IT, Networking & Career : Where to start?

Hii All,

I am a 2nd year student of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in a british university. I am deeply interested into IT sector and at the moment I am interested more into Networking area.

I got little experience but I am a good user of whatever knowledge I have. Some one told me vendor certification is a good way to start .. but I am confused with the range of certifications..

Can any of you show me some guide or share with the story what you did (if you had similar situation) ?

— Regards,
hash