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What is the reputation of IIIT Hyderabad in the Silicon Valley?
Honestly, IIIT Hyderabad does not receive the hype it deserves and does not highly regard in Silicon Valley either. No donut, it has many big recruiters but given its top-notch faculty and education, it should have a much better reputation than it has today. I personally feel that this stems from a few flaws of the institute. For instance, it lacks a lot of the essential Math, EE, Design, and even several Business, Finance, and Management courses which are prominent in IITs and BITS. IIIT Hyderabad curriculum revolves around programming only and getting a lucrative package at Google MTV or Microsoft Redmond or Facebook seems to be the ultimate goal of the CS students here. People fail to realize that no matter how huge the package offered is, they are just routine Software Engineering jobs at the end of the day. Many IIT graduates give up on such offers just to pursue entrepreneurship or research.
Comparing IIIT Hyderabad with any old IIT says IIT Guwahati, you will see that although the latter has lower placement statistics, its graduates have diverse prospects like MS/PhDs from top US Universities, MBAs from Harvard-Stanford-Wharton, unlike IIIT Hyderabad students who end up with the most monotonous jobs as Software Engineers.
In a nutshell, the reason IIIT Hyderabad has failed to gain a good reputation in silicon valley is the lack of diversity and flexibility in its curriculum and has nothing to do with the quality of its education or job opportunities.
I've scored 138 in JEE Mains. Can I get into IIIT Hyderabad?
To be frank, it's quite difficult to get into IIIT Hyderabad with a score of 138 when even the 5-year courses require higher marks. On average, you need a 220 mark to make it into IIIT Hyderabad. Also, the institute releases only the cutoff ranks and not cutoff marks.
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Courses |
2022 Cutoff By Rank |
2021 Cutoff By Rank |
|
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering |
445 |
367 |
|
B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering |
1005 |
- |
Overall, the cutoff for JEE-Main general category is 445 - 1005 rank.
Who is your favorite faculty at IIIT Hyderabad?
Although IIIT Hyderabad has many excellent professors. But there is one professor, who is a pure gem. He can actually change the way you look at and solve Mathematics. He is none other than Dr. Kannan Srinathan. His ever-smiling face and his ability to simplify even the most complicated concepts in a much simpler way will surely make you fall in love with Discrete Mathematics, the course he mastered in.
Yegnanarayana is also quite popular among students. He teaches Speech Signal Processing and Artificial Neural Networks. He prepares for his lectures for 2 hours, although he has been teaching for 40 years.
Which one should I choose: MS by Research program or M Tech at IIIT Hyderabad?
If your future goal is getting a high paying job, choose the M.Tech program at IIIT Hyderabad.The course fee is high but an average package of around INR 31 LPA is offered to M.Tech students. Thus, you will be able to easily cover your education expenses within a year of your job.
If you are really interested in Research, you should choose the MS by Research program. The average time for completing the MS program is 3 years, but depending upon your guide, you can also complete the program earlier than that. At present, the duration has even come down to 2.5 years.
MS students sit with M.Tech students during IIIT Hyderabad placements and get equal placement opportunities. However, as an MS student you will get so involved in research work that instead of going for a job you will probably end up doing Ph.D. If you are interested in CV/ML, its course structure and guidance at IIIT Hyderabad are top notch. The MS course is very flexible and you study subjects that are relevant for your research.
Overall, whether you go for MS by Research or M.Tech at IIIT Hyderabad is a matter of your personal goals.
How can I prepare for the UGEE at IIIT Hyderabad in 10 days?
IIIT Hyderabad UGEE is nothing like JEE Mains as it is highly predictable and you can never guess the weightage a certain topic will have even after going through the previous year's paper. The syllabus is also not fixed so it might be difficult to procure the right study material.
One of my friends was in a similar situation and one week before the exam he decided to browse YouTube to find something to study. He came across IIT prep which had extensive study materials, previous year papers, a detailed paper analysis, and a syllabus. This platform has amazing content and that too free. You can even find PDFs and Books that you can download and read thereby increasing your chance of clearing the first round.
So the best way to crack IIIT Hyderabad UGEE Exam is to go through IIIT Prep.
Does IIIT Hyderabad have better placements than the IITs?
Yes, it’s true that IIIT Hyderabad has better placements than IITs. For instance, IIIT Hhyderabad's average package for 2022 stood at INR 32 LPA whereas the top IIT Bombay average package stood at INR 23.26 LPA. Apart from the top IITs, most of the IITs have the highest package INR 40–60 LPA.
In IIIT Hyderabad 2022 placements, the highest package of INR 74 LPA was offered.
The placement scenario of IIIT Hyderabad is highly comparable to top IITs and here even the average students get placed with great packages. So, ultimately, it’s up to you which one to go for IIT or IIIT Hyderabad.
What is the in-hand salary of students who got a 43 LPA job offer on campus placements from IIIT Hyderabad or IIIT Allahabad?
Every company has its own way of breaking down the CTC components. So, CTC and in hand salary aren’t directly correlated.
For example, Microsoft offers a CTC of 44 LPA but the base salary is somewhere around 13-14 LPA. Codenation, on the other hand, offers 33.5 LPA with a base salary of 25+ LPA.
This doesn’t mean that Microsoft isn’t paying what it offered. Brands like Microsoft, Google, etc. offer lots of perks and employee benefits. These are included in the CTC. On the other hand, startups offer more cash and lesser perks.
Investment banks like Goldman Sachs or Tower Research also pay a large portion of the promised CTC as in-hand salary. Atlassian offers a CTC of 52 LPA, but the in-hand salary is less than that of Goldman Sachs whose CTC is between 32-35 LPA.
So the graduates of IIIT Allahabad, IIIT Hyderabad, or any other college will get an in hand salary depending on the recruiting company.
Should I go for MSIT Program at IIIT Hyderabad?
My friend was a student of MSIT at IIIT Hyderabad. According to him, from a placements point of view, you should rather sit for PGEE conducted by IIIT Hyderabad and take admission into the M.Tech course offered by this institution.
If you wish to land a job at Google, MSIT won’t allow you to sit for its placements. This is because Google doesn't hire MSIT students. Only M.Tech and B.Tech students are allowed to sit for the placements of top brands like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Adobe, Amazon, Cisco, Walmart, Indeed, Uber, Samsung, etc. More than 150 companies visit the IIIT Hyderabad campus to hire B.Tech and M.Tech students. M.Tech CSE students are placed with an average package of around INR 31 LPA.
MSIT course is like revising the concepts of Computer Science up to your B.Tech level. The only bonus is that you will get to do a project for every programming language. MSIT is useful if you belong to a non CS/IT background in B.Tech as it will allow you to learn Computer Science from basics.
Thus, for good placement offers, go for the M.Tech CSE/ M.Tech Computer Science and Information Security instead of the MSIT program at IIIT Hyderabad.
Should I take NIT Trichy ECE or IIIT Hyderabad ECE?
One of my close friends is pursuing EXE from IIIT Hyderabad and was all praise for the institute. She had come with zero expectations and the institute as well as the branch impressed her.
- ECE is a whole different story from CSE wherein you need fundamental knowledge about concepts and coding skills alone are not enough.
- The faculty pool comprises highly qualified professors who are very passionate about research and adopting modern pedagogy.
- IIIT Hyderabad has the best lab facilities and modern instruments. Although there is no mechanical department, IIIT is well known for its strong focus on Robotics.
- IIIT Hyderabad placements are excellent and this year, the highest salary increased by 32% and was recorded at INR 74 LPA. B.Tech CSE average salary stood at INR 32 LPA and major recruiters included Bloomberg, Code Nation, Deloitte, Facebook, Google, HSBC, Indeed, etc
NIT Trichy has an advantage of a bigger campus and more experienced faculty. So, NIT Trichy is a good choice if you want a great campus life along with studies but if you want to focus on academics only then IIIT Hyderabad is the place for you.
What are some creative and different hostel rooms at IIIT Hyderabad?
Some of my friends have the most creative hostel rooms at IIIT Hyderabad. Their rooms are architecturally the same as any other hostel rooms, however, their creativity has transformed them into beautiful spaces.
My best friend has one of the most attractive and well-maintained hostel rooms in IIIT Hyderabad. She has decorated her entrance with a paper hanging. The pink colored heart shapes have a golden center and hang from a nail above the entrance door. On the door itself, a paper slip with small paper flowers on its borders, contains her name. The wall above her study table is decorated with posters of wild animals and small notes that she has scribbled on colored papers with sketch pens. She has made a beautiful sketch containing all the main characters from a popular television sitcom. Just above her window, she has put up a black coloured sticker of birds sitting on a tree branch.
One of my juniors has put up posters containing memes on the walls of her room. Her room completely defines her energetic and quirky personality. Her room is very unique and reminds of the good old childhood days. Another of my friends likes to paste maps around her room so that she can use each moment of her time productively.
These are some creative and different hostel rooms at IIIT Hyderabad.
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