Shashank Gupta's Review On IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute Of Technology - [IITR], Roorkee

Good things are availabilty of all the facilities, related to academics as well as non- academic. However, the students which join the college are all very talented so the insti can quickly become a lonely place if one is not able to cope up with academic

I took IIT JEE and got AIR 1457. I had the option of going to other IITs with a different branch or to BITS PILANI. I would have got any branch in BITS but I mainly prefferred IIT because of its brand name. Moreover, I wanted Electronics and this was the college nearest to my home and the best IIT in terms of ranking in which I would have gotten EC.

The course structure which we went through was pretty bad but now it has been changed since last 2-3 years. The new structure is much better. The concept of major and minor degree has been introduced. The faculty I would rate as below average. In every dept. there will two or three good professors but besides that rest all the courses you will on your own.

I interned in an startup Nexus Engiconsults pvt Ltd. I got it off campus. The stipend was Rs. 8500 p.m. Before that I was rejected in on campus interviews in Samsung, Wipro and Future First. The internship experience was quite good. Being a startup I became friendly with all the employees. There was not much work pressure but still I got to learn a lot.

In my year, there were lot of companies which came for placements so the placement scenario was quite good. However, for people looking for placement in core branches, the options would be few. There would be a lot of software and finance companies which will visit the campus. The company list is exhaustive which includes over 200 companies including all tech giants like Google, microsoft, amazon, etc. However, there will still be few companies less than other IITs. The packages vary from 200,000 $ to as low as 3.5 lakh p.a.

There is usually one cultural fest by the name of Thomso and one technical fest by the name of Cognizance. Both are usually quite big with atleast 1000 outside students visiting the campus. Besides that some years there is also a sports fest which is a relatively low key affair.

I had not availed any Loans but education loan for IITs is easily available. Several of my friends took it. I didn't get any scholarship but if one's fathers income is less than 4.5 lakhs one can easily get Merit Cum Means scholarship. There will be several other scholarships available in which one can apply.

Campus life is good with lots of freedom to go out and come back any time. Gender ratio is pretty bad with about 10% girls only. There are lots of clubs in robotics, photography, fine arts, software dev., gardening, etc. One can practically do anything one likes. Sports facility is also very huge and good with almost all outdoor games such as cricket, football, tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball and many more.

Hostels are good with high speed LAN available in all. Except for a few rooms in some hostels, most hostels have single rooms only. Certain facilities like fooseball table, TV room, carroms, volleyball court, badminton court, etc. are also there. The host

Since ragging has been stopped the interaction between seniors and juniors has decreased quite a lot. I haven't had any touch with alumni as well. However, if one is active in extra curricular activities, one will be able to make much needed contacts with seniors and alumni.