Some Upcoming Interdisciplinary Technology Branches: Summary Table
 

Branch

What Is It?

Degree Pathway

Upcoming Specializations

Employment Avenues

1.

Chemical Engineering (ChE)
  1. How to make & transform materials on a large scale
  2. Interfaces with emerging disciplines like BioMedical Engg. & microelectronics
  3. Most versatile branch
  1. PCM at +2 level
  2. IIT-JEE (Jan,May)
  3. B.Tech at IIT-B
  4. M.Tech/PhD/MEA
  5. Post Doctoral
  1. Nanotechnology
  2. Colloid & Interfacial Engg.
  3. Membrane technology
  4. Polymers & Materials
  5. Soft Solids
  6. Environment & Safety
  1. Pharmaceutical
  2. Petrochemical
  3. Plastics, fibers, textiles
  4. Adhesives
  5. Food & beverages
  6. Micro electronics

2.

Materials Science (MatSci)
  1. Interdisciplinary subject
  2. How to manufacture materials
  3. Design of newer materials and composites

- do -
  1. Biomaterials
  2. Nanocomposites
  3. Smart materials
  4. Powder metallurgy
  5. Micro-electronics
  1. Metals processing
  2. Polymers & Plastics
  3. Pharma / drug delivery
  4. Medical devices
  5. Micro-electronics

3.

BioMedical Engineering (BME)
  1. Interdisciplinary subject: engineering applied to medicine & surgery
  2. Involves bio-instrumentation, biomaterials, imaging, biomedical devices
  1. PCM or PCMB at +2 level
  2. IIT-JEE/Medical entrance
  3. B.Tech/MBBS or M.Sc.
  4. GATE/AIMS/MCI PG entrance exam
  5. M.Tech/Ph.D. at IIT-B

(Doctor can become engineer!)
  1. Medical imaging
  2. Tele-medicine
  3. Biomaterials & devices
  4. Bio-interfacing with bio-wires and bio-contacts
  5. Clinical diagnostics
  6. Artificial organs
  1. Electronic equipment like USG, CT, MRI, PET,ECG, EEG, BP
  2. Hospital equipment
  3. Surgical equipment
  4. Biomedical devices e.g. glucometer, catheter

4.

BioTechno-logy (BT)
  1. Application of biological organisms & their products to manufacture useful materials
  2. Interdisciplinary science: biology + technology
  1. PCM or PCMB at +2 level
  2. B.Sc./M.Sc./B.Tech /B.E./B.Pharm
  3. M.Sc./Ph.D. at IIT-B
  1. Bio-informatics
  2. Biochemical engg.
  3. Designer genes (Gen.Eng)
  4. Environmental biotech.
  5. Biocatalysis
  6. Fuels, food and beverages
  1. Pharmaceuticals
  2. Food processing
  3. Flavours & fragrances
  4. Agricultural biotechnology
  5. Medical biotechnology

General Advice at 10+2 level (and before):

  1. Take PCMB: it gives you greater choices at the first degree as well as later in life (e.g., BioMedical engineering after MBBS needs math at +2).
  2. Learn Computers: Hardware (how to assemble your own PC & maintain it); Software (Office, VB, C, Linux, HLML, CGI/Perl, Java, MySQL).
  3. Take up technical hobbies like photography, ham radio, electronics, mechanics, etc. 4. Do your +2 (HSC) as well as IIT-JEE together.

Version of 15-June-2001. © Copyright 2001 by: Dr. Jayesh R. Bellare, Professor, Chemical Engineering, and Head, BioMedical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076. Email: jb@che.iitb.ernet.in Web: www.che.iitb.ac.in/faculty/jb