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While
talking about advancement in science and technology, we’re generally
referring to the huge strides taken by mankind in the field of technology
and engineering. Starting from simple household gadgets to complicated
medical equipments and supersonic jets to super fast computers all are the
gifts of engineering and technology. In the technology driven world of
today, engineering and technology have become an integral part of growth
and advancement for any country.
An
engineer applies scientific principle, theories and methods not only for
finding solutions to technical problems but also in making new discoveries
and designing new products and improving and modifying existing machines
and systems. With the advancement
in science and technology, there has been a tremendous increase in the
scope of engineering and it no longer remains restricted to fields like
civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. In fact courses in as many
as 25 different branches of engineering are being offered today.
Engineering
has a role to play in almost all the sectors of industry. With the
dependence on IT growing all around, qualified engineers specializing in
IT and related areas are required not only in the manufacturing sector but
in large numbers in the service sector as well. Demand for qualified
engineers is therefore there in almost all the sectors of industry.
However, those with industry specific engineering qualification like
telecommunications, computers, automobiles or technology specific
qualifications such as ultrasonics, vacuum technology, polymer technology
etc have even a better scope. Nowadays management courses have also become
very popular with engineering graduates. The added qualification provides
them with a tremendous advantage in the job market and they enter the
industry not merely as engineers but as technocrats, ready to take up
production, sales or marketing careers.
Government
sector also has good openings for engineers. Other than the Public Sector
Enterprises like BHEL, SAIL, NTPC etc., UPSC conducts an exclusive exam
every year, called Indian Engineering Service (IES), for recruitment of
engineers specializing in various fields, in organizations like the
Railways, CPWD, Military Engineering Service etc. Civil Service is
also quite a popular option with graduate engineers. Engineering subjects
being more scoring, they have an edge over students from other streams,
like humanities, in qualifying such exams. Management, Art and Design,
Consultancy are some of the related career options for an engineer.
Educational
Qualification:
There
are three different levels of engineering courses available in the
country. First are the degree courses offered by institutes like IITs, BHU,
BITS and RECs second are the diploma courses offered by polytechnics and
the third is training imparted in different engineering trades by the
Industrial Training Institutes (ITI). Here we would be concerned only with
the first level of engineering courses i.e. degree courses.
Any
candidate after successfully completing 10+2 with physics, chemistry and
mathematics as subjects is eligible for pursuing a degree course in
engineering. These courses are of 4 years duration and admission in them
is either on the basis of merit i.e. marks obtained at 10+2 level or on
the basis of selection through entrance examination.
The
institute plays a very crucial role in determining the shape of a career
in engineering and students passing out from reputed institutes like IITs
are in great demand by the industry. Those
passing out from such institutes are assured of a head start in
their careers and are mostly recruited from the campus, by the end of
their final year, with starting emoluments of upto Rs. 4.5.lakhs per
annum. Most of them also have the
alternative of going abroad, for further studies, on scholarship.
The
branch of engineering is the second most important determinant in shaping
of a career. Those choosing Computer Science, Electronics and
Telecommunications would definitely have an edge over others as on today.
However it must be realized that the more reputed the institute and more
in demand the course the tougher it would be to get admission. Getting
into one of the IITs, RECs or other good institutes like Roorkee
Engineering College would require good grounding in physics, chemistry and
mathematics and thorough preparation for the entrance examination.
In
a recent survey, by a leading newsmagazine, the following have been rated
as the top 10 engineering institutes in the country.
IIT
Powai (Mumbai)
IIT
Chennai
IIT
Delhi
IIT
Kanpur
IIT
Kharagpur
BITS
Pilani
Delhi
College of Engineering Delhi
Roorkee
Engineering College, Roorkee
PSG
Coimbatore
IIT
Guwahati
Realizing
the huge gap between demand and supply for quality education in
professional areas like engineering and its limitations in establishing
more institutes or providing more funds to the existing ones government
has permitted charging of capitation fees for admissions and reserving
seats for NRIs to many institutes.
There
is also the Associate Membership Examination (AMIE) of the Institute of
Engineers that enables working people in the private and public sector or
Diploma Holders to acquire a Bachelors’ Degree through distance learning
for career advancement.