Aspirants for engg stream less

Ch Sowmya Sruthi Vijayawada: It seems bad days are ahead for the aspirants of engineering and those who completed engineering. The severe scarcity of employment opportunities have slacked down the hopes of the already graduated ones and slumped the hopes of aspirants. Thousands of engineering graduates were left jobless owing to the recession in the software industry from the past two to three years. The companies which are known for their placements and recruitment have favoured the graduates of courses like B Sc (Computers) and BCA who are available for lower pay packs. The B Sc graduates who are employed for a reasonable pay can be retained in the company for long time which is an attractive feature for the employers. Speaking to The Hans India, G Sambasiva Rao, principal of the VR Siddhartha Engineering College said that there is no demand for the seats or for the candidates either. There is no hope for the IT branches. Around 70 to 90 per cent of the IT branches were completely closed in a few colleges. CSE, EEE, IT are the branches which are witnessing very less or no preference. For the students whose destination is abroad for continuing studies, IT and CSE can be beneficial. Not only the colleges in Krishna district but colleges in Guntur, Prakasam districts are also experiencing the same. There can be no change in the situation in the near future also, he said. For the fresh aspirants, conventional branches like mechanical, civil can be suggested as those streams have more employment opportunities in various private and government sectors. Vanga Nikhilesh, an aspirant said," When considering the present scenario, studying engineering can leave me bewildered. But, however, I want to give it a try if I can make to civil stream as there can be a chance of working with any construction company if needed." There are 37 colleges in Krishna district which have more than 25,000 seats. The aspirants who have applied for EAMCET 2013 are only 23,700 which support the above statement. More than three colleges in the city have closed their first year admissions in the past academic year owing to less or no admissions. Dasyam Kamala, a parent said, "Earlier we wanted our son to take up engineering but now, we are looking to other alternatives like Polytechnic or make him write Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) (a requirement for those who seek admission to colleges in some countries, particularly in the US and Canada.