Hello Gaurav,

The question you have asked is too vast to be answered here. However, if you can specify the choice of branches which you like to join, we can give you more accurate answers. Although I would like to give you a brief comparison of core branches in private as well as government. Some of the core branches which I am going to discuss here are  Electrical, MEchanical and civil.

Mechanical Engineering : -With the advent of automation, more & more engineers are required to monitor, supervise and fault-diagnose these systems. Mechanical engineers are also required in IT sector to design & develop ERP solutions as they are supposed to have a better understanding of manufacturing and production processes. Sectors like Railways, heavy-engineering, shipyards, ports, mining, defense forces, National highways, metro rail corporation etc are the top employers for the mechanical engineers. Expected salary :  The starting salaries for mechanical engineers range from Rs. 1.8 Lakh to Rs. 5 Lakh for freshers.

Electrical Engineering:- This is the oldest and core branch of engineering which always had steady demand in terms of employability. All electricity boards, power sector organizations like NTPC, PSUs, railways, defence forces, manufacturing sector etc require electrical, electrical & electronic and electrical & instrumentation engineers. They are also hired by IT sector for ERP solutions and for even software development. Expected salary : The starting salaries for electrical engineer freshers range from Rs. 1.8 Lakh PA to Rs. 4.5 Lakh PA.

Electronics & Communication Engineering: Once second most popular branch has taken heavy beating in recent years due to following reason:- EC engineers are not proving to be good software developers due to very low content of IT concepts in the syllabus. The top wireless service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircell etc do not hire many engineers as they have ready-made installation manuals & fault location systems which can be operated by technicians. Secondly, mostly they do hire through campus placements. Once a top employer for EC engineers , BSNL, has lost the market share. The absence of a genuine electronics industry in India is another big reason that EC engineers do not have takers in industry. All TVs, mobile, computers, instruments, PDAs are only assembled in India, not manufactured from chip level. Repairing & fault diagnosis of all electronics items are done by technicians after they receive few months training. Expected salary : The salary range for EC freshers range from Rs. 1.5 to Rs. 3.5 Lakh PA.

Civil engineering:- During the decades of 70s to 90s, due to non-availability of many infrastructure related developments, the popularity and demand of this branch nose dived and except government colleges, majority of private engineering colleges did not offer this branch. This created vacuum when infrastructure development boomed in the country during late nineties and early 2000. All construction projects required site engineers, supervisors and architects; fuelling the demand for civil engineers. All of sudden, there was rush among the private engineering colleges to open civil engineering branch. It is also simpler to study civil compared to other branches as it has minimal mathematics and no software learning except in the first year. Expected salary : The minimum salary for fresher civil engineers is the highest in education sector where faculties are required to teach such a large number of students. Besides, in construction companies the salary ranges from Rs. 3 Lakh to Rs. 5 Lakh PA.

Hope you find this information useful. Have a great future ahead.