BENGALURU, Dec. 18 -- The Karnataka government is preparing to limit admissions in computer science and related engineering courses, warning that an unchecked expansion of these programmes could leave large numbers of graduates without jobs in the coming years.

Speaking in the Legislative Council on Tuesday, Higher Education Minister M C Sudhakar said computer science streams now dominate engineering education in the state. Of the 1.53 lakh engineering seats available annually, 99,707 are in computer science and allied subjects, accounting for more than 64 % of the total. "There is a bigger problem awaiting us in the future, and it will be unemployment of engineering graduates," he said.

Sudhakar told the House that he had written to th...