"All about IITK" from an IITK student who was once in the same shoe :)

1. IITK is known for the best academic curriculum which is very flexible and also involves humanities and social sciences courses apart from the main PCM subjects. 2. The main reason for attending this college was JEE rank comparison with the past year cutoffs for the IITK EE branch. 3. IITK is an old and reputed IIT so I chose it over newer IITs. 4. Location was an important factor. I put Kanpur over Kharagpur and Madras majorly because of its closeness to Delhi, but it did not have much to later on after joining the college as we are attending online classes due to pandemic.

1. Electrical engineering at IITK involves both electronics and electrical aspects thus covering a broader knowledge spectrum than branches that offer them separately at other colleges. 2. Since I am first year undergrad I'll talk about the first year courses and faculty: - In subjects like Physics, Chemistry, also Biology(which is taught for 1 sem) there are approximately 550 students per batch for the discussion hours where the professor clarifies doubts relating to the course content. - Approximately 100 students are there for 1 tutorial section where a tutor(Professor or PhD student) solves assignments. - pre- recorded Lectures for most subjects are uploaded on the mooKIT platform (talking about online semester). - We had 2 semesters and 6 courses( maths, physics, biology, engineering graphics, HSS course(chosen using lottery system), PE) in SEM 1 and 6 in SEM2( maths, physics, chemistry, chemistry lab, PE, ESC( learning C)) -Quizzes vary subject to subject( some weekly, some monthly).

Yes, it does offer off campus internships but it would be more legible to talk about internships in the second or third year. First year students generally are not eligible for internships. As much as I know from the seniors some companies offering internships were- Qualcomm, Barclays, GS, JPMC, Hindustan Unilever, ITC Ltd., DR. Reddy etc.

Being a first year student I don't have much knowledge about campus placements as of now. But usually 4th year students plan out their placements. IITK has SPO( Student's Placement cell) taking care of placement related issues.

For first year semester, 1(November end to March start) fees was Rs.104560 Semester 2( March end to July start) is Rs. 102600 The mess fee was 12850 which was refunded since we were in the online mode. In the starting, a total amount of around 1 lakh 40 thousand was paid(some kept as security, others refunded as mess fee)-- total sem fee was thus 104560rs. I did not receive any scholarship being from the general category. But there are various alumni supported scholarships given to economically weak students.

The campus life is 0. Sad to say but being the covid batch who joined college during a pandemic, we haven't been to the campus even once. Overall as I have seen on the internet and heard from everybody the campus is Beautiful and the infrastructure is fabulous. Though clubs continue to function in the online sem too- IITK has a hell of a lot of clubs and opportunities to offer- there are Dance, Drama, Music, Art clubs. English literary society, Hindi Sahitya Sabah, Design and Animation club, Anime Society, Public opinion cell, Student opinion society, vox populi, all kinds of sports teams too but really not functional in online sem. Social welfare groups like prayas, unmukt and many more. There are 3 major college fests- Techkriti (technical fest), Antaragini (cultural fest), Udgosh( sports fest). Freshers event also take place. Galaxy (inter hall/hostel competition) takes place every year