After doing 12^th from a non-medical background if you are interested in semiconductors, analog and digital transmission, signal system, communication process etc. then you should definitely go for Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Eligibility criteria for getting into Electronics and Communication Branch:

• 10+2 with math, physics and chemistry from a recognized school board.
• Minimum 60% marks in physics, chemistry and math.
• Admission process is through IIT JEE Entrance Exam or Merit based.

Top colleges which provide Electronics and Communication Engineering in India:

1. Indian Institute of Technology- Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi
3. Indian Institute of Technology- Mumbai
4. Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur
5. DIT University- Dehradun
6. Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)- Pilani
7. Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati
8. College of Engineering, Anna University- Chennai
9. SRM University- Amaravathi
10.  NIT Trichy- Tiruchirappalli

Here are details of some top colleges like eligibility for ECE candidate, fee structure, placements, etc.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras offers EE (Electrical Engineering) which comprises of both Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE).

Eligibility: Mandatory Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, and Math. Candidate must have secured 75% in 12^th from a recognized board.

To get into IIT Madras, Admission is though JOSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counselling based on the rank obtained by JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) Advanced.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fees: INR 8.82 lakh.

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 66 Seats

 Placements: According to 2018-19, 127 out of 162 students who sat for placements were successfully placed. The highest package: 39 Lacs, the lowest: 5.38 Lacs, median: 15.5 Lacs 3.

Recruiters: Flipkart, Huawei, Intel, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung. Top roles offered in course: Digital Engineer, Data Scientist, Research Engineer, Software Engineer, Analog Engineer, Signal Processing NCG.

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi offers EE (Electrical Engineering) which comprises of both Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE).

Eligibility: Candidate should be among the top 2,45,000 rank in JEE paper-1. Candidates must have appeared in 12^th board examination.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 4.47 lakh.

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 85 Seats

Placements: The average salary package offered was around 12 LPA to 13 LPA. The salary offered to an electrical student was 14 LPA. Many companies like TATA, Birla, Reliance, Adani, and multinational companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc., visit the college and conducted interviews before the written exam and then select the students.

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai offers EE (Electrical Engineering) which comprises of both Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE).

Eligibility: Candidate should be among the top 2,45,000 rank in JEE paper-1. Candidates must have appeared in 12^th board examination.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 8.55 lakh.

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 76 Seats

Placements: 11 lakh Median Salary.

Recruiting Companies: 3M, ACCENTURE, Adobe, Amazon.com, Barclays Bank, Cadbury, Citigroup, Eaton Ltd, Infosys, ITC, John Deere, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, MU Sigma, Nvidia Corporation, ONGC, Oracle Financial, Qualcomm, TATA, TCS.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Eligibility: Candidate should be among the top 2,45,000 rank in JEE paper-1. Candidates must have appeared in 12^th board examination.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 8.34 lakh.

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 77 Seats

Placements: 14.2 lakh Median Salary

Recruiting Companies: ACCENTURE, American Express, BCG, Bosch Ltd, Capital One, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, EXL Services, Facebook, Ford Motors, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Kepler Canon, KPMG, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, PWC, Samsung, UBS, VISA, ZS Associates

DIT University, Dehradun

Eligibility: Admissions are based on counseling based on rank obtained in JEE Mains, XII Std aggregate marks.
Direct admission for XII Board Toppers- 10% Seats.

Criteria for Direct Admission for XII board toppers is aggregate of best of four subjects (PCME/PMBE/PME Comp) with 95% and above in all board.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 8.00 lakh.

Course Level: UG Degree

Placements: 3.5 lakh Median Salary

Recruiting Companies: 3i Infotech, Adobe, Amazon.com, Aon Hewitt, Axis Bank, Bank of America, Birla Soft, Blue Star, Cognizant, Convergys, Daffodil Software, Dell, DRDO, Edsys, Era Engineering, Eureka Forbes,  Genpact, HCL, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Hexaware Technologies, Hughes Communication, IBM, ICICI Prudential, Idea Cellular Services, I Flex, IGATE, Impetus, India MART Inter MESH, Indian Navy

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)- Pilani

Eligibility: Mandatory Subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Math. Candidate must have secured 60% in 12^th from a recognized board.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 16.73lakh

Course Level: UG Degree

Recruiting Companies: Accolite, Amazon.com, Capital IQ, CBRE, Ceat Limited, Cisco Systems, DE Shaw, Deloitte, FMC Technologies, Google, Microsoft

Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati

Eligibility: Candidate should be among the top 2,45,000 rank in JEE paper-1. Candidates must have appeared in 12^th board examination.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 8.61lakh

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 81 Seats

Placements: INR 11-12 lakh median salary

Recruiting Companies: Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Tata, Schlumberger, Flipkart, Amazon, Adobe, Infosys.

College of Engineering, Anna University- Chennai

Eligibility: Candidates who have passed 10+2 (academic) or its equivalent must have scored above 45% in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 82,380

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 360 Seats

Recruiting Companies: Samsung, Nokia and lot of service-based companies

SRM University- Amaravathi

Eligibility: Candidates should have passed or appeared for 10+2 examination with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and have cleared JEE.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 10.70 lakh

Course Level: UG Degree

Recruiting Companies: HCL, TVS, Dell, Google

NIT Trichy- Tiruchirappalli

Eligibility: Admissions are based on counseling and rank obtained in JEE Mains, XII Std aggregate marks.

Total duration of the course is 4 years.

Total fess: INR 7.42 lakh

Course Level: UG Degree

Total seats available: 120 Seats

Placements: INR 8-10 lakh

Recruiting Companies: NVIDIA, Texas Instruments (TI), Samsung, Qualcomm, Western Digital, Synopsys. IT: Amazon, Flipkart, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, NVIDIA, Samsung, HP, Acer

The first choice that a Matriculation student has to make is to choose between the streams of Science, commerce and humanities.

If he opts for science, then again two choices are there: Medical and Non medical

Non medical is chosen by those who believe in more analytical than theoretical based learning. The main subjects that non –medical involves are Physics, chemistry and Maths.

First of all student strive for excellence to get the admission in top most technological institutes of India i.e. IITs and NITs. For this, every year lakhs of student appear for IIT (Mains and Advanced) exam conducted by NTA (National testing agency). This exam opens the gateway for them to enter into the engineering colleges where they get practical knowledge about the subject. The different courses, a student can study in engineering are: Computer science engineering, Electronics and communication engineering, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Textile engineering, Automobile engineering, Environmental engineering, Aerospace engineering, Production engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Aeronautical engineering.

Engineering is not a limiting factor or option for the student going for non medical stream. He can also go for individual specialization like Astrophysics, Nuclear and Atomic physics, Molecular physics, Optical physics, Meteorology, Chemical engineering, Biochemistry, Nuclear chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Applied mathematics, Computational mathematics, Complex dynamics, Fluid mechanics, Image processing, Statistics.

However, one should not be limited by this article and also consult the experienced faculties too.