I am overwhelmed with your responses. I see great future in material developments but again has limited employability and segment specific. Electronics and Communication is tempting as it helps in getting into embedded technology. Computers and Information are the key words of day .. but the sustainability in long run , I am not sure and again these skills can be acquired in general and are not pure science. The next step in study for him to try his hands at CATS and get into IIM-A but I understand at interviews in IIM-A IIT-K students are less preferred compared to IIT-D or IIT-M or DCE or IIT-H. This is what the all confusion is about. I seek more views