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IIT-Hyderabad offers new BTech courses

Further, it will also help students to take up research and development work in national as well as international laboratories.

Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad will launch two new courses this academic year — BTech (Minor in Design) and BTech (Engineering Mathe-matics) — to meet the growing demand from students and industry.

IIT-Hyderabad director U.B. Desai said “Multi-disciplinary areas are constantly emerging not just within the academic world but also within the industry. These areas require new ways of thinking and new skills. These new courses aim to fulfill such emergent requirements.”

Prof. D Sukumar, head, department of mathematics, said “The B Tech (Engineering Mathematics) will enable students to pursue higher studies in Math, such as a PhD in world class universities.”

Further, it will also help students to take up research and development work in national as well as international laboratories, he said. There are also many industry and multi-national company jobs which require math analytical skills, he said adding the intake for the course is 10 students.

Students taking BTech (Engineering Mathematics) course in IIT-Hyderabad will be exposed, from the first semester, to the foundations and fundamentals required for higher mathematics.

( Source : PTI )
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