CENTRE FOR GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
BAMBOO APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES 2011-2012 REPORT POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSE DIPLOMA COURSE CERTIFICATE COURSE
1. ADMISSION PROCESS Pilot Workshops • Bamboo Awareness Events • Introduction to the Course • Overview of Courses
World Bamboo Day– 18th September, 2011 • • • •
World Bamboo Day Celebration Bamboo awareness event Overview of courses Inauguration of CGBMT office
2. COURSE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT The course content was developed in the form of hand-outs and presentations: • BT 101: Bamboo Technology Overview – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 101\BAMBOO for Rural and Tribal.pptx
• BT 102: Bamboo Properties, Plantation & Harvesting • BT 103: Enhancement of Natural Durability of Bamboo – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 103\Post harvest management and storage of bamboo culms.ppt – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 103\PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT OF BAMBOO.pptx – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 103\Treatment of Bamboo.pptx
• BT 104: Joining & Prefabrication – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 104\cgbmt-joinery-day.1.ppt – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 104\CGBMT_joinery-day2.ppt
• BT 105: Bamboo Handicrafts, Cottage Industry & Product Strategy – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 105\WORKING WITH bamboo.pdf
• BT 201: Bamboo Building Construction – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 201\DBS,08,BAMBOO VEGETABLE STEEL.ppt – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 201\Traditional Systems wbc 2012.pptx
• BT 202: Construction of Bamboo Structures – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 202\spatialstrucbamboo.pptx
• BT 203: Bamboo-based Industries – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 203\Major Bamboo Based Industries.ppt – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 203\VIPIN CHAWLA _CBD.ppt
• BT 204: Disaster Management – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 204\Bamboo for Disaster management.pptx – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 204\DMC-cgbmt.pptx
• BT 205: Entrepreneurship Development – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\BT 205\Entrepreneurship Development.pptx
Monitoring of our Bamboo projects to establish results and Databases
3. CONTENT DELIVERY 3.1 Classes and contact lectures conducted at CGBMT’s centre
• Lectures at National Institute of Design (NID) Research & Development Centre, Bangalore
• Lectures at Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore – BAT Course Report 2011-2012\VTS_01_1.mp4
3.2 WORKSHOPS Bamboo Products and Handicrafts (BT105) At National Institute of Design (NID) R&D Centre, Bangalore
Workshop on Bamboo Treatment (BT103) At Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore
Hot & Cold Treatment
Boucherie Treatment Process
Internodal Treatment
Testing for Treatment
Workshop on Bamboo Joinery (BT104) At Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore
Roof Truss Joinery
Cutting members to size
ďƒ&#x; Joint Testing
Workshop on Bamboo-based Industries (BT203) At Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore
BMCS Production
Bamboo Strip Production
Smoothening Nodes
BMB Tray Production
Resin application
Resin Production for BMB’s
Workshop on Bamboo Spatial Structures, Bamboo Roads and Bamboo Bridges (BT202) At Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore
5. PUBLICITY OF THE COURSE • Newspapers & Television: – Newspaper articles & advertisements – Newspaper inserts & Flyers – Press Briefings
• Internet: – CGBMT Website • http://www.cgbmt.net/
– Social Media Websites • http://www.facebook.com/cgbmt • https://twitter.com/cgbmt_
Press Brief for Open Days: •
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Bamboo is one of the greenest and most versatile building materials available today and has immense capacity to play a key role in Integrated Sustainable Development of Asian and Southeast Asian countries . India is the second largest producer of Bamboo and our Artisans are the Best in the world. Centre for Green Building Material and Technology, Bangalore is organizing an OPEN DAY with Exhibition for prospective students for their year long Distance Education courses in “Bamboo Application Technology for the Academic Session 2012-2013” on May 20, 2012 at Bamboo Symphony, Bangalore. ITI students, Diploma holders, Graduates and even Artisans can join courses at different levels to gain proficiency with this material being called the GREEN GOLD!! We are inviting other professionals like architects, engineers, students from various colleges to attend the event. -The Course covers the focus areas of Applications of this Wonder Material as also the Research and Development in this field and its future prospects. -This is the only Structured Course on Bamboo in the whole world. - The Affiliation process of the course is under progress with Dayalbagh University (Deemed), Agra, UP -CGBMT is targeting to increase the no of centres for the course to at least 50 in the next 5 years to cover the Rural areas as well. Since the course can be a great catalyst for Rural and Tribal Development. -Our resource organizations are IPIRTI, Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore, NID, National Institute of Design, Bangalore, Manasaram Architects, Bangalore, Aditi Constructions, Bangalore, and several other organizations who have been engaged in this field for several years. -We are also using this opportunity to showcase the works and products done by our Students in collaboration with the organization.
Visit by students of BMS college of Architecture
Visit by ED, INBAR Mr Ramanuja Rao to our office Bamboo Symphony, Bangalore
Participation in World Architecture Festival Awards,2011 and 2012, Barcelona, Spain
Presentation about the Course at sb11, World Sustainable Building Conference 2011 at Helsinki, Finland, oct, 2011.
Participation by BAT course students and trainees in Indo German Mela at Bangalore, June, 2012
Course Open Days (20th May, 2012 & 1st July, 2012) • • • • •
Introduction to Courses Overview of Courses Exhibition of work done by students Interaction with students and course co-ordinator Spot registrations for upcoming year
6. FUTURE MAP • Open Day Events to raise awareness about the courses and increase admissions. • Progressive course content development. • Affiliation, increased number of centres and expanded outreach. • Sustainability Institute at Devnahalli, Bangalore