COMPUTER
SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
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Contents
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Computer Science and Engineering – An Overview
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What is Computer Science and Engineering?
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Core Courses
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What do you do as Computer Science Engineer?
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How to pursue?
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Top Colleges offering Computer Science Engineering
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Scope & Opportunities
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Top recruiters
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Job Profiles
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Computer Science and
Engineering –
An Overview
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n the 21st century, technology is omnipresent in our
lives. With a boom in the technology sector, it is proving to be a lucrative career opportunity for students,
who are in the juncture to pass out from school and are
considering various aspects for their future career option.
Computer Science Engineering is the most popular course
for the Engineering aspirants. During the counselling of the
top engineering colleges, the Computer Science Engineering
seats are the fastest filled among different branches.
Indian consumers have over the years moved to the online
platform for carrying out basic and simple tasks like shopping, booking tickets, etc. According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the year 2014 has seen unprecedented growth in E-commerce sector. Websites like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have been contributing in the
economy of India over the last couple of years. The report
mentions, “Since the E-commerce industry is fast rising,
changes can be seen over a year. The sector in India has
grown by 34% (CAGR) since 2009 to touch 16.4 billion USD
in 2014. The sector is expected to be in the range of 22 billion
USD in 2015.”
Incidentally, both the founders of Flipkart, one of the biggest E-commerce retail website, Sachin Bansal and Binny
Bansal are Computer Science Engineers from IIT Delhi.
Bhavish Agarwal, Co-Founder, Ola Cabs is also a graduate
of Computer Science from IIT Bombay.
Over the years, Indian engineers have contributed across
the world in the field of Computer Science Engineering.
From late 19th century, several Indians have been recruited
by the IT majors like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),
Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Accenture etc. They were
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even recruited in the famous Silicon Valley in USA by top
companies like Yahoo!, Adobe, Apple Inc, Google, Intel, etc.
Computer and related services with a share of 3.3 per cent
in India’s GDP grew by 14.4 per cent in 2013-14. Information
technology and business process outsourcing are among the
fastest-growing sectors, having a cumulative growth rate of
revenue 33.6% between 1997-1998 and 2002-2003, and
contributing to 25% of the country's total exports in 2007–
08. The growth in the IT sector is attributed to increased
specialisation, and an availability of a large pool of low cost,
highly skilled, educated and fluent English-speaking workers, on the supply side, matched with the demand side by
increased demand from foreign consumers interested in
India's service exports, or those looking to outsource their
operations. The share of the Indian IT industry in the country's GDP increased from 4.8% in 2005–06 to 7% in 2008.
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What is Computer Science
and Engineering?
C
omputer Science Engineering deals with design,
implementation, and management of information
system of both software & hardware processes. A
computer scientist specializes in theory of computation and
design of computational systems.
Computer Engineering or Computer Science Engineering
integrates several disciplines such as Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Software Design,
etc. The engineers are mainly involved in the development of
software and hardware systems of various aspects of computing. The engineers not only focus on how computers work
but also integrate into larger scheme of things.
Amongst all the engineering branches, computer science
has been found to be the most popular choice of students.
This branch of engineering is perceived to be popular due
to its research scopes (bio, mechanics, neuro-science, etc)
and is known to be challenging while offering good career
opportunities and remuneration. M Balakrishnan, professor (computer science and engineering, IIT-D) says that
computer science & engineering has been the most sought
after course in the past few years and in the current one too.
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Core Courses
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he core courses for Computer Science Engineers are
as follows:
Computer architecture and organization
Theory of computation
Database systems
Electronics
Operating systems
Computer Networks
Foundations of Computer Systems
Java Programming and Website Design
E-commerce & ERP and Multimedia Applications
Principles of Programming Languages
Software Engineering
Compiler Design
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What do you do as
Computer Science
Engineer?
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ou can work in database management, IT, embedded
systems, Telecommunication, computer hardware &
software implementation & maintenance, multimedia, web designing, gaming, and almost all other industries
in this sector.
It is worthwhile to note that the computer industry has
witnessed such phenomenal growth in recent years that IT
majors like Infosys & TCS have been the major recruiters across all other branches in engineering colleges of the
country.
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How to pursue?
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spirants of Computer Science Engineering must have
appeared in 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as core subjects. They have to appear for
various Engineering Entrance Exams such as JEE (for IIT,
NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and SFTIs), BITSAT (for BITS) and
VITEEE (for VIT University) to name a few. On the basis
of their performance and counselling, the candidates are
allocated the engineering branch.
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Top Colleges offering Computer Science Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur
Manipal Institute of Technology,
Manipal
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur
Delhi Technological University, Delhi
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Birla Institute of Technology
and Science, Pilani
National Institute of Technology,
Surathkal
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela
International Institute of Information
Technology, Hyderabad
Malviya National Institute of
Technology, Jaipur
Indian Institute of Technology, BHU
VIT University, Vellore
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli
Thapar University, Patiala
Click here to get the full list of colleges.
The duration of the full time Computer Science Engg. programme is 4 years
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Scope & Opportunities
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rof. M Balakrishnan states that Computer Science and
Engineering graduates can make a career in areas like
web applications, computer graphics, video games,
enterprise computing, embedded systems, network administration, mobile applications, computer vision, scientific
modeling, computer security, database systems, animation,
wireless network, artificial intelligence, core companies,
computational skills, computer manufacturing, computer
programming, computational biology, and super-computing
to name a few. According to him, almost all industries have
job profiles for computer engineers, hence the increasing
demand for them.
The salary of the students, who pursued Computer Science Engineering, can range from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 30 lakh
per annum. As per IIT Delhi placement report 2015, two
Computer Science Engineering students were offered jobs
by Facebook with a package of Rs. 1.42 crore.
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Top recruiters
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TCS
Cognizant
Facebook
Tech Mahindra
Infosys
Microsoft
Cisco
Mahindra Satyam
Wipro
IBM
Oracle
Flipkart
HCL
Adobe
Sun Microsystems
Snapdeal
Accenture
Google
Yahoo
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Job Profiles
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he job profiles or the designations offered by various
top recruiters include the following:
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Computer Programmer
Systems Analyst
Software Developer
Hardware Engineer
Consultant
System Engineer
System Designer
Networking Engineer
Database Administrator
Web Developer
E-commerce Specialist
Programmer
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