The textile industry is in the phase of revolutionary automation and modernization in India. The engineers graduated in textile engineering are equipped with the knowledge of the textile materials, machinery in textile and characteristics of different textile and technologies or clothing. Textile Engineering handles with the application of engineering and scientific principles to the design and controls all the aspects of textile, apparel processes, fiber, machinery and principles of different products. These include man-made materials, natural materials, safety and health, interaction of materials with machines, waste and pollution control and energy conservation.
Job Prospects for Textile Engineers
Textile engineers can find jobs in departments of textile plants and firms varying from big scale to small scale such as quality control, production, planning, marketing or sales, in domestic or foreign companies for textile machinery and products, which are concentrated in various regions of the country. There are two main textile sectors in India one is handloom sector this is considered as unorganized one and another is mechanized sector which is considered as the organized sector. Both of them are likely to offer full growth and potential for the qualified people. Considerably there are thousands of textile industries all across the nation.
Candidates who are graduates in textile chemistry can find professional opportunities in finishing and dyeing, research and development, technical services, product development, quality control, environmental control and polymer science. Many graduates of the textile management program enter in management trainee programs for the start and it can ultimately lead to corporate management or plant management.
Other job opportunities which are available are industrial engineering, technical sales, marketing, customer relations, product development, cost, human resources and inventory control. So one who has completed the degree in Textile Engineering can find opportunities such as:
· Quality control supervisor
· Process engineer
· Operations Trainee
· Technical Services/Sales Manager
· Medical Textiles Engineer
· Process Improvement Engineer
Eligibility for Textile Engineering Courses in India
Students who want to pursue textile engineering at Bachelors level need to complete (10+2) from any recognized board and they can pursue B.Tech or B.E courses. After Bachelors degree one can pursue Masters degree or they can pursue specialize diploma or certificate courses. Short term courses are also available for students who have completed Bachelors in textile engineering. Apart from the learning different practical subjects students can gain the experience in plant layout and design, wet process design, machine, designing and creative textile products. Throughout the textile engineering programme, students can take classes from other engineering courses as well which includes Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Materials and other engineering departments. Four available textile engineering programs are:
· Information Systems Design
· Textile Product Engineering
· Chemical Processing
· Machine Design
Courses in accounting, management, economics, computers and marketing are coordinated with textile courses they are related to manage people and processing in the textile, fiber, apparel industries and carpet. Optional courses provide the opportunity to focus on particular aspects of the business such as apparel manufacturing or marketing.
Top Engineering Colleges of India Providing Textile Engineering are:
· College of Technology and Agriculture, Udaipur
· Bapatala Engineering College, Bapatala
· College of Engineering and Technology, Chandrapura, Bangalore
· Dr. S George Institute of Engineering, Prakasam
· Sri Vaishava Institute of Technology, PO Palia, Indore
· Government Central Textile Institute, Kanpur.
· Osmania University, University College of Engineering, Hyderabad
· IIT Delhi
Specialization Subjects for Textile Engineering in India
· Textile chemical technology: this subject is specialized with the unique and innovative solutions of present and future textile wet processing opportunities.
· Fibre Science Technology deals with polymer and fibres research, it helps in developing new fibres and tries to increase the productive capacity.
· Technical Textile are the terms provided to textile materials manufactures for non-aesthetic purposes here functioning is the primary criteria. These comprise textile arrangement for medical textiles, automotive applications, protective clothing, agro textiles, and spacesuits.
· Computer Application in Textile helps the textile engineers to design different products with the help of computers and other latest technologies.