Shirke Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd., (Post Harvest Equipment Division), 72–76, Mundhwa, Pune - 411036.
Gradual reduction of the government jobs over the years has been a cause of serious concern to the vast number of young graduates and post-graduates in agricultural engineering discipline. It will be naive to believe that the situation will improve in the near future. Even if it does, there is bound to be a fierce competition among the job seekers due to the very few number of jobs that the government might of fer. Besides, with the changing terms and conditions of the government jobs, they have lost some of their charms. It is also a fact that with the government policy of liberalization, job opportunities are opening up in the private sector, where for a performer, it is not difficult to shine and rise. This paper specifically discusses the job opportunities of the agricultural engineers in the private sector of Processing Industries.