Opportunities for Electrical and
Electronics Engineering Graduates
B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering have
plenty of opportunities in both government and private organizations.
Government organizations and PSUs usually release notification about vacancies
in national dailies.
Details about application procedure, eligibility
criteria, recruitment process and important dates are mentioned in the
notification. The recruitment process typically involves written test and
interview. Given below are some of the options you can explore:
Indian Engineering
Service: The UPSC Board for recruitment conducts the Indian Engineering
Service (IES) examination for recruiting engineers into various government
departments.
The recruitment process involves two step- written
examination and personality test. The written examination carries 1000 marks
and comprises five papers. Paper -I is the general ability test, which assesses
the candidate’s competence in English and General Studies.
It carries 200 marks. Paper II and III carry questions
from the relevant engineering subject and carry 200 marks each. Papers I, II
and III are objective type. Papers- IV and V are conventional type and carry
200 marks each. They deal with the relevant discipline of engineering.
Personality Test carries 200 marks. It aims at assessing
qualities like leadership qualities, social skills, zeal to learn and mental
fitness. For further details, log on to www.upsc.gov.in
Research
Organizations: Research organizations like the Indian Space Research
Organization, Defence Research and Development Organization and Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre hire engineering graduates for various job roles. The minimum
eligibility criterion for most of them is at least 65 per cent marks in BE/
B.Tech. Candidates are short-listed for written test and interview, based on
their academic record and GATE score.
Electricity
Boards: Electricity boards of various States hire engineers for posts like
Assistant Engineer. Selection is based on performance at entrance test.
Along with these, organizations like Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd and Bharat Electronics Ltd hire engineers.
Coming to jobs in private organizations, you can explore
opportunities in industries like electrical, electronics, communications,
telecommunications, information technology and instrumentation.
An electrical engineering graduate can begin his/her job
search by contacting placement department in their respective colleges. Seek
their advice on building a resume and handling job interviews. Post you resume
on job portals. Consult a few recruitment firms and ask them if they can help
you find a job. Use social networking sites like this blog to build your
contacts and spread word that you are looking for a job. Request them to refer
you whenever there is a suitable opportunity in their organization.
Work towards improving your technical and communication
skills. Keep yourself updated with the latest developments in your field. For
this, you can read relevant material in industry specific magazines and on the
Internet.
To improve your career prospects, you can pursue
short-term courses in PLC, SCADA, VLSI or embedded systems. Given below are
details of some institutes that offer these courses:
Prolific Systems and Technologies, Hyderabad offers
Certified Programmable Logic Controllers Training. This training program covers
PLC and SCADA.
It provides practical experience of working on leading
brands of PLCs such as Allen Bradley, Siemens, Modicon and GE Fanuc. It covers
popular SCADA software such as Wonderware InTouch. The institute offers
placement assistance also.
Advanced Training Institute for Electronics and Process
Instrumentation (http://atiepihyderabad.gov.in) at Ramanthapur, Hyderabad
offers training in PLC and SCADA.
I wish you all
the best.
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Shankar BNSS, M.Tech (IITK)
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