MBA:2,016 seats next academic year,1,018 :merit; 998: reserved
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mehrotra.akash
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avi said:
I believe Branch over College is quite a common choice for those actually interested in engineering and not just the paper the degree is printed on (or those who just want the degree due to family pressure or for MBA)
Unlike for other Engg branches for which college facilities and sometimes faculty matter a lot, Computer Science/IT does not require that. A computer and internet is something most people have access to these days and its sheer interest level and the craving for learning that determine how you turn out after college. So it doesn't really matter too much where you do this course. Doing it at a good college is great, but doing it at a somewhat lack luster college is not going to stop you from learning either.
For the record, When I went for my B.Tech Admission counseling, I asked them to show me only the places that have CSE seats. I was getting other branches in reputed colleges, but CSE was what I wanted to do and I choose to go for it at a decent private Engg college than some other course at a more reputed college. My college had great facilities, but the faculty was not that great. That didn't stop anyone who had interest from learning. Heck, I had friends in Civil and Mech who were better at programming and computers in general than a few guys in my own branch and simply because they were self learning stuff that they were interested in. When I went to IIIT for M.Tech, I found it considerably better in many terms. One of the things that we were made to do was assemble our own computers. This applies to undergrads also. One of the first things they were made to do after joining B.Tech was to familiarize them with the internals of a computer in the first two semesters. I thought this was a great thing, but is this kind of culture a differentiating factor and sets the general standard of the students? Maybe to some extent but not by a long shot. I was tinkering inside a computer before I joined B.Tech. I was programming in C++ and VB before I joined B.Tech. So I think interest and self learning is what matters more and a differentiating factor after the leave college.
I am strongly against our current reservation system and I think what we we need in our country is financial help for students who are eager to learn, but not financially equipped to do so and irrespective of their caste, religion. But looking at the current situation, I think there may be other things that are seriously wrong with our education system and need more attention.
For the record, When I went for my B.Tech Admission counseling, I asked them to show me only the places that have CSE seats. I was getting other branches in reputed colleges, but CSE was what I wanted to do and I choose to go for it at a decent private Engg college than some other course at a more reputed college. My college had great facilities, but the faculty was not that great. That didn't stop anyone who had interest from learning. Heck, I had friends in Civil and Mech who were better at programming and computers in general than a few guys in my own branch and simply because they were self learning stuff that they were interested in. When I went to IIIT for M.Tech, I found it considerably better in many terms. One of the things that we were made to do was assemble our own computers. This applies to undergrads also. One of the first things they were made to do after joining B.Tech was to familiarize them with the internals of a computer in the first two semesters. I thought this was a great thing, but is this kind of culture a differentiating factor and sets the general standard of the students? Maybe to some extent but not by a long shot. I was tinkering inside a computer before I joined B.Tech. I was programming in C++ and VB before I joined B.Tech. So I think interest and self learning is what matters more and a differentiating factor after the leave college.
I am strongly against our current reservation system and I think what we we need in our country is financial help for students who are eager to learn, but not financially equipped to do so and irrespective of their caste, religion. But looking at the current situation, I think there may be other things that are seriously wrong with our education system and need more attention.
This country is going straight to hell!chiron said:
In my field,have seen enough of real bright students going down the line simply because they do not have some special surnames.
I am in no anyway related to Engineering and MBA though.
One question always bothers me(completely o.t)
Why do engineers go for MBA?
I mean,I have couple of engineer friends who went to IIT for BE,done MBA and now works in multinational banks?
What does a bank or something like that got to do with engineers?
mehrotra.akash
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red dragon said:
Engineering basically trains your mind for analysis which helps a lot in MBA
thats why they recently introduced a concession for non engineering students in IIM's
the non engineers werent able to copete with the engineers otherwise
^^I did not get you point.
I mean anyone doing grad in science develops an analytical thought process.
But why do most engineers go for MBA?
For eg.why does a mechanical engineer want to be a MBA?
Does it pay more?How much more?
Sorry for being so ignorant.
Actually asked many of my engineer friends,no one gave a satisfactory answer.
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I mean anyone doing grad in science develops an analytical thought process.
But why do most engineers go for MBA?
For eg.why does a mechanical engineer want to be a MBA?
Does it pay more?How much more?
Sorry for being so ignorant.
Actually asked many of my engineer friends,no one gave a satisfactory answer.
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mehrotra.akash
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red dragon said:
Primary reasons are:
A) Engineers + MBA get paid a LOT
B) A lot of students realise after studying for 2-3 years that they dont want to do technical jobs
C) Technical jobs pay comparatively lower compared to management jobs
D) More girls in Management then technical jobs (No, I'm not joking)
E) Herd mentality : Since engineering is considered the best, everyone wants to be an engineer even though higher paying options like CA exist
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chiron said:
Are you working in the same field as your degree?
Being a engg I do understand only a sole reason going for MBA, i.e. higher payscale (a lot higher). But if "passion" is something which a person is carrying all the way, then he would always want to end up in technical job paying much less than a managerial job paying more. I myself don't prefer MBA, as firstly it will change my "technical" field, which I don't want, then I'm not interested in it.
@nemesis- Assembling/familiarizing with th e internals is actually a very good idea as most of the students don't know, and no college practices it (AFAIK). I've seen students completing degree fearing to open even cabinet
@nemesis- Assembling/familiarizing with th e internals is actually a very good idea as most of the students don't know, and no college practices it (AFAIK). I've seen students completing degree fearing to open even cabinet
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mehrotra.akash said:
Yes, but I don't feel that not being in the field that you did your degree is in any way selling youself short as you are implying either. Being an employee in a big company generally means that you only use a fraction of your academics/creativity. The pay, work conditions, getting along with colleagues/boss etc are I feel more important than technical aspects as far as job satisfaction goes. Doing what you love as a career is something only few fortunate people with a lot of focus and clarity are able to do imo.
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