Chemical engineer is a person who develops raw materials into useful products. It will let you be in the field where there is a frequent use of chemicals. As a chemical engineer you will be involved in the making of products which ranges a wide involvement of chemicals. A chemical engineer must work closely with chemists and engineers. They help to turn chemicals into useful products such as vessels, clothes, machineries etc. They help in using the products at the same time they make sure that the products do not hurt the nature.
Chemical engineers are mostly into food processing or food processing techniques, they improve the quality of the food without chemicals disturbing the edibility of the food item. They help us to make clothes they convert fibers and help us to make clothes out of it. They can assist in pharmaceutical industries where their service is needed in making drugs and medicines. Industries like energy and oil industries have always needs chemical engineers .They can extract and engineer chemicals and make it safer for human uses.
To be a Chemical engineer one must have passed the engineering entrance and must have a minimum 60% in your 12th std from a recognized university.
Step 1 To be a chemical engineer join for B Tech in Chemical Engineering course from a good university .The course is for four years .The colleges that provide courses in Chemical Engineering are :-
1) Indian Institute of Technology ,Bombay
2) Indian Institute of Technology ,Delhi
3) National Institute of Technology , Trichi
4) Birla Institute of Technology ,Mesra
5) Sree Chithra Institute of Technology, Trivandrum.
A chemical engineer will get employed in mining industries, pharmaceutical industries, textile making industries etc. They are also needed in industries such as toiletries, food and drinks, plastics and metals, pulp and paper etc.
The salary of a chemical engineer will be Rs 20,000 –Rs 30,000 .It can go higher with companies and the years of experience. There are also plenty of opportunities for a chemical engineer in the present century .
