Being one of the oldest branches of engineering, Civil engineering makes the society more sophisticated and provides comfort to the people. The Civil Engineering Department of RIT was established in the year 2010 with an intake of 60 students which increased to 120 students in the year 2014. The Department offers an undergraduate program in Civil engineering. It has well equipped laboratories with sophisticated and state of the art instruments and facilities. With highly qualified faculty and dedicated technical staff the department provides an ideal environment for academic pursuits.

The department also undertakes many consultancy projects from industry and other organizations in the field of concrete technology, soil mechanics and environmental engineering. The vision of the department is to effectively train our students as Civil Engineers who can serve the society competently, collaboratively and ethically

HOD’s Message

Message from the Desk

Mr. Sujay S

Head of the Department

“Civil Engineering is considered as the most versatile and oldest among all engineering branches. It is a branch with lots of diversity right from subjects like Surveying and Environmental Engineering to Hydraulics, Soil Mechanics to Structural Engineering and Hydrology to Transportation Engineering.

In recent times, there is a wide gap between the requirement and the availability of Civil Engineers in all sectors; this has created opportunities open to forthcoming Civil Engineers. The challenge is to prepare the students graduating from our department to achieve the required skills and knowledge and this has been continuously fulfilled by our experienced faculty and well-equipped laboratories.

With highly qualified faculty and dedicated technical staff along with well-equipped laboratories helps in fulfilling our department’s vision of being an excellent center that creates socially and ethically responsible Civil Engineers by providing quality technical education with an emphasis on sustainable development. ”

The Civil Engineering Department of RIT has a reputation of securing excellent academic results on a regular basis. In the year 2017 one of our students Vandana N Bidare secured University 3rd Rank, which is a mirror to our commitment towards providing excellent academic guidance.

In addition to regular academics, activities like Seminars, Hands- on Workshops, Technical talks by Industry Professional are conducted on a regular basis to induce the professional skills among students. The department is dedicated itself to provide necessary support and guidance for making students get placed not only in Civil Engineering but also in various other fields of engineering.

In addition to regular academics, activities like hand-on projects, field visits, real-time survey camp with latest equipment like total station, technical talks by industrial professionals, full semester Industrial and software training, and Industry-academic interaction are conducted on regular basis to induce professional skills among students.

The department has dedicated itself to provide necessary support and guidance for students to make them placed not only in Civil Engineering field but also in various other fields of engineering.

With this entire above introduction, the Department of Civil Engineering, RIT, Hassan welcomes all young engineering aspirants, who wish to make their career in the field of Civil Engineering.”

Vision of the Department 

• To be an Excellent Centre that creates socially and ethically responsible Civil Engineers by providing quality technical education with an emphasis on sustainable development.

Mission of the Department 

• To strengthen the skills of the students by providing training in the emerging areas of Civil Engineering.
• To infuse ethical responsibility, environmental awareness and leadership qualities to meet societal needs.
• To enhance the knowledge of the students through interactions with industry professionals.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOS)

• Gain in depth knowledge of Civil Engineering subjects to address practical challenges using modern tools and techniques.
• Pursue higher education and show professional excellence.
• Exhibit professionalism, ethical approach, communication skills, team work in their profession and adapt to modern trends by engaging in lifelong learning.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
• Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
• Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
• Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
• Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
• The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
• Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
• Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
• Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
• Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
• Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
• Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

• Create Civil Engineering structures by planning, analysis and design without over exploitation of natural resources.
• Carry out experiments/field investigations and interpret the results in order to provide solutions to real world Civil Engineering problems.

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