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With the question of “what adjacent aft PU” weighing connected their minds, students who attended The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling Fair-2026 astatine Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering successful Mysuru connected Saturday got their doubts cleared connected vocation choices. Experts from antithetic fields provided invaluable guidance connected shaping students’ world journey.
Amid a wide scope of vocation opportunities, the assets persons enlightened much than 500 students - galore of whom were accompanied by their parents - connected the choices disposable and however to prime them based connected idiosyncratic interests and aptitude.
Speaking connected the method acquisition scenario, VVCE Principal B. Sadashive Gowda explained the criteria students should travel portion choosing colleges for admittance and stressed the value of factors specified arsenic infrastructure, faculty, placement records and world environment.
Sharing information connected engineering education, helium said India has astir 13 lakh engineering seats, portion Karnataka unsocial has astir 1.40 lakh seats dispersed crossed 205 colleges and 29 universities. Mysuru portion accounts for astir 9,800 seats successful 14 colleges, including 6,000 seats successful IT-related branches and 3,800 successful non-IT branches.
He said astir 87,750 seats retired of 1.17 lakh disposable seats were filled past year, signaling astir 75% admissions. He besides explained admissions to IITs, NITs and GFTIs, halfway engineering branches, CET and COMED-K interest structures, scholarships disposable for students and the spot allocation process.
Speaking connected vocation options beyond engineering and medicine, vocation counsellor and founder-CEO of CIGMA, Ameen e-Mudassar, said factors specified arsenic aptitude, personality, interests and skills signifier one’s vocation path.
Advising students to absorption connected accomplishment improvement and accommodate to the AI revolution, helium said India witnessed a 34% maturation successful AI and instrumentality learning occupation postings successful January 2026 alone, with astir 1.25 cardinal AI-related jobs projected by 2027.
He said careers specified arsenic Prompt Engineer, AI Trainer, MLOps Engineer and AI Ethics Analyst, which hardly existed 5 years ago, are present among the trending professions, offering entry-level salaries ranging betwixt ₹6 lakh and ₹15 lakh per annum for candidates with the close skills and certifications.
Pointing retired that students request not needfully physique AI systems but should larn to enactment with AI, helium listed AI courses offered by starring institutions, including IIT-Madras. He advised students to commencement gathering skills aboriginal alternatively than waiting until aft assemblage and besides outlined the skills apt to beryllium indispensable for being job-ready by 2030.
In his presentation, S. N. Manjunath, Professor, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, remarked that the aesculapian assemblage “has nary recession” and explained the roadworthy to aesculapian acquisition amid aggravated competition. He highlighted however the assemblage has transformed implicit the years.
Stressing that medicine should beryllium viewed arsenic a healthcare service, helium said the challenges statesman with cracking NEET and proceed done pursuing courses aft MBBS. He besides spoke astir opportunities beyond mainstream medicine specified arsenic AYUSH, dental, nursing, allied wellness and paramedical courses.
Explaining what the Chartered Accountancy (CA) people entails, CA Bhargava S. from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India gave a presumption connected the travel from Class 12 to becoming a qualified CA and the ways to execute it.
Gaurav Yadav, Director (Admissions) astatine REVA University, spoke connected the value of choosing the close courses, curriculum, assemblage and vocation way to hole students for aboriginal opportunities.
Highlighting the increasing relevance of multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary learning, helium explained the value of deciding some what to survey and wherever to prosecute undergraduate education. He said selecting the close instauration and UG people plays a important relation successful shaping a student’s world travel and vocation prospects.
KEA Helpline Nodal Officer N. Udayashankar explained the cardinal aspects students and parents should support successful caput during CET counselling and particularly during enactment introduction portion selecting colleges.
Stating that the Karnataka Examinations Authority is ever disposable to assistance students, helium said the mock spot allotment would assistance candidates recognize their lasting successful the allotment process based connected their rankings. He besides advised students and parents to regularly show the KEA website for updates.
