Its very convenient to be in the computer science field today (amongst all engineering fields) since thats where the moolah is. So if I take up a lucrative offer at Microsoft or Oracle or our desi Infy (ya, it offers a good package at IITs), there's no ethical dilemma - I've studied comp. science for all my engineering-life!
The scenario for other branches, sadly, is quite different especially for civil, chemical and mechanical engineering students. Firstly, the number of companies offering a job in their core sector is very less; and secondly the salary they offer is comparable to (if not less than) what Infy pays to a NIIT course holder. So what do they do? - they take up IT sector jobs, get trained in Java/ SAP/ some-niche-IT-stuff and try to live happily ever after. After all, they've studied hi-tech construction/ compounds/ machines for 4 or 6 years, and here they are - showing all their might on a keyboard.
Whether or not it affects the individual conscience, this should be a matter of serious concern to the authorities (MHRD, I guess! or whosoever is the policy maker here). This is an IIT for God's sake - if such things happen here, then don't even go looking for what happens elsewhere. Students of all branches are trained to be the one of the best in their respective fields, and then robbed off the opportunities that'll actually help the government to reap the benefits of the subsidy-beans they sowed.
I can't think of anything to come up with even a single suggestion to prevent this from happening, which makes me feel guilty of crying foul here. But hey, I'm not the brightest mind in the country. I'm sure this is not a completely unsolvable problem.
Thankfully, there is a policy in place at IITG, which forbids financial firms to recruit from engineering streams - otherwise even the comp. science students will join the club :)
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Be ready for worse scenarios incase you join a B-school later on :D
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