HYDERABAD: The pandemic may have slowed down the global economy, but it hasn’t slowed down emerging technologies and their demand. If anything, Covid-19 has pressed the fast-forward button for engineering students all set to graduate and looking for a job.
Companies that reached the IITs and other top engineering colleges in the country for campus placements increasingly asked for students who could tackle data science, machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, blockchain, and design thinking.
“Emerging technologies are growing at a fast pace and so do human resources requirements in these fields. This year, placements for students with a profile in emerging technologies have been better than last year,” said Pradeep Kumar Yemula, faculty-in-charge, office of career services at IIT, Hyderabad (IIT-H).