Hyderabad: Professionals with expertise in areas such as cyber security, big data and Hadoop, mobile application development, cloud application development, the internet of things (IoT), automation and robotics, artificial intelligence, and scripting languages including AngularJS and Node.js are in high demand in the IT sector. However, not all engineering colleges equip students with skills and knowledge in these areas. This proves to be one the deciding factors at the recruitment stage.
IIT Hyderabad, one of the premier institutions for the study of engineering, is leading by example. It has introduced courses in machine learning, data analytics, computer and network security, wireless networks, quantum computing, and data mining as part of its syllabus.
A senior faculty member from the IIT Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) says that the IITs adopt a policy of framing a dynamic syllabus into which new concepts can be introduced at the earliest.
He said that students have the option to choose electives based on their fields of interest and to learn about the latest concepts.
Students from state engineering colleges are not as fortunate. According to Dr Ramesh Nimmatoori, the chairman of the Aurora Group of Institutions, the B. Tech syllabus has not undergone any major revision in the past eight or nine years.
