India, July 16 -- Civil engineering is witnessing a revival at India's top engineering institutions, with improved admission trends after being overlooked for many years by computer science and IT, according to former AICTE Chairman T.G.Sitharam.

Highlighting the recent admissions at premier institutes, Sitharam said the opening ranks for civil engineering programmes at IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi have improved significantly, reflecting a meaningful change in the aspirations of some of the country's brightest students.

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