NIT Calicut Review from M.tech Perspective

The score which I got in GATE was neither too good not too bad. I was unable to get any old IIT but I was getting some new IITs. Doing M.tech from new IITs is of not much importance as the placements were not that par. So the score which I was having I could get a good NIT. So I went for the CCMT counselling and from there I got NIT Calicut which was ranked 4th in NITs. The placements were also pretty well compared to the new IITs. The college campus is very green and beautiful. Infrastructure and facilities are also good. The sports facilities are great. Hostel and mess facilities is okay I would say. Faculties are great. The are well educated with ample knowledge. The placements are pretty well. If one is focused on placements then my advice is to learn some coding language and practice it to evolve in it. So many good IT companies will. And they will allow everyone no matter what branch you are from. It is all upon your skills and learning.

I wanted a core branch to pursue my Masters as opting for a core branch opens some good opportunities for the PhD also. There is much research going in High Voltage engineering using some very new technologies. The course curriculum is very dynamic with so many options to choose as elective. You are not restricted to any particular subject. For instance being a electrical student I had option to pursue courses of Artificial Intelligence also. Faculties are very well equipped with knowledge. Course work includes different labs to get some hands on experience. Internship opportunities are also there in the start of second year. So we can go for that also and if company likes our work we can get pre placement offer also.

I was unable to get any internship opportunity.

Placements happens in two sessions- Monsoon and Winter. Most of the good companies come in Monsoon session with some great packages. The highest package are for mostly computer science student. But that is not restricted to them only. If you have the skills you can also get that. 70% companies that visit campus are IT companies. Most of the companies offer CTC above 6 lakh. Opportunities are ample we just have to prepare well for them.

Fee structure is pretty decent. For M.tech on an average I paid around 35 thousand for one semester. But as we get stipend of 12400 so the course is almost free for us. Category student can get financial also assistance also if they fulfill the criteria. We have to pay hostel and mess charges on the monthly basis. It costed me around 4000 every month. So the charges are pretty decent compared to other colleges. I got CTC of above 10 lakhs. I cannot share the exact amount as it is confidential. But the package is pretty decent.

Life at NIT Calicut is great. The campus is so beautiful that you can get a great shot anywhere. The weather is also pretty decent between July to January after that temperature starts to rise a little. We have technical fest Tathva and cultural fest Ragam which are great. So many great artists come to perform. There are uncountable clubs in which one can take part. So many sports event happen throughout the year. I was the part of cricket team of electrical branch. Inter NIT tournaments are also there.

National Institute of Technology, Calicut

GATE-Electrical, 2019, 594

I applied in more then 20 companies. And got rejected in most of them. But I didn't give up. I cleared around 7 company's test but as I was not very well versed with programming So I was getting rejected in most of them. Most of the companies were from IT background. So from the mid third semester I started coding with my full effort. I even for some AI/ML courses. I practiced from sites like hackerank, leetcode, Geeksforgeeks, Coursera, kaggle. I did many certification Courses. Learning is incomplete without projects. So I did projects on these things along with my major project. I even implemented Machine learning in my course project to get a good handson experience. Also I would suggest practicing aptitude on the daily basis.