Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Lateral Entry) 

at LPU Admission Office, Connaught Place

The slot booking window for the LPU NEST 2026 can be done three days before the exam. The last date to book the slot will be announced soon. The candidates should make sure that the slots are booked before the exam date. The exam slots are allotted based on availability.

After you have completed your BTech Food Technology course at a decent college in India, you can get some amazing earning opportunities in the business world. The average starting salary for fresh graduates like you is usually around INR 4 LPA.
As you move forward in the work sector and gain some years of experience, you will start to earn more as recruiters will be ready to offer you a higher salary package because of your technical expertise. For mid-senior level positions, the salary package is mostly between INR 5 LPA and INR 8 LPA. For senior level positions, the salary package is above INR 8 LPA.

The salary for an entry-level job is INR 30,000 to 45,000 and above per month. ECE graduates earn well after gathering experience for one-two year. Moreover, professionals with industrial experience stand out in terms of skills and can earn INR 8-12 Lacs per annum. 

To get good salary, ECE graduates should have a clear concept of designing, Analog circuit, VLSI, Microprocessors, Antennas, Network Analysis, and Programming.

According to the latest report, the highest package offered during LPU BDes placements 2024 stood at INR 18 LPA. Further, the LPU average package offered to BSc Fashion Technology and BDes in 2024 stood at INR 4.44 LPA. The key highlights of Fashion Designing placements at Lovely Professional University in 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

To be honest, a large amount of programming is involved in Electronics and Communication Engineering. C, C+, or Python, types of languages you'll study in the first year only. They then use this programming language in subsequent courses to develop software for microcontrollers, digital signal processors, and other electronic devices.

The ECE syllabus is not similar in all the Indian colleges. Talking about the first year of ECE, the general subjects taught are almost similar that include Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Chemistry, Computer Programming, and the basic fundamentals of the field to provide a basic foundation for the ECE course ahead. Further, the Electronics and Communication Engg. syllabus will differ on the basis of the course level, specialization, and the college offering the course. Different colleges follow their own set of guidelines regarding the ECE course curriculum that includes both core and elective subjects along with practical lab work.

ECE courses do offer various electives for you to opt in the both the UG-level and PG-level ECE courses where you get the chance to pick a specific subject that interests you more, is easy-going for you, and in which you can even pursue a specialisation further to tailor your career path in a particular direction.
You can choose to pick a subject according to the specialised field within your broad ECE specialization, which you would like to enter into in the future, where you see yourself as a well-established engineer. For example, in BTech ECE, there are a variety of electives like Embedded Systems, Antenna Design, Fiber-optic communication, VLSI Technology, etc.