Chennai sources stated that Career consultant Jayaprakash A.Gandhi said the Engineering education is going to be very challenging in the coming years. Students need to choose a primary or basic course rather a specialized course. Presently in India, we have more than 50 branches and in countries like US and Germany, we don't have more than five or six branches.
Moreover if the student wants to get into the petroleum industry he has to choose chemical engineering instead of petrochemical. Instead of the automobile, production and industrial engineering, he can join mechanical engineering.
Gandhi said our syllabus doesn't really match with the advanced technology
and the requirements of the industry and there is a huge gap between what the students
learning and the need. Moreover the students who read beyond the syllabus are
going to win the race. Furthermore as far as engineering is the concern, more
than 70% of recruitment will be through the competitions. If the students want
to get placed in Google, he has to really show skill in Google code jam contest
or if he wants to get placed in TCS he has to shine in CodeVita contest.