École Centrale School of Engineering at Mahindra University (MU) has announced five new interdisciplinary MTech programmes in computer science, data science and AI, embedded systems and VLSI, systems engineering and power electronics. The college already offers MTech in Autonomous Electric Vehicles and Computer-Aided Structural Engineering (CASE).

“The course structure is targeted towards providing an interdisciplinary integration of engineering from systems understanding and management and application to life cycle management,” Yajulu Medury, Vice-Chancellor of Mahindra University, has said.

“Over the past few years, the job market in the country has experienced a tectonic shift in terms of required tech talent. Owing to the increased digitalisation and the resulting upswing in demand for premium tech talent, the country is projected to face a shortage of 14-19 lakh tech professionals by 2026,” he said.

“The idea behind launching the new MTech programmes is to bridge this talent demand-supply gap by equipping them with superlative industry-ready skills,” he said.

Eligibility

Students with a full-time bachelor’s degree from any recognised university oor institute with a minimum aggregate of 60 per cent or equivalent grade.

All applicants with a valid GATE percentile score of 80 and above have to go through an interview for admission. Those with GATE percentile score of less than 80 have to additionally write a written test to be conducted by the university.

For students who take admission through the GATE scores, an academic fee of Rs one lakh a year will be charged. These students will be offered teaching assistantships, which will include a stipend of Rs 15,000 per month plus free boarding and lodging in the on-campus hostels. For the non-GATE route admission, there will be academic fees of Rs one lakh a year and Rs two lakh a year for the hostel stay.