English for Engineers & Technologists is in two volumes and has been written by teachers. It has been produced by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anna University and is a British Council-aided project. The writing of the book was supervised by three specialists from the Ealing College of Higher Education, London. The contents of the books are based on eight real-life topics which are interesting and relevant to engineering/technical students. Each unit is in turn divided into three sub-topics (eg. the Resources unit has water , gold and human resources ). The exercises in each of the lesson units are aimed at developing in the students, skills in listening, discussion, reading, writing and presentation.

The new combined edition looks at the relevance of content and clear communication. Current information from the fields concerned has been incorporated and a learner-centred approach is used. Themes of world relevance have been used to divide the chapters into sections. Subjects such as natural and human resources and their exploitation, energy and mass communication, developments in the fields of computers and technology such as BPOs, artificial intelligence, rainwater harvesting, solar and wind energy, nuclear power, e-learning, Internet culture, etc. have been used in this new edition. Wherever necessary, fresh exercises have been added; so also elements such as email, phrasal verbs, modals etc. have been worked into the units. Altogether the book is fresh and new because of these changes and has a new large format with generously laid out photographs and pictures.