The B.Tech/BE Electronics & Instrumentation is a 4-years undergraduate degree that is divided into 8-semesters. The course majorly deals with the measurement of the flow of charge in automated systems and their controls. The course is the combination of electronics, computer and mechanical engineering. The course is designed to understand the design and controls of automated systems. It also covers subjects like material science, signal processing, statistics, optics etc. Instrumentation engineering is an important part of industries that are adopting automated systems.

The students with theB.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation specialisations will be studying the following topics during their course duration

Engineering Mathematics	Engineering Physics
Engineering Chemistry	Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Mechanics	Material Science
Environmental Science	Engineering Thermodynamics
Computer Programming	Electronics Circuit Analysis
Electronic devices & circuits	C++ and Data Structures
Fluid Mechanics & Strength Materials	Electronic Circuits
Electrical & Electronics Instruments	Linear Integrated Circuits
Electrical Machines	Sensors and Transducers
Numerical Techniques and Methods	Control Systems Engineering
Industrial Instrumentation	Microprocessors & Applications
Process Engineering Principles	Simulation
Modern Management Techniques	Process Control
Communication Engineering	System Design Using Microcontrollers
Digital Signal Processing	DSP and Microcontroller Based
Embedded Systems and Modern Electronic Equipments	Computer Control Process
Analytical Instrumentation	Engineering Economics
PLC and Distributed Control Systems	VLSI Design
Industrial Automation	Professional Ethics
Industrial Electronics	Telemetry and Tele-Control
Visual Programming for Instrumentation Engineers	Object Oriented Programming and Measurement Software Development
Biomedical Instrumentation	Optimisation Techniques
Operating Systems	Instrumentation and Control in Petrochemical Industries
Plant Instrumentation	Instrumentation Buses and Data Networks
Web-based Instrumentation	Database Management Systems
Fibre Optics and Laser Instrumentation	Robotics and Automation
Design of Process Control System Components	Fuzzy Logic and Neural networks
Optimal Control	Digital Image Processing
Computer Networks	Adaptive Control Systems

Salary Package

The fresh B.Tech Industrial Engineering and Management students will usually start their careers with a salary package of around 4 lakhs to 6 lakhs per annum. The pay scales increase according to their experience.The salaries also depends upon the skills and academic performance of the students.

Job Roles

Some of the job roles available for B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and are:

• Staff Electronics Engineer
• Electronic Field Engineer
• Electronics Engineer
• Instrumentation Engineer

Top Colleges offering B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engineer course are:

• MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
• BMS College of Engineering
• Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
• Bangalore Institute of Technology
• RV Engineering College