CAREER IN ENGINEERING

ENGINEERS WHO HAVE DONE INDIA PROUD!

Sabeer Bhatia : Founder Hotmail.com

Kalpana Chawla : First Indian born woman in Space

Narayan Murthy : Founder CEO-Infosys

Rajat Gupta : CEO McKinsey Consulting
ENGINEERING.
IT IS THE BACKBONE OF ALL INDUSTRIES

Development, Production, Testing, Maintenance, Information
Technology of Machinery
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
BIOTECH & BIO-
INFORMATICS
AUTOMOBILE
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
CIVIL
ELECTRICAL &
ELECTRONICS
TELECOM
NANO-
TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL
AERONAUTICAL
ENGINEERING
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
This branch of Engineering concerns itself with the design, construction and
testing of commercial and military aircraft, even missiles and spacecraft.
JOB PROSPECTS :
Government and Private Airlines-Indian Airlines, Air India, Air Sahara,
Kingfisher
Aircraft Manufactures- Hindustan Aeronautical Limited
Flying clubs
Research & development like space research and missile development-ISRO,
DRDO
AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING
This field is concerned with the design, planning, manufacture, repair,
maintenance and up gradation of all moving vehicle such as cars, trucks,
motorcycle, and so on.
JOB PROSPECTS:
vehicle manufacturing and assembling plant
Maintenance and service stations
Defence services
Insurance companies
BIOTECHNOLOGY& BIOINFORMATICS
Biotechnology is the branch of technology that deals with making use of living
organism in industrial process.

Bioinformatics is the use of IT in biotechnology for the data
storage, data warehousing and analyzing the DNA sequences.
They find their application in the following areas :
Preventative medicine Veterinary Science
Gene therapy Climate change Studies
Waste cleanup Alternative energy sources
Crop improvement Insect resistance
BIOTECHNOLOGY& BIOINFORMATICS

JOB PROSPECT
According to Subhas Reddy, vice-president e4eLabs, biotech sector is
estimated to grow at a phenomenal rate, and reach $350 billion
market, of which Indias share is $2.5 billion, which is growing
rapidly.
You can find employability in:
Pharmaceuticals like Dr.Reddys Lab, Ranbaxy, Dabur
Food processing industry-Nestle, Kellogs, Cadburys, Godrej Foods,
MTR foods
Agriculture-Indo-American hybrid seeds
Research & Development
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Civil Engineering is concerned with :

Building Roads/Highways
Shopping Malls/Cinema Halls
Water And Sewer System
Railway Station, Airport
Dams

JOB PROSPECTS
This year 20,000 civil engineers are expected to be picked up by top 10
construction company.

Government-railways, NHAI
Construction Company- Larsen & Tubro, Hindustan Construction Company,
Simplex, Engineers India Etc.
Defence Services
Real Estate Developers-Parsavnath, Unitech, Ansals etc.
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
This deals with the most important office automation products,
computers. The primary function of a computer engineer is the
design, manufacture and maintenance of computers and its
hardware & software.
JOB PROSPECT
Defence sector, industrial sector, IT companies like Infosys, Wipro,
HCL Technologies Ltd, Perot Systems,, Hughes, Satyam, TCS, Intel,
IBM
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
It entails design, manufacture, installation, operation of electrical equipment,
systems and machinery, telecommunication systems & computers.
JOB PROSPECTS
Public& private sector industries manufacturing electronic equipment,
hospital or medical equipment, Defence services, construction industry,
entertainment industry etc.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
The various fields are
Product design,
Visual communication design
Graphic Design
Multimedia
Animation

JOB PROSPECTS
design department of manufacturing firms for home appliances,
industrial equipment, Automobile, consulting firms and as
entrepreneurs. Ceramic designers work in industries manufacturing
table wares, sanitary wares, light fittings, pottery, decorative porcelain
and materials for electrical and other industries. Furniture, craft,
textile designers have industry specific options or they work as
entrepreneur.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Nanotechnology technology fits strong or weak materials together &
marks it 1000s of times stronger, lighter & more efficient.
JOB PROSPECT
The worldwide market for nanotechnology is estimated to touch $891 billion by
2015 from current level of $ 180 billion & is expected to create 12 million new jobs
by 2015. (Source: NASSCOM Report). Application is in Health industry,
Biotchnology, communication & media, steel, plastic etc.
TELECOM TECHNOLOGY
Telecommunications is a growing industry concerned with establishing
communication by means of telephones, telegraphs, Radio, Radar, TV
broadcast etc.
JOB PROSPECTS
Reliance Infocom, AT& T, C-DOT, Wipro, Satyam, TCS
Airline Industry
Automobile Industry
Communication Ministry
Police Department, BSF, CRPF
Mobile Phone Manufacturers
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
This branch of Engineering focuses on the agricultural sector and hence
concerns itself with the design and development of farms and the production
and processing of agricultural commodities
JOB PROSPECTS:
Central or state department of Agriculture
Sales and marketing of farm equipment
NGOs involved in soil conservation etc.
OPPORTUNITIES
GOVERNMENT SECTOR : Railways, Municipal Corporations,
Telecommunication Departments

PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS : ONGC, GAIL, SAIL, HPCL

PRIVATE COMPANIES : Maruti Udyog Ltd. Wipro, Infosys

MNCs : Alstom, HP, Intel, IBM, General Motors, GE.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS in the defence services

RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS & LABORATORIES : ISRO, DRDO,

TECHNICAL EXPERTS in banks & financial corporations

An engineer can set up his/her own units/company or
consultancy.
REMUNERATION
Average Start salary of a fresh engineer ranges between
Rs.8000 12,000 per month with allowances.

Those with Engineering + Management degree can
command starting salaries of Rs. 15,000 25,000 per
month
Salary range for Diploma holders is Rs. 5000 8000.
PERSONALITY TRAITS
Technical bent of mind
Creativity
Analytical approach
Logical & Rational thinking
Capacity to do handwork
COURSES
ENGINEERING
DEGREE COURSES
B.E/B.Tech
M.E/M.Tech
DIPLOMA COURSES
ADMISSION CRITERION
10+2 or equivalent examination, with PCM.
SELECTION :
(a) Merit / marks secured in the final exams of 10+2 PCB/PCM)
(b) Three entrance exams:
Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for the IITs
All India Engineering Entrance Exam ( AIEEE) conducted by
CBSE
State level Engineering Entrance Examination (SLEEE)

EXAMINATION PATTERN:
Examination comprises of multiple choice / objective type
questions in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

ADMISSION CRITERION
After Graduation Or Diploma
For post graduation, Graduate Aptitude test Engineering
GATE for graduate engineers, post graduates in physics,
chemistry, mathematics, statistics, and computer application
can appear for this exam for admission to IITs and some other
engineering colleges.

Diploma holders can take associate member Institute of
Engineering AMIE to be at par with degree holders

INSTITUTES OFFERING DEGREE COURSES
I NSTI TUTE DEGREE
COURSE
ELI GI BI LI TY DURATI ON

I I T(New Delhi, Mumbai,
Guwahati, Kanpur,
Kharagpur, Chennai,
Roorkee)


B.E/B.Tech/M.E/
M.Tech

Integrated
M.Tech

10+2, JEE

4yrs



5yrs

Benaras Hindu University
BHU

B.E/B.Tech/M.E/
M.Tech

10+2, JEE

4yrs

Birla I nstitute of
Technology &Science,
Pilani/Ranchi

B.E/B.Tech/M.E/
M.Tech
10+2, Merit bases 4yrs
National I nstitute of
Technology (14 RECs)

B.E/B.Tech//BSc.
/M.E/M.Tech/MS
c.

10 + 2, AIEEE

4yrs
INSTITUTES OFFERING DEGREE COURSES
I NSTI TUTE

COURSE

ELI GI BI LI TY

DURATI ON

Netaji Subhash I nstitute of
Technology, Dwarka, Delhi

B.E/B.Tech

10+2

4yrs

Amity I nstitute of
Technology

B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tec
h

Integrated M.Tech
10+2 60% PCM

4yrs


Thapar I nstitute of
Engineering & technology,
Patiala

B.E/B.Tech(Electrical,
Mechanical,
Textile,Agriculture,
Production/Electronics
& Communication

10+2

4yrs

Bharitya Vidyapeeths
College of Engineering

B.E/B.Tech

10+2

4yrs

INSTITUTES OFFERING DIPLOMA
COURSES
I NSTI TUTE

COURSE

ELI GI BI LI TY

DURATI ON

Gobind Ballabh Pant
Polytechnic

Civil, Mechanical,
Automobile, Production,
Plastic Engineering

10+2 3yrs
Pusa Polytechnic, New
Delhi

Civil, Mechanical,
Electrical, Electronics
& Communication,
Automobile, Printing
10+2 4yrs
Dronacharya I nstitute of
Engineering, Gurgaon,
Haryaqna

Electrical, Computer,
Marine, electronics,
Architecture,
Aeronautical

State polytechnic level
exam
3yrs
A Student who has passed 12
th
from science background has
varied options as follows:-

B. Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) 4 yrs

B. Tech (Electronics & Communication) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Electronics & Telecommunications) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Instrumentation & Control Engineering) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Mechanical & Automation Engineering) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Aerospace Engineering) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Bioinformatics) 4 yrs
B. Tech (Biotechnology) 4 yrs
Integrated M. Tech ( Nanotechnology) 5.5 yrs

Application forms for the coming session will be available from April
2006. You can buy the forms from Amity campus or Amity offices or can
download from the website.
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