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Engineering a Successful Career

Dr. Mohammed Arifuddin Sohel

Professor and Head, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department

Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

Secretary, IEEE Hyderabad Section

arif.sohel@ieee.org

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Well Done

Congratulations on your admission into engineering

What Next

Relax and Enjoy?

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Life

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Life

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Life

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Life

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Life

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If you fail to plan

then

you plan to fail

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Success = Planning(1st step) then working hard on the plan(2nd step)

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What is Engineering

  • First Year – Common to all branches
    • First / second semester
      • Maths 1
      • Physics
      • Basic Electrical Engineering
      • English
    • Second / First semester
      • Math 2
      • Programming for problem solving
      • Engineering Graphics
      • Chemistry
      • Wokshop lab – Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing etc.
    • Second year onwards
      • 5 theory + 3 labs per semester ( or 6 theory + 2 labs) = 8 courses per semester
    • Total - 40 theory + 20 labs about 60 courses in four years
  • Engineering is fun ? Do what you learn

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What is Engineering

  • Solving real life problems using Maths
  • 34 Theory and 16 Lab Course + 1 project - NO
  • It is an experience
  • To make it meaningful do something+make something – PROJECTS
  • Four years of great learning = Eight mini projects (One per semester) and One major project
  • Have clarity about your career options and plan and work to achieve them

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Career Options

  • Campus Placement
  • Public Sector (Government Jobs)
  • M.S in US/CANADA/U.K/Australia/Singapore/ Europe/ Other Foreign countries
  • M.E in India in IIT or NIT
  • M.E in India in Private Engineering Colleges
  • MBA or Management courses
  • Entrepreneurship – Family Business or Startup

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Campus Placement

  • Aggregate –
    • More than 68% for Infosys
    • More than 65% for Wipro
    • More than 70% for Redpine and core companies
    • More than 60 % for others
    • NO active backlogs
  • Resume
  • Pre placement Talk
  • Online Aptitude Test – 33% Rule
  • Interview – Technical / & HR – Big question
  • Placement Offer acceptance
  • Pre Placement training
  • Joining Date

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Campus Placement �Step 1 - Aptitude Test

  • Third year onwards placement test will start for internships and full time offers in fourth year.
  • All students taking GRE training clear the Aptitude test = 70% success
  • Take GRE training
  • CRT program
  • Online test practice
  • Section wise cutoff – English, Quantitative, Logical reasoning, programming

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Interview

  • Tell me about yourself????
  • Why should we hire you
  • What additional knowledge have you gained
  • Mini Projects
  • Extra curricular activities – Technical / Professional
  • Voluntary / Organizational activities

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YOUR RESUME IS YOUR QUESTION PAPER

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M.S. in US universities

  • Target – INTEL, IBM, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, ORACLE, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE
  • GRE coaching / TOEFL /IELTS coaching plan exam dates in first semester of final year after campus placements
  • Letter of recommendation
  • Plan for RA and TA
  • Choose a good university
    • Campus internship
    • In a city / Technical hub(not in remote village)
    • Good course (not generic)
    • High fees (pay more = get more)
    • Less fees ( Pay less – search for jobs after M.S. – go to consultants in US and work as temporary for 2 years)
    • Earning while studying (ODD Jobs)

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ME in INDIA

  • Only IIT or NIT or IIIT (Separate entrance)
  • Everyone should write GATE
  • Take long term coaching
  • GATE rank is valid for 2 years

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M.S in other countries

  • Study their immigration rules
  • Best option currently is CANADA
  • Australia – 2 years of study + professional year(Fee Paying internship)
  • Work while study (1 back log = 3000 Dollars)
  • Job opportunities – companies
  • UK /Europe/Singapore(NTU/NUS)

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M.E in TIER II colleges

  • Target – Faculty in Engineering College
  • Methodology
    • GATE – Stipend of Rs. 8000 per month
    • PGECET – No Stipend
    • Campus placement

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MBA or management Courses / Entrepreneurship

  • CAT
  • Management exams of top institutes – XLRI, Symbiosis
  • Family Business
  • Startup – Good financial background.

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Learning

CHOOSING

What to Learn

From where to Learn

How to start

Where to Stop

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Programming - Skill

  • Computer – Device to do computational task
  • Calculator – Example to add 10 and 24
    • Type 10, Type +, Type 24, Type = ( This is task to add)
  • Calculator – To find average of 5 numbers(10,20,35,45,15)
    • Type 10, Type +, Type 20, Type +, Type 35, Type +, Type 45, Type +, Type 15, Type =, Ans = 125,Type /,Type 5, Type =, Ans = 25 (Task to get average)
  • Other tasks – arrange in ascending, descending order, mean, median, mode

Calculator does not know the procedure to find average, Humans know it!!!

Humans have learned procedure to find average from teachers!!

Can we teach the calculator to find average??

Can we make it programmable?

Computer = Programmable Calculator

Give instruction – Calculate average – Input numbers? – Output Average

Program = Data + Instruction to process data

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Learn to program

  • Know the Procedure (Flowchart, Algorithm, Pseudo code, etc) – Problem Solving Skill
  • Know the Math behind procedure (VVV Imp)

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70%

Effort

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  • Know the Language and Syntax (Libraries, Functions, Keyword, Loops etc)

30%

Effort

Note: Both are different |||| Both are important

Improve Your Math

Improve Your Problem Solving Skills

Improve Your Language Skills

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Learn Basics of MPC again

  • Please have a look at these documents. Go through it and update yourself till college opens.
  • Maths- Calculus is a must (Differentials and integrals)

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uuRvrMLqHqRteGUHN9h7FwbGyDVxcCLr/view?usp=sharing�Physics - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fy4_z8FVN0odP3cyxO0hYveoc65Bi3p8/view?usp=sharing

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Languages to learn

  • Pre Engineering – Scratch - https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-scratch-programming-for-kids-8-12112 - Make your own game
  • Pre Engineering – Python programming - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-how-to-build-12-python-projects-in-one-course/
  • First and second semester – C programming and Arduino hardware
  • Third semester– C++ and Java (Algo and DS) and IoT
  • Fourth semester– Field specific languages / Courses Verilog(ECE), Data Structures – space and time efficient coding (Computer related branches), AUTOCAD(CIVIL), Solid works(Mechanical)
  • Fifth semester onwards(even earlier) - Do Projects
  • Participate in paper presentation and design contests
  • Organise contests for your juniors

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Computer packages - Skill

  • TYPING - https://www.speedtypingonline.com/typing-tutor
  • MS WORD
  • MS Power point
  • MS Excel
  • MATLAB / Scilab / Math with Python
  • Graphic Designing (Adobe Photoshop / Corel Draw)
  • Coursera / udemy online courses

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Website Design

  • Every student should have their own website, portfolio, linkedin account and GITHUB account.
  • Website design using Templates
  • Website design using HTML/CSS/JAVA SCRIPT
  • Database – SQL / Oracle / DJANGO
  • Freecodecamp.org
  • On linkedin subscribe to https://www.linkedin.com/company/interestingengineering/ - 16.5 lakh followers

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Most important things to do

  • Eat healthy
  • Exercise
  • Control your phone and not vice versa
  • Play outdoors not mobile games
  • Love and respect your parents and elders
  • Be a good human being

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Enjoy the journey called engineering

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mirza-abdul-rahman-baig-19b448146_hes-the-best-teacher-ever-activity-6834022121522495488-1BqU

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Thank you and Welcome to Engineering

Arif.sohel@ieee.org