Students look beyond IT courses

Updated on: Friday, April 06, 2012

The craze for mechanical and civil engineering programmes seems to continue even this year with more students looking for long-term employment than short-term money.

Enquiries with some private engineering colleges in the state revealed that more students had evinced interest to know about the availability of seats in mechanical and civil engineering courses.

Engineering aspirants this newspaper spoke to said they prefer these courses as they were concerned about job security rather than short-term money in the wake of current economic crisis.

S. Santosh, an engineering aspirant, said, “In the past, several students joined computer-relatedcourses as the IT industry was at its peak, but later the downfall started.

We have seen how several IT professionals lost their jobs because of recession and economic slowdown. This made me think of mechanical engineering as my career option.”

G. Siddarth, another student who wants to join mechanical engineering, said this course had several advantages, including easy employment. “Even if you don’t get a job in a company you always have the advantage of starting your own workshop or designing a vehicle and become your own master,” he said.

With the Central and state governments launching more infrastructure projects, civil engineering students have a fair chance of getting employed in one of the top infrastructure companies with lucrative pay, said D. Sujatha, adding that it was not only IT firms that pay good salary but also automobile and infrastructure houses.

“Several Indian companies have taken up construction projects abroad for which they need thousands of engineers. So, why not we be part of it? This made me look at civil engineering as an excellent option rather than the IT industry in which you sit along with hundreds of people who do the same work,” said Subramanian, another student.

Students look beyond IT courses

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