GATE 2013 Syllabus For Mechanical Engineering

Linear Algebra:

Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigen vectors.

Calculus:

Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green's theorems.

Differential equations:

First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchy's and Euler's equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, Solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations and Laplace equation.

Complex variables:

Analytic functions, Cauchy's integral theorem, Taylor and Laurent series.

Probability and Statistics:

Definitions of probability and sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions.

Numerical Methods:

Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson's rule, single and multi-step methods for differential equations.

Applied Mechanics and Design

Engineering Mechanics:

Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.

Strength of Materials:

Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr's circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler's theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.

Theory of Machines:

Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.

Vibrations:

Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping; vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.

Design:

Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.

Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

Fluid Mechanics:

Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoulli's equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.

Heat-Transfer:

Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods.

Thermodynamics:

Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system and processes; Carnot cycle. irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases, properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion.

Applications:

Power Engineering: Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air: psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes.Turbomachinery: Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines - impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams.

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

Engineering Materials

Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.

Metal Casting:

Design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating design, design considerations.

Forming:

Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes; load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy.

Joining:

Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; design considerations in welding.

Machining and Machine Tool Operations:

Mechanics of machining, single and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of design of jigs and fixtures

Metrology and Inspection:

Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing:

Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools.

Production Planning and Control:

Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.

Inventory Control:

Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory control systems.

Operations Research:

Linear programming, simplex and duplex method, transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.

MBA after B-Tech - What is the Advantage in it?

This article is collected from Internet and I welcome your comments to improve the content. B.Tech is a graduate degree and MBA is a post graduate degree. So the person having a combo of both the qualifications will be paid higher than a person having just an engineering degree and a person having MBA degree after a simple BA. With this combination,the candidates will be able to make the optimum utilization of the technical skillls which are acquired while in the engineering .The managerial skills will help him to use the technical skills.

They are paid higher as the company and recruiters get both tha qualities in a single person ,so the work of an engineer and a manager can be done by a single person.

The MBA is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. It is a degree designed to give you the ability to develop your career to its fullest potential, at an accelerated pace. What will you get out of an MBA? Aside from a powerful life experience, the MBA degree should supply three main value propositions: Skills, Networks, and Brand.

Skills

These include the "hard skills" of economics, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, as well as the "soft skills " of leadership, teamwork, ethics, and communication that are so critical for effective management. MBA students acquire these skills inside and outside the classroom. Since MBA programs attract people from very diverse industries and cultures, a program should be able to leverage these differences and translate them into learning opportunities.

Networks

An MBA degree program offers access to a network of MBA students, alumni, faculty, and business and community leaders. This network can be very useful when beginning a job search, developing a career path, building business relationships in your current career, or pursuing expertise outside your current field. For example, entrepreneurs need access to capital, business partners, vendors, and clients. Arts-related businesses need access to funding and strategic management in order to position themselves to be relevant in the marketplace. Global businesses need access to local business cultures as they expand their enterprises to new territories. 

Brand

The MBA degree is a recognized brand that signifies management and leadership training. The particular school and type of MBA program you attend also have brand associations that can help open doors based on the school's reputation. The strength of a school's brand is based on the program's history, its ability to provide students with technical skills and opportunities for personal growth, and the reach of its alumni and industry network. A powerful brand can give you the flexibility to make changes throughout your career. 

 
You can opt a number of specializations which are available in MBA which suites you, so as to have a good blend of both the technical and managerial skills. 

So choose the best for you .

All The Best......

IES (Indian Engineering Service)

The Following is the information that I have collected on IES(Indian Engineering Services). I have tried my best to keep the data accurate. Inspite of my hardship, some errors/data inaccuracies may persist. If you identify any incorrect information, please inform me so that I can update the post and make it available to all the readers. If you have any queries/suggestions, please post your comments.

Indian Engineering Services (IES) the engineering services that meet the technical and managerial functions of the Government of India. Government spending comprises more than 15 percent of India's GDP. Given the extent of tasks and functions managed by the public sector, this extends to a fairly broad segment of the economy covering the railroads, defense, public works, power, telecommunications, etc.^[1]

Like most countries, the Government of India recruits its civil servants and officials on the basis of merit, the middle management positions in the bureaucracy are filled through competitive exams. Large number of people take these exams competing for limited seats. It is considered as the toughest exam due to the less numbers of seats. A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC); for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services (IES).

Ranks

• At the time of selection – Assistant Executive Engineer.
• after 3–4 years of service (including probation period) – Executive Engineer (equivalent to Under Secretary to Government of India).
• after 8 years of service – Executive Engineer (junior administrative grade) (equivalent to Deputy Secretary to Government of India).
• after 13 years of service– Chief Engineer level-2 (equivalent to Director to Government of India).
• after 20 years of service – Chief Engineer level-1 (equivalent to Joint Secretary to Government of India).
• after 28 years of service – Engineer-in-Chief (equivalent to Additional Secretary to Government of India)
• after 32 years of service - retirement

Recruitment

Category I

Civil Engineering :

Group A Services / Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service.
3. Central Engineering Service.
4. Indian Defense Service of Engineers.(Building and Roads Cadre)
5. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS).
6. Central Water Engineering Service.
7. Central Engineering Service (Roads).
8. Border Roads Engineering Service.

Category II

Mechanical Engineering :

Group A Services / Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Central Water Engineering
4. Central Power Engineering Service
5. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS).
6. Indian Naval Armament Service
7. Military Engineer Service (IDSE— Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
8. Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in the Corps of EME, Ministry  of Defence.
9. Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
10. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
11. Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Boarder Roads Engineering Service, Group 'A'
12. Drilling Engineer (Junior) (Grade A) in the Geological Survey of India.
13. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr "A" (Mechanical Engg. Posts)

Category III

Electrical Engineering :

Group A Services / Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
2. Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service
4. Indian Naval Armament Service
5. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS).
6. Central Power Engineering Service
7. Indian Defence Service of Engineers
8. Indian Navy.
9. Indian Supply Service

Category IV

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering :

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers

(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service

(iii) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS).

(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service

(v) Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a branch in the Indian Army

(vi) Wireless Planning and Co-ordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation. (M/o Communications & I.T., D/o Telecommunications).

(vii) Indian Navy.

(viii) Indian Supply Service

(ix) Indian Telecommunication Service.

Although the number of vacancies are liable to change, usually it is approximately 300. There will be enough reservations for Sc, ST, OBC and Physically challenged candidates as per Govt. rules.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

For admission to the examination, a candidate must have any one of the following qualifications—

• Obtained a degree in Engineering from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (or)
• Passed Section A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); (or)
• obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to time, (or)
• Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India); (or)
• Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India; (or)
• Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November, 1959.

Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts and Engineer Group 'A' in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation) may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely:-

M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.

NOTE-1—A candidate who has appeared at an examination the passing of which would render him educationally qualified for this examination, but has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to the examination. A candidate who intends to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible, but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination alongwith the detailed applications which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of written part of the examination.

NOTE-2—In exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate, who has not any of the qualifications prescribed in this rule, as educationally qualified provided that he has passed examinations conducted by other institutions the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his admission to the examination.

NOTE-3—A candidate who is otherwise qualified but who has taken a degree from a foreign University which is not recognised by Government, may also apply to the Commission and may be admitted to the examination at the discretion of the Commission.

Examination

The Exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the month of June India wide. There are objective as well as conventional (descriptive) papers. One paper for GS (General Studies) is part of the assessment system apart from the engineering subject of the candidate. The entire technical subject is divided into two papers (PAPER I and PAPER II). There is a three day schedule of the written examination, comprising all five written examination.
The first day is allocated for the General Studies (GS) paper. This exam is of 2 hrs duration. On the first day there is just one exam. This exam consists of General studies and General English.Paper is maximum of 200 marks
The second day is allocated for the Objective Papers. There are two objective exams for each paper separately and each being of 2 hrs in duration. Each Paper is maximum of 200 marks
The third day is allocated for the Conventional papers. There is one subjective exam for each paper separately and each being of 3 hrs in duration. Each Paper is maximum of 200 marks
The conventional answer sheets of a candidate are evaluated only when he/she qualifies the objective examination.

Interview

The candidates who qualify the written exam will be called for Interview. Interview carries 200 marks.
The notification of the examination is updated in the UPSC calendar and is available on their web site.
This is the main part of exam.

 

GATE 2013 Syllabus for ECE

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

 Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigen vectors.

Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, Multiple integrals, Fourier series. Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green's theorems.

Differential equations: First order equation (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy's and Euler's equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations and variable separable method.

Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchy's integral theorem and integral formula, Taylor's and Laurent' series, Residue theorem, solution integrals.

Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Discrete and continuous distributions, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distribution, Correlation and regression analysis. Numerical Methods: Solutions of non-linear algebraic equations, single and multi-step methods for differential equations. Transform Theory: Fourier transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform.

GENERAL APTITUDE  

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Networks: Network graphs: matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit matrices. Solution methods: nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems: superposition, Thevenin and Norton's maximum power transfer, Wye-Delta transformation. Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. Linear constant coefficient differential equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2-port network parameters: driving point and transfer functions. State equations for networks.

Electronic Devices: Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation and recombination of carriers. p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo diode, Basics of LASERs. Device technology: integrated circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, n-tub, p-tub and twin-tub CMOS process.

Analog Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and analog CMOS. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers. Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational, feedback, and power. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters. Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers. Power supplies.

Digital circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs and PLAs. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. Semiconductor memories. Microprocessor(8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing.

Signals and Systems: Definitions and properties of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z-transform. Sampling theorem. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through LTI systems.

Control Systems: Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams. Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots. Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control. State variable representation and solution of state equation of LTI control systems.

Communications: Random signals and noise: probability, random variables, probability density function, autocorrelation, power spectral density. Analog communication systems: amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation systems, spectral analysis of these operations, superheterodyne receivers; elements of hardware, realizations of analog communication systems; signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. Fundamentals of information theory and channel capacity theorem. Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and probability of error calculations for these schemes. Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and GSM.

Electromagnetics: Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss' and Stokes' theorems, Maxwell's equations: differential and integral forms. Wave equation, Poynting vector. Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth. Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. Waveguides: modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations. Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical fibers. Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas; radiation pattern; antenna gain.

The above is the syllabus for GATE 2013 for ECE students. Please let me know if there are any mistakes in the content provided above. I have tried my best to avoid incorrect data,  but still there could be some  unidetified mistakes. So, I request your valuable suggestions to make it perfect in every detail.

GATE 2013 Syllabus for CSE & IT

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Mathematical Logic: Propositional Logic; First Order Logic.

Probability: Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation; Random Variables; Distributions; uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson, Binomial.

Set Theory & Algebra: Sets; Relations; Functions; Groups; Partial Orders; Lattice; Boolean Algebra.

Combinatorics: Permutations; Combinations; Counting; Summation; generating functions; recurrence relations; asymptotics.

Graph Theory: Connectivity; spanning trees; Cut vertices & edges; covering; matching; independent sets; Colouring; Planarity; Isomorphism.

Linear Algebra: Algebra of matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.

Numerical Methods: LU decomposition for systems of linear equations; numerical solutions of non-linear algebraic equations by Secant, Bisection and Newton-Raphson Methods; Numerical integration by trapezoidal and Simpson's rules.

Calculus: Limit, Continuity & differentiability, Mean value Theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, evaluation of definite & improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivatives, maxima & minima. 

GENERAL APTITUDE

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.

COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).

Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.

Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.

Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching. Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concepts of complexity classes P, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete.

Theory of Computation: Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undecidability.

Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.

Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.

Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.

Information Systems and Software Engineering: information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance.

Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.

Web technologies: HTML, XML, basic concepts of client-server computing.

Career Options after B.E/B-Tech

It has been known without doubt that Engineering has remained as one of the most sought after career option for bright students over years. There is no dearth of opportunities for aspirants after graduation in engineering.

The  Opportunities can be classified as:

1. Take up Some Job.
2. Higher Studies.
3. Entrepreneurship.
4. IAS/IES/Other Public Sector Units(PSU)

Take up Some Job

This is the one of the primary reason why someone pursues an engineering degree. When it comes to premier institutes like IIT or NIT, then these institutes have an excellent on-campus placement process and hence the students here don’t have to fret much. But the good news is that world does not end with on-campus job offers. Irrespective of which college one belongs to, they should never discard the option of off campus recruitment. The way to go about can be to have a internet-presence, with good resume (avoiding any mistakes) and the world can be yours. It is very important to leverage every resource in such a case. The resource can be an acquaintance working in an organization, your friends and most importantly your alumni. Never hesitate to use these resources. As far as alumni are concerned they are more than happy to help.

Now we will straight away jump to the classification of jobs that you can aim at.

• Technical
• By technical I mean are jobs related to the core area in which you have pursued your engineering, like Civil, Mechanical, Instrumentation, etc. These can be jobs in SME, government jobs or big corporate. To identify where you can apply, again your alumnus and friends from other colleges can be the best source. USE THEM!
• Non-Technical
• These are jobs that are related more to your passion rather than your engineering degree. So these are mostly offbeat like Fashion designing, forays into movie or television industry, DJ, RJ etc.
• Software
• Although these are also technical jobs, but I have kept them separately for obvious reasons.

Higher Studies

Jobs are not the only option and engineering degree by no means is an end to your academic career. A person can always pursue higher studies. Some of them are listed in the below figure.

Entrepreneurship

A quote says “Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them“. If you want ot be your own boss, then this is the way to go. You might be working in a Fortune 500 company with a fat pay-package, but still you are chained, albeit with a golden one. The education system of India is unfortunately teaching us how to be excellent at working under someone else. If you have the passion and you think you got the capabilities, don’t hesitate and start your own venture. In the world of social networking, help is just a click away.

IAS/ IES/Other Public Sector Units(PSU)

Clearing an IAS exam was never so profitable and easy for an engineer. With the sixth-pay commission (meaning improved salary structure) and the change in exam pattern (heavily favoring engineers), IAS is definitely worth a shot.
IES, the Indian Engineering Services is mainly meant for people from Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering and Electrical engineering. If you are comfortable working in a government set-up than the payoffs are plenty and you won’t regret taking this decision.
In the above post I have tried to cover most of the options possible for an engineer. But as they say, “sky is the limit”, so there are definitely a lot of other options possible. Just keep in mind that the decisions should be driven by your passion not the short-term gains.

Some part of this article was collected from careerilove.com. and I found it to be very useful for the soon-to-be graduates to plan their careers. So, I decided to share it to all the readers.

Women in IT

The below post was originally published in www.eurograduate.com . To support their cause, i.e; to increase the number of women in IT industry, i have decided to share it.

          A hot topic at the moment is the lack of women in IT, which has been an ongoing issue for the industry for many years; currently women hold a mere 14.4% share of the computing professional roles in the UK industry and only 9% on Computing courses at university. A few companies have started dedicated women in IT and diversity initiatives including FDM Group, but the difference here is that FDM leads by example with over 50% of its senior management team being female. Additionally, female staff figures have increased to a huge 23% compared with the industry average and the award-winning IT firm has firmly established itself as a leader in employing women as highlighted by featuring in the UK’s Top Ten IT Employers For Women (The Guardian UK 300).

In a bid to combat the shortage of women in IT, FDM has implemented an initiative that encourages and supports women to enter the IT industry. FDM’s Women in IT campaign was launched in 2011 and aims to promote, encourage and support women in IT. Sheila Flavell, COO of FDM, was honored as ‘Corporate Leader of the Year’ at the Every Woman in Technology Awards in 2012 and is spearheading the initiative. FDM has also established a female mentoring program where its ‘Female Champions’ mentor fellow colleagues and organize events to raise awareness of the attractive opportunities in the IT industry for women.

FDM holds regular ‘Women in IT Advantage Sessions’ which aim to give undergraduates, graduates and other professionals looking for a career change the opportunity to meet and network with industry professionals. For each event FDM has a champagne reception, talks and presentations from three guest speakers in the industry followed by a round of networking with drinks and canapés. Previous speakers at these events include Maggie Berry, Managing Director of Women in Technology, Gillian Arnold, Founder of Tectre and Maria Ingold, former CTO of FilmFlex Movies.