Chander Alimchandani (1935-2015)

• Alimchandani graduated from the University of Pune, India, with a degree in 1957, then training for two years in France with the company STUP.
• Chander made a number of large pre-stressed concrete bridges across rivers in northern India.
• The contribution to construction is recognized by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE).
• Developing STUP into an independent construction company, its interests expanded into the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa.
• In 1994, he won an International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering.

Image: ©IABSE

Author: Mohammad Alalami

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