How to Choose Branch in Engineering
Engineering is basically a combination of theory and practical. Keeping this in mind and and having knowledge about what each of the courses entail will help you make a decision about your choice. Before getting into the tips for how to choose branch in engineering, let us look at what the various popular engineering branches deal with.
Why to Choose Civil Engineering (CE)
This is a wonderful course and almost every college have good infrastructure for this, both in terms of faculty and laboratories. On the other hand, this is really a tough job which involves going to sites and taking care of construction management stuff. You cannot make good money in this field if you are working for someone and starting own company needs good investment and contacts, which is difficult for a common Indian family.
Why to Choose Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
The infrastructure required for these courses is very easy to provide and if teaching is not good at college, finding a tutor outside, even in a small town, is not a problem.
If you are to ultimately land up in a software company, there is no logic in going for other courses, especially if seats in Computer Science or IT are available. On the other hand, if there is no seats in the Computer Science Engineering or IT department of your desired college, you can take up a seat in branches like EEE or ECE as well. We have more software companies than any other companies. These companies pay good salaries and also give a chance for foreign assignments that will further enhance your personal and professional skills. However, it must be kept in mind that when Google, Microsoft and other top companies come for campus interviews, they don’t allow any other streams than CS and IT.
In non-core branches like CSE or IT, you can get good and fast growth in the IT Sector as compared to government sector. At the same time, jobs are not secured in the IT Sector as compared to in government sector.
Why to Choose Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEE)
Electronics and Electrical Engineering is a highly job-oriented course. But when it comes to faculty and practical experiments, most of the colleges do not have sufficient infrastructure. Moreover, after finishing the course, most of these engineers work in software companies as there isn’t sufficient companies who work in core areas of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) too has similar issues.
The advantage of these core branches (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) is that there are lots of government and public sector jobs for these branches. Though there are government jobs for non-core branches as well, the number of posts for non-core branches in government sector is generally low.
Job opportunities in Electrical Engineering:
- NTPC Recruitment: National Thermal Power Corporation (NICL) Executive Trainees.
- NHPC Recruitment: National Hydroelectric Power Corpo-ration (NHPC) Trainee Engineers.
- HPCL Recruitment: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Graduate Engineers.
- PGCIL Recruitment: Power Grid, the central transmission utility (PGCIL) Executive Trai-nees (Electrical).
- GAIL Recruitment: Gas Autho-rity of India Limited (GAIL) – Executive Trainees.
- MECL Recruitment- Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) – Trainees/ Officer Trainees.
- IOCL Recruitment: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) -Officers/ Graduate Apprentice Engineers (GAEs).
- HECL Recruitment: Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HECL) – Executive Trainees.
- DDA Recruitment: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) -Assistant Executive Engineers.
- CONCOR Recruitment: Container Corporation of India Limited. (CONCOR) – Management Trainees. NALCO Recruitment: National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) Graduate Engineers.
- MDL Recruitment: Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) – Exe-cutive Trainees.
- NFL Recruitment: National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) -Management Trainees.
- NLC Recruitment: Neyveli Lignite Corporation limited -Graduate Executive Trainees
Why to Choose Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS are concerned with electronic components, integrated circuits and microprocessors. They design, fabricate, test, maintain and supervise the manufacture of electronic equipments.
Job Opportunities: Electronics and Communication Engineers are acquired by top recruiters (both private and government) like DMRC, Siemens, Motorola, Intel, Texas Instruments, BEL, ISRO, DRDO, Accenture, Wipro, HCL Technologies, nVIDIA, Samsung, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, TCS, Conexant, MTNL, AIR, BSNL, Indian Air force, Indian Navy, Railways, Bharat Electronics Ltd and Flextronics and Philips Electronics.
Why to Choose Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Mechanical Engineering comes with similar issues as Civil Engineering, i.e. it too involves working outdoor and a lot of management works.