Energy Engineering course enables the industrial professionals and students to acquire the techniques and skills needed for implementation of energy management. The course will be of great use to candidates, who wish for a career in energy management. It is designed in such a way as to offer the background needed for engineers in effective management of energy.

Energy engineering course is offered at the UG level and PG Level and the names of government colleges offering B. Tech Energy Engineering in India are given below:

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Of these institution, the IIT, Bombay offers B. Tech + M. Tech Energy Engineering as an integrated course. On the other hand, IIT, Kharagpur offers Bachelor of Technology in Energy Engineering as an honors course.

Course eligibility:

For seeking admission to the Bachelor of Technology in Energy Engineering course, candidates must have completed their higher secondary in science stream with mathematics, physics and chemistry subjects  and IITs require that candidates must have secured good percentage of marks at the higher secondary examination.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to the B. Tech Energy Engineering course offered by these Indian Institute of Technologies, is done based on the merit secured by candidates in the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by IITs in India.

Scope of B. Tech Energy Engineering:

The energy sector is highly essential for the socio-economic development of the nation and in the Indian context, the challenges is to offer affordable energy services to the population. According to official statistics, nearly 50% of the Indian households do not have access to electricity and the development of energy systems is also constrained by the depletion of local environmental impacts and fossil fuel, problems of global warming and associate change in the climate. Energy security concerns also dictate the search for alternative fuels for transportation with a view to reduce the chances of dependence on imported oil. In India, energy sector is at its transition stage and thereby it requires design and analytical inputs. There is significant requirement for development, research, design and engineering inputs in building of efficient conventional energy systems, conversion devices, new energy sources and cost effective renewables. All these factors has increased the needed for energy engineering graduates in the nation thereby motivating students to take up the B. Tech in Energy Engineering course.

Higher education options after B. Tech Energy Engineering:

After successful completion of Bachelor of Technology in Energy Engineering, candidates can go for Master of Technology course in Energy Engineering and further they can go for M. Phil and Ph. D courses in the same branches. In addition, candidates with Bachelor of Technology in Energy Engineering can also go for Master of Business Administration or Master of Computer Applications as their higher education option.

Scope of job opportunities for Energy Engineering Graduates:

Opportunities for energy engineering graduates are plenty not only in public and private sectors in the nation, but also in non-profit organizations engaged in the conservation and management of energy in the nation. Research and development is another area that offers employment opportunities for energy engineering graduates, particularly with the aim of government for constant search for greener and cleaner sources of energy and efficient design of energy systems. Power generation with the help of clean technology is seeing a huge influx of venture capital funds thereby likely to percolate down to qualified energy engineers.

Areas where in energy engineers can build up their career:

Energy engineers can build their career in the following areas:

• Technology services

• Power project management

• Environmental impact of  energy utilization for assessing and addressing the impact of energy generation of the environment

• Fuel technology

• Technology transfer

• New technology for the development of PV cells, super capacitors, fuel cells, etc…