IIT Bhubaneswar - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITBBS], Bhubaneswar - Reviews

The Centre of Entrepreneurship at IIT Bhubaneswar is pretty good and slowly developing. It was inaugurated on 20th June 2016 by Prof. R. V. Raja Kumar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar. The Department of Science & Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India sanctioned 1.50 Crore for the establishment of this canter. The vision behind the establishment of this startup center was to have an enrollment of a minimum of 10 startups in the 1st year of its commencement.  The facilities provided at the Centre of Entrepreneurship are food court facility, lodging facility, working/office space, internet facility, electricity facility, laboratory facility, mentoring services, and seed grant maximum up to 2.5 lakh. For the selection procedure, initiation letters for opening startups are yet to be given. Form A is for individuals and teams and form B is for Registered Units Ancillaries and Subsidiaries of establishment Firms. This cell can prove to be a good initiative provided the management and faculty implement innovative ideas too. The highlight of this center is their conduction of Esummit. It is a two-day event which hosted lectures by eminent personalities across various domains. The Centre of Entrepreneurship also organized a workshop on “Funding Opportunities and Legal Aspects of Startups” on 9 April 2016.

IIT Bhubaneswar works hard to help the students in achieving their success. Since its inception, it has collaborated with many foreign universities like University of Massachusetts, University of New York, etc.

In 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar witnessed a big jump in terms of placement. Around 89 companies visited the campus and an overall 90% placement rate was observed at the end of session. The CSE department got 100% placements in top companies like Amazon, HP, Adobe, Jio, Accenture,etc. The CSE department received attractive salary packages ranging from 10-35 LPA.

The statistics of placement of IIT Bhubaneswar for MTech in CSE are also good though not great. The number of students who got placed was 40 out of 69, an average of 60% got placement. The trend is good if one wants to pursue CSE from IIT Bhubaneswar, provided one has to be good at programming and academics. So if you choose CSE, you get good placements with balanced infrastructure and well-equipped lab facilities.