Career in Civil Engineering… Maharashtra Engineering Service Exam By Pravin Kolhe Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Government of Maharashtra 28 Sept 2013,

What is Civil Engineering? Civil Engineering is broad field of engineering, which deals with the planning, construction and maintenance of structures or public works as they are related earth, water or in space. Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Why to become a Civil Engineer? For money? For comfort? For satisfaction To achieve ‘something’ in life Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Specializations in CE Structural Engineering Earthquake Engineering Transportation Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Water Resource /Hydraulics Irrigation Engineering Remote Sensing/Geo- informatics/Surveying Environmental Engineering Earthquake Engineering Geology/Geoscience Engineering Project Management Construction Management Maintenance Engineering And so on…! Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Definitions of degree- BE/BTech: I know everything ME/MTech: I know something PhD: I know NOTHING and I want to learn. Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Career Options for Civil Engineer Self employment Software Jobs PGDIM in IIM PGDBM in NITIE NICMAR etc. Management Private Sector Public sector Government Sector Field Job MTech/PhD Scientist: ISRO, BARC, DRDO Research Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Career Option: Management NICMAR CET/GATE NITIE CAT/GATE IIM’s CAT MBA Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Career Options: Field Jobs Private Sector Building design and construction, Real estate Infrastructure- Highways, Airports, SEZ Water Resource- Dams and hydraulic structures Construction planning and management Public sector NTPC, NHPC, IRCON, RITE SAIL, BHEL AAI, HAL, NAL Oil sector ONGC, IOCL, HPCL, GAIL Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Career Options: Government Jobs Civil services (UPSC) IAS IPS IFS Other IES CPWD Railways Water Resource Military Central Govt (UPSC) MESE PWD Jeevan Pradhikaran State Govt (MPSC) Non-Engineering Engineering Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Maharashtra Engineering Service Examination (MESE)-Departments 1) Water Resources Department (WRD) 2) Public Works Department (PWD) 3) Water Supply & Sanitation Department (WSSD) Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran

Hierarchy of Posts in PWD/WRD Secretary Deputy Engineer Assistant Executive Engineer Assistant Engineer Grade-1 Sub-Divisional Engineer Sub-Divisional Officer Executive Director/Director General Chief Engineer Assistant Engineer, Grade-II Superintending Engineer Sectional Engineer Executive Engineer Junior Engineer

Posts in MPSC Exam Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Promoted to EE after 4 years of service Assistant Engineer, Grade-I (AE1) Promoted to EE as per seniority of AE1 (Approx. 12~15 year) Assistant Engineer, Grade-II (AE2) Promoted to DE as per seniority of AE2 (Approx. 12~15 year) & then EE (approx. 10 year)

MPSC Exams 1) Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-A (MESE-A) for AEE & AE1 Posts 2) Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-B (MESE-B) for AE2 posts

MESE-Group-A (AEE & AE1 Posts) Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Preliminary Exam Main Exam Interview Examination Pattern-Group A Exam 1) Preliminary Exam 2) Main Exam 3) Interview

1. Preliminary Exam 1 Objective Type Paper 100 Questions 100 Marks Time:- 2 Hours

2. Main Written Exam (4 Papers, 750 Marks) 1) Marathi, English & GK (Objective Type) 150 Marks, 150 Questions, Time: 90 minutes. 2) Civil Engineering Paper-I, II & III (3 Papers) Subjective Type Each Paper of 200 Marks Each Paper has 5 Sections (A, B, C, D, E) Each Section have 2 questions each with 40 marks Solve only one question from each section Solve total 5 Questions out of 10 Time: 3 hours for each paper

Main Written Exam Syllabus-Strategy There are 5 sections in each paper i.e. A, B, C, D, E In each section there are 2 questions i.e. total 10 questions in a paper Each question carries 40 marks i.e. total 400 marks in a paper Attempt any ONE question from 2 i.e. 200 marks from 400 marks

Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-1 Section Marks Topics A 40 Strength of material, Theory of structure B Structural analysis, Steel structures C Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures D Concrete Technology, Pre-stressed Concrete E Application of Computer Programming to structures, Numerical Methods Total 200

Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-2 Section Marks Topics A 40 Surveying B Engineering Materials, Building planning C Building Construction, Estimating, Costing & Valuation D Geo-technical Engineering E Construction Planning and Management Total 200

Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-3 Section Marks Topics A 40 Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machines B Engineering Hydrology, Irrigation Engineering C Highway Engineering D Bridge Engineering, Tunnelling E Water Supply Engineering, Waste Water Engg. & Pollution control, Solid Waste Management Total 200

3. Interview (100 Marks) Focus on Personality 100 Marks Time:-10~30 minutes Study Projects in your district

MESE-Group-B (AE-2 Posts) Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

Preliminary Exam (100 marks) Examination Pattern-Group B Exam 1) Preliminary Exam (100 marks) 2) Main Exam (3 papers-450 marks) 3) Interview (100 marks)

1. Preliminary Exam for AE2 1 Objective Type Paper 100 Questions 100 Marks Time:- 2 Hours

2. Main Written Exam for AE2 (3 Papers, 550 Marks) 1) Marathi, English & GK (Objective Type) 150 Marks, 150 Questions, Time: 90 minutes. 2) Civil Engineering Paper-I & II (2 Papers) Objective Type Each Paper of 100 questions with 200 Marks Time: 2 hours for each paper

3. Interview for AE2 (100 Marks) Focus on Personality 100 Marks Time:-10~30 minutes Study Projects in your district Total Marks = 450+100 = 550

Prelim Exam-Important Points Exam centre for Prelim & Mains Exam: Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune. Preliminary exam is just screening test. The marks of Prelim Exam are not intimated & not considered for final merit list There is no re-revaluation system for Prelim Exam as it is multiple choice question based and answer key is available on MPSC website for self verification by candidate. There is 25% negative marks for wrong answer in Prelim Only those candidates are allowed to appear for the Main Written Exam who qualifies the Preliminary Exam.

Cut-offs Cut-off will be different for each post/each category. Generally cut-off line for main exam is decided such that there will be 10 to 12 times candidates will be called upon. Generally cut-off line for interview is decided such that there will be 2 to 3 times candidates will be called upon and it will be different for each post/each category. Minimum Marks for Cutoff in Main Exam are as follows- 1) General Candidates : Min. 35% 2) Backward Class : Min. 30% 3) Physically Disabled/Players : Min 20%

Strategy Merit list is prepared considering marks of- Worried? Main Exam = 750 Marks Interview = 100 Marks Total (Group-A) = 850 Marks Worried? Total marks in main exam including optional = 1200 Attempt for 600 marks Topper’s Marks = 50 % of Total marks. i.e. about 450~500 marks

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