Scope in electrical engineering lie in the areas of generating electricity,
its distribution and transmission. As everything from house to industry
requires electricity to function, there are tremendous career prospects
in this field in India as well as in other developed countries across
the world. Globalisation has also created huge demand for technically
qualified engineers to keep pace with growing industrial needs. In short
electrical engineering has a wide scope of applicability and it varies
depending upon different needs.
Different types of employers offer jobs to electrical engineers. Employers
range from computer-technology corporations and chemical companies to
power and telephone companies. Both small and large companies in the private
sector and the government sector offer placement for electrical engineers.
Electrical engineers can find employment in Electrical equipment and systems
manufacturing companies, Power generation and transmission, Telecommunication,
Railways, IT industry, Health care equipment manufacturing industry, public
sector industries like petroleum, steel and chemical industry, Research
and design etc.
Electrical graduates are employed in Electricity Boards/Utility companies
and large industries as engineers and managers, responsible for installation,
maintenance, operation of power handling equipments and systems. Industries
manufacturing large electrical machines and equipments employ engineers
in design, production and testing. Electrical engineers also find employment
in atomic power plants, hydroelectric power plants as well as thermal
power plants. Many electrical engineering graduates opt for careers in
the food, pulp and paper, chemical, aircraft and automobile industries.
Educational Institutions and Research establishments recruit electrical
engineers as faculty and scientists. One can also do research work in
this field by joining research labs and institutes. Teaching career is
also rewarding. They can join an engineering college/university as a full
time or part time lecturer/professor. They can also enter into self employment
by starting own ventures.
As an Electrical Engineer, entry for junior posts in the Government
departments is by direct recruitment through advertisements in newspapers.
Selection to Gazetted posts is through competitive examinations
conducted by Union and State Public Service Commission. UPSC conducts
an Engineering Service Examination annually for vacancies in Central Engineering
Services and various State Public Service commissions conduct their own
competitive Exams for vacancies in State engineering services.
Young engineers have chances in the Defence Services also. For selection
into the Defence Services- Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy,
applications are invited through National dailies and Employment News.
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Remuneration
Pay scale of an electrical engineer depends on experience, higher qualification
and capabilities. Fresh graduates from elite technological institutions
like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology
(NITs) and Birla Institute of Technology get more remuneration as compared
to others. The average starting monthly salary of electrical engineering
graduates in India ranges between Rs. 15,000 – Rs.25,000. Whereas
those with M.Tech can expect much more.
Senior electrical engineers with more than five years of working experience
can earn between Rs. 35,000 to Rs. 80,000 per month. The pay-package in
foreign countries is much higher as compared to India.
