Some of my friends are studying at IIT Ropar. According to them, the location used to be an ancient Harappan civilization site. This became the major influence of the infrastructure. Here are some things that make it stand out among others.

• Each department has its own lecture halls, faculty offices, labs, and seminar halls. 
• The lecture hall has a seating capacity of around 150 students. 
• The labs of the CSE department are open 24/7.
• Currently, the campus has 4 boys and 1 girls hostel and the campus is fully residential. Each hostel has a common room with a table tennis table, a reading room, and a gym. 
• 1st and 2nd-year students get a double occupancy room while all others get a single occupancy room.
• Sports facilities on campus include a badminton court, a football, a cricket, and a hockey ground. 
• The campus also has an auditorium of around 850 people seating capacity and a central library.
• IIT Ropar hosts an annual cultural festival called Zeitgeist which is considered one of the biggest college cultural festivals in the Punjab-Haryana region. It sees a footfall of around 15,000 people all across the country. 

You will have the best four years of your life here and the permanent campus of IIT Ropar is a very good place to be.

The placements at IIT Ropar are good for some while it can be disappointing for others. They cannot fulfill every student’s aspirations. Some want to do corporate jobs while others want to apply for government fields.

• CSE and IT students are more inclined towards corporate firms. 
• As there is a huge demand for working individuals in the corporate industry, even EE, ME students opt for it.
• To get a job in this industry, you need a 7 or more CGPA.
• You should also have great coding skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Try acquiring an internship followed by a PPO. Your projects will also be taken into consideration.
• But if you are interested in being a software engineer, you can opt for job roles like Business Analyst, Product Manager/Analyst, Data Science, Algorithmic Trading (Quant), and so on.
• For these roles, you will require Case studies, aptitude, good communication skills, and knowledge of a programming language such as Python or SQL.
• The only issue is that many companies do not visit the college for these positions because students lack the necessary skill set. 
• The upcoming batches can work on these with Finance Club and Cdcrc, but a culture must be established for it. 

Finally, it is suggested that you maintain a good GPA, work on good projects, get good research internships, and after four years, secure a job role in a notable company or go abroad for an MS.

The branch of mechanical engineering is the best one in IIT Ropar. If you have a strong foundation in the course then you can complete the program from anywhere.

IIT Ropar boasts of having a 100% record of placement in 2021. Some of the major recruiters were Deloitte, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Ericsson, etc.

Out of the 113 registered students, 96 of them found themselves getting employed. Some of the top PSUs that employed the students were ISRO, Coal India, ONGC, Hindustan Petroleum, DRDO, etc.

IIT Ropar offers hostel facilities to students. For the upcoming batch, two students accommodate in one room for first-year and second-year students. For the third-year and fourth-year students, single occupancy rooms are available.

In the past years, four students used live inside a room in the first year. It was a troublesome but memorable phase for students. Double occupancy rooms are preferable better but may become monotonous. 

The students used to criticize the four-sharing room at the time of admission, but they lived their lives peacefully with a lot of fun. However, this is not possible for the new batches.

Overall, accommodation is one of the factors among various others for the selection of college.

According to some of my friends studying at IIT Ropar, the starting days of college consists of an Induction Programme under ISMP (Institute Student Mentorship program) in which the students are allotted a mentor for any inconveniences. 

• These mentors would be guiding the students for everything and would make students know the campus and would introduce them to the seniors. 
• Followed by this, there would be an orientation program common to all departments which would introduce students to the demo sessions of various clubs like dance, dramatics, music, fine arts, etc., and the sports facilities. 
• Apart from these, the coding, robotics, aeromodelling sessions would be held. 
• Along with these, there would be night jamming sessions and fun activities to help students get mixed up. 
• The seniors are all good and helpful. 
• The student can showcase all his/her talents in the IIT Ropar’s campus on a cultural night. 
• The environment of the college is decent and outstanding.

There is no sort of ragging which takes place in IIT Ropar. There is an Anti-Ragging community on the campus of IIT Ropar with the motto of "Ragging is crime and reward is jail". If any situation of ragging arises, he/she can directly contact the mentor or any other teacher. No kind of ragging takes place in IIT Ropar.

The admission to the institute is based on JEE Advance cut-offs. So, it is a tough nut to crack. The following are things to be considered.

• Faculty: IIT Ropar has an excellent faculty, especially in the CSE department. The faculty: student ratio is 1:8. The professors have vast experience in the industry.
• Facilities: Recently, it has shifted to the new permanent campus in Rupnagar. There are four hostels in IIT Ropar. Three are for boys, and one is for girls. The total capacity is 380 students. The best part is that it is one hour drive from the city, Chandigarh. So, you can have weekend fun traveling to nearby cities like Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and more.
• Placement: The highest package offered in 2021 is 18 LPA while the average package is 12 LPA
• Safety: IIT Ropar is away from the chaos of the city. It is in a peaceful and serene place. There is no much pollution, and you can enjoy your evening walks.

Overall, you will have a great life at IIT Ropar.

MS in Computer Science is a research-oriented master’s program at IIT Ropar. There are around 5 to 7 courses you will need to take on for this course. It is different from a regular MTech Program. 

You will be trained to gain expertise in this course to work on various research problems as well as expected to publish papers at esteemed international conferences and journals. MS in Computer Science is similar to Ph.D. but this program is for a short duration.

Work Experience: If you have work experience you will have an edge over others. Because if you have experience in industrial fields, working on practical problems will be easier for you. If you aim at working in the industrial field after the completion of your MS(R), with your industry experience you would be able to land a higher placement package than your fellow mates. Also in pursuing academics further, experience generally comes in handy.

Placements: Your placement and placement package depends on your skills and your academic achievement as well. If you have good marks in the master’s degree and you have formulated research papers worthy of appraisals then you do not need to worry. Industries would be more than delighted to have you. Although this is a new program, there is a slim chance of any challenge in your way of receiving good placements. In 2021, the average CTC offered at IIT Ropar was 12 LPA.

Overall, MS in CSE at IIT Ropar is a good course and offers decent opportunities. 

As some of my friends studied at IIT Ropar, and also after reading some reviews online, I can say that the best professor is Dr. Dhiraj K. Mahajan. 

He values knowledge above marks and he takes his own open time exam for students to understand their potential.

He has guided 5-6 students personally for a year and with his efforts. He helped students in securing a job opportunity in Germany for international exposure. 

Apart from him, here are some of the other good professors - Dr. Narayanan C. Krishnan, Dr. Nitin Auluck, Dr. Balwinder Sodhi, Dr. Deepti Bathula, Dr. Apoorva Mudgal, Dr. Yashveer Singh, and Dr. M. Prabhakar.