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PROF. VINOD R SHAH Prof. Vinod R Shah is a professor at CEPT University and Head of the Post graduate program in Structural Design. He graduated as a structural engineer in 1976. After six years of experience as a design engineer and consultant, he joined The School of Architecture at CEPT University in 1982 and has been teaching courses related to Structures in various departments. He has been involved in various projects for consultancy work for the school as well as his independent structural design practice. One of his major efforts has been to involve himself in architectural projects at the stage of conception. For engineering projects his area of specialization is water retaining structures for effluent treatment plants. He was involved in reconstruction of school buildings in the post earthquake work at Gujarat as well as Kashmir. He was In charge of National Resource Institute for training of teachers for seismic aspects. He has delivered lectures as a resource person for training of architects for seismic aspects in colleges of architecture in India. He has offered workshops on Structure and Architecture for students of architecture in many Schools of Architecture. He is a member of board of studies for schools of architecture in Gujarat. His present interests are seismic design of buildings, seismic resistance of vernacular structures and teaching methodology for students of architecture and engineering. He has presented papers in various international conferences and workshops.