What is the scope for biomedical engineering in India?

Dear Ayush, Biomedical engineering is identified as one of the niche engineering branches in the country which deals with the study of engineering principles. These principles are further combined with the principals of medical sciences aiming to streamline the healthcare services in the country.

The rapid advancement of technology involved in biomedical engineering will continue to change the job profile of biomedical engineers. It will also continue to create new work areas. Thus, there is a need to translate the expanding range of activities for biomedical engineers into very favourable job prospects. The rapid ageing of the population and retirement of a substantial count of biomedical engineers is likely to result in massive job openings between the period of 2018 and 2024.

Biomedical engineering career opportunities would include the following:

• Bio-medical Engineer
• Instrument Engineer
• Installation Engineer
• Researcher
• Maintenance Engineer

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Hey Ayush

Biomedical Engineering in India has got varied scopes .

Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India

After doing Biomedical Engineering, you can be employed in some MNC's as Sales, Service and Application Specialists.You can work as a Research Engineer as well in some OEM Manufacturing Companies .You can work as a Biomedical Engineer in the Hospitals .You can pursue Masters from any of the IIT's, IIT Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad and Kharagpur. Thus escalating your Salary Figures. You can be a Biomedical Entrepreneur, Biomedical Engineering offers the best scope for the same among any other branch of Engineering .You can pursue MBA in Hospital management or Hospital Administration and become a Hospital manager in which you control all the aspects of hospitals.

Good luck!

Dear Ayush,

Biomedical engineering is a vast field which incorporates the knowledge of each & every field of engineering. Our field provides solutions to medical problems using technology.

The scope here depends on your interests. But there is always something if you remain interested in this field. Firstly, you have to choose- do you want to go in research area (plenty of opportunities) or you want to directly start working (tough to start, not so if you have the right skills).

A free advice- stay away from some of the demotivators on Quora who tell you there's no future in our field. I was really disappointed when I read some of those answers about job scope in our field when I was new to this field.

Let me start with my story, I am the same kind of guy who joined Biomedical engineering because all other branches in my college were filled up. I had no interest in Research, even though I did a research internship. I was looking for a job in my 4 year & decided not to give GATE. I was placed in an IT firm during campus placements (as usual).

But spending 4 years in biomedical engineering, i started liking the field, the major project that I did made me rethink my views towards my branch. The opportunities in this field in both research and job wise are endless. I just didn't wanted to leave the branch so easily, So i refused the offer of the IT company & started looking for jobs in core. Immediately after my graduation i got multiple offers. There are companies like Philips, GE, Siemens, Allengers etc. Who are in constant need of young talented engineers in this field & if you are good enough, you will definitely end up in a good job just like me.

Research wise

You will definitely end up getting a research internship in your 2nd or 3rd year of your grades are good. If you like the work that you do, then start preparing for GATE, there are plenty of opportunities. The Prime Misnister Fellowship Scheme is also there, you can prepare for that, in this scheme you can directly do PHD from IIT's but you need to crack the interview. GATE is also an option but you need to prepare extra because there's no separate GATE for BME, you have to opt for instrumentation.

Job

• ScopeR&D- Generally the R&D companies hire employees through campus placements from a small group of colleges. Good luck for that. The health tech industry in Andhra & Telangana is a bright prospect in future when it comes to R&D opportunities.
• Service- The job i am currently in. You get to learn a lot about the internal functioning of various medical devices. There are plenty of learning opportunities, trainings. The happiness you get after indirectly saving a life can't be measured. You'll be nervous at start but with right guidance service is the most satisfying job.
• Application engineer- The role of an application engineer is to explain to customer about the working of a specific medical device. Application engineers work hand to hand with sales team.
• Sales engineer- Sales of medical equipment are handled by the sales engineer. They have targets as well as incentives so it's a double edged sword.
• Hospital engineer- Every big hospital has a Biomedical department in which there are typically 5–6 engineers who are responsible to attend to emergency breakdown of any medical equipment.

There are various areas in which a Biomedical engineer can work. The salary at start is not appropriate for some posts but then again if you work hard & have right skills you can land a good job just after graduation. Don't get demotivated by people who say that Biomedical has no scope, or it's only about research. More than 75% of Biomedical jobs are occupied by electronics engineer just because talented Biomedical engineers switch their fields after graduation.

Thanks.