Metallurgical Engineering

Before answering this question let me share one important information. In general, metallurgist deals with metals from earth mining, processing, smelting, making the final product, etc. Who is a billionaire Indian in the field of metals? Mr Anil Agarwal, the owner of Vedanta. Dealing in all ferrous, non-ferrous metals and oil. No doubt, by his vision he is going to be number one, in metal in coming few years. So, you can think of the scope in India and outside. Major players are Vedanta/ SAIL/Hindalco/ Hindustan copper / Jindal/Bhushan/ Birla / Hind Zinc/ Strelite /DRDO/ ISRO / Car and vehicles industries/corrosion field in acid and chemicals plants and many medium industries apart from these. In fact, if you really goes for industries contribution in India GDP, metal industries comes on number 2. So, friend, the scope of metallurgical engineering in India is still not fully explored up to its potential.

Some of the job profiles for metallurgical graduates are mentioned below-
Sub Divisional Engineer
Consultants
Design Engineers
Process Engineers
Assistant Engineer
Technical Writer
Executive Engineer
Private Sector Jobs after B.E in Metallurgical Engineering
Metallurgical engineering is a special field where in there are many firms in the private sector that offers different job opportunities to these candidates. These engineers are needed in every industry that buys, manufactures, and sells metals or other related products. The main employers in the private sector are telecom industry, media or entertainment industry. Metallurgical engineers plan and control the processes of detaching the metals from the ores. After separating the metals from the waste materials, the metallurgical engineers also purify the metals. A few employment areas for the metallurgical engineers in the private sector are listed below-
Plants extracting metals like brass, zinc, tin, nickel, aluminum, and copper
Heat Treatment Shops
Ore Treatment Plants
Mining Company
Tata Iron and Steel Company
Foundries
Mineral Industry
Rolling Mills
Refineries
Steel plants of Durgapur, Bhillai, Rourkela and Bokaro
Government Sector Jobs after B.E in Metallurgical Engineering
The candidates who have completed B.E in Metallurgical Engineering can find a lot of job opportunities in the public sector also. Many government departments are in search of skilled metallurgical engineers. The candidates should qualify in the competitive exams like PSC, UPSC, SSC, etc to get into the government jobs. The suitable fields in the government sector are:
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
Civil Services
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Indian Railways
Defense Services
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Research Laboratories
Steel Plants
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
The Metallurgical engineers who work in research laboratories are involved in finding new and better ways of separating relatively small amounts of metal from large quantities of waste rock.
Job Prospects Abroad after B.E in Metallurgical Engineering
The Metallurgical engineering students can find various jobs abroad. These candidates can find various educational institutions and private firms outside India. They can join as a scientist, associate or a research fellow in different universities

Hi there,
Materials engineers develop, process, and test materials used to create a range of products, from computer chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. They study the properties and structures of metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, nanomaterials (extremely small substances), and other substances to create new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements.
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is among top 5 colleges of India, and each and every branches of there is very good with excellent placements records.
Here is some insights of the college:
Intake:- 44 (metallurgical and materials)
Average package:- 6.75 lakhs (aggregate of all branches)
Highest package:- 20-24 lakhs (metallurgical)
Recruiters:- Abbot, Axis Bank, Pwc, Nestle, Cisco, Flipkart, Facebook, Mu Sigma, Qualcomm, Nvidia, IBM, Texas Instruments, Accenture, Deloitte, Google, L&T, JP Morgan, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, TVS, Vodafone, Arm, Nestle, Virtusa, Abott, Acs, Philips, Bosch, HCL, and many more.
Here is the link to get more insights of the placements:
http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://why.iitkgp.ac.in/placement-internships&grqid=OsSpwawu&hl=en-IN
Hope this helps.