Which branch of Engineering are in demand?

[nshankar]

My opinion as below :-

Avoid these combinations.
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

The below combinations are recommended.
- Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Instrumentation & Control engineering

I have no clue of the following.
- Mechatronics
- NanoTechnology

 

[kohinoorb]

So If your son will work in an IT company teaching him electronics and comm is not much use is it? electronics is much tougher than computer science or IT.. and IT is the easiest branch in engineering .. you got managment and accounts papers .. so if your son goes to a good college and gets a job with seimens or texas instruments .. then electronics is the way to go.. otherwise working for infy .. IT/CS is the best a, rivetting yet easisiest course to score good grades .. just my 2cw.. so when in collge my friends were banging their heads with transformer equations and the cs guys trying to cope with finite language automata in compiler design.. i was happily reading priciples of management information systems like a novel.. btw i do the same job as them now

 

[AMITNOIDA]

After a long gap let me share some updates.
My son could not crack IITJEE. Also his AIEEE exam didn't go well. Not much hope. BITSAT and IPUCET exams are yet available to him.
He is now aspiring for Bangalore colleges.
How are the Bangalore colleges (under Comedk) like RVCE and PESIT? My son may get top branches there.
Do you have any idea about Aligarh Muslim University Engineering courses? Electrical engineering there is the best stream, I understand.
My son has wish to do MS abroad after BTech here. From that perspective, which college would be better?

Regards

 

[nshankar]

Both RVCE and PESIT are good colleges. IMHO, RVCE has more students going to US for higher studies.

 

[alpha1]

Any engg degree that makes you crack the CAT / GMAT is valuable.
(Which means any one will do - since engg degree doesn't lead to selection in a super MBA college)

 

[anm]

was this his first attempt? Give him an opportunity to make a second attempt at IITJEE. Mechanical Engg/ Electrical Engineering should be the top choices for engineering - as they form the best base for any further research.
Of course, comp sc is in top demand, for the top dollars it gets right out of the college. Hanging out with the top talent add more value to comp sc/ engineering.

 

[pratimbayal]

Amit

Is Engineering stream must for you Son? If he want , can take other good course at good Institutions.

Regards

 

[anm]

Also - a coaching may be helpful. I have seen fresh IIT students have more knowledge and clarity of concepts than the teachers at school. Some of these IITians teach at instts like FIITJEE. Such teachers can definitely help.

 

[sgmane]

wrong post - deleted.

 

[Tanoj]

Hi

"Nano Technology" is my choice

working for Applied Materials gave me idea what they build .... they build semi conductor chips, Touch screens , LED Screens , Solar cells, IC's etc

Good News is they are opening their manufacture unit in Bangalore

Chemical Engineers , Silicon chip Engineers, Mechanical Engineers - to design their machinery , software Engineers , Robotics, IT Services - they got all the departments, so do all other companies too ...

a person who has done B.com can also become software engineer.. so i suggest a specialized field as suggested by Fm will give him a strong career.

i heard that Mechanical Engineers have stable careers than compared to IT - nothing against IT though


All the best

Tanoj

 

[maniac_2004]

Dear Amitnoida,

This subject is a 'project' in itself !


1) How good or bad is he in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, ED .... that would do. Are the concepts clear? Mine were'nt !

2) NO basics, no conceptions, no problem-solving capabilities .... but still sitting in positions which are deemed to take/help take decisions. God help those organizations !
.

I have a query .. Do they teach any industry relevant subjects in Computer engineering(or other branches) nowadays . Since what I learnt (Computer Science ) wasn't relevant in any angle .

Basically i was left to fend on my own (!!!)

As pointed out in the quoted post do they strengthen the "basics" ??(core requirement of an engineer)

Wouldnt it be better to learn something which is useful in the future ? eg NCST/CDAC courses which are modelled on what goes on in the external world (!!)

 

[GeorgeO]

I'm sorry I stumbled on this thread a bit late. I was travelling and so wasnt able to read stuff when this started. Lots of good advice offered by many FMs.

Anyway, so what finally transpired? Where has he gone and what course did he join.

 

[reubensm]

I suggest you leave it to him. As a hiring manager, the BE/Btech software engineer is an un-wanted species these days as people prefer the less expensive BSC/MSC Computer Science, MSC IT, MCA guys. I have had some of my neighbours pursue architecture because they felt India has a booming construction industry, but I always thought architecture careers have their struggles, like careers in law.