Mr. Gandhi said those pursuing core engineering courses would have double the amount of opportunities in the future compared to those who had knowledge only in IT.

For the coming academic year, Mr. Gandhi listed out civil engineering, ocean engineering, textile engineering, materials science, geo-informatics, petroleum and refining engineering, pharmaceuticals and electro-chemical engineering, as the streams to look out for as they are seen as emerging fields in careers.

Usually, seminars are conducted by college representatives at such fairs. But, here, in addition to the course-guidance session, a panel discussion consisting of five subject experts from the engineering stream was held.

Moderating the discussion, vice-chancellor R. Radhakrishnan said the demand for core engineering graduates was on the rise.

Divya Ganesan had come from Mettur along with her parents for the fair. It helped them narrow down the options, they said. Several others too shared the same opinion.

But, the icing on the cake was the results of Plus-Two getting published on May 9.

Those who awaited their Plus-Two results visited the fair on Friday to know theirs. Special arrangements had been made at some stalls to help students in this regard.

Once the results were published, students put the fair to good use. “Those who got better marks than they expected were able to choose courses which they could have not chosen expecting a lower score. Those who got lower marks could make conscious decisions about courses where they would get seats, rather than aspire for those where they would not get admission,” said an educationist.

The fair was presented by Animaster, in association with Bannari Amman Institute of Technology.

Anna University, Coimbatore, Park Group of Institutions and Hindusthan Group of Educational Institutions were the co-sponsors, and Bank of India was the banking partner.

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