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ujjaval88

which one is better in iit

puneet

hey

Definitely it is chemical only

cheers

nishant

chemical is much better in iits as compared to civil....its a much better career option also..if u r given a choice like this,then i suggest that u take chemical....hope u got it..cheers!

LastMinuteGenius

how far behind is chemical as compared to mechanical in terms of job prospects later??
is chemical closer to civil or mechanical overall (placements, job type, etc)?

nishant

in terms of job prospects,see mech is an evergreen and basic engineering stream..so the mechanical guys have demand everywhere and consequently their pay package is also good..chemical engineering is a restricted engineering stream..its not as vast as mechanical engineering...so the pay package and placements are a bit lesser...chemical is closer to civil in terms of slaries and job prospects but ultimately it depends on u..if u do well in civil also,then u can always get a higher salary than a mechanical engineer who has done averagely...hope u ogt it...cheers!!

anujkrz

chemical anytime

nunoxic

Chemical
Also, there are certain subjects in civil which are, if not very, but substantially hard to crack....especially if u r bad at drawing (like me :D ).......some parts of Civil Engineering will give u trouble

dssriram50

but i heard that every branch of engineering involves a lot of drawing..so no escape frm drawing i guess!!even iam bad at drawing!!!

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pls rate the average placement packages in order

cs , mech, ee, chemical,aerospace, civil,metallurgy

gau_sesh

cs>=ee>mech>chem>civil>metallurgy
(dont know abt aerospace)

in any case it depends upon your performance at your institute.
a student who is doing excellently in chem/mech can get better pays than one who is doing poorly in ee or cs.

kanwar81

can anyone please give the average and highest packages of CHEM-DUAL BOMBAY of the past few years . RATES ASSURED

Light

Kanwar,
If salary is your sole concern, maybe u shd hv joined Petroleum BTech at ISM Dhanbad. Someone there bagged a job of 47 lakhs per annum last yr ....in fact 6 students of Petroleum made it to the French giant Schlumberger ( all 6 of them are millionnaires every year ).
I m sure this is not the key consideration that u shd hv. IITs prepare u for your last job & not for your entry level job. So, join IIT-B without so much as a second thought. Forget abt salary.
And finally, IIT-B is the best of them all....more so for Chemical.i

lordvoldy

Guys....

chemical is better than mechanical, electrical and mechanical is u consider the Avg salary to be the criteria....

U can say that mechanical is versatile and required in every industry....but infact thats the downside....mechies r required for maintainence in chemical plants and hence they r not the main engineers n that company.....so they can never go on to become the directors of that company!!!!!!

and the main recruiters on mechanical engineers are auto companies while those for chem guys r petrochemical companies and they pay much higher salaries....

of course mechanical has very large areas for further studies...so does chemical...

and infact in USA chemical is historiacally the highest paid straem of engineering...even abuv CSE and electronics

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm

http://www.doe.mtu.edu/news/degree_worth.html

http://www.naceweb.org/press/display.asp?year=2007&prid=251

http://www.jobweb.com/joboutlook/2007/spring_update.htm

Heres what i was telling u...read if u hav a lot of free time....!!!!!!!!!!!!

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