<ul><li>According to <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/jobs-and-careers/story/career-outlook-for-data-scientists-in-india-sky-high-pay-and-rising-demand-1825991-2021-07-09">analysts</a>, India is the second largest hub for <keyword id="6357343" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="data-science" source="Orion">data science</keyword> and it is predicted that the country will have more than 11 million job openings by 2026.</li><li>The Great Learning report reveals that 57% of the hiring managers believed that the gap between supply and demand exists at the entry level.</li><li>Business Insider brings you several job openings in marquee companies for data scientist roles .</li></ul>Data science has been one of the most in-demand jobs especially in the last few years. However, 92% hiring managers witnessed a massive supply gap in data scientists in India, revealed a report by edtech platform Great Learning. According to <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/jobs-and-careers/story/career-outlook-for-data-scientists-in-india-sky-high-pay-and-rising-demand-1825991-2021-07-09">analysts</a>, India is the second largest hub for data science and it is predicted that the country will have more than 11 million job openings by 2026. Analysts further reported that there were more than 93,000 jobs in data science that were vacant during August last year. The Great Learning report further reveals that 57% of the hiring managers believed that the gap between supply and demand exists at the entry level or fresher level while 27% of them believe that the talent gap exists in the mid-level roles of team lead and project management, which highlights the need to upskill both early stage and mid-career professionals with enterprise-specific use cases of data science. Business Insider brings you several job openings in marquee companies for data scientist roles — 1. IBM The American multinational technology company is looking for a full-time data scientist to join their New Delhi office. Eligibility — The candidate should have 5 plus years of experience in data engineering and data science and 2 plus years of consulting experience within specific industries with strong domain expertise and business acumen. PhD or masters in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-related fields with knowledge in quantum computing. Key responsibilities — Engage and educate client data science teams to define promising areas for quantum exploration. Collaborate with industry and solutioning experts to design and shape experiments to demonstrate quantum-enabled advantage. 2. Accenture The global technology services company is hiring a full-time Data Science Associate Manager for their Gurugram, Bengaluru and Kolkata office. Eligibility — Knowledge of statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms, and analysis tools like R, Python. Key responsibilities — Create insights from predictive statistical modeling, mathematical knowledge, tools, and techniques to solve complex problems and deliver value. Collaborate with Accenture teams to address business issues and influence change using strategy, industry, and analytical skills. 3. McKinsey and Company The management consulting firm is actively recruiting Data Scientist — Quantum Black for its Gurugram office. Eligibility — Masters degree or PhD level in the field of computer science, machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics. Experience in statistical modelling and machine learning techniques. Key responsibilities — Work on complex and extremely varied data sets from some of the world’s largest organisations to solve real world problems. Develop data science products and solutions for clients as well as for our data science team. 4. Gartner The technology research and consulting company is hiring an Associate Data Scientist for its Gurugram office. Eligibility — 1-3 years hands-on experience building machine learning models, natural language applications of artificial intelligence business capabilities. Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (maths, statistics, computer science, engineering, etc.) required or master’s degree or PhD in the same field. Key responsibilities — Work on Data science projects in close collaboration with the data engineering team, product owners and business leaders to deliver high value business capabilities. Responsible for maintaining proper documentation and further code-reusability principles. 5. EY The multinational professional services company is scouting for data scientists with NLP for its Noida office. Eligibility — 4 plus years of experience in machine learning, statistical modeling, quantitative analysis, forecasting, data visualisation, recommendation engine etc., and 2 plus years of professional experience in software development in languages like Python, spark. Experience in data processing with Python, SQL and understanding of natural language processing concepts. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in math, statistics, information technology, computer science, economics, or a related field. Key responsibilities — Balancing excellent business communication skills with a deep analytical understanding is needed. Applying data Science, machine language algorithms, using standard statistical tools and techniques for solving client business problems. 6. Ola The multinational ridesharing company is looking for a data scientist for its Bengaluru office. Eligibility — PhD or master’s with over two years of relevant experience or bachelor’s in technology (B.Tech) with over four years of relevant experience in operations research, applied mathematics or statistics or econometrics, electrical or systems engineering, physics or similarly highly quantitative field. Key responsibilities — Building an intelligent system using techniques in machine learning, optimisation, signal analysis, and statistics. 7. Deloitte The multinational professional services company is hunting for a data scientist for its Mumbai office. Eligibility — At least 6-9 years of experience in descriptive and predictive analytics and over three years of experience in implementing and executing data science projects throughout the entire lifecycle. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in quantitative fields. Key responsibilities — Manage a portfolio of data science projects across various verticals. Oversee and improve machine learning (ML) models developed by the team &amp; identify scope for model improvements &amp; best practices. 8. Jio The Indian telecommunications company is actively recruiting data scientists for its Bengaluru and Hyderabad offices. Eligibility — 2 to 8 years of experience in development or research on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. B.Tech or M.Tech or PhD in computer science, AI/ML or related fields. 9. Tech Mahindra The Indian multinational information technology and business process outsourcing company is hiring data scientists for its Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Noida, and Mumbai offices. Eligibility — 3-12 years of experience in the relevant field. Expert level proficiency in at least one of the upcoming technologies like deep learning, NLP, Computer Vision, recommender systems. 10. PayPal The online payments giant company is scouting for a data scientist for its Bengaluru office. Eligibility — Over 3 years of relevant experience with graduation from a recognised university or over 2 years of relevant experience with a master's degree from a recognised university. 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Jio, Ola, Accenture, IBM and more are looking for data scientists across India

<ul><li><keyword id="55119" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</keyword> (IITs) had 2,400 dropout cases in the last two years. </li><li>A majority of them were at the postgraduate or PhD level. </li><li>Almost half (50%) of the dropouts were from Delhi and Kharagpur campuses. </li><li>IITs enroll nearly 17,000 students in its undergraduate and postgraduate courses every year.</li></ul>As many as 2,461 students dropped out of <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/education/over-2-400-dropout-from-iits-since-2017-47-6-are-sc-st-obc-2076985">Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)</a> in the last two years. And, a majority of them were pursuing either postgraduate courses or doctoral programmes. “The reasons may be attributed to shifting to other colleges, personal reasons, medical reasons, placement during PG courses and pursuing higher education abroad,” Union minister <keyword id="60487" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ramesh-Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</keyword> Nishank told the Rajya Sabha during a recent session in the Parliament. Every year, the IITs enroll 17,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Bad health, bad grades The undergraduates are dropping out due to poor academic performance and medical reasons. Almost half of the students, 1,400 of them, who quit are from <keyword id="6354859" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIt">IIT</keyword>’s Delhi and Kharagpur campuses. Masters students however could be quitting as they are being offered jobs at state-owned firms, especially in Delhi. “On some occasions, we saw 60 students drop out from an M.Tech batch of 80. Then, we were forced to run the programme with just 20 students,” The Print <a href="https://theprint.in/india/education/2400-students-dropped-out-of-iits-in-2-years-nearly-half-were-sc-st-obc/268626/">reported</a> citing Dheeraj Sanghi, a professor at IIT Kanpur. At least half of the students who dropped out, 1,171 students were reserved categories including SCs, STs and OBCs. At IIT Bombay, all of its 260 dropouts were from the reserved quota. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hrd-ministry-launches-online-aerospace-engineering-courses-on-swayam-portal/articleshow/70361436.cms">Indian government launches online aerospace engineering course for those who aspire to reach the moon</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/three-out-of-four-graduates-from-iit-nit-iiit-got-jobs-via-campus-placements-government-data-shows/articleshow/70258577.cms">3 out of 4 graduates from top engineering colleges got jobs via campus placements, government data shows</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/6000-teaching-vacancies-in-iits-and-nits/articleshow/70168945.cms">IITs, NITs are facing a dearth of teachers as 6,000 posts lie empty</a>

Over 2,400 students dropped out of India’s most prestigious IITs  in last two years

With one of the largest populations of engineers globally, India tops the world countries that have the largest number of engineering colleges. Spread across India's different states, an overwhelming number of India's engineering colleges boast of high quality educational and research settings. Andhra Pradesh has been one of India's popular destinations for those who wish to pursue their engineering degrees. Given below is an overview of the top 10 engineering colleges, institutes, and universities in Andhra Pradesh based on the <a href="https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/EngineeringRanking.html">National Institutional Ranking Framework ranking</a> under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. #1 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Vijayawada Ranked 58th among the top 100 institutes in India having scored 44.7 points, KL Deemed to be University was created in the year 1980-81 in the name KL College of Engineering, which was renamed KL College of Engineering Autonomous in 2006. The UGC declared it Deemed to be a University in 2009. NAAC accredited the institution with an ‘A++’ Grade in 2018. KL College of Engineering is located in Vaddeshwaram, Vijayawada. #2 College of Engineering (A), Visakapatnam Visakhapatnam's College of Engineering scores 41.36 points and occupies the 69th position among India's top 10 engineering colleges. Expanded as Andhra University College of Engineering, the institution was created in 1946 and offered 17 undergraduate and 35 postgraduate programs. It also provides research courses like B.E., B.Tech, and B.Arch at UG level and ME, M.Tech, MCA, M.Sc., and M.Planning at PG level. #3 University College of Engineering, Kakinada Located in Kakinada, University College of Engineering scores 37.77 points and ranks 97 on the top 100 engineering institutions in the country. Established in 1946, this was initially named as 'The College of Engineering, Vizagpatnam.' The 110-acre campus became autonomous in 2001. #4 Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology &amp; Research, Guntur Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology &amp; Research scores 36.28 points that have fetched the college 118th position among India's leading engineering colleges. Situated in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, the college offers courses across 12 disciplines in the UG and PG levels. #5 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati SV University or Sri Venkateswara University, run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, ranks 153rd among India's top engineering institutions and is located in Tirupati. The points scored by the college is 33.29. Established in 1959, the engineering college is located in a serene setting amidst the natural beauty of the Tirumala hills. #6 Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College ranks 156th on the list of leading educational institutes in India with a score of33.13 points. Located in Vijayawada, NAAC has accredited the college with an ‘A’ grade in 2013. It has also secured NBA accreditation. #7 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, A.Rangampet A.Rangampet's Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College has scored 31.54 points securing the 184th place on the list of India's leading engineering educational institutions. Established in the year 1996, the engineering college offers over 30 courses spread across different engineering disciplines. #8 JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur We find JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur in the 185th position among the leading engineering colleges in India, and the college has scored 31.52 points. It is one of the most renowned colleges in the region, offering courses across engineering, management, and computer application domains. The college has a 185-acre sprawling campus in a peaceful setting. #9 Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam’s Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering scores 31.38 points and secures the 188th ranking on the list of leading engineering colleges in India. GVP College was started in 1996 and eventually developed as one of the most preferred engineering colleges run by a private organization. #10 G Pulla Reddy Engineering College, Kurnool G Pulla Reddy Engineering College, located in Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh, is positioned in the 190th place among the leading engineering colleges in India as the institution has scored 31.35 points. Approved by AICTE and affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA), the college provides a comprehensive portfolio of courses in the UG and PG levels.

Top 10 Engineering colleges in AP (Andhra Pradesh)

<ul><li>Since there is uncertainty around Covid-19 and its possible impact, more pay cuts and job cuts are in the offing. </li><li>However, a select few companies have stepped up hiring despite the global pandemic. </li><li>This week, Business Insider brings job openings across companies that are hiring engineers across domains including radio frequency, telecommunications, integration experts and more.</li></ul>Ever since the government announced the nationwide lockdown on March 24, the unemployment rate in India remained high at over 20%, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/india-unemployment-worsens-cmie-jobless-rate-spikes/articleshow/75989712.cms">according to</a> the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Since there is uncertainty around Covid-19 and its possible impact, more pay cuts and job cuts are in the offing. However, a select few companies have stepped up hiring despite the global pandemic. Every week, Business Insider collates interesting vacancies across marquee organisations. A few such vacancies are listed here. This week we bring job openings across companies that are hiring engineers. Here are a few of those opportunities: Tech Mahindra Position: Telecommunications Engineer Location: Bengaluru Experience: 3-8 years Eligibility: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electronics and communication Tech Mahindra is looking for an experienced telecommunications engineer. The selected hire will work on signal processing fundamentals, cellular communication and wireless standoffs. The role requires strong knowledge of programming in c, c++ and MATLAB. He will work on developing prototypes , enhancing algorithm performance and work with debugging tools. To apply for the job, the candidate must have knowledge of architecture and design, including debugging skills. He should be experienced in integration and optimization tools. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1869834583/">here</a>. Intel Corporation Position: RF Engineer Location: Bengaluru Experience: Minimum 8 years Eligibility: B.Tech in Electronics and communication Intel is hiring RF Engineers in Bengaluru, who will work on radio frequency topology, its system analysis, block characterization and specification. The candidate will work on the radio frequency test equipment. He will be responsible for the design of RF circuits, analyse and understand the analog circuits and chip layout requirements. To apply, the candidate must have experience in RF design and testing of RF systems like cellular modems, WiFi, bluetooth and GPS. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1880489320/">here</a>. Larsen &amp; Toubro Infotech Position: Integration Engineer Location: Gurgaon Experience: Minimum 5 years Eligibility: Not specified L&amp;T Infotech is looking to hire an integration engineer who will work on integrating third party upstream and downstream systems and other SaaS applications. He will work with the frontend, backend and database teams and architects to understand and build an integrated solution. He will be responsible for building APIs, software development kits, libraries and templates for integration and then migrate existing Leni stack to cloud stack. The applicants must have experience in building add ons to SaaS products like atlassian, salesforce, <keyword id="249410" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="HubSpot">hubspot</keyword>, zendesk and more. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1880420444/">here</a>. Wipro Position: Software Engineer Location: Bengaluru Experience: Minimum 4 years Eligibility: MTech, BTech or MCA Wipro is hiring a senior software architect skilled in DevOps and Azure. The selected candidate will work on developing projects in Sharepoint Online, Microsoft Teams and Power platform. To apply for the job, the candidate must have experience in SharePoint migrations and design, Microsoft office 365 services. The candidate will be required to have excellent communication and documentation skills. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1879467818/">here</a>. ABB Position: Project Engineer Location: Bengaluru Experience: Minimum 4years Eligibility: Mechanical Engineering ABB is hiring a project engineer to work on engineering design concepts and evaluate the techniques and procedures to complete engineering projects. The candidate will be responsible for reviewing and approving designs and extending technical support for testing and installation. He will work on creating design plans, cost estimates and quality of the program. The role includes supporting research and development projects for product development. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1902429146/?alternateChannel=paview&amp;alternateCode=seturl&amp;eBP=CwEAAAFyte51abWVrRv_JRXf1YKoL-KXtMHrhRzM0oRFYizPsLgbx_OFqg1WkmLqJm_cp_vg6mwsW8lC2vskgjbeMTdrwrU_zNCNerVBJAOtfWiK4xekaU-ivbj88XzYpyQfHfH9W7Q0-dIopkGLN5h3q2XCb-q7fzb_lAkggkJjSqLvdZ5p2KWgJOt7fei5JzxcPtWye-yVOIv7j2-ij0lUg6FI79ztHLwMhD4R95sfnEpCnoJWPzDKg8l_kiiDU3_LoSxS-2_uOh8CSbgFpA8Lw4QH_4ctGg74m7uo74EAJ9_OA8YlcQp9J--3hflQpxa66RfsNs8G7rtmeKqifbTqY3b4tMjFUk2aipWUiA&amp;refId=43c75e3c-1e34-4ce9-a62b-e0044b9334b3&amp;trk=d_flagship3_job_details">here</a>.

Tech Mahindra, Intel, Wipro and other multinationals hiring engineers

Telangana and especially Hyderabad is one of the most popular destination for students looking forward to pursue their engineering courses from top ranked institutions in India. Telangana has a good number of leading engineering colleges that have scored appreciable rankings on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). Here is the list of <keyword id="9385815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="top-10-engineering-colleges">top 10 engineering colleges</keyword>, institutes and Universities in Telangana based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework scores awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. #1 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad tops the list of engineering colleges located in Telangana. The institution has scored the 8th place among the leading engineering educational bodies in India. The NIRF score secured by the college is 66.44. IIT Hyderabad is one of the most sought after institutions for engineering education and this is one among the second generation of IITs that the government of Indian has started across the nation. #2 National Institute of Technology, Warangal NIT, Warangal has scored 57.76 points that makes it the 19th topmost institutions in the country in the domain of engineering education. This places the college in the second position among the leading engineering colleges in Telangana. Created in 1959, the college was earlier known as Regional Engineering College. This was among the first chain of 30 NITs founded in the country. #3 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad is one of the most sought after destinations for engineering education in India. The college scores 49.45 points on the NIRF merit list and occupies the 43rd position among the best engineering colleges in India. This college is a not-for-profit public private partnership (N-PPP) founded in 1998 and is the first engineering college of this kind in India. #4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad Scoring 44.97 points on the NIRF ranking, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad occupies the 57th place among the topmost destinations for engineering education in India. Created in 1972, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad was the first technological university in the nation. The institution has four constituent engineering colleges under its umbrella, one at Hyderabad, one at Kondagattu (Jagithyal), one at Manthani and one at Sultanpur (Medak district) besides fifteen other constituent units developed on Hyderabad campus. #5 University College of Engineering, Hyderabad University College of Engineering, Hyderabad scores 38.43 points on the NIRF merit list and is placed in the 88th position among the leading engineering educational institutions in the nation. A highly preferred destination for those pursuing technological courses under different engineering domains, the college was created in the year 1929 and this was the sixth engineering college established under the British regime in India. #6 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad On the NIRF merit list, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology located in Hyderabad scores 35.32 points and occupies the 124th place among the leading engineering educational institutions in India. Established in the year 1979, this is a private educational institute affiliated to the Osmania University. Today this is an autonomous institution approved by AICTE. #7 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad The NIRF merit list awards 34.99 points to this college placing Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad in the 127th position among the top engineering education institutions in India. This is one of the most reputed colleges for engineering courses in Hyderabad established in 1995. #8 CVR College Of Engineering, Ibrahimpatan The score bagged by CVR College of Engineering on the NIRF merit list is 33.87. The college ranks in the 141 position among the leading institutions in the country offering engineering courses. The college offers B.Tech and M.Tech programs across a diverse number of highly sought after engineering branches like Artificial Intelligence, Data Sciences, Electrical Power Engineering, Embedded Systems, Structural Engineering, VLSI Design. #9 Vardhaman College of Engineering, Rangareddy Placed in the 143rd position among the top engineering colleges in India, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Rangareddy is a highly sought after destinations in Telangana for pursuing engineering courses. The college is affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and approved by the AICTE and was established in 1999. #10 SR Engineering College, Warangal Scoring 32.95 points on the NIRF list, SR Engineering College located in Warangal is positioned in the 160th place among the top engineering colleges in the country. The college is deemed as one of the best institutions in Telangana for engineering courses. Established in 2002 and accredited by NBA and AICTE, the college offers around 18 courses under different engineering disciplines.

Top 10 engineering colleges and universities in Telangana

Turning more student-friendly in view of the prevailing <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> induced lockdown, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has decided to conduct the spring 2020 semester entirely online. It also decided to do away with formal final examinations and instead distribute its weightage to less stressful and more hands-on components like assignments, projects, quizzes, reports, etc. IIIT-Hyderabad director <keyword id="9101597" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="prof-p-j">Prof P.J</keyword>. Narayanan said this strategy was adopted to conclude the semester quickly to remove the cloud of the lockdown and the weight of the semester's courses from the students' heads. He said this would allow graduating students not to worry unnecessarily about delays. "Conducting long final exams is tricky if done online, considering the highly variable situations the students may find themselves in where they are. Evaluations based on more hands-on application of concepts will stress students less, though the work on the teachers may increase. Undesirable sharing is possible for such work, but we adopted it. It is good to not obsess excessively about every possible violation, as long as serious and hard-working students get their due," Narayanan said. The institution has also decided to award a W (or Withdraw) grade in place of an F (or Fail) grade for courses. Both serve the same purpose as the student must meet the requirements later, said the institution. Students will be awarded only A, B, C, and W grades for courses, leaving out A-, B-, C-, and D grades. He noted that the online classes commenced on March 23 and are held for nearly all courses, and attendance in them is around 80 per cent which is on par with the institute's normal average. The faculty members have adopted their teaching style to suit the online requirements. "The institute used that week to test and train the faculty on the various technological solutions out there, Microsoft's cloud-based solutions for email and other services we had adopted earlier. That included a supported version of Teams, a tool suitable to run online classes. A big plus was the ability to record the classes including audio, video, slides, digital blackboards, etc. Students could access the video later even if they couldn't attend the live classes. Faculties were requested to keep notes and other study material on the LMS platform Moodle for students to access at will," he said "We are aware that a small fraction of the students has poor to no access to <keyword id="1435882" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="online-technologies">online technologies</keyword>. However, an overwhelming majority of the students are highly comfortable with technology and have adequate access." The institute's academics team and tech-support team worked hard to train the faculty, who reciprocated enthusiastically. "Students who could not take part meaningfully in the online phase of the courses due to poor connectivity, sickness to self or family etc will be evaluated separately whenever it is safe. A combination of alternate evaluation and grading methods will be employed for them with a combination of assignments, projects, oral examinations, reports, etc. They will not be disadvantaged in any manner by this," Prof. Narayanan said. Stating that cooronavirus shocked and seriously disturbed everyone including the educational institutions, he noted that most of the institutions including IIIT-H could send the students back safely in the middle of March when the alarm of transmission was low enough. "It was quite clear to us that the students weren't coming back for at least two months. Nearly all regions of the country need to be safe, and travel has to be safe before students return. Running the semester in an online mode was the only option, if it was feasible." He is confident that the ongoing spring semester will be concluded completely by the end of May. The graduating B.Tech and M.Tech students will have their requirements completed practically on schedule. --IANS ms/skp/

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<ul><li>The Indian economy is going through troubled times, which has also impacted hiring. </li><li>However, technology hirings are still pacing up to facilitate the digital transformation. </li><li>Here are a few opportunities in the technical domain.</li></ul>The Indian economy is going through troubled times, which has impacted hiring in a big way. Most of the companies have implemented salary cuts or deferred the appraisal process. However, technology hiring is still inching up to facilitate digital transformation. As per a report by the technology consulting firm Zinnov, 45% of the aggregated GICs (Global In-house Centers) in India halted recruitment for the time being. However, not every company has frozen hiring, and a few such vacancies are listed here. Every week, Business Insider collates interesting vacancies across marquee organisations. This week we bring job openings in the technical domain. Here are a few opportunities: <keyword id="6370971" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="accenture">Accenture</keyword> Position: Tech Solution Architecture Location: Gurgaon Experience: Not Specified Eligibility: Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Electronics or Information Technology, MTech in Computer Science or MCA Technology major Accenture is hiring a Tech <keyword id="5588887" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="solution-architect">Solution Architect</keyword> for its technology products. The selected hire will be responsible for managing cross functional teams that design, develop, enhance and maintain assets. He should have in-depth knowledge of software engineering to deliver products and softwares to clients. To apply for the job, the candidate must be skilled in python programming, tech solution architecture, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) along with good communication skills. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1768408648/">here</a>. Cisco Position: Solutions Architect ACI Location: Gurgaon Experience: Minimum 15 years Eligibility: Experience in technical services delivery areas Cisco is hiring a solutions architect who will be responsible for creating and executing IT transformation. From engaging with customers to strategy and pre-sales processes, the role requires management skills, deep technology leadership, collaboration and customer success. The selected candidate will be able to interact at all levels of the customer organizations from chief executives to the operations staff. The candidate must have working experience in software development with Java, python, C or C++ along with understanding of data interchange requirements and methods such as SYSLOG, SNMP, XML, JSON, REST and SOAP. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1827371555/">here</a>. Amazon Position: AWS Solutions Architect Location: Gurgaon Experience: Minimum 10 years Eligibility: Experience in software development, agile methodologies and DevOps Technology platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring solutions architects for its web services. The candidate will work on technical engagement by defining implementation architectures, responding to RFPs, AWS technologies. He should be a subject matter expert on security services related to customer application. The selected candidate will be required to work on presentations, product demos, sample solutions to increase adoption of Amazon Web Services in Indian organisations. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1829504566/">here</a>. Genpact Position: IT Technical Solution Architecture Location: Gurgaon Experience: Not specified Eligibility: Not Specified Genpact is inviting applications for a Technical Architect for IT infrastructure solutioning. The candidate will be required to provide end to end IT solutions in business transitions, new sites, infrastructure and data projects. He will have to work across teams to deliver results through the life cycle of the project (Design, implementation, handover). To apply for the job, the candidate must have an understanding of AWS or Azure Cloud platforms, hybrid cloud and security technologies like Okta, Qradar, Zscaler. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1800925228/">here</a>. Freecharge Position: Technical Architect Location: Gurgaon Experience: Minimum 10 years Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree Freecharge, a subsidiary of Axis Bank is looking for a Technical Architect who will work on architectures and designs for new solutions at FreeCharge. The selected candidate will perform code reviews and design reviews. He will work on product development cycles — from inception to production and supporting new requirements, re-architectures. To apply for the job, the candidate must have problem solving skills, JAVA web development experience, system design skills and familiarity with NoSQL databases. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1804397928/">here</a>.

Cisco, Accenture, Genpact and others hiring for technology profiles

Set up on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, 15 <keyword id="627109" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institutes-of-Information-Technology">Indian Institutes of Information Technology</keyword> (<keyword id="758110" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIITs">IIITs</keyword>) may get degree-granting powers this year. The <keyword id="44734" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Government">Indian Government</keyword> is in a hurry to pass an ordinance that will enable these IIITs to give out degrees to its first batch of students passing out this year. If the ordinance is not passed, this may delay degree granting process, thus, leaving future of the students in balance. IIITs in Vadodara, Kota, Chittoor, Guwahati and Tiruchirappalli to get their degrees this year itself. As per ET, the human resource development ministry has already moved the ordinance proposal to the law ministry. Once cleared by the law ministry, it will be taken to the Cabinet and then to the President for approval. Of the 20 IIITs planned to be established on PPP mode, 15 are already functional. “There has been a lot of pressure since last year to address the issue as job prospects of hundreds of students will be affected in the absence of a proper degree. However, the bill was held up last year amid differences between PMO and <keyword id="51613" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="hrd-ministry">HRD ministry</keyword> over the level of autonomy to the institutes and the need to expedite the legislation,” sources told ET. The bill introduced in <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> seeks to declare the 15 IITs on PPP mode as 'Institutions of national Importance' with powers to award degrees. This will entitle them to use the nomenclature of Bachelor of Technology (BTech) or Master of Technology (MTech) or PhD degree.

15 out of 20 IIITs may grant degrees this year

An otherwise peaceful campus has been marred by protests for the past week as several angry PhD and MTech students of <keyword id="666989" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIT-Indore">IIT Indore</keyword> are raising their voice against exorbitant hike in fees. 
 
Their reaction comes after the premier institute’s administration sent an email to students asking them to pay fee as per increased structure. It sparked outrage when students learnt that the tuition fee was increased from Rs 8,350 to Rs 19,900, almost a 130% hike in fees- highest being charged by any IIT in the country. The Reason – Because IIT Indore had increased the fellowship amount. 
 
Enraged students then took to Twitter to highlight what they called was an unfair step by IIT-Indore, as they had joined the institute much before the hike was enforced and claimed they had no reasons to pay higher fees to the institute. Following the incident, several students claimed to have been harassed by top management officials. 
 
When their demand to rollback the hike fell on deaf ears, students decided to boycott classes and resort to sloganeering. 
 The protesting students are also now being backed by <keyword id="6361618" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ABVP">ABVP</keyword> – BJP’s youth wing. Efforts have been made to reach out to MHRD officials and Union HRD minister <keyword id="119642" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prakash-Javadekar">Prakash Javadekar</keyword>, however, students claim they have got no response whatsoever. Even as no breakthrough has come in the case so far, they are now threatening to organize protests on a much larger scale if the institute fails to concede to their demands. 
 
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Why student protests have erupted in a peaceful IIT Indore campus

The premier technological education institutes, <keyword id="55119" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</keyword> (IIT) is going international. No not by expanding the campuses but inviting foreign nationals to be a part of the programmes. As planned, IITs will be holding entrance examinations outside India and there would be a 10% additional seats to accommodate foreign students. 
 
"Foreign candidates will have to qualify the JEE advanced examination for an IIT seat. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for entry to MTech courses will be held in these six countries as well," an official informed the Economic Times. Foreign candidates, however, will not have to take the JEE main examination. 
 
The official clarified that the there would be no decrease in the number of the seats for Indian students. "The 10% intake is in addition to the existing seats available in each of the 23 IITs,” he added. 
 Also, 20,000 more candidates will be eligible to write the exam after clearing JEE main, thus taking the total number to 2,20,000. The examination will be held in six countries outside India - Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE, Nepal and <keyword id="6356662" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Singapore">Singapore</keyword>. The number of foreign students can't exceed 10% of the total seats in each course offered by the IITs and ISM-Dhanbad, as per the news report on the ET. There is no quota in this category. Also the cut-off for the aggregate marks in Class XII for SC and ST candidates has been reduced from 70% to 65% in JEE advanced 2017. 
 
Increase in fees Candidates who register for entrance exams after due date would be allowed to fill up the forms after paying a late fee of Rs 500. There has been an increase in registration fee from Rs 1,200 from Rs 1,000 for girls and reserved category students and to Rs 2,400 from Rs 2,000 for others. Students coming from <keyword id="8470" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="SAARC">SAARC</keyword> countries will need to pay $135 (Rs 9000) and those from the other countries would pay $270 (Rs 18000).

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After working with a slew of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=startup">startups</a>, <keyword id="91242" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="amitava-ghosh">Amitava Ghosh</keyword> has joined <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=snapdeal">Snapdeal</a> as vice president-engineering and will lead development of intuitive technology solutions. 
 
Ghosh, who has over 17 years of experience in building web-based products and platforms. He will work out of the company's technology innovation centre in Bengaluru. 
 Before joining <keyword id="541988" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="SnapDeal">Snapdeal</keyword>, Ghosh was the chief technology officer at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=taxiforsure">TaxiForSure</a>. He headed the India engineering team of Tribune Digital Ventures earlier. 
 
In its press release, Snapdeal stated that under Ghosh's leadership the company has launched Newsbeat, a mobile application which provides personalised audio streams of news stories. 
 
Ghosh, who holds an MTech degree in biochemical engineering, was associated with Yahoo for almost a decade and was responsible for building platforms and user experiences for listings, media verticals, communities and social products. 
 
"We are building the strongest technology team at Snapdeal to create a future ready and innovative technology infrastructure. Customer service interface is one of the key verticals of our technology infrastructure and we are looking at strengthening it further to offer a superior experience to our customers," said <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=rohit+bansal">Rohit Bansal</a>, co-founder of Snapdeal. 
 
The company plans to double the strength of its technology team to 2,000 by the end of this year. 
 
Snapdeal has significantly ramped up its technology leadership team and has been hiring senior executives from across the globe. Latest to join include Anand Chandrasekaran, former chief product officer of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=bharti+airtel">Bharti Airtel</a> and Bhuvan Gupta, former chief technology officer of BSB Portal, a joint venture between Bharti SoftBank and Yahoo Japan.

Meet Snapdeal’s new VP-engineering, Amitava Ghosh

<keyword id="2060230" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="On-demand-music-streaming-service">On-demand music streaming service</keyword> <keyword id="1969101" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dhingana">Dhingana</keyword>.com has shut shop, finally. For some time now, rumours were rife that the company was restructuring its operations and Soundbox was the first to report that Dhingana could be quitting the game soon. 
 
When we visited the site today, a short message was up there that said: Goodbye! We hope that you enjoyed listening to Dhingana as much as we enjoyed building it. But alas, all good things must come to an end. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for letting us be a part of your musical moments! -- The Dhingana Team 
 It is the second <keyword id="1368003" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="music-streaming-service">music streaming service</keyword> to shut shop within the span of three months. In November last year, Network18-owned In.com shut down its music offering as it could not meet the cost to content and monetisation was not adequate to continue the business. With Dhingana’s closure, the <keyword id="4627" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Music">Indian music</keyword> market will just have three major players in this space – Times Internet’s <keyword id="-77" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="gaana">Gaana</keyword>, Tiger Global-backed <keyword id="2060236" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Saavn">Saavn</keyword> and <keyword id="18898" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Hungama">Hungama</keyword>, which is extensively supported by <keyword id="17191" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="T-series">T-Series</keyword> content. 
 
Surprisingly, Dhingana has not given any specific reason for the sudden shutdown. Last we checked, its <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dhingana.free.app">mobile app</a> was up at Google Play Store. 
 One key reason could be T-Series withdrawing its music from Dhingana. T-Series said it was parting ways as there was very little traction on the Dhingana platform, compared to other services. So it is quite possible that a <keyword id="2060242" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Content-crunch">content crunch</keyword> or <keyword id="2060241" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Revenue-crunch">revenue crunch</keyword> has driven the company to withdraw its services. 
 “We were not able to see much traction in the service and secondly we couldn’t agree on the commercials and both parties thus decided to part ways in an amicable manner,” <keyword id="2060251" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="T-Series-president">T-Series president</keyword> <keyword id="835320" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Neeraj-Kalyan">Neeraj Kalyan</keyword> told TechCrunch at the time of the break-up. 
 Set up in 2007 by twin brothers Swapnil and <keyword id="1317460" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Snehal-Shinde">Snehal Shinde</keyword>, Dhingana essentially operated from the US although the company had an India office in Pune. It was a popular music service and claimed to have more than 9 million unique users per month while more than 50% users accessed the service from the US and Europe. Dhingana offered a library of 1 million-plus songs, in more than 42 Indian languages and genres. 
 The company was backed by VC investors such as <keyword id="455799" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lightspeed-Venture-Partners">Lightspeed Venture Partners</keyword>, <keyword id="309606" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Helion-Venture-Partners">Helion Venture Partners</keyword> and <keyword id="683320" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Inventus-Capital-Partners">Inventus Capital Partners</keyword>, and had raised $7 million in Series B <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> in October 2012. Lightspeed led that round while existing investors Inventus and Helion also participated in the funding. 
 In spite of growing competition, Dhingana had gone ahead with its growth plans last year and tied up with <keyword id="2060229" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="General-Mobile-Corporation">General Mobile Corporation</keyword> (G-Mobi) to pre-install its <keyword id="683603" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="music-app">music app</keyword> on 1 million devices. This would have enabled Dhingana’s <keyword id="956764" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Android-app">Android app</keyword> to be installed on Intex, Zen, Hitech, m-Tech and Maxx devices. The company also partnered with <keyword id="6354924" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Idea-Cellular">Idea Cellular</keyword> for a music subscription service, which allows users to download unlimited music with no data charges. The service was to be made available to Idea users using <keyword id="6355645" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="android">Android</keyword> smartphones and WAP feature phones. In a bid to monetise its mobile content, Dhingana came up with a paid subscription service for its <keyword id="75489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="IOS">iOS</keyword> app, called <keyword id="2060249" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dhingana-Gold">Dhingana Gold</keyword>. 
 With so many growth and monetisation plans in place, it is still unclear why Dhingana had to bite the dust and go <keyword id="1909965" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="out-of-business">out of business</keyword> so suddenly. Watch this space as we bring you more updates on the latest development. 
 
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