Instrumentation and Control Engineering is an interdisciplinary branch. It is related to measurement and control of process variables within systems. It basically gives emphasis on automation of measurement and control process.
Instrumentation and control engineering has a wide range of application in all fields of engineering. Nowadays Instrumentation and control engineers are developing new and intelligent sensors, smart transducers, Bluetooth technology, artificial intelligence, automatic control devices, etc. Where there is automation, there is need of an Instrumentation and control engineer.
In India, the craze of Instrumentation and Control Engineering is a quite low that why opportunities for such engineer remains effective among all streams. An average salary of an Instrumentation and Control Engineering is about INR 3.5 LPA to INR 3.75 LPA. As much as employee's experience increases their growth will also matter with their experience.
Generally, those who have 10+ years of experience in Instrumentation and Control they move on to other jobs. If you have strong knowledge in Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Engineering Design they have more chances to grow rapidly in their organization than others.
Only a few colleges are offering the course. So, Instrumentation and Control Engineering has less competition but not much demanded in India as compare to other endeavors in engineering courses available. There is no doubt in that if, you secured a good rank in GATE (About 50) there are many public sectors (PSUs) jobs which involve in Instrumentation and Control Engineering and many aspects. Overall the future will be like flower path if you mould yourself into a successful engineer.
Instrumentation and Control Engineering have a broad field so you can choose the specialisation on your interests. Some of them are written below:
Automation
Process Control
Embedded Systems
VLSI
Robotics and Automation
Artificial Intelligence
Power Electronics
Power System
etc
Eligibility Criteria will be different for various programs which are given below:
For Undergraduate Programs
For Postgraduate Programs
For Diploma Programs
Duration of all the offered programs will be different which is given below:
For Undergraduate Programs
For Postgraduate Programs
For Diploma Programs