Is Electronics and communication engineering in demand?

Electronics is a subfield of electrical engineering which uses non-linear and active components like Diode, transistors etc. to design electronic circuits and devices. This is a branch that is used nearly in every industry; industries are getting automated using technologies like IoT (Internet of Things). The IoT describes the network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors and software which are connected with each other over the internet.

Even in space exploration, the use of electronics is very prominent, whenever we think about space science we always think about a rocket taking off with its powerful propulsion engine but seldom have we thought about the electronic control systems used in it. From satellites to space observatories electronics plays an important role in it, whether it is designing a satellite antenna system or processing the data acquired from those satellites electronics and communication engineer is always needed.

With the rise of advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence we require advance processors to facilitate the computation, for that the fabrication of microchip is vital.

In the 2020-2021 Union budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a scheme to encourage manufacturing of semiconductor packaging, mobile phones and electronic devices in India, it is said that by manufacturing indigenous semiconductor devices the Electric Vehicle ecosystem and supply chain could also be improved.

Inorganic semiconductor materials are used as a substrate for IC(Integrated Circuit) manufacturing but these materials have some challenges like Hot Carrier Effect, Boltzmann Tyranny and Quantum Tunneling effect so researchers are trying to find alternatives of these materials, a suitable substitute is organic semiconductor materials. Research in the field of organic molecular electronics is currently going on in IIT Jodhpur, IISER Mohali and IISER Pune using Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) the aim of the research is to study the characteristics of different materials which can further be used as alternatives for silicon-based electronics.

At such a stage India is in need of good electronics engineer to support the country’s economy and be a contributing force in the development of new devices in this domain.