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RISHABH Question by RISHABH on Jun 12, 2025
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What i have to choose, electrical, electronic or mechanical branch in tier 1 nits or software engineering in dtu

Ans: hoosing between electrical, mechanical, or even software engineering branches in Tier 1 NITs or DTU depends heavily on your interests and career goals. If you are passionate about coding and software development, DTU's Software Engineering program is a strong choice. If you are more inclined towards the core engineering fields, the choice between electrical and mechanical engineering depends on your specific interests: electrical for circuits, electronics, and power systems, and mechanical for mechanics, design, and manufacturing. Best of luck. I am always there by the side of the children who need counselling. May GOD bless always. Professor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/professorsm/
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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
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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.
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Stay enrolled (degree security)

Reduce emotional investment in college rules

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GitHub

Open-source projects

Hackathons

Internships (remote)

Hardware / software self-projects

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