FOR being a successful civil engineer you must be willing to relocate as the projects can be at far flung places.

Core subjects
Surveying, Strength of Materials, Building Technology, Structural Analysis & Design, Design of Hydraulic Structures, Architecture and Town Planning.

Further education
After completing a BTech/BE, you can opt for MTech/MS in various specialisations such as Transportation Systems, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Remote Sensing, Hydraulic & Water Resources, Environmental Engineering & Management.

Job profiles
As a Civil Engineer, you will deal with the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, roads, tunnels, dams, river & shipping lanes, industrial & power plants.

Though civil engineers also supervise construction of built environments, they normally do not involve in the design of the same. Their forte remains infrastructure building

Top recruiters
PSUs such as DMRC, RITES, and infrastructure companies such as Jaypee  Jaiprakash Associates, Reliance Infra, L&T (ECC), & LNJ Bhilwara Group.  

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