{"id":3763,"date":"2026-07-28T10:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3763"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:13:42","slug":"civil-engineering-faculty-present-interdisciplinary-research-at-icssr-nerc-sponsored-international-seminar","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/news\/civil-engineering-faculty-present-interdisciplinary-research-at-icssr-nerc-sponsored-international-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Engineering Faculty Present Interdisciplinary Research at ICSSR-NERC Sponsored International Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Faculty members from the Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, participated in the first day of the two-day <strong>ICSSR-NERC Sponsored International Seminar<\/strong> on \u201c<em>The Intersection of Faith and Healing: Therapeutic Dimensions of Magic, Mantra, Ritualistic Food, and Occult Practices in Indian and Indigenous Knowledge<\/em>,\u201d held on 27\u201328 July 2026 at Mystique Mayong Eco Resort, Mayong. The seminar was organised by ADBU-CIIKS in collaboration with Mayang Anchalik College and Mystique Mayong Eco Resort. During the technical sessions on 27 July, Dr. Pori Das, Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, presented the paper titled \u201cInvestigation of the Acoustic Properties of Traditional Ahom Lime Mortar in Ancient Temples of Assam for Sound Healing.\u201d Dr. Ankur Goswami, Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, presented the paper titled \u201cBuilt Form as a Healing Medium: Environmental Comfort, Cultural Experience and Socio-Economic Sustainability of Indigenous Ritual Spaces,\u201d co-authored with Ms. Sutanuka Nath, Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, and Dr. Bijita Sarmah, Head, Department of Economics, Bikali College, Duphdhara, Assam. Their participation highlighted the department\u2019s interdisciplinary engagement with heritage conservation, indigenous construction knowledge, healing environments and sustainable built forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-94808b96 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-27-at-10.11.55-PM-1-1-1-1024x768.jpeg ,https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-27-at-10.11.55-PM-1-1-1.jpeg 780w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-27-at-10.11.55-PM-1-1-1.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-27-at-10.11.55-PM-1-1-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-3767\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-07-27 at 10.11.55 PM (1) (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-663a3e9a wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/Certificate_Award_GeoStamp.png ,https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/Certificate_Award_GeoStamp.png 780w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/Certificate_Award_GeoStamp.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/Certificate_Award_GeoStamp.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-3768\" width=\"720\" height=\"438\" title=\"Certificate_Award_GeoStamp\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty members from the Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, participated in the first day of the two-day ICSSR-NERC Sponsored International Seminar on \u201cThe Intersection of Faith and Healing: Therapeutic Dimensions of Magic, Mantra, Ritualistic Food, and Occult Practices in Indian and Indigenous Knowledge,\u201d held on 27\u201328 July 2026 at Mystique Mayong Eco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-3763","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"subhrangshupurkayastha","author_link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/author\/subhrangshupurkayastha\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Faculty members from the Department of Civil Engineering, Assam Don Bosco University, participated in the first day of the two-day ICSSR-NERC Sponsored International Seminar on \u201cThe Intersection of Faith and Healing: Therapeutic Dimensions of Magic, Mantra, Ritualistic Food, and Occult Practices in Indian and Indigenous Knowledge,\u201d held on 27\u201328 July 2026 at Mystique Mayong Eco&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3770,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3763\/revisions\/3770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/department-of-civil-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}