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Mechanical Engineering branches evergreen
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Sumit Bhattacharjee:
Both the courses are in demand and most importantly, girls fill up
one-third of the seats.
Core branches in engineering such
as civil and mechanical are believed to be the oldest branches in engineering
study and are considered to be evergreen branches. Though in the mid 1980s the
demand for civil engineering students saw a slump, it has regained its
importance and is today considered to be one of the most sought after branches.
Civil engineering
The demand saw a slump because of
the low investment in the infrastructure sector, as the focus shifted towards
the service sector, especially IT and ITES. Now the investments are back and the
demand for civil engineers is expected to be on the rise till 2030.
“At present every fresh graduate
has at least three offers from the core sectors. A couple of years back when
engineering colleges were springing up at every nook and corner, the colleges
were setting up shop with only a few branches such as computer science, IT and
EEE. Now most of the colleges are trying to develop the civil engineering
branch. This trend proves that the branch is once again looking up,” says K.
Rambabu, professor at Andhra University College of Engineering.
The four-year B.Tech or BE course
focuses on various topics such as land survey, planning and design. When it
comes to design, a student is taught to design any civil structure such as dams,
buildings and bridges.
The newest addition to the course
is the subject of rehabilitation and renovation of old structures. “A majority
of the civil structures be it a dam or a bridge was either constructed during
the British rule or immediately after Independence, during the first or second
five-year plan period. They are old and they need to be rehabilitated and
renovated. This subject was incorporated to train the students to tackle this
issue,” says Prof. Rambabu.
In the fourth year there are many
electives such as national disaster management, coastal and harbour engineering
or fluid mechanics and hydro engineering, structural engineering,
transportation, remote sensing and GIS and environmental engineering or public
health engineering.
The job prospect civil engineers is
varied and not restricted to any one area. They can fit in any one of the
government offices such as irrigation, Road and Building and CPWD. They can find
placements in both private and PSUs and infrastructure and construction
companies. “They can also find placements in IT sector as civil engineers are
basically strong in logic,” says the professor from Andhra University.
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering graduates
can find placements in almost every sector, right from construction sector to
steel industry and from automobile to software. Earlier there was only one
branch and subsequently sub-branches such as marine engineering, industrial
engineering and metallurgical engineering were formulated to suit the growth of
knowledge and the industry demands.
Read the
full article from The Hindu
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