Summary:
While enrollments in civil engineering have fallen by nearly 4,000 the last year, the placements have increased by nearly 250. While more than 13,000 students from the branch were placed in the year 2015-16, the number fell to 12,662 in 2017-18. Chemical engineering also shows a decline in the number of enrollments and placements over the past three years both at the state and national levels, according to the survey. Similar trend is seen in electrical engineering this year. VIJAYAWADA: The annual report of All India Council for Technical Education for the year 2017-18 revealed that electronics and communications engineering (ECE) is the most opted BTech course in colleges across Andhra Pradesh However, this is contrary to the national trend where mechanical engineering is most preferred next to computer science The preference of an engineering branch has a direct correlation with the placements at a national-level..