How is textile engineering in NIT Jalandhar?

NIT Jalandhar is a National Institute for Engineering located in Punjab. It is ranked 31 in Engineering by The Week 2020. It offers a 4-year B.Tech and 2-year M.Tech program in Textile Engineering. NIT Jalandhar is among the very few NITs which offers this branch. More details about admissions are discussed below.

Admission:

BTech-

• For BTech, the required eligibility is 75% in 12th PCM from any board.

• The institute accepts JEE Mains scores for admission. The cutoff rank for BTech Textile Engineering is 42411 in JEE Mains (General Category).

• There are a total of 115 seats for the program and the course fee is 5 lakhs.

M.Tech-

• 60% in Graduation from any University is the eligibility criteria for MTech at NIT Jalandhar.

• For admission, the institute considers GATE scores. The cutoff rank for the course is 664 in GATE (General Category).

• The total course fee is 2.14 Lakhs.

Placements-

Although Textile Engineering is not a mainstream engineering branch, the placements for this branch are quite satisfactory in NIT Jalandhar.

• About 70% of the batch was placed in campus placements.

• The median salary offered last year was 6 LPA.

• The highest package offered to date for Textile is 21 LPA (in 2016).

• The prime recruiting companies are Coal India, Deloitte, Futures First, Hero Moto Corp, IndiaMART, InterMESH, Indian Navy, Jubilant, L&T Infotech, and Make My Trip.

Curriculum-

This course in NIT Jalandhar provides the knowledge of current and upcoming features of textiles and the fashion industry.

• The best thing about the course is it not only prepares students for textile engineering but also encourages them to find ways in innovative startups in the textile trade in the future.

• The department organizes two events throughout the year, one is technical, and the other is non-technical.

The teachers in Textile Engineering are quite helpful and knowledgeable. They are well qualified and have years of experience in teaching.

Pursue the course only if you are genuinely interested in the field as the placement rate is moderate for this field and students require a high CGPA to get into a decent salary.