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BTech (Bachelor of Technology) Chemical Engineering Jobs in India, Salary and Top Recruiters

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What is the scope of BTech Chemical Engineering Jobs in India?

What is the scope of BTech Chemical Engineering Jobs in India?

The salary scope after completing BTech Chemical Engineering program is good. The salary of the BTech graduates in India is bound to several factors such as availability of projects, skills possessed by the candidates, experience in the field, etc. The salary structure also depends on the level of college one is graduating from. Graduates from prestigious institutions like IITs and NITs usually get better placement packages as compared to the other colleges. Most of the core companies go to the prestigious institutes for campus placements. 

BTech Chemical Engineering graduates usually earn around INR 9.03 LPA on an average. The common job roles after completing this BTech course are Chemical Engineer, Process Engineers, Senior Process Engineer, Assistant Professor, Professor/Lecturer, Chemical Process Engineer, etc. They can also carry out research work on various diseases and their cure.

Chemical engineers are very well paid but finding a good core job is not smooth sailing as this field does not have as many job openings as software and management sectors. However, BTech Chemical Engineering is a very broad field and finds its applications in multiple sectors like Chemical and pharmaceuticals industry, Oil and gas industry, Power and energy industry, Air conditioning and refrigeration industry, Fertilizers Industries, etc. Both government and private sectors have job openings for BTech Chemical Engineering graduates.

Source: Payscale

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Job Sectors?

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Job Sectors?

Chemical engineers are very well paid but finding a good core job is not smooth sailing as this field does not have as many job openings as software and management sectors. However Chemical Engineering is a very broad field and finds its applications in multiple sectors.

BTech Chemical Engineering graduates can find jobs in both private and government sectors, some of them are tabulated below.

Oil & Gas Companies Chemical Engineering Companies
Fertilizer Companies Food and Drink Companies
Process Engineering Pharmaceutical Companies
Power and Energy Companies Water Treatment Plants
Colleges & Universities Air conditioning and refrigeration industry

Source: Payscale

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Job Roles?

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Job Roles?

Salary of a chemical engineer is more or less similar to other engineers. Although in some specific fields the salary package is quite good. Petrochemical companies usually pay very well to chemical engineers. Thus the salary package mostly depends on the industry in which you are going to find a job. Government sector provides ample opportunities for chemical engineers as compared to the other private companies.

The various job roles offered to BTech Chemical Engineering graduates.

Job Roles Average Salary
Chemical Engineer INR 4.87 LPA
Process Engineers INR 4.58 LPA
Senior Process Engineer INR 6.46 LPA
Assistant Professor INR 4.07 LPA
Professor/Lecturer INR 10 LPA
Chemical Process Engineer INR 4.91 LPA

Source: Payscale

What are the placement packages of the top BTech Chemical Engineering colleges?

What are the placement packages of the top BTech Chemical Engineering colleges?

Most of the core companies go to prestigious institutions only for campus placements. If your college is not reputed nationally or within your state, do not expect any core companies to come for placements. You will have to try for jobs through off-campus placements. 

Institutes  Placement Package
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras INR 16.1 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi  INR 16 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai INR 20.34 LPA
Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur INR 10 LPA
Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur INR 15 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee INR 13.16 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati INR 11 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad INR 15.52 LPA
National Institute of Technology Trichy INR 4.5 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi INR 10 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad INR 15.5 LPA
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal INR 14.15 LPA
Vellore Institute of Technology INR 6.05 LPA
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela INR 6.5 LPA
National Institute of Technology, Warangal INR 7.49 LPA

Source: Payscale

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Top Recruiters?

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Top Recruiters?

Top notch companies offer very good packages to chemical engineers. Chemical engineering is such a field in which already established companies offer placements to most of the chemical engineers. Government sector companies offer the best package across the industries.

Public Sector

Government sector is a boon for chemical engineers. These are some Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) which offer many job opportunities for chemical engineers.

PSUs Payscale 
Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) INR 24,900 to 50,500
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) INR 20,600 to 46,500
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) INR 24,900 to 50,500
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) INR 24,900 to 50,500
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) INR 40,000 to 75,000
Coal India Limited (CIL) INR 20,600 to 46,500
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) INR 24,900 to 50,500
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) INR 16,400 to 40,500
National Aluminum Company Ltd. (NALCO) INR 16,400 to 40,500
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) INR 20,600 to 46,500

Private Sector

Tabulated below are the top private BTech Chemical Engineering recruiters.

Schlumberger Limited Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Indian Oil Corporation GlaxoSmithKline
Reliance Industries Ltd. Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd
Johnson Matthey Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd
Essar Oil Limited Arofine Polymers Ltd
Gazprom Industries Nippon Paints

Source: Payscale

BTech Chemical Engineering : FAQs

BTech Chemical Engineering : FAQs

Ques. Which are the common sectors of BTech Chemical Engineering?

Ans. Oil & Gas Companies, Chemical Engineering Companies, Fertilizer Companies, Food and Drink Companies, Process Engineering,Pharmaceutical Companies, Power and Energy Companies, Water Treatment Plants, Colleges & Universities, Air conditioning and refrigeration industry, etc are some of the common sectors of BTech Chemical Engineering.

Ques. Which are some of the top BTech Chemical Engineering recruiters in India?

Ans. Some of the top BTech Chemical Engineering recruiters in India are ONGC Petro Addition Limited, UOP Honeywell, UPL Limited, Galaxy Surfactants, SRF Limited, Exxon Mobil, Gilead Sciences, Gujarat Fluorochemicals, Gharda Chemicals, Godrej Industries Limited, Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Coal India Limited (CIL), etc.

Ques. What are the BTech Chemical Engineering jobs?

Ans. Chemical Engineer, Process Engineers, Senior Process Engineer, Assistant Professor, Professor/Lecturer, Chemical Process Engineer, etc are some of the BTech Chemical Engineering jobs.

Ques. What is the average BTech Chemical Engineering salary in India?

Ans. The average BTech Chemical Engineering  salary in India ranges from INR 2.5 to 7 LPA.

Ques. Which are the cities offering high salaries to BTech Chemical Engineering  aspirants in India?

Ans. Bangalore, Chennai are the cities offering high salary BTech Chemical Engineering  jobs in India.

Ques. Which cities offer lower than national average salary to BTech Chemical Engineering jobs in India?

Ans.  Pune, Hyderabad, Surat, Mumbai and Ahmedabad are the cities that offer lower than national average salary to BTech Chemical Engineering jobs in India.

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Answered Questions

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How is chemical engineering at IIT Ropar?

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Tridha Sharma

06 Apr 22

IIT Ropar offers a decent Chemical Engineering course. The first batch of this department graduated in 2021. The average CTC for the department was INR 12.2 LPA. Around 84.96% of students got placed through the placement drive. 

IIT Ropar Chemical Engineering faculty base comprises some of the top Chemical Engineers in India. The course curriculum is designed in a way that students can explore the core and non-core fields of Chemical Engineering. You will get many elective options. 

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How is the chemical engineering program at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata? Please provide details about the infrastructure and faculty members.

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Deeksha Jaiswal

04 Sept 21

I can assist you with the latest scenario of Chemical Engineering at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata.

Curriculum:

  • Being an autonomous institute, the curriculum is pretty up-to-date. Though subjects such as Petroleum Refinery Engineering, Piping, etc are missing
  • As the institute is new, you can see the slightest change in the syllabus over a timely basis.

Faculty:

  • Maximum teaching faculties have done their Ph.D. from reputed institutes and some even have exceptional teaching qualities.
  • There are few, who are willing to put in extra efforts for sincere students and guide them whenever possible.

Labs:

  • Almost all labs do not have a sufficient number of apparatus which leads to students performing experiments in groups.
  • But still, the labs are pretty much sufficient and enough to clear your basic idea about the subject.
  • Computer Labs lack modern softwares such as Aspen, ChemCAD, etc. but recently they have started introducing FLUENT and COMSOL, MATLAB, and AUTOCAD.

Research Facility:

  • You won’t see much research happening here due to a lack of infrastructure.
  • The project lab is not very well equipped but if want do some project you are guided by the faculty.

Placements:

  • Companies like Linde, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd., Haldia Petrochemicals, and Voith Paper recruit regularly.
  • There is a good aura for someone who’s aspiring to crack GATE to get into some PSU and also, who wants to pursue higher studies both in India as well as abroad.

Ultimately it totally depends on you and how you use the resources provided to you for your benefit and how you seize the opportunities which come to you. 

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How is Chemical branch at NIT Calicut?

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Mansi Sinha

04 Oct 22

NIT Calicut offers a decent Chemical Engineering program. It offers decent academics and placement. According to the recent placement highlights, students of Chemical Engineering receive an average CTC of around INR 9 LPA. The highest CTC offered goes up to INR 21 LPA. Although very few core companies from Chemical Engineering visit NIT Calicut placements. 

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How are the placements for chemical engineering at NIT Trichy?

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Devdarshini Dey

24 Mar 21

The placement cell is very proactive. Companies like management and software companies also participate. They have a 100% placement record. Getting a job is not a very difficult task here. 

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Chemical Engineering at NIT Trichy

Course Fee

5.65 lakh

Placement Percentage

100%

Highest CTC

21 LPA

Average CTC

8-9 LPA

Recruiting Companies

ITC, P&G, ExxonMobil, Reliance, Schlumberger, St. Gobain, Thermax, etc.

Chemical Engineering is an enjoyable course, only if you are interested in it. The seniors here are involved in a variety of things. They have internships in many of the highly reputed colleges both within and outside India. Because of their skills, they have been able to bag some really good placements and some of them have even got into really good colleges for their Masters. A lot depends on your attitude towards that particular subject and your communication skills. You should have leadership qualities.

There are lots of high-paying companies that go to college and almost every student gets placed in one or the other company.

Only if you put the effort into your field and study with interest, you can reach the heights you want to reach in your career.

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What was the highest salary package offered to IIT Madras chemical engineering student?

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Aditi Sengupta

29 Mar 23

IIT Madras is one of the most prestigious engineering colleges in India and has a reputation for producing some of the best engineers in the country. Graduates from IIT Madras have been known to receive some of the highest salary packages offered to engineer graduates in India.

The salary package offered to a student depends on various factors, including their academic performance, skillset, job role, industry, and company. Therefore, it's difficult to provide a specific number for the highest salary package offered to IIT Madras chemical engineering students.

However, the placement cell of IIT Madras releases the annual placement report that provides information about the placement and salary statistics of the students. You can refer to the placement report for more information on the highest salary package offered to chemical engineering students at IIT Madras.

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How is Chemical Engineering at NIT Surathkal?

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Reshmi Ghosh

23 Mar 21

My brother graduated from NIT Surathkal, with bachelors in chemical engineering and hence I could give you quite a relatable experience.

To be clear, chemical engineering is not like studying chemistry. There is only 20% of chemistry and the rest is all physics. You might also want to do your own little research for further understanding of the branch what subjects it entails. There is no point in me mentioning all the curriculum details here.

The basic point here that I’m trying to make is that if you are fond of solving intricate problems in the petroleum and pharmaceutical industry, chemical engineering is the right fit for you.

The placements here are well known and historic. Apart from the handful of students who wished to pursue their higher studies, all the other students in the batch were quite well placed. Therefore, you can stop worrying about the placements from now on.

The only minor concern here is with the professors. Apart from a few professors who are quite old, the others are not quite impressive. They care less for students’ ability to understand complex matters and subjects.

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Can I get into the chemical engineering program at IET Lucknow with a general of 20K and a GNGL of 2,500?

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Shivani Singh

04 Aug 21

Honestly, the answer is No. One of my friends was in a similar situation and he did not get admission with a rank closer to this.

With the GNGL rank of 2,500, it would be very difficult for you to get into the chemical engineering program at IET Lucknow. The general rank is way higher.

I would strongly suggest you not settle for any random private college with this rank. It would be better to take a year drop.

However, if you have other options such as JEE Mains, you can try private colleges like LNMIIT, Thapar, etc.

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Should I join IIT Delhi chemical or top NIT CSE?

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Sushmita Gupta

01 Apr 23

Yes, irrespective of the branch, choosing IIT Delhi will always prove to be beneficial for you. IIT Delhi has ties with many big firms that visit the campus for placements and offer great packages irrespective of your branch. One needs to be proficient in DSA and other computer science core subjects such as OOPS, OS, DBMS, and Computer Networks. A good grasp of these will fetch you a high-paying job no matter which branch you belong to in IIT Delhi.

Although most companies that visit IIT Delhi also visit NIT, your IIT tag will always fetch you extra benefits and no one can deny that. For instance, the same role offered to an IITiand will have more salary than that offered to a non-IITian.You can easily switch roles and fields given the brand name of the institute you are associated with. IITians even have more opportunities for higher studies in Foreign countries than non-IITians.

IITians especially from Mumbai or Delhi are always given preference over non-IITians hence it is advisable to go for IIT Delhi in any branch.

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How are the placements of chemical engineering at NIT Raipur?

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Rajdeep Singh

30 Mar 21

NIT Raipur released its final placement report for the batch of 2019-2020. According to which, out of 48 eligible students from the Chemical Engineering branch, 38 got placement offers.

However, the placements in Chemical Engg. Department has enhanced a lot in the past few years. There are various companies that offer almost 6 LPA.

Few of the core companies which recruited chemical engineering students in recent years are as follows.

  • Vedanta Resources
  • Reliance Industries Limited
  • Reliance Petrochemicals
  • BORL
  • Heidelberg Cement
  • LAFARGE Cement
  • Fiat and several others.

Besides, along with all these, students also get their placements in certain non-core companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Pradan, and more.

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How are the BITS GOA chemical placements?

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Jaya Sinha

03 Aug 22

BITS Goa placements are good for Chemical Engineering. During recent placement drive, students of Chemical received the highest CTC of around INR 25 LPA. While the lowest CTC offered was INR 10 LPA. The placement average for the branch is around 99%. Schlumberger, ExxonMobil, Reliance, Shell, etc. were some of the major recruiters that take part in the placement drive.

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