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what are the job opportunities after chemical engineering???


shiv 8th Jul, 2019
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Deepali Bansal 8th Jul, 2019

HELLO SHIV

Chemical Engineering is one of the oldest branch of Engineering around the world However, it’s a

new stream in India.Chemical Engineering involves mainly physics and mathematics along with the

concepts of chemistry.A lot of Career options are there after having a graduation degree in Chemical

enginering in numerous fields of Research, Design and Production::

DESIGN: Its mainly involves about designing a process and its related equippments or machineries

and Chemical plants too.Some of the Designing Companies are EIL, SHELL, FLOUR KBR etc..The

eligibility criteria involves a B.Tech/ BE degree and also the starting basic salary ranges from 9LPA

to higher depending on the comapny. This field involves many MNCs which also provide a good

foreign exposure ..

PRODUCTION: This field involves the production of materials,fertilizers, pharmaceuticals and

chemicals on a large scale.The companies in this fields are: ONGC,IOCL,BPCL,HPCL,GAIL, ASIAN

PAINTS, SLUMBERGER, TATA CHEMICALS etc. The comapnies from different subfields are

mentioned too:

 Oil & gas Indian companies – ONGC, HPCL, BPCL, Reliance Petroleum Ltd., Indian Oil

Corporation, GAIL Non-Indian companies – Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, BP, Total,

Chevron

 Chemical processing : Indian companies – Tata Chemicals, Gujarat Fluorochemicals

Ltd., Aarti Industries

 Pharmaceutical Indian companies – Cipla, Lupin, Glenmark Non-Indian companies –

Pfizer, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline

 Textile Indian companies – Bombay Dyeing, Grasim Industries, Century Textiles and

Industries Ltd.

 Food Indian companies – Amul, Brittania Industries Non-Indian companies – Nestle,

PepsiCo

 Consumer products: Indian companies – Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., Asian Paints,

Pidilite Industries, Procter & Gamble, Unilever

 Agriculture: Indian companies – GNFC, Coromandel International, UPL, Chambal

Fertilisers, Rashtriya Chemicals, Zuari Agro Chemicals, GSFC, NFL, Rallis , PotashCorp,

Yara International, Bayer Crop Science

 Engineering services & consulting : Engineers India Ltd., Tata Consulting Engineers

Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering , Schlumberger, Linde Engineering,

Halliburton, Baker Hughes

 Chemical engineering software : Non-Indian companies – Aspen Technology,

Honeywell

 Automotive : Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra , Toyota, General Motors

 Nuclear energy :Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., Bhabha Atomic Research

Centre .

RESEARCH:- Research field in Chemical Engineering also has a huge scope, however its

comparitively lower in India as compared to abroad exposure. After having a P.hD in Chemical

Engineering One can apply for researches and scientists in various Governmental Organizations,

Professors in various Premium Colleges and Universities or can also join R & D Department of

Various MNCs, which also provide a handsome Salary.

Apply for GATE: Crazy, right!!! Just in the last point I asked you not to do your masters right after

your bachelor's and here I am asking you to apply for GATE. Well GATE not just helps you to get a

Master's, it also is associated with many Navaratna, Maharatna and Miniratna companies. Using

GATE score you can apply to all these companies (Of course with an eligible score), which otherwise

you cant.

HOPE IT HELPS

ALL THE BEST

snehasinha1718 Student Expert 8th Jul, 2019

Hey,

Chemical Engineering is one of the core engineering branches that lost some of its popularity after the software industry came into existence at large. Chemical Engineering is an ideal course for students who want to pursue a career in applied chemistry.
Chemical Engineering is one of the established branches in India and there are various government as well as private organisations that hire chemical engineers. Although not as popular as other engineering branches, Chemical Engineering certainly offers some bright career opportunities.
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Depending on your preferences, you can opt for on field or office jobs. On-site jobs will require you to work at industrial plants, thermal plants, refineries, etc. Following are some of the top companies that hire chemical engineers:

Schlumberger Limited
Indian Oil Corporation
Reliance Industries Ltd.Johnson Matthey
Essar Oil LimitedOil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Glaxo
Smith
Kline
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd
Arofine Polymers Ltd

Hope this helps.

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