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Subject: About B.Tech in environmental engineering
Date: 30-Sep-2007
Question: I have completed my diploma in Public Health & Environmental Engineering in July 2007 and pursuing B.Sc from IGNOU. I want to know the scope of Environmental Engineering and where I do the B.Tech in this subject and the job opportunities in that fields.
Answer: Environmental Engineers job typically involves preventive work, investigating the potential causes of environmental damage and developing strategies to ward off pollution etc. The major functional areas are Air Pollution Control, Industrial Hygiene, Radiation Protection, Waste Water Management etc. You may work as a Researcher, a Planner, a Professor, a Govt. regulatory agency official, a Manager of programmes in NGO's, Govt. Agencies, Testing Laboratories etc. B.Tech in Environ. Engg. is offered by IIT-D, IIT-K, IIT-M; Biju Patnaik University of Technology,Orissa; TN Agricultural University; College of Engg.Waltair(AP); S J College of Engg, Mysore has a BE course; IGNOU offers Adv.Diploma in Water Resources Engg.

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