Options for electrical engineering graduates
I have completed my B. Tech. in electrical engineering. Kindly provide me with the details of higher study options in this discipline.
SREEDIVYA K.M., EMAIL
There are several higher study options for B.Tech. degree holders in electrical or electrical and electronics engineering. For your M.Tech. level programmes besides electrical and electronics, you can choose any of these specializations—power electronics and drives, power systems, electrical machines, control and instrumentation, applied electronics, embedded systems, VLSI design, nanotechnology, nano-medical sciences, and remote sensing and geo-informatics systems.
Many engineering colleges and institutes offer M.Tech. degree in electrical or electrical and electronics engineering and related disciplines. Almost of these colleges admit students for courses based on their score in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Clearing the GATE makes one eligible for scholarship from the Union ministry of Human Resource Development. In admission interviews, 70 per cent weightage is given for the GATE score and 30 per cent for academic merit. Top level institutions admit only those with high score.
In Tamil Nadu, a common admission test is conducted for admission to the M.E. and M.Tech. programme through a single-window system.
In Kerala, the State government’s college of engineering, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, offer M.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics with specialisation in electrical machines, power systems, control systems, navigation control and so on.
The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, offers the M.Tech. electrical and electronics engineering course.
The Government Engineering College, Thrissur, offers an M.Tech. electrical engineering (power systems) course.
The minimum qualifications for admission to these courses are a pass in B.Tech. electrical/electrical and communication engineering with at least 60 per cent marks in aggregate and a GATE score.
If sufficient number of GATE qualified candidates are not available, selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in the BE or B.Tech. examination. Only Keralities will be selected this way.
•TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, ( www.tkmce.org.in) conducts M.Tech. in electrical and electronics engineering, industrial instrumentation and control. B.E. or B.Tech. in electrical or instrumentation or electronics engineering with 60 per cent marks are eligible for admission.
•The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, offers an M.Tech. in electronics course with specialisation in digital electronics and microwave and radar electronics. An M.Tech. in opto electronics and laser technology course is also offered. Those who have first class B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering, electrical and electronics engineering may apply. For the M.Tech. computer and information science course, first class B.Tech. degree holders in any branch may apply. Selection will be based on the GATE score. If sufficient number of GATE qualified applicants is not available, a department level test will be held for others.
•The DOEACC Centre, Kozhikode, conducts an M.Tech. course in embedded systems. Those with BE or B.Tech degree in electronics, electrical and instrumentation engineering.
•The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappally, ( www.nitt.edu) offers an M.Tech. in power systems course for electrical and electrical and electronics engineering graduates. Selection is based on the GATE score or national level entrance test.
•The NIT, Calicut ( www.nitc.ac.in) conducts an M.Tech. degree course in electrical engineering with specialisation in instrumentation and control systems and power electronics. The entry qualifications are B.Tech. and a GATE score.
•The Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, Coimbatore, offers M.Tech. course in power electronics, embedded systems, remote sensing and wireless sensor network, computational engineering and networking, computer vision and image processing.
•The Amrita School of engineering in Coimbatore, Bangalore and Amritapuri (Kollam) conduct M.Tech. courses in VLSI (Very Large System Integration) design. Those with B.E./B.Tech. degrees with at least 60 per cent marks may apply. Selection is based on academic merit and interviews or group discussion.
Applicants with GATE score get preference. Those appearing for the final year qualifying examinations may also apply ( www.amrita.edu). M.E. or M.Tech. course in robotics and the M.Tech. nanotechnology courses are other higher study options for electrical engineering graduates.
Top institutes
The IITs in Madras ( www.iitm.ac.in) and Kharagpur (http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/mtech) conduct the M.Tech. electrical engineering course. Selection is based on the GATE score.
Greater scope: A good score in GATE brings with it better higher study options for B.Tech. degree holders in electrical or electrical and electronics engineering
The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, ( www.iisc.ernet.in/admissions) offers the following programmes:
•M.E. degree electrical engineering: areas of study include power systems, power electronics and high voltage engineering.
Those with at least a second class in B.E. or B.Tech. degree in electrical/electrical and electronics engineering are eligible for admission.
•M.E. degree in micro-electronics systems: Those with at least a second class in B.E. or B.Tech. in electrical engineering, electronics and communication or computer science and instrumentation may apply.
•M.E. in signal processing and system science automation: at least a second class in BE or B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical or chemical engineering are eligible for admission. Selection is based on the GATE score.
•Anna University, Coimbatore ( www.annauniv.ac.in): M.E. in power systems, electrical machines, power electronics and drives.
Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar: M.E. in power systems. Those with B.E. or B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering are eligible for admission. Selection is through an entrance test.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani ( www.bits-pilani.ac.in): M.E. in electronics engineering with specialisation in power electronics and drives; embedded systems; micro electronics and communication engineering.
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi ( www.bitmestra.ac.in): ME in electrical engineering with power systems and control systems as specialisations.
Other institutions
The following institutes offer higher study facilities for meritorious graduates in electrical/electrical and electronics engineering:
•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore–560100 ( www.iitb.ac.in): M.Tech. degree in information technology.
•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad- 211012 ( www.iiita.ac.in): M.Tech. degree in IT (wireless communication and computing), software engineering, micro electronics and bioinformatics.
•BMS College of Engineering, Basavanagudi, Bangalore- 560019: M.E. degree in power electronics.
•Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore – 560056: M.Tech. degee in VLSI design and embedded systems.
•Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore – 560001: M.E. degree in power electronics and power systems.
•Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, Manipal–576104 ( www.admissions.manipal.edu): M.Tech. in power electronics, systems and control.
•Vinayaka Mission Institute, Kilpauk, Chennai-600010: M.E. in power electronics and drives.
•BS Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai-600048: ME power system engineering.
The list is only indicative. Visit www.aicte.ernet.in for details of more engineering colleges and institutions offering M.E. or M.Tech. programmes approved by All India Council for Technical Education.
MBA
Postgraduate programmes in management including MBA are another suitable higher study options for engineering graduates. MBA (Power Management) is a good option for electrical engineering graduates.
IIMs are the top-level institutions that offer management PG programmes
National Power Training Institutes also offers PG diploma in hydropower plant engineering. B.E. or B.Tech. holders in electrical or mechanical engineering with 60 per cent marks are eligible for admission ( www.npti.nic.in).
GOPAKUMAR KARAKONAM
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