June 19, 2011:
- EAMCET aspirants get doubts clarified at The Hindu counselling
- Students advised to study courses in mechanical, civil streams before doing specialisation
- Plenty of opportunities for civil, mechanical, and communication engineering streams: experts
Wise words:An EAMCET aspirant gets her doubt clarified at The Hindu Education Plus career counselling session, organised jointly with Vignan University, in Nellore on Sunday. (Right) Narayana Engineering College Principal B. Dattatreya Sarma answers a question during the session.
Resource persons at the career counselling programme, organised jointly by The Hindu Education Plus and Vignan University at the A.P. Tourism Hotel here on Sunday, advised EAMCET aspirants to join general degree courses in engineering before taking up specialised courses. Students who attended the EAMCET counselling walked out with a clear idea on which courses to pursue in EAMCET and which were the disciplines available after completing the B.Tech degree.
Several queries
The students and their parents got their doubts clarified regarding courses available, integrated courses, deemed universities, higher education prospects, job opportunities in government and private sectors, and chances for pursuing higher education abroad.
Vikrama Simhapuri University (VSU) Registrar V. Narayana Reddy, who inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp, complimented The Hindu for organising such programmes – which were very useful to the students before they went to attend the EAMCET counselling.
He asked the students and their parents to make good use of the programme.
Job opportunities
Providing a clear idea on the various engineering courses being offered by different colleges in the State, the experts said that there were plenty of opportunities for civil, mechanical, pharmacy, and electrical and electronics, and communication engineering streams in government and private sectors.
However, Biotechnology graduates and researchers were having better opportunities abroad, said Dr. Ch. Vijaya, Professor of Biotechnology at VSU.
Replying to a question on aeronautical engineering, Dr. B. Dattatraya Sarma, Principal, Narayana Engineering College, Nellore, suggested the students to opt for general degree courses in mechanical, electrical, and civil streams, before doing specialised courses, which will provide better chances for securing jobs in various fields.
Integrated courses
Dr. Edward John, Placement Officer at Vignan University, explained about the advantages of five-year integrated courses and dual degree programmes.
The integrated programmes will save one year of study time for students, but the students should complete additional subjects in the course, he said.
VSU Dean and Principal T. Sudha spoke to the students about computer science and information technology in various institutions. She explained about the employment opportunities for CS and IT courses in India and abroad.
K. Nagendra Prasad of Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) explained about the different streams in civil and architecture courses after B.Tech. and the job opportunities in the market.
Pharmacy
When asked by a student about the difference between B.Pharmacy and Pharm.D programmes, Ratnah Pharmacy College Principal Gopinath said that Pharm.D, which was a six-year course, was introduced two years ago and the course will have better opportunities abroad, while the student can join many disciplines after B.Pharmacy and M.Pharmacy courses.
SVU Engineering College, Tirupati, Principal, M. Muralidhar spoke to the students about electrical and electronics engineering courses.
Answering a question on whether the engineering students can appear for civil services examinations, Mr. Muralidhar said that many students who appeared for civil services examinations fared well and got good ranks.
T. Sneha, a student, said that the interactive session helped EAMCET aspirants to clear their doubts regarding courses and colleges. The Education Plus ‘career guide', distributed to the students, gave information on various courses, colleges, and placements, she said.
TV5 and 93.5 Red FM were the radio and television partners respectively for the programme.