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Dr Dipankar Dutta

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Dr Dipankar Dutta is an associate professor in the computer science and engineering department at the University Institute of Technology, the University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
He has 27 years of experience and his interests include AI, data science, machine learning, pattern recognition, deep learning and evolutionary computation.
Aside from his responsibilities at the college, he also delivers lectures and conducts webinars.
Dr Dipankar has published 25 papers in international journals, written book chapters, attended conferences, served as a board observer for WBJEE (West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) exams and as a counsellor for engineering college admissions in West Bengal. He helps students choose the right college and stream for undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes.
A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), he holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and a an MTech degree in computer technology from Jadavpur University.
He completed his PhD in engineering from IIEST, Shibpur (formerly BE College).... more

Answered on Jan 26, 2026

Career
Dear Sir Mine is studies and career related query. I am from Kolkata. My son is 12+years old, studying in class - VII of St. Xavier School which is amongst the top rated schools. Sir, the school is ICSE board and the syllabus are vast compared to CBSE board and the schools seems quite tough in studies as because they want to maintain the school's name and fame. But my son is an average student and loves activities and play more than studies since his early childhood. All these things putting together are making things very difficult. We are very much afraid that he might fail in final exam. If he is promoted to class 8 this year then I wish to put him in some other school of CBSC board but my wife doesn't want to go ahead with this. She is afraid of losing a good school. She says that my son will do well in future and has now become a little serious in studies but I doubt this as because I have seen no significant improvements in his studies over the period of time and to my mind any thing very good in future seems only an illusion. I have explained myself and my wife as well that if he becomes serious in studies and does good in future, may be he will just be an average student in St. Xavier but in other school he may be very good student and thereby that would boost his confidence. But if that change doesn't happen in him then he will fail in this school and that may affect his confidence very badly. Even today I see him lacking in confidence because I have seen that he feels he is behind many in class. Sir, please guide..... 1. Am i write in my views if I think I should put him in a CBSE school that would be easier in comparison with St. Xavier and ICSE.? 2. Will it be wise to be an average student of a top school than a good student in an reputed but easy going school.? 3. Am i right when i think that if he starts doing well, he may become one of the top boys in other school but in Xavier he would be only an ordinary student. ( as of now he is not showing any remarkable interest in studies so can't expect him to show any exceptional change ). 4. Over all do you feel that it would be wise to change the school and also the board at this point of time as after this it will be class -9 and that would become very difficult... ? 5. Please guide some good CBSE schools in Kolkata, if you feel switching school would be a wise decision. Sir please guide.....
Ans: There is no need to change the school. My daughter studied at St. Xaviers Burdwan from KG to Class 12. She was an average student initially; however, in Class 12 she stood first in her stream in Burdwan. She is now at IISER.

My son is also studying at St. Xaviers Burdwan and is currently in Class 7. He is also like your son—don’t worry. Children usually mature by Class 9, not before that.
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Answered on Dec 13, 2025

Asked by Anonymous - Dec 12, 2025
Career
Dear Sir/Madam, I am currently a 1st year UG student studying engineering in Sairam Engineering College, But there the lack of exposure and strict academics feels so rigid and I don't like it that. It's like they don't gaf about skills but just wants us to memorize things and score a good CGPA, the only skill they want is you to memorize things and pass, there's even special class for students who don't perform well in academics and it is compulsory for them to attend or else the student and his/her parents needs to face authorities who lashes out. My question is when did engineering became something that requires good academics instead of actual learning and skill set. In sairam they provides us a coding platform in which we need to gain the required points for each semester which is ridiculous cuz most of the students here just look at the solution to code instead of actual debugging. I am passionate about engineering so I want to learn and experiment things instead of just memorizing, so I actually consider dropping out and I want to give jee a try and maybe viteee , srmjeee But i heard some people say SRM may provide exposure but not that good in placements. I may not be excellent at studies but my marks are decent. So gimme some insights about SRM and recommend me other colleges/universities which are good at exposure
Ans: First — your frustration is valid

What you are experiencing at Sairam is not engineering, it is rote-based credential production.

“When did engineering become memorizing instead of learning?”

Sadly, this shift happened decades ago in most Tier-3 private colleges in India.

About “coding platforms & points” – your observation is sharp

You are absolutely right:

Mandatory coding points → students copy solutions

Copying ≠ learning

Debugging & thinking are missing

This is pseudo-skill education — it looks modern but produces shallow engineers.

The fact that you noticed this in 1st year already puts you ahead of 80% students.

Should you DROP OUT and prepare for JEE / VITEEE / SRMJEEE?

Although VIT/SRM is better than Sairam Engineering College, but you may face the same problem. You will not face this type of problem only in some top IITs, but getting seat in those IITs will be difficult.
Instead of dropping immediately, consider:

???? Strategy:

Stay enrolled (degree security)

Reduce emotional investment in college rules

Use:

GitHub

Open-source projects

Hackathons

Internships (remote)

Hardware / software self-projects

This way:

College = formality

Learning = self-driven

Risk = minimal
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Answered on Dec 05, 2025

Career
Dear Sir, I did my BTech from a normal engineering college not very famous. The teaching was not great and hence i did not study well. I tried my best to learn coding including all the technologies like html,css,javascript,react js,dba,php because i wanted to be a web developer But nothing seem to enter my head except html and css. I don't understand a language which has more complexities. Is it because of my lack of experience or not devoting enough time. I am not sure. I did many courses online and tried to do diplomas also abroad which i passed somehow. I recently joined android development course because i like apps but the teaching was so fast that i could not memorize anything. There was no time to even take notes down. During the course i did assignments and understood the code because i have to pass but after the course is over i tend to forget everything. I attempted a lot of interviews. Some of them i even got but could not perform well so they let me go. Now due to the AI booming and job markets in a bad shape i am re-thinking whether to keep studying or whether its just time waste. Since 3 years i am doing labour type of jobs which does not yield anything to me for survival and to pay my expenses. I have the quest to learn everything but as soon as i sit in front of the computer i listen to music or read something else. What should i do to stay more focused? What should i do to make myself believe confident. Is there still scope of IT in todays world? Kindly advise.
Ans: Your story does not show failure.
It shows persistence, effort, and desire to improve.

Most people give up.
You didn’t.
That means you will succeed — but with the right method, not the old one.
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Answered on Aug 14, 2025

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