HKBK - Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering Department was established in the year 2012 in the HKBK College of Engineering. The department has well-established labs and research facility and has achieved remarkably in academics and research, the students are groomed and made to develop skills in a jaunty atmosphere of the department.

Civil Department being the youngest of all the engineering courses has proved to be among the active branches in HKBK CE. It has produced Civil engineers who are working in high places and have brought laurels to the department.

The department has successfully completed research projects of DST in collaboration with the department of chemistry of HKBK CE and has published few papers in Tier 1 journals and has gained a stronghold on research capabilities. The department is continuously moving ahead with the zeal of setting landmarks in innovation, service, and research. Many staffs are active members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and continuously update with the latest know-how in their field of study and regularly attend conferences, webinars, and other outreach activities of ASCE. The department is abreast of the accreditation process of NAAC, NBA, and ABET and is equipping itself to fully be compliant with it.  

 

Seven batches of students have graduated from the portal leaving behind a trail of achievements, to summarize

• It has state of the art equipment and infrastructure.
• Most of the students have got placed in the department. It has a strong focus on internships which has made the students obtain gainful employment.
• The student projects are of great value and have been represented in many national and international forums and the diaspora.
• It has a strong publication history featuring in ASTM and ASCE journals, it not only runs the UG course but also has a doctoral course through its research centre and will be producing five Ph.Ds. shortly.
• The department has successfully obtained, completed, and implemented the SERB DST project worth INR 33 lakhs in which a special lab worth INR 22 lakhs set is used by students to carry out their academic activities. 
• It has an Indian patent under final stages of grant  patent No CHE/2765/2015 in the name of the department

 

 

Heritage of course

For every endeavor of humankind to succeed, hard work and dedication play the most important role. Success being a continuous process is a long term realization of service rendered to the society. Civil engineering is one such arena that delivers the basic amenities and the fundamental rights to human beings. Furthermore, Civil engineering also enchants the world in simplifying life in most of the aspects may it be Environment, Transportation, Irrigation, Water Resources, Soil, Housing, etc. The journey of success has enthralled the world to such an extent that the imagination of something’s existence without the involvement of civil engineering is very difficult.

 

Short term goals

• To make available state-of-the-art technical knowledge to local communities, governmental and non-governmental organizations for infrastructure improvement, and its maintenance in Karnataka.
• To analyze and suggest possible improvements to the technologies used by local populations affecting their lives such as Earthquake resistant low-cost housing (with the application of local construction materials), Flood mitigation, Waterlogging and salinity problems, Irrigation requirements, soil erosion, and Landslide mitigation, water supply systems and Environmental awareness programs in the rural areas; and improvement in sanitation and drainage in urban areas.
• Constant endeavor to maintain various laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment.
• Striving to attract and retain high-quality faculty and competent support staff.
• To establish contacts with academic and research institutes, nationally and internationally, IGBC, ASCE for student/faculty.
• To develop active linkage with industry in order to derive mutual academic and research benefits.

 

 

 

Long term goals

• Designing relevant and innovative curriculum.
• Developing state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for teaching and research
• Identifying research areas having direct relevance in this region with an emphasis on field application.
• Developing web-based learning tools for students.
• Creating of systematic backup of departmental knowledge bases such as the development of individual course files for theory as well as experiments (soft copies), procuring relevant codes and practice manuals required for civil engineers, and setting up of departmental Library for ease inaccessibility.