Greetings !!! Welcome to the Department of Civil Engineering!!
The Department of Civil Engineering started in 1953, offers BE Programme in Civil Engineering and ME Structural Engineering & PhD Civil Engineering. From the year 2002, ME Programme in Infrastructure Engineering is being offered at Post graduate level. The Department has 20 faculty members (eight with PhD and the remaining with post graduate qualification) augmented with a visiting professor and Dr L S Jayagopal. Faculty members have obtained educational qualifications from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Anna University, Bharathiar University, Mysore University, Government & Government Aided Institutions. Most of the faculty members are Fellow and Member of professional bodies in various fields of civil engineering covering the areas concrete, soil mechanics, water resources, remote sensing, and technical education. Faculty members continuously update their knowledge by attending training programmes at IITs and IISc. Active participation of faculty members in testing, consultancy services & sponsored research activities helps them to interact with industries and demonstrate the application of concepts in field and improve the teaching learning activities of the department.
Civil Engineering students have received the Koorathalwar award (best out going student among all BE/BTech final year students) and continue to gain leadership training by playing crucial roles in students union as Chairman, Secretary, House Secretary etc., Strong curriculum with opportunities for industrial training at the end of second year during summer vacation helps them to understand the application of concepts. Elective courses in the areas of earthquake engineering, pavement design, geosynthetics, Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, ground water engineering along with special lectures by eminent scientists, academicians and consulting engineers organized by the civil engineering association, provide enormous opportunity to know the latest developments. Final year students are encouraged to do their project work in research labs and organizations. A few students have carried out their project works at CSIR SERC Chennai and Deakin University Australia. Many students continue their post graduate and research programmes in various universities in USA, UK, Germany, Australia and IITs, NITs and other universities in India. They continue to perform well in Build India scholarship programme of Larsen & Toubro. Many alumni are occupying leading positions in Education, Research, Design and Construction in various private and government organizations and in civil services too
We enjoyed a Proud Past, we celebrate a Fabulous Present and deserve a Promising Future. We request you to continue to support, encourage and suggest new areas and techniques to provide quality engineering education by improvements in planning, execution, evaluation, feedback and corrective actions.