Is it worth joining IIT Dhanbad for Chemical Engineering?

While chemical engineering is a niche field of study, IIT Dhanbad is not considered the best institute to pursue this subject for a degree course. In terms of course curriculum and job placements, the institute lacks far behind and offers no future prospects to students.

Looking at its features in detail, given are the reasons as to why IIT Dhanbad must not be chosen for BTech in Chemical Engineering.

Faculty: While the institute has some really good professors as part of their faculty, the Chemical Engineering department has very few teachers. 

Training & Placement:

• The biggest disadvantage of taking up a course in Chemical Engineering at IIT Dhanbad is the sheer lack of placements every year. 
• There is a lack of offers from core companies. For the 2019 batch, only 4 core companies visited the campus - Vedanta, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Industries and Halliburton. They hired 1 student each from the whole batch.
• Most students change their branch of study to an IT or CSE where there are more diverse opportunities for jobs and internships.
• Therefore, students must not go in with the expectation of getting a job in a core company at IIT Dhanbad.

A few toppers of the department are still unplaced and regret their decision of choosing Chemical Engineering at IIT Dhanbad. If you are really interested in this area, you can prepare for GATE. The situation is still not good, but hopefully it will get better for upcoming students.