Can science graduates get industry jobs? | IIT profs discuss

I discuss with Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya the prospects of science graduates for industrial jobs. Currently, a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur and formerly senior professional at Intel, General Motors, General Electric, Prof. Bhattacharya has had a unique combination of extensive experience in both industry and academia.
This video will be followed by other video(s) containing further discussions on industrial jobs and how to approach industrial job interviews.
Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
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Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute.
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[@vedantvaibhav9650]

Sir kindly make a special video on pursuing a career as Physics Professor. I have seen your video on engineering professor but sir please guide us about the field of physics and career as Physics Professor.

[@debanujchatterjee2768]

Hello Sir, I am a post doc in IIT Madras. I did BS MS in physics from IISER Kolkata and did a PhD in Optics from Ecole Normale Sueprieure in France. I want to become a faculty in either IIT or NIT in India. I want to know about the roles played by the following points when I will apply for a faculty position in these institutes. 1. Publication record (on an average how many and what impact factor) 2. Recommendation (necessities to have worked with influential scientists in India and their recommendation) 3. Diversity of research (is it an advantage to have worked on different or interdisciplinary topics) 4. Research experience (is it necessary to have worked in research at least 3 years after PhD, or is it required to have foreign post doc experience) 5. Age (will I be judged on my age, for example will it be difficult if my age is above 35 to get a position ) 6. Topic of research ( is it necessary to pick research topics that are "hot", like quantum technologies, machine learning, etc). Can you please make a video and share your point of views highlighting the importance of these criteria?

[@Prof_JC]

Hello Dr Chatterjee! Thanks for asking some very important questions. I am actually thinking of making such a video. However, please do note that my viewpoint will be somewhat based on my experiences in engineering and, to an extent, applied mathematics (my postdoc was in applied mathematics). However, I can tell you one thing for certain that your publication record is the number one factor. Since you are in Physics, it will be a tremendous boost if you have had publications in some of the most respected journals (PRL, Physical Review A, B, etc., APL, JAP, J Phys. Cond. Matt. and so on). Regarding age, unfortunately, there is a strictness regarding that 35 age limit. If you can put in your application before you turn 35, you will be safe (doesn't matter if you are 35+ at the time of presentation and interview).

[@roguegenesis7020]

Wow bro you got your degree from all the gold standard unis, no doubt you will get a good job, all the best!

[@veergajarlawar9298]

I am a first year undergraduate in department of Chemistry in IIT Kharagpur. Thank you sir for this video.

[@almightyred6842]

+Nit Rourkela here

[@SALESENGLISH2020]

3:10 I am positively surprised that a professor brings up such serious problems, solutions and current research in a general discussion. Most engineers do not know that the old "soldering lead" is actually tin-lead alloy, and to avoid lead poisoning, the new soldering material is lead-free SAC alloy and still research going on many such fundamental and serious problems. There are a lot of opportunities,100s of problems need to be solved, and thousands of useful and safe products need to be created. Environmental protection itself will create millions of jobs. If the students think fixing bugs for amazon and google and using ML to distinguish dogs from cats are challenging problems to solve, they do not know what real problems are. In 10 years, you will not have safe drinking water; no facebook and whatsApp chatting can help you, perhaps real science and engineering can.

[@Prof_JC]

True. AI and ML does have uses in hard core engineering problems too. Especially in very messy kind of situations where classical modelling may perhaps be able to capture only a part of the picture (I am personally old school and still do classical modeling in my actual research work). And, people do need to understand the difference between being a technology consumer and being a technology creator (I think you had yourself mentioned this earlier).

[@rajsoni7812]

Thank you sir, I am currently persuing bsms dual degree in iiser b. I am a 1st year student. this video helped me a lot.

[@uditgururani1472]

Sir as I am studying mechanical engineering more deeply, I think it is more like physics especially in the topics like fluid dynamics and heat transfer and turbulence . Your views

[@Prof_JC]

You are right. Those subjects have a distinctively close to physics. So also elasticity. Additionally, you will find a great number of applied mathematicians working on fluid mechanics and solid mechanics problems. In fact, I did my own postdoctoral research in applied mathematics departments.

[@pranav6hardwaj]

Thankyou so much Sir for making such informative videos,I will be joining One of middle or top IIT in MSc Chemistry. These videos really helps me clearing confusions😁😁

[@Unknown-il1ul]

prof jeevanjyoti is such a great asset to all the students

[@বিষবৃক্ষ-থ২ফ]

Sir,please make a new KZbin channel in Hindi

[@Prof_JC]

Sorry, my Hindi is not good enough for that!

[@Pi4Laminarflow]

यह बात बहुत ही चिंताजनक हो सकती है। जैसे कि आप सर से बोल रहे हैं कि हिंदी में चैनल खोलें, फिर कोई तमिल में चैनल खोलने की अनुरोध करेगा, फिर कोई तेलुगू में चैनल खोलने के लिए अनुरोध करेगा, फिर कोई संस्कृती या बंगाली में चैनल खोलने के लिए अनुरोध करेगा.. दूसरी बात, जो जितने भी इनको ऑडियंस है, वो ज्यादातर इंजीनियरिंग ग्रेजुएट्स हैं और जोकिंग इंग्लिश समझता है, तो इंग्लिश सबसे बेहतरीन भाषा है। ये सभी वीडियो इंजीनियरिंग छात्रों और इंजीनियरिंग में काम करने वालों के लिए हैं।

[@pabitrachakraborty8935]

Sir I am M.A IN ENGLISH I am interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning what should I do sir ? please guide me sir.

[@venkatahegde4412]

Hello, I'm not the right person to answer this, but one thing I can say is age doesn't restrict to from learning nor does the degree you have opted. Watching my fellow mates i have seen them working in these areas although they are from mechanical engineering. So start with programming and some languages. C,c++ and python are best for beginners. Python agin is used a lot in machine learning etc. There are number of nptel courses (for theoretical understanding.) Watch them and try to implement these on your own. Find some simple mini project ideas and try to implement it. If you can spend money on courses use some Coursera, edx material. Also there are some other platforms which minimise the burden and each you everything from beginning.

[@debanujchatterjee2768]

You can try starting off with NPTEL courses, along with their certification exams.

[@shreyastimepass2780]

I'm the right person I'm leaning nlp under guidance of industry experienced people First decide and get all in People will throw buzz words like iot, etc Other will say it is hype But I will not All are good on one condition U must select one and go all in It will atleast take 1 yr to achieve significant understanding and designing ml ai products Follow Coursera and KZbin

[@pritampramanik1729]

Sir, I'm studying BSc Physics at Jadavpur University and I am more interested in Electrodynamics and Electronics :)

[@dewangbhanushali7258]

Communists

[@shreyastimepass2780]

There are opportunities in Embedded System Also degree doesn't matter

[@Jesus-cm6ln]

Gor for gate and do m tech from iisc banglore on electronics engineering gate score 800+

[@torqueRxF]

Sir I am an undergraduate Physics student, going for MSc. This was quite helpful. Thanks a lot 🙏

[@dipannoydhar7506]

Very helpful video sir....compact and straight forward💫

[@ayanbhowmick5427]

Don't You think that In India there's hardly any double major / double honours program except BITS !? I'm a Chemistry graduate now working on Computational Chemistry and Quantum Chemistry . I could have done better if I did some thing like double honours in Physics and Chemistry

[@shreyastimepass2780]

What's the use System is outdated Degrees are like criteria to allow to get a job I think you understand what criteria is?

[@deepakkumarsingh5525]

✌️🤙

[@jishnuputhumana999]

Sir, Thanks a lot for asking this question.

[@sunilkumar-wj7vb]

Sir , this is very good initiative of you.

[@RESEARCH_AT_NATURE]

Great sir for this awesome discussion🙏

[@akashsingh8502]

I think IISERs are best option for people interested in Science. Both in terms of research and guidance in Scientific career. I think there is less rat race and more research oriented mindset as compare to IITs.

[@shreyastimepass2780]

Bullshit most of them are clueless I have stayed there for 1 month and have contact with frnds there

[@shreyastimepass2780]

I think when u say rat race it means race of clueless people

[@arnabmoulik3816]

@@shreyastimepass2780 yes correct

[@Jesus-cm6ln]

I must say iit kanpur and madras is very good for research

[@abhinn849]

I like dc too :)

[@acQUANtance]

Sir, thank you a lot for this video. You might even not know how many physics students will benefit (or atleast get some insight) from this. PhD or being a professor may not be for everyone who pursues a Masters in Physics. But once we are enrolled in an MSc, almost all routes seem to have closed.

[@Prof_JC]

Thank you for the kind words. Actually, I wish we could have talked a bit more on this topic but we had so much to talk about already!