Career in Civil Engineering…

Informal presentation
By
Pravin Kolhe

Saturday, October 6, 2018

 What is Civil Engineering?
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 Civil Engineering is broad

field of engineering, which
deals with the planning,
construction and
maintenance of structures
or public works as they
are related earth, water
or in space.

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 Why to become a Civil Engineer?
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 For money?
 For comfort?
 For satisfaction
 To achieve ‘something’
in life

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 Pre-requisite?
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 Strong common sense

 Positive attitude
 Vision
 Honesty and dedication
 Ethics: ‘Chalata hain… nahi chalega…!’
 Management skills and teamwork
 Courage to face challenges.
 Good health: Physical capabilities
 Extraordinary Brilliant: NOT
necessary…!

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 Specializations in CE
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 Structural Engineering
 Transportation Engineering
 Geotechnical Engineering
 Water Resource/Hydraulics/Irrigation Engineering
 Remote Sensing/Geo-informatics/Surveying
 Environmental Engineering
 Earthquake Engineering
 Geology/Geoscience Engineering
 Project Management/Construction Management
 Maintenance Engineering
 And so on…!

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 Formula for success
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Success=
• Planned & Optimistic
(Intelligence) × approach
• Time management
(Hard work) × • Honesty and ethics
Smartness • Soft skills
(Attitude) × • Computer/Internet
literacy
(1+ ‘Smartness’) • GK and helping hand

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 How to top with minimum
optimum study ?
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 Ur major activities:-
 Take ‘smart’ decisions and make Frustration
and
sacrifices. It will pay U back. depression
College
 Remember ‘No Free Lunch’ Theorem.
 Stair method:
 Always set a small goal Entertainment Study
 Get it done
 This will give U lot of confidence.
Social
 Then set next higher goal Activities Sleeping

 Never jump directly…!

Remember: Low Aim Is Crime
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 Planning:-
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 People spend their days in study,  Remember:

but achieve very little success,  People generally
B’coz they are not planning. overestimate themselves.
 U must consider Ur abilities and Initially you may fail, but
limitations while planning. after some time, planning will
 Revision must be a part of become Ur habit.
planning.  It is better to be a ‘fool’ for
 Long term: Prepare plan for the some time, instead of
whole semester for complete remaining fool forever…so
syllabus. try to be in touch with Ur
 Short term: Plan for a week and teachers to get Ur doubts
for each topic. cleared.
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 Organization of syllabus-
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 Concentrate on 1st
quadrant ( 50 % time)
 2nd quadrant: (20% time)
 3rd quadrant: (20% time)
 Don’t waste Ur time on 4th
quadrant. (10 % time)

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 When and What to study?
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 When U feel fresh &
energetic (morning): Start
with theory and new topics
 When Ur tired, (evening):
Problems and revision.
 Remember…!
 It is not necessary and
possible also… to command
whole syllabus. Keep watch
on previous years question
papers, and choose the
topics of Ur interest.
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 Have a look on syllabus at the
start of semester.
 What is purpose of PL:
 Fresh study
 Revision
 Remember…!
 No. of hours of self study ≥ 2 *
Class hours.
 Don’t have a mentality that firstly
I will complete theory and then
problems. Both should be done
simultaneously.
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 Notes:
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 Use Ur own notes.  Before going

 Make a habit to take notes in class.
to exam,
 1st Revision notes: 10 pages/chapter
 2nd revision notes: 3 pages/chapter
close all the
 3rd revision notes: ½ page/chapter books and
 Zip and unzip procedure. have a look
 Keep Ur notes and books with on final notes
U…forever.
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 Reference Books-
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 Selection of books should be
done with proper care , since Ur
success heavily depends on it.
 Market is flooded with books. So
follow only those books in which
you are comfortable in
understanding the fundamentals
 Use Ur own books.
 Never take a book without
pen/pencil in other hand.
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 Write what U understand/not
understand on that book.
 It will help U in next revision.
 Don’t write on Library books.
Instead, first make a Xerox copy.
 It is better to solve/read a book
twice rather than two books once.
 Clarify Ur doubts from Ur
teachers/friends. Help others.
 Remember, Having no concept is
better than mis-concept.
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 Revision:-
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 Close Ur eyes and try to
recollect whatever U had
studied.
 Do this very systematically,
step-by-step and gradually.
 When you stuck, open Ur
notes and look.
 NEVER try to remember a
particular numerical problem.
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 How many revisions?
 First Revision: Immediately
after class. (5 min.)
 Second revision: Just
before start of the class (5
min)
 Third revision: After a
week.
 Last revision: Before exam
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 Tips-
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 Exam ke kuch din pehale

frustration ho jata hain…
Kya kare?  At the bottom of success
 Don’t worry…Its natural…! ladder, there is only crowd; at
Remember: A piece of coal upper part there is a
perform well under competition.
temperature and pressure,  Always remain in upper part.
known as ‘Diamond’.
 U should be strong to handle
these tension. CE is very
challenging branch.

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 During Exam:
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 Before going to exam, don’t talk
with negative minded persons.
 You must be mentally tough. Be
bold & confident. U must
concentrate on Ur task
irrespective of what is going
around.
 Start with easy question, that will
give U confidence.
 At the end of each question,
write summary.
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 Don’t loose Ur confidence even if
U have NOT performed well in
one exam. Remember, if paper is
tough, it is tough for everybody.
 If possible, use two coloured pen-
Blue and Black. But don’t waste
Ur time. Make balance between
speed and accuracy.
 Between two exams, don’t discuss
exam paper of previous exam.
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 Definitions of degree-
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 BE/BTech:  Attitude: I know

I know everything
NOTHING; but I want
 ME/MTech:
I know something
to LEARN.
 PhD:
I know NOTHING.
 PDF:
I want to learn.
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 Career Options for Civil Engineer
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 Career Options: Field Jobs
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 Career Options: Government Jobs
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Non-Engineering Engineering
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 Career Options: Research
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Why IITs and IISc

IIT B • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
 Total seats in IIT’s and IISc =
IIT D • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech  Admission procedure: GATE Score+Written
Test+Interview
IIT G • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech  Min GATE Score: 95 percentile
IIT K • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech  Avg. package: 5 lacks pa
 Max. package: 45 lacks pa
IIT Kgp • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
 Stipend: Rs 5,000 pm* + Facilities
IIT M • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech  World class environment
• 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech  Research jobs: ISRO, BARC, DRDO etc.
IIT R
* to be revised as Rs. 8,000 pm
IISc B • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
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 Career Option: Management
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NICMAR
CET/GATE

NITIE
CAT/GATE

IIM’s CAT

MBA

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 Line of sight:
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Ur ultimate aim
 Broad vision
 Be inspired from others
 Interact with others Line of sight
 Remember: Excellence is a
journey; not destination. Ur initial aim
 When U achieve success,
U will face challenge and C B
again U have to achieve A
U
success.
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 Confused..? Which field I should join?
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 Just ask one question to

Ur mind-
 What U want to be
after 10 years from
now?
 Consider Ur capabilities
and limitations…!
 Don’t underestimate or
Overestimate Ur self.
 Ur answer will be Ur
career

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 How to overcome failure
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 'A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more
useful than a life spent in doing nothing‘
-George Bernard Shaw

 We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who never made a mistake never made a
discovery.

 Remember: Failure is first step of success.

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 My story
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Year (Re)mark  It is possible only because of positive

attitude and self confidence.
FE (1999-2000) Ex…!
 Excellence is a journey; not
FE (2000-2001) All Clear
destination.
SE (2001-2002) Class Topper
 There are thousands way to achieve
TE (2002-2003) College Topper Ur goal; but U have to choose
BE (2003-2004) University Topper optimum way.
GATE (2005) Top 5 % in India  Remember: Everything is possible in
life. U should have courage to do
MTech @ IITK (2005- Second Topper things.
2007)
 Believe Ur’self and one day U will
MPSC Engineering Topper in Maharashtra be at TOP.
Services (2005-2007) [GEN]

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 A motivating video for Civil Engineers
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 Do U want to see
potential of CE?
 Millau Viaduct:
World tallest
bridge

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27 Wish you all the best.

Contact
This PPT me is at pravinkolhe.iitk@gmail.com
available at my webpage
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