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What is
engineering?
Prof N.B. Venkateswarlu
M.Tech(IIT,K), PhD(BITS,
Pilani)
PDF(Univ of Leeds, UK)
Professor in CSE, GVPCEW

Engineering is
everywhere…
Almost everything you eat, wear, use and
like to do involves engineering.
From everyday things like your mobile,
computer and clothes to medicine, space,
national security and renewable energy
… to tackling climate change, providing
clean drinking water or ensuring sustainable
food supplies.

Which involve engineering?
Providing
water
Health &
medicine
Gadgets
galore
Fashio
n
&
beauty
Creating
cars
Solving
proble
ms
Food
Built
environme
nt
Sports

A chemical engineer is involved in many
stages of the production of chocolate. He will
make sure that the ingredients are mixed at
correct temperatures and in the correct
combinations.
A Biochemical engineer will also be on hand
to make sure the process is hygienically clean
and that there are no nasty ingredients or
bacteria added in the production of chocolate
Environmental engineers are there to make
sure that the factory making the chocolate is
not polluting and is not wasting energy or water.
The bars need to look good in the shops too.
Most chocolates are wrapped by high speed
machines which are designed, upgraded and
maintained by engineers.

Engineered meaning: skillfully arrange for (something) to occur.

Can you send a thread
from one side to the
other side?

How to prepare curd in Western countries
such as UK in home?
Just we have covered milk kettle with shawl or
jerkin.

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/4
4cosmic_wisdom/02files/Levitati
on03.html
Levitation of stones

Historical Successes of Engineering

Some Marvels of Engineering
International Space Station F 18 Fighter JetEuro Tunnel below English ChannelInternational Space Station F 18 Fighter JetEuro Tunnel below English Channel
Pyramids in Egypt Apple phone 4Millau Bridge – World’s tallest bridge

50 Greatest Technological
Inventions of Past 25 Years
50 to 41 40 to 31 30 to 21 20 to 11 10 to 1
Hybrid cars Lithium rechargeable
batteries
Home audio editing JPEG Genetic sequencing
Mini disc DVD Home video editing Microblogging Web-based email
Color plasma display CD-R Camcorders Caller ID Search engines
Optical computer
mouse
Voice mail Digital SLR cameras Mobile broadband Smart phones
LED headlights Online stock trading Multi-core
processors
Blogs Text messaging
Electronic tolls Doppler radar Satellite radio MP3 players Wi-Fi
OLED TV MPEG-4 Flip phones Electronic word
processing
MP3
Blu-ray Flash memory Digital HDTV DVR Broadband Internet
Satellite TV Bluetooth Instant messaging DNA profiling Personal computers
Recordable DVDs Commercialized
GPS
Consumer digital
cameras
Social networking
service
World Wide Web

Grand Challenges for Engineers
These are the biggest challenges that face engineers of the future:
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Titanic (1912) – RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship
that sank after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage
from Southampton (United Kingdom) to New York City,
in April 1912. Titanic was at the time the largest ship ever
built and was considered to be unsinkable. The tragedy
claimed the lives of over 1,500 people.
But was the sinking of the Titanic an engineering failure?
Many factors contributed to the catastrophe: removing half
the amount of lifeboats originally planned for the ship,
and cruising in high speed in an iceberg-prone
environment. As for the engineering point of view:
several rivets of the 3 million rivets that held the Titanic
together were recently recovered and tested, and found to
be made of low quality iron, which on impact caused them
to fall apart. This might have contributed to the event.
Another engineering fault was that the 16 watertight
compartments that kept the boat afloat, were not
individually sealed, but rather connected near the ceiling.
This enabled the water to spill from one compartment to
another and sink the boat

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
(1986) – On January 28, 1986 the
NASA Space Shuttle Challenger
broke apart 73 seconds into its flight,
killing all 7 astronauts on board. The
investigation showed aerodynamics
forces broke the shuttle apart, after a
structural failure that began with a
specific gasket that failed at the very
liftoff. The entire event was broadcast
live on TV

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear
accident at the Chernobyl power plant.
On 26 April 1986, during a systems
test, there was an unexpected power
surge that began a chain of events that
consequently caused explosions and
fire, which released radioactive
particles into the atmosphere. The
dangerous particles spread over a large
area in Europe. Large areas were
evacuated and the nearby city of
Pripyat remains a ghost town till this
day

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2003) – On
February 1, 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia
disintegrated during its reentry to the Earth’s
atmosphere, killing its entire crew of 7
astronauts. The investigation showed that
during the launch, a piece of foam insulation
broke off from the shuttle and hit the left wing,
damaging the tiles that protect the shuttle from
the incredible heat produced during reentry.
Upon reentry, these tiles failed, causing the the
quick chain of events that ended up with the
disintegration of the shuttle
https://youtu.be/1oBTzbKx0jo

What is
engineering?
Engineering is using science and mathematics to solve
problems to improve the world around us. In the
process, engineers also apply their economic, social
and practical knowledge.

What is
engineering?
Wikipedia definition.
Engineering is the application of mathematics,
empirical evidence and scientific, economic, social,
and practical knowledge in order to invent, innovate,
design, build, maintain, research, and improve
structures, machines, tools, systems, components,
materials, and processes.
The discipline of engineering is extremely broad, and
encompasses a range of more specialized fields of
engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on
particular areas of applied science, technology and
types of application.

What is
engineering?
Engineering is the application of scientific
knowledge for solving real world problems. While
science (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.) allows us
to gain an understanding of the World and the
Universe, Engineering enables this understanding
to come to life (practice or reality) through
problem solving, designing and building things.
For instance, the electronic device that produced
this article was engineered from raw plastic,
metal, silicon and lines of software code before
being transformed into a usable device.

What is
engineering?
Engineers can be distinguished from
other professions by their ability to
solve complex problems and
implement solutions in cost effective
and practical ways. This ability to face
a problem, work through various
thoughts and abstract ideas and then
translating them into reality is what is
so exciting about engineering.

• The application of science to the common
purpose of life.
Count Rumford (1799)
What is Engineering?

• Engineering is the conscious application of
science to the problems of economic
production.
H.P. Gillette (1910)
Sir Arthur Cotton

• Engineering is the art or science of making
practical.
Samuel C. Florman (1976)

• The ideal engineer is a composite… He is
not a scientist, he is not a mathematician,
he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he
may use the knowledge and techniques of
any or all of these disciplines in solving
engineering problems.
N.W. Dougherty (1955)

• Engineers participate in the activities
which make the resources of nature
available in a form beneficial to man and
provide systems which will perform
optimally and economically.
L.M.K. Boelter (1957)

• The engineer is the key figure in the material
progress of the world. It is his engineering that
makes a reality of the potential value of science by
translating scientific knowledge into tools,
resources, energy and labor to bring them into the
service of man… To make contributions of this
kind the engineer requires the imagination to
visualize the needs of society and to appreciate
what is possible as well as the technological and
broad social age understanding to bring his vision
to reality.
Sir Eric Ashby (1958)

• Engineering is not merely knowing and being
knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia;
engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is
not merely the possession of the capacity to get
elegant solutions to nonexistent engineering
problems; engineering is practicing the art of
organized forcing of technological change…
Engineers operate at the interface between
science and society….
• Dean Gordon Brown;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962)

Human creativity
• The use of technology to make products and systems
for societal benefit.
Engineering as a “Thinking-Making” Activity

• What role of engineers in history?
• Irrigation and farming equipment, dam projects, water and wind mills building construction,
• the Pyramids, the Great Wall, Leonardo’s contraptions, the printing press, the Wright
brothers’ aircraft, fermented beverages, nuclear power, the Space Shuttle, Tacoma Narrows
Bridge, electric appliances, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals.
• When did the engineering disciplines begin?
• 3000 BC Civil
• 1000 BC Military
• AD 1700 Mechanical
• AD 1800 Materials
• Agricultural
• Electrical
• AD 1900 Chemical
• Aerospace
• AD 1950 Computer, Nuclear, Biochemical
• Biomedical
Historical Questions
[ Holtzapple, M. T., Reece, W. D. (2005) ]

• Engineering is often associated with
science and understandably so.
• Both make extensive use of mathematics,
and engineering requires a solid scientific
basis.
• Science is a quest for “truth for its own
sake”
– For an ever more exact understanding of the
natural world.
How is Engineering Different from
Science?

• The change in the viscosity of a liquid as
its temperature is varied.
• The release of heat when water vapor
condenses
• The reproductive process of plants
• It determines the speed of light.
Science Explains

• Turns those explanations and
understandings into new or improved
machines, technologies, and processes
to bring reality to ideas and to provide
solutions to societal needs.
Engineering Does

• The current standard definition of engineering
provided by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET)
• “Engineering is the profession in which a
knowledge of the mathematical and natural
sciences, gained by study, experience, and
practice, is applied with judgment to develop
ways to utilize, economically, the materials
and forces of nature for the benefit of
[hu]mankind.”

Websites to help increase your
knowledge about Engineering
• http://www.eweek.org
• http://www.engineeringk12.org
• http://www.careercornerstone.org
• http://www.jets.org
• http://dedicatedengineers.org
• http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm

School subjects that
lead to
real world engineering
• Maths
• Physics
• Design and
Technology
• Computing
• Chemistry

Design, develop,
produce…
Engineering’s about…
• Finding out what people need, developing
ideas and seeing how products can be made
at a good price
• Developing the product on time
and running tests to make sure it’s safe
and reliable
• Producing something that makes our lives
better… whether that’s a new games
console, high-tech sports equipment or
quicker, greener and safer travel

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Diagram source: http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/design-process/
ASEE website states:
“For engineers, the design
process is a series of steps that
helps teams frame and solve
complex problems. Anyone can
do it! To figure out how to build
something, engineering
teams gather information and
conduct research to understand
the needs and challenges to be
addressed.”
So, in a design cycle, the
steps indicated in the diagram
are done in sequence, and
sometimes repeated, too, to
improve the design!
Engineering Design Process
See more details on the next slide. 

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Engineering Design Process
Follow
these
steps...

• Design challenges are not limited to engineering, but can
also be found in other fields.
• Artists, architects, interior designers, clothing designers,
etc., are all “designing” products and solutions for us!
So, they are also engaged in the design process!
• So, what is design? Design can be loosely stated as the
art of creating something that does not exist. Such a
creation can be in the mind, too. For instance, you can
“design a story” by thinking about the story plot, the
characters you want to use in the tale, how long you
want it to be, and who you want to be reading it.
• Let’s first consider engineering design, and then you will
perform a non-engineering design activity.
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What Is Design?

How to get into
engineering…
Work
School
Science
(Physics) Maths
D&T
Computing
Chemistry
Apprenticeship
s
Earn while you learn
Intermediate / Advanced / Higher
e.g. NVQ / SVQ / BTEC
6th Form/College
A levels / IB / Highers (or
equivalent)
BTEC Level 2 & 3
HNC & HND
Foundation Degree
University
Bachelors (BEng)
Masters (MEng)
On the job
training

What Are Engineering
Disciplines?

Example Engineering
Disciplines
Aerospace
– Aeronautical,
astronautical.
Avionics –
space
electronics

Example Engineering Disciplines
More

Do you know that there exists a course on
destruction engineering.
Usually, Economics is considered as Arts
thus we find as MA(Economics). Twenty
years back, BITS, Pilani called it as
Science and offered MSc(Economics).
Recently, London School of Economics
has referred it as Engineering and
offering Engineering degree in
Economics.

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Remember, the concept of design is not limited to
engineering and can be applied to other life problems.
Let’s consider an example non-engineering design
problem by challenging you to design a picnic! 
Examples of Engineering Design
Source: Engineering is Elementary, http://www.eie.org/eie-curriculum/curriculum-
units
Main Subject Design Challenge Main Engineering Type
electricity designing alarm circuits electrical
astronomy designing parachutes aerospace
solids & liquids improving a play dough process chemical
insects designing hand pollinators agricultural
human body designing knee braces biomedical
landforms evaluating a landscape geotechnical
light designing lighting systems optical
energy & heat designing solar ovens renewable energy
water designing water filters environmental

What is the relationship between science,
engineering and technology?
• Through science one gathers data and gains
knowledge
• Engineers use science to design their
technologies
• Manufacturers use the designs to build the
technological product
• Engineers can use existing technologies to
design and construct (build) new technologies.
• Scientists can use existing technologies to
investigate problems.

Relationship between science,
engineering and technology
Science
Engineers use
scientific
discoveries to
design
products and
processes
that meet
society’s
needs.
Science
seeks to
understand
the natural
world, and
often needs
new tools to
help discover
the answers.
Technologies (products and processes)
are the result of engineered designs. They
are created by technicians to solve
societal needs and wants.
Engineering
Technology

Science, Engineering, Technology – Prof Yaspal’s
view
Science – to find
Technology – to realize in practice
Engineering – to maintain technology
In fact, this question was pinching me even after I have completed my
masters from IIT-Kanpur. It got clarified when I was working at BITS, Pilani.
Prof Yaspal, then UGC Chairman had visited BITS, Pilani and I have posed
this doubt to him. Of course, he laughed at me and mentioned that he will
clarify along science. He said "Science to find; Technology is to realize
scientific findings in practice; Engineering is to maintain the technology". He
gave an example of Chemistry or pharmacy researcher finding or inventing a
medicine that cures some disease. He said that the steps to get that
medicine are science. Realizing the same steps in practice for producing
trillions of tablets as technology; while maintaining the technology
(machinery) is engineering. Unfortunately, in India our Engineering curricula
lacks technology tint with some exceptions such as Chemical Engineering,
etc.

Why to become an engineer?
• JOB SATISFICATION
• VARIETY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
• CHALLENGING WORK
• INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
• OPPORTUNITIES TO BENEFIT SOCIETY
• AVENUES TO EXPRESS YOUR OWN CREATIVITY
• OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THINGS WORK

What’s in it for you?
• Loads of different types of roles –
such as:
Design, development, research, buying (engineering
solutions) and management of engineering (projects
and people)
• Opportunities to travel, work in
different environments and meet
interesting people
• Plus the money isn’t bad either…
–For those who go to university, engineering and
technology graduate starting salaries are
approximately 20 % higher than the average
graduate starting salary.
–Engineering technicians also earn, on average,
more than other STEM* technicians – in fact they
top the league table of STEM technician salaries.
*Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Engineers are problem solvers, organizers,
communicators, calculators and designers.
These skills rely heavily on rational thinking and
logical decision making, which is why most
Engineers come from science and maths
backgrounds. Yet despite this fact Engineering
is a highly creative activity, especially when
complicated problems are involved. The modern
Engineer is also very software savvy and can use
a range of different computing programs to
assist in verifying designs and predicting how
structures will behave in the environment.
What are the
Common Skills
engineers use?

Why I recommend
engineering…
• Being part of a creative process
• Designing solutions to meet
customers’ needs
• Testing and improving technology
• Having a range of roles/ responsibilities
• Working in a team with others
• Doing something different every day
• Earning a good salary
• Having great prospects – we need more
engineers at all levels.

Professional
Qualifications…
• Once in work, consider becoming
professionally registered and earn the
right to use letters after your name
• Registration requires a combination of
qualifications and work experience
• Some degree courses are accredited and
will give you a head start

Comedy Actor
Oscar Winning Movie Director
Painter
Politician
Frank Capra
Chemical Engineer
Caltech
Leonardo
De Vinci
Engineer
&
Inventor
Rowan Atkinson
Electrical
Engineer
Jimmy
Carter
US President
Nuclear Engineer
Engineers can become any thing.

This answer is dependent on the specific
project, job and even field that engineers
work in. Generally, all Engineers work as
part of a small or large team. A Chemical
Engineer conducting research and
development may spend the majority of
their time working independently in a lab
performing experiments and writing
technical reports. On the other end of the
spectrum, a Civil Engineer in the
construction industry may spend the
majority of their time on-site, working with
foremen and tradesmen to develop
buildings or infrastructure.
Do Engineers Work as
Individuals?

Is Engineering Boring and Repetitive?
It is inevitable in any job, really, to have to perform dull
and mundane tasks. Engineers are required to check
calculations (which are vital so nothing explodes or
collapses!), read technical papers and write technical
reports. The true value found in engineering is the ability
to combine all tasks to create something greater (think 1
+ 1 = 3).
Consider that many other professions such as
accounting, teaching and even business studies all have
their own mundane and repetitive tasks – it’s the ability
to create something special like a two-hundred story
skyscraper or a car that runs on the invisible force
electricity that makes engineering stand out!

Engineering provides you
with the opportunity to
contribute to society and
leave a lasting
impression of yours on
the world.
What it gives me?

Skills and Traits of a typical
engineer.
• Creative
• Extreme
Communicators
• Team Player
• Problem solvers
– Break into smaller
parts to solve big
picture
• Detail Oriented
• Analytical
• Interpersonal Skills
• Effective
Presenters
• Strong Writing
Skills
• Multi -Tasker
– Variety of Projects

What are expected with you?
It reminds some dialogues of
Telugu Comedian Mr Babu Mohan.
Emti?
elA?
Enduku?
Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=2fq7sxQGS8s

Today’s children are
more experts in handling
cell phones. They learn
very quickly than old
fellows like me? Why.
They are inquisitive than
me. This is missing in
today’s Engineering
students.

Three Idiots – Hindi cinema Amir Khan
Its Telugu version - SNEHITUDU

Some of the Engineering Principles
•Functionality
•Optimality
•Cost effectiveness
•Long life
•Redundancy
•Failure safe
•Robustness
Optimization: We design systems with the goal of optimizing (either maximizing or minimizing) time,
money, efforts, life, utility, safety, environmental damage, etc. REDUNDANCY : Always a good
system is supposed to satisfy the intended goal, even probably having some level of redundancy.
For example, while going to an examination we often carry more than one pen; however we will be
using one pen only. Why do we need the second one ? This is redundancy. We want second pen
such that , in case, if the first one does not work, we can use the second one. This is redundancy. A
good system will extend good level of redundancy. FAILURE SAFETY : A fail-safe or fail-secure
device is one that, in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm, or at least a
minimum of harm, to other devices or danger to personnel. ROBUSTNESS : It has to work for all
the possible situations. Consider the attitudes of some students who attend to the exam by reading
only some questions or some chapters. Those people who prepare for all the chapters will certainly
face whatever may be the toughness of the paper. T hat is, they are robust as they are prepared for
all the situations, whereas others are not. Even engineering systems are also expected to have
good level of robustness.

My observations – What is missing in the current
generation?
Poor Writing abilities
Poor concentration
World champion feeling
Forgetting habit of having books
Marks are more than knowledge
Less interest in laboratories – practice –skills –
DNA embedding
Buying projects
Not planning properly for summer vacation
Poor programming skills
Poor algorithmic skills
Poor analytical skills
Having worst feeling why to learn mathematics

What is a text book and what is a
reference book?

a. Develop writing running notes
b. Develop good listening abilities
c. Develop good reading abilities in English. I have practically
observed thousands of students suffering from this. Those
people who break this barrier in their first month of joining
Engineering are observed to be having smooth sailing for the
whole course. So, I advise students to give utmost importance
for this point.
d. Also try to improve your English Vocabulary.
e. Do put goals and study. Do plan well for achieving your goal.
f. Do prefer hostel. You will be having lot of time to study
compared to your home.
g. Don't aim for marks, rather aim for knowledge and skill.
h. Do develop attitude of loving books.
What we recommend to you to follow during
the four years of stay here?

a. Do not follow All-in-ones. Parents should make sure that their
lads don't get trapped in All-in- ones.
b. If you are EEE, make sure something goes wrong in your
house first you will try to rectify it before calling professional
from outside. If you are mechanical engineer, try to find out
what is the problem with your fathers bike by yourself first. I
mean, try to build-up practical skills in your branch.
c. Do develop attitude of doing combined projects, papers,
presentations. After all, when you join the job, you are
supposed to work along with the people. Recall, the success
stories of our beloved former President Dr Kalam. Always, he
says that his success is his group's success in his “Wings of
Fire”. Thus, share the successes boldly with the group.
d. Do build self motivation to reach the goals. m. Try to move with
good and self motivated friends. You may get inspired by them,
which certainly you aspire for
What we recommend to you to follow during
the four years of stay here?

I am not good at Mathematics, what shall I do?
Don't join in Engineering.
Go and learn sitar or tabala. Else, develop interest in
mathematics.

I find Physics is little difficult during my 10+2 days.
Is ECE OK for me?
Mathematics, Physics, all are basis for any
Engineering. May be some branches looks as if
they are needing less of physics during 4 years.
However, at a later stage you may need that
knowledge. Thus, it is highly recommended to
equip yourself.

Is XXX engg stream is better?
No branch is superior or inferior. In fact, in a
total system, all branches are vital.
How do you measure better’ness?
In terms of money? If so, if we take 40 years
of career, any engineering branch person
earns almost same. – Prof PS Rao garu,
GVPCE

I don't like labs, what shall I do?
Don't join engineering at all.
Labs – Models – practice-skills –
DNA – your children will inherit
your skills.

How to study Engineering?
By putting a defined goal and with a systematic plan.
Continue to develop interest in mathematics. Develop
logical/analytical abilities and try to apply to your areas.

My boy is demanding a laptop now itself. Shall I buy
now itself?
Yes. Better provide him at the earliest. After all, it is
like calculator or T-square for today's engineering
students. However, keep an eye on his Internet use
especially social networks such as Facebook, etc.

My boy demands ultra modern cell phones always
and says they are needed in Engineering. Is it so?
No. A cell with whats-app may be adequate.

Do you advice a desktop or Laptop?
Laptop.

Also, better you have
1.Email ID working
2.Personnel web page
3.Own blog
4.Any way majority of your are
having whats-app

My child wants to do M. Tech and Ph. D and join
teaching. Do you advice?
Yes. Certainly I welcome. In fact, for girl students
it is very much attractive. As of today, the pay is
also not so bad , unlike ten years back pay

My lad wants to do MBA after B.Tech?
No problem. He can do so by improving his managerial,
entrepreneur skills.

Some one is recommending Bank job after B.tech. What is your
comment?
If the students thinks he is not having sufficient engineering
skills developed, then he can think of joining bank. However,
you think if it is the objective why not join degree and save one
year. In my opinion, engineering orientation makes him/her to
prove other bank colleagues.

What are my duties being a proud parent of an
engineering student?
a.Continuously inspire him
b.Do enquire your child about his life in the college. Many of the parents take care of
their child till 10+2. After admitting in engineering, they don't even ask them how they
progress. The answer they say for this is: "Then they are not engineers". It is not
correct. Just check him how is he doing? You need not be master for doing this. Do call
the HOD's now and then and enquire about your child.
c.If college is not arranging summer training, try to explore your personal contacts and
see your child uses 2nd and 3rd year summer vacation fruitfully.
d.Do find from your child whether classes are held regularly in the college or not. Also,
do enquire whether laboratories are conducted on regular practice or not. If not, do
enquire the management and see practical's are held on regular basis.
e.If your child is EEE, make sure something goes wrong in your house first your child
will try to rectify it before calling professional from outside. If your child is a mechanical
engineer, try to ask him to find out what is the problem with your bike before taking to
mechanic. I mean try to see that your child will build-up practical skills in his branch
starting from the house.
f.Also, see whether you can make your friends/relatives who are experts in engineering
fields to visit the colleges where children are studying. This makes your child to do his
summer training with these experts.

Does CSE means programming only?
No. Certainly not at all. According to ACM
recommendations, a typical CSE curriculum is a
mixture of algorithms, architecture, system SW
(compilers, operating system), networks, etc. For
instance, while I was at BITS, Pilani, we used to have 4
to 5 courses related to algorithms only. A CSE
curriculum is supposed to have more of system SW
tint, while IT is supposed to have application SW tint

My son/daughter is poor in Mathematics; shall
I change her XXXX branch?
Sorry. Any engineering branch at some or
other time demands mathematical dealing.
So, see he will improve his mathematics and
develop interest in mathematics.

Someone said EEE is very difficult. Shall I
change my child to other branch?
No engineering is easy and no engineering
branch is difficult. Check your child's interest.

Is there any difficulty if my child gets more percentage
in Engineering?
Yes. Again this is related to job selections. Usually, if
your child has more than 80% or 90% the interview
board will be having very high expectations on your
child. So, they may ask standard question. If he does
not answer, they will not ask second question at all!!. If
your child has about 60% or 65%, they may ask a
simple question first. Even if he does not answer, they
will ask second question. You see the problem of
having more marks!!!.

Is there any problem if my child gets less than 65% marks
in Engineering? It is a good question.
Answer is Yes. Today most of the IT companies are putting
65% as the cut-off for writing written test for jobs. So, it is
very important that the students are supposed to aim for at
least this much overall percentage. Also, see the answer for
the following question.

What is minimum attendance percentage needed?
75%
We can not help the students at all if their attendance is
less than 65%.

What is the difference between Comp Sci and
IT?
In principle, CSE is system oriented while IT is
application oriented. However, our syllabus is
not showing any perceivable difference.
Hardly, four courses difference in the 4 years
of B.Tech/B.E course. In M.E/M.Tech level
things are too messy. For whatever jobs CSE
student is eligible, IT student is also eligible.
So, don't have wrong impressions about IT. In
the early days, because of AICTE rules,
colleges have started IT courses for having
another source of income.

Do you advise me to join in Hostel?
Yes. I strongly recommend. You may have
more time for working. However, you have
to see that the environment of the hostel
should be good. Also, try to make few
friends. Hostel life gives you chance to
know various human psychologies.

Can you provide hostel to my child if I get transfer?
Yes. Based on availability of hostel beds.

How shall I read while I am in Engineering?
First, slowly forget your Intermediate habits of reading
and reproducing. Study for the sake of subject.

I am from a village, what do you advise?.
Improve your English, technological awareness about
Internet, etc.

I am from Telugu Medium. What is your
advise?
First one month, do concentrate on improving
your English reading, listening, understanding
abilities. First get rid of the fear that you are
from Telugu medium. Make use of your
friends. Try to speak them in English. My dear
fellows, do help your fellows.

Seniors say that EDC is very difficult?
In the knowledge acquisition, nothing is easy and
nothing is difficult. Obviously your attitude,
systematic planning, interactions with faculty,
should make you succeed in any subject.

Why I should read EDC as a CSE or IT student?
In a typical system design, development, functioning
boundaries between the engineering fields are fuzzy. Very
often you need to work along another engineer of different
stream. How can you work unless you have broad idea
about his specialization. Take for example, take Dr Abdul
Kalam, who used to work with variety of engineers. In fact,
he has worked with doctors also in involved in the
development of prosthesis legs with light weight material
that is used in space crafts. My seniors are 5 years B.Tech
students. We used to read at least 3 or 4 subjects of other
branches, which is called as broad based education.

Engineering Mechanics is horrible. Seniors warning us.
What to do?
See my previous answer. Develop special interest for
physics. To beat EDC given special interest to Electricity
and magnetism of physics while for Engineering
Mechanics do equip statics and dynamics of physics. May
be I advise to develop passion for physics.

Do we required to buy license SW?
Very much advised.
Can I duplicate SW of my friend?
Kindly, don’t do.

How can enrich myself in my subject area?
1.Understanding the concepts thoroughly.
2.Develop working models or simulations of your own
3.Try to prepare a technical paper about your working
model or computer program. Then present at student
conferences.
4.Attend subject workshops during winter & summer
vacation.
5.Attend subject related expert lectures. Try to interact with
the experts.
6.Try to register massively open online courses
from Course Era, edX, Udemy, etc.

Does college supports my models ?
Yes. Certainly with the recommendations of your
faculty, Head.

If I go for paper presentation, do I get TA/DA?
For those students who gets best prizes, we issue
prize money .

Do we have any educational tour during our 4 years?
Now, Govt has tightened this and if Govt gives
permission we will think of it.

How to use my summer?
Try for internship at some industry or organization. For
example, IIT-Chennai, IISc-Banglore, etc offers summer
training for students. Explore them. Otherwise, develop
your course specific skill set by working in related
industry.

How to use my computer?
1.Install operating system on your own
2.Learn operating system fundamentals
3.Install SW’s needed by you such as compilers, etc
on your own.
4.Have a better virus SW installed on your machine
5.Any problem arises, first try to solve on your own,
then discuss with your fellow friends, then ask for
support of college technicians, then think of going to
some one. Especially if you are CSE or IT students,
try to solve on yourself for any SW problem.

Is Linux/Unix exposure necessary?
If you are CSE or IT students, I say big “YES”. Don’t take
degree with out this exposure at all.

Do I need to bring my laptop to college without fail?
No. Not necessarily. It is your wish. You can bring at your
risk and use. However, we have some policies about video
chatting, whats-app, etc. You need to strictly follow them.

What are next century jobs in CSE/IT?
Analytics
Security
Cognitive Science
Personalized learning
Internet of things
Human computer interface
High performance computing (Exa-Computing)

What are next century jobs in ECE?
New communication technologies
Brain imaging
Internet of things
Robotics

What are next century jobs in EEE?
Smart grids
Solar technology
Energy from fusion

What are next century jobs in Mechanical Engineering?
Robotics
Hybrid machines
Space structures
Nanotechnology, nano devices

What are next century jobs in Civil Engineering?
Green buildings
Space structures
Environmental engineering
Rapid transport systems
Floating cities design

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