Debrup Poddar's Review On NIT Warangal, Warangal

The factors I took into account while choosing NIT Warangal were the reputation of the college, placement stats of past years and the quality of teaching in the college for my chosen branch. It is a premier engineering institute among tier 2 colleges of India and I wanted to get that exposure through this course.

The curriculum was a mix of modern topics and age old concepts. The teachers were really knowledgeable but the academic pressure and competition was high. There was a tendency to rote learn but the toppers were always those who understood the concepts well. The teachers' quality was really good and they were helpful towards research aspirations. Some notable faculty members in my experience are Dr Ramana Reddy Sir, Professor Kameshwar Rao, Dr. Ram Reddy, Dr. Keshava Rao, Dr. Kartik Balasubramaniam, Dr. Krishnanand Lanka, Prof GRK Gupta, Dr. Hari Kumar and Dr. Jaya Krishna

I didn't opt for any internship though my college in the third year.

The placements and job opportunities are decently good as the established brand of the college does attract numerous big dream companies to campus. With some patience and good diligence, it is possible to secure a good job from an incoming company. However the placement process can be surely improved in terms of allowing students to sit for multiple companies.

The campus life was a little monotonous for me. The highlights were the football sessions at the ground, the long walks among the beautiful trees, the juice-seller and the coffee shop where I spent many days reading books and doing my research. The fests in campus were a big deal and there were some good musicians who had visited our campus. I had even served as the host for the first ever Ted Talk in my college. One downside is that there tends to be a little regionalism and politics involved in the selection of volunteers and holders of key positions during many activities. But the college in general promotes more and more activities in campus, including the successful execution of hosting the Youth Festival in Jan 2018 and Jan 2019 to celebrate the spirit and teachings of Swami Vivekananda.

I earned a merit scholarship in my final year for my consistent academic performances which waived off my entire tuition fee of third year. There are other scholarships in our campus are offered to people who are in dire need of financial aid, or those who hail from a certain state or other country, or those who belong to a certain quota/reservation.

The campus infrastructure improved significantly in my tenure at the institute. They created two new mega academic buildings, new lab centres, a modern Placement Cell Building and a Teaching-Learning centre along with an ongoing women's hostel construction.

The existing messes and hostels have a huge capacity and don't have any occupancy issues. But they need to be renovated more often and the service in the messes needs to be much better, maybe by employing a proper food contractor.