Life at NITR

I chose B.Tech in Biotechnology as I was fascinated to learn about various biological advancements and technology to make life sciences better. There are about 49 students in our batch and around 20 faculties. So it's nearly 2-3 students per teacher. The course curriculum is pretty well designed to make sure a student gains practical experiences of theoretical subjects learned through various lab works on the subject. In the first year, every student goes through the same curriculum and then from 2nd year onwards, it's divided according to branches. The faculty members are well qualified and supportive of post-doc fellowships from reputed foreign institutions. There are two exams per semester and two semesters in an academic year. The mid-sem consists of 30% marks, end sem 50% marks, and 20% marks are through faculty in the form of Teaching assessment marks. Grades are provided according to the final marks secured. The course is balanced and good grades can be achieved through consistency.

Internship session starts at the end of the 4th semester and people go for internships after the 6th semester. Various reputed companies come during the internship season and provide good stipends which are skyrocketing at times. Companies include Barclays, salesforce, reliance, BCG, JSW, TATA, etc. The training and placement committee generally trains students in various interested domains to make them prepared for the upcoming internships through regular practice tests, GDs, Mock tests, etc. There are also off-campus internship opportunities availed by various students in reputed research institutions of the country like SURGE, SPARK, JNCASR, etc. Various roles include research associate, consultancy intern, web developer, software developer intern, machine learning engineer, industrial trainee, etc. The average stipend is around rs 30000 per month and the highest is rs 120000 per month. There are regular sessions organized by industry experts too for better insights into internship preparation.

The course fee is around rs 80000 per semester and the mess fee is 20000 per semester. There is financial assistance provided to students who have a net family income of less than 1 lakh. Other kinds of scholarships can be availed through various companies that conduct regular scholarship tests and hackathons. There is an SBI Scholar loan available to study here at very low-interest rates. One can avail of the loans by showing proof of admission. Internships are provided to students after 3rd year which gives a hefty stipend of 30000-125000 per month. Placements are pretty good here and the training and placement cells give regular opportunities to train and keep updated about various internships, placements, and scholarship processes. Research and Ph.D. grant is provided to research scholars. Certain scholarships are also provided by ministries of government like oil, gas, construction, etc. Merit scholarships are also provided by various private organizations on the basis of academic excellence.

Campus life is really happening here with numerous clubs, fests, and events for various activities. Every month there is some or other activity happening by a club to give some time off from studies. There are majorly three fests named Innovision which is the largest techno-management fest, cosmopolitan which is the multi-ethnic fest and nitrutsav which is the cultural fest. There is a celebrity night also every year where a prominent singer comes to perform. Club culture is one of the best here, one can find any club starting from aero modeling to robotics to maths to coding, etc. Sports infrastructure is well developed and there is an institute team for almost every sport also there is an annual fest named Vriddhi held every year. Monday Morning is the largest student-run journalist body of NITR which acts as a media between students and management. Classrooms are very comfortable and well equipped here with large spacious infrastructures. There is a large library with books, journals, etc.

The admission process takes place through the joSAA and CSAB counselling which is carried out after completion of JEE Mains every year. One has to score an aggregate of 75% marks in 12th along with physics, chemistry and maths with a valid crl in JEE Mains in order to be eligible for the counselling process. The JEE mains exam normally occurs twice a year and the best of two percentiles is taken into consideration for preparing the JEE Mains rank list. The application is normally released in the JEE Mains official website and prior to 15 days of the exam, admit card is released. 50% of seats are reserved for home state candidates, and the rest are available for All India counselling. There are also some seats (nearly 20%) reserved for female candidates. In order to avail home state quota, one has to finish his 12th in Odisha. The cut-off is generally 94-95% for home-state students and 97% above for other-state students. Students have to go for physical verification of documents to the allotted institute.