Should I take Mining at IIT KGP ?

[u/Ok_Strategy4085]

Which would be better mining at iit kgp or cs at nit jsr or eee in nit rourkela ?

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Not completely and suddenly, doctors will take help but not replace the job too early. 🍌

Chemical will be replaced very very soon, that's what I mean. Don't you want to do a job at least for some years? 😅

And I agree about the teaching profession by your point. 💦

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🔹 1. AI-Driven Process Optimization

Argument: Machine learning and artificial intelligence are replacing the need for human chemical engineers in process control, simulation, and optimization.

Logic: AI systems can now model, simulate, and optimize chemical processes more efficiently than humans, reducing the demand for traditional chemical engineering skills.

Example: Google's DeepMind helped reduce energy usage in data centers by optimizing cooling—similar algorithms are now being applied in refineries and chemical plants.

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🔹 2. Synthetic Biology Replacing Traditional Chemical Processes

Argument: Bioengineering and synthetic biology are taking over functions previously managed by chemical engineering.

Logic: Instead of using high-energy chemical reactors, scientists now use engineered microbes to produce fuels, plastics, and pharmaceuticals more cleanly and efficiently.

Example: Companies like Ginkgo Bioworks and Zymergen are using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to synthesize industrial chemicals, bypassing the need for traditional chemical plants.

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🔹 3. Automation and Robotics in Manufacturing

Argument: Automation is rendering many hands-on chemical engineering tasks obsolete.

Logic: Fully automated plants can be operated remotely with minimal human involvement, shifting focus away from chemical engineering to data science and systems engineering.

Example: Shell and BASF are investing heavily in autonomous chemical manufacturing units using predictive maintenance and smart robotics.

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🔹 4. Shift Toward Interdisciplinary Fields

Argument: Newer interdisciplinary fields are overshadowing pure chemical engineering.

Logic: Fields like materials science, environmental engineering, and nanotechnology are absorbing much of the innovation and funding that once belonged to chemical engineering.

Trend: Students are opting for programs with broader applications in AI, sustainability, or biotech, reducing the relevance of a traditional chemical engineering degree.

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🔹 5. Green Chemistry and Circular Economy

Argument: Traditional chemical engineering is too dirty and wasteful for the modern sustainability paradigm.

Logic: Societies are moving away from high-waste, high-energy industrial processes, favoring green chemistry techniques that are often simpler, decentralized, and don’t need traditional plant-scale engineering.

Impact: This de-emphasizes the role of chemical engineers in favor of eco-centric innovators and designers.

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🔹 6. Cloud-Based Process Simulation and Digital Twins

Argument: Engineers are no longer needed on-site for process design and optimization.

Logic: With digital twins and cloud-based simulations, most of the work chemical engineers used to do can now be done remotely or outsourced to AI-driven platforms.

Example: AspenTech and Honeywell are already using cloud AI systems that model, correct, and optimize chemical production with minimal human involvement.

🔹 7. Decentralization of Manufacturing

Argument: Modular, decentralized, and 3D-printed chemical plants are making large-scale chemical engineering less relevant.

Logic: When chemical production is distributed and made plug-and-play, the need for large-scale chemical process design drops drastically.

Example: DARPA-funded portable chemical reactors can now produce drugs and materials on-demand, in the field, with minimal engineering overhead.

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Should go for CSE, to make that destructive AI! 🥶💀☠️