What are the pros and cons of IIT Kharagpur?

IIT Kharagpur is considered one of the premier engineering colleges of India and many engineering aspirants dream of joining this institute. Like every coin has two sides, this institute has a number of pros and cons that one must consider before making the final decision.

Pros

• As an IITian at KGP, you will be privileged to attend the oldest and the largest IIT in the country which is spread across more than 2100 acres. It has the highest number of departments and intake of students.
• IIT KGP is well-known for its excellent academic environment that is promoted by extremely learned professors who are experts in their own fields of research.
• IIT Kharagpur has an extensive research-oriented approach that enables the students enthusiastic about research to pursue their passion here. They get to work under highly skilled professors or seniors in the form of mentors.
• IIT Kharagpur also gives importance to international exposure in the form of foreign internships, PPOs, and job offers.
• The placement scenario at IIT Kharagpur has been improving over the past few years and more students get domestic and international offers from MNCs, IT companies or companies, and Non-core companies. The average package of all the departments combined is around INR 15 to 18 LPA.
• Students are guided and offered a number of opportunities by the career development Centre, CDC of IIT Kharagpur.
• IIT Kharagpur also promotes extracurricular activities that are usually supervised by technology students, Gymkhana. These activities cover a wide area ranging from robotics club to social development club, music club to finance club, and everything one can look for.
• Large number of opportunities are provided in sports, ranging from cricket, football, basketball, badminton, squash, tennis table, tennis athletics et cetera. Some sports facilities include sports fields and an Olympic size swimming pool.

Cons:

• The only flaw that makes people hesitate to choose IITKGP is probably its rural and remote location with a lack of transport and other facilities. This also limits the opportunities for students to a considerable extent.
• The girls-to-boys ratio is around 10:1 which is quite low for a coed college.
• There are extreme monsoon conditions that might be a problem for many.

I am sure the cons are not strong enough to overshadow the pros and one should definitely consider joining this institute.