Environmental Engineering
B.Tech in Environmental Engineering
Course Reflection
- The goal of environmental engineering is to ensure that sustainable development for the betterment of the human society and the use of water, land and air resources are sustainable
- The importance of environment is currently realized like never before. Key issues such as waste water treatment, air pollution, health & safety, handling of industrial waste and green habitat is a requirement in most of the industries from various domains.
- The goal is to learn the art of designing and creating new ways to preserve the environmental ecosystem
- The graduates will have a strong opportunity for employment to handle the above issues.
- Modern curriculum encompassing new advancements in technology towards environmental protection
- Excellent laboratory and computational facilities to accomplish the requirement of technological advancement
- Students holistic training to become an excellent Environmental Engineer
- Students will develop critical thinking and leadership skills to become leaders and entrepreneurs.
- Technological skills training to be able to provide environment-friendly, economical, and sustainable solutions as per the needs of industries and society.
Why @ RGIPT
- Our institute is focused on the energy and petroleum sector that is directly associated with sustainable environmental challenges
- Most of the domain industries have waste management as one of the important objectives and provide maximum emphasis towards preservation of environmental ecosystem
- We have excellent research and teaching laboratory facilities torture future environmental engineers
- A learned faculty pool with PhD and post-doctoral degrees from reputed national and international institutes
- Our institute is dedicated to mold students towards research and professional-oriented careers through design and innovation center, projects, and entrepreneurship
- Possibility of on-campus recruitment in various PSUs like ONGC, IOCL, OIL, etc and other reputed industries.
- The institute has a strong industry-academia interface that helps to disseminate information on the current industrial practices and priorities to the students
- We regularly update our curriculum to be with the new technologies and industrial demands
Program structure
Semester I
|
Credits
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
MA111
|
Real Analysis & Calculus
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
PY111
|
Classical Physics
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
CY111
|
Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
CH161
|
Engineering Thermodynamics
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
ME131
|
Workshop
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
PH111L
|
Physics Lab
|
0
|
0
|
2/2
|
1
|
|
CY111L
|
Chemistry Lab
|
0
|
0
|
2/2
|
1
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
Basic English
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
|
|
Universal Human Values
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Semester II
|
Credits
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
MA121
|
Differential Equations
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
CY121
|
Organic & Hydrocarbon Chemistry
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
PY121
|
Modern Physics
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
CH121
|
Fluid Mechanics
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
CS161
|
Computer Programming
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
|
ME121
|
Engineering Graphics
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
EV111
|
Environmental Engineering Practices
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
|
CY121L
|
Chemistry Lab
|
0
|
0
|
2/2
|
1
|
|
PY121L
|
Physics Lab
|
0
|
0
|
2/2
|
1
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
Community Internship (HU)
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Semester III
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
Linear Algebra & Complex Analysis
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
Materials Science
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Mass and Energy Balance
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Applied Environmental Microbiology and Ecology
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Statistical Method & Data Analytics
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
Environmental Protection in Oil Industry
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
62
|
Semester IV
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
Industrial Water Quality Management
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Environmental Geotechnology
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Chemical Reaction Engineering-I
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
Heat Transfer Operations
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
|
|
Aerosol Science and Engineering
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Fundamentals of Air Pollution Sci. & Engineering
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Air Pollution Monitoring Lab
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
61
|
Semester V
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
Industrial Wastewater Engineering
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Instrumentation Techniques for Environmental Monitoring
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
DE1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Numerical Methods
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
Chemical Reaction Engineering-II
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
Transport Phenomena
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
|
BTP
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
63
|
Semester VI
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
Industrial Solid Waste Management
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Industrial Pollution and control
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
Hydrology and Ground Water Engineering
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
|
|
DE-2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Fundamentals of Electronics Engineering
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
|
|
BTP
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
65
|
Semester VII
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
OE-1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
HSE Practices in Oil Industries
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Process Safety Management
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
|
DE-3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
BTP
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
HSS
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
LM-1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
61
|
Semester VIII
|
Credit
|
Course
|
L
|
T
|
P
|
Credit
|
|
|
LM-2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
DE-4
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
OE-2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Energy & Environmental Sustainability
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Environmental Impact Assessment
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
Modelling, Simulation & Optimization
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Credit
|
|
|
|
56
|
List of Departmental Electives
- Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
- Ecology and Biomonitoring Techniques
- Green Technology
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Occupational Hazard, Health and Safety
- Surface and Ground Water Pollution
- Environmental Pollution and E-waste Management
- Renewable Sources of Energy
- Nuclear Security
- Non-conventional Energy Systems
- Total Quality Management
- Polymer Waste Management
Future prospect of the Environmental Engineers
The environmental engineers graduating from RGIPT will utilize the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to offer solutions to day-today environmental challenges. The job market predicts a steady growth in manpower need for next decade with employment opportunities as water project manager, environment engineer, environment and safety director and consultant etc (https://engineeringonline.ucr.edu/blog/5-careers-for-environmental-engineering-grads/).
The industries in the domain area of Petroleum, chemicals, medicine, manufacturing, paints, fertilizer, mining etc require qualified manpower in the discipline. The focused areas will be Process Safety Management, Microbiology, Statistical Method & Data Analytics, Environmental Geotechnology, Solid Waste Management, Sustainability.