What is Textile Engineering and its Scope (2024)

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Published: Friday, March 21, 2014, 12:29 [IST]

What is Textile Engineering and its Scope (2)

Clothing is one of the basic needs of man. The textile industry involves manufacturing different types of fabrics. Apart from the basic processes of manufacturing of fabric, spinning, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, printing & finishing, the industry has witnessed unprecedented growth in the scope for fashion deigning & garment manufacturing in the recent past. Further more textiles are finding ever-increasing applications in industry, medicine, research areas like space etc. So the textile technologists are assured to be in great demand at the national as well as international level for a long time to come. Students who have cleared their 12th class exam with Physics, Chemistry, Maths subjects are eligible for this course.

Subjects of Textile Engineering:

Textile Fiber
Yarn Formation
Fabric Formation
Chemical processing of Textile
Textile Testing and instruments
Applied Mechanics
Statistics
Chemical Processing of Textiles Lab
Computer Application in Textiles
Design and Structure of Fabric
Instrumentation & Control
Information Technology in Textile
Values and Ethics in Profession

Top recruiting industries:

Mysore Silk Factory
Grasim Industries
Bombay Dyeing
Fabindia
Arvind Mills Ltd.
JCT Limited
Lakshmi Machine Works
Lakshmi Mills

Further career:

Students who have completed their B.Tech degree in Textile Engineering can either opt for job or they can go for further studies. Students can enroll themselves for ME or M.Tech degree in Textile Engineering.

Designations:

A student who has completed a B.Tech in Agriculture Engineering degree can get either of these designations-