Hi,

In first year of engineering their are basic subjects and c programming subjects are studied. In offline not need the laptop for first year but in current situation classes are held online ,you can study on mobile. You need laptop from 3rd year of engineering. In entc engineering there are  Programming subjects and your interest in programming then laptop is having better. You can practice on desktop or laptop.

Hope it helps.

Hello

For 1st year of engineering in college it is not compulsory to have a laptop or desktop ,but having one is good.

As due to the covid situation most of the class is online it is better to have a laptop as doing class will be much easier and if use like to practice coding it is good to have a  laptop or desktop.

Thank you.

See it would be better for you to have a laptop from your first year. See in the 1st year, there is a general syllabus for all the trades of engineering. So you may not need the laptop for coding or designing as much as you will need in 2nd year but there will be programming classes which will help you to practice it. Now there are numerous books pdf available which will be helpful for you to study those softcopies. So I would recommend you that its not compulsory but it would be better for you to have a computer from 1st year else you can buy it from the 2nd year.

To know more about the field, visit the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/courses/electronics-and-telecommunications-engineering-course

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!