About The Conference
Under the auspices of IndACM, ICCMS is organized biennially. The association was founded on 1st January 2000 and has about 200 life members. The 9th ICCMS was held at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. Computational mechanics, being an interdisciplinary domain of mechanics, involving mathematical models of physical real-life problems and their solutions, the congress is typically attended by delegates with background in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, physics, mathematics and other disciplines.
Schedule and Venue
Wednesday to Friday, 17-19 December 2025
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha
About the host
Established in the year 2008 as one of the eight second generation IITs by Governement of India, IIT Bhubaneswar has a lush green campus with a 936-acre footprint amid the foothills of majestic Barunei. Seven schools of study make up IIT Bhubaneswar, which provides UG, PG and PhD programs in various specializations. The capital city Bhubaneswar, often called as the "Temple city", offers a perfect winter gateway to a cultural heritage of Odisha through its centuries old structural marvels.
Previous ICCMS
Previous editions of the ICCMS were successfully held at the following host institutions.
Broad themes
The conference invites contributions in the broad area of computational mechanics and simulations. Contributions can be submitted in following areas (but not limited to).
List of mini-symposiums
Other than the regular conference themes, researchers can also submit their contributions to any of the following mini-symposiums being organized during the ICCMS 2025. The mini-symposia will be coordinated by the organizers and selected full papers will be part of the conference proceedings.
Advances in mechanics of plate and shell structures: Mini symposium celebrating 80th birth anniversary of Prof. Tarun Kant
Organizers: Dr. Devesh Punera (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. D K Jha (BARC Mumbai), Dr. Amar Nath Roy Chowdhury (IIT Kanpur)
Computational Structural Dynamics
Organizers: Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo (IIT Delhi), Prof. Hemant B Kaushik (IIT Guwahati), Dr. Suresh R Dash (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. Goutam Mondal (IIT Bhubaneswar)
Co-orgnizers: Dr. Mahendra Kumar Pal (Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi), Dr. Vishwajit Anand (Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi)
Micromechanics of heterogeneous solids
Organizers: Dr. Mayank Chouksey (IIT Indore), Dr. Anshul Faye (IIT Bhilai), Dr. Suman Guha (IIEST Shibpur)
Advancements in computational modelling of smart and multiphysics systems and structures
Organizers: Dr. Sanhita Das (IIT Jodhpur), Dr. Tekcham G Singh (IIT Jodhpur)
Applied Impact Mechanics: Computational Approaches to High-Velocity Interactions
Organizers: Dr. Rahul Dubey and Prof. Sachin S. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Mechanics of Auxetic Structures: Novel Designs, Computational Modelling, Machine Learning and Applications
Organizers: Dr. Rahul Dubey and Prof. Sachin S. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Multi-scale and coupled modelling approaches in Geomechanics
Organizers: Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee (IIT Mandi), Dr. Arghya Das (IIT Kanpur)
Vibration analysis in composite materials
Organizers: Dr. Soniya Chaudhary and Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Department of mathematics and scientific computing, NIT Hamirpur
Advanced Numerical and AI based techniques for flow and transport simulation in porous media
Organizers: Dr. Aatish Anshuman (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. Tinesh Pathania (IIT ISM Dhanbad)
Earthquake Geotechnics
Organizers: Dr. Arindam Dey (IIT Guwahati), Dr. Suresh R Dash (IIT Bhubaneswar), Prof. Bappaditya Manna (IIT Delhi), Dr. Shantanu Patra (IIT Bhubaneswar)
Advancements in Computational Mechanics for Structural Health Monitoring
Organizers: Dr. T Jothi Saravanan (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. Vedhus Hoskere (University of Houston, Texas), Dr. Tarutal G Mondal (IIT Bhubaneswar)
Phase-field modeling of fracture in solids
Organizers: Dr. Mohammad Masiur Rahaman (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. Abhinav Gupta (Vanderbilt University), Dr. Tushar Kanti Mandal (IIT Bombay)
Particle based methods across length scales for modeling fracture
Organizers: Dr. Puneet Kumar Patra (IIT Kharagpur), Dr. Md Rushdie Ibne Islam (IIT Delhi)
Digital Twins in Engineering
Organizers: Dr. Neeraj Kavan Chakshu (Swansea University), Prof. Ketan Rajawat (IIT Kanpur), Prof Perumal Nithiarasu (Swansea University), Prof. Namrata Gundiah (IISc Bangalore) Prof. C. Ranganayakulu (BITS Pilani), Prof. Aneesh A.M (BITS Pilani), Prof. K Murali (IIT Madras), Prof. V.Sriram (IIT Madras), Prof. Arul Prakash (IIT Madras)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Computational Mechanics
Organizers: Prof. Pattabhi R Budarapu (IIT Bhubaneswar), Dr. Vijay K Sutrakar (DRDO India) and Prof. Timon Rabczuk (Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany)
Speakers
Many more renowned speakers are expected to confirm their participation in coming days.
*In no particular order
Plenary Talks
Prof. Vikram Deshpande
University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. K Muralidhar
IIT Kanpur
Prof. Perumal Nithiarasu
Swansea University, UK
Prof. Gangadhara Prusty
UNSW Sydney, Australia
Prof. Sanjay Mittal
IIT Kanpur
Prof. Ramesh Talreja
Texas A & M University, USA
Prof. Arun Srinivasa
Texas A & M University, USA
Prof. Subhamoy Bhattacharya
University of Surrey, UK
Prof. Rajesh K Dhakal
Canterbury University, NZ
Prof. Debasish Roy
IISc Bangalore
Prof. Santosh Kapuria
IIT Delhi
Dr. Salil Kanj Jalan
VSSC, ISRO, India
Prof. D Roy Mahapatra
IISc Bangalore
Prof. Gautam Biswas
IIT Kanpur
Prof. R Narasimhan
IISc Bangalore
Prof. Atul Bhaskar
University of Southampton, UK
Keynote Talks
Prof. Hiroshi Okada
Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Prof. Sundararajan Natarajan
IIT Madras
Prof. A Arockiarajan
IIT Madras
Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo
IIT Delhi
Dr. Vijay Kumar Sutrakar
ADE, DRDO
Prof. Vasant Matsagar
IIT Delhi
Prof. Krishanu Roy
University of Waikato, NZ
Prof. Amirtham Rajagopal
IIT Hyderabad
Prof. Sumit Basu
IIT Kanpur
Prof. T I Eldho
IIT Bombay
Prof. Sudib Kumar Mishra
IIT Kanpur
Prof. S Pradyumna
IIT Delhi
Prof. Karunesh K Shukla
MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala
Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Yogita Parulekar
BARC & HBNI Mumbai
Invited Talks
Prof. Tushar Kanti Mandal
IIT Bombay
Prof. Poonam Kumari
IIT Guwahati
Prof. Saikat Sarkar
IIT Delhi
Prof. Siladitya Pal
IIT Roorkee
Registration and Schedule
Full paper submission is closed now.
- At least one of the authors of the accepted abstract have to register for the ICCMS 2025.
- Only one presentation is allowed with each registration.
- Complete your registration before 10th November 2025 for final inclusion in the conference schedule.
Submit your details once you complete the registration fee payment: https://forms.gle/1cXVDTRcXRofHkAx8
Conference schedule is released.
Registration fee
| Category | Early bird registration fee | Regular registration fee |
| Student/ Research scholar (SAARC countries) | Rs. 7,000 | |
| Regular delegates (SAARC countries) | Rs. 12,000 | |
| Student/ Research scholar (non-SAARC countries) | USD 350 (INR 29925) | |
| Regular delegates (non-SAARC countries) | USD 400 (INR 34200) | |
| Accompanying guest (Meals included) | INR 5000 | |
| Listener (Meals excluded) | INR 3000 | |
Registration fee can be paid to the following account. The online payment gateway can be used for payment which accepts payment through credit/debit cards, online banking, UPI and other major means. Once delegates make the payment of the requisite fee, they shall fill the following form to update their payment status. The payment proof in the form of image or PDF file will be required to be submitted.
Online payment gateway: Billdesk payment
Details for filling the billdesk form can be checked from here: Billdesk form details
Filling instructions for payment gateway
Bank Account Details for Payment
| Account Name | CEP, IIT BHUBANESWAR |
| Account Number | 24282010001960 |
| Bank Name | CANARA BANK |
| IFSC Code | CNRB0017282 |
| MICR Number | 752015014 |
| Branch name and address | IIT Bhubaneswar, Argul branch, Jatni, Khorda- 752 050 |
Publication and awards
Full papers submitted and presented during the ICCMS 2025 will be published as part of the special proceedings of the Springer series 'Lecture notes in Civil Engineering.'
Selected few papers based on the relevance will be considered for publication in the special issue of Journal 'Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures' (Q1) and 'International Journal of Computational Methods' (Q2). A few more journal issues are being planned and will be updated based on confirmation.
PhD thesis submitted in any Indian institute/university between January 2024 to October 2025 will be considered for best thesis award in Computational Solid Mechanics and Computational Fluid Mechanics domains. The graduates will be allowed to present their work in special PhD mini-symposium. The registration charges for such presenters will be waived off.
Instructions for PhD symposium submissions: PhD symposium instructions
Sponsors
ICCMS event is one of the biggest gathering of researchers, engineers, and practitioners of computational mechanics in India. The expected numbers of delegates, attending the congress will be around 400+ from all over India and abroad. Through this call, we invite esteemed organizations for sponsorship in the event. More details regarding the sponsorship benefits can be obtained from organizers.
Detailed sponsorship brochure can be downloaded here: Sponsorship call
| Category | Amount (₹) |
| Platinum | 10,00,000/- |
| Gold | 5,00,000/- |
| Silver | 2,50,000/- |
| Bronze | 1,00,000/- |
| Well wishers | 50,000 |
Important dates
Some of the important dates for the congress are noted.
| Abstract submission to begin | 15th November 2024 |
| Registration to start | 1st January 2025 |
| Last date for abstract submission | 15th July, 2025 |
| Notice for abstract acceptance | 25th July, 2025 |
| Early bird registration closes | |
| Last date for submission of full paper | 15th October, 2025 |
| Congress schedule | 17th- 19th December, 2025 |
Host city- Bhubaneswar
The 10th ICCMS will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar campus. The campus is around 25 km away from the "temple city" Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar is the place where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its very inception to its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one thousand years. The new Bhubaneswar with its modern buildings and extensive infrastructure perfectly complements its historic surroundings. With facilities to cater to every type of visitor, Bhubaneswar makes an ideal destination for holding international event like ICCMS 2025.
For more details about the city and nearby places, kindly visit the following links:
Travel
The IIT Campus is around 25 KM away from the main Bhubaneswar city. The campus is well connected to Bhubaneswar international airport, Bhubaneswar railway station, and Khordha junction (nearest railway station). The regular cab services work 24x7 between campus and the city. Delegates may reach out to the travel desk contacts for any travel related information.
For visa related informations, please visit the Indian visa webpage: VISA Webpage
Delegates requiring invitation letter for visa or other travel approvals may write to the conference team at: iccms2025@iitbbs.ac.in
How to reach Bhubaneswar
Air connectivity
Bhubaneswar city is well connected with all major cities of India and has an international airport which offers direct connectivity to Dubai, Singapore, and Bangkok. The domestic airport has direct flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Patna, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Raipur, Jaipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Goa etc.
Railway connectivity
The IIT Bhubaneswar campus is around 6 km from the Khorda road junction, one of the main divisions of East Coast railway zone. The Khorda road junction has daily train connections to Kolkata, Guwahati, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and other important cities of the country. The Bhubaneswar railway station is around 30 km from the IIT Bhubaneswar campus.
Road connectivity
Bhubaneswar is well linked to the rest of India through National Highways. The Bus Stand is located on NH16, at Baramunda, about 6 km from Bhubaneswar city centre and around 25 km from IIT campus.The capital region urban transport (CRUT) provides frequent buses between various places inside Bhubaneswar city as well as IIT campus.
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
The 936-acre campus has state of the art seminar rooms, auditorium as well as limited in-campus accommodation for congress delegates.
Accommodation on campus
- A sufficient number of paid accommodation facilities are available on the IIT Bhubaneswar campus. Accommodation can be availed at nominal rates in the student hostels (@ Rs. 350 per day) with single occupancy. Female delegates will be provided accommodation in the girls’ hostel at the same rates.
- The charges include only lodging; mess charges will be separate. Lunch and two tea breaks will be provided as part of the conference schedule for all registered delegates.
- Interested delegates are requested to register early to book the available on-campus accommodation for the conference. Once registered, please submit the hostel accommodation request here: Accommodation request form
- The arrival desk will be functional at the IIT Bhubaneswar main gate. The accommodation team can be contacted for any further details.
- The accommodation will be allotted in the order in which the requests are received. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Accommodation at IIT Bhubaneswar (Student Hostel/Guest House) can be availed between 15th December 2025 (earliest check-in date) and 21st December 2025 (latest check-out date) only.
Nearby Hotels
Here are some nearby hotels.
Organizing committee
Patron
Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar
Mentor
Prof. Tarun Kant, Founding President, IndACM (Professor Emeritus, IIT Bombay)
Conference chair
Prof. Sarat Kumar Panda, Professor, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Devesh Punera, IIT Bhubaneswar (Co-chair)
Dr. Mohammad Masiur Rahaman, IIT Bhubaneswar (Co-chair)
Prof. Dinakar Pasla, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Suresh R Dash, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Goutam Mondal, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Jothi T, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Tarutal Ghosh Mondal, IIT Bhubaneswar
Prof. Sumanta Haldar, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Santhoshkumar G, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Arindam Sarkar, IIT Bhubaneswar
Prof. Mihir Kumar Pandit, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Pattabhi Ramaiah Budarapu, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Venugopal Arumuru, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Yogesh G. Bhumkar, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Kodanda Ram Mangipudi, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Suresh Kumar Padala, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Soham Roychowdhury, IIT Bhubaneswar
Contact Us
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