Why should you pursue specialised CSE programmes with IBM at Chandigarh University

Engineering is a vast field that covers various disciplines and offers diverse career options. From designing a needle to an aircraft, every product or technology being developed in the field of Science and Technology covers one or the other aspect of Engineering. Technology has been evolving faster than our lives and determines the employability of young engineers. Even though the number of Engineers in the country has proliferated over the years, however, the demand for qualified professionals remains constant and is expected to grow by 10 per cent in this decade, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the contemporary world, technological services are being required by innumerous corporations, which include both the private and public sectors. The emergence of fast-developing technologies has led to an end-to-end transformational change in higher education institutions. Be it Google or the Government of India, almost every organisation or regulatory body needs qualified and job-ready professionals in this field. Thus, the task of preparing these professionals for the rapidly evolving and growing industry move towards higher educational institutions.

To meet the increasing demands, international tech giants such as IBM (International Business Machine) has stepped into academics with their specialised and industry-aligned programmes in Engineering. IBM, in particular, has over 350,000 employees serving the company’s clients across different sectors in 170 countries and a specialised curriculum that spans over discrete areas in Bachelor of Engineering (BE), providing access to high-end training to faculty and hands-on projects, selective internship, recruitment opportunities for students.

Course Overview

The Bachelor of Engineering (BE) programmes with IBM awards you Professional Certification in Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and LEET programmes. The specialised curriculum developed by IBM incorporates numerous disciplines of Engineering and fulfills the industrial requirements in IT, Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, and other sectors. The company’s educational collaborations with higher educational institutions, such as Chandigarh University offers specialisation in CSE Big Data and Analytics Course, Cloud Computing, Information Security, Mobile Computing, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The engineering programmes aligned with the tech-giant impart the study material following the industrial needs. Amplifying the conventional BE Programmes, the curriculum also avails access to advanced labs in Emerging Technologies with exposure to open source and specialised software. Further, the course curriculum ensures extensive industrial exposure with opportunities for the students to work on live projects.

The eligibility varies for different programmes associated with Computer Science Engineering in collaboration with IBM. CSE AI and ML requires at least 70 per cent aggregate while Big Data and Analytics, Cloud Computing, Information Security, Internet of Things requires at least 60 per cent aggregate and Mobile Computing requires at least 50 per cent aggregate and Class 12 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects- Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science/ Biology.

Career Prospects, Opportunities & Scope

The demanding modern-age industry is persistently evolving and is always on the lookout for recruiting raw and upcoming talent. The blooming Information Technology sector has millions of opportunities for Computer Science Engineers. The engineering specialisations offered by IBM widen a student’s scope for professional growth by leaps and bounds.

One of IBM’s educational partners, Chandigarh University’s Computer Science Engineering students were recruited by Global e-Commerce Multi-National Amazon with the highest package of Rs 31.77 lakh offered to the CSE/IT Engineering branch. Furthermore, IT giants such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, IBM, SAP Labs, etc. have recruited more than 2030 CSE/IT Engineering students from the varsity. Along with the MNC’s, India's leading IT Companies Wipro (394), Mindtree (101), Capgemini (217) while the global IT giant IBM also selected a record number of 196 engineering students which is also the highest number of selections made in any campus in North India.

Among the numerous job roles and opportunities availed, a few of them have been categorically mentioned below:

BE CSE with Specialisation in Big Data & Analytics

BE CSE with Specialisation in Cloud Computing

 BE CSE with Specialisation in Information Security

BE CSE with Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

BE CSE with Specialisation in Mobile Computing

BE CSE with Specialisation in Internet of Things

Top Market Trends

The expeditious advancement within the Information Technology (IT) industry and liberalisation policies such as reducing the trade barriers and eliminating the import duties on technology products have been instrumental in the growth of the industry. The major portion of international corporations has been sourcing IT-ITES from the Indian IT (Information Technology) industry which accounts for approximately 55 per cent of the global service sourcing market valued at US$ 200-250 billion in 2019-20.

The IT industry in India while offering millions of jobs has also helped boost India’s growth. The manifold increase in the market size of the IT industry from approx. 67 billion US dollars in 2008-09 to 191 billion US dollars in 2019-20 exemplifies that the revenue would further grow rapidly in the upcoming years and is expected to reach up to 350 billion US dollars by 2025.

Computer science engineers are demanded by prominent companies across different sectors including Healthcare, Education, Cyber Security, Supply Chain Management, Financial Markets, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Microsoft, Wipro, IBM, Amazon, Flipkart, Dell, TCS, Google, Motorola, iGate, HP, HCL, L&T, MindTree, Synopsis are amongst the top recruiters of CSE students.

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