BLDEA's Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering & Technology, Vijayapura, Karnataka

VISION

To emerge as a premier department in technical education and research to meet the infrastructural needs and challenges of society.

MISSION

To impart technical education to students by adopting innovative teaching/learning processes and honing their soft skills to help them build successful careers.

To develop in students an aptitude for innovation, leadership and solving social issues ethically through the curriculum, which is reinforced with co and extra-curricular activities.

Dr-Naveen-N-Desai

Dr. Naveen N Desai

Associate Professor & H.O.D

About the Department

The Department of Civil Engineering has been in existence since the inception of BLDEA’s College of Engineering & Technology. The department has grown to a full-fledged and recognized as the major engineering department of the institute. The department is running UG civil engineering program with an intake of 120 and master programs in Structural Engineering and Environmental Engineering.

The Department has been accredited by NBA for Engineering & Technology, New Delhi, for four times & the present accreditation status stands till June 2025. The department was recognized as a research center by Visvesvaraya Technological University for awarding Ph.D. & M.Sc. Engineering (through research) programs. The department receives grants from different government and other agencies such as AICTE, DST, VTU and VGST. Every year undergraduate projects are funded by the Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST).

For smooth conduct of courses, the department has well experienced and highly qualified technical and non-technical teaching staff. The Department undertakes various consultancy projects from Govt., Semi-Govt., Private sectors, the consultancy work done by the department is highly remunerative, generating good revenue to the college every year and the same is utilized for the development of the department.

The Department has well equipped laboratories with sophisticated equipment’s. Concrete and Highway Materials Lab has been recognized and approved by South Western Railway for testing track ballast in the year 2000 and Environmental Engineering Laboratory is also recognized as water quality analysis Lab by Karnataka water supply and sanitary agency, Govt. of Karnataka in the year 2002.

For the overall development of students, several major steps are undertaken through placement cell, workshops, Guest Lecture series, technical training programs, individual counselling of students and exhaustive interaction with parents at regular meets.

The department publish a newsletter ‘Srusti” and technical magazine “C-Tech” every year covering all the activities of the department.