📘Postgraduate Programmes
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M.Tech in Power Systems Engineering
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M.Tech in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives
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M.Tech in Intellegent Control and Instrumentation (From Academic Session 2026-2027)
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Power Systems Engineering: The two-year M.Tech program in Power Systems Engineering focuses on an in-depth understanding of power systems, including generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electrical energy. With topics and subjects on power system operation, protection, control, renewable energy integration, smart grids, and energy management systems, the students may gain practical experience through lab work, simulations, and project work, often collaborating with industry partners on real-world challenges. As the world moves toward cleaner, more efficient energy solutions, the engineers in this field will play a crucial role in shaping future energy sector.
Potential Roles:
- As power system engineer, the students will design and analyse power systems, from generation to distribution, ensuring stability, reliability, and safety.
- As grid operator, the students may work on monitoring and managing grid operations, addressing faults, and ensuring seamless power distribution.
- As protection and control engineer, the students will specialise in designing and implementing systems that protect electrical equipment from overloads, faults, and other risk hazards.
- As smart grid engineer, the students will work with advanced grid technologies to enhance grid performance, load management, and energy distribution.
Job Opportunities:
- Graduates in Power Systems may work as Engineers with various public and private sector power companies such as PGCIL, NTPC, Adani Power, GE Power, Schneider Electric, etc.
- With increasing emphasis on renewable sources (like solar, wind, and hydro) and smart grids, the graduates may also work in managing renewable power plants and contribute to making grids more efficient, responsive, and sustainable.
- The students with strong interest in research may choose to pursue a Ph.D. in Power Systems or related fields, opening opportunities in high-level R&D positions, universities, or research organizations.
Power Electronics and Electrical Drives: The two-year M.Tech programme in Power Electronics & Electrical Drives focuses on design, control and application of power electronic converter and electrical drives, electrical vehicles, and wireless charging system. With topics and subjects on electrical machines, power converters, rectifiers, energy-efficient motor control, electric vehicles, the students are trained to diagnose and solve complex problems in power electronics circuits, motor drives, and control systems. As industries are increasingly adopting electric technologies, automation, and renewable energy systems, this field is opening a wide array of career opportunities.
Potential Roles:
- As a Power Electronics Engineer: Design and development of DC-DC converters, AC-DC rectifiers, DC-AC inverters, , EV powertrains, Battery chargers and power supplies
- As an Electric Vehicle (EV) Drive Engineer: Work on Traction motor drives, Motor controllers, Battery Management Systems (BMS), On-board chargers, Fast-charging infrastructure, The EV industry is one of the fastest-growing employers of power electronics graduates.
- As a Motor Drive and Control Engineer: Development of PMSM drives, Induction motor drives, SynRM drives, Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drives
- As a Renewable Energy Engineer: Applications include Solar inverters, Wind energy conversion systems, Grid-connected converters, Energy storage systems, Microgrids
- As an Embedded Control Engineer: Work on DSP controllers, FPGA-based control, Real-time motor control, Digital power systems
- As a Power Systems and Smart Grid Engineer: Focus areas are FACTS devices, HVDC systems, Smart grids, Power quality improvement, Grid integration of renewables
- As a Research & Development Engineer: Broad research topics are Wide-bandgap devices (SiC/GaN), AI-based motor control, Advanced converter topologies, Wireless charging, Digital twins for power converters
Job Opportunities:
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- Power Grid Corporation of India
- NTPC
- Indian Railways
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- State Electricity Boards
- Engineering Services Examination (ESE) positions
Intellegent Control and Instrumentation (From Academic Session 2026-2027): An M. Tech. specialization in Intelligent Control and Instrumentation (ICI) is an advanced engineering program focused on the automation of complex systems. In today’s world, in any engineering discipline, every dynamical system such as electrical circuit, mechanical system, autonomous system like ground robot, and other engineering system needs instrumentation and control, design and analysis tools for analysis and automation of these dynamical systems. This course integrates the principles of sensing physical variables (Instrumentation) with the design of intelligent decision-making algorithms (control) to create systems that operate autonomously, efficiently, and reliably. This specialization is the core technology behind diverse applications, from robotics and autonomous vehicles to industrial process plants and smart grids, equipping engineers with the expertise to model, analyse and automate dynamic process across modern industries. This course would infuse interest in students and motivate them to pursue their careers in research development to join PSUs, defence, private industries and academia.
Program Curriculum: Course structure New MTECH AY 2026-2027.pdf
Potential Roles:
- As a Control Systems Engineer: Design and analysis of feedback control systems, PID tuning, model-based control, adaptive control, Industrial process optimization, MATLAB/Simulink-based system design
- As an Instrumentation Engineer: Design and maintenance of measurement systems, Sensors, transducers, signal conditioning, Calibration and testing of industrial instruments, Plant instrumentation and safety systems
- As an Automation Engineer: PLC, SCADA, DCS programming, Industrial automation projects, Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 implementation, Factory automation and robotics integration
- As a Process Control Engineer: Oil & gas, petrochemical, power plants, Chemical and pharmaceutical industries, Process optimization and monitoring, Advanced process control (APC) systems
- As a Robotics and Intelligent Systems Engineer: Industrial robotics, Autonomous systems, Motion control, AI-based control applications
- As an Embedded and Industrial IoT Engineer: Embedded controllers, Sensor networks, Industrial communication protocols, Edge computing and IoT applications
- As a Research and Development Engineer: Advanced control algorithms, AI-assisted control systems, Electric drives and power electronics, Aerospace and defense systems
- As a Data Acquisition and Industrial AI Specialist: Digital twins, Predictive maintenance, Machine learning for industrial systems, Smart sensor analytics
Job Opportunities:
- Core Industries: Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Refineries, Fertilizer Plants, Steel Plants, Cement Industries, Power Generation
- Manufacturing & Automation: Automotive, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, Smart Factories, Robotics
- Energy Sector: Renewable Energy, Smart Grids, Electric Vehicle (EV) Industry, Battery Management Systems,
- High-Tech Sectors: Aerospace, Defense, Medical Instrumentation, Industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence Applications
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Add-on Opportunities for PG Students
Integrated M.Tech.-Ph.D. Programmes: An opportunity is provided to the potential M.Tech. students to change their registration from M.Tech. programme to Integrated M.Tech.-Ph.D. programme subject to fulfilment of certain norms and eligibility criteria. The basic objective is to give the opportunity to the meritorious M.Tech. students, who have registered in the M.Tech. programme of this Institute, to change their academic program from M.Tech. to Integrated M.Tech.-Ph.D. program and to pursue Ph.D. program jointly.