With the future plan of 100 gigawatt (GW) solar energy and 60GW of wind energy by 2022, India has the master plan to create millions of job in energy sector, in India. According to a report by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the renewable energy sector created more than 70,000 jobs within last 3 years. Indian solar market employed around 24,000 workers in the first phase of Solar Mission of 2011-2014. These statistics are enough to ensure that there is a large scope of employment for students of Energy Engineering.

One can work as Electrical Engineer in industrial sector, Construction Manager in construction part, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer in Utility, and Process Engineer in Plant Designing in top companies like Reliance Industries, Cairn Energy PLC, Adani Enterprises, Essar Oil, Thermax, BGR Energy and Technip.

Some of the top recruiters for Energy Engineers are:

·        Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

·        Petroleum Conservation and Research Association (PCRA)

·        Bureau of Energy Efficiency

·        Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

·        Indian Green Building Council

·        National Productivity Council

Given below are various job profiles and their description, an Energy Engineer can work on:

M.Tech. Energy Engineering: Salary Trends

With fast growing employment possibilities in energy sector, salary packages are also improving to lure more and more candidates to come and contribute in completing the imagined picture of India to emerge as a powerful and resourceful country. Major companies like Reliance Industries, Adani Enterprises and Essar Oil offer a lucrative average annual package of 5 lakhs to 7 lakhs to Energy Engineering students to work for them.

Given below is the graph showing average salaries of different job profiles an energy engineer can work on: