Is this the right course for developing skills in the first year of BTech in ECE?

Ans: Am sure you have not been sitting and have worked hard and got a good job by now. All the best.

Ans: Nandan, Good you have asked this question in advance.

I assume you have either started your 1st year or already pursuing BTech (EEE).

Adhere to the following (Standard) Steps / Strategies / Tips (applicable to students of all Branches):

1) If you are going to start 1st year, visit the College Campus to spend 2-3 hours.
2) Know what all Departments & Infrastructure are there?
3) Hostel / canteen facilities available. Try some food in Canteen.
4) Interact with both the day scholar / hostel students.
5) Know the pros and cons of being a day scholar / hostel student. Know the travel time if you would be a day scholar.
6) Know seniors involve in any type of ragging (or) unlawful activities inside the college campus. You can't directly ask this question from the existing students. If you interact casually with some students, you will come to know from their body language.
7) Know, what are co/extra-curricular activities are available in the college & which ones are most suitable for you.
8) What type of pressures they might be going through & how to handle them?
9) If possible, meet the 4th year students to know about their plan & why? Whether they have started preparing for Campus Interview/Internship?
10) What all additional qualifications/certifications they have been adding during the last 3-years? Why?
11) What about the difficulty level of scoring/maintaining a decent CGPA? How to score/maintain a good CGPA?
12) What about the quality of teaching & also of faculties?
13) What about the difficulty level of exams in each Semester? If possible, ask this question from EEE-Students.

After joining the College:

1) Avoid skipping the classes.
2) Take notes of each class as class notes are most important for you to first study.
3) Have a good/professional relationships with all faculties of EEE.
4) Whenever you have any doubt(s)/need clarifications for your studies or career, seek advice/help from them when they are free or allow the class students to ask for the same.
5) To score good SGPA/CGPA, thoroughly go through the class notes and also the books recommended by your faculties for reference.
6) Interact with all your class students but have a good peer group around you, based on your interests/values/career goals.
7) Try to maintain a good SGPA/CGPA without any backlogs.
8) Involve in co/extra-curricular activities in College.
9) After your 1st semester itself, ask your faculties what all CERTIFICATIONS / additional short-term online courses you should join online (like NPTEL, Coursera, Internshala, LinkedIn etc.). Your department faculties are the best sources for you to provide this information.
10) Keep upgrading your skills by managing your time smartly for both College & also for Online Short-term Courses which will add a lot of value in your Resume.
11) By the end of 2nd year (4th semester) or 5th semester, you should be able to decide whether you want to target Core Companies or non-core companies for Campus Interview. It is advisable to mentally prepare for both. Have Plan B Also.
12) Or you want to pursue Masters in India or Abroad.
13) When you are in 3rd year end, ask your Department's Seniors (who will be attending Campus Interview) which all companies they registered for Campus Interview & Why?
14) What is the Recruitment Process? Assessment Test? Interview? GD or all?
15) What all questions were asked by the Recruiters? Technical/Non-Technical.

Creating LinkedIn Profile:

1) From 1st Year itself, have a Professional LinkedIn Profile.
2) Provide all relevant information in it, starting from your 10th standard/special achievements, if any.
3) Keep updating your LinkedIn Profile every 3-months.
4) MOST IMPORTANT: Put Job Alerts in LinkedIn, related to your domain and also the domains you might be interested in future.
5) Go through the notifications of Job Vacancies and its JD (Job Description).
6) This will help you to know the Job Market Trends to keep fine-tuning/upgrading you accordingly.
7) Connect with the Professionals of your domain (not to ask for jobs), but to seek advice from them.

Preparing for Campus Interview:

1) From 4th year beginning itself, research about the companies visited your college for Campus Recruitment.
2) Know the nature of their business/services provided by them from their respective websites.
3) This will help you to prepare you for the technical/non-technical rounds.
4) And what about their Recruitment Process? How to prepare for it?
5) For face-to-face or online interview, you can even have your own mock interviews with the help of your family members / friends by recording in your mobile.
6) Just play the recorded video your interview and notice what all mistakes you should avoid (such as your negative body language of fear, anxiety, nervousness etc.)
7) Conducting around 10-mock interviews at your home will boost your confidence at the time of actual campus interview in your college.
8) Prepare well for some technical / non-technical basic/standard/expected questions. This will further help you, crack the interview.

Planning for Masters:

If you have the plan to purse Masters after your BTech-EEE, in 3rd year itself, start researching about the colleges / universities in India / Abroad & know the Eligibility Criteria/Admission Process/Entrance Exams etc.

I hope I have answered to your question with value-additions.

All the BEST for Your Bright Future, Nandan.

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