You need to focus on the more technical courses during the college years, like structural analysis, geotechnical courses or highway design, which ever specific area is of interest. Try to land internships in different places if possible to get a better idea of what is the best fit. Then after graduation look for positions in design group, at consulting firm. Government agencies often don’t have a large in-house design work load so be careful about which place you choose to start with. It is often hard to switch from field work to design after a few years because the salary of field experience doesn’t transfer to inexperienced design engineer. It’s easier to make the transition in the other direction.

My advice would be to look again at your options, but from a fresh perspective. 

You will find career opportunities in all fields of Civil Engineering in time, so don't let these sorts of considerations override those that are more instinctive - go with what you enjoy, find interesting and motivates you to learn more.

For me personally, it was the enthusiasm of a teacher making a sales pitch for a geology department; my interest in travel; and climbing that clinched it - not a thought about career path entered my mind, yet I find myself specialising in an area that is continually interesting and challenging.

If you really have trouble making your mind up, ask around if you can speak or preferably meet up with professionals to get a feel for what life after graduation really involves. Speak with contractors and consultants - if you are a practical type the former might suit best, if you enjoy working drawings and written documents, perhaps the latter. People will gladly give a little time.

Lastly, here's my sales pitch - Geotechnical Engineering is all about fusing the natural and built environments, understanding how natural processes influence our lives and making people and structures safe from natural hazards. It's relevance will only increase as we develop more marginal land and encroach on steep slopes, build on soft soils, live in areas susceptible to earthquakes or re-develop and remediate brownfield sites. 

Geotechnical engineering is all about detective work - taking snippets of evidence from boreholes, trial excavations and tests to build a three dimensional model of the ground, then adding a forth dimension - soil and rock parameters, from which a design evolves. 

Hello Ananya,

Well this all depends on you because both courses have there own pro and cons. Secondly its your interest level. You should go according to your interest and prefrences. Also doing any course from outside country will give you different exposur and doing m.tech from india is different from that. 

So make your decision wisely. All the very best.

Please specify more your query what exactly you want to know so that you can get answer of your query.

Hi Aisha,

Architect is responsible for the look of the building i.e., the design, how the building will look. Civil Engineer someone who implements the design and builds the building.

Thank you and best of luck.

The salary varies based on the type of the Organization & also matter on the institute from where you pursue the programme. The starting salaries for Civil engineers range from around Rs. 3 Lakh to Rs. 4 Lakh.

Good Luck!

I would suggest you to go through with the given below link to check the engineering colleges in Bangalore.

https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/ranking/top-private-engineering-colleges-in-bangalore

Good Luck!

Hello Dear,

The maximum pay package offered is Rs 12 lakhs per annum and the average annual pay package is Rs 4.82 lakhs, said G Madhu, principal, School of Engineering, CUSAT.

good luck

Hello.. it is good college with good placements and studies and faculty too.. the intake is around 120 and average fee is reasonable .. you can go for college ..