CAREER PATH FOR STUDENTS
The contribution of Civil Engineers to the society is undoubted and well recognized. The houses we live, the water we use for agriculture, the roads, railways & bridges,Drinking & non drinking supplies of water are dedicated as sincere efforts of Civil Engineers. The versatile branch of Civil Engineering is often referred to as evergreen branch as all new graduates do find respectable job. This branch offers wide range of career options like:
Jobs
- Self Entrepreneurship for a civil Engineer is easier compared to other branches.
- Central and State Government jobs in the department of Railways, CPWD, Military Engineering Services(MES), Border Road Development Organization(BRDO), in PWD, Irrigation and Water Supply Departments. These are all Class I positions and the selection is through UPSC Engineering Services Exam.
- Town Planning, Zila Parishads, Municipal Corporation, Improvement Trusts( Like NIT) and Public sector undertakings like BHEL, NTPC, ONGC, BPCL, Electricity Boards need Services of Civil Engineers.
- Surveying and Consultancy
- Industrial Constructions
- Road Constructions
- Estimating and Costing
- R&D in Soil Testing and Environmental Sciences
Thrust Projects:
- 60 new upcoming Hydro Power Projects in Uttranchal for development on a build own, operate and transfer basis.
- NHPC to invest Rs 1, 50,000 Cr in North East over the next few years for 2, 50,000 MW of additional generation capacity in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Interlinking of rivers in India, a project costing Rs. 5600 billions.
- $ 880 million for the construction of Bridge between India ands Sri Lanka (29kM)-Six lane combination of bridge and causeways with Railway track.
- In ninth plan period. The allocation for Irrigation and flood control was above Rs 55400 crore according to planning commission steering committee report, 159 major irrigation projects from previous plans would have spilled over to Tenth Plan.
The current scenario in the field of civil engineering reviles that there is a dearth of quality/ experienced Civil Engineers in India. At present there is a demand of 1.25lacs of skilled manpower in civil engg. per month.