About Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical and practical knowledge, in order to design, invent and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of people. In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. Building & Architecture, Telecommunication, Broadcasting, Enhancement of crop qualities, Invention of Drugs, Modification of Vehicles (Space, Earth & Water), Exploration of Natural Resources etc. are major areas of application of Engineering. Rather, every area of life that has been replenished & invigorated by Engineering & Technology. Research, Designing & Development, Management of Resources, Marketing, Commercial Application of Ideas, Administration of People & Process are some of the diverse activities in which engineers are involved. Engineers are looked upon with respect in the society. The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions; all as respects an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property. The broad discipline of engineering encompasses a range of more specialized subdescipline each with a more specific emphasis on certain fields of application and particular areas of technology.

Main branches of Engineering

Engineering, much like other science, is a broad discipline which is often broken down into several sub-disciplines. These disciplines concern themselves with differing areas of engineering work. Although initially an engineer will usually be trained in a specific discipline, throughout an engineer's career the engineer may become multi-disciplined, having worked in several of the outlined areas. Following are the branches of engineering and it has many sub-branches.

1.      Civil Engineering

2.      Electrical & Electronics Engineering

3.      Mechanical Engineering

4.      Chemical Engineering

5.      Electrical Engineering

6.      Electronics Engineering

7.      Electronics & Communication Engineering

8.      Computer Science & Engineering

9.      Information Technology Engineering

10.  Automobile Engineering

11.  Electrical & Instrumentation Control Engineering

12.  Environment Engineering

13.  Nano-Technology Engineering

14.  Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering

15.  Ceramic engineering

16.  Marine Engineering

17.  Metallurgical Engineering

18.  Mining Engineering

19.  Bio-technology Engineering

20.  Agricultural Engineering

21.  Biomedical Engineering

22.  Petroleum Engineering