Department of Instrumentation Engineering

The Instrumentation Engineering Department of CIT Kokrajhar was established in the year 2007, initially started with Diploma programme in Control and Instrumentation with an annual intake of 30 students. The Degree programme was introduced in the year 2009 with an annual intake of 66 students (45 Direct entry +15 Vertical entry + 06 Lateral entry). The Department is offering M.Tech. program in Green Energy Technology (GET) from the year of 2024 with an annual intake of 18 students. The Department incorporates all the modern facilities, well established laboratories and sophisticated instruments to provide latest technological know-hows to the future technocrats. The faculties and the staffs are involved in dedicated learning, teaching, and research and in pursuit of excellence following the current trend in the industry and research. The Department is committed to the overall development of the institute. The objective of the Department is to produce quality individuals who can fulfil the ever increasing demand of skilled professionals in the area of Instrumentation and Control Engineering. SCOPE Instrumentation Engineers are required in Process industry, manufacturing, EPC industries and research organizations for the design, development, engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning, maintenance, calibration, operation and troubleshooting of all kind of instruments. Instrumentation Engineers also play the role of Control and Automation Engineer in industries or manufacturing units to control and monitor the industrial processes or operations in real time by using STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY using automated systems like PLC, SCADA and DCS. Instrumentation Engineers are mostly employed in industries such as Refinery, Oil and Gas,Petrochemicals, Power plant, Steel, Cement,Fertilizers, Chemical, Medical, Aerospace, Pharmaceuticals, Pulp and Paper, Glass, Defence etc. There are well known industries to name a few reputed PSUs ie. BHEL, NPCIL, HZL, HCL, ONGC, NTPC, IOCL, OIL India Ltd, SAIL,GAIL, BCPL, EIL, Reliance Petrochemicals, ESSAR , BPCL, HPCL, HINDUSTAN PAPER MILLS, State Public Sector Industries, Central PSUs, etc. Instrumentation engineers are also recruited in telecommunication sectors like BSNL, Reliance Jio, Vodafone etc. and software industries like TCS, CTS, Infosys, WIPRO etc. As a Biomedical Engineer, instrumentation engineers find employment in industries like GE, Philips, Siemens, Schneider etc. Instrumentation Engineers find employment as a Technical Officer in various Government research and Educational establishments. Instrument engineers find suitable employment with the manufacturers of instrumentation products eg. SIEMENS, EMERSON, YOKOGAWA, ENDRESS & HAUSER, ABB, INSTRUMENTATION LTD, PALAKKAD, INVENSYS, METSO, GE, HITACHI, TOSHIBA, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ALLEN BRADLEY/ROCKWELL, FUJI ELECTRIC, HONEYWELL, MIL, KSB. There are numerous industries in MSME sector situated in India and abroad who are manufacturers of small scale instrumentation products, hires Instrumentation Engineers and technicians. Instrumentation Engineers also find employment in leading Consulting and EPC organizations like MECON, EIL, TCE, L&T, PDIL, DESEIN, FLOUR DANIEL, SCHLUMBERGER, HYUNDAI, SNAMPROGETTI etc.