CHENNAI: To cash in on the craze for courses in artificial intelligence, data science, cyber security, IT and computer science among students, engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu plan to add 8,490 seats in their BE, BTech programmes next year.
At the same time, the colleges want to cut 2,946 seats from civil and mechanical engineering branches. And, another 750 seats from electrical and electronics, and electronics and communication. Data provided by Anna University showed 134 colleges applied to change their intake for the 2023-24 academic year.
“There are opportunities for students studying artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning and cyber security. In future, there will be demand for students with narrowed specialisations,” said Anna University vice-chancellor R Velraj.
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) encourages engineering colleges to start courses in emerging areas.
Professors said the emergence of ChatGPT also created a huge interest in AI among colleges and students. “Earlier, studying a super specialisation in undergraduation was considered wrong. This view has changed in the past two years due to technological intervention in all fields. Those studying AI will have job opportunities in all companies with IT applications,” said T Kalaiselvanformer additional director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration, Anna University.
However, career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi said students choose AI and other courses in emerging areas without knowing future job prospects. “In 2027, 60% of students coming out of engineering colleges will have computer related degrees. Getting a job will be a tough task,” he said.
A challenge for colleges is the shortage of computer science faculty, and the task of training faculty in AI, machine learning, and cyber security. “The top colleges will hire qualified faculty members by offering attractive salaries. However, there is a huge shortage in other colleges as few students opted for postgraduate programmes in the past decade,” said R M Kishore, deputy secretary, Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu. He said faculty members from EEE, ECE should be allowed to teach computer-related courses. The consortium also plans to conduct a training programme for private college faculty in AI and machine learning and other emerging areas.
At the same time, the colleges want to cut 2,946 seats from civil and mechanical engineering branches. And, another 750 seats from electrical and electronics, and electronics and communication. Data provided by Anna University showed 134 colleges applied to change their intake for the 2023-24 academic year.
“There are opportunities for students studying artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning and cyber security. In future, there will be demand for students with narrowed specialisations,” said Anna University vice-chancellor R Velraj.
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) encourages engineering colleges to start courses in emerging areas.
Professors said the emergence of ChatGPT also created a huge interest in AI among colleges and students. “Earlier, studying a super specialisation in undergraduation was considered wrong. This view has changed in the past two years due to technological intervention in all fields. Those studying AI will have job opportunities in all companies with IT applications,” said T Kalaiselvanformer additional director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration, Anna University.
However, career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi said students choose AI and other courses in emerging areas without knowing future job prospects. “In 2027, 60% of students coming out of engineering colleges will have computer related degrees. Getting a job will be a tough task,” he said.
A challenge for colleges is the shortage of computer science faculty, and the task of training faculty in AI, machine learning, and cyber security. “The top colleges will hire qualified faculty members by offering attractive salaries. However, there is a huge shortage in other colleges as few students opted for postgraduate programmes in the past decade,” said R M Kishore, deputy secretary, Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu. He said faculty members from EEE, ECE should be allowed to teach computer-related courses. The consortium also plans to conduct a training programme for private college faculty in AI and machine learning and other emerging areas.
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