What is the scope of metallurgical and material engineering?

What is the scope of non-mainstreams at old IITs, like industrial engineering, metallurgical, material sciences, engineering, physics, etc.?

• please give the average placement figures of last few years too, if available.

• Answer:

  1. Metallurgy is an old field of science and it's unconventional field of engineering, which students generally don't prefer because they think, this field is not in much demand. 2. Actually, this field is the mother of every other field. Just imagine world without metals and non-metals. It's unimaginable. Modernization of the human race started due to discovery in this field. The big machines (mechanical), automobiles, chemical engineering, etc. 3.  Boom in new discoveries in Metallurgy gave boom in Industrialization, it will remain a important branch of engineering and science. People will always use metal and non metal for numerous purposes. Guess what!? In future there would be robots extracting precious metals on other planets. 4. Imagine world without Iron, Steel, Copper, Gold, etc = this is your answer. Technology of extraction, purification may change but the need of this field will always remain. 5. Materials science is the branch of future, whether it's nanotechnology or polymers or composite materials these materials will form the base of engineering in coming future. 6. Personal experience : As a Rubber Technologist, in present scenario, i completed my degree from modest Govt. engineering college and I am getting 3 lakh+ plus package from companies, not much, but then just see around students from mechanical and computers getting less then this. Moreover we are always in demand