Mahindra University announces future-ready M.Tech. programmes

Hyderabad: École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University (MU) Hyderabad, on Tuesday, announced five new interdisciplinary M. Tech. programmes. These new future-ready M. Tech. programmes include CSE, Data Science and AI, Embedded Systems and VLSI, Systems Engineering and Power Electronics will be accompanied by the existing M. Tech. programs which include M. Tech. in A-EVs (Autonomous Electric Vehicles) and M. Tech. in Computer Aided Structural Engineering (CASE).

A university communique said that the programs aim to nurture advanced level of specialization across relevant new-age technology domains enabling widespread adoption of emerging technologies. The course structure is targeted towards providing an inter-disciplinary integration of engineering from systems understanding and management, application to life cycle management.

On the introduction of new courses Dr Yajulu Medury, Vice-Chancellor, Mahindra University said "Over the past few years, the Indian job market has experienced a tectonic shift in terms of required tech talent. Owing to the increased digitalization and the resulting upswing in demand for premium tech talent, India is projected to face a shortage of 14-19 lakh tech professionals by 2026.

Our vision behind the introduction of these new age M.Tech programmes is to bridge this talent demand-supply gap by imparting best-in-class education to our students while equipping them with superlative industry-ready skills".

Over the past few years, India has emerged as an innovation laboratory within the tech industry and its digital talent pool accompanied by the existing vibrant innovative ecosystem is poised to redefine India's global stature as a technology leader during the upcoming techade.

Bishnu P Pal, Professor, Dean School of Engineering and Academics said, "The vision behind these M. Tech. programmes is to forge and educate the engineers of tomorrow by helping them adapt with global engineering and IoT challenges and adopt new age technologies that would help redefine the future of IoT and engineering in India".