A staggering 6,930 seat cuts for the 2023-24 academic year in civil, mechanical, electrical and communications engineering and electrical and electronic engineering
Release date – Friday 23 July 08:00
Hyderabad: In addition to not having enough job opportunities, students are not in demand, and the core undergraduate engineering disciplines—civil, mechanical, electrical, and electronics—seem to be losing their luster and their “evergreen” label. These core engineering branches are making way for the introduction of more seats in BE/BTech Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and related branches in the state.
Civil, Mechanical, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering programs cut a staggering 6,930 seats in 2023-24, while related branches such as CSE and Artificial Intelligence gained an equal number of seats Machine Learning, Data at private independent engineering colleges Science, cybersecurity and the Internet of Things.
Most private engineering colleges have halved the number of seats in their core engineering branches. For example, a college offering a civil engineering major originally had 120 seats, but its enrollment has been reduced to 60, and some have even been reduced to 30, which is the basic enrollment for this course.
Recently, BE/BTech CSE and related programs have been in great demand from students and parents as they help students find their dream jobs before graduation. However, experts say this demand may create an imbalance between core engineering graduates and CSE graduates each year. “Students have no demand for Civil and Mechanical Engineering courses. As a result, the University has opted to reduce seats and increase enrollment in CSE and related fields, which are in high demand. However, we have ensured that the College will not close core branches and operate with a minimum of 30 seats They,” said Dr Manzoor Hussain, Provost and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, JNTU-Hyderabad.Telangana today‘.
Several universities have fully merged courses in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and IoT into the main CSE program this academic year, and increased enrollment or selected new courses.
A total of 7,635 new course seats and enrollment increase in existing courses have been approved by the state government with a financial impact of Rs 2,739 crore for 2023-24. The state government agreed, directing universities that have stopped classes or reduced seats to ensure that current and former students have the necessary faculty and facilities until they pass out.
Technical and Professional Institute Employees Association Telangana State Chairman Dr V Balakrishna Reddy wants to reassign the core engineering sector staff trained in the CSE program as CSE instructors.
