Dear Aspirant
No definitely not there will not be any side effect even he has one year gap. If he is doing b. Tech then there is generally criteria that one should not have more than 1 or 2 year gap. So he has only one year gap. So take care that there may not be another year gap.
Good luck for his future :)
Feel free to ask if you have any further queries.
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