In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with power plants, bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply, irrigation, environmental, sewer, flood control, transportation, telecommunications and traffic.

In essence, civil engineering may be regarded as the profession that makes the world a more agreeable place in which to live. Engineering has developed from observations of the ways natural and constructed systems react and from the development of empirical equations that provide bases for design. Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering fields, partly because it is the oldest of all engineering fields. In fact, engineering was once divided into only two fields, military and civil. Civil engineering is still an umbrella term, comprised of many related specialties

• LABORATORIES
  The department is equipped with the following labs for B.Tech (C E):-

• CAD LAB:
  Department covers STAAD-PRO( Structure analysis and design software) .Department also covers working on Project Planning & MS Project latest versions to make our students well versed with analysis and design of structures.

• STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS LAB:
  
  • Elastic properties of deflected beam apparatus.
  • Elastically coupled beam apparatus.
  • Apparatus for verification of Clarks Maxwell reciprocal theorem.
  • Two hinged arch apparatus.
  • Curved member apparatus.
  • Redundant joint apparatus
  • Unsymmetrical bending apparatus.
  • Three hinged arch apparatus.
  • Column and Strut apparatus.

• ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAB:
  The primary objective of this lab is to assess the pollutants of water and air. Assess noise level Monitor level and types of air pollutant and water pollutant. The Lab contains BOD TESTING TURBIDIMETER etc.

• SURVEYING LAB:
  The major equipment in our laboratory includes- Chain, Tape, Vernier Theodolites, Automatic Level, Electronic Theodolites, Plane Table And Its Accessories, Ranging Rod, Ranging Staff, Plumb Bob, Pegs, tripods and other accessories.

• GEOINFORMATICS LAB:
  The major instruments in our laboratory include: Total Station, Hand held GPS, Ranging Rod, Ranging Staff, Plumb Bob, Pegs, tripods and other accessories, Mirror stereoscopes.

• GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LAB:
  Labs has following equipments to perform different test Sieves- to perform sieve analysis Pycnometer- to perform specific gravity test Casagrandes Apparatus- to perform liquid limit test Direct shear test apparatus- to perform strength test Permeability test apparatus- to perform permeability Consolidometer- to perform consolidation test Standard Procter to perform moisture content and dry density Core cutter.

• TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LAB:
  The List of some of the experiments that can be conducted in the transportation engineering laboratory is given below, Aggregate Test, Crushing Test, Impact Test, Los Angeles Abrasion Test, Flakiness and Elongation Index Test Bitumen Tests, Penetration Test, Softening Test. Flash and Fire Point Test. Ductility Test.

• FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS ENGINEERING LAB:
  Flow over open channel and impact of jet set-up. venturimeter, orifice-plate, pitot tube, rotometer etc

List of some Projects Done by the Students:

• SUSPENSION BRIDGE
• GIRDER BRIDGE
• GREEN BUILDING
• HYDRO-POWER PRODUCTION
• PERMANENT WAY
• SURFACE WATER TRATMENTPLANT