I know a friend who is currently in her second semester and she shared a few pieces of information regarding the scenario there.
As everyone says, joining IIT Bombay was indeed a very fun-filled experience and it satisfies all your cravings for a rich college life experience.
However, after a few days, she became aware of some harsh realities. Due to the relaxed ambiance, she stopped focusing on academics and was not among the toppers anymore. This affected her confidence a lot. She started feeling inferior to her peers and considered herself just an average student. She started anticipating if her decision to join IIT Bombay was even worth it. Eventually, she realized that she was mistaken and the truth was way different. She realized a few things she wasn’t able to ascertain before
She eventually did not regret joining IIT Bombay even a bit. She gave it the credit for grooming her overall personality.
One of my friends got admission to IIT Bombay Computer Science and here is a detailed answer based on her experience.
The application process begins after GATE Ranks are released. You are required to opt for an Engineering discipline. If you did your bachelors in CS/IT, then you're allowed to opt for CSE, and some other Interdisciplinary courses like IEOR, etc.
Your application is then evaluated and then you might get a call if you clear the required criteria.
If you are willing to join CSE then I have 2 options for you.
Admission: Admissions with TA are done on the basis of GATE rank only and are not followed by any interviews or tests.
Course: Under this, you have to assist professors with their work such as managing lab sessions for UG students, exam supervision, etc.
Both TAs and RAs are required to complete the same number of minimum credits for their M.Tech degree, but RAs get an additional year. Admission to RA is difficult and is based on
The test can consist of questions from the entire GATE syllabus. Once you clear the test, you have to sit for the interview.
Once you have been admitted to either of these, you have to choose from a wide range of courses. There are around 20 courses in the first semester, and you can choose them in 2 weeks by attending their classes and analyzing them. You have to select 3 (RA) or 4 (TA) courses.
The faculty pool is extremely learned and does justice to its reputation. Some are truly brilliant and awesome. Overall, the Institute fulfills all your expectations and stands up to its worth and credibility.
My sister is an IITian however she completed her Engineering from IIT Roorkee instead and not from IIT Bombay. Due to her average JEE Rank, she was admitted to Pulp and Paper Engineering branch only. Only later did she realize that high packages are reserved for very few people, The cream of the batch. Your branch and CGPA largely determine your package.
She faced a terrible situation during her placements. Not even below-average companies considered Pulp and Paper Engineering students. Owing to her interest in Programming, she was offered a job by Patni Computers at 3.6 LPA but with a 2-year bond of Rs. 75,000 (which required you to pay before joining as security). This seemed a bit odd and she decided to join an educational start-up that offered the same package without the bond. Most of her peers had much better packages on hand.
Today, she earns 12 times what she earned during that time and her income is at the same level as those of her peers. Even today she gets offers from people to consider moving to another more established startup at a 50% hike in salary.
Some very important lessons to learn from this are
Go explore, and wait for years until you are successful.
There is a course called CS207 Discrete Structures taught by Professor Ajit Diwan. It was related to Discrete Mathematics - Number Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Sets, and Groups, and was one of the most difficult courses my friend came across.
Professor Diwan is well known for his highly challenging problems and course material. During his lectures, he delivers a lot of information based on principles. For math lovers, his classes are an absolute delight.
He refrains from conducting more than one exam a month. However, the level of difficulty of the exam is high. The questions look very complicated but when one ponders upon them, they don’t seem that difficult.
The exams were extremely difficult to the extent that the passing cutoff was 7 out of 100 marks. Despite the entire batch consisting of JEE toppers, a lot of them were not able to make it to the cutoff.
There is a course called CS207 Discrete Structures taught by Professor Ajit Diwan. It was related to Discrete Mathematics - Number Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Sets, and Groups, and was one of the most difficult courses my friend came across.
Professor Diwan is well known for his highly challenging problems and course material. During his lectures, he delivers a lot of information based on principles. For math lovers, his classes are an absolute delight.
He refrains from conducting more than one exam a month. However, the level of difficulty of the exam is high. The questions look very complicated but when one ponders upon them, they don’t seem that difficult.
The exams were extremely difficult to the extent that the passing cutoff was 7 out of 100 marks. Despite the entire batch consisting of JEE toppers, a lot of them were not able to make it to the cutoff.
Don’t be fixed upon a certain agenda and keep your options open. If you will restrict yourself in such a way you might limit your options as well as the capacity to give your best.
Instead, I suggest that you try to analyze why exactly you want to pursue Engineering. Is it because of the sheep mentality or do you really want to build things?
Once you are sure, then figure out how exactly you will be achieving this goal. Set achievable goals for yourself and work sincerely on fulfilling them. Reward yourself for very little achievement on the way. This will gradually increase your confidence and pave the way to achieve much more.
However, a very important thing is to dream but not demand. That is you should be passionate about a certain thing but not fixated on it too much to the extent that if you fail to achieve it, you lose much more. So you can desire to pursue BTech in CSE at IIT Bombay but leave room for other options as well.
Don’t stress yourself out too much and just concentrate on the present, your future will be visible sooner or later.
IIT Bombay boasts a long list of notable alumni in various industries. Some of the most eminent figures have been listed below
These famous alumni from IIT Bombay have made the institution's name and are highly considered idols by many IITians.
Without any second thoughts, I consider IIT Bombay a much better option than IIT Delhi. Some reasons that speak in favor of my opinion are
So both the institutes are elite in their own essence but nowadays IIT Bombay is a clear winner between the two.
The quality and standard of the food are pretty good at IIT Bombay. However, after a few days, your tastebuds will get bored and you will crave something new. This is when the canteen comes to the rescue that functions till three in the morning.
The variety and the quality also vary from hostel to hostel. For instance, in hostel 18 the quality and the taste of the food is much better than in other hostels. A brief overview of the food served at various mails is given below.
The quality of food at IIT Bombay served changed drastically after Covid, but still, they managed to retain the original taste and quality.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is not better than IIT Bombay but unique. I will tell you why it is considered unique when compared to IIT Bombay.
A few years ago there was a girl Malvika Raj Joshi, who was home-tutored by her mother and thus was rejected by IIT Bombay under the pretext that her schooling wasn’t sufficient for admission. The same girl was accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While other elite IITs rejected her because of a lack of proper school education, only Massachusetts recognized her amazing talents and decided to hone them.
She was granted admission to MIT based on her outstanding achievements at the International Olympiad of Informatics. MITs flexibility deserves applause for accepting such a student that has unique potential despite having no formal school education.
So in all these aspects, MIT is considered superior to even IIT Bombay as it gives chances to unique profile students.