Vijay Joshi

Dr. Vijay Joshi has been instrumental in preserving Australian natural resources by using recycled material in the construction industry. Dr. Vijay examined the engineering properties and evaluated the environmental benefits of the slag. He identified that slag could replace natural materials used as construction materials such as road bases, concrete aggregates and asphalt aggregates.

Dr. Vijay Joshi is been honoured as the “Order of Australia” in 2012. Dr. Vijay has also been involved in resolution of environmental issues associated with processing slag on-site at Port Kembla. During this process, Vijay developed a system to measure dust emissions called the Dust Emission Ranking (DER) system. Dr. Vijay is sharing such technology to various countries in the world such as USA, Canada, Japan, Qatar, Thailand & India.

He holds a Diploma in Civil & Sanitary Engineering and Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai, a Master’s Degree of Engineering in Civil Engineering from University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He also holds a Ph. D. titled ‘Effect of Base Course Properties on performance of Slag pavement’ from University of Wollongong, Australia and a Post Doctorate in 1996 from Japan Research Development Corporation (JRDC), Tsukuba, Japan.

For more than a decade, Dr. Joshi has been sharing his knowledge with the Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha & Jharkhand Governments, the Federal Chamber of Commerce of India, and various steel manufacturers such as TATA, the Steel Authority of India & Jindal Steel.

Dr. Vijay Joshi has been appointed as advisor to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Delhi which he is also volunteering towards India’s better infrastructure.

Even after attaining significant breakthroughs in engineering, this didn't satisfy his quest of reaching greater heights as he went on to become an advisor to the Govt. of Japan during 1995-1996.

He is actively associated with no. of Australian committees and industrial associations. He has more than 15 publications of international status.