Instrumentation engineers design and develop instruments that are used to measure various parameters in industrial processes and research. These instruments are needed to ensure better quality and efficiency of products.

Instrumentation engineers design, construct and maintain instruments and instrumentation units. Instrumentation in technology is the development and use of precise measuring equipment.

These engineers are employed with industries in steel, chemical, fertilisers, refineries and power. They also have openings with companies in manufacturing instruments and automobiles.

Instruments are used by virtually all industries. Instrumentation engineers find employment opportunities in companies manufacturing specialised instruments as well as in the user industries themselves, both in public as well as private sectors. Instrumentation engineers are needed by industries such as steel plants, thermal power stations, cement and fertiliser plants.

Work

All industrial processes need constant monitoring and control. This is done by automation using digital instruments. Instrumentation engineers design, develop and manufacture these process control instruments.

Instrumentation engineers are also responsible for the maintenance of instruments and entire instrumentation systems. They also decide the type of instruments required for any industry to bring out good quality and efficient products.

The qualities you require in order to be successful in this field are organising abilities, practicality, ability to get on well with people of all types, ability to keep calm under pressure.

Job opportunities

Instrumentation engineers can get a job in any industry employing process control or manufacturing process control instruments. They can also work in Process Control constancy organisations, university departments, and research organisations.

Entry

In order to qualify as an instrumentation engineer you need a BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in instrumentation engineering.

Eligibility

You can study Instrumentation engineering after your 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics or after BE in Electronics/ Electrical /mechanical /chemical engineering. You can also study PG Diploma in Instrumentation after your BSc with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or after your BE.

BE/BTech courses are of four years' duration while the diploma courses are of 2-3 years' duration.

Educational Institutes

Some of the premier engineering colleges in India are:
Indian Institute of Technology (New Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Chennai)
Regional Engineering Colleges ( Warangal, Andhra Pradesh ; Silchar, Assam ; Jamshedpur, Bihar ; Surat, Gujarat ; Kurkshetra, Haryana; Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir; Surathkal, Karnataka ; Calicut, Kerala ; Visvesvaraya REC, Nagpur, Maharashtra ; Rourkela, Orissa ; Jaipur, Rajasthan ; Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu ; Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh ; Durgapur, West Bengal; Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh ; Jalandhar, Punjab.)

Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) - (Pilani and Ranchi.)

Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi

University of Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere, Karnataka

Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot-587102

Government BDT College of Engineering, Davangere-577004

Bihar Institute of Technology, PO Sindri, Sindri Institute, Dhanbad

Bhartiya Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering, Katraj, Pune-411043

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, P O Box 20, Vallabh, Vidyanagar-388120

Bangalore Institute of Technology, KR Road, Visveswarapuram, Bangalore-560004

Bhartiya Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Sector 8, Konkan Bhawan, Navi Mumbai-400 614

College of Engineering & Technology, Bijapur-586103

Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandhipet, Hyderabad-500171

College of Engineering, Kerala University, Thiruvananthpuram- 695016