Electronics and Communication Engineering

Some things in life matters the most. It is good that you have asked out which branch of engineering one should prefer. Here's is my answer to it:
First of all one should be passionate towards engineering for it to be chosen! Anything in life is meaningless if it isn't done from heart.
Here comes the most important part! Usually, people have a false and weird priority of choosing Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics and Civil according to the rank they obtain in a given entrance exam respectively without even looking at the courses under each branch and its match with one's interests which would prove very dangerous as far as the degree outcome is concerned.
So, before choosing any branch, know yourself first and then try to find out the best course available for you that suits your interests completely!
Therefore, take all the time available, assess yourself and decide what suits you and act accordingly.
Ultimately, talent and the ability to express it decides one's future irrespective of the branch one chooses!
P. S: Every branch of engineering has equal scope one way or the other. It is all upon the person to utilise the same.

An electronics engineer earns an average salary of Rs 305,680 per year. Electronics and communication engineering graduates will have good scope even beyond 2020 (personal opinion). Some of the factors favoring ECE scenario:
Growing convergence between hardware and software this is something that electronics engineers have an edge in when compared to computer grads. growing product companies in India. Once we have product companies emerging, electronic engineers are in demand be it design or comprehensive testing.
Open source: One of the best things that's happening, undercurrent is open source community. When you have a great community to learn from and participate in, learning becomes enjoyable and fast on internet. You don't have to go to a top rated university to learn building a prototype of your product. With increasing open sourcing and learning community online, learning costs reduce, which is an important factor for students in India and hands on experience, on whatever little product you are developing is very important in progressing in engineering.
Career options of electronic and communication engineering:
Multiple career paths are available within the realm of electronic communications engineering. Visit these links to get job descriptions and employment prospects for some of them.
Communications Engineer
Electronic Engineer
Electronic Communications Technician
ECE
Impact on Humans and Society: Electrical and computer engineering at OSU has faculty and students working in the following areas, each of which has a significant impact on humans and society:
Analog and Radio Frequency Electronic Circuits: Without these, there be no cell phones, no Wi-Fi, not even television.
Communication and Signal Processing: is concerned with the transmission, storage, and analysis of information signals. While traditionally electrical engineers worked on communicating and analyzing speech, audio, image, and video signals, nowadays they work on a much wider variety of problems, such as recovering and analyzing physiological and genomic signals, ecological and environmental signals, consumer preference data, financial time series, and many others.
Computer and Digital Systems: Humankind is advancing faster technologically than ever before with the help of computers. These digital systems are everywhere, from your dishwasher and wristwatch to the Mars rovers, and everything in between. Networking: The internet is having a profound impact on society.

IC Engineering stands instrumentation and Control Engineering. The field of IC is closely related to creating and maintaining control systems, control processes, automated systems, calibration of automated systems, etc. It h got elements of electronics engineering, bit of software and programming, electrical systems, robotics, mechatronics engineering etc. in it. EC engineering stands for electronics and communication engineering. EC Engineering is a combination of classic Electronics Engineering and Communication Engineering.
This course focuses on electronics equipment, circuits and networks and their use in transmission of information. The course deals with design, testing, manufacturing, analysis and research of electronic and communication circuits. Both are equally good, it is totally dependent on your interests. Meanwhile scope wise IC is better. But popularity wise EC is better.