Textile industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the nation and in this industry, textile engineering applies engineering and scientific principles for controlling and designing all aspects of machinery, products and processes. Textile engineering is a field of engineering that offers broad education incorporating several other disciplines like chemical, industrial, electrical and mechanical engineering.

With the growth of textile industry in the nation, the industry has an increased demand for textile engineers due to which, B. Tech textile engineering/technology course is being offered by a number of colleges in India and the name of government colleges offering this course are given below:

• Government Central Textile Institute, Kanpur (presently called as UP Textile Technology Institute)

• Government SKSJ Technological Institute, Bangalore

• Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Mandi

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Eligibility requirement and admission procedure to join B. Tech Textile Engineering/Technology course:

For doing B. Tech in Textile Engineering/technology course, candidates who have completed their +2 in science stream with physics, chemistry, mathematics and/or biology are eligible. Entrance examination is conducted for admission of students to this course and candidates should have a valid score either at the state-level entrance examination or at nation-level entrance examination. For admission to the IIT, Delhi for this course, candidates must get through the IIT JEE examination.

Higher studies option:

After completion of the B. Tech in Textile Engineering/Technology course, candidates can go for M. Tech course in the same discipline of textile technology/engineering or they can also seek admission to the other related field of engineering at the PG Level. They can further go for M. Phil and Ph. D in their own field of engineering.

Job prospects for B. Tech Textile engineering/technology graduates:

Textile industry is currently in the period of evolutionary and rapid modernization and automation that has brought about several employment opportunities for engineering graduates with skills in quality control, marketing/sales, apparel, computers, management, chemistry, design and engineering. With the entry of many big players in the textile and apparel industry not only in India, but in foreign countries as well, employment opportunities has increased considerably. In the last couple of years the industry has witnessed very good progress and is also expected to become the second highest hiring industry in the coming years. Therefore, B. Tech textile engineering graduates can find career opportunities in different areas like:

• Craft development

• Jute

• Khadi

• Handloom

• Silk

• Knitware manufacturing units

• Textile dyeing and printing units

• Export houses

• Textile mills

Their career path includes quality control, process engineering, corporate management, quality control, technical sales, production control, research & development, etc…

Remuneration:

Fresh B. Tech textile engineering/technology graduates from a reputed institution can expect a basic starting pay of not less than Rs.12000-30000 per month. When he/she gains some two or three years of experience, they can expect a pay scale of around Rs.50000 per month in addition to benefits and perks.

Thus, textile engineering/technology is a good field of engineering with higher job prospects in the coming years.