As a part of the IIT Bhubaneswar recent initiatives, Prof Serge Alex of Institute of Industrial Processes, Quebec, Canada has visited SIF, IIT Bhubaneswar. During his stay from 15th September to 5th October, 2016, he was extensively engaged in teaching undergraduate elective course, Environmental Engineering, jointly with Dr. Puspendu Bhunia to the final year B.Tech. students of Civil Engineering. Apart from teaching, he was also involved in discussion of research works in collaboration with the faculty members and research scholars of the Environmental Engineering section of SIF, IIT Bhubaneswar.