Scopes of Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering. We cannot think about the world without civil engineers. Civil engineers are always needed for the development of the society. For the development of any nation civil engineers are must. As we know India is a developing nation so we required development, and for that civil engineers are needed. Civil engineers are needed for Highway projects, Railway projects, Construction of buildings, construction of dams, construction of tunnels, construction of industries, construction of Airports, construction of metro rail etc.

Apart from this dream project of river linking also requires civil engineers it will reduce the chances of flood in various parts of our country.  It will help in solving the water problem in some areas. 

There are various branches of civil engineering

1. Structural Engineering 

2. Geotechnical Engineering

3. Transportation Engineering

4. GIS and remote sensing 

5. Railway engineering

6. Tunnel Engineering

7. Docks and Harbor

8. Environmental engineering 

9. Pollution control

10. Estimation and billing

11. Construction management

12. Quality control and supervision

13. Water supply

14. Waste disposal

Civil engineers have huge demand in public sector and private sector both.

Author

Prof. Rakesh Patel is currently working as Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Sagar Institute of Research and Technology-Excellence, Bhopal.