Pros and cons of ISI

Name: Pros and cons of ISI
Item: Indian Statistical Institute - [ISI]
Rating: 4.3
Author: Md Ali Mumtaz

4.3

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Faculty

4.5

Placement

4.0

Course

4.5

Campus

4.5

College

4.0

Internship

4.5

Md Ali Mumtaz

ISI Kolkata, B.Stat {Hons.}

Reviewed on Sep 12, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

What Students Say

Likes

Best faculties with active research contributions to their own field

Dislikes

Smaller campus size compared to reputation of the college

Course Curriculum Overview

4.5

The curriculum is great for today's world. It provides both industry exposure as well a great research experience. The areas of improvement can be more involvement of technology in teaching methods. The exams are quite good and require great efforts for getting good marks .

Class Size: 22Course Fees: INR 205000 per year

Internships Opportunities

4.5

The intership packages or stipend are from 1 lakh per month to as high as 2.5 lakh in good tech companies. Other students pursue research internship in labs of professors in the institute of in IITs, NITs , IISERs or Niser .

Placement Experience

The placements are quite great . Those who opt for placement gets them . The highest offer was 63 LPA from M.Qror branch and average was more than 18 lakhs per annum.the companies which visited were BlackRock , optiver , Microsoft, Google , nomura bank etc. After completion of my degree I will pursue PhD which is the most followed path here .

Fees and Financial Aid

The year wise fees I will be paying is 205000 or 102500 per semester. The tuition fees is 1 lakh per semester and other fees is 2500 per semester. For sc st students there is no tuition fees taken. The institute provides fee waiver for students having parental income less than 5 lakhs . For students having parental income between 1 lakh and 5 lakhs the tuition fees is 66.67% waived off . For students having parental income less than 1 lakh there is no tuition fees

Campus Life

4.5

The annual fest is Integration. The fest comprises of wide ranging events , seminars and extracurricular activities. The institute have a club to look after all the extra curricular and sports activities through out the year.

Admission

I also applied to other colleges in engineering through jee mains but couldn't get the cut-off marks cleared . The admission process of ISI is through ISI admission test .this test has great toughness and only tastes mathematics of 10+2 level. After you give the exam they publish a merit list and if you have your roll number mentioned there congratulations on getting into ISI.

Faculty

4.5

The faculty to student ratio is quite good 1 :10 which enhances the teacher student interaction a lot. The faculty I liked is professor gopal krishna basak who is the dean of studies. His humbleness and down to earth nature makes him different from other professors. There are mainly 2 exams mid semester and end semester as mandatory having at least 80% to your grade and other 20% is either taken through quizzes or assignments.

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2.6

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology - [GNIPST], Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Microbiology)

Reviewed on Jun 20, 2026(Enrolled 2023)

NOT RECOMMENDED

Likes

Campus is nice. There's greenery and all
SOME of the faculties are really good and those said teachers will actually look out for you and care
Mentors are appointed for each students who are responsible for their final year project, publications and LORs. If you are lucky, you'll get a good mentor.

Dislikes

Classrooms are less compared to the number of students. Students have to wander around the building after each classes to find seats. Classrooms are very dirty
There's literally NOTHING in the labs. Experiments take way long to prepare and perform because reagents and equipments are never available.
Hardly a 2 week summer break (because of MAKAUT). Students cannot even apply to good internships because no lab would take in external students in july or august.

Placement Experience:

People who major in my department usually opt for masters over placement not because of this college but because overall industrial or academic opportunities are better with a pg degree. Masters from this college is not recommended as i have heard so from my seniors. Some of my seniors managed to crack competitives and secure MSc seats at great places. Training and Placement cell had a good coordinator previously but now its almost non existent. Companies do come and hire Bpharm, Mpharm and MSc candidates. Packages are below average. Only Nestle pays well. But if you do well you'll eventually climb up the corportate ladder. From the time i am here i have not heard of any BSc candidate getting placed. Most go for higher studies.

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Reviewed on Jan 30, 2026(Enrolled 2023)

Good enough

Likes

The faculty members are knowledgeable and supportive. Most teachers explain concepts clearly and are approachable after class for doubts and guidance, which helps a lot during exams.
The college has a disciplined academic environment with regular classes and practical sessions. Laboratories are functional and help students understand concepts through hands-on learning.
The campus environment is calm and student-friendly. Various seminars, cultural programs, and academic activities help in overall personality development.

Dislikes

Industry exposure and internship guidance are minimal, which could be improved to make students more job-ready after graduation.
Infrastructure can be improved, especially classrooms and laboratory equipment. Some facilities feel outdated and require modernization.
Placement opportunities for BSc students are limited. The college focuses more on academics, so students need to prepare for higher studies or competitive exams on their own.

Placement Experience:

The average package offered for such roles ranges between ?2–3 LPA, while the highest package offered to a BSc student is around ?4 LPA, depending on skills and specialization. Overall, around 15–20% of BSc students get placed through campus drives, and many students rely on off-campus opportunities.

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Shreya Singh

4.6

Sister Nivedita University - [SNU], Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Applied Nutrition)

Reviewed on Dec 22, 2025(Enrolled 2025)

A GLANCE AT ONE OF THE BEST WOMAN'S COLLEGE: SISTER NIBEDITA GENERAL DEGREE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS

Likes

I like the campus , it is quite huge and green , the canteen has both cooked and packed food available, a seperate common room for students and many sports equipment available. Several functions are arranged along with international conferences held
All the faculty members are soft spoken , knowledgeable and friendly, it is easy to find help regarding anything.
Professors are strict about their syllabus and subjects , paying proper attention to the students. Practicals classes are conducted without fail.

Dislikes

There is nothing as such that I disliked because I am a first year student so I haven't been so much involved yet , I think that the washrooms should be cleaned properly to maintain the hygiene apart from thjs everything is fine.

Course Curriculum Overview:

Subjects offered in the college as well as the minor and idc subjects are well adhered to the curriculum and future aspects. The subject combinations are apt and futuristic. It moderately prepares one for real world situations.

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Joytri Pal

4.0

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Reviewed on Nov 18, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Likes

I like the facilities available including air conditioner, lab equipments, projector screen for slideshow, canteen and overall the campus
I also appreciate the faculties because they have studied in highly reputed institutes and undoubtedly teach the best.
I like how the college focuses not only on academics but also on co curricular. Sports, cultural functions, workshops are held frequently. It keeps the students engaged in fruitful activities

Dislikes

I do not like the multidisciplinary courses that we have to study in the first year making it little burdened for the students.

Course Curriculum Overview:

The course is very relevant as it provides us an overall knowledge of biology and not dividing it into various sections rather giving us an insight of every aspect of biology. It includes everything such as microbiology, zoology, botany, physiology, molecular biology and so on.

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Student (Anonymous)

2.0

Bhawanipur Global Campus (formerly NSHM Knowledge Campus), Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Media Science)

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2024(Enrolled 2020)

Reasons to not apply for NSHM Knowledge Campus

Likes

The admission process was very smooth, the administration board is very helpful.
The library is huge and the content of books is very good
College life and fests are good but not great

Dislikes

Placements are absolutely bogus. There were almost no good placements when i passed out part of it can be blamed on covid but mostly the college was largely at fault
Faculty was not upto the mark in regards to the hefty college fees we were charged
Even during covid online classes we were charged full fee which is again absolutely horrendous

Course Curriculum Overview:

The course curriculum was well thought out as per me but there were subjects that i found absolutely unnecessary. Subjects like history evs and clc were in no way related to my course. Coming to the main subjects Design, Printing, Photography and film and Media Training were absolutely necessary for my course and whilst the faculty for some of these subjects were really bad, some were good. It is also important to mention none of these subjects actually helped us prepare for the real world. Instead internships and freelance helped us more than these subjects could ever do. Exams were held bi monthly to keep track of what we learnt and every 6 months we had our semester exams. Overall if you want to be a media professional INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS WILL HELP YOU MORE THAN A COLLEGE WILL. I am biased on this opinion as my college didnt provide me with the correct guidance and support i needed to make it in the real world.

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2.6

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VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY

Likes

The Campus is Fully sourounded bu trees.
The institution is a historical institution because it is founded by Rabindranath Tagore.

Dislikes

Non-Teaching faculties are very bad . they don't work good.

Fees and Financial Aid:

1st year+ Registration Fees-6780 2nd , 3rd , 4th Year Fees- 3000/year Tution fees and all others fees are included in above fees. There is no scholarship from university but there is a wb state govt provided SVMCM scholarship. The Campus is fully green

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Student (Anonymous)

3.8

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Reviewed on Mar 20, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Asutosh In the eye of AJ

Likes

Examination Questions And Syllabus are good.
Faculties and Facilities are good enough.
College and evaluation system is good enough.

Dislikes

Timings of examinations per semester is reduced.
Examination centres are given far away from college.
Fees is little bit Higher for many poor students.

Placement Experience:

In case of computer science department, placement is provided at the Last year of M.sc course. Many companies like Wipro, b10x, Tata visited here. Highest package ever is three lakh per annum. 20-40% of the students got placement after completing M.Sc computer science. My plan after B.sc is to pursue MCA.

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P Biswajit Patro

4.8

Berhampore College, Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] {Hons.} (Mathematics)

Reviewed on Mar 1, 2024(Enrolled 2021)

Excellent

Likes

We are having highly qualified faculties having practical exposure and they are friendly guide to us as well

Dislikes

Our college doesn't provide hostel facilities
Our college doesn't provide campus requirement drive

Course Curriculum Overview:

* It's all about practical knowledge, we are getting from this course and another aspect is if you wants to make your career in research or lecturer then you should go for it. *No changes required in teaching methods but if college will provide hostel facilities and campus requirement drive, then it will better for candidates.

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Susmita

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Reviewed on Jan 19, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Love for my college

Likes

College library there are ample amount of books to br studied on.
College campus. There are no such ragging related activities have been encouraged in our college
Professors and seniors they help us a lot.

Dislikes

They campus needed to be cleaned and hygiene.

Course Curriculum Overview:

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Jagannath Kishore College - The one of the best college in purulia.

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