IIT Kanpur is one of the esteemed engineering and technology institutes in India, and the economics program it is highly reputed. It aims to provide students with a rigorous education in economic theory and its applications. Students also have the opportunity to participate in research projects, internships, and other extracurricular activities.
The course curriculum of the Economics program comprises compulsory foundation subjects in the first year and departmental courses from the second year with microeconomics and macroeconomics being the first two courses you will come across,
Some of the most dynamic courses include Mathematical Economics, and Econometrics 1 and 2. The curriculum is flexible leaving the possibility for pursuing an interest in other fields too apart from Economics through open electives. Those who find the program not aligned with their interests can also opt for branch change after a year.
Education-wise, this program offers many opportunities.
The job opportunities offered by this program are also in abundance
Moreover, IIT Kanpur is the only IIT that has a separate department of Economic Sciences. The dedicated faculty is composed of highly-qualified and experienced economists. The program, being old, has an elaborate alumni pool too.
The CSE department is considered the best department of IIT Kanpur and in fact every IIT because of its growing demand in recent times. The excellent career opportunities it offers makes it one of the most coveted branches of IIT Kanpur. The packages offered are so good that even the candidate with the least grades ends up with a good job.
Amazingly enough, every company that comes for placements opens jobs for CS students. The department enjoys 100% placements with an average of 430–450 companies visiting.
The number of offers made to CS students exceeds the number of students in the batch thereby ensuring 100% placements.
The minimum package is around INR 8 LPA while the maximum is around INR 35–40 LPA.
Both IIT Kanpur Material Science and Engineering and IIT KGP Metallurgy are excellent programs. To choose one of these, you first determine where your interests lie. done
Both the institutes and programs are good and thus the final decision should be based on your area of interest considering the fact that IIT Kanpur has a much more rigid culture in terms of academics.
Mtech in RF and Microwave at IIT Kanpur has excellent placement scenarios with a placement percentage of 100%.
The Electrical Engineering department of IIT Kanpur is second only to the CS department and offers the best job opportunities. Irrespective of your branch, you are likely to get placed in a good company with a decent package.
Talking specifically about RF, students receive offers from highly reputed semiconductor companies in India like Intel, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics, Samsung Semiconductor, etc. Additionally, there are many other recruiters like General Electric, Siemens, Boeing
Securing a core job, however, might be a bit difficult but not completely impossible. Some companies that offer core jobs are Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Siemens, etc. Usually, the average CTC is in the range of INR 13–15 LPA. The majority of the batch received packages above 15 LPA.
Unlike the general opinion that VLSI is the best branch, I would conclude that RF is one of the best branches provided that you have a genuine interest in it.
One of my uncles is a member of the faculty of the CS department of IIT Kanpur and thus most of the information in this answer is based on what I heard from him. The CS department of IIT Kanpur is one of the oldest and is known for its cutting-edge research work. The following points entail a few areas of research that the CS department of IIT Kanpur excels at.
Cyber-security and Cryptosystems
Theoretical Computer Science
Data Science
Other areas of research in CS at IIT Kanpur include programming language and analysis computer architecture, mobile networks, biometrics and software architecture. Most of these projects and research work are led by individual professors.
Both IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras are esteemed institutes in India. Choosing the correct IIT depends on your preference and also the course that you want to pursue.
This answer is based on the assumption that you are enquiring about the highest package for Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur. Well, the highest I have heard is around INR 36 LPA. However, branch-wise placement data is not available for IIT Kanpur so the recent highest package might have changed.
In reality, landing a 36 Lakhs package is next to impossible in Civil Engineering and the person who got it probably got placed in a banking or investment firm. His exceptional achievement stems from his top-notch skills in probability and statistics.
The placements for Civil Engineering are mostly based on work experience and initially, you will be offered minimal pay.
Don’t get disheartened if you are planning to get employed in the civil engineering field, the initial payment is little, but this field is all about experience. After a couple of years, you will be earning more than your CS batchmates. Another option is to get into the public sector which provides good pay too.
Both MTech and CS classes are conducted by the same professors in IIT Kanpur and even other IITs. The MTech program does not have a different faculty pool thus offering similar opportunities.
At IIT Kanpur, BTech and MTech students are given equal importance in terms of education, facilities, and job opportunities. The classrooms they are taught in, the hostel rooms, the library, and the sports faculty are all similar and no discrimination is done.
The placements too are at par with the BTech placements and similar packages are offered. Some of the most frequent recruiters include Microsoft, Google, SAP Labs, Intel, Qualcomm, Condensation, etc. The packages offered are in the range of INR 30- 44 LPA 35 LPA.
IIT Kanpur’s MSc in statistics is very well recognized in India. The entire course is for 2 years.
Yes, you can get a department change from a BS course to a BTech course at IIT Kanpur. The 2 most important things to consider during branch change are
There is an additional criterion that comes to play rarely but one should be aware of it. This is
because Students are not allowed branch change if the strength in their parent department falls below a particular number (usually 55%).
Let me explain this to you with an example. If a student wants to change their branch from Earth Sciences to Physics and fulfills all criteria; the CPI and availability of seats in Physics yet, if the strength of Earth Sciences falls below 55% his branch change application will be rejected.
So these are some important points to consider before applying for branch change.