Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering (RACE-2K25)
Date: 7th-8th November 2025 Hybrid Mode

The international conference RACE-2K25 with theme “Recent Advancement in Civil Engineering", expects to present a platform for participant to deal with several issues and solutions in various fields of civil engineering. World-renowned academicians, speakers, the most recent techniques, tactics, and the newest updates in Civil Engineering fields are characteristic of this conference. The aim and feature of the conference is to bring academicians, scientists, engineers, industry researchers together to exchange and share their experiences & research results and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. Respected professors from various institutesof repute are invited and hereby expected to deliver keynote speeches regarding latest innovation in their respective expertiseareas.
The proceedings of the conference will present selected peer reviewed papers submitted in the conference. All the papers will be peer reviewed by the experts of the civil engineering fields. The papers selection will be based on their quality and their relevancy to the conference. The volume will tend to present to the readers the recent advancements and innovations in the field of civil engineering and various related areas such as design and development of new sustainable and smart building materials, performance analysis andsimulation of steel structures, design and performance optimization of concrete structures,structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering and hydraulics, transportation and sub themes of the conference are as under:
- Innovative building materials
- Advanced methods utilized in construction technology and management
- Prefabricated buildings and optimization of steel structures
- Structural analysis and design due to earthquake, wind and blast loads etc.
- Innovation in reinforced concrete structures
- Application of remote sensing and GIS in land surveying and earth science
- Use of geology in engineering applications
- Environmental impacts, reusing, waste management and water & air contamination control
- Pre-designed modular building units
- Advancements in the pavement and traffic engineering
- Innovative techniques in hydrology
- Improved building maintenance methods
- Foundation engineering, the interplay of structure’s foundation with the supporting soil
- Advanced techniques of tunnel analysis and construction
- Earthquake engineering and disaster management
- Rock mechanics, development of structures in rock, underground openings, extensive dam establishments and rock slants
- Geo technical exploration, Geo- synthesis, soil nailing
- Coastal engineering, management of shoreline disintegration
- Any relevant area related to advancement in civil engineering
- Wind engineering and AI-ML in Structure Engineering
| Position | Name and Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Chief Patron | Shri Praveen Thakral - Chairman, Oriental Group of Institutions, Bhopal |
| Patron | Shri Gaurav Thakral - President, Oriental Group of Institutions, Bhopal |
| General Chair | Prof. (Dr.) O.R. Jaiswal - Director, National Institute of Technology, Goa |
| Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh K Shukla - Director, OIST, Bhopal, (MP), India | |
| Organizing Committee Chair | Dr. Rakesh Patel - Head, Civil Engineering, OIST, Bhopal |
| Program Chair / Volume Editors | Dr. K.K. Pathak - Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India |
| Dr. Kasi Viswanadh Prakhya - Director of McAlpine Group, UK, Adjunct professor, IIT Varanasi and IIT Gandhinagar | |
| Dr. Rakesh Patel - Head, Civil Engineering, OIST, Bhopal | |
| Advisory Committee | Dr. Suresh Bhalla - Professor, IIT Delhi |
| Dr. Rajeev Gupta - Chief Research Engineer (Academics), NWTF, IIT Kanpur | |
| Dr. Abhishek Rajput - Professor, IIT Indore | |
| Dr. S. S. Bhadauria - Professor & Director, University Institute of Technology, RGPV Bhopal | |
| Dr. R. K. Ingle - Professor, VNIT, Nagpur | |
| Dr. R.S. Sonparote - Professor, VNIT, Nagpur | |
| Dr. S.K. Dubey - Professor, MANIT, Bhopal | |
| Dr. P.K. Agarwal - Professor, MANIT, Bhopal | |
| Dr. Manish Mudgal - Principal Scientist, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal | |
| Dr. Shamsher Singh - Professor, BITS Pilani | |
| Publicity Chair | Ms. Akansha Rupal Nath - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Mr. Shivani Singh Baghel - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal | |
| Publication Chair | Dr. Himanshoo Verma - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Mr. Parshottam Sarathe - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal | |
| Registration Chair | Mr. Deepak Garg - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Dr. Mumtaz Begam - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal | |
| Session Management Chair | Dr. Himanshoo Verma - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Mr. Abhinav Saxena - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal | |
| Mr. Deepak Garg - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal | |
| Conference Chair | Mr. Vivek Rangnekar - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Mr. Abhinav Saxena - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, OIST Bhopal |
| Technical Field of Interest & Scope | ||
|---|---|---|
| Building Materials and Construction | Structural Engineering | Environmental Engineering |
| Transportation Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Water Resources Engineering |
| Construction Management | Wind Engineering | AI-ML in Structural Engineering |
| Surveying | Smart City and Sustainable Development | - |
The RACE 2K25 International Conference invites researchers, academics, industry professionals, and practitioners to submit their original research papers for presentation at the conference. RACE 2K25 aims to bring together experts from diverse fields to explore the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the interconnected domains of Civil Engineering.
Submission Guidelines:
- Papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
- Submissions should follow the conference template.
- Papers should not exceed 10 pages including figures, tables, and references.
- All submissions will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical quality, and relevance to the conference themes.
Select papers from the conference will be published by Springer as a proceedings book volume. Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers and only papers that pass these checks will be published.
Springer Nature does not charge any money for publication of Non-Open Access content. Abstracts/extended abstracts and short papers (less than 4 pages) are not considered for publication.
The Microsoft CMT services was used for managing the peer reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Call for Papers | April 30, 2025 |
| Last Date of Paper Submission | |
| Notification of Acceptance | |
| Camera-ready Paper Due | October 15, 2025 |
| Early-Bird Registration Closes | |
| Last Date of Registration | October 20, 2025 |
Dear all,
We are excited to announce the RACE 2K25, which will be held from 7th-8th November 2025. As we aim to ensure the high quality and integrity of the conference proceedings, we are seeking experienced and knowledgeable reviewers like you to be part of our esteemed review committee. As a reviewer for RACE 2K25, you will play an important role in evaluating and providing constructive feedback on the submissions within your area of expertise. Your expertise and insights will contribute significantly to the selection of the most innovative and impactful research for presentation at the conference.
- Papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
- Submissions should follow the Springer Nature template.
Download Format - Papers should not exceed 10 pages including figures, tables, and references. The registration fees will increase by 10% (per page) if the number of pages is more than six.
- All submissions will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical quality, and relevance to the conference themes.
- The working language of the conference is English, which will be used for all printed material, presentations and discussion.
- Paper submission should be through CMT submission
Submit Paper - Author must create a CMT account to submit their paper using the link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/general/account- creation.html
- Author must use the given link to understand the paper submission process on CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/author/author-submission- form.html
- Total file size of the paper must not exceed 5 MB.
The E-Copyright form must be submitted by the author or presenter at the time of registration. Springer Nature reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference. Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference or journal at the same time.
| Category | Early bird registration up to 05 September 2025 |
After 05 September 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offline | Online | Offline | Online | |
| Foreign delegates | 125$ | 135$ | 150$ | 160$ |
| From industry | 6500 | 7000 | 7000 | 7500 |
| Academicians | 4500 | 5000 | 5000 | 5500 |
| Research scholars | 3000 | 3500 | 3500 | 4000 |
| Attendees | 1500 | 1000 | 2000 | 1500 |
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- Please note that the fees shown above are inclusive of all taxes and levies. Any gateway charges along with applicable taxes or levies, if any, will have to be borne by the registrant.
- Students are defined as full-time students, enrolled for degrees or diplomas with a university or another similar institution. The proof of enrollment (Valid Student ID showing name and current status) should be scanned and uploaded on the registration system).
- All registrations include admission to all technical sessions.
- At least one of the authors must complete an author registration by the final camera- ready paper submission deadline for their paper to be included in the final program of the conference.
- One author registration covers only one paper.
- To upload your final paper, you need a registration number, issued by the online registration system. Please make registration and payment before the final paper submission.
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