Dr. Deepthi Bendi
Dr. Deepthi Bendi
Assistant Professor
Office Address:
Department of Architecture and Planning NIT Calicut, Calicut 673601
PhD School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
MSc Construction Management, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
B.Arch School of Planning and Architecture- JNTU, Now JNFAU, Hyderabad, India
Educational Qualifications
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PhD School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
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MSc Construction Management, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
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B.Arch School of Planning and Architecture- JNTU, Now JNFAU, Hyderabad, India
Journals
- Bendi, D., Rana, M. Q., Arif, M., Lamb, S. M., Sawhney, A., & Kaushik, A. K. (2021). Assessing off-site readiness in construction organisations: cases from India. Construction Innovation.
- Bendi, D., Rana, M. Q., Arif, M., Goulding, J. S., & Sawhney, A. (2020). An off-site construction readiness maturity model for the Indian construction sector. Construction Innovation.
- Bendi, D., Rana, M. Q., Arif, M., Goulding, J. S., & Kaushik, A. K. (2020). Understanding off-site readiness in Indian construction organisations. Construction Innovation.
- Arif, M.,Bendi, D., Toma-Sabbagh, T., &Sutrisna, M. (2012). “Construction waste management in India: an exploratory study”. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 12(2), 133-151.
- Arif, M., Bendi, D., Sawhney, A., &Iyer, K. C. (2012, May). “State of offsite construction in India-Drivers and barriers”. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 364, No. 1, p. 012109).
- Bendi, D., Arif,M., Sawhney,A., & Iyer, K.C. (2012), “Offsite Construction in India - An Exploratory Study”, Civil Engineering Series (Vol.2, p. 64-67). Association of Civil and Environmental Engineers publishing
Conferences
- Bendi D, Arif M, Sawhney A, Iyer K C (2012), “Offsite Construction in India - An Exploratory Study”, Third International Conference on Recent Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing - ITC 2012 (Aug 03-04, 2012, Bangalore, INDIA.) - Proc. published by Springer, archived in Springer Digital Library
- Deepthi Bendi, “Sustainable urban regeneration – way forward for India” Architecture for masses, March 24-25, 2011, Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India.
Professional Experience
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Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Keralafrom April’2018 - till now
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Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Keralafrom August’2017 - April’2018.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), School Of the Built Environment (SOBE), University of Salford, 3 years from October’ 2011toSeptember’ 2014 - Prepared and delivered lectures , conducted tutorial sessions, Organised field trips, manufacturing facilities and construction site visits of Under Graduate and Post Graduate students., Supervised 16 Under Graduate students and 4 Post Graduate students – pursuing various courses in the Built Environment., Marked individual projects, final exam presentations and papers; Invigilation in examinations.
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Assistant professor at ANU College of Architecture and Planning, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India – 1 year from August’ 2010 to August’2011 - Taught under graduate students, Provided guidance to students in the design studio, Organised workshops, seminars and site visits, Worked as student advisor for Zonal and Annual NASA 2011
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Project manager at CPR Builders & Contractors, Manchester, UK - 1 year from January ’2009 – January ’2010 (Part time) Worked in the project management team, dealt with man power and material procurement, prepared estimates, assisted in on-site erection management, negotiations with suppliers, administration of contracts and execution of health & safety regulations on and off site and liaison with local governing authorities.
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Architect at New Designer Web Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad- 1year 3 months from June’2007 – August’2008 Worked as an architect, associated in several projects both interiors and commercial civil projects. Assisted in all phases of construction such as planning, preparing b.o.q.s, negotiation with vendors, on site management both for P.M.C and Turnkey projects, conducting meetings with client; contractors and sub contractors, executing work on site and hand over. Worked as a project manager of BIAL (Bengaluru International Airport Limited) Cargo project.
Academic Achievements
- Awarded with Graduate Teaching Assistantship for the duration 2011 – 2014.
- Board Member of CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction)-Student chapter since January 2012 till March 2014
- Research students’ co-ordinator of CIB- Student chapter from January 2013- January 2014
- Participated in the academic and industry collaboration workshop “Buildoffsite” on 19th June and 26th June, 2013 in University of Salford
Digital literacy
Experience in Auto CAD, MS Office suite, Photoshop CS-3, Architectural DeskTop &MS-Project.
Working knowledge in Sketch up and Primavera 8.4.
Membership of Scientific / Engineering bodies
Registered with Council of Architecture, No. CA/2011/51808
Member (St.) in Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), UK
Research Work
Project coordinator of Five days Faculty Development Programme titled
"Sustainable Building Technologies and Environment" from 12.11.2018 - 16.11.2018,
Department of Architecture & Planning, NIT Calicut
Funded by TEQIP II
Workshop & Exhibition, titled "New Housing Literacy for Rebuilding Kerala" on 12.01.2019, Calicut, Kerala.
Funded by the Housing Department, Kerala
Presented special lectures in
Lecture titled "Alternative Building Technologies for India", in the "New Housing Literacy for Rebuilding Kerala" on 09.02.2019, Thalaserry, Kerala. (As an invitee by the Department of Housing, Kerala)
Lecture titled "Disaster readiness in the built environment in India", in the"New Housing Literacy for Rebuilding Kerala" on 09.03.2019, Kasargod, Kerala. (As an invitee by the Department of Housing, Kerala)
Panel Member in
The "Laurie Baker Smrithi"conducted by COSTFORD and Habitat Technology Group, 04,05 March, 2019 at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Participation in UKIERI (UK India Education and Research Initiative)
Worked with the research teams from India and the UK; in the research titled“Evaluation of emerging industrialized housing technologies and systems for affordable and sustainable housing stock in India and the UK”. This was a research initiative by the governments of United Kingdom and India. The project involved eminent academics from IIT Delhi, and principal directors and Chief Financial Officers of prominent organisation in the industry.
Details available at: http://www.ukieri.org/project-updates.html
Actively associated with the research wing of University of Salford and Build offsite in the conference on “Promoting construction offsite” on 19th June, 2013, Manchester, UK
Details available at: http://www.buildoffsite.com/presentation/buildoffsite-conference-delivering-new-homes-the-offsite-way/?view=662
Presented a session titled “Gamify your PhD” in the International Post Graduate Researchers Conference 2013 (IPGRC 13), Manchester, UK. This was a 3-hour session aimed to present an interactive environment for international researchers at various universities across the globe.
