Career Avenues in Engineering

Contents
Introduction Career Opportunities in Civil Career Opportunities in E&E Career Opportunities in CS&E, IS&E Career Opportunities in E&C Career Opportunities in Mech Administrative & Defence services Higher education

Introduction
Today large numbers of students
opt for engineering profession, and its commonly seen that student and parents are often in confusion on selection of braches. technology is undergoing rapid changes, throwing up new areas of specialization and there by opening up several avenues for aspiring engineers.

The field of engineering and

Therefore through this seminar

attempt will be made to make students, understand the various branches and their carrier avenues.

What is the term engineer

It has Originated from Latin Word ingeniare It means to create or to design Definition Branch of Science & Technology concerned with
design, built & operate

The Engineering courses offered by KLEIT

Computer Science
ELECTRICAL

MECHANICAL

ELECTRONICS CIVIL Information Science

Career Opportunities in Civil

Civil engineers work in construction of new structures, or maintain
and repair the existing ones.

Civil engineers can be employed by government departments,

private and public sector companies, quality analysis laboratories, teaching institutes and own consultancy firms

Specialization in Civil Engineering

CONSTRUCTION

CIVIL
ARCHITUCTRE

The Civil Engineers can find job in the following areas

I)
Public and private sectors a) Infrastructure organization which build Airports ,Highways ,industrial parks and railways(GMRInfra,Reliance Infra,L&T,Punjloyd and BEML)

b) Infrastructure organizations which build Multistoried building ,molls ,Retail shopping complex , School and Colleges , Multiplexes.( DLF , HDIL , Unitech)
c) Infrastructure organizations which build irrigational infrastructure like DAMS, Reservoirs, Cannels, Tunnels, Bridges (Jypee infrastructure, Jain irrigation)

Contd

The civil Engineers can find job in the following areas

II. Quality laboratory analysis
The companies which are doing R&D to develop most challenging and most amazing mega structures.

III. Government Departments

IV. Teaching Institutes. V.
Own consultancy firms.

Like PWD and Water and Sewage etc.

Career Opportunities in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

E&E engineering is involved in
generation , transmission and distribution of electricity.

E&E engineering is also involved

in researching, developing, and operating electrical tools and machinery.

Specialization in E&E Engineering

Power Electronics Machines & Energy systems

E&E

Instrumentation
High voltage technology

Electronic Traction

Electrical Engineers can find jobs in following companies

Companies which develop Power systems in petroleum plants, gas plants,
Defence and software companies (ABB, Siemens, BHEL). (BESCOM,HESCOM,MESCOM KPTCL). systems.

Government depatments and Public sector companies like Companies which build equipments in broadcast and telecommunication Companies which develop wiring systems in buildings and apartments
(KEIL).
etc.

Companies which develop electrical appliances like Fan, Mixer, Tubes bulbs

Career Opportunities in Computer Science and Information Science Engineering

Software engineering is most potential field in India as it is growing exponentially Software engineers focus on the operation, development and maintenance of software.

Specialization in Computer Science Engineering

Computer Networks Computer Science & Engg Image processing Computer Architecture

Theoretical Computer Science

C.S.E. & I.S.E. Graduates can enhance their career in the following areas
Software engineers may get employed in various sectors like IT &
ITES, telecommunications, finance, media and entertainment, internet, education, banking and insurance, infrastructure, bioinformatics, healthcare and life sciences, etc.

The government departments like industries ministry, information

Can work as Independent software consultants. Can opt the teaching profession

ministry, commercial tax and income tax, finance and ecommerce, education and technology.

Some of the major private employers for software engineers in India

are Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, HCL, HP, IBM, Microsoft, GE, Dell, Cognizant, Ingram Micro, Redington, Cisco, Oracle, Intel, Accenture, Polaris and SAP.

Career Opportunities in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Electronics and Communication
engineering focus on developing new technologies related to electronic gadgets like mobiles, ipod, LCD TV, LED TV etc

The Various fields of E&C are

mobile communication, satellite communication, Networking, Embedded field, Analog Electronics, VLSI, Digital Electronics etc.

Specialization in Computer Science Engineering

Digital Electronics

E&C

VLSI/Embedded

Control Systems

Satellite/Mobile communication

The E. & C. Graduates can enhance their career in the following areas
communication oriented companies like Spice, Airtel, Reliance
communications etc. videocon etc. etc.

Electronic oriented companies like LG, Samsung, wirlpool, voltas, The firmware oriented companies like intel, TI, Phillips, AMD, Atmel in government sector like BSNL, MTNL, ECIL, All India Radio, Civil
Aviation department of India, Indian Railways, BEL,LRDE, ADE, CABS etc

teaching and academics.

Own small scale industries.

Career Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is one of the largest and broadest
disciplines.

Mechanical engineers apply their technology in principles of energy,

materials, and systems to design and manufacture all varieties of machines and devices.
technology and industry.

They design and create the systems or processes that drive the

Specialization in Mechanical Engineering

AUTOMOBILE

INDUSTRIAL

MECH
PRODUCTION

METTALLURGY

The Mechanical Engineering can enhance their career in the following areas
Automobile companies (Tata, M&M, Hero honda, Bajaj etc.
Power plants (CESC, Reliance power, tata power) Fabrication & Moulding companies (lakshmi machines, lokesh
machines). Forging( barath forge, jindal forge).
Reliance, Castrol)

companies involved in design and manufacturing of oil engine (shell, Government companies like BEML, BHEL Metallurgy related companies like TISCO, Jindal steel, SAIL, Bushan
steels etc.

Engineering Career in Administrative Services

IES
IAS/IPS

KAS
KPSC

SSC
UPSC

Engineering Career in Defence Services

Army (Commissioned officer)
Navy (Sub Lieutenant) Air force (Flying Pilot officer) DRDO (Junior Scientist)

Higher Education
M.Tech.
M.B.A.

M.S.
GRE/TOFEL

GATE

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