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What did you take away from IIT BHU after completing your degree?
Everyone’s college holds a special place in their lives and they take a part of it within them. Academics is not the only thing that your college teaches you. In fact, it helps you grow as a person and the difference can be felt in your personality when you join and when you leave. There are many things that IIT BHU taught my brother who still cherishes his memories and college days.
Empathy: College life at IIT BHU or at any college brings you close to the lowest strata of the society and you end up befriending them be it the cleaning staff or the owner of eateries. You realise that as much as you want to get successful you can never stop associating yourself with these people.
Contentment: Another major thing that college life teaches you is satisfaction and contentment with the simplest things. You can find happiness in a plate of Maggi at HG, or Chai and chole samosa at LC, bun-Makhan at Lanka, cold coffee at VT, and lassi at Pahelwans.
Substance over Style: IIT is a place where you won’t be judged on the basis of your scooter or clothes or looks. You can stay just the way you are and you will learn to glamorize simplicity,
Accept failure: Those who haven’t made it into their favorite branch or IIT already have experienced failure and thus teach you a lot in life. You learn to accept the biggest digest with the biggest smiles.
Why are IIT Guwahati people competing with IIT Roorkee and IIT BHU people?
Based on different factors, you can categorize the IITs into various groups. For example, academically, the top IITs are IIT Kanpur, IIT KGP, and IIT Bombay. Similarly, IIT Guwahati is known for its top-notch accommodation facilities with single rooms allotted to every student. The campus encompassed by natural beauty is second only to IIT Roorkee.
Universities like IIT BHU and IT BHU despite being old, haven’t been able to reach the level of IIT Kanpur or Kharagpur. However, it does give a slight edge to IIT Delhi in terms of academics
Honestly, every student is aware of the actual credibility of his institute and chooses it anyway.
Either the Institute aligns with his preferences or that particular IIT was the only IIT he could make it into. So IITians don’t usually fight amongst themselves unless it’s an outsider trying to trigger them.
Is joining mechanical engineering in IIT BHU or CSE in NIT Surathkal or CSE in DTU better?
Following the sheep mentality, many claim that it’s the branch that shapes your career and not your institute. Well, don’t let such people mislead you into believing your career is all set if you take CSE irrespective of the institute you belong to.
CSE branch is a major crowd-puller but trust me any branch taken up at IITs is better than other technical institutes. The branch is temporary but the tag you will be getting is permanent and will stay with you forever. Moreover, as for the placement opportunities that are better for CS, you can always opt for noncore placements and acquire coding skills.
The campus life and exposure provided by IITs is like no other so if you choose a technical institute other than IIT, you will be missing out on a good college life. Also, the culture of most IITs is driven towards coding so many IIT companies offer placements to students other than the CS branch based on your skills.
Here is a comparative analysis of the placement scenario of these institutes
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Particulars |
NIT Surathkal placements |
DTU placements |
IIT BHU placements |
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Average package |
INR 45 LPA |
INR 15.16 LPA |
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Highest Package |
INR 13.12 LPA |
INR 1.8 CPA |
INR 1.2 CPA |
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Top Recruiters |
Microsoft, DE Shaw, Uber, Amazon, Oracle. |
Samsung, Instabase, Atlassian, Sprinklr, Amazon, Alphonso, Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, etc |
Uber, Flipkart, Microsoft |
Which companies are open for all of the branches at IIT BHU, and how many CTCs do they offer?
IIT BHU placements depend a lot on your TPR. Your TPR should have the ability to convince the recruiters and serve you in the most selfless way. He has the power to speak to HR and make you sit for top IT companies provided that you should be talented.
My friend was in the ceramic branch and loved coding. His dream was to get placed in a good IT company. However, very few computer companies approach ceramic students for placements. But because of his exceptional skills, he got recruited to a very good MNC that was IPE only to CS students.
Ultimately it depends on your TPR and your skills as to what companies approach you with good roles.
What is the average package of chemical engineering at IIT BHU?
Placements Of Chemical engineering at IIT BHU are quite decent. The average package which a chemical engineering student gets depends on the sector in which he/she will work. Broadly speaking, there are two sectors of work for chemical engineering students, first the core sector and second the non- core sector. The core sector comprises like ONGC, IOCL, HUL, ITC, etc. offers ranged between 10- 12 lakhs per annum in the year 2019. From the chemical engineering department, a total of 43 students got placed last year.
The second sector is the non-core sector which comprises software, analytics, and consultancy firms. Placements in this sector are relatively easy because more job offers are available particularly in the software sector. The average package offered by software firms is around 23- 24 lacs per annum and the highest package offered in this sector was 55 lacs per annum. These companies are not interested in academic credentials but are only concerned about the coding knowledge of the applicants. Generally, if a student starts coding in his/her 4th year then he/she settles with a package of Rs 10- 13 lacs per annum, but on the contrary, if a student starts coding from his/her first year then he/she generally gets a package of around 35 lacs. Also, some students pursue their career in analytical and consultancy firms. The average package in these firms is around 15 lacs per annum.
How is the ceramics department at IIT BHU?
My friend, like any other student, took IIT BHU Ceramic on the pretext of changing his branch. But the overall college life experience took him in awe and he lost focus on academics. Additionally, his batch was full of geniuses and he was unable to cope with the academic rigor. Only 10% of the branch is allowed to change their branch so there is tough competition making it very difficult. Ultimately he was unable to change his branch and was very disheartened.
But soon he started getting intrigued by the branch and gained interest in the same. Honestly, there are many ceramic engineering graduates excelling in almost every field today. The course structure is very flexible and gives you enough free time to prepare for competitive exams like Civils, CAT, GRE, GMAT, etc. At Least one student from every branch is able to make it into IIM Ahmedabad. However, in India, there is a dearth of opportunities in this branch, and professors from foreign countries are seeking young talents in the field. There are special vacancies for ceramic graduates in SAIL, EIL, RINL, and Mecon. Many students of the branch also establish their own startups.
My friend was very demotivated initially but after 4 lively years at the campus, interactions with the best professors, and excellent job opportunities he realized that Ceramic was the best option for him indeed.
How is M. Tech. from Material Science and Technology at IIT BHU?
IIT BHU has the best department in material science and technology. They have experienced scholars, and you will be given effective classes with proper study materials. This department was established at IIT BHU in 1978 and is located opposite the Central Instrument and Facility Center. They have an international center of research in material science and technology, and it will be a wise decision to opt for an MTech in material science and technology from this reputed institution. IIT BHU offers fantastic placement support for the students, and you can pass out with an IITian tag.
How much CGPA one must score in IIT (BHU) to change branch from mining to mechanical?
The first semester at IIT BHU Mining branch has 6 subjects. All the students are required to get A/A* grades in all 4 Institute Courses sparing ED and ManuPrac.
- Students willing to get into CSE should have CGPA >=9.80 for CSE.
- For those interested in changing their branch to Mechanical, anywhere a CGPA of 9.2 is preferable. One must be among the top 9 students of their batch.
- For branch change to Electrical, a CGPA>=9.6 is preferable given that you don’t have more than one A- in Institute Courses.
While filling out the branch change form, no one selects Metallurgy as an option so branch change to Metallurgy is very easy and you just need to be among the top 9.
How good are the facilities provided at IIT BHU compared to other old IITs?
IIT BHU provides a plethora of facilities and is on the same level as all the other old IITs and also provides some facilities which aren’t provided by old IITs. First and foremost, IIT BHU provides opportunities to learn some of the courses and foreign languages from the departments of BHU. This is unique in itself. Hostels are huge and almost all of them are renovated now. There are beautiful lawns inside each one of them( where you could play football ), a tennis court or two, some pull up bars, etc. Mess food here is decent compared to any other college, not only the old IITs. Internet speed is quite impressive here. With the new Wifi system installed in the college, access to high-speed internet is ubiquitous and you do not require to have a LAN and a laptop. Wifi downloading speed goes up to 20 Mbps sometimes.
Coming to the campus, it is the second-largest campus (1400 acres) in India with a whole lot of greenery and nature inside. You’ll see peacocks randomly strolling on the roads and monkeys occasionally. The BHU campus is in the middle of the city, so you will have easy access to restaurants, cinema halls, and the main attraction of Varanasi, the ghats. Most of the older IITs are far away from the cities, so you have to struggle for the above. There are newly constructed departments with state of the art laboratories and lecture theaters. A two-story fully renovated and air-conditioned library has been constructed recently. BHU library which is one of the biggest libraries in India could also be used by the students of IIT. In IIT BHU students can engage in sports like football, cricket, hockey, handball, basketball, athletics, taekwondo, boxing, etc. Besides this, there is a temple popularly known as VT (Vishwanath temple) which is one of the major attractions of BHU.
Placements are quite good at IIT BHU due to the huge alumni base of this IIT. Almost all of the major MNCs and other recruiters come here to recruit.
Is the infrastucture of IIT-BHU the worst? Does BHU not deserve to call itself IIT in terms of infrastructure?
I don’t deem it right to evaluate an IIT solely on the basis of its infrastructure when many new IITs are still operating from a temporary campus. IIT BHU works under the umbrella of BHU and shares its campus with it. Many administrative sanctions require approval from BHU not making it autonomous like other IITs.
As for the infrastructure, it might be getting old but it’s not lacking in any way. All the funds the institute received after conversion from IT to IIT were invested in improving the infrastructure of the institute.
- The hostels are designed with beautiful architecture and are huge. Every hostel has its own lush green lawn. The rooms are well-ventilated and have all basic amenities like a LAN port, bed, and fan.
- The institute also built 3 new boys' hostels that have bigger rooms, and better facilities but lack nature's touch as a whole.
- The institute promotes eco-friendliness and all the hostels and department buildings are equipped with solar panels.
- The sports facilities are limited to those who are genuinely interested in it as most sports amenities are shared with BHU students, limiting the opportunities and resources available.
- Every IIT BHU hostel has a badminton court and a volleyball court.
- There are big common rooms decked with an LCD, table tennis, and other indoor game facilities.
- IIT BHU has numerous student-run clubs that function throughout the week and organize interesting events.
So, it’s wrong to say IIT BHU is not worth being called an IIT just because its infrastructure is old. Rather, think about the heritage and experience it holds.
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