Presentation of Invited Lecture Curriculum Development BIET Jhansi June 27th 2015

By
Dipteek Parmar
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Civil Engineering
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Kanpur
E mail: [email protected]
June 27th 2015, BIET Jhansi

 Civil Engineering, the oldest branch of
engineering has undergone a massive
technological change.
 Especially in terms of changes related to

construction methods/techniques, simulation
tools etc.
These includes:
 Underground and overhead metro
 Renovated airports
 Tunnels
 Skyscrapers
 Sea-links
 Earthquake resistant construction
 Forecasting of floods, earthquakes, cyclones,
tsunamis etc.
 However, the syllabi in most of the
engineering institutes (including IITs, NITs,
State Colleges, private institutes etc) has
failed to incorporate these technological
changes in their syllabus/ course curriculum
in an effective and fruitful manner.
 In the last two decades majority of the
institutes,
in some sort of compliance/copying

of the model syllabus prescribed by AICTE
have focused on basic Civil Engineering

courses along with subjects of basic
sciences/interdisciplinary nature.
 Of course, these basic sciences or the
interdisciplinary subjects are very important.
 But given the limited four year time duration

for the B.Tech course, it is difficult to include
them in the course curriculum of civil
Engineering.
 This leads to civil engineering graduates
with relatively shallow core knowledge,
though with better communication skills,
aptitude etc.
 In some cases, it has brought down their

employability for the core jobs.
 This indirectly affects the development of

indigenous technologies for which hardcore
civil engineers are required.
What could be done to address this serious
problem so as to revive the Core Civil
Engineering?
That’s the premise of this paper.

a) Students are not going to join PG
(M.Tech) studies
b) Core Civil engineering is to be

strengthened
c) Fresh Civil engineering graduates

should not be considered a burden by
the industries.
a) Removal of some subjects-Physics-II,
Chemistry-II, Geology from existing
curriculum
b) Add/Emphasize important practical oriented

core subjects-ECM, EPC, Construction
methods & Techniques etc.
c) Strengthen or make practical training more

effective (with more involvement of T&P Cell)
d) Make choice of electives more effective and
useful (Structures, WRE, EE, GE, TE, Survey
and GI, RS)
e) Strengthen the B.Tech projects.
f) Cover all the main core subjects by 6th or 7th

semester
g) All elective courses to be covered in 8th

semester only
h) Make a uniform combination of atleast 5 theory
and 4 labs in each semester (from 3rd to 6th )
i) Make practical training compulsory after 5th and

6th semester (with evaluation in 6th and 7th
semester, respectively).
j) Include two separate B.Tech projects in 7th and

8th semesters covering different specializations
(depending upon expertise available in the
department)
k) Relax the provision of 30% non engineering
subjects (applied sciences, humanities, other
engineering) as suggested by AICTE etc.
l) Introduce integrated courses and dual degree

programmes etc.
m) Increase the duration of B.Tech, if subjects

cannot be removed (say to 4.5 years).
 Lastly a model scheme of B.Tech programme
in Civil Engineering is presented.
 Physics (T+P)
 Chemistry (T+P)
 Mathematics-I
 Engineering Mechanics
 Electrical Technology (T+P)
 Engineering Graphics
 Professional Communication
 Language Lab (P)
 Mathematics-II
 Electronics Engineering (T+P)
 Basic Mechanical System (T+P)
 Computers and Programming (T+P)
 Introduction to Civil Engineering
 Environment and Ecology
 Workshop Practice (P)
 FM (T+P)
 Survey-I (T+P)
 BMC (T+P) (BPD Lab)
 Mathematics-III
 SOM (T+P)
 HHM/C (T+P)
 SA-I
 Survey-II (T+P)
 Concrete Structures -I (T+P)
 CBNST (T+P)
 Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering
 SA-II (T+P)
 Concrete Structures-II (T+P) (SD Lab)
 Soil Mechanics/GE-I (T+P)
 EE-I (T+P)
 TE-I (T+P)
 Hydraulic Structures
 EE-II (T+P)
 Geotech-II
 ECM
 Transportation Engineering-II
 Steel Structures (T+P)
 Colloquium (P)
 Practical Training (P)/ CACE Lab
 EQRDS
 EPC (Air and solid waste)
 EEPM
 EE-II* (T+P)
 TE-II*
 Practical Training
 Project-I (75 marks)
 Project-II (75 marks)
 Elective-I
 Elective-II
 Elective-III
 Elective-IV
 Project-I (200 marks)
 Project-II (200 marks)
 Elective I:
Advanced hydrology
Matrix method of analysis
Advanced foundation design
Air Pollution and Control
Transportation system planning
Remote sensing and GIS
Advanced Concrete Design
 -OCF
-Pre-stressed concrete
-Earth slope stability analysis
-Solid and Hazardous waste engineering
-Underground Engineering
-Survey and Photogrammetery
-Environmental Dynamics & Management/EIA
and EA/Env. Legislation
 Ground Water Hydrology
 Advanced Structural design (tall structures,
folded plates, shells and domes)
 Water Quality Modeling
 Design of Earth dams
 Ground Improvement Techniques
 Planning and Management of Buildings
 Advanced Hydraulics (including Sediment
Transport)
 Finite Element Analysis
 Operation Research
 Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers
 Numerical Methods and Solution Techniques
 Introduction to soft computing tools
 Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
 It is opined that modifications suggested in
this paper, if incorporated in the syllabus will
pave the way towards making Indian Civil
Engineering Graduates, a force to reckon with
in this technology driven global world.
 Otherwise, the future of core Civil

engineering education seems far from
satisfactory.

 “The views expressed in this paper are purely
author’s personal opinion and are not meant
to offend anyone”.
 In case if it does, heartfelt apologies.

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June 27th 2015, BIET Jhansi

 Especially in terms of changes related to

in some sort of compliance/copying

have focused on basic Civil Engineering

 But given the limited four year time duration

 In some cases, it has brought down their

 This indirectly affects the development of

That’s the premise of this paper.

b) Core Civil engineering is to be

c) Fresh Civil engineering graduates

b) Add/Emphasize important practical oriented

c) Strengthen or make practical training more

e) Strengthen the B.Tech projects.

f) Cover all the main core subjects by 6th or 7th

g) All elective courses to be covered in 8th

i) Make practical training compulsory after 5th and

j) Include two separate B.Tech projects in 7th and

l) Introduce integrated courses and dual degree

m) Increase the duration of B.Tech, if subjects

 Otherwise, the future of core Civil

 In case if it does, heartfelt apologies.

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