Students opt for various other fields of study today, apart from the traditional ones. They experiment and do not fear the challenges. However, it is interesting to note how engineering as a study option still retains its charm and the numero uno position when it comes to selecting a course after school. The top Engineering Colleges in India have made a deep mark and is a niche that all engineering aspirants desire to be a part of.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is the premier engineering establishment in India. With its seven branches in Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Guwahati and Roorkee, it ranks the best and most coveted institute. IIT has courses in all branches of engineering. It offers undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral levels of study. Also there are various specialized courses in core sciences like chemistry, geological sciences etc, which is usually a combined bachelor’s and master’s course. Thus apart from the regular B. Tech and M. Tech degrees, B. Sc, M.Sc etc are also offered by IIT. Admission to the undergraduate courses is based on an all India IIT JEE. Post graduate courses admission is based on GATE (for technology) and JAM (for M.Sc, M.Sc., Joint M.Sc. – Ph. D., M.Sc. – Ph. D. Dual degree, and post-B. Sc. etc).
The National Institute of Technology (NIT), earlier known as the Regional Engineering College, is a set of twenty technology institutes spread all over India, and offering engineering education to students in every nook and corner of the country. Admission to the NITs is on the basis of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). It too offers study at the UG,PG and doctoral levels, and also MBA. Some of the branches are known to be the best in India and at the top of the list. These include the one at Suratkhal, Warangal, Allahabad, and Trichy.
Delhi Technological University, formerly the Delhi College of Engineering, is among the prestigious education institutions in the country. There is a Common Entrance Examination for admission. It has various departments for the different branches of engineering. Some unique ones include the Department of Applied Chemistry & Polymer Technology, Department of Applied Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and the Department of Humanities that satisfies a student’s urge for humanitarian subjects like English, economics, foreign language, technical writing etc.
Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences in Pilani, Rajasthan, is another good engineering option. Admission is on the basis of entrance test. BITS Pilani has the Integrated degree programs, higher degree programs and the Doctoral programs. Various courses available here are on engineering, sciences, pharmacy, technology, management and humanities. It now has campus in Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai as well.
The College of Engineering in Guindy, is affiliated to the Anna University and is the oldest engineering college in India. It offers engineering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, and also M.Sc, MCA and Doctorate degrees. Undergraduate Admission is based on entrance tests (CET) conducted by the state and central government like the AIEEE and TNPCEE. Post graduate admission for M. Tech., M.Sc, MCA is on the basis of the TANCET (Tamil Nadu common Entrance Test).
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, is a niche east Indian option for education in engineering and technology. The faculty offers degree in architecture, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, constructional engineering, electronics and tele-communication engineering, food technology and bio chemical engineering, instrumentation and electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, power engineering, production engineering, printing engineering, and information technology. Admission is an internal procedure of the university.
There is no dearth of engineering colleges in India. Every state, city, town has them coming up like weeds during rains. And neither do we lack committed good engineers. What we do have is the scarcity of engineers passing out of the top Engineering colleges in India willing to work in the core engineering industries. Most of them pursue management after graduating or go abroad. We need to hold them back as they are the best technologically equipped brains in the country whom we cannot afford to lose.
