Production Engineering is a mix of management science and manufacturing technology and a professional in this discipline typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and they are also award of the management challenges pertaining to production. The main aim of production engineering is to accomplish the process of production in most-judicious, smoothest and the most-economic ways.

Production engineering includes application of metrology, metal cutting and tool design, joining processes, castings, automation, die and mould design, fixtures and jobs, machining system and machine tools. Production engineering also overlaps substantially with industrial and manufacturing engineering. Master of Technology in Production Engineering is a PG courses offered for candidates with mechanical engineering at their UG level. M. Tech Production Engineering course is being offered only by a few colleges in India and the names of government colleges offering this course in India are given below:

• Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Eligibility requirement for seeking admission to the M. Tech Production Engineering Course:

As mentioned earlier, Master of Technology in Production Engineering is meant for candidates with Mechanical Engineering degree at the UG level. However, candidates from other branches of engineering like polymer engineering, material or metallurgy engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering and production engineering at the UG level are also eligible to apply to this course.

Intake capacity for M. Tech production engineering course in government colleges:

Of the previously-mentioned government colleges for Master of Technology in production engineering course, the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore is approved with an intake capacity of 18 students per year for this course, while the NIT, Rourkela is approved with an intake capacity of 20 students per year.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to the Master of Technology in Production Engineering course will be based on valid GATE score possessed by the candidates.

Future job prospects for M. Tech Production Engineering:

As from the name of the course, M. Tech production engineering graduates can find a wide range of job opportunities in the production or manufacturing sector. They can enter into job opportunities prevailing for production engineers in different industries like railways, aircraft, transportation, Oil & petroleum, automobile and in any other industries whose main operation involves production of finished products or raw materials for other industries or for their own industry as well.

Abilities to be possessed to become a successful production engineer:

A professional with PG degree in production engineer should possess the following abilities to shine in their own field:

• Management & optimization of flow of commodities

• Understanding the relationship between the manufacturing system and the environment

• To stay updated about the latest developments  in the production engineering industry

• To incorporate quality techniques and concepts

• To analyze ad even to forecast demands

• To refine, implement and even design systems, processes and services

• To make the best use of their mathematical & statistical jobs

• To disseminate and integrate resources in the best possible way to achieve the goals of organization with respect to production

Thus, candidates with M. Tech production can enjoy a very good future job prospects!!!