No, its not a mandatory. Even students from non-technical background who doesn't have any computer knowledge become masters in Java/J2EE through LARA, and they already proved in big MNC's.
Any student who is having strong desire and dedication to learn Java technologies and settle as a Java professional in software industry. A student can be from B.E, M.C.A, M.E, B.Sc, M.Sc, M.B.A, B.A, M.A, Medical Science students and Working Professionals in different fields.
We are not at all restricting a student while acquiring skills. We are always encouraging the students to utilize the lab. A student can utilize lab at any time 24 * 7. Preferably ladies are allowed only from 7.00 AM to 8.00 PM.
Content and style/speed of content delivery is same for both general and crash batch. Only number of hours per day training and duration of batch are differing.