dear aspirant,

Civil Engineering is one of the oldest, traditional branches of Engineering. It is a core branch as well as an evergreen one. Civil engineering has quite a great scope in India

Job opportunities are available for B.E./B.Tech. Civil Engineering graduates in Governmentas well as Private sectors. Talking about Government sector, many enterprises such as ONGC, BHEL, IOC, PWD, Electricity boards, Town Planning department, NHAI, Armed Forces, Indian Railways etc requires qualified Civil Engineers. Salary scale is different in case of Private and Government sectors. But, the average starting salary is generally between 2-5 Lakh Rupees per year.

In  private sector, prime recruiters are Construction firms. One may take up following job posts in such firms-

Project Manager

Assistant Project Manager

Site Engineer

Civil Engineer

Assistant Civil Engineer

Purchase and Quality control Executive

Planning and Design Officer

Graduates may also take up teaching job after completing M.Tech. course. Also, pursuing PhD courses will help build a career in the Research sector.

Hope this helps

Good luck

Hello applicant!

Yeah! You have made the right choice. Civil engineering is one of the good courses to study in today's time. 

The starting salary a civil engineer gets paid:

In government jobs, as a junior civil engineer is about 27,000INR per month.

In private companies, it is around 18,000 INR per month.

All The Best!