New Engineering Branches

Mechatronics Engineering

The word mechatronics is a combination of mechanics and electronics. The course is a combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, computer engineering and system design engineering. Some of the examples of products desingned using mechatronics engineering are fax machines, disk drives washing machines, computers, etc. Mechatronics engineers plan, design and create machinery that has electronics and computer etc. Mechatronics engineers plan, design and create machinery that has electronics and computer central system. In addition, mechatronics engineering involves the use of micro-electro-mechanical system(MEMS), neural prosthecis, and many more cutting edge technologies.
Some of the colleges that offer mechatronics at the BTech and MTech Levels are
GH Patel College of Engineering and Technology (Graduate in Mechatronics)
Vellore Institute of Technology (MTech Mechatronics)
Indo-Swiss Training Centre, Chandigarh(4years Advanced Diploma in Mechatronics)
Anna University (ME Mechatronics)

Energy Engineering
Energy Engineering is an interdisciplinary programme that involves skills from the diverse fields of mining, chemical, civil and mechanical engineering. It aims at reducing energy consumption by designing more efficient systems and reducing the energy consumed by current systems. There are very few colleges that offer undergraduate courses in energy engineering, but many institutes offer specialization in this field.
Some of the institutes that offer energy engineering courses are
IIT Bombay
National Institute of Technology
University of Petroleum and energy studies
Vellore Institute of Technology

Environmental Engineering
With people starting to become more and more aware of the effects of their lifestyle on the environment, environmental engineering is considered a promising branch of engineering. Environmental Engineers aims at controlling pollution and its effects.  Several Institutes are offering undergraduate program in Environmental Engineering. Selection is based on IIT JEE and other competitive examinations. The four year bachelors degree in Environmental Engineering includes study of water supply systems, waste water disposal, storm water management, air quality control, solid waste management and hazardous waste management. Which increasing focus on eco friendly products and technologies, the demand for Environmental Engineers is expected to grow in near future. Students can opt for specialization and research in this field.  Some colleges
Adichunchagiri Insitute of Technology
Andhra University
College of Engineering Vishakapttanam
Delhi College of Engineering, Gokulam II stage, Mysore
Gujarat University
LD College of Engineering, Ahamedabad
IIT Rookee
Indian Schools of Mines, Dhanbad

Nuclear engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/admissions.html), Manipal University, Manipal ( www.admissions.manipal.edu), and SASTRA (Thanjavur & Kumbakonam) (www.sastra.edu) are among the institutions offering MTech Nuclear Engineering. Three-year MTech in Nuclear Science & Technology at Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi was launched in the academic year 2008(www.du.ac.in). For more examples, you would have to track admission notifications in the prominent dailies.(08.12.2008)

Industrial Engineering
Master of Design courses are offered at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in), IIT Bombay (http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in), IIT Delhi ( http://www.iitd.ac.in/center/iddc) and IIT Kanpur (http://www.iitk.ac.in/design). MTech Industrial Design is offered at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (www.manit.ac.in). Indicative examples. Admission notifications appear in the prominent dailies, so you should make it a habit to keep track of a couple of national dailies for the same.(08.12.2008)

Physics research Institutes
Nationwide Written Test by TIFR offer admission to Ph D programmes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer & Systems Sciences at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai( http://www.tifr.res.in/admissions; http://univ.tifr.res.in) and Joint Entrance Screening Test for Ph D Programmes in Physics (including various intershiplinary areas/ Theoretical Computer Science at any of the partipating institutes ARIES Nainital, IIA Bangalore, IISc Bangalore, IISER Pune/ Mohali, IUCAA, Pune, JNCASR Bangalore, NCRA Pune, PRL Ahmedabad, RRI Bangalore, SNBNCBS Kolkata, UGC-DAE CSR Indore or any of the following institutions affiliated to HBMI, a deemed university-- BARC Mumbai, HRI Allahabad, IGCAR Kalpakkam, IMSc Chennai, IOP Bhubaneshwar, IPR Gandhinagar, RRCAT Indore, SINP Kolkata and VECC Kolkata are typical choices in addition to the IISc Written test for admission to programmes at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (www.iisc.ernet.in). Indicative examples.(01.12.2008)

Petroliam engineering
Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad (www.ismdhanbad.ac.in),Institute of Petroleum Technology, Gandhinagar (IPTG) (www.iptg.ac.in), College of Engineering, Waltair, Vishakhapatnam-530003, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi (www.cusat.ac.in), Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Amravati Road, Nagpur-440010, Anna University Chennai (www.annauniv.edu) and Institute of Petroleum Studies and Chemical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002 are among the institutions for pursuing post graduate degree programmes in the field of petroleum engineering / technology and allied fields.(29.12.2008)

Mtech Instrumentation
Admission to MTech is usually based on GATE scores, although a few colleges do accept applications based on scores in the engineering degree. Institutions offering MTech / ME Instrumentation Engineering include the National Institutes of Technology ,for example, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (www.nitkkr.ac.in), and other institutions like Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi (www.jamiahamdard.edu), SASTRA (Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy), Thanjavur(www.sastra.edu), Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nanded (www.sggs.ac.in), National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Chandigarh ( www.nitttrchd.ac.in), and Gitam University, Vishakhapatnam ( www.gitam.edu). Examples are indicative. If you follow the admission notifications in the prominent dailies from now you would be able to identify more institutions offering MTech Instrumentation.