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The country’s most prestigious technical institute i.e. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has made a huge and revolutionary change in the study of engineering. If till now you were considering Computer Science (CS) or Mechanical Engineering as the best career option, then now the time has come to change your thinking. Keeping in view the changing world and the needs of modern industry, various IIT institutes have started 10 such innovative and new-age BTech courses, which are in huge demand in the global market. After completing these courses, students are getting job offers from big companies in India and abroad with annual packages worth lakhs and crores of rupees.
Thinking ahead of traditional engineering and new age high-tech courses
After the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science in the technical world, the shine of the old streams has started fading a bit. Keeping this in mind, top institutes like IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur have completely upgraded their curriculum. These 10 newly introduced courses include cutting-edge subjects like Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Engineering, Sustainable Energy, Robotics and Automation, Cyber Security and Materials Science. These courses directly equip students with the skills that today’s leading tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Tesla are looking for.
Salary worth lakhs and bumper demand in the job market of India and abroad.
The biggest feature of these new-age courses is their placement record. If we look at the data of the initial batch, the students doing B.Tech in these Emerging Technologies are getting many times better and attractive packages as compared to traditional Computer Science. Industry experts believe that there is going to be a huge shortage of professionals in these sectors in the coming decade, due to which the starting salary of graduates of these sectors is starting from lakhs of rupees. If a student completes his studies in these cutting-edge streams, he is getting the best domestic and international offers during campus placements itself.
Huge craze among students at local level and new trend of admission
After this step of IIT, tremendous enthusiasm is being seen about these new courses among the JEE (JEE Advanced) students taking coaching in big educational hubs like Kota, Delhi, Patna, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Now students are making these specialized courses their first choice instead of just chasing CS or IT branch. Local experts say that this new trend will give a new identity to the Indian education system at the global level. To get admission in these courses, students have to score good rank in JEE Advanced exam, after which they can choose their favorite new-age stream through counselling.