Engineering degrees are a popular choice of study for students in India. Engineering courses can be divided into several branches or streams, in which some engineering branches are traditional and in vogue since long time and some branches are comparatively new. Let us explore the various branches of engineering and understand which are suitable for you.
Civil Engineering: Engineering study branch in which we study various aspects of construction of civil architectures like buildings, homes, bridges, roads, canals, sewer systems, city planning, dames etc are knowns as Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering is one of the oldest branches of engineering.
Scope in Modern age: India is a developing economy and construction is in full swing across India, be it government projects like highways, irrigation canal system, ports, airports etc OR private projects like residential buildings, commercial buildings, factories, office, and retail spaces etc. You can see usage of civil engineering principals everywhere, this demand for civil engineering and civil engineers will remain relevant in coming 3-4 decades.
Suitable For: Civil Engineering is best suited for people who have constructive mindset and takes interest in civil projects. While working as a civil engineer, such people will enjoy the construction process and at the same time contribute to society by providing best utilization of resources.
Electrical Engineering: Electrical engineering is more traditional branch of engineering studies. According to the Wikipedia
“Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design and application of equipment, devices and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism”. Electrical Engineers are responsible to design develop and commission heavy transmission lines, they also look after electrical distribution through cities, takes care off big electricity generators like hydropower projects etc. Electricity has now become a necessity and to have this necessity fulfilled society needs electrical engineers.
Scope in Modern age: Electrical engineers had big scope in government sectors as most power lines was commissioned and controlled by government, but in today’s age when private players has also dived into power distribution sector then scope for electrical engineers is now witnessing new horizons.
Suitable for: If you love fascinating world of electricity then this engineering stream is for you.
Mechanical Engineering: Engineering Branch of study which deals with design, development and use of Machines is knowns as Mechanical engineering. The whole ecosystem of today’s business is dependent on machines, from Farming to computer manufacturing, from Needle to Aeroplane, everything is made with the help of machines. Thus, we can safely say that this old branch of engineering is useful and will remain useful for ages to come.
Scope in Modern Age: Machines have become a tool for humanity on which we humans are thriving and that humans are striving for further development of machines, to make human life more comfortable. This sector will remain relevant for many more years to come. Mechanical Engineering has huge scope in both, government, and private sectors.
Suitable for: If you are interested in knowing that how things work? and look forward to work with machines of any kind like Automobiles, manufacturing machines, constructions machines, farm equipment’s etc. then this engineering stream is meant for you.
B.Tech. in Computer Science: Compared to engineering stream discussed above this stream is new, just few decades old. But computer science is most popular engineering streams in today’s time. Almost 8.5 lakh students have enrolled for computer science engineering in year 2019 alone. Which is more than half of total engineering enrolments in the same year. This statistic alone gives a sneak peek into how popular computer science engineering is, the reason behind the popularity of computer science is that in few decades since its inceptions computers have become hugely popular and improved human lives tremendously. Today we can not imagine living without computers, immergence of internet became possible due to advancements in computers, new computer fields like, Internet of things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are emerging and prospects for these technologies are amazingly brilliant.
Scope in Modern Age: Extraordinary, If I must describe the scope of engineering in computer science. Computers will gain even more space in human lives, and so does demand for computer engineers will be higher. Even in today’s world we can see our daily lives we are surrounded but computing technology, our smartphone, our cars, our work environments, our shops, etc are all using computers to improve day to day life.
Suitable For: If you are strong in logic, loves to learn programming languages, understand or Eager to understand algorithms then software engineering stream is meant for you. people who love electronics or mechanical aspect of modern-day computers then they may choose to become hardware engineers. If realm of system security fascinates you then you may strive to become Security analyst or ethical hacker. Possibilities are endless, but you need to remember that this is everchanging field and you must keep yourself up to date with upcoming technologies, always.
B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence & machine learning: The fresh entrant in engineering discipline and an emerging one. If we provide computers an ability to learn from experience and available data then we will be able to automate several tasks in a much impactful way, and this is what Artificial intelligence is striving to accomplish. Artificial Intelligence (AI) mimics human intelligence, like human babies gathering information and inputs and then slowly starts producing outcomes/results/ decisions as they grow. Similarly, AI enabled machines are expected to process inputs, data, and a predefined set of knowledge to imitate intelligence and act and think on its own. Machine Learning is subset of Artificial intelligence and basically Machine learning is an application or set of applications/programs to prepare machines to learn from data without being manually instructed to do so.
Scope in Modern Age: These two Field of engineering have huge scope in terms of employment in near future. As computer are emerging more stronger in computing power, we want to automate systems as much as possible so that dependency can be reduced from humans. In this endeavour we will need more and more engineers who understand artificial intelligence and machines learning deeply. In simpler words there is great scope for engineers in upcoming field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Suitable for: All who have genuine interest in learning new technologies, strong command (or willingness to acquire) over programming languages, are suitable for learning in emerging domains of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
B.Tech. in Computer Science (Internet of things): While we are using internet to read this article, and we use internet in our day to day lives, most of us still manually have to do several things like manually operation of air-conditioners, Manual use of home appliances, driving our vehicles etc now imagine a situation where these objects are connected to each other or additional equipment’s and performing there task as per their programs, for example you have programmed your refrigerator to make ice at 7PM for the house party, you have entered office address into your smartphone where you expected to reach at 10AM and your self-driving car will make itself available Infront of your door at 9:30Am which is the expected departure time.
This kind of effortless automation is possible through use of Internet of things. Internet of things describes a network of Objects which are connected through sensors, programs, software to exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet.
Scope for Modern Age: Next BIG thing, IOT devices are the next big thing, with emergence of Big Data technologies and faster internet its evitable that humans will be making machines more autonomous and self-functional. IOT is poised to become the next big thing hence scope for employment and growth in extremely well in this branch of Engineering studies.
Suitable for: Unlike AI, IOT require not only software knowledge but understanding of objects (things) too. So, we can say that if you enjoy working with sensors, understands computer programs, interested in studying various computer systems and processes and have keen interest in IOT technology then this can be your dream career.
We hope that this helps you to understand various engineering disciplines, their scope and suitability for studying these disciplines. But anyone can study any subject given they have enough will power and determination to cope up with hardships.
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