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Master of Technology [M.Tech] (Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering)

There are a lot of career options available after getting a degree in electronics and telecommunications. After joining join as engineering trainees in areas of electronics and communication engineering, candidates may get into job profiles like software engineers, Radio communication engineers, maintenance engineers etc. After completion of M.Tech. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, one can pursue higher studies if they want to dig more in the subject or are interested in research i.e. going for the doctoral programmes in the same or related field. For becoming a professor in the Government Universities, they have to pass NET by UGC or any other state exam.

Students can get into different types of core industries and Top notch IT firms also prefer EC graduates for software engineering jobs. Some of the industries for ETE graduates are-

  1. Telecommunication
  2. Manufacturing Industry
  3. Broadcasting
  4. Data Communication
  5. Service Organisations
  6. Research and Development
  7. Entertainment Industry

They can build a long term career in respective industries and reach up to profiles like senior engineers, principal engineers, architects, research professionals, engineering managers and finally adorning top profiles like Head of engineering departments

Job Profiles

Job profiles vary according to the industries.  Job profile of these engineers generally involves setting up networks and equipments, process and maintenance of electronics gears and systems etc. The various Job Profiles provided after the course are-

Job Profiles

Description

Technical Director

A Technical Director is the most skilled person in the organisation in a technical field, he has to plan and implement the ideas to manage the technical aspects of a firm and fixing problems related to it and also training the staff accordingly

Analysts

A Software Analyst has to consistently manage the applications required to make and develop new applications and test them, after that the train the workers in that software workings.

Field Test Engineer

A Field test engineer has to check the functionality of the pre launched products and its quality and fix the errors if any testify all the new and developed applications.

Service Engineer

Service engineers have to design and develop new equipments and products for the firm and also to employ the machine and install them and fix the faults.

Professor

After completing M.Tech., students are also eligible for teaching in engineering institutes.

Many electronics and telecommunication companies hire engineers after this degree. Hardware firms like IBM as well as communication network firms like Nokia Siemens also take in EC graduates in plenty. Manufacturing companies also hire these graduates. Following are some top recruiters for Electronics and Telecommunication engineers-

  • Reliance Industries
  • Nokia Siemens
  • LG
  • WIPRO
  • TCS
  • Infosys
  • TATA

Government Sector Jobs

There are many good opportunities available in public sector after completing this degree. One can start a career by entering into central or state Government department jobs. To get a job in the government sector, one has to qualify in the written test conducted by State Public Service Commission. One can get a job in Central Government departments by qualifying in the tests conducted by Union of Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

There are opportunities in the Central government departments like Defence, Railways, All India Radio, Airport Authority of India, Post and Telegraph, Indian Engineering Services, etc. Following are some top recruiters for engineers in public sector-

·        Bharat Electronics Limited

·        Bharat Electricals Limited

·        Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

·        Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

·        Indian Space Research Organization

M.Tech. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering: Salary Trends

Salary offered to Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers depends on industry. Core industries of electrical and electronics offer very good salary package to engineers. Apart from that this trend varies with job profiles. For example a radio communication engineer tends to earn more than maintenance engineers.

Following graph shows salary trend according to job profiles- 

salary graph for M. Tech in electronics & telecommunication engineering

Also salary trend varies according to college degree. Students having degree from a reputed institute get placed at a very handsome salary package. Salary offered to these engineers also depends on employment sector. Generally public sector jobs are well paying for engineers however in some cases private companies offer a very good package to engineers. 

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Answered Questions

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Sheetal Mehta

02 Sept 21

NIT Trichy has great placements for branches like CSE and ECE. Most of the recruiting companies give preference to B.Tech students rather than M.Tech. But as far as Communications Engineering is concerned, you will be allowed to appear for placement drives held by semiconductor companies with B.Tech students. 

There are quite a few companies that prefer Communications students over VLSI. Many students end up being placed in dream semiconductor companies. Out of say, 35 students, only 1 or 2 are not placed. The placements are definitely improving over the years.

It is advisable to have basic coding knowledge at least along with your core subject. That way, you will definitely be able to do well.

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Rajashree Mukharjee

12 Apr 23

There are many ECE branches that have great placements whereas some branches have below-average placements. So placements too depend on the nature of the branch rather than the department.

Communication

  • Almost all students get placed
  • Top Recruiters include Qualcomm, Intel, Cisco, and Cummins India Limited
  • The average CTC ranges between 13-15 LPA 

VLSI

  • The placements for this branch of ECE are the best
  • Many reputed firms like Texas, Qualcomm, and Analog Devices visit the campus for placements 

RF and Microwave 

  • The same companies that hire students from VLSI and Communications, hire a handful of students from this branch as well 

System and Control

  • The placements are decent
  • Some recruiters include Eaton, TATA, Intel
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Atul Sharma

27 Mar 23

MTech placements for the ECE branch at IIT Kharagpur depend a lot on your specialization. 

Those under VLSI and VIPES get placed with great packages and there are almost cent percent placements for them. VLSI students are usually offered core jobs in contrast to VIPES which offers both core and non-core jobs. There are a lot of software profiles offered to VIPES students. 

Communication also has decent placements but not the same certainty as VLSI. Here companies like Qualcomm come for placements and some even are offered software profilers

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Sona Panday

11 Apr 23

IIT Delhi Telecommunication Management MTech program is one of the most preferred programs among students with electronics and electrical backgrounds.

No doubt, the workload of this program is extremely high with a plethora of courses. One needs great capabilities to handle the pressure. The Integrated Electronics and Circuits branch is more suitable if all you are interested in is hardware.

Telecommunication Management is a multifaceted program of 3 branches; CS EE and DMS. The curriculum is well structured covering software and hardware topics. The core courses are better in the second year than in the first. You will get knowledge of both core technical as well as telecom management sectors.

With the right set of skills and core knowledge, one can fetch excellent packages. Top recruiters include

  • Texas
  • Intel
  • Qualcomm
  • Mediatek
  • Adobe
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft
  • Marvell Semiconductor
  • Samsung
  • GOLDMAN Sachs

IIT Delhi lets you choose minors in your area of interest leaving you some extra chance to pursue a career in another branch in case telecommunications does not work for you

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Deeraj Shah

21 Mar 22

IISc and IITM both offer good placements opportunities for M.Tech ECE. Same core companies visit the campuses, especially for ECE branches of Micro-Electronics and Electronics Systems Engineering. 

Due to the small batch size, competition is much less at IISc. Some of the major recruiters were Texas Instruments, Cisco, Analog Devices, etc. The highlights of IISc M.Tech ECE placements report an average CTC of INR 15 LPA. 

Dring the 2021 placement drive of IITM, M.Tech students received an average CTC of INR 16.84 LPA. 

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Simran Tiwari

11 Nov 20

NIT Surathkal is ranked 21st in the engineering category by NIRF ranking 2019. It is one of the oldest and pioneer technical institutes in India. The institute offers an excellent placement record of 92-95% for the undergraduates every year. 

Placement Highlights:

  • NIT Surathkal witnessed 80% placements in MTech. Around 286 companies visited the campus in 2019.
  • The placement report for the MTech witnessed decent growth in the highest and average package last year. 
  • Around nine companies offered the on-job role to the MTech students. 

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institute: 

Placement percentage

96%

Highest package

INR 18.75 LPA

Average package

INR 11.90 LPA

The top recruiters are Amdocs, Teradata, Radisys India, Honeywell Technology, Idrive Software, Dell EMC, Cisco Systems, Riverbed Technology, etc.

Admission process:- 

  • The candidates are selected based on the 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA obtained in BTech/BE/BCA course. 
  • The final selection of the candidates is a good mark in the NIMCET test. 
  • The cutoff required is 175.
  • The fees required is INR 1.28 LPA. 

Faculties:- 

NIT Surathkal has a large and diverse faculty of 385 members. All the members are cooperative and very supportive towards their students. 

Facilities:- 

  • NIT Surathkal has a central library equipped with the latest technology. 
  • There are shopping complex, medical facilities, open air auditorium, and all the required facilities needed for the students in NIT Surathkal. 

NIT Surathkal provides good placements for undergraduates and postgraduates. The placement statistics for BTech and MTech in this institute are better than other newly built NITs.

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Pritha Dasgupta

11 Nov 20

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) was deemed to be a university approved by AICTE and MHRD. It is an autonomous institute. It is located at Sangrur, Punjab. MTech in ECE is a 2 year full time course involving researching, designing, developing and testing of electrical equipment.

Electronics and Communications Engineers also consider and supervise the manufacturing of communications and broadcasting systems. 

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Categories

SLIET

Cut Off

529 (GATE)

Course Fee

58,000 (1st year)

Placement Percentage

80%

Highest CTC

8 LPA

Average CTC

4 LPA

Admission Requirements 

  • Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
  • Candidates should have 60% in their BTech or BE exam.
  • Final selection will be based on the entrance exam.

Placements 

  • The median salary package offered is 3 LPA.
  • The top companies recruiting ECE MTech graduates are DMRC, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Accenture, HCL, etc.

Facilities 

  • They have a central library, health centre, sports facilities and an innovation cell.
  • There are 9 boys and 4 girls hostels having the capacity of 235 and 230 students respectively.
  • Boys PG can accommodate 80 and girls PG can accommodate 81 students.
  • SLIET is a well equipped institution with all the necessary facilities. 
  • They also provide scholarships like Post matric Scholarship, GATE Scholarship and Merit cum Means Scholarship.

Students pursuing MTech in ECE can work as Electronics Engineer, Field Test Engineer, Network Planning Engineer, Electronics and Communications Consultant, Customer Support Engineer, Electronics Technician, Associate Firstline Technician, Research and Development Software Engineer, Service Engineer, Senior Sales Manager and Technical Director.

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Neerendra Singh

14 Aug 20

Both, IIT Bhubaneswar and IIIT Bangalore offer decent M.Tech in electronics and communication programs and provide good placement so it’s difficult to choose one institute over the other. Given below are a few factors which the students are required to consider before selecting between the two colleges:-

  • Placement:In terms of placement, the average CTC of IIT Bhubaneswar stands out to be 11.5 lakhs/annum. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, IBM, etc visit the IIT Bhubaneswar campus for placement drive. Few well-known PSU named ISRO, IOCL, and ONGC were also part of the placement in 2019. Apart from the offered jobs, the final year students are offered internships with a good amount of pay. Highest CTC touched approx 39 lakhs/annum. In 2019 from the electronics and communication field almost 86% of students got a decent placement from the campus.

IIT Bangalore showed remarkable progress by having 100% placement in 2019. Top recruiters were Accenture, McAfee, Tyfon, KayBus, etc. The average placement package was around 17.5 lakh/annum while the highest CTC was around 54 LPA.

  • Eligibility:In IIT Bhubaneswar to get admission in MTech, a minimum of 60% marks are required in the Graduation level, and the cutoff score in the GATE exam (70% weightage), candidates are also required to go through a written test and interview (30% weightage).

IIT Bangalore does not conduct any entrance test for the M.Tech course. The GATE result or JEE result is only considered for selection. The students are shortlisted on merit-basis. The graduation level % is also considered for the shortlisted students.

  • Faculty:Professors of both places are quite helpful. Both the colleges maintain a high standard in selecting their faculty.
  • Campus:The infrastructure of IIT Bhubaneswar is expanding and improving over time. The Infrastructure of IIT Bangalore is good and if we compare it to IIT Bhubaneswar, both are up to the mark.
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Nandini Mehta

14 Aug 20

M.Tech placements in IIT Bhubaneswar for ECE is quite impressive. Although for undergraduates, ECE is one of the new branches in IIT Bhubaneswar but M.tech in electronics and communication has been present at this institute for many years. The School currently offers M.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering specializations with an intake student strength of 18. The program duration is 2 years where the second year is fully dedicated for research purposes only. The M.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering program focuses on providing students an insight into research areas such as Communication Engineering, Signal Processing, and others.

Recently, IIT Bhubaneswar signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also collaborates with foreign universities such as University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which gives the students excellent internship and research opportunities.

According to 2019 placement trends, almost 68% of the M.Tech batch got placed in core and other sectors. The highest number of job offers were from the core sector. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive and the average placement package offered was around 11 LPA.
Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, Affine Analytics, HCL, HPCL, Ittiam, Infosys, KIIT, Go-Jek, Goldman Sachs, and many others visited the campus for recruitment. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the placement drive to recruit students.

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Nisha Kumari

14 Aug 20

For undergraduates, ECE is one of the new branches in IIT Bhubaneswar. The first batch commenced in 2016 and will be graduating in 2020. But M.tech in Electronics and Communication has been present in IIT Bhubaneswar for many years. The School currently offers M.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering specializations with an intake student strength of 18. The program is of 2 years where the second year is fully dedicated for research purposes only. It focuses on providing students a state-of-the-art insight into major areas of Communication Engineering, Signal Processing, and other related latest areas of research interest. IIT Bhubaneswar signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which gives the students of this IIT excellent internship and research opportunity.

The past placement reports show that this institute has witnessed around 60% of M.Tech placement. Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, Affine Analytics, HCL, HPCL, IOCL, ISRO, Ittiam, Infosys, KIIT, Go-Jek, Goldman Sachs, and many others visited the campus for recruitment. The average domestic CTC offered in 2019 was INR 11.44 LPA. Whereas the highest domestic CTC went up to as much as 39 Lakhs per annum. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the placement to recruit students.

Even though IIT Bhubaneswar is a new IIT, it offers a decent M.Tech program in ECE and has a good placement record. So, whether you should join M.Tech ECE at IIT Bhubaneswar or not is up to you.

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