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Engineering your dreams

Source
hindu

Date
2005-06-13

Information
THE STATE Government is all set to start CET counselling for engineering courses on June 14. If you are one of those candidates seeking admission to any of the professional colleges and not yet decided on the course, do not worry.

Engineering disciplines are interdependent. Civil, Electrical and Mechanical branches are the pillars of engineering. Other disciplines are the offshoots of these branches. Every discipline has its own importance, states the Registrar of the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, A. H. Sequiera.

Some of the important disciplines emerging at the degree level are: Computer Science and Engineering; Electronics and Communication Engineering; Information Science or Technology; Biomedical Engineering and Medical Electronics; Biotechnology Engineering; Architecture; Telecommunication Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Industrial Production Engineering; Automobile Engineering; Printing Technology; Polymer Technology; and Textile and Silk Technology.

The National Technical Manpower Information System at NIT-K, Surathkal, is the nodal centre of Karnataka for manpower assessment for engineering, pharmacy, MCA and management courses. The intake mentioned in colleges below is the sanctioned intake for 2004.

Computer Science and Engineering: It deals with micro processors, data communication, design and structure of computers, logic design, programming languages, networking, digital systems and the like. Job opportunities are open in computer design and manufacturing industries, software development, computer programming, computer-controlled systems for petroleum, steel, electrical and other industries, robotics and communication equipment. In Karnataka, 116 colleges were offering this discipline in 2004 and the total intake was 8,135.

Electronics and Communication Engineering: Contains analog and digital systems, data communication, signals and circuits, microprocessors, microwave, instrumentation, power electronics, satellite communication, etc. A total of 117 colleges were offering the course last year with intake of 8,297.

Information Science/Technology: The contents include design and structure of computers, programming languages, software applications in finance and production, single or multi-user operating systems, networking and the like. In all, 96 colleges were offering the course in 2004 with an intake of 5,450.

Biomedical Engineering and Medical Electronics: It includes development of biomedical instrumentation, instrumentation system to monitor functions of human body, problem encountered in measuring a living system, transducers and electrodes, cardiovascular measurements in respiratory system, safety of medical electronic equipment and the like. Thirteen colleges were offering the same last year with a total sanctioned intake of 460. Some of the colleges offering this course are MIT, Manipal; KLECE, Belgaum; BIT, Davangere; KBNCE, Gulbarga; SKIT, Bangalore; BMS, Bangalore; MSRIT, Bangalore; Dayanandasagar Engineering College; MVJ, Bangalore; B.M. Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

Bio-technology Engineering: The contents include plant biotechnology, biopharmaceutical technology, molecular pathogenesis, metabolic engineering, genetics, bioprocess principles, immuno technology, developmental biology and the like. Employment opportunities are in pharmaceutical industry, enzyme industry, agriculture and horticulture industry, food processing industry, diagnostic laboratories and the like. A total of 21 colleges offered the course in 2004 with an intake of 721.

Some of the colleges offering this course are BMS, RVCE, MSRIT, MVJ, CMRIT, PES, MVIT, all in Bangalore; BVB, Hubli; NMAM, Nitte, Udupi district; SJC, Mysore; BIT, Davangere.

Architecture: Deals with materials and construction, history of architecture, site planning, architectural drawing and the like. Subjects of specialisation include urban designing, regional planning, building engineering, landscape architecture, architecture concerning traffic and transport planning. The sanctioned intake in the State in 14 colleges during 2004 was 510. MIT Manipal; PDA, Gulbarga; RVCE MSRIT, Dayanandasagar, Bangalore; BVB, Hubli; Mallik Sandal, Bijapur, offer the course.

Telecommunication Engineering: Includes data communication, analog and digital systems, micro processors, signal processing and power electronics. Last year, 29 colleges were offering the course with an intake of 1,710.

Environmental Engineering: Contents include advanced water treatment, waste water management, air pollution and control, solid waste management, and river and lake water management. Only four colleges were offering the course in 2004 with an intake of 151.

Industrial Production Engineering: Deals with quantitative techniques, failure analysis, computer-aided design, mechanical production, computer- aided management, law and ethics and the like. In Karnataka, 36 colleges were offering the same last year with sanctioned intake of 1,428.

Automobile Engineering: Contents include automation and electrical circuits, combation theory, welding, design of machine and the like. Nine colleges were offering them with an intake of 310.

Printing Technology: Deals with computer graphics and image processing, reprographic engineering, print management, screen printing and gravure, tone and colour analysis, electrical drives and controls and the like. Only two colleges offered it last year with sanctioned intake of 60 seats.

Polymer technology: Contains polymer analysis, rubber technology, rubber production, instrumentation, etc. Only one college offered it last year with intake of 42 seats.

Textile and Silk Technology: Contents include knitting technology, garment technology, textile machine erecting and maintenance, etc. Five colleges offered it in 2004 with an intake of 190.

The sanctioned intake covers two agricultural engineering colleges (GKVK, Bangalore, and a college in Raichur), NITK-Surathkal, and MIT, Manipal.