Media Release

Udupi, Jun 27: The Civil Engineering Department of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM) in association with ISTE student chapter has organised an invited talk on “Future trends & opportunities in Civil Engineering”. Er Bharath Nishan, founder & principal consultant, Sri Omkar Associates Kundapura was the resourse person of the programme.

In his address Er Bharath Nishan highlighted interesting innovations in civil engineering domain, BIM software for facility management and utility services, difference between a civil and IT engineer in terms of channelisation of jobs, demand and supply of civil engineers in the present day’s era, applications of AI and 3D printing technologies in civil engineering projects, startup opportunities/ entrepreneurship opportunities in construction field, shortage of skilled engineers and importance of learning the various types of softwares.

The students of civil engineering attended the programme. The toppers of CAD training programme were felicitated by Smitha, coordinator of EDU-CAD Udupi. Dr Deepika, head of department of Civil Engineering and other faculty members were present in the programme.

The programme benefited 40 students. Principal Dr Thirumaleshwara Bhat appreciated for conducting such kind of programmes for enhancing the technical knowledge of the students.