after completion of the project leaving a few construction companies rest were lagging behind as revealed by considerable R2 value (0.754) with trending linear equation of which positive vertical intercept (0.6931) showing only first three companies taking care and negative slope (-0.0462) of line shows terror management failing in most of the companies surveyed. This research will not only enrich the construction project management domain but will be an alarm to governments and for safety of constructions before, during or after completion of projects also. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is very common part of discussion that normal structures lag behind in terms of energy saving and its corresponding impacts on environment. This drives research to show implementation of common solutions and concepts that can be easily applied by majority of individuals to fulfill sustainable and self-sufficient goals to lead to a better habitat to live in. The aim of paper is to explore proper application of most common and most essential cost-effective design solutions to make structure following a step towards self-sufficient in itself. The paper has emphasized on quantitative and mathematical approach of study generating owns secondary data, from various research papers that are based upon similar background aspects. The value analyzed for solar panel tilt should range from 20o-30o for maximum efficiency, similarly distance between panels should be 1m-1.6m and horizontal shading device and vertical shading device should have at least depth of 450mm and 700mm respectively. The study is limited to a particular climate and region. i.e., Northeast region of India and focuses only upon most critical parameters. This paper will provide new directions for self-sufficiency in structures, which will further add values to the domain of architecture and civil engineering. Further, new areas of research can be application of new design alternatives for self-sufficiency, with respect to several other climatic conditions and regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An investigational study on the ambient air quality of Aligarh city at six different locations designated as; Sir Syed Nagar, Jamalpur, Dodhpur, Center Point, Numaish Ground, Chungi was performed. Six primary and important locations of Aligarh city were chosen to monitor the quantities of key pollutants like PM10 and PM2.5. The outside areas were susceptible to extraordinary RSPM levels because of prevalent town ambient air excellence of Aligarh city and also due to high road traffic circulation at Dodhpur, chauraha and centre point. The concentration of PM2.5 at Aligarh city atmosphere was observed from 3.5 µg/m³ to 15 µg/m³ and PM10 level of concentrations at all the designated locations varied from 75 - 250 µg/m³. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]