| Enginneeing is not so much a career as an expertise, | | | | - Aeronautical Engineering |
| which opens doors into a vast range of jobs. | | | | - Agricultural Engineering |
| Engineers probably have a wider choice of the | | | | - Marine Engineering |
| environment in which to work, and of type of job, | | | | - Ceramics Engineering |
| than any other profession. This is because | | | | - Textile Engineering |
| engineering today is not confined to the obvious | | | | |
| spheres of mechanical, chemical and electrical but has | | | | Entry into Engineering Job |
| vast scope in advanced areas such as thermal | | | | Candidates having completed class XII with physics, |
| engineering, ultrasonics, vacuum technology, polymer | | | | chemistry and mathematics is elligible to apply for |
| technology, telecommunication, computers and many | | | | admission to the various engineering colleges. |
| more. | | | | Students can compete on an all-India basis for |
| Engineering Areas of work | | | | admission to the prominent colleges like IITs. State |
| There are many fields in engineering in india. The basic | | | | colleges of engineering take in students with state |
| purpose of engineering is to design and manufacture | | | | domicile, but provide some seats for students from |
| the hardware of life. Engineers also repair, modify and | | | | other states. |
| construct efficient and economical products, by | | | | In some colleges selection is based on the |
| applying scientific principles to a variety of solutions. | | | | percentage marks got into class XII (in physics, |
| They have a hand in the creation of anything in use | | | | chemistry and mathematics), while some other |
| anywhere. Engineering has several branches, and | | | | colleges give admission based on some common test. |
| often the knowledge in one branch can be applied to | | | | The IITs administer a Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for |
| many fields. Moreover, in any organization or project, | | | | the admission to the seven IITs, The Institute of |
| engineers from one field work with engineers and | | | | Mines, Dhanbad; and for the admission to the |
| specialists of many other fields as well. Some of the | | | | merchant navy course of TS Chanakya and Marine |
| major specilizations are as follows: | | | | Engineering Institute at Kolkata. |
| - Civil Engineering | | | | Eligibility for Engineering Education |
| - Mechanical Engineering | | | | There are number of job opportunities for |
| - Chemical Engineering | | | | postgraduates in biotechnology today. Job prospects |
| - Electrical Engineering | | | | are available in drug and pharmaceutical research, |
| - Electronics and Communication Engineering | | | | public funded laboratories, chemicals, environment |
| - Production and Industrial Engineering | | | | control, waste management, energy, agriculture, food |
| - Computer Engineering | | | | processing and bio-process industries. Most |
| - Automobile Engineering | | | | biotechnologists find employment on a large scale in |
| - Telecommunication Engineering | | | | research laboratories run by the government of India. |
| - Instrumentation Engineering | | | | |