The Civil and Environmental Engineering aims to improve the civic life of society by harmonizing the natural resources available on earth. The major areas in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering are construction technology, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, municipal and sanitary services, surveying and mapping, and hydraulics & water resources. While a construction engineer deals with the design and supervision of construction of bridges, buildings, tunnels and dams. Role of specialized geotechnical engineers are vital and relevant for any structure to stand and stable. Transportation engineering deals with the planning, design and construction of roads, railways, airport, dock and harbours. Broadly a civil engineer is expected to do planning, research , design and construction of buildings and roads; traffic and transportation, irrigation and power, water supply and sewage disposal, dam and reservoirs, ports and harbours, airways and navigation, treatment of industrial wastes and abatement of air pollution, noise pollution and disaster mitigation.

Besides the basic and engineering sciences, the curriculum in civil engineering covers various professional subjects e.g. structures, foundation, construction, works management and cost, transportation engineering, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, environmental engineering and earthquake technology etc.

The Department presently caters for 100 UG students: 70 in Civil Engineering and 30 in Environmental Engineering. The Department offers M.Tech. degree level programmes in Hydraulics and Flood Control, Structural Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. A new M.Tech degree programme in Geotechnical Engineering has been started from the session 2010-2011. The M.E. programmes now M.Tech. Programmes, for last 30 years, have contributed significantly to the manpower development in highly relevant areas of national importance.

The department also provides opportunity to working engineers for upgrading their qualification under Continuing Education Programme on part time basis (PG level - day time)/ (UG level - evening). The UG curriculum is broad-based and designed to introduce the students with a wide range of problems encountered by civil and environmental engineers. Electives and independently conducted projects are offered in the final year to enable the students to develop additional depth in the areas of special interest to them. Survey camp and practical training which are .....design and construction of buildings and roads; traffic and transportation, irrigation, water supply, sewage disposal, dams and reservoirs... abatement of pollution, noise pollution and disaster mitigation part of the curriculum, aim to expose the students to actual field problems.

Laboratory experiments, computer aided analysis, design & drawing and the tutorial classes are held to build confidence in the students. The Department is well equipped with laboratories related to Structure, Concrete testing, Soil Mechanics, Highway Engineering, Experimental Stress Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Education Technology, Photogrammetry and GIS facilities, Environmental Engineering and Hydraulics laboratories.

The department undertakes to organise special lectures and discussion by eminent persons from the field and industry. The department has established a student chapter namely “SEM DCE Student Chapter” with the society for Experimental Mechanics, USA. The interested students are encouraged to become member of SEM DCE Students Chapter. Keeping in view the requirements of personality development of the students, the department has started in 2009, the Society of Civil & Environmental Engineers (SCEE). The department of Civil & Environmental Engineering lay greater emphasis on quality research of industrial design and development. Excellent facilities are available to conduct research for the award of Ph.D. degree in the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Earth Quake Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Experimental Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and other interdisciplinary areas.


Inaugural Ceremony : EDUSAT well equipped laboratories for Concrete testing, Soil Mechanics, Highway Engineering, Experimental Stress Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Educational Technology, Photogrammetry and GIS facilities.