Civil Engineering is one of the oldest streams of application based technological science in human civilization. Since historic times, civil engineers are engaged in town planning, designing and construction activities as reflected from archaeological ruins in global and national perspective.
With time, civil engineering discipline is becoming more and more involved in multifarious aspects of societal development. Now a days civil engineering encompasses surveying, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, structural engineering, hydrology and water resource engineering, transportation engineering (viz. railways, highways, airports) and latest additions are environmental engineering and information technology sectors including applications of remote sensing, global positioning system and geographic information system where civil engineers are playing very important role towards sustainable environmental management of the mother earth.