Two of my close friends are studying at NIT Surathkal and MNNIT Allahabad respectively and often I hear them comparing their colleges based on some aspects.
Ultimately, the choice is yours!
There are several reasons why NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, and NIT Warangal stand out the most among other IITs.
So, NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, and NIT Surathkal have many reasons to stand out and they deserved the hype.
The answer to this question depends mainly on your interest. Mechanical and CSE are diverse branches with diverse scopes. You need to analyze your own inclination only then can you make a sound decision. If you aren’t sure if the branch you can decide based on your future goals.
Lastly, I will advise you to opt for Mechanical only in first and second-generation IITs. So you can opt for NIT Surathkal or Trichy over third-generation IITs but not over first and second-generation IITs. Hope this clears my point.
Here is a list of items that you may want to consider bringing with you to your hostel at NIT Surathkal:
Additionally, here are a few things you should consider buying rather than bringing from home
Hope you have a good time here!
NIT Surathkal offers good internet connectivity. It provides 24/7 internet facilities to different departments, faculty residences, and hostels. The central computing center of NITK serves this to the campus via LAN network and full-campus Wi-Fi. Internet speed is 4Gbpa lease lines of 1:1. NITK is equipped with 12 core single mode fiber and backbone speed of 1Gbpa/10Gbps.
The hostels of NIT Surathkal provide all the necessary items when you come to the hostel room for the first time. To list a few
Since you will be provided with all basic items you can pack lightly from home!
One of my cousins shared his experience of life at NIT Surathkal. Here are some highlights of his delightful experience.
So, NIT Surathkal offers an excellent campus life which is a blend of both freedom and academics. You can enjoy the freedom and maintain a good GPA with minimal effort.
Both NITK and SVNIT are tier-1 NITs and are excellent choices for engineering. Moreover both the branches are one of the most coveted branches so the choice of colleges is rather difficult here.
Go for CSE at SVNIT, if you are interested in CSE only. Usually CSE faculty is better than IT faculty. But if the tag of the college matters more then go for IT at NIT Surathkal as it has a better reputation than SVNIT in terms of job placement, alumni network, infrastructure, academics, start-up culture, etc. Here are a few additional reasons why you should choose NIT Surathkal
Ultimately, the choice between the two depends on your own preferences. However, I can say with certainty that choosing either colleges and branches will give you amazing results choices because CSE & IT are the most in-demand branches, combined with the tier-1 college tag.
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
Particulars |
NIT Surathkal placements |
DTU placements |
IIT BHU placements |
Average package |
INR 45 LPA |
INR 15.16 LPA |
- |
Highest Package |
INR 13.12 LPA |
INR 1.8 CPA |
INR 1.2 CPA |
Top Recruiters |
Microsoft, DE Shaw, Uber, Amazon, Oracle. |
Samsung, Instabase, Atlassian, Sprinklr, Amazon, Alphonso, Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, etc |
Uber, Flipkart, Microsoft |
The entire experience of being on the NIT Surathkal campus will completely shape you and your personality for the future. They pay attention to everything that’s essential for growth apart from academics helps a great deal to build a community of like-minded people among the groups of students.
Choosing NIT Surathkal is a wiser option because of the following reasons:
You can face some difficulties when it comes to the weather around the campus. During summers, the climate gets very hot. Being an M.Tech student, you need to do self-study a lot.