Training & Awards
Professional development & recognition
Trainings, conferences, meritorious service awards and professional memberships earned by Dr. Amaravel Ramalingam across 38 years with Southern Railway, South Western Railway and IITS.
Recognition
Meritorious service awards
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Engineer, Southern Railway
Special Award for Gauge Conversion Work
Chief Engineer, Southern Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Engineer, Southern Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Engineer, South Western Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Engineer, South Western Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Administrative Officer, Southern Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Administrative Officer, South Western Railway
Meritorious Service Award
Chief Administrative Officer, South Western Railway
Outstanding Performance and Devotion to Duty
General Manager, South Western Railway
Skill development
Professional trainings
17 specialised courses completed across bridge design, software (STAAD, MIDAS, CSI), construction and analytics.
Bridge Design (9922)
IRICEN, Pune, India
Cable Stayed Bridges
CAO/O/CN/BNC, Bangalore, India
PSC-Girder Design as per Southern Railway Letter
Southern Railway Institute of Civil Engineering Training Centre, Tambaram, Chennai
Modular Course on Bridge Design
Structural Engineering Research Centre, Taramani, Chennai
Steel Intensive Construction
INSTRUCT & INSDAG, Bangalore, India
Concrete Mix Design & Quality Control
INSTRUCT & INSDAG, Bangalore, India
Special Course on MIDAS Software (18433)
IRICEN, Pune, India
MIDAS IT's Intensive Course — Workshop
MIDAS IT Company Ltd, Bangalore, India
Refresher Course for JE/SSE/Design & Drawing (RCD.417-18)
SRCETC, Tambaram, India
Certificate Course on STAAD Pro
CADD Centre Training Services, Bangalore, India
Software Course on MIDAS
IRICEN, Pune, India
International Course on Recent Advances in Bridge Design and Construction
IIT Roorkee, India
Special Course on Bridge Design (15423)
IRICEN, Pune, India
Refresher Course for JE/SSE/Design & Drawing (RCD1217-18)
SRCETC, Tambaram, India
REINFORCE 2025 — Resilient Engineering Innovations for a Future-Oriented Reliable & Circular Economy Structures
IEINDIA, Kolkata, India
MGIT-CED Faculty Development Programme — Data Analytics for Civil Engineering Research: Methods, Tools and Applications
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
Webinar — BIM for CAD Users: Civil & Survey
Institution of Engineers India, Kolkata
Knowledge exchange
Conferences & workshops attended
Detailing for Multistorey RCC Framed Structures
College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai
28-09-1994
Recent Developments in Earth Retaining Structures for Bridges
South Central Railway, Hyderabad
24–25 Feb 2006
Professional Engineers: Challenges in Disaster Management
GITAM University, Vishakhapatnam
18–19 Dec 2014
Sustainable Energy and Built Environment
VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
12–13 Mar 2015
Bridge-2024
Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, Bangalore
7–8 Aug 2024
Emerging Technologies for Design, Construction and Maintenance of Ultra Durable Structures
ING-IABSE, Bangalore
30–31 Jul 2025
State of Art Health Monitoring of Structures
ING-IABSE, Bangalore
13–14 May 2026
Standing
Memberships & licenses
Fellow
Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata
F-1307882
Fellow
Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers
LF-1474
Life Member
Indian Roads Congress
LM-251096
Life Member
Institution of Permanent Way Engineers (India)
LM-17089
Chartered Engineer (India)
Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata
M-114226/1 · since 1998
Professional Engineer (India)
Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata
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