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Tech Careers and Skill Development Expert - Answered on Aug 16, 2024

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
Asked by Anonymous - Aug 08, 2024Hindi
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What are skills I have to develop to get a intership. I'm cse first year student.

Ans: As a first-year CSE student, developing a strong foundation in the following skills will help you secure internships 1. Focus on mastering at least one programming language, such as Python, C, C++, or Java. Python is particularly popular for beginners and widely used in the industry. 2. Understand Core Concepts of data structures and algorithms 3. Learn Web Development Basics 4. Databases
Apart from that you should Attend Workshops and Hackathons and try to develop your soft skills
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Sir I am going to start my btech journey in vit chennai in ECE.Side by side I want to prepare for placement to get a high paying job. I wanted to know what all skill I need to have to get achieve my goal as ai ml engineer or a software engineer.
Ans: Congrats to you for joining VIT-C-ECE & appreciate your involvement much in advance to prepare for placement.

Here are the steps for you:

1) First of all, please go through the Syllabus / Course Curriculum of ECE which VIT has already uploaded in its site for 2024-25 Session with details of category-wise credit distribution.
2) Prepare a draft plan of your Study Schedule / Time Management for your 1st 2-Semesters (1st year).
3) And one day, visit the college campus & spend 2-3 hours, interacting with existing students to get important information.
3) If not done, create & complete your Professional LinkedIn Profile about your Academic Qualifications/Achievements.
4) After joining the college, make sure you will maintain a decent CGPA (minimum 8.50) without any backlog(s)/arrears.
5) Fully utilise the job alerts section in LinkedIn to get notifications of job vacancies, related to your domain or AI & ML/Software.
6) You will keep getting ideas from the JD (Job Description/Job Profile) itself, what skills you need to learn/upgrade.
7) Also keep researching about online courses related to AI & ML/Software by visiting online Certification Platforms such as NPTEL, Internshala, Coursera, edx, mygreatlearning, iitdeeplearning, intellipaat etc.
8) Please spend a lot of time researching about the courses offered by online platforms & don't be in hurry.
9) Time and again, seek advise from the Faculties of ECE Department and also approach students of CSE-Core & CSE-Specailisation students who will be able to provide a lot of tips to go for certifications in AI & ML/Software Development.
10) Take 1-full year i.e. your 1st year, just to research about job market trends on software engineering/AI & ML and to interact with senior students to get their opinions/advice.
11) Keep upgrading your skills till your Campus Recruitment Drive from 2nd year.

All the BEST for Your Bright Future.

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