Mechanical Engineering is one of the most ancient disciplines of Engineering!

Like Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering is one of the most ancient disciplines of engineering and everything from levers to manufacturing plants, wheels to vehicles and ships, heating and cooling systems to robots stem from the hard work of Mechanical Engineers. Equipped with the knowledge of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, kinematics, mechanics, materials science, energy and heat transfer, Mechanical Engineers find many takes across the industries.

Automated and computerized manufacturing processes might look more like a computer engineer's work but a hard-core Mechanical Engineering curriculum will include a lot of hands-on work too. Generally, freshers in Mechanical Engineering get placements for Rs 2.5 to 3.5 lakhs per annum in organizations like ISRO, Indian Railway, DRDO, Reliance Industries, General Motors, Tata Motors, and Ashok Leyland. With Robotics and Artificial Intelligence seeing a surge in demand for Mechanical Engineers, the field is becoming a cool one for the youth.

Some of the colleges and institutes that offer Mechanical Engineering programs in India are:

• College of Engineering, Kakinada
• Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
• JNTU College of Engineering, Kukatpatty, Hyderabad
• Dr VRK College of Engineering, Karimnagar
• Vignan Institute of Technology & Science, Nalgonda
• Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering, Bollaram
• GP Reddy Engineering College, Kurnool.
• Regional Engineering College (REC) Warangal
• IIT Guwahati
• Lingaya's Institute of Technology, Faridabad

Source: Ruchi Shrimali (Shiksha Team)

Date: 11th May, 2011