‘Demand for Mechanical Engineering on the Rise Among Students in Maharashtra’

Mechanical engineering is the most preferred field among engineering aspirants in the state of Maharashtra, according to data from the state Directorate of Technical Engineering (DTE).

The data revealed that out of 18,500 students who had been allocated seats in the state this year, 23% aspirants wanted to study mechanical engineering and therefore opted for the same.

“From design to automobile industry, the mechanical engineering provides many avenues to graduates,” said Kamal Karanth, MD, India, Kelly Services and KellyOCG.

Computer Science engineering turned out to be the next popular option followed by Civil Engineering.

“Private spending in real estate has ensured that many students continue to opt for civil engineering, said Karanth.

22% out of 17,000 students opted for Computer Science Engineering while 14% out of 11,000 aspirants opted for civil engineering courses.

Although the field of electronics and telecommunication had 11,000 takers, 53% (13000) of the 24,000 seats in the branch remained vacant.

In the field of electrical engineering, there were no takers for 6,000 of the 11,000 (53%) seats.

According to experts, the reason behind seats remaining vacant is fewer employment opportunities in the manufacturing and services sectors.

“Electrical and electronics engineering branches are connected to the manufacturing sector, which is yet to pick up pace. Earlier, the software industry would hire electrical and electronic engineering students. But today, with fewer jobs available in the sector, the software industry tends to hire computer engineering students, as they are easier to train,” said Karanth.

According to Milind Kulkarni, group director, engineering institutes, ITM Group of Institutions, the demand for electronics engineering has gone down because there aren’t enough companies to offer jobs in this field.

“Most of the electronics firms are based in China and other Asian countries,” Kulkarni said.

With inputs from hindustantimes.com