Since times immemorial engineering has been using science to find creative solutions.Prehistoric inventions of machines and tools like wheels and pulleys bear testimony to the existence of mechanical engineering principles. Fascinating ancient architectures, buildings, transportation facilities among other infrastructural structures rested on the science of civil engineering. In 1698, discovery of steam engine was another major breakthrough that brought electrical engineering into the spotlight. These three cardinal engineering disciplines including mechanical, civil and electrical have laid the foundation for future specialized engineering streams.That is why they are recognised as core engineering streams even today.
With the passing of years, the science of engineering diversified in order to support the evolution of society and industries. These ramifications in this field brought new engineering streams into the foreground while pushing the core engineering streams into the background.As a result, todaya lot of people wonder whether the core engineering streams are still in demand and can provide booming career opportunities for aspiring engineering professionals.
In order to answer this doubt, we will explore through this article myriad possibilities of core engineering streams in the light of contemporary developments.
Relevance of Core Engineering in the Digital Era
Digital revolution between 1950s and 1970s earmarks the third industrial revolution that shifted the engineering focus from mechanical to analog technology. This wave of digital technology brought with it information technology driven industries, organizations and businesses.The IT and allied industries are still flourishing and advancing into more sophisticated fields like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Internet of Things and Data Science amongmany others altering industry dynamics and creating niche career opportunities for new age professionals.
Modern information technology and computer science related engineering streams operate in a defined field of study and application. However, 90% of engineering related problems pertaining to all specialized streams can be solved with the knowledge of core engineering branches. This is one of the key reasons why core engineering is still the driving force in any industry.
Industry-oriented Engineering Streams are Offshoots of Core Engineering
Popular streams like Electronics and Communication, Instrumentation, Automobile, Biomedical, Environmental and Pharmaceutical engineering among many others have also emerged to keep pace with fast evolving industry demands. Although, it appears that specialized engineering streams are favoured today, the study of core engineering streams can help technology professionals solve majority of technological challenges by blending interdisciplinary knowledge.
Modern engineers equipped with core subjects can venture into unchartered territories of technology and apply their engineering innovation in design, development, analysis and execution of projects across industries. That is precisely the reason why you will still find mechanical, civil and electrical engineers of this era successfully making career breakthroughs across interdisciplinary domains.
Job Opportunities in the Core Engineering Sector
Many believe that in the present era core engineering has lost its charm. However, even today when we look into the fundamental functional dynamics of a building, drainage system, machines, electronic and telecommunication systems, we cannot ignore the dominance of core engineering subjects in every sphere. In fact, core engineers with enhanced practical knowledge, skill orientation and innovative outlook are bound to have greater acceptance in wider domains of engineering.This is one of the key reasons why Dream Institute of Technology students from core engineering streams havecracked successful placements every year and done phenomenally well in their careers.
Future-view of Core Engineering Education
Although, core engineering skills are extremely crucial to spearhead the growth of the nation, the emergence of new engineering fields have created serious skill gap in core engineering field. However, as we progress especially after the pandemic, core engineering skills will further grow in importance to lay the foundation for a more self-reliant nation that designs, manufactures and produces new things with the fundamentals of mechanical, civil, chemical and electrical engineering.
We are aware that engineering education in India has to become more dynamic, visionary and driven by innovation to build a workforce to meet the rising demand of engineers with core skills in future. Futuristic institutions like Dream Institute of Technology are gearing up for this technological revolution with strategic collaborations, innovation, avant-garde teaching-learning methods, both skill-oriented and knowledge-oriented curriculum and infrastructure. Dream Institute of Technology over the years has established a benchmark by blending the best of both traditional and contemporary study of engineering streams to create dream career opportunities for students in multi-dimensional fields.