The real estate industry in India, ranked second largest in the world, is contributing about 6% of India's GDP expected to touch 7% share in the next five years. The construction industry ranks third among the top 14 sectors directly or indirectly affecting other sectors in the economy. The industry is a huge employment generator in sub-sectors like housing, retail, hospitality, and commercial. The development of this sector is well complemented by the growth of the corporate environment and the demand for office space as well as urban and semi-urban accommodations. This comprehensive growth in the Built Environment sector means burgeoning opportunities for Civil Engineers.
Civil engineering earlier considered to be slow-motion discipline has acquired unparalleled growth dimensions with advanced and disruptive technologies transforming and driving the industry to the future. Identifying such technologies that transform the development of social infrastructure and construction, upskilling oneself to deploy and take advantages of such technologies in Real Estate, Construction require the skillsets as imparted by various postgraduate courses in Real Estate, Construction Project Management, in Construction Economics & Quantity Surveying and in Facilities Management. Civil Engineering graduates can choose to upskill themselves to avail ample opportunities in different aspects of real estate and construction industry like:
