Careers Opportunities for Electronics & Communication Engineers

Introduction Move your eyes around you and you will find electronics everywhere, Refrigerator, laptops, TV, CD players, washing machines, Microwaves etc. We cannot think of our life without the electronic gadgets now. It covers a wide range of applications which make our life easier and enjoyable. Similarly, look at the role of communication in our lives and how fast the communication systems and networks have grown in past few years. Can we think of living without mobile phones, facebook, orkut, internet and entertainment transmissions? From necessities to comfort and to entertainment, Electronics and Communication rules the world. Electronics has a major role in improving productivity in industries like oil, energy, agriculture and so many other important sectors of economy. In steel, petroleum and chemical industries it is the electronic devices that direct, control and test production processes. Health care industry depends on electronic equipments to perform chemical tests and to check body functions. The safety in transportation, factories and mines and in homes relies heavily on electronics. Career Opportunities for B.Tech (ECE): The demand for Electronics and Communication engineers is growing rapidly and job opportunities for graduates are multi-faceted. Emerging Areas: 1. Microcontroller/Embedded System: In these area students learns programming in a chip for various application like LCD display, automatic motor control, home security systems etc.( Philips, 118,000 employees, EUR 24.8 billion sales; Thomson, 60,000 employees, 12.4 billion dollar revenue & many more) 2. PLC/SCADA: In these area students learns automation for various companies like water filling plants etc. (BEL, 33,000 employees, US$4.4 billion sales; ; Sony, 162,700 employees, US$ 5.57 billion revenue & many more) 3. Telecom/Wireless: In these area students can go for telecom sector which gives services to all mobile companies (Siemens, 370,000 employees & 18011 million E Q 2 2013 revenue; Amdocs, 20,000 employees, USD 3.2 billion revenue & many more) 4. MATLAB: This tool is extensively used in all research based industries for signal processing etc. (Ericson, 109,648 employees, USD 2.15 billion revenue; Capgemini, 120,000 employees, EUR 9.7 billion revenue & many more) 5. Image Processing: Image processing is an emerging area for missiles, aircraft, traffic management etc. (Intel, 82500 employees, $53.3 billion revenue; Infosys, 156,688 employees, Rs. 10454 Crore revenue & many more) 6. LabVIEW: In LabVIEW student can replace all laboratory equipments with PC and software. (IBM, 434,246 employees, $104.5 billion revenue; Samsung, 3,60,000 employees, USD18.3 billion revenue & many more)

7. VLSI: VLSI is an extremely growing field in which a student can design chip used for low power application used for mobiles, laptop, digital camera, microprocessors etc. (LG Electronics, Inc., 87,000 employees, USD 45.22 billion sales; TCS, 276,000, Revenue of $11.6 billion & many more) Private Sector Jobs

Core Electronics companies :Siemens, LG, Samsung, Philips, Sony, Motorola, Hitachi, Whirlpool, Intel, ST Microelectronics, Orian, Flextronicsetc, Xerox, Hewlet Pachard, Nikon, Casio, Thomson, San Disk etc Communication Engineering Companies:Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Bharti Airtel, ZTE, Vodafone, Reliance, Huawii, Fujitsu, Aricent, Agilent, BSNL, Computer and IT Companies for ECE:Google, Infosys, Mocrosoft, Deccan , Accenture, NIIT, HP media, Cap Gemini, LG softwares, Wipro, IBM, TCS, Amdocs etc. Other allied services in petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, medical sectors etc.

Government Services/Posts:

Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/ Electronics Engineering Posts) Indian Telecommunication Service Engineer in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/ Monitoring Organization; Ministry of Communications (Deptt. of Telecommunications) Indian Broadcasting (Engineers) Service Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electronics Engineering Posts) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) Central Power Engineering Service (Telecommunication Engineering Posts) Survey of India Service Group 'A' (Electronics and Telecom. Engineering Posts) Assistant Manager (Factories), Deptt. of Telecom (Telecom Factories Organization) Indian Inspection Service, Group `A' (Electronics Engineering Posts) Indian Supply Service; Group `A' (Electronics Engineering Posts) Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Electronics Engineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defense. Indian Space Research Organization etc.

Public enterprises BHEL, NTPC, Power Plants, CPRI, BEML, GAIL, BSNL, MTNL, National Physical Laboratories etc. Higher Education Some graduates also opt for higher education as M.S, M.Tech, MBA through examinations like, GATE, GRE, CAT and GMAT etc.