Archive · 19 Sep 2025
IIT Bhubaneswar Hosts Workshop on Fire Safety
Imagine buildings that are strong, but could catch fire.
This workshop was about making steel buildings safer in a fire.
Experts from all over came together to talk about how to design buildings that can resist fire.
They talked about how the buildings stay strong even when it gets hot.
The workshop also involved people from the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.
A key speaker from Michigan State University shared important insights from the World Trade Centre collapse and about designing safer buildings to protect people.
IIT Bhubaneswar hosted an international workshop on fire safety in steel and composite structures.
The event was in collaboration with the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA).
It was supported by the education ministry’s SPARC scheme.
The workshop focused on structural instability analysis of steel structures under fire.
Professor Venkatesh Kodur delivered the keynote address.
- Who
- Experts, officials, industry professionals, and students
- What
- International workshop on fire safety
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- IIT Bhubaneswar
- Why
- To discuss challenges and advances in fire-safe design and enhance community safety
- Event Type
- International Workshop
- Focus
- Fire safety in steel and composite structures
- Host
- IIT Bhubaneswar
- Collaborator
- Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA)
- Support
- Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)
- Keynote Speaker
- Professor Venkatesh Kodur, Michigan State University