Aspiring engineers now days are mostly baffled in two question:
Which college to enter and which stream to study?
Welcome to the admission season of engineering; In this ambience one get’s to take pleasure in enticing advertisements from various colleges imparting professional education and then probably the best placement in town or of your life to start with. In view of the fact that engineering has been the most preferred & “rest assured” choice for a professional career, people actually bank on this subject and take it as a gold mine as something will surely come out with this. It has been time and again proved that engineers are highly flexible when it comes to identifying employment. Engineers get into multifarious career ventures like creating a milk revolution, telecom revolution or may be becoming a politician, an author, a cricketer or even a magician but they surely come out to do something out of something.
Here in Bengal, getting an engineering degree from one of the best engineering colleges was once like a dream achieved. The story beyond engineering colleges in Kolkata and in West Bengal is not very encouraging these days because jobs do not come automatically to the fresh pass out engineers. A very important question to be answered is the reason why are these many unemployable engineers churned out year on year?
Mechanical, Mechatronics, EEE, Electrical, Computer Science, IT or something else?; there are hundred plus varieties of engineering branches and sub branches available in the prospectus to select from. Deciding upon the right engineering branch and it's pros and cons is too tricky for both students and their parents. The requirement is to choose the branch as per the interest, aptitude and ability of the student. Selecting a branch of engineering also depends on the students career planning. It is must that students should be able to evaluate their inherent personality traits and match it against those which may be the mandatory determinants for success in any particular branch of engineering.
Here are a few tips to wisely select the right branch of engineering :
1. The big dilemma: Branch or College?
In a situation where one has to make a choice, it is always good to suggest the students to first weigh the options available with them and research the credentials of the institute thoroughly. Study the college websites and ensure the basics of accreditation etc to be in place. You have all the rights to ask for these details. Review the past performance of the institute in terms of placements, teaching faculty and infrastructure. Even if the institute which comes your way might not be as rated as the top notch institutions, it would still be easy giving more numbers to the branch of your choice. Faculties keep moving from one college to another and down the list institutes keep moving up in order if the management’s vision is right.
2. Stick to your interest
Many children get compelled either by parents or by friends or relatives to select some particular branch of engineering. All such students should take into cognizance the fact that future scope would be worthwhile only when you have the desired aptitude to work in the particular field. The fact remains that every branch brings about decent set of opportunities. However if you end up selecting a branch only on the basis of presumed job prospects, irrespective of your interest, it might not lead you anywhere.
3. Look beyond four years
Engineering degree is not the end of journey for most of the students. A lot many students prepare for post graduation either in engineering or administration or management.
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