BTECH GRADUATES
YouTuber in daytime, armed robber at night: Engineering graduate who just landed in police net
Aryan Rajvansh, who completed his BTech in computer science from a college in Coimbatore in 2022, found himself unemployed. Despite his academic background, he devoted his time to creating music videos. "He completed his BTech nine months ago and then started making music videos," police said.
Pay gap shrinks: Will BTech grads stay MBA course?
A Deloitte survey revealed a significant narrowing of starting salaries between MBA and BTech graduates in India. The pay gap has reduced to 57% in 2024 from 102% in 2021, potentially impacting the appeal of costly management courses for BTech graduates.
Sofia Firdous: Odisha's first Muslim woman MLA, an IIM graduate, scripts history
Sofia Firdous has made history as the first Muslim woman elected as an MLA in Odisha, winning the Barabati-Cuttack seat. Defeating BJP's Dr. Purna Chandra Mahapatra by 8,001 votes, Sofia's victory marks a significant milestone in the state's political landscape.
Attrition rates continue to remain high for MBA graduates; drop in pre-placement offers: Study
Deloitte India's study on MBA graduates reveals high attrition rates, location preferences, and trends in compensation and skills assessment.
Attrition for MBA campus talent highest across degrees; employee turnover among campus hires drops in 2023 vs 2022, survey shows
A survey by Deloitte has revealed that the attrition rate among MBA graduates hired directly from campus was the highest across disciplines in 2023, with the highest one-year (40%) and two-year (38%) attrition rates. Infant attrition was the highest among Graduate in Management (BBA / BCom /others) degree holders, with 33% of fresh hires leaving organisations in less than a year of joining. However, the survey showed a reduction in attrition rates from 2022, with MBA hires from Top-10 and Tier-1 colleges attriting at 24% (infant), 40% (one-year), and 38% (two-year) in 2023.
IIT Madras: More than 80% of BTech/dual degree students, 75% of master’s students placed
IIT Madras achieves over 80% placement for BTech and dual degree students, 75% for master’s students. 1,091 students placed in 256 companies during 2023-24 campus placements. Median salary Rs 19.6 lakh per annum, average salary Rs 22 lakh per annum. Institute encourages entrepreneurship to create more job opportunities.
MBA, Btech & LLB degree holders among nearly 400 firefighters recruited in Delhi fire service
The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has recruited 371 new firefighters, including 47 master's degree holders, 30 BEd holders, 15 from polytechnics, and 13 with an engineering background. This recruitment drive marks one of the largest in the past five years for the department. The new recruits will undergo intensive six-month training on various topics, including fire science and the use of firefighting equipment.
Engineers in demand: Reliance to hire graduates across business verticals
India's largest company, Reliance Industries Ltd, has launched the Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) 2024 programme to hire graduate engineers across various business verticals. The online application process, which began on January 11 and will remain open until January 19, aims to provide equal opportunities to young engineering students across India and democratize access to world-class training and employment opportunities
BTech graduate jumps in dam reservoir to save friend's pet, dog swims to safety, student drowns
A 23-year-old BTech graduate from Bhopal NIT lost his life while trying to rescue a friend's pet dog from drowning in a dam reservoir. The incident took place at Jungle Camp in the Kerwa Dam area, just 10 km away from the city center. Saral Nigam, accompanied by two female friends, entered the water to save the dog but got swept away by the strong current.
Engineers appear for 'cycle test' to secure government office peon posts in Kerala
In an unexpected scenario, a group of engineers is undergoing a 'cycle test' in Kerala to secure government office peon positions. The job requirements are rather simple – candidates must have passed the seventh grade and be capable of riding a bicycle. Despite their technical qualifications, these individuals are seeking positions that offer a monthly salary of around Rs 23,000.
Kalaari MD Vani Kola talks about breaking glass ceilings in STEM, pays tribute to India's 1st female engineer Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha
On National Engineers’ Day, Kalaari Capital MD Vani Kola took to LinkedIn, to share the myriad challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field.
National Engineers' Day: Ahead of 'Mission Raniganj' release, Akshay Kumar pays tribute to Punjabi techie who saved 65 coal miners in 1989
Bollywood’s Khiladi who is set to portray another iconic engineer, took to Twitter to pay tribute to Jaswant Singh Gill, the engineer who saved 65 people from perishing inside a coal mine in 1989.
Bengaluru BTech grad hacks Reward-360's website, steals 4.5 lakh vouchers to buy goods worth Rs 4.2 crore
A 23-year-old BTech graduate from Bengaluru has been arrested for hacking into a reward-point website linked to a private bank and stealing 4.5 lakh gift vouchers. The accused, Bodalur Lakshmipati, used these vouchers to procure goods, including gold, worth nearly Rs 4.2 crore. He hacked into the website by generating codes present on the gift vouchers using a software program he created.
IIT Bombay graduate bags highest-ever international offer of Rs 3.7 crore per year
The engineering and technology sector witnessed the highest recruitment numbers, with average compensation just slightly above last year's figures. On the Powai campus, the average salary for the season stood at Rs 21.8 lakh per annum (CTC), compared to Rs 21.5 lakh and Rs 17.9 lakh in the preceding two years, 2021-22 and 2020-21, respectively.
Crafting Engineers: B.Tech Industrial Engineering Curriculum Explained
The B.Tech in Industrial Engineering program offered by top Indian engineering schools is a comprehensive four-year course that covers both theoretical and practical aspects of engineering. The curriculum includes subjects such as manufacturing, operations, design, and specialized industry R&D. Graduates can expect promising career prospects in the manufacturing and transportation sectors. Admission requirements typically include a science stream 10+2 examination pass. Various entrance exams, such as JEE Main and JEE Advanced, are held for admission to the program. The average annual salary for industrial engineering graduates is around Rs. 7.5 lakhs.
B.Tech in Data Science and Engineering: Bridging Technology and Analytics
The B Tech Data Science and Engineering program is a four-year undergraduate course that focuses on extracting valuable insights from raw data. Data scientists and engineers use programming, analytical, and business skills to process and analyze data.
Computer Science students bag crore-plus packages at IITs
ET caught up with five such students across IIT Madras and Guwahati: Malkareddy Sai Aryan Reddy, Vineet Kumar Dhandharia, Kaustubh Miglani, Aditya Trivedi and Atharva Varde. In keeping with the trend of the moment, four out of five are joining high-frequency trading firms; the last one, a startup. Predictably, all of them are from computer science-and-engineering background.
AIIMS fee structure may be revised along lines of IITs, IIMs
As per the recommendation made at the AIIMS' "chintan shivir" held in August, the fee structure for medical education at AIIMS across India may be altered and styled along the lines of IITs and IIMs to augment the revenue generating potential of the premier institute.
This BTech graduate opts farming in UP village; cashing in on dragon fruit cultivation
In 2018, he brought a few saplings of the dragon fruit from Sholapur in Maharashtra and planted them on family-owned barren land. Later, he expanded the cultivation to five acres of land. He now had 3 men and a woman to help him in cultivation on a large scale.
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