For any program, the most important part is what you are expecting from it after completing it. Here, your expectations after completing the MTech CSE program at IIT Kanpur will determine how you plan your Masters. For instance, do you want exposure in a particular field day mining or do you want exposure across various fields? Some might prefer to pursue a theoretical project for their major's thesis while some prefer working on a practical system. Fortunately, the curriculum at IIT Kanpur is very flexible and provides the right blend of both theoretical knowledge and research work.

Here are a few pieces of advice that will help you gain maximum advantage from the MTech in CSE at IIT Kanpur

• Make sure you go for challenging courses only else, you will end up with a laid-back attitude 
• If you aren’t sure of your area of expertise, go for a course that is taught by the best professors.
• During the literature survey part of your thesis work, participate with full focus even if your advisor isn’t very helpful.
• Make sure your thesis is well-structured and not very long. Talk to your advisor about the same.
• Work on your thesis from the start else you will regret it later. You need to live up to the standards of your advisor
• Choose your advisor wisely based on your expectations from the thesis
• Work on mini-side projects, and participate in hackathons which are a good learning experience.
• Attend the seminars held by famous researchers to broaden your knowledge base 
• During placements don’t focus entirely on salary and make sure you get your dream job that also utilizes your skills well.
• Explore your interests outside academics to ensure full exposure.

All these points will help you maximize productivity for your time spent as an MTech student at IIT Kanpur.

The Earth Sciences is a Department imparting education related to the study of Earth and its geological reliefs. The best part about this Department is that every course here overlaps with some or the other course of other departments making it a multifaceted one.

Earth Sciences curriculum overlaps with many courses in Material Science and Physics, Civil and Chemical, and even Electrical and CSE. This provides diversity in the overall learning experience of the course making it very interesting.

The only major issue is that due to common courses, the curriculum is vague and has no well-defined structure and content. We hope that this flaw is taken care of in the near future.

The program provides versatile job prospects even in the field of Satellite Remote Sensing, weather prediction, and geothermal power plants.

IIT Kanpur aerospace engineering is a well-known branch of engineering and is much coveted among engineering aspirants. The credibility of the department is further explained on the basis of some common parameters 

Faculty: IIT Kanpur provides diversity in teaching styles owing to a blend of experienced professors who have made great scientific achievements and professors who are new. 

Research: In general IIT Kanpur's lab and the research done is known for its excellency contributing largely to the society. However, specifically talking about aerospace, I don’t think much research goes on in this field.

Placements: Owing to a weak aerospace sector, core opportunities in this field are belan with majority of students opting for non core placements. There are only a handful that are not driven by money and aerospace is their genuine passion. Such students opt for higher studies to work in core, which is necessary as aerospace is a very niche area requiring expertise.

Academics: The curriculum is very flexible offering a plethora of electives to choose from making it possible for students to become employable in more than one sector. You can choose electives based on your future prospects and don’t just have to rely on your branch for placements. This is helpful for higher studies as well as your strong grasp of various fields creates a positive impact on colleges thereby increasing your chances. 

Overall, the campus life at IIT Kanpur is filled with fun and exciting experiences making it one of the best choices for any branch.

Mechanical at IIT Kanpur is a very poorly managed branch and I am strongly against anyone joining it. Here’s why

• There are excessively monotonous compulsory courses
• The academics lack flexibility in terms of choice, of course, 
• The professors lack empathy and teach just for the sake of it with no real passion. They hardly motivate and praise you.
• The placements scenario of Mechanical at IIT Kanpur is equally haywire with only a handful of companies like ITC and HUL offering mediocre packages 
• Most of the students have to resort to programming or other CS concepts to make themselves employable and secure good packages
• Top CS companies don’t even open roles for Mechanical students.
• The program is lacking in terms of research as well and is not interesting at all

A few options better than ME IIT Kanpur are

• BS in Mathematics and Computing
• Electrical Engineering or CS in a newer IIT
• Branch change to EE or CSE which is actually very difficult.
• A double major in CSE, which requires an excellent CPI at the end of the second year.

All in all, I will strongly condemn you for choosing ME IIT Kanpur. Let’s hope for some revision in the program in the future.