Career in Chemical Engineering - options and opportunities
Career in Chemical Engineering - options and opportunities - Introduction, options, opportunities, courses, institutes, exams etc.
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- Introduction
Chemical engineering is one of the discipline of engineering, apt for those candidates who have an aptitude and the dedication to work with chemicals. This field of engineering involves designing, development and maintanance of chemical plants and processes. It covers the area of biotechnology and nanotechnology which deals with the mineral processing. It is one of the growing field which involves conversion of raw materials into some useful products. It is a combination of chemistry with technology and principles of engineering to achieve new products. Chemical Engineering has replaced various products with chemically engineered products because they are cheaper, more convenient and easy to produce though many chemically engineered products have been critisied for being harmful to environment. Despite this the importance and benefits of chemical engineering cannot be ignored.
Performance and growth of industry in India
The performance of chemical engineers is very good with further scope to grow due to industrial expansion. The industry in today’s date accounts for 13% of GDP (Gross Domestic product). At this rate the total export of the country growing at the rate of 10% to 12%. Different sectors has shown growth such as Inorganic Chemicals which contributes around 9% in the GDP. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals holds the 4th place in the world in terms of volume.
Options and Opportunities
Chemical Engineers get the best opportunities with Pharmaceutical companies. Other than that they can work in Government departments like Water treatment, Waste Management etc. They can also work in the various industries using Chemical Engineering methods to obtain the products. Other than production chemical engineers can also work in research departments. Since the availability of natural products is decreasing the need for Chemically synthesised products has increased which has resulted in rapid research in this field. Chemical Engineering is quite a well paid profession. Remunerations offered are good and depend highly on the kind of industry one is working in and the nature of work.
Courses Available
- B.E / B.Tech in Chemical Engineering
- B.E (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- B. Tech in Chemical Technology
- B. Tech in Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering
- M. E / M.Tech in Chemical Engineering
- M.E Chemical Process Design
- M.E / M.Tech in Chemical Engineering
- M. Tech in Chemical Systems
- M.Tech in Electrochemical Engineering
- Ph. D in Chemical Engineering
- Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- Diploma in Chemical Technology
- Diploma in Petrochemical Technology
Qualification required
- For becoming a chemical engineer one needs to have done a 4 year engineering degree in Chemical Engineering (B.E./ B.Tech). Other than that one can also do a diploma in Chemical engineering. For doing BTech one needs to have PCM in class 12th.
- After doing BE/BTech in Chemical Engineering one can also opt for ME/ MTech in Chemical Engineering.
Some good institutes
- Annamalai University: Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu
- BMA College of Engineering, Banglore
- Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu
- Dayanand sagar college of Engineering, Banglore
- Government Engineering College, Ujjain, MP
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Orissa
- Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
- Padmasri Dr. B.V. Raju Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
- Rajasthan Institute of Technology and Engineering Science, Kota
- Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Raigad
- Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Inidan Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal, AP
Entrance exams
For pursuing Graduate degree following are the entrance exams:
- All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)
- Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering Entrance Exam
- Birla Institute of Technology and science Admission Test (BITSAT)
- Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU) Entrance Exam
- GGS Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test
- Indian Institute of Technology - Joint entrance Exam
- Jamia Millia Islamia B.Tech Entrance Exam
- Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)
For pursuing Postgraduate degree following are the entrance exams:
- Calicut University M.Tech Entrance Exam
- Cochin University of Science and Technology Entrance Exam - CUSAT Exam
- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University .Tech in Chemical Engineering
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University M.Tech Chemical Engineering Entrance Exam
- National Institute of Technology M.Tech in Chemical Engineering Entrance Exam
- Punjab Technical University M.Tech in Chemical Engineering Entrance Exam
- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology M.Tech in Chemical Engineering Entrance exam
- Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University M.Tech in Chemical Engineering entrance Exam
- Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET)
