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Mechanical engineering is called the evergreen branch since mechanical engineers seek suitable placements in almost all segments in industry. Other courses in demand are electronics and communication, electrical and electronics, computer science and engineering, instrumentation and so on. opportunities for information technology stream is found to be affected by recession the world over, but lets be optimistic. Considering the trends is industrial growth the world over, electronics and computer science streams seem to have good prospects. The scope again also depends on the qualities of the person who is entitled to compete in the job market.

Computer science engineers are involved in many aspects of computing from the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers and supercomputers to circuit designing and writing software that powers them.
Information technology deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to store, protect the process, transmit and securely retrieve data. IT professionals perform a variety of tasks that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases.
The major difference between both these fields are, IT deals with the application of computing technology to real life processes. While computer science deals with the science that facilitates these applications. To make it short and simple, computer science is the creation of software and hardware by using different programming skills. On the other hand, IT is just the selection of the proper software or hardware for the task.

NIT counselling is an online process.
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) will be the responsible authority for the counselling and seat allotment of JEE Main 2017. JEE Main 2017 counselling and seat allotment will be held in seven rounds. JEE Main 2017 counselling and seat allotment will be not be conducted separately but will be collectively conducted through JoSAA 2017 for 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 20 GFTIs, which are the participating institutes of JEE Main 2017. The joint counselling and seat allotment of JEE Main 2017 will be conducted online, while registration (option entry), starting from June 15, 2017. The first round of seat allotment will be announced on June 28. Those candidates who are successfully allotted seats will have to pay the seat acceptance fee and verify their documents at the designated Reporting Centres. Only the qualifying candidates of JEE Main 2017 will be able to participate in JEE Main 2017 counselling and seat allotment. Read on to know all the details about JEE Main Counselling and seat allotment 2017.