Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Why Students joining college still find Engineering as a first and preferred career choice?




Shiv Manjaree
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, Gurgaon


‘Engineering’ is defined as the application of mathematical and scientific concepts to finally get a user-friendly system through various innovations, ideas, design, manufacturing etc. The various branches of Engineering are Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Information Technology and other multi-disciplinary areas. It’s a professional programme and helps in the expansion of analytical thinking and logical thinking, but,‘Why do students joining College/University still find Engineering as a first and preferred career choice?’ The answer to this question can only come by introspection towards the mindset of passing out school students, their parents and the society perspectives which play a major role in their career choice. Past trend shows that professional programmes are the major career choices for any aspiring student. The passing out school students (better termed as ‘freshers’) still want to be either doctors or engineers as a first choice.One of the important factors is that in India the decision of a student’s career choice is shaped in most of the cases by his/her parents. Some of the various other key reasons impacting forthe selection of ‘Engineering’ as a preferred career choice are possibly: 

1. In the present Indian scenario with the concept of ‘Make In India’, ‘Engineering’ will definitely rebound as a preferred choice for our youngsters. This campaign actually focusses on the development of both industrial and infrastructural requirements of India. In other words, technical minds and technical skills are needed at large to meet national goals in coming years. This point also opens up the way for the overall growth (in terms of high salaries and status in society) of middle class families who aspire their children to train as engineers. 

2. In last few decades, India has witnessed the Information Technology boom leading to the formation of IT Parks in major cities. This has also directly helped our youngsters to retain ‘Engineering’ as their preferred career choice as it has led to more employability and financial stability

3. ‘Engineering’ acts as a launch pad and provides flexibility to various higher studies in different fields such as M Tech, MS, MBA or Civil Services and other programmes either from India or abroad. 

4. Opening up of large number of Engineering based Educational Institutions have also played an important role in decision making for ‘Engineering’ as a preferred career choice even for lower merit students, who see a good future for themselves. 

However, in the last few years, it has been seen that many students opt for courses other than Engineering as a plethora of options are open to them. Having said so, ‘Engineering’ still remains the prevailing and preferred career choice by a vast majority of Indian students.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Guest lecture on Career Opportunities in Built-Environment

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering organized a guest session on ‘Career Opportunities in Built-Environment’ by Ms Monalisa Mallick, Deputy Head, Partnership, RICS School of Built Environment on 19 January 2016. Prior to joining RICS, Ms Monalisa had worked with WLC College India as General Manager – Marketing and is known for developing and exploring potential business avenues to penetrate new accounts & expand existing clientele.

The session was targeted to the final year students to make them understand the various career opportunities in the Built Environment. The session was a motivating as Ms Monalisa inspired the students with her insights and experience. The students also showed interest in the programmes offered by RICS School.The session ended with an interactive question and answer round wherein Ms Monalisa answered to the queries of the students.



Guest lecture on Introduction to IP Multimedia Systems (IMS)

The Department of EECE organized a guest lecture on ‘Introduction to IP Multimedia Systems’ by Mr Rishi Asnani, Senior Solution Architect, Mobile Core Networks, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., on 19 January 2016.MrAsnani has an experience of over 20 years in telecommunications / ICT industry, primarily in the areas of mobile/PSTN/ enterprise network planning, operations, support, performance and training. He has worked with telecom operators and vendors in India and abroad.

The lecture was conducted for ECE 6thSemester students to introduce the concept of IMS to them. Mr Asnani explained the IP Multimedia Subsystem and IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem, which is an architectural framework for delivering IP multimedia services. It is a concept for an integrated network of telecommunications carriers that would facilitate the use of IP (Internet Protocol) for packet communications in all known forms over wireless or landline. The students enthusiastically participated in the session and learned a lot from the experience and insights of the speaker.


Saturday, January 23, 2016

Delegates of top UK universities visit NCU to interact with Law students

The School of Law organized British Council’s ‘Law Mission’ programme at the University on 18 January 2016 to collaborate on higher studies, student and faculty exchange programmes. The Law Mission is a part of Subject Mission that British Council organizes every year to spread legal knowledge amongst students. In the era of the world becoming a global village, it is pertinent for the students to become aware about the trends and practices in the industry from an international perspective. Under the Law Mission delegates from UK’s leading universities including University of Sussex, Staffordshire University, Nottingham Trent University, University of Exeter and University of Northampton gave lectures to students on contemporary issues which are highly relevant for Law graduates and interacted with the students. Discussions focused on relevant topics of Medical Negligence; International Law; International Competition Law and Contracts law; International Constitutional Law.

NCU students got a chance of attending lectures by legal faculty oftop UK universities and receiving knowledge from eminent international professors. There was a deep appreciation by the students, and issues were discussed in an interactive manner.

NCU’s School of Law proposes to take the meeting forward through agreements with some of the Universities, as suggested by the eminent professors themselves, for student and faculty exchange programmes in a bid to align the Universities’ teaching-learning processes with best global practices.

NCU School Of Law


Wednesday, January 13, 2016

THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, Gurgaon Leading the Way on Education in Disaster Management

Disasters can occur anytime, anywhere without any prior warning. In a country like India, which is densely populated and highly vulnerable to both natural and man-made disasters, proper education on different aspects of disaster management and its mitigation is necessary.


THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, one of the well-known universities in Delhi/NCR is running an Open Elective Course on Disaster Management from 2013 that is taught in all engineering braches. Disaster management education at NCU focuses on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and related techniques,which in fact is also mandated by UGC. Being an educational and research institution, conscious of its role and responsibilities, THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY is by necessity involved in all the phases of Disaster Management, since it has taken upon itself the mission of training engineers who can directly contribute to the society.Other academic institutions can and should contribute in the training of their students particularly in the risk assessment phase of the disaster cycle and can also provide good research and education on risk associated with different types of disasters, help in framing the policies and strategies for disaster management and mitigation, and creating awareness in society through regular seminars, by illustrating risk assessment methodologies that can be used in vulnerable areas. THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, a leading university in innovative learning methodologies, has shown the way and would like to collaborate with concerned agencies and institutions. 





Friday, January 8, 2016

THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY steps forward in reducing the carbon footprint

Increasing pollution and carbon footprint has become a serious concern of the present time. A major source of this is the emission of harmful gases from the vehicles. The government is taking different initiatives in this regard. Being one of the most reputed universities in the northern India, THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY understands its responsibilities and has contributed its efforts in reducing the carbon footprint.


A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emission caused by an organization, event, product or individual. To support the national cause of reducing the carbon footprint in the environment, the University has taken various initiatives in the past. It has constructed solar panels which help in reducing the consumption of electricity from conventional sources. The University has also replaced all incandescent lights by LED lights resulting in lesser heat generation and more efficient lighting. The University has facilities of sewage treatment plant, recycling of treated waste water for irrigation, rain water harvesting pits to recharge aquifers and ensure zero storm water discharge out of the campus and much more.

Recently the University has taken a major step in direction of contributing towards a green environment by proposing the ‘odd-even’ rules for vehicles coming to the University despite the fact that we are located in Haryana. It now permits vehicles inside the University campus based on their registration numbers. The odd number vehicles are permitted on the odd dates and the even number vehicles on even dates. The University faculty and staff have come forward and supported this green initiative. They have done so by pooling vehicles with the colleagues or using public transport facilities, helping control the emission of hazardous pollutants in the environment. The staff and faculty residing in the nearby vicinity are also being encouraged to use the vehicles as less as possible while commuting to the University.

The University faculty, students and staff understand their collective responsibility of contributing towards maintaining a sustainable environment and their obligations towards the society. THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY being one of the leading universities for Engineering, Management, Law and Sciences in the North India including NCR, is a pioneer in the region to take this step which can be a source of inspiration for others to follow.