Vishal Bansal's Review On IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute Of Technology - [IITR], Roorkee

The management of the campus was average overall. Being the government officers, you won't find them pro-active. But it is improving gradually. There is a way for things to get done inside the campus, equally lengthy as any other government office. But they are now making processes simpler at both ends.

I took the IIT Jee entrance exam, scored a rank of 800. I have the option for IIT Delhi chemical or IIT Roorkee ECE. ECE branch has good placement that's why opted for this.

B.tech course structure is more or less related to the fundamentals of Electronics, for research purpose, one has to have at least an M.tech degree and select the elective courses accordingly to their interest. Whereas, if a student is interested he can contact any of the faculty members to discuss his/her idea or project. The faculty member is were cooperative and supportive.

Many companies came for the internship, the frequent ones are Microsoft, Google, IBM, Credit Suisse, D. E. Shaw, Reliance. The stipend varies according to the companies and current market pay.

For ECE branch placement was 90%. Only students with academic back are left out. The average package was 6 lacs, where 12 lac was the highest and 2.5 lac was the lowest.

There are two festivals, the culture festival is called Thomso and the Technical festival is called Cognizance. Thomso is held in September or October months. Cognizance is helping in March of every year. Both Thomos and Cognizance are 4 days event. Many Celebrities/Music bands are also invited like Jal, Bombay Vikings etc.

In 2010, the one-semester fee was Rs. 50000 including education fee and hostel fees. For financially weak students there was a scholarship program under which education fee is reimbursed, making the effective fees Rs.37000 only. This is very less as compared to other private institutes

For financially weak students, there is a scholarship program where education is reimbursed completely. If anyone interested in an education loan, then there are PNB and SBI branches within the campus who easily process the loan requirement

The gender ratio is very poor, there were 2 girls over 100 boys. In terms of diversity, one can find students from all around the country. There are various extracurricular like gardening, photography, robotics, drama, entrepreneur club, etc. Most of the clubs are pro-active and keep on organizing workshops and events for the student.

The campus is extremely good and peaceful. Imagine living in a lush green environment with no pollution air. This is how living at this place is like. Hostels are well maintained and the average room size was 10ftx10ft with single occupancy. The food at IITR has not been very impressive. The first year hostel mess serves you with the worst food. But we also have very good messes like the Govind Bhawan mess.

Alumni of IITs are the best. Many alumni keep coming to IITs for placement or for interactions/seminars.

Most of the labs are conducted in the afternoon and the last from 2 pm to 6 pm. An average day was of 8 hours. First and Third-year courses are more hectic and can have more than 10 hours a day. There is two kinds of exams: Mid seems which are conducted 2-3 are day and End Sems which are 1 per day and continue for 5-6 days.

Being an IIT all the professors are well qualified and knowledgeable in their respective courses. Most of the professors are teaching for last 15-20 years, so they have answers to all the questions. They are very much interested in the R&D project and fully support the willing students.