IIT Lesser Known Courses | IIT-BHU Varanasi course on Ceramic Engineering

Students can get admission in both BTech and IDD Ceramic Engineering programmes through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted jointly by the IITs.

IIT BHU specialisations 

— Glass and Glass Ceramics

— Refractories

— Electrical and Electronic Ceramics

— Cement and Advanced Building Materials

— Bio-glass and Ceramics

BTech Ceramic Engineering Programme is a four-year engineering degree programme to educate and train students in the discipline of Ceramic and Glass science and technology. The programme consists of Institute Science and Engineering courses. The students may opt to study along a specified stream with a combination of project work and courses.

Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) Ceramic Engineering Programme is a five year engineering degree programme to educate and train students in the discipline of Ceramic and Glass science and technology with the award of both BTech and MTech degrees. The students work on the research and development project for their Masters Thesis during the last two years of the programme. Those who qualify for GATE are awarded Institute TAship during the fifth year.

Last year, the Mean CTC reached Rs 24.11 lakh per annum, the highest CTC reached 40.18 lakh per annum and the increment per cent reached 68.71 per cent.

Eligibility criteria 

BTech or an equivalent degree in Ceramic/ Civil/ Electronics/ Electrical/ Mechanical/ Metallurgical Engg./ Chemical Engg. and Technology/Materials Science and Technology/ Silicate Technology or
MSc Physics (with special papers in Solid State/ Electronics) or Electronics or Chemistry (with special papers in Physical/ Inorganic/ Solid State Chemistry) provided the candidate has passed BSc/ BSc(Hons.) Examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

IIT BHU alumni

Some notable graduates from the Ceramic Engineering department of IIT BHU (Varanasi) are:

– Deepak P. Ahuja, batch of 1985, who has worked as Former Chief Financial Officer, Tesla.

– Bimlendra Jha, batch of 1990, who has worked as Former CEO/Managing Director, Ambuja Cements Ltd.

– Dr K. Muraleedharan, batch of 1983, who has worked as Former Director, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute.

– Dharamveer Singh Chouhan, batch of 2012, is the Co-founder and CEO, Zostel.

– Nandita Sinha, batch of 2003, is the CEO of Myntra.

– Amit Walia, batch of 1995, is the CEO at Informatica.

Some of the top core recruiting companies at IIT BHU last year were SAINT-GOBAIN, JSW Steel, Ambuja Cement, CERA, IMERYS, TATA STEEL, SOMANY, ThougtSpot, Zomato, OLA, Udaan, Swiggy, Amazon, LimeChat, AXIS BANK, Walmart and many more.