Information Technology

In term of placement, competition and salary if you get good college for MCA then there are a lot of chances to get placed in good company with a high package. So according to me you should go for MCA.

For any type of Master's degree, you need Bachelor's degree to go ahead in any field.

Yes. It is possible. You may look for college that has block chain management, digital marketing types of subjects.
Some best colleges of pune are - SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, BHARTI VIDYAPITH DEEMED UNIVERSITY,IIEBM INDUS BUSINESS SCHOOL, MIT-WPU,BALAJI INSTITUTE OF MODERN MANAGEMENT, AJEENKYA PATIL DY UNIVERSITY. Rest, compare colleges on the basis of star ratings for faculty, infrastructure, placements etc. I hope this helps!

Eligibility criteria to seek admission in Directorate of Distance Education - Punjab Technical University - Bachelor of Computer Applications (Lateral Entry) is as follows:
3 Year Polytechnic Diploma in IT/CSE (or equivalent) Or 10+2 with one-year Diploma in Computer
Application/IT (or equivalent) from a recognized university with Mathematics as a course at 10+2 or
DIT/DCA level.
You are eligible to seek admission in BCA lateral entry.

As per the information available on the college website, The eligibility criteria for BCA Mobile Applications and Cloud Technology: Candidates should have passed the Plus Two/equivalent examination with Mathematics/Statistics as one of the optional subjects.
Hence there is no any specif need of class 12th marks hence you can apply here.

Both the branches IT and CSE are almost the same except the fact that in CSE only software part comes and IT both hardware and software will be taught to you. There are various good colleges where you can join, filter out the colleges based upon your interest.

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There are many institutes that gives training on Python and AI, but these are separate courses. So, you need to do them individually.