Are you looking forward to pursuing your studies into a core branch of engineering? Well, Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering might be the route for you! It is a combination of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering for applied engineering.

Primarily as an engineering course, it combines the electronics part for sensing with instrumentation engineering. It deals with electronic equipment and instruments for measuring, controlling and maintenance. This branch of engineering is very useful and key to the many different aspects of telecommunication, robotics, biomedical, computer control in process application, VLSI, fiber optics and a wide array of similar options.

As specified earlier, it is one of the core branches of Engineering. it will provide you with good career opportunities. You can go for higher studies like a post-graduate degree and a doctoral program.

If you are a B.Tech graduate in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, you will have lots of job opportunities in both public and private sector organizations.

For your ease, we have listed names of the best colleges which offer B.tech in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering along with their alumni verdict on placement offered by the respective Institute:

Lakshmi Narain College of Technology – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

LNCT accepts application for its flagship B.Tech programme through JEE(Mains). There are 60 seats available in the college for Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. Lateral entry for this course is also available with 12 seats.

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Anubhav Kumar of B. Tech Applied Electronics says that placement provided by the college is best in class. Companies like Genpact, IBM, CTC, TCS, Infosys, Oracle, and Bosch has conducted successful placement drives over the years. He also says that the college provides great internship opportunities to its students.

Nitant Raghuwanshi of BE Electronics and Communication Engineering Batch 2016 says that even though there were no internship opportunities provided to students at the college, 12000 plus students got placed into reputed MNCs and corporates. Under the experienced leadership of placement officer Prof. Anuj Garg, a record-breaking 801 students were placed on Day 1 of the placement drive itself in that year. Reputed companies like Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro Technologies, Wipro Infotech, Capgemini, Microsoft, Amdocs, Persistent, Ericsson, CSC, Avaya, L&T Infotech, KPIT Cummins, Syntel, Tech Mahindra, Impetus, and Walk had been a part of this recruitment drive.

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Admission to the IIT B.Tech, Dual Degree program and Integrated courses are done on the basis of JEE Advanced scores in IIT Dhanbad. The Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering is a 4-year course undergraduate course, total seat intake is 40 for this program.

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Dinesh Mahto of the 2017 batch says that approximately 94% students were placed that year in Computer Science. 100% students got placed in Mining Machinery and in Petroleum 80 %, in Mining 90%, in Mechanical 95%, in Electrical 80% students got placed. Companies like Adobe offered 38 lpa, while Samsung offered 24 lpa, Amazon offered 24 lpa, Arista offered 18 lpa, Walmart offered 17 lpa. The college also offered internship opportunities to students.

Pranay Gupta of B.Tech Petroleum Engineering Batch 2017 says that for Mining, the placement is always nearly 100% but it largely depends on the companies coming for recruitment.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) - Silchar, Assam

Admission to the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering course is done through JEE (Mains) and the subsequent rank received in the exam. Also, 30 students are accommodated for this program.

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Shaban Barbhuiya of B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering Batch 2016 says that the training and placement cell of the college is very active providing placement opportunities throughout the year. For the last two years the placement of Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering is close to one hundred percent and for other branches, most people don't go into core sector but end up in IT with an average salary of 3-4 LPA.

Piyush Pratap Singh of Ph.D Instrumentation and Control Engineering says that for core branches of Engineering, there is always more than 90% placement. While there is no scope for internship for Ph.D students, the college sees to it that undergraduate students always gets summer internships.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) - Rourkela, Odisha

Admission to the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering course is done through JEE (Mains) and the ultimate rank received in the exam.

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Subha Ranjan Sahu of B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering says that the placement opportunities have improved over the past few years.

Hari Krishna Singireddi of B.Tech Batch 2016 was very happy with the 90% placement of the batch. The average package of the batch was 7 lpa.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) - Agartala, Tripura

Admission to the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering course is done through JEE (Mains) and the rank received by the student in the exam.

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Sujit Sen of Production Engineering tells that the placement records are improving over the years. Several IT and Core companies visit this college every year for the recruitment drive. The list includes Tata Motors, Infosys, Mindtree etc. The average package is about 4-5 lpa and the highest package in 2017 was 32 lpa.

Satabdi Chakraborty of Batch 2011 says that over 60 to 70 companies came for the recruitment drive with packages ranging from 3 to 6 lpa in IT companies and for core companies like NTPC, IOCL the packages ranged from 8 to 13 lpa.

What next after B.tech in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering?

With an average annual salary of 328,374 to 1,014,018 lpa, Instrumentation Engineers are hired soon after graduation. They are responsible for an array of disciplines like designing, developing, installing, managing and maintaining equipment that is used for monitoring and controlling engineering systems, machinery and processes. They can also be involved in the design of strain gauges or sensors that accumulate data about the safety, efficiency, and reliability of machines used in manufacturing.   

As a fresher, you can also be hired as an Electronics Engineer. Your average salary can be anywhere between 365,525 to 920,903 lpa. Your job responsibilities will include the design, development, test, and modification of electrical components used in various industries for a wide range of applications in fields like navigation, broadcasting and satellite technology.

Another option for you could be Instrumentation and Control Technician. Your responsibilities as an Instrumentation and Control Technician will be setting up and testing equipment, analyzing data, sketching plans and writing reports. You will also be responsible for designing, developing, installing, managing and maintaining equipment used in monitoring and controlling engineering systems, machinery and processes. Your average salary will be anywhere between 365,525 to 920,903 lpa.

You can also be hired as an Electrical R & D Engineer in Automation, Robotics or Motion Control.           Your key responsibility will be to bring about an effective and efficient use of your client's proprietary hardware and software and to be the go-to expert on these components. You will also assist in designing, programming, integrating and configuring hardware and software solutions for your client's projects. Your annual remuneration will be between 349,867 and 829,849 lpa.

As an Automation Engineer, you will provide engineering support to on‑going and new operations, maintain and increase production efficiency. You will also have to identify and implement solutions for any kind of problem. You will receive something between 363,386 and 814,973 annually.

Your other option could be a Testing and Quality Maintenance Engineer. Quality Engineers typically monitors and audits the quality of all manufactured goods in a wide range of industries. These can be in the automobile, textile, clothing, food and electronics industries. As an Electrical Quality Engineers, you will also have to check the flow of electricity and ensure the proper operation of the equipment and machinery in these industries. Your average annual remuneration will be between 369,512 and 790,853 lpa.

One of the final options for you in this field can be that of a Mechanical Engineer. As a Mechanical Engineer, you will develop thermal and mechanical solutions to problems using the principles of engineering that you have learned during your B.Tech degree. You will be able to use design programs using digital and computer help and come up with valid prototypes. You will get paid something around 340,028 to 950037 lpa.

Instrumentation engineers can look for employment in Research and Development units of Public and Private sector firms, thermal power stations, steel plants, refineries etc. Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited recruits B.Tech graduates for the post of operator trainees. Public Sector banks such as Allahabad Bank and Punjab and Sind Bank recruit graduates in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering as IT Specialist Officers.

You can also find jobs as officer trainees in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Coming to private sector firms, you can apply at firms like Sofcon India Pvt Ltd which recruits B.Tech graduates as Trainee Engineer. You can also find job positions like Instrumentation Design Engineer, Electrical Instrumentation, and Automation in various private sector firms. Experienced professionals can find employment in global firms.

Some of the big names of private sector firms in this field are N.F.L., BHEL, Honeywell, Samsung I, IOCL, and SAIL. Heavy industries such as Thermal Power Stations, Steel Plants, Refineries, and Cement and Fertilizer Plants in both government and private sector recruits Electronics and Instrumentation Engineers. Many IT sector companies like TCS, Infosys, and Accenture also recruit a large number of electronics & instrumentation engineers.

The future of your career as an electronics and instrumentation engineer is bright because of the vast and rapidly growing sector and the increased demand of automatic control in process plants.