Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology
AKTU Lucknow
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
4 topics in this syllabus are outdated
These cover technologies the Indian market stopped hiring for. Skipping them in your study plan won't hurt your career — we'll replace them with what 2026 recruiters actually want.
Semester-by-semester breakdown
6 modern · 4 outdated · 10 total topics
Semester 1
1 topicsProgramming in C
Foundational C programming — syntax, pointers, memory. Still widely taught despite limited industry use today.
Semester 3
1 topicsData Structures using C++
Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs. Critical for interviews but taught in dated C++ style.
Semester 4
2 topicsDatabase Management Systems
ER models, normalization, SQL, transactions. Highly relevant — SQL is industry gold.
Operating Systems
Processes, threads, scheduling, memory mgmt, filesystems. Important for systems and product company interviews.
Semester 5
2 topicsSoftware Engineering (SDLC, UML)
Waterfall/Agile, UML diagrams, requirements engineering. Largely theoretical — industry uses much lighter processes.
Web Technology (HTML/CSS/JSP)
Server-side JSP and Java Servlets. Severely outdated — industry uses React/Next.js/Node.
Semester 6
2 topicsMachine Learning Fundamentals
Regression, classification, clustering. Recently added but still uses sklearn 0.20-era examples.
Soft Skills & Aptitude
Communication, group discussions, quantitative aptitude. Essential for placements.
Semester 7
2 topicsCompiler Design
Lexers, parsers, code generation. Academic depth, low industry application unless aiming at systems jobs.
Cloud Computing
Intro to AWS, virtualization, service models. Useful, but college labs rarely include hands-on cloud accounts.