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isha, a Class 12 pass-out science student is as young as her. Every student chooses a career based on
thinking about taking a different approach to placements. Disha however doesn’t want to think about
Dher engineering studies. She already has been that. ‘I’m more interested in learning new things. For
accepted at a top-ranked engineering college in Chennai. two years in classes 11th and 12th, I’ve been circling
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Heading to stream counselling next week, she is torn the same books and learning to solve the same problems
between choosing a ‘safe’ branch like CS or a completely repeatedly. Mechatronics will be a completely new chal-
different avenue in mechatronics. lenge and I’m confident I’ll be fine after four years’
‘My father says CS is a safe branch, but which branch To see this kind of a spirit amongst our country’s
is ‘safe’ anymore?’ asks Disha. ‘My elder brother took future engineers is very satisfying. In the current
admission in a good college four years ago and chose scenario of our system, many students are more
CS. With the recent layoffs on the IT sector, his career interested in taking the safe option instead of doing
is already in crisis. If a job is not guaranteed, why something they’re really interested in.
shouldn’t I do something I really like? In the future, choosing courses like Mechatronics
It is hard to argue with Disha’s argument. Falling job and Robotics would not be a choice. New developments
growth in the IT sector has made many students think in tech will lead to most jobs going to students who
twice about choosing a tech career. have knowledge about new and refined technologies.
When asked how Mechatronics caught her eye, Disha This demand for graduates skilled to deal with new
explained her point of view. ‘Everything in engineering technologies will have to be met by the arrival of degree
is now getting integrated. The automobile industry courses in emerging fields.
a decade ago didn’t foresee any partnership with Some of these courses offered at colleges and universities
tech companies. Yet you now see tech companies like are listed below. Any aspirant thinking of pursuing the
Google investing billions of dollars in self-driven cars. courses discussed below or any other field of study should
Automotive and tech companies are working together, work as hard as possible to secure their future.
their operation being powered by machine learning and
Artificial Intelligence (AI). Robotics
The inspiration may have come from movies, but robotics
Mechatronics is the result of this has become an important part of the manufacturing
integration industry. It is derived from three old branches of
Disha’s reasoning is impressive, especially for someone engineering - mechanical, electrical and computer science.

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