Experts dispel doubts of aspiring engineers
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The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling workshop at Anantapur draws good response
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– Photo: U. Subramanyam
Information unlimited: Y.V. Malla Reddy, Director of RDT AF Ecology Centre, addressing the inaugural of The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling workshop in Anantapur. Also seen are resource persons K.V. Ramana, A. Ananda Rao, V. Sankar and K. Srinivasulu
The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling workshop held at the RDT AF Ecology Centre, Anantapur, on Saturday was an educative fare both for the students and qualifiers in the EAMCET-2009, apart from their parents. They were satisfied with the information shared by the resource persons at the awareness meet.
The event sponsored by K.L. University has drawn good response from students and parents in spite of the general opinion that the demand for engineering courses has come down, particularly those related to information technology, in the wake of global recession.
The counselling session was inaugurated by the Director of RDT AF Ecology Centre, Y.V. Malla Reddy, and Principal of JNTU-A College of Engineering V. Sankar, Vice Principal of JNTU-A College of Engineering A. Ananda Rao, Principal of Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Y. Padmanabha Reddy, Vice Principal of RIPER J. Ravindra Reddy, Assistant Professor of Bio-technology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, D. Muralidhara Rao, Dean of K.L. University K.V. Ramana and Assistant Professor of the university K. Srinivasulu acted as the resource persons.
Students surprised even the most experienced of the resources persons with probing and unexpected questions. Some of the questions were sensitive and forced the resource persons to be tight lipped on matters like reputation of colleges. However, there was a section that preferred to get the doubts clarified indirectly, by scribbling doubts on pieces of paper. The resource persons responded to both types of queries with enthusiasm.
The resource persons suggested that the parents and students checkout the faculty available, laboratories and other infrastructure, library facility, record of placements and recognition from the NBA and NAAC while selecting a college or institution for admission. They clarified that the recognition would be available to colleges that are more than four years old. Engineering streams like CSE and ITE were the easiest courses to study as both have lesser mathematics and higher practice-oriented learning, Prof. Ananda Rao said.
An EAMCET aspirant getting her doubts cleared.
There was little impact of recession on the two streams as against general perception and the two courses had little difference in terms of syllabus, he noted. Whatever little impact the recession had on the IT-related job market was not on engineering graduates, but was on degree holders like MCA and others, he stated. No computer science engineer was shunted out from any IT company due to recession, he claimed.
Electrical engineering had a bright future with the ever increasing energy needs and the expanding power sector. It was a tough but ever green course having opportunities in various fields, Prof. Sankar explained. Y. Padmanabha Reddy and J. Ravindra Reddy asked parents and students to look for Section 12 recognition while selecting pharmacy colleges for pursuing B.Pharm or Pharma D. courses. They suggested they depend on the feedback of existing students on the quality of education being offered in pharmacy colleges rather than claims by the managements.
Bio-technology was a developing field and it would have tremendous scope for growth in the next 5 to 10 years,
Muralidhar Rao and Srinivasulu stated about the BT engineering. Parents and girl students were suggested not to hesitate while opting for mechanical, civil or aerospace engineering as girls could handle the related job with ease, Prof. Ramana explained. The resource persons also threw light on the prospects of emerging courses like bio-informatics and told the students to be wary about allied engineering courses, which have limited job opportunities.
Students and parents also got their doubts clarified on various aspects of counselling, double payment seats, sliding and others. Doubts of students on medicine, agriculture and allied courses were also clarified at the counselling session.
B. CHANDRASHEKHAR,
In Anantapur
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