B.Sc. in Computer Science 

at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar

Certain Medical courses in India lead to high-paying jobs due to the demand, specialization, and expertise required. Here are some of the top courses with lucrative salary prospects.

If you are good at maths, there are plenty of career options for you after completing a course in Accounting and Commerce. Some of them are given below:

• Investment Banking: Strategize deals, analyze data, and manage investments for businesses and individuals.
• Actuary: Assess risks and design insurance plans using mathematical models and financial expertise.
• Cost Accountant: Optimize business costs, analyze resource allocation, and improve operational efficiency.
• Data Analyst: Interpret data, identify trends, and provide insights for informed business decisions.
• Management Consultant: Advise businesses on strategy, operations, and financial management.
• Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant/Company Secretary: Become a finance expert with prestigious professional qualifications.

Both are popular job roles, as per the World Economic Forum report. The key differences between the two are as follows:

• The Data Analyst collects relevant data from various sources to filter and analyze it. The data scientist gathers sizable amounts of structured and unstructured data while performing data mining.
• Education: To become a data analyst, you can apply with a Bachelor's degree in math, Statistics or a related field. Data scientists typically pursue a master's Diploma or degree in data Science.
• Salary: The salary of a data scientist is usually higher than that of a data analyst. According to global estimates, a data scientist can earn around $100,000 per year, whereas a data analyst can earn around $70,000.

Career paths in the IT industry can be broadly classified into the two main fields of hardware and software.

Under hardware, you have manufacturing, maintenance, research and development, and management.

Under software, you have manufacturing, development, programming, software testing, and maintenance and support. Among related areas are computer operations, database administration, sales/marketing, and data-centre management.

 Jobs directly related to your degree include:

Actuarial analyst, Application analyst, Business analyst, Data analyst, Database administrator, Information systems manager, IT consultant, IT technical support officer, Multimedia programmer, Network engineer, Systems analyst, Systems developer, UX analyst.

Also, many IT professionals working in Indian companies get a chance to work at customers work sites abroad, and this gives them exposure to international working conditions and work culture.

Elective subjects are optional subjects chosen during the programme by students based on their preferences. Here are some basic MSc IT elective subject options given to students in India:

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Fashion Designer, Textile Designer, Accessory Designer, Interior Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Game Designer, and Furniture Designer are some of the job profiles available after studying design courses. Designer pay may vary depending on a number of factors, including cities or demand. Your degree's worth may differ between cities. There are more offices and enterprises in big cities, which increases your chances of finding work.

Graduates in design have a wide range of employment possibilities.

Based on your skills and relevant experience in the industry, as an MSc IT postgraduate, you can become a Machine Learning Architect, IoT Solutions Architect, Cloud Engineer, Data Scientist, or Big Data Engineer. These are some of the top-paying job profiles nowadays in the IT sector, offering an average salary package of INR 15 LPA in India.

Students can also choose from a range of Computer Science elective subjects during their course program. Here are some of the Computer Science elective subjects: