While computer science remains a popular choice, the engineering landscape is broadening. Opportunities are emerging in green energy, defense, and space industries, driven by sustainability goals and national security needs. This shift demands diverse engineering skills, from power and mining to materials and microelectronics, offering a promising future for young engineers beyond the realm of coding.
API Setu is part of the Digital India initiative, implementing the principle of "Power To Empower", by enhancing technology accessibility . API Setu is a solution to various barriers to entry such as, lack of API availability, proprietary standards, lack of common data standards, and N-to-N connections for API access by treating the issues more recursively, as balancing centralized governance and common policies for governance.
In March 2015, the government of India launched the PRAGATI — Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation scheme which is a digital platform that fast-track the execution of high-priority government projects and resolve inter-departmental bottlenecks through direct intervention from the Prime Minister’s Office.
eTaal (Electronic Transaction Aggregation & Analysis Layer) is an initiative by the Government of India, developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
the Government of India launched the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) as a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
‘IMPRINT India’ is a Pan IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology domains relevant to India. If the institutes of higher learning come together, they can make a difference in a short span of time to higher education sector in our country.
As part of India's larger Digital India plan, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)'s National e-Governance Division (NeGD) created the government-backed portal API Setu.