M.Tech in Signal Processing

Signal processing deals with the analysis, study, interpretation and manipulation of signals. The signals may be audio image video ECG EEG signals captured by communication receivers, seismic signals etc .Hence ,signal processing techniques are finding important applications in wide areas of technology ranging  from wired and wireless communication to multimedia processing to medical diagnosis to earth quake prediction. The two year M.Tech. Programme program in Signal Processing is designed to give the students a strong theoretical background of the subject and introduce them to some of its practical applications.

Careers in Signal Processing:

If you cannot generate passion towards Signal Processing, the scope and opportunities are non-existent. You should only be teaching in an engineering college, if so, after doing MTech.

However, if you have the passion for it and want to do MTech because of that, the opportunities are endless. From Radar Signal Processing in BEL to designing analog circuits for the semiconductor biggies, there are plenty of jobs needing people who have deep understanding of signals and how to bring out the best in the least cost. They would expect deep knowledge of practical signals and dynamics.

Who can get a job signal in DSP? Is there any scope for freshers? 

Any engineer with a specialisation in either electronics and communication engineering, or computer science, or electrical engineering, can enter this field. 

“There is definitely strong need for fresh engineering talent to come into the DSP industry. People aspiring to build a career in this field need to be strong in fundamental principles in one or more areas of circuit design, signal processing algorithms, embedded software development, application software development and system board design,” says Srini Rajam, chairman and CEO, Ittiam. 

Further focusing on the bright prospects in India for DSP technology and applications, Rajam divides all available jobs in this sector under three broad categories—DSP processor chip design, software development on DSP and hardware and system design using DSP. 

If you like to ‘play’ with gadgets, you can get involved in designing them. A good student of mathematics can delve deep into the mathematics of signal processing. If, on the other hand, you are research-oriented, you can work to develop next-generation tools and products for automotive, health-care, communications, computing and defence electronics, algorithms, design techniques, production tools or software tools. There is in fact an option to explore special algorithms for encoding, compression or encryption. You can even participate in the ‘standards evolution process’ that could be used to design and develop future products.