Hello student

Yes you can do AI after mechanical engineering.

Data science requires a composite skillset of statistics, programming and communication skills that is hard to come by. Very few have formal training in all three areas. That’s where the monicker “unicorn” comes from, because people with this profile are so rare. There are specialized master’s programs in data science now, but they have only started popping up very recently.

The job market for data scientists has exploded in the last few years. With so few qualified candidates, the best ones can demand very high salaries.

Core branches of engineering like mechanical and electrical, on the other hand, have very long traditions. There is a steady supply of freshly graduated engineers every year. There are also plenty of experienced engineers in the job market, willing to work for reasonable salaries. Educational institutions have found an equilibrium with industry a long time ago, providing just enough engineers to keep the power balance between employers and employers fairly equal.

engineering and Data science have lots of jobs opportunities

data science it's not a recognized diploma. No PhDs, No Masters and no bachelors

Engineer, in my opinion, is only the real engineer. We have some misleading titles nowadays like “software engineer” and “machine learning engineer”. OMG, when companies will realized who is a developer, who is a computer scientist and who is an ENGINEER?

Easier schedule. If you want to learn everything that you need to know to work as Junior Data Scientist would take at least +1 year with a crazy routine (12 to 14 hour per day of study/work). I'm already taking into account your statistics and math familiarity.

Higher salary. Given a normal distribution, right if you analyzed most of the available jobs.

More interesting? that's on you.

Not many people doing it. There's a lot of people doing it right now. Lots of courses, workshops, hackatons, news. The problem is that the demand is higher than the supply.

Package if mechanical engineer in Trichy

If you are a part of some technical club and had done some amazing projects in the past besides some other curricular activities then your package may be highest of all easily more than 15lpa ( in core companies). If you are just an average guy then your packages will be quite less around 5.5–6.5 lpa (if you have not done much in internship/summer project) and 7–10lpa(for sincerely working in internship and able to convince interviewers about it). If you have coding/management skills then you might land in one of the highest packages companies got to offer. Eventually it depends upon how well your resume is and your impression on interviewer