{"id":5744,"date":"2026-06-15T06:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:03:15","slug":"infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits\/articleshow\/131731052.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/131731052.cms\" \/><\/a>Industry observers believe it is not just opportunities presented by the infrastructure boom; broader economic shifts may also be influencing student choices. \u201cAI fears are accelerating the move toward core branches like civil for students seeking stability,\u201d said Bhushan Jamsandekar, an IIT Madras alumnus. The broader hierarchy of the IIT system, however, remains largely unchanged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry observers believe it is not just opportunities presented by the infrastructure boom; broader economic shifts &hellip; <a title=\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Industry observers believe it is not just opportunities presented by the infrastructure boom; broader economic shifts &hellip; Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITsRead more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf\"},\"headline\":\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744\"},\"wordCount\":68,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744\",\"name\":\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=5744#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"newskick.in\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\",\"name\":\"News Kick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"width\":1196,\"height\":341,\"caption\":\"News Kick\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -","og_description":"Industry observers believe it is not just opportunities presented by the infrastructure boom; broader economic shifts &hellip; Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITsRead more","og_url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744","article_published_time":"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf"},"headline":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs","datePublished":"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744"},"wordCount":68,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg","articleSection":["Latest"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744","name":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-15T01:32:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-15T03:03:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/infrastructure-boom-ai-fears-drive-civil-engineerings-strong-comeback-at-top-iits.jpg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5744#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Infrastructure boom, AI fears drive civil engineering\u2019s strong comeback at top IITs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/","name":"newskick.in","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40","name":"News Kick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","width":1196,"height":341,"caption":"News Kick"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/newskick.in"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/newskick.in"],"url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5746,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions\/5746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}