M.Tech. - Production Engineering Admission 2021 & Top Colleges

• M.Tech in Production Engineering is the 2 years full-time residential academic course consisting of 4 semesters. It is the postgraduate level course.
• Each semester lasts for the period of 6 months. Generally, the tuition fee of this course lies in between INR 3 to 5 lac.
• Production engineering, also known as manufacturing engineering is the branch of engineering deals with the design, planning, development, maintenance and processes involve in the manufacture of the product. The production engineer has the responsibility to oversee the quality of produced product.
• The course provides the knowledge about the production of various products in an eco-friendly and cost-effective manner.

M.Tech programme will consist of compulsory subjects as well as elective subjects. The subjects that one has to study during this course are listed below:

•    Machine Processing and Analysis
•    Welding Science and Technology
•    CAM
•    Metal Forming Analysis
•    Meteorology
•    Mechatronics Product Design
•    Product Design and Manufacturing
•    Operations Planning and Control
•    Industrial Engineering Systems
•    Automation in Manufacturing
•    Process Engineering
Eligibility Criteria:
A candidate must hold the following qualification in order to apply for M.Tech in Production Engineering:
•    Students should possess B.Tech degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution/University.
•    Minimum 60% marks in B.Tech degree is required to be eligible for this course. The marks percentage may vary from institution to institution.
Admission Procedure:
•    In India, most of the colleges provide admission into M.Tech in Production Engineering through entrance exam.
•    One of the most popular entrance tests namely Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is the national level exam which is taken by large number of M.Tech aspirants every year.
•    Almost all the premier engineering institutions consider the score card of GATE for granting admission into postgraduate engineering course.
•    There are some colleges which provide admission on the basis of their own entrance exam followed by an interview. TANCET, AP PGECET, TS PGECET, MU-OET are some of the entrance test for M.Tech programme.
•    Final allotment of seats will be done through counselling.
Job Prospects:

• There are plenty of employment opportunities for eligible and qualified candidates. Production engineers are demanded in India and abroad both.
• Both private and public sector production firms hire production engineers.
• The sector which also attracts production engineers are railways, defence services, armed forces, manufacturing firms, industrial automation units, banks, public sector undertakings (PSUs)and many more.
• The most common jobs for M.Tech candidates are found in academia. Becoming a college professor is one of the best options available for postgraduate engineering students. After qualifying UGC-NET, such candidates can also apply for lecturer post in government institutions.

A person with the degree in production engineering may get the following designations:

•    Production Engineer
•    Technical Product Manager
•    Manufacturing Engineering
•    Industrial Manager
•    Operations Analyst
•    Project Leader
•    Design Engineer
•    Quality Control Technical
•    Quality Engineer
•    Process Engineer
Salary:
In private sector, the salary for beginners is approximately Rs 20,000/- to Rs 25,000/-. Pay scale varies in private and government sector. Also, the pay varies from company to company. An experience engineer can earn attractive salary package.