Best colleges in India to pursue Diploma in Civil Engineering in the field of Land Surveying

It would be helpful to know in which town/city you are based in India. Accordingly, the names of colleges or universities can be suggested to you. Otherwise, let us know if you are willing to pursue the Diploma anywhere in India and relocate to the place of the institute.

You can do the diploma course by correspondence course or distance education mode. You can try the following colleges for a correspondence course. The eligibility criteria are 10th class passed with mathematics.

The following colleges you can try.

1.Wellborn Group of Professional Studies, Lucknow
2.Wisdom School of Management, Greater Noida
3. Career Avenues, Lucknow
4.Chandel Institute of Management and Technology, Noida
5.Veer Vijay Education, Saharanpur |

You have neither mentioned the area in which you will prefer to have these institutions where you can undergo the diploma in civil engineering course nor you have shown your choice for the mode of education wether it is regular or correspondence course. Still there are some general things and information which we can share with you at this moment.

There are two options for you. One thing is you can go for Post Graduate diploma in land surveying and other is to pursue diploma in civil engineering. I think both can give you the leverage in your career making efforts. So, depending upon your location you can select some good institution for pursuing these courses. The apex institution in our country in this respect is Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping, Survey of India (Deptt. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India), Uppal, Hyderabad. They have many courses related to basic and advanced surveying techniques. I think you can find the details from there for eligibility for admission in some of the courses which are useful for you in the present scenario.

Land surveying is not a primitive field today. It has evolved in a big area comprising of Geodesy, Cartography, Digital Mapping & GIS, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Topographical Survey & Land Information Systems etc so you can think of switching to one of them after attaining the requisite qualification. One thing is that you should not bother for admission because now a days there are private online institutions which are imparting value education in these areas and you can get this skill from them either online or correspondence course. Some of these are - International Institute of Management & Engineering (www.emagister.in), Aqua Foundation Academy (www.afacademy.info), Class Central (www.classcentral.com) etc.

You need to mention the town you are residing in India, as you know India is a vast country and we have many such institutes who provide courses for the study of Diploma in Civil Engineering in the field of Land Surveying.

Your age will not be an issue as long as you have the basic qualifications mentioned in the prospectus of each institute.

Aqua Foundation Academy(AFA) is an entity of Aqua Foundation is giving Diploma in Land Surveying (DLS). Its address is giving below.
E – 166, Second Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110019 INDIA
Phone:91-9818568825.
Eligibility: 10+2 or 10th with minimum 02 years of surveying experience
The medium of Instruction: English
Duration: 12 months (online/ distance learning and 03 months of fieldwork); offered in January, April, July & October cycle of admissions.


Wisdom School of Management is another institute gives a quality course for Diploma in Land Surveying (DLS). Its address is giving below.
2nd Floor, Kapoorthala Arcade Sector F,
Kapoorthala, Aliganj
Lucknow-226024
Tel: 0522-4342516
Duration: 1 Year
Eligibility Criteria: 10+2 or equivalent
No of Subjects: Six
Fees: INR 17,700/- (For Indian Students)
USD $600/- (For International Students)

At least, you could have pointed out the place of your relocation so that I could offer you the specific place from where you could persue your diploma course through the distance education in Civil - Enginnering. Distance education mode is preferred by the aspirants because of constraint of time since the aspirants might be regular employees in any organisation.
You should take up the diploma course in Civil - engineering through the distance mode provided by IGNOU, Distance education from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Distance education from Pune etc.
This will offer you multiple benifits in strengthening your concept in Civil - engineering so that you can understand the basics of Auto Cad, Staad, Microsoft - project, Project - management etc.
Such exposure would nurture your following qualities -
1) Creative and Innovative in nature.
2) Can think critically.
3) Able to solve the problems.
4) Can take risk and manage the same.
5) Computer proficient to handle varied projects.
This course will nurture your basics in Planning, Drafting, Surveying, Costing, Bridge and Tunnel - engineering, Construction etc.
After acquring this Diploma through the distance mode, you may go in Advanced Certification in Surveys from any one of the institutes mentioned below -
1) Indian Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Hydrabad.
2) Advanced Land Surveyor Course, Jamshedpur.
3) Deccan Institutes of Technology, Hyderabad
Such a systematic approach will enhance your job prospects in the multinational companies such as Construction, Railways, Roadways etc.

You can do some courses from the below listed instituted:

a) V Institute of Advanced Studies offer some diploma courses in surveying. Courses are as given below:
1. Diploma in Surveying using total station
2. Diploma in DGPS using the RTK system
3. Diploma in Hydrographic Survey
4. Diploma in modern surveying technology
5. Diploma in quantity survey
6. Advanced diploma in quantity survey

Address of V Institute:
Near St. Aloysius HSS, Kollam 691013, Kerala
Contact: +91 474 2796065, +91 474 2794037
Email: info@vinstitute1941.com

b) Aqua Foundation Academy(AFA) is offering following course:
Diploma in Land Surveying
Address of Aqua Foundation:
E – 166, Second Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110019
Contact:+91-9818568825

c) CADD Centre is offering training course in land surveying:
Training for land surveyors and transportation (road) designers
Address of CADD centre:
No. 91, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, 8th Floor,
GEE GEE Crystal, Office No. 8C & 8D, Mylapore,
Chennai 600 004
Contact : + 91 44 4596 6100
Email ID : info@caddcentre.com

d) Wisdom School of Management
Course: Diploma in Land Surveying (DLS).
Address: 2nd Floor, Kapoorthala Arcade, Sector F,
Aliganj, Lucknow-226024
Contact: 0522-4342516

As you are working, it's better for you to attend some distance learning courses or online courses. You can do online courses from the following institutes:

1) Online Course on Digital Land Surveying and Mapping(DLS&M) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and NPTEL via Swayam. It is free online course. It will start from 24 Feb 2020. You can get more information from SWAYAM website (www.swayam.gov.in).

2) National Institute of Business Studies is also offering distance learning programme in surveying.
Address: 2, Avtar Enclave, Pachim Vihar, New Delhi
Contact: +91 8826489991
Email: info@nibsedu.net