This document discusses how career opportunities are changing in the digital era and how students should prepare. It notes that many future jobs have yet to be created and skills like adaptability will be important. Students need a strong theoretical foundation combined with hands-on learning of skills like digital literacy. Promising career sectors include digital innovation, IT, infrastructure, and pharmaceutical tech. The Presidency University in Bangalore aims to transform students into professionals through a flexible, skills-based curriculum across various schools including engineering, management, and information science. The School of Engineering in particular focuses on strong fundamentals and connecting fields like electronics, communications, and computer science to prepare engineers for future opportunities.

1. Preparing for the Changing Nature
of
Career Opportunities in Digital Era
Dr. G. MUTHUPANDI
Assistant Professsor/ECE
School of Engineering,
Presidency University, Bangalore

3. 1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2025
Labor Accountant Software Eng
PROFESSIONAL
Officer Manager Hardware Eng
Engineer Production Eng
Teacher Architect
Scientist….. Manager (Tech)
Manager(Admin)
Analytics
HR…..
we aim to transform students to become successful
professionals and responsible citizens.
Changing Nature

4. Changing Nature

5. Changing Nature in CARERR OPPURTUNITY…..
In 5 to 10 years’ time,
it’s highly likely you will be working in a job that
doesn’t even exist yet…...
The world of work is evolving quickly………….
You have to figure out how to prepare for a future
job role that’s impossible to predict.

6. Do you have the ability to adapt to change………….?

7. Changing Nature…..
• When?
• Where?
• How?
• What?
Are you..…….ready?

8. Preparing for the Changing Nature
of
Career Opportunities in Digital Era

9. Future Workplace Expectation
• Enhanced by technology-
Technology has changed not only the workplace, but the employee as well.
Employees have to be able to make use of all parts of the knowledge.
• Employee should be a leader
Part of being a great leader lies in having good communication skills.
• Analysis becomes the key skill- Good employees developing their analysis skills
• Innovator- everyone should contribute with an idea.
• Flexible and schedules-most employees will only work in this way in the near future.
• Everything becomes social-

10. Future Booming Sectors In India
• Digital Innovation Sector-
• Information Technology (IT) Sector
• Infrastructure Sector
• Pharmaceuticals Sector-Tech Innovations
• Banking(Automation)

11. Graduate from institute/university need to broaden their
horizons…………
• For a start,
Everyone needs a better theoretical
understanding with adjoining along with computer
communication.
For example,
Commerce and Business administration students need
to be work with computers / they have to
write the program for credit /debit analysis….
Demands the inclusion of skill based learning in our education system.

12. skill based learning
• Cognitive flexibility
• Digital literacy and computational thinking
• Judgment and decision-making
• Emotional and social intelligence
• Creative and innovative mindset

13. Why Skill based…..

16. • Learning must be hands-on, contextualized, and applied.
• Introduce a “dual/Multi-track” system where students get practical
training.
• Curriculum to be responsive to industry demands: Curriculum to
be designed by Academicians together with industry organizations,
and enterprises to make sure the content is relevant and future-
oriented content.
• Provide standards and qualifications widely recognized in the
labor market and continually adjusted to the leading edge of
industries, including the increasingly global nature of occupations.

17. PRESIDENCY
UNIVERSITY
To build careers of youngsters who are
on the threshold of completing basic
education and are seeking tertiary
education to enable them to become
employable.
Transforming youth into highly focused,
value-based and employable
professionals.

18. • VISION: To be a value-driven global University, excelling beyond peers and creating
professionals of integrity and character having concern and care for society
• MISSION
• Commit to be an innovative and inclusive institution by seeking excellence in teaching,
research and knowledge transfer.
• Pursue research and development and its dissemination to the community at large.
• Create, sustain and apply learning in an interdisciplinary environment with
consideration for ethical, ecological and economic aspects of nation building.
• Provide knowledge-based technological support and services to the industry in its
growth and development.
• To impart globally applicable skill-sets to students through flexible course offerings and
support industry’s requirement and inculcate a spirit of new venture creation.

19. Just as a bird nestles itself in its nest until its young ones are fashioned for
flight.
Presidency afford sustenance to all those aspirants who enter the portals of
the University with food for thought, action, scholarly pursuit intermixed with
ethics and moral values.
Like the flight of the birds, students go out into the world soaring to greater
heights of accomplishments in life.

20. • SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
• SCHOOL OF LAW
• SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
• SCHOOL OF DESIGN
• SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE
• SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

21. SCHOOL
OF
ENGINEERING
• To transform young minds into
engineers of tomorrow, having strong
fundamental knowledge, excellent
skills, the right attitude and active
members of the community

22. B.Tech.,
Electives and Specialized subjects are offered from the THIRD year
onwards. This one helping the students, to choose the courses of their choice.
Core courses specific to the discipline are offered from the second year
onwards.
The first year builds a strong foundation with basic courses in humanities,
sciences, mathematics and engineering sciences.
Each academic year has TWO semesters during which courses are offered as
per the structure. Some courses may be offered during the summer term too.
FOUR year course (academic years).

23. B.Tech., ECE
Presidency
University,
Bangalore

24. B.Tech., ECE
PROGRAM
OBJECTIVE
To succeed long-term in engineering /
entrepreneurship careers
Preparing to undertake PG studies and
research as career options
Strong foundation in the fundamentals of
electronics and communications engineering
Connect the overlapping fields of Electronics,
Communications and Computer Science

25. Subject Flow...
Analog
Electronics
Digital Logic &
Circuits
Signal Processing
Analog and
Digital
Communications
Coding &
Information
Theory
VLSI & Embedded
Systems
Wireless
Communication
Internet of Things Data Science
Robotics and
Automation
Etc..

26. CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES
Hardware Design Engineer
Network Engineer
Software Developers
Telecommunications Engineer
Data Science(AI, ML, DL......)
PUBLIC SECTOR
JOBS(state/central government jobs)
Defense Service....

27. • Social
Immersion
Courses
to produce graduates who are sensitized and
committed to serving the social and
environmental needs of society.

28. “Education is a fundamental building for people and society. It is the door to a
better, independent, and successful life”.
If you want a best work place in future, you have to embrace the new way of
learning.
The Presidency University Bangalore is a place for it...
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