They called it heaven.

The fact of the matter is I personally had very low expectations from the college but it still managed to disappoint me.

JEE mains. Score. 100 This is the college where my dad and all if my uncle's who are engineers went to. So it was a natural choice for me.

The course structure and the academic curriculum is almost identical to what the major colleges in India follow except for the fact that it is way more hectic here as you are always wary of bandhs and hartals. It mainly focused on your ability to understand the Crux of what you can expect in the corporate world with as little emphasis on practical knowledge as possible (which, by the way, is a drawback).

On the internship front, I haven't seen any such thing on the college's front and even if there is such a thing available. I'm pretty sure that it is not up to the mark.

Since it is an NIT, it is quite good in the placement department but only in selected departments (IT, Mechanical and CSE maybe). But other branches have a struggle after the completion of their degrees. But job availability for an NIT pass out is not a concern. It is actually the type or level of job that concerns oneself. All in all, I can frankly say that sky is the limit.

Being in the Kashmir region, there aren't a lot of cultural activities that take. Once in a while one might see a banner or something but that's just for the sake of showing people. There aren't a lot of technical fests either. The overall personality development that a college should focus upon is missing here and absolute concentration on textual knowledge is laid.

The fee structure is fairly good, especially if you belong to a reservation category. The fees for a general student is 74000 for tuitions and 17000 for mess and hostel. But if you are from SC/ST category there is no tuition fees except for maybe the first semester and only 2500 fir the mess fee. If ones annual family incomer is less than 5 lakhs then monetary scholarships can be sought.

There are plenty if scholarships available as I said earlier, especially if you belong to SC/ST it the OBC community. There are special scholarships for the economically challenged too.

The campus is life is average as this is Kashmir. There is a major difference in male and female students. Some celebrations are allowed but there no major parties or celebrations allowed. 'Everything had to be done in a modest way', this seems to be the motto of the college.

The hostel is 70's style fashioned hostel with equally archaic facilities and with one too many students for a room (4 that is). But as it is, hostel is as good it gets. You meet knew people from different backgrounds and learn new things everyday. The mess is fairly good with vegetarian and non vegetarian options both present and for seniors it is really really good.

There is no alumni network whatsoever and the senior students are almost always way too busy help or even interact with the Juniors. But the seniors do help in times of need and struggle.

The exam structure is very tedious, boring and typical. Instead of preparing us for the job market, it actually checks our memorization power. The way exams are conducted you feel like a cig in the machine. Instead of concentrating on what we've learned, it instead focuses on what we've retained.

There is actually a detailed admission process that is guided by the CBSE board itself and it's very hectic, to be frank. The forms were available at the college itself. An even though the process was hectic it was properly thorough too. The administration does provide you with guidelines and all but that's all the help that you should expect from them as the procedure is hectic for them too.

Since the college has been there for more than 50 years, the faculty is quite good when it comes to the senior professors. They know their stuff well and you can expect some brilliant stuff from them but there is a major flaw that is, the contractual lecturers. These guys do not give their 100 percent ( or are not able to), this might be due to the fact that they are temporary and their work load is high and salary is low.