From Patna Junction, the best way is to just book a cab to Gandhi Maidan. Instead of going towards the bus depot here, you will find IIT Patna buses outside, board one of them. It will take around 3 hours to reach IIT Patna.
From Patna railways get down at Danapur railway station and wait for the bus. I think it will take less time to reach the IIT Patna campus. The timings of these buses are available on the IIT Patna website.
The people of this city are very approachable and will guide you.
IIT Patna hostels have double occupancy rooms in the first year. A typical room of a first-year student at IIT Patna has
You can get your room cleaned by the helpers on your floor. Every floor has two lavatories that are cleaned at least twice every day. IIT Patna maintains a hygienic environment to ensure the good health of its students and a healthy learning environment. Rooms can be changed after permission from the warden. Single occupancy rooms are allotted in exceptional cases though you will be missing out on some major fun.
This is what a room of a first-year student at IIT Patna looks like.
Make sure you enjoy the shared rooms in the first year because you will be getting single rooms in the second or third year.
Rather than giving you a specific answer, I will be commenting on individual parameters. This is because most of the aforementioned institutes are similar in terms of education, placements, and opportunities. So it’s best to consider their uniqueness and align them with your preferences
One thing I love about IIT Mandi is its young faculties that are passionate about research and come down to the level of students during interactions. So choose the one that matches your core interests!
IIT Patna CSE branch is known for the best placements. However, there is not much difference between ECE and CSE but it has maintained a legacy in CSE.
Check the placement statistics below for better comparison:
Particulars |
CSE |
EE |
Students registered |
74 |
73 |
Students placed |
73 |
61 |
Placement Percentage |
98.65% |
83.56% |
Highest CTC |
INR 82.05 LPA |
INR 82.05 LPA |
Average CTC |
INR 35.57 LPA |
INR 24.85 LPA |
Median package |
INR 32.85 LPA |
INR 22.23 LPA |
Awesome is indeed the right word to describe IIT Patna. It has managed to grow at an exponential rate despite being a new IIT and establishing its own name. Here are a few things regarding the institute that make it awesome
The list is not exhaustive and you will find many aspects of IIT Patna that make it the awesome institute it is.
No. of Offers | 281 |
Highest domestic package | INR 82.05 Lakh per annum |
Average Salary | INR 29.30 Lakh per annum |
Median Package | INR 20 Lakh per annum |
The Electrical Engineering department of IIT Patna is well-regarded and is considered more rigorous than other branches. However, the opportunities provided are plentiful. Here are a few pros and cons of joining the institute.
Pros
Cons
I think IIT Patna EE is a good choice given that you are interested in the branch.
Yes, the new IITs like Goa, Patna, etc provide good future prospects. However, you would like to consider these points.
Now it is up to you to decide
My friend had options of Ph.D. from JU, IIEST as well as IIT Patna and still chose IIT Patna. She claimed that IIT Patna had a better research culture and the professors get work published in very good journals, A/A* conferences, etc. The professors motivate the students for the same and this aspect attracted him the most. However, your personal preferences also come to play here. So consider the following points
Choose IIT Patna for its research culture and not the IIT tag.
Whether IIT Patna CSE is better or MnC at IIT Guwahati, depends on what you want to do after your graduation.
If you have an interest in pure and abstract Math and want to do research in Maths, theoretical computer science, Set theory, Group Theory, and Complexity Theory, then the IIT Guwahati MnC program is the best for you.
However, if you have an interest in coding and want to become a competitive programmer, or a software developer, and research in areas other than Theoretical Computer Science, then IIT Patna CSE is the right choice for you. Extensive research on every CS field is done here.
Basically, the academic workload of the MnC program at IIT Guwahati is too much with a very rigid curriculum that will spare you no time to focus on coding. No doubt, the MnC program too has excellent job opportunities in finance, banking, and software jobs. But, the demand for CS students is much more than MnC students and is expected to be increasingly so over the next few years.
Common courses of CS and MNC include theoretical computer science, some being computer networks, and operating systems while the rest of the courses are related to abstract Maths/pure Math and are highly rigorous in nature. Contrary to popular belief, there aren't many common concepts between MnC and CS.
IIT Guwahati will give you a slightly better campus life in comparison to IIT Patna considering its scenic campus and high-level fests organized by the institute.