Every year, 15th September is celebrated as National Engineer’s Day in our country to acknowledge and honour the achievements of legendary engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya towards nation-building. He has received the highest honour award, “Bharat Ratna”, since 1968. His birth anniversary has been celebrated to commemorate the exemplary work of engineers and encourage them to introduce innovation and improvement.

Did you know that even after more than five decades, Engineering is still one of the most popular career options in India? Let’s quickly understand why Engineering is a promising career option.

Why choose Engineering?

You will experience the following benefits after studying Engineering courses from the premier colleges of India and abroad:

• You can unlock multiple job opportunities after completing the Engineering degree in your preferred domain.
• It is one of the well-paid professions around the globe, with immense growth opportunities in different sectors.
• It gives a wonderful opportunity to contribute to national development.

So, if you also want to celebrate World Engineers Day by building a successful career in the Engineering domain, choose your course wisely.

Types of Engineering Courses in India

Students willing to pursue Engineering courses can choose from multiple specialisations. Some of the most popular specialisations are as follows:

Aerospace Engineering: Aerospace or Aeronautical is an Engineering branch that deals with the designing and development of spacecraft and aircraft. The skilled professionals have a huge scope to work as Mechanical Design Engineers, Aerospace Design Checkers, and Aircraft Production Engineers in organisations like ISRO, and Airbus, to name a few.

Civil Engineering: Civil Engineering deals with planning, designing, construction, and maintenance of structures like buildings, footpaths, roads, airports, parks, etc. As long as the infrastructure development continues in a country, the demand for Civil Engineers will never fade away. After completing the Engineering degree successfully, Civil Engineers can explore career paths such as Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineering, and Rural and Urban Transport Engineering in reputed companies.

Computer Science Engineering: Computer Science Engineering comprises programming languages for developing processes and finding software solutions to meet unique business needs. It is the most popular branch of Engineering with good job opportunities at various positions in companies like Amazon, IBM, TCS, Adobe and LinkedIn.

Mechanical Engineering: Mechanical Engineering deals with the design, development, operations and maintenance of machines. A postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from a prestigious college will open umpteen job opportunities in fields like Aerospace, Manufacturing, Research and Development, among others.

Electronics and Communications Engineering: Electronics and Communication Engineering is another popular Engineering branch which is rapidly gaining popularity among students. It is a sub-field of Electrical Engineering and deals with researching, planning, designing, developing and testing electronic circuits and devices. This branch of Engineering has vast applications, and skilled professionals are able to draw handsome salaries in industries such as Oil & Gas, Automotive, and Telecom Industry, amongst others.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Engineering: This is an allied branch of Computer Science Engineering and focuses on technology for developing intelligent machines that can work and think like human beings. In the last four years, the demand for ML and AI jobs has jumped by almost 75% in industries like Education, Healthcare, Retail, E-commerce and Financial Services. The possible job roles offered to ML and AI professionals are Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Business Intelligence Developer, Artificial Intelligence Engineer, etc.

On this National Engineers Day, let’s uncover some other popular Engineering domains which offer lucrative job opportunities worldwide:

• Biotechnology Engineering
• Automotive Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Information Technology Engineering
• Architecture Engineering

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Last but not least, we wish Happy Engineer’s Day to all students pursuing education in the Engineering domain!blog